Film poster for Lady Sings the Blues
date: label: Date
content: 1972
name: label: Created by
content: Paramount Pictures, American, founded 1912
label: Created by
content: de Passe Entertainment, founded 1968
label: Subject of
content: Diana Ross, American, born 1944
label: Subject of
content: Sidney J. Furie, Canadian, born 1933
label: Subject of
content: Billy Dee Williams, American, born 1937
label: Subject of
content: Billie Holiday, American, 1915 - 1959
notes: label: Description
content: Poster for the film Lady Sings the Blues. The poster has a white background with a silver rectangle in the middle. Within the silver rectangle is an illustration of a woman's disembodied arm reaching up to grasp a microphone. The arm wears beaded bracelets and has a pair of handcuffs clasped around it, the other side of the cuffs open and empty. The microphone stand turns into the top of the L of [LADY / SINGS / THE / BLUES]. Across the top of the silver rectangle, in pink letters is [DIANA ROSS IS BILLIE HOLIDAY], the "is" appears both underlined and italicized. Beneath the silver rectangle is black text reading [PARAMOUNT PICTURES CORPORATION and BERRY GORDY present / DIANA ROSS IN "LADY SINGS THE BLUES" / also starring BILLY DEE WILLIAMS]. Additional billing information continues below. At the very bottom left corner is a copyright notice: [Copyright 1972 by Jobete Music Company Inc. Motown Productions. Weston Asssociates Inc. Furie Productions Inc. All rights reserved.].
place: label: Place used
content: United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Actors
label: Topic
content: Film
label: Topic
content: Jazz (Music)
label: Topic
content: Motown (Music)
label: Topic
content: Musical films
label: Topic
content: Rhythm and blues (Music)
label: Topic
content: Singers (Musicians)
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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, Gift of Leith Adams
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2010.7.85.1
objectType: label: Type
content: posters
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © 1972 by Motown-Weston-Furie Productions
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: lithographic ink on paper (fiber product)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 41 1/16 x 27 1/8 in. (104.3 x 68.9 cm)