Lobby card for the film Murder with Music
date: label: Date
content: 1941
name: label: Distributed by
content: Sack Amusement Enterprises, American, 1920 - 1979
label: Subject of
content: Noble Sissle, American, 1889 - 1975
label: Subject of
content: Alfred N. Sack, American, 1898 - 1969
label: Subject of
content: Bob Howard, American, 1906 - 1986
label: Subject of
content: Elmer Williams, American, 1916 - 1994
label: Subject of
content: George P. Quigley, American
notes: label: Description
content: Lobby card for the 1941 film Murder with Music. The card is yellowish-orange with black text and images. On the left side of the card is a caricature image of a man hovering over a house. Below this is a photographic image of a man slumped over a piano with numerous men and women standing around him. Small, printed text in the top left corner reads [ALFRED N. SACK Presents]. A large photographic image in the center of the card shows two women sitting at a table. Papers and a telephone are on the table. The woman on the left is wearing a uniform. The woman on the right is wearing a black dress. Printed below the picture is [MURDER WITH MUSIC / BOB HOWARD ALL-STAR COLORED CAST and NOBLE SISSLE – SKIPPY WILLIAMS / And / ORCHESTRAS]. A Sack Amusement Enterprises logo is in the bottom left corner. Printed in small text at the bottom of the card is [Distributed by SACK AMUSEMENT ENTERPRISES] and [Directed by GEORGE P. QUIGLEY]. The back of the card is blank.
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: Jazz (Music)
label: Topic
content: Race films
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
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: 2019.22.18
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: 11 × 14 in. (28 × 35.5 cm)