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Created by:
Paramount Pictures, American, founded 1912  Search this
de Passe Entertainment, founded 1968  Search this
Subject of:
Diana Ross, American, born 1944  Search this
Sidney J. Furie, Canadian, born 1933  Search this
Billy Dee Williams, American, born 1937  Search this
Billie Holiday, American, 1915 - 1959  Search this
Medium:
lithographic ink on paper (fiber product)
Dimensions:
H x W: 41 1/16 x 27 1/8 in. (104.3 x 68.9 cm)
Type:
posters
Place used:
United States, North and Central America
Date:
1972
Description:
Poster for the film Lady Sings the Blues. The poster has a white background with a silver rectangle in the middle. Within the silver rectangle is an illustration of a woman's disembodied arm reaching up to grasp a microphone. The arm wears beaded bracelets and has a pair of handcuffs clasped around it, the other side of the cuffs open and empty. The microphone stand turns into the top of the L of [LADY / SINGS / THE / BLUES]. Across the top of the silver rectangle, in pink letters is [DIANA ROSS IS BILLIE HOLIDAY], the "is" appears both underlined and italicized. Beneath the silver rectangle is black text reading [PARAMOUNT PICTURES CORPORATION and BERRY GORDY present / DIANA ROSS IN "LADY SINGS THE BLUES" / also starring BILLY DEE WILLIAMS]. Additional billing information continues below. At the very bottom left corner is a copyright notice: [Copyright 1972 by Jobete Music Company Inc. Motown Productions. Weston Asssociates Inc. Furie Productions Inc. All rights reserved.].
Topic:
African American  Search this
Actors  Search this
Film  Search this
Jazz (Music)  Search this
Motown (Music)  Search this
Musical films  Search this
Rhythm and blues (Music)  Search this
Singers (Musicians)  Search this
Credit Line:
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Leith Adams
Object number:
2010.7.85.1
Restrictions & Rights:
© 1972 by Motown-Weston-Furie Productions
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Classification:
Memorabilia and Ephemera-Advertisements
Data Source:
National Museum of African American History and Culture
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd50e94d312-8342-4793-9fd3-88626f5a4dfe
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmaahc_2010.7.85.1