Lobby card for the motion picture On the Banks of the Wabash
date: label: date made
content: 1923
name: label: Associated Name
content: Blackton, J. Stuart
label: Associated Name
content: Carr, Mary
label: Associated Name
content: Evans, Madge
label: Associated Name
content: McIntosh, Burr
label: Associated Name
content: Morrison, James W.
label: Associated Name
content: Dresser, Paul
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Lobby card for the motion picture On the Banks of the Wabash. The card features three color photographs of scenes from the film showing a steamship explosion, survivors swimming to shore, and a group of survivors gathered and holding a dog. Information about the film and a drawing of a debris-strewn river are printed beneath and beside the photos. This card was likely used to promote a screening of this film at a theater in Mt. Carmel, IL, where the card was found.
label: Description (Brief)
content: On the Banks of the Wabash is a silent film directed by J. Stuart Blackton and produced by Vitagraph Studios, released October 22, 1923. The melodrama stars Mary Carr, Madge Evans, Burr McIntosh, and James W. Morrison and tells the story of a courageous riverboat captain and his inventor son. The film is very loosely based on the song "On the Banks of the Wabash, Far Away," written by Paul Dresser in 1897 and one of the most popular pieces of American music of the early 20th century. The film production was lavish and expensive, with full-size riverboat and location shooting. According to The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog, On the Banks of the Wabash is a partially or completely lost film, meaning that no theatrical release copy of the film has survived.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: Associated Place
content: United States: Illinois, Mount Carmel
topic: label: Subject
content: Motion Pictures
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content: Culture and the Arts: Entertainment
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content: Popular Entertainment
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2021.0120.30
label: accession number
content: 2021.0120
label: catalog number
content: 2021.0120.30
objectType: label: Object Name
content: lobby card
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: printed (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 11 in x 14 in; 27.94 cm x 35.56 cm