Sounder: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

A printed copy of a screenplay titled “Sounder” written and owned by Lonne Elder, III. The screenplay is printed in black text on white and pink colored paper and consists of 96 pages held together by two metal fasteners. The cover of the screenplay is blank. The title page reads ["SOUNDER" / Written By / Lonne Elder, III] in the center, followed by a logo and contact information for Preferred Artists Talent Agency. At the bottom corner of the tite page is [20th Century Fox / Radnitz-Mattel]. Printed horizontally in black ink on the side of the text block is “SOUNDER.”

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 1971
• Written by: Lonne Elder III, American, 1927 - 1996
• Used by: 20th Century Fox Film Corporation, American, founded 1935
• Subject of: Radnitz/Mattel Productions, founded 1970
• Subject of: Preferred Artists, American
• Type: screenplays
• Medium: ink on paper with metal
• Dimensions: H x W x D: 11 × 8 1/2 × 1/2 in. (27.9 × 21.6 × 1.3 cm)
• Place used: Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Film
• Topic: Hollywood (Film)
• Topic: Literature
• Object number: 2019.82.3
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the Lonne Elder III Estate
• 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: © Lonne Elder III Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.