Subject of:

Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc., founded 1919  Search this

Sidney Poitier, Bahamian American, 1927 - 2022  Search this

Claudia McNeil, American, 1917 - 1993  Search this

Ruby Dee, American, 1924 - 2014  Search this

Lorraine Hansberry, American, 1930 - 1965  Search this

Philip Rose, 1921 - 2011  Search this

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.].

Topic:

African American  Search this

Actors  Search this

Film  Search this

Hollywood (Film)  Search this

Race films  Search this

Credit Line:

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture

Object number:

2013.118.134.2

Restrictions & Rights:

© 1961 Columbia Pictures Corporation

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National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection

Collection title:

A Cinema Apart: African American Film Memorabilia (Larry Richards Collection)

Classification:

Memorabilia and Ephemera-Advertisements

Data Source:

National Museum of African American History and Culture

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