Lobby card for The Bronze Venus
date: label: Date
content: 1943
name: label: Distributed by
content: Toddy Pictures Company, American, 1941 - 1970s
label: Subject of
content: Lena Horne, American, 1917 - 2010
label: Subject of
content: Ralph Cooper, American, 1908 - 1992
label: Subject of
content: John L. Criner, American, 1898 - 1965
label: Subject of
content: Basin Street Boys, American, founded 1935
label: Subject of
content: The Cats and the Fiddle, American, 1937 - 1951
label: Subject of
content: Harry M. Popkin, American, 1906 - 1991
label: Subject of
content: Leo C. Popkin, Canadian, 1914 - 2011
label: Subject of
content: Million Dollar Productions, American, 1937 - 1940
notes: label: Description
content: Lobby card for The Bronze Venus.
label: Description
content: The lobby card features a large yellow banner across the top reading [LENA HORNE] in red and [STAR SENSATION OF "CABIN IN THE SKY" and "STORMY WEATHER"] in blue. There is a red star on either side of “LENA HORNE”. Underneath the banner there is a black and white tinted image of of a band leader directing an orchestra against a blue background decorated with stars. There is green on either side of the image. The yellow banner continues below the image and reads [THE BRONZE VENUS] in blue. There is an image of Lena Horne standing and wearing a pink gown on the proper right side of the banner. There is an image of a quartet (The Basin Street Boys) under the yellow banner. The second man from the proper right side is holding a guitar. Each man is wearing a matching tuxedo with a tinted pink shirt and bowtie. There are blue stars, music notes, and music graphs in several areas on the background of the lobby card and on the yellow banners. There is blue text in the top proper right corner which reads [TODDY PICTURES CO. / Presents] There is an orange banner in the bottom proper left corner with blue text that reads [WITH / RALPH COOPER / LAWRENCE CRINER / BASIN STREET BOYS / The CATS and the FIDDLE / Produced by HARRY M. POPKIN / Directed by LEO POPKIN]. There is a thin blue border around the lobby card. There is blue text in the bottom proper left corner under the border. The text reads “COUNTRY OF ORIGIN U.S.A.”].
label: Description
content: The back of the lobby card is blank, with some small areas of discoloration.
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: Dance
label: Topic
content: Film
label: Topic
content: Jazz (Music)
label: Topic
content: Musical films
label: Topic
content: Musicians
label: Topic
content: Rhythm and blues (Music)
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: 2013.118.96.1
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)