Film poster for Uptown Saturday Night
date: label: Date
content: 1974
name: label: Distributed by
content: Warner Bros. Pictures, American, founded 1923
label: Subject of
content: Sidney Poitier, Bahamian American, 1927 - 2022
label: Subject of
content: Bill Cosby, American, born 1937
label: Subject of
content: Harry Belafonte Jr., American, 1927 - 2023
label: Subject of
content: Richard Pryor, American, 1940 - 2005
label: Subject of
content: Flip Wilson, American, 1933 - 1998
label: Subject of
content: Rosalind Cash, American, 1938 - 1995
label: Subject of
content: Paula Kelly, American, born 1943
label: Subject of
content: Roscoe Lee Browne, American, 1925 - 2007
label: Subject of
content: Johnny Sekka, British, 1934 - 2006
label: Subject of
content: Calvin Lockhart, Bahamian, 1934 - 2007
label: Subject of
content: First Artists, American, 1969 - 1980
notes: label: Description
content: A promotional poster for the film Uptown Saturday Night. The poster lists cast members and the characters they play on the right-hand side in black text on a purple background. A black and white image accompanies each name. The tagline and title of the film are in black text at the top right of the poster and reads “They get funny when you / mess with their money. / UPTOWN / SATURDAY / NIGHT.” A caricature of Bill Cosby, Sidney Poitier, and Harry Belafonte is under the title. Various buildings, a water tower, street signs, and three women wearing short dresses are in the background of the image. Below the caricature written in black text is “A First Artists Production.” The billing block is at the bottom in black text. The NSS number is 74/152 and appears in the bottom right corner.
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Actors
label: Topic
content: Advertising
label: Topic
content: Comedy
label: Topic
content: Film
label: Topic
content: Hollywood (Film)
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Memorabilia and Ephemera - Advertisements
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, A Gift from the Personal Collection of Bill Ivory Larson
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2014.35.10
objectType: label: Type
content: posters
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © Warner Bros Inc
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: ink on paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 41 × 27 1/16 in. (104.1 × 68.7 cm)