Film poster for The Exile: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

This movie poster from "The Exile" depicts a man and woman in a close embrace. Standing against a grey-blue background, the man, wearing a tan coat, stands sideways to the viewer. He has his arms around a young woman in a pink patterned dress and white collar. Standing sideways to the viewer, she rests her hands on the man's chest. Above their head are the words "Mighty Modern ALL TALKING Epic of Negro Life / THE EXILE / with a Cast of Colored Stars ------ Adapted from / 'The Conquest' / Written and Directed by Oscar Micheaux." At the bottom left corner are the words "Distributed by / Fayette Picture / Corporation." There is a wide white margin around the edge of the poster. In the bottom right corner is a circular logo with the words "The H.C. Miner Litho. Co., N.Y. /30407/Lithographed in U.S.A."

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 1931
• Printed by: H. C. Miner Lithographing Company, American, 1896 - 1935
• Distributed by: Fayette Picture Corporation
• Subject of: Oscar Micheaux, American, 1884 - 1951
• Subject of: Eunice Brooks, American
• Subject of: Stanley Morrell
• Type: posters
• Medium: ink on paper
• Dimensions: H x W: 41 1/8 × 27 1/8 in. (104.5 × 68.9 cm)
• Place printed: New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Advertising
• Topic: Film
• Topic: Race films
• Topic: Segregation
• Object number: 2013.118.32
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
• Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

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