Detective Story Movie Poster: Museum Object and Cultural History
Detective Story Movie Poster: date made: 1951. referenced: Douglas, Kirk. maker: Paramount Pictures Corporation.
The object in the museum catalogue
Poster for the 1951 film Detective Story starring Kirk Douglas, Eleanor Parker, William Bendix, and Cathy O’Donnell. The image on the poster features two men in a fight with a larger fight scene sketched behind them. The film was nominated for four Academy Awards and tells the story of a day in the lives of the people working in a police detective squad.
Materials, dates and provenance
- date made: 1951
- referenced: Douglas, Kirk
- maker: Paramount Pictures Corporation
- Object Name: poster
- Physical Description: paper (overall material)
- Physical Description: ink (overall material)
- Measurements: overall: 41 1/8 in x 27 1/8 in; 104.4575 cm x 68.8975 cm
- place made: United States
- Subject: Motion Pictures
- ID Number: 2017.0059.02
- accession number: 2017.0059
- catalog number: 2017.0059.02
- Data Source: National Museum of American History
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