Poster for Am I Guilty?
date: label: Date
content: 1940
name: label: Created by
content: Supreme Pictures Corporation, American
label: Subject of
content: Sybil Lewis, American, 1919 - 1988
label: Subject of
content: John L. Criner, American, 1898 - 1965
label: Subject of
content: Ralph Cooper, American, 1908 - 1992
label: Subject of
content: Sam McDaniel, American, 1886 - 1962
label: Subject of
content: Dewey Markham, American, 1904 - 1981
label: Subject of
content: Edward Thompson, American, 1898 - 1960
label: Subject of
content: Reginald Fenderson, American, 1911 - 1986
label: Subject of
content: Monte Hawley, American, 1901 - 1950
label: Subject of
content: A. William Hackel, American, 1882 - 1959
label: Subject of
content: Sherman L. Lowe, American, 1894 - 1968
label: Subject of
content: Sam Newfield, American, 1899 - 1964
label: Printed by
content: Continental Lithograph Corporation, American, founded 1925
notes: label: Description
content: This movie poster depicts a large bust-length image of a man, Ralph Cooper, along with two smaller vignettes and a banner that bisects the top and bottom half of the poster. The poster's top left quadrant showsCooper from the shoulders up, standing in front of a microscope. At the top right quadrant within a circle is a scene of a doctor and nurse dressed for surgery, standing over a patient. The bottom left quadrant has a vignette of three men; one man appears to be attacking the second, who is a in a prone position. The third man, behind them both, has his right hand raised above his head, holding a gun by the muzzle. The remaining quadrant depicts a poster with the movie title that reads "Am I Guilty?" followed by a list of the starring actors. The top and bottom sections of the poster are divided by a wide white banner with red text that reads "RALPH COOPER."
label: Transcription Center Status
content: Transcribed by digital volunteers
place: label: Place used
content: United States, North and Central America
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: Medicine
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: 2013.118.6
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): 35 5/8 × 23 9/16 in. (90.5 × 59.8 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (sheet): 38 × 25 1/16 in. (96.5 × 63.7 cm)