Poster for Dark Manhattan
date: label: Date
content: 1937
name: label: Distributed by
content: Sack Amusement Enterprises, American, 1920 - 1979
label: Subject of
content: Ralph Cooper, American, 1908 - 1992
label: Subject of
content: George Elwood Randol, American, 1895 - 1973
notes: label: Description
content: This movie poster has a small still image from the film in the top half and the title displayed in large letters in the bottom section. At the top margin is text in black letters that read [RALPH COOPER]. Directly below the text is a red trapezoid shape that borders an image from the film. In the image a man lies on the ground with his head on a woman's lap. He looks up at a man dressed as a policeman standing above him. Below the image in large black text are the words [DARK / MANHATTAN]. There is a red trapezoid shape below with more black text that reads [with / ALL-STAR COLORED CAST]. There are dark colored stars scattered along the side margins of the posters.
label: Transcription Center Status
content: Transcribed by Digital Volunteers
place: label: Place depicted
content: Harlem, New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Actors
label: Topic
content: Film
label: Topic
content: Race 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: 2013.118.27
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): 39 1/16 × 25 1/4 in. (99.2 × 64.1 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (sheet): 41 1/16 × 27 in. (104.3 × 68.6 cm)