Lobby card for Cabin in the Sky
date: label: Date
content: 1943
name: label: Created by
content: Loews Cineplex Entertainment, American, 1904 - 2006
label: Produced by
content: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc., founded 1924
label: Distributed by
content: National Screen Service, American, 1920 - 2000
label: Subject of
content: Ethel Waters, American, 1896 - 1977
label: Subject of
content: Eddie Anderson, American, 1905 - 1977
label: Subject of
content: Lena Horne, American, 1917 - 2010
label: Subject of
content: Louis Armstrong, American, 1901 - 1971
label: Subject of
content: Rex Ingram, American, 1895 - 1969
label: Subject of
content: Duke Ellington, American, 1899 - 1974
label: Subject of
content: Hall Johnson, American, 1888 - 1970
notes: label: Description
content: Lobby card for "Cabin in the Sky".
label: Description
content: The lobby card has a bright yellow background spangled with red, orange, and black stars and musical notes. In the top left corner there is a color photograph of Lena Horne, Eddie Anderson, and Ethel Waters with standing at a white picket fence, in front of an orange background. To the right is a black-and-white illustration of Duke Ellington in tuxedo and top hat dancing with Lena Horne. In the bottom right corner is a black-and-white illustration of a drum set, clarinet, and trumpet, with the hands and faces of the musicians just visible. Just left of center is black and red text reading [Entertainment galore! / Gorgeous girls! Songs! / CABIN IN / THE SKY / What a cast! / ETHEL WATERS / Eddie "Rochester" Anderson / Lena Horne / Louis Armstrong * Rex Ingram / Duke Ellington & His Orchestra / The Hall Johnson Choir] followed by a red and black Metro-Goldwyn Mayer logo. There is a small black and white drawing of a man and a woman dancing to the left of the text. Across the bottom of the lobby card, in the border, is printed [Copyright 1943 Loew's Incorporated - Country of Origin U.S.A. - Property of National Screen Service Corp. Licensed for display only in connection with the exhibition of this picture at your theatre. Must be returned immediately thereafter. - 43/85].
label: Transcription Center Status
content: Transcribed by digital volunteers
place: label: Place used
content: United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Actors
label: Topic
content: Advertising
label: Topic
content: Dance
label: Topic
content: Film
label: Topic
content: Jazz (Music)
label: Topic
content: Musical films
setName: label: See more items in
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: 2013.118.97
objectType: label: Type
content: lobby cards
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Unknown - Restrictions Possible
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Rights assessment and 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 1/16 in. (28.1 × 35.7 cm)