Lobby card for A Raisin in the Sun with autograph of Sidney Poitier
date: label: Date
content: 1961
name: label: Subject of
content: Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc., founded 1919
label: Signed by
content: Sidney Poitier, Bahamian American, 1927 - 2022
label: Subject of
content: Sidney Poitier, Bahamian American, 1927 - 2022
label: Subject of
content: Claudia McNeil, American, 1917 - 1993
label: Subject of
content: Ruby Dee, American, 1924 - 2014
label: Subject of
content: Lorraine Hansberry, American, 1930 - 1965
label: Subject of
content: Philip Rose, 1921 - 2011
label: Subject of
content: David J. Cogan, Romanian American, died 2002
label: Subject of
content: David Howard Susskind, American, 1920 - 1987
label: Subject of
content: Daniel Mannix Petrie, Canadian, 1920 - 2004
notes: label: Description
content: Lobby card for A Raisin in the Sun.
label: Description
content: The card consists of a large tinted image of a scene from the film of Ruby Dee and Sidney Poitier. The two are pictured in a blue kitchen with yellow and green accents. Dee is on the left, wearing an orange dress and looking up towards Poitier, who stands on the right wearing a light blue shirt and darker blue pants. In the bottom left corner is a round orange ball with a white center. Within the white circle is [Columbia Pictures / presents / SIDNEY POITIER / in / a raisin in the sun / with / CLAUDIA McNEIL - RUBY DEE / Screenplay by LORRAINE HANSBERRY from her play / Produced on the stage by PHILIP ROSE and DAVID J. COGAN / Produced by DAVID SUSSKIND and PHILIP ROSE / Directed by DANIEL PETRIE]. Poitier's signature appears in black ink just above the orange circle. Below the image at the bottom left of the card in small blue text is [Copyright 1961 by Columbia Pictures Corporation.].
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: Hollywood (Film)
label: Topic
content: Race films
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Collection title
content: A Cinema Apart: The Larry Richards Collection of Early Black Film
label: Classification
content: Memorabilia and Ephemera - Advertisements
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2013.118.134.6
objectType: label: Type
content: lobby cards
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © 1961 Columbia Pictures Corporation
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: 11 1/16 × 14 in. (28.1 × 35.6 cm)