Combined Continuity on Cotton Comes to Harlem: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

This folio continuity script for "Cotton Comes to Harlem" is from the 1970 film based on the Chester Himes' novel of the same name. The pages are mimeographed leaves bound in a black pressboard binder with a metal prong clasp. The front cover has a central white rectangular label with rounded edges that reads [COTTON COMES TO HARLEM / United Artists - 1970 / A.Perl, O.Davis/O.Davis]. There is an adhesive label on the upper spine that reads [COTTON COMES TO HARLEM]. The reverse of the binder has two anchoring holes for the interior metal prong. The script is held to the binder with a metal prong on the center left side and the 143 pages are connected together by a separate top center metal clasp.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: June 1, 1970
• Written by: Ossie Davis, American, 1917 - 2005
• Written by: Arnold Perl, American, 1914 - 1971
• Published by: Davis and Lee Film Continuity Service, American
• Subject of: Chester Himes, American, 1909 - 1984
• Subject of: United Artists Corporation, founded 1919
• Type: continuities
• Medium: ink on paper with metal on pressboard
• Place depicted: Harlem, New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Actors
• Topic: Blaxploitation films
• Topic: Film
• Topic: Literature
• Object number: 2016.26.4
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
• Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

Sources and reuse

Catalogue descriptions and facts adapted from National Museum of African American History and Culture through the Smithsonian's official Open Access dataset. This record explicitly marks its metadata CC0 1.0; formatting and selection have been changed. The underlying object's rights statement is: Unknown - Restrictions Possible Rights assessment and proper usage is the responsibility of the user.