<i>The River</i> lobby cards
date: label: date made
content: 1951
notes: label: Description
content: Original lobby card for the 1951 motion picture, <i>The River</i>. Jean Renoir directed this drama starring Patricia Walters, Nora Swinburne, and Esmond Knight. The film is about the adventures of three young girls growing up in Bengal, India. This card depicts Captain John embracing Melanie.
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
setName: label: See more items in
content: Culture and the Arts: Entertainment
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2009.0017.57.08
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