Poster for Murder on Lenox Ave.
date: label: Date
content: 1941
name: label: Distributed by
content: Sack Amusement Enterprises, American, 1920 - 1979
label: Subject of
content: Mamie Smith, American, 1883 - 1946
label: Subject of
content: Alec Lovejoy, American, 1893 - 1946
label: Subject of
content: Norman Astwood, Jamaican, 1902 - 1994
label: Subject of
content: Edna Mae Harris, American, 1910 - 1997
label: Subject of
content: Alberta Perkins, American
label: Subject of
content: Augustus Julius Smith, American, 1891 - 1964
label: Subject of
content: Arthur Dreifuss, German American, 1908 - 1993
notes: label: Description
content: This movie poster depicts a woman lying on the street with a knife in her chest. Wearing a light colored blouse and yellow skirt she lies under a streetlamp in front of a multistoried brick building. At the top margin of the poster in red and white text on a yellow background are the words "MURDER/ ON/ LENOX AVE/ with/ MAMIE SMITH." Beneath these words is a list of cast members. The multistoried brick building rises along the right side of the poster. There are four windows in the building, each with face looking out. At the bottom window is a woman in a red shirt, above her is a woman in a yellow blouse. In the third window is a man in a yellow shirt, and at the top are two men in one window, one of whom wears a striped tie.
label: Transcription Center Status
content: Transcribed by Digital Volunteers
place: label: Place filmed
content: Harlem, New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: 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: 2013.118.63
objectType: label: Type
content: posters
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 (fiber product)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (image): 38 7/8 × 26 in. (98.7 × 66 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (sheet): 40 7/8 × 27 15/16 in. (103.8 × 71 cm)