Film poster for The Five Heartbeats
date: label: Date
content: 1991
name: label: Commissioned by
content: 20th Century Fox Film Corporation, American, founded 1935
label: Subject of
content: Robert Townsend, American, born 1957
label: Subject of
content: Michael Wright, American
label: Subject of
content: Leon Robinson, American, born 1962
label: Subject of
content: Harry Lennix, American
label: Subject of
content: Tico Wells, American
label: Subject of
content: Harold Nicholas, American, 1921 - 2000
notes: label: Description
content: Movie poster with five (5) men featured in the center. Each man wears a different color and is seen posed in various positions around each other. Poster has a light blue background. At the top is purple text with the movie tag line [THEY WERE JUST FIVE GUYS FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD,/BUT TOGETHER THEY CREATED A SOUND THAT ROCKED AMERICA]. In the lower half of the poster is a large graphic that incorporates the title of the film [the/FIVE HEARBEATS]. The graphic includes a large heart with five (5) men wearing identical suits. Below the title is the billing block in purple text.
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Advertising
label: Topic
content: Film
label: Topic
content: Hollywood (Film)
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 from the Personal Collection of Bill Ivory Larson
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2014.35.28
objectType: label: Type
content: posters
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © 20th Century Fox Film Corporation
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: ink on paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 40 × 27 in. (101.6 × 68.6 cm)