<i>A Face in the Crowd</i> lobby card
date: label: date made
content: 1957
name: label: depicted
content: Griffith, Andy
label: maker
content: Warner Brothers
notes: label: Description
content: Original lobby card for the Warner Bros. motion picture, <i>A Face in the Crowd</i>. Elia Kazan directed this 1957 drama starring Andy Griffith, Patricia Neal, and Anthony Franciosa. The screenplay was based on Budd Schulberg’s short story, <i>Your Arkansas Traveler</i>. It follows the life of a drifter named Larry “Lonesome” Rhodes and the consequences of his sudden rise to fame. This card depicts Larry Rhodes surrounded by a mob of adoring female fans.
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
place: label: place made
content: United States
topic: label: Subject
content: Entertainment
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: 2017.0298.02
label: accession number
content: 2017.0298
label: catalog number
content: 2017.0298.02
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Lobby Card
label: Object Name
content: Poster
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