Lobby card for Lilies of the Field
Object Details
- Created by
- United Artists Corporation, founded 1919
- Distributed by
- National Screen Service, American, 1920 - 2000
- Subject of
- Sidney Poitier, Bahamian American, 1927 - 2022
- Lilia Skala, 1896 - 1994
- Description
- A black and white lobby card for the film Lilies of the Field. The lobby card features a scene from the movie of Sidney Poitier holding a record and being shushed by a table of nuns. Along the bottom is a banner of red with [Sidney Poitier AS THE FANTASTIC HOMER IN RALPH NELSON'S Lilies of the Field] in black and white text. Along the bottom edge of the card is a copyright notice [Copyright 1963-United Artists Corporation.] on the left and a licensing notice by National Screen Service Corp. on the right.
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Dow B. Ellis
- 1963
- Object number
- 2012.152.1279
- Restrictions & Rights
- Unknown - Restrictions Possible
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- Type
- posters
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Dimensions
- H x W: 11 × 14 in. (27.9 × 35.6 cm)
- Place used
- United States, North and Central America
- See more items in
- National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
- Classification
- Memorabilia and Ephemera - Advertisements
- National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Topic
- African American
- Actors
- Film
- Record ID
- nmaahc_2012.152.1279
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5c04e9a53-6bd4-41c8-8001-2bab1737cf46
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