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: 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 black and white tinted image on the proper left side. The image depicts a man with a white collared shirt, a black suit jacket with a white corsage, and a blue necktie. He has wavy gelled-back hair. He is facing the proper left side of the image, looking at Lena Horne. She is facing the proper right side of the image and has her arms around his shoulders. She is wearing an orange top with a lighter colored shirt underneath and white flowers on the front. She has curly hair and she is looking back at the man. The background is green and out of focus. The image has uneven rounded edges. There is a yellow background on the rest of the lobby card. On the proper right side there is a tinted image of Lena Horne standing and wearing a pink dress with a green scarf tied on her proper right wrist. There are blue stars, music notes, and music graphs on several areas of the yellow background. There is blue text on the proper bottom right corner which reads [TODDY PICTURES / COMPANY / Presents] followed by red and blue text in the center which reads [LENA HORNE / STAR SENSATION OF / “CABIN IN THE SKY” and “STORMY WEATHER”]. There is a red star on either side of “LENA HORNE”. There is blue text to the proper left which reads [in The BRONZE VENUS / (“THE DUKE IS TOPS”). There is a white border around the lobby card. There is blue text in the bottom proper left corner in the border. The text reads “COUNTRY OF ORIGIN U.S.A.”].
label: Description
content: The back of the lobby card is blank. Some of the text from the front can be seen and there are some areas of discoloration, including white spots.
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: Race films
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: 2013.118.96.7
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 (fiber product)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Image): 9 15/16 × 12 13/16 in. (25.2 × 32.5 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Sheet): 11 × 14 in. (28 × 35.5 cm)