Poster for Ebony Parade
date: label: Date
content: 1947
name: label: Distributed by
content: Astor Pictures, American, 1930 - 1963
label: Subject of
content: Cab Calloway, American, 1907 - 1994
label: Subject of
content: Dorothy Dandridge, American, 1922 - 1965
label: Subject of
content: Count Basie, American, 1904 - 1984
label: Subject of
content: The Mills Brothers, American, 1928 - 1982
label: Subject of
content: Mantan Moreland, American, 1902 - 1973
label: Subject of
content: Francine Everett, American, 1915 - 1999
label: Subject of
content: Vanita Smythe, American, 1925 - 1994
label: Subject of
content: Ruby Hill, American, 1922 - 2004
label: Subject of
content: Pat Flowers, American, 1917 - 2000
label: Subject of
content: Day, Dawn, and Dusk, American, 1940 - 1960
label: Subject of
content: The Jubalaires, American, c. 1940-1950
label: Subject of
content: Mable Lee, American, 1921 - 2019
notes: label: Caption
content: Released in 1947, Ebony Parade was a series of short sketches and numbers originally distributed as musical shorts by the Soundies Distributing Corporation of America.
label: Description
content: A large poster for the film Ebony Parade with a blue background and an off-white border. Across the blue background are red musical notes and stars outlined in white. At the top center in red lettering is [20 Great Stars]. Printed in the center in small black type is [Astor Pictures presents] followed by [EBONY PARADE] in large yellow letters over a red background. Surrounding the title are color photographic portraits of the stars of the film. At the top left are the faces of Mantan Moreland, Dorothy Dandridge and Ruby Hill, followed by a full portrait of a seated Mabel Lee and in the bottom left corner is an image of the Mills Brothers gathered around two microphones. On the right side are the faces of Cab Calloway, Vanita Smythe, Francine Everett, and Count Basie. At the bottom right is a yellow box bordered in black with red text that reads [featuring / Cab Calloway * Count Basie / His Band His Band / Mills. Bros. * Vanita Smythe / Mantan Moreland * Mable Lee/ Ruby Hill * Francine Everett / Dorothy Dandridge * Pat Flowers / and / Day, Dawn, and Dusk * Jubilaries]. At the bottom left, in small white text on a red background is [RELEASED THRU ASTOR PICTURES CORP.]. On the back of the poster are two stamps in purple that say [Screen Classics, Inc. / 1632 Central Parkway, Cincinnati 10, Ohio].
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: Comedy
label: Topic
content: Conductors (Musicians)
label: Topic
content: Dance
label: Topic
content: Entertainers
label: Topic
content: Film
label: Topic
content: Instrumentalists (Musicians)
label: Topic
content: Jazz (Music)
label: Topic
content: Musical films
label: Topic
content: Musicians
label: Topic
content: Race films
label: Topic
content: Singers (Musicians)
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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: 2013.118.31
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): 36 5/8 × 20 7/8 in. (93 × 53 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Sheet): 41 1/4 × 26 15/16 in. (104.7 × 68.5 cm)