David J. Cogan, Romanian American, died 2002 Search this
David Howard Susskind, American, 1920 - 1987 Search this
Daniel Mannix Petrie, Canadian, 1920 - 2004 Search this
Medium:
ink on paper
Dimensions:
H x W: 10 15/16 × 14 in. (27.8 × 35.6 cm)
Type:
lobby cards
Place used:
United States, North and Central America
Date:
1961
Description:
Lobby card for A Raisin in the Sun.
The card consists of a large tinted film still depicting a scene with Sidney Poitier and Claudia McNeil. The two are pictured in a blue room. McNeil is on the left, wearing an orange dress and looking towards Poitier, who is on the right wearing a yellow shirt and leaning towards McNeil. In the bottom right corner is a round orange ring with a white center. Within the white circle is [Columbia Pictures / presents / SIDNEY POITIER / in / a raisin in the sun / with / CLAUDIA McNEIL - RUBY DEE / Screenplay by LORRAINE HANSBERRY from her play / Produced on the stage by PHILIP ROSE and DAVID J. COGAN / Produced by DAVID SUSSKIND and PHILIP ROSE / Directed by DANIEL PETRIE]. Below the image at the bottom left of the card in small blue text is [Copyright 1961 by Columbia Pictures Corporation.].