Lobby card for Imitation of Life
date: label: Date
content: 1949
name: label: Distributed by
content: Realart Pictures Inc., American, founded 1948
label: Subject of
content: Claudette Colbert, French, 1903 - 1996
label: Subject of
content: Fannie Hurst, American, 1885 - 1968
label: Subject of
content: Louise Beavers, American, 1902 - 1962
label: Subject of
content: John M. Stahl, Azerbaijani, 1886 - 1950
label: Subject of
content: Fredi Washington, American, 1903 - 1994
label: Subject of
content: Warren William, American, 1894 - 1948
label: Subject of
content: Ned Sparks, Canadian, 1883 - 1957
label: Subject of
content: Rochelle Hudson, American, 1916 - 1972
label: Subject of
content: Franklin Pangborn, American, 1889 - 1958
notes: label: Description
content: Lobby card for Imitation of Life.
label: Description
content: The lobby card features a color image of a still from the film. There is a woman on the proper right side with wavy brown hair and a blue top with green pants. She is sitting in profile facing the proper left side. Her left hand is up to her mouth and her right arm is resting on her lap. There is another woman on the proper left side of the image. She has curly hair and is wearing a brimmed hat, pearl earrings, a brown dress, gloves, and a fur stole. There is a white trim on the proper right side of the image and it is abstract in shape. The proper right side of the image contains a yellow background with a colored drawing of two characters from the film. The woman on the proper right has wavy hair and sad eyes and is larger in size. The woman on the proper left was drawn smaller. She is wearing a long-sleeved green dress and has curly hair. Her right arm is raised. There is a blue box below it with white text that reads [CLAUDETTE / Colbert / in / Fannie Hurst’s GREAT NOVEL / IMITATION of LIFE]. There is a border around the image. There is red text on the proper right bottom of the border which reads [WITH LOUISE BEAVERS / A JOHN M. STAHL production]. There is red text in the center containing a list of cast members. In the bottom proper left border there is blue text which reads [A / Realart / RE-RELEASE / 6 Country of Origin U.S.A. R 49/650].
label: Description
content: The back of the lobby card has some areas of discoloration. There is an upside-down diagonal red stamp at the bottom left which reads [Independent Poster Exch.] with an address below it.
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
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: 2013.118.115.2
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. (27.9 × 35.6 cm)