Lobby card for Lying Lips
date: label: Date
content: 1939
name: label: Created by
content: Micheaux Film and Book Company, American, 1918 - 1940
label: Subject of
content: Edna Mae Harris, American, 1910 - 1997
label: Subject of
content: Oscar Micheaux, American, 1884 - 1951
notes: label: Description
content: A lobby card for the movie "Lying Lips". The card is comprised of an image of a woman (Edna Mae Harris) wearing a red hat, red and white checkered jacket, and green top and standing in front of a high desk or bench presumably at a courthouse or police station. Behind her is a man (Robert Earl Jones) in a brown suit with a red tie and a hat. Next to them is a man dressed as a police officer and sitting on the other side of the desk is a man in a blue uniform. The man sitting behind the desk is writing in a book. In the background a door is visible. In the upper proper right corner is text that reads [OSCAR MICHEAUX/ presents/ LYING LIPS]. In the lower proper left corner there is a box with text that reads [EDNA MAE HARRIS/ The Personality Girl/ And an All Star/ COLORED CAST].
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
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: Classification
content: Memorabilia and Ephemera - Advertisements
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of David A. Lowrance
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2011.160.1
objectType: label: Type
content: lobby cards
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Public Domain - film in public domain, materials as well
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 x 14 in. (27.9 x 35.6 cm)