<i>The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel</i>
date: label: date made
content: 1951
notes: label: Description
content: Original lobby card for Twentieth Century Fox’s 1951 motion picture, <i>The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel</i>. Henry Hathaway directed this biographical drama about the life of the infamous World War II German general, Erwin Rommel. James Mason, Cedric Hardwicke, and Jessica Tandy star in this film. The card depicts three men watching Rommel shave in a hospital bed. <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: 2009.0017.59.04
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