Lobby card for Go Down, Death!
date: label: Date
content: 1944
name: label: Distributed by
content: Sack Amusement Enterprises, American, 1920 - 1979
label: Subject of
content: Alfred N. Sack, American, 1898 - 1969
label: Subject of
content: Spencer Williams, American, 1893-1969
label: Subject of
content: Myra Hemmings, American, 1895 - 1968
label: Subject of
content: The Heavenly Choir, American
label: Subject of
content: Jimmie Green's Orchestra, American
label: Subject of
content: James Weldon Johnson, American, 1871 - 1938
notes: label: Description
content: Lobby card for "Go Down, Death!".
label: Description
content: The lobby card features a tinted photograph of a scene from the film depicting a large congregation seated in pews inside a church. A decorative stained-glass window is on the far wall. The black and white image has had bright colors added to the stained-glass window and the clothing of some of the congregation members. Above the congregation is printed [ALFRED N. SACK / REVERENTLY PRESENTS] in small white text followed by [GO DOWN, DEATH!] in large yellow print and [THE STORY OF JESUS AND THE DEVIL] in white text. At the bottom left corner in yellow text is [ALL-COLORED CAST / WITH / SPENCER WILLIAMS / MYRA HEMMINGS / THE HEAVENLY CHOIR / JIMMIE GREEN'S ORCHESTRA / Story by JAMES WELDON JOHNSON]. There is a white and blue seal in the bottom right corner which reads [MARK OF MERIT / SACK / ATTRACTIONS]. There is a border around the image. There is blue text on the bottom proper right corner in the border which reads [*COUNTRY OF ORIGIN U.S.A.*].
label: Description
content: On the back are black handwritten numbers going down horizontally on the left side which read [1416]. There are black handwritten numbers going up horizontally on the right side which read [4315]. There is a section that was crossed out in black above “1416”. In the top right corner there is handwriting in blue ink. The number "100" is crossed out. There is additional text which reads [N / 3707 / 100-]. There are tears, holes, and areas of discoloration in several areas.
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: Film
label: Topic
content: Poetry
label: Topic
content: Preaching
label: Topic
content: Race films
label: Topic
content: Religion
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: 2013.118.107.1
objectType: label: Type
content: lobby cards
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Public domain
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: ink on paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (image): 9 15/16 × 12 7/8 in. (25.2 × 32.7 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (sheet): 11 × 14 in. (27.9 × 35.6 cm)