Lobby card for the film Murder with Music
- Distributed by
- Sack Amusement Enterprises, American, 1920 - 1979
- Subject of
- Sissle, Noble, American, 1889 - 1975
- Sack, Alfred N., American, 1898 - 1969
- Howard, Bob, American, 1906 - 1986
- Williams, Elmer, American, 1916 - 1994
- Quigley, George P., American
- Date
- 1941
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Dimensions
- H x W: 11 × 14 in. (28 × 35.5 cm)
- Description
- Lobby card for the 1941 film Murder with Music. The card is yellowish-orange with black text and images. On the left side of the card is a caricature image of a man hovering over a house. Below this is a photographic image of a man slumped over a piano with numerous men and women standing around him. Small, printed text in the top left corner reads [ALFRED N. SACK Presents]. A large photographic image in the center of the card shows two women sitting at a table. Papers and a telephone are on the table. The woman on the left is wearing a uniform. The woman on the right is wearing a black dress. Printed below the picture is [MURDER WITH MUSIC / BOB HOWARD ALL-STAR COLORED CAST and NOBLE SISSLE – SKIPPY WILLIAMS / And / ORCHESTRAS]. A Sack Amusement Enterprises logo is in the bottom left corner. Printed in small text at the bottom of the card is [Distributed by SACK AMUSEMENT ENTERPRISES] and [Directed by GEORGE P. QUIGLEY]. The back of the card is blank.
- Place used
- United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Memorabilia and Ephemera - Advertisements
- Type
- lobby cards
- Topic
- Actors
- Advertising
- Film
- Jazz (Music)
- Race films
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2019.22.18
- Restrictions & Rights
- Public domain
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.