<i>The Saga of Hemp Brown</i> lobby card
date: label: date made
content: 1958
notes: label: Description
content: Original lobby card for Universal International Pictures’ 1958 motion picture, <i>The Saga of Hemp Brown</i>. Richard Carlson directed this western about Lieutenant Hemp Brown’s struggle to bring ex-sergeant Jed Givens’ gang to justice. Rory Calhoun, Beverly Garland, and John Larch star in this film. This card depicts a variety of action sequences such as fist fights, wagon chases, and the pistols. <p>
label: Description
content: Lobby cards were once a popular form of advertisement for motion pictures. The publicity departments of Hollywood studios created cards featuring striking images of their latest films and delivered sets to theatres across the country. Lobby cards were created to entice future audiences and increase ticket sales.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: Subject
content: Movie
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content: Culture and the Arts: Entertainment
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2009.0017.61.01
label: accession number
content: 2009.0017
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Movie Stills
label: Object Name
content: card
label: Object Name
content: lobby card
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: ink (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 11 in x 14 in; 27.94 cm x 35.56 cm