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Distributed by:
National Screen Service, American, 1920 - 2000  Search this
Subject of:
Pam Grier, American, born 1949  Search this
Sid Haig, American  Search this
American International Pictures, 1956 - 1980  Search this
Medium:
ink on cardboard
Dimensions:
H x W: 11 × 14 in. (27.9 × 35.6 cm)
Type:
lobby cards
Date:
1973
Description:
A color lobby card for the movie "Coffy." Large black-and-white still from the movie is in the top left corner of the white poster, with Pam Grier playing Coffy on the left with Sid Haig as Omar in a turtleneck, leather jacket, and beret, with his PR hand grabbing the front of Pam Grier's white dress. To the right of the black-and-white image are a collage of color drawings of scenes from the movie with [She's the/"GODMOTHER"/of them/all!] in red type above the images. In the bottom left corner in dark red reads ["Coffy"], while underneath in black, reads [Samuel Z. Arkoff presents an American International Picture "COFFY" starring PAM GRIER and/BOOKER BRADSHAW • ROBERT DOQUI • WILLIAM ELLIOTT • ALLAN ARBUS • SID HAIG/Produced by Robert A. Papazian • Written and Directed by Jack Hill • COLOR by Movielab as Vitroni as Omar/COPYRIGHT (C) 1973 AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL PICTURES, INC.] in various text sizes. In the bottom right corner there is a movie rating box ("R" rated) and smaller text, along with [73/157], all in black ink.
Topic:
African American  Search this
Amusements  Search this
Blaxploitation films  Search this
Film  Search this
Credit Line:
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
Object number:
2014.53.10.2
Restrictions & Rights:
© Sony Pictures Entertainment, Inc & Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Inc
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National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
Classification:
Memorabilia and Ephemera-Advertisements
Data Source:
National Museum of African American History and Culture
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd534ff565a-e8ff-40eb-8692-3accc18f097e
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmaahc_2014.53.10.2