Glory Movie Poster: Museum Object and Cultural History
Glory Movie Poster: date made: 1989. Associated Name: Washington, Denzel. Associated Name: Freeman, Morgan.
The object in the museum catalogue
Poster for the 1989 film Glory starring Denzel Washington, Morgan Freeman, and Matthew Broderick. Glory was the first film to illustrate the involvement of African American soldiers in the Civil War. The film follows the story of the 54th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, the first African American Union regiment organized in the North during the Civil War, and culminates in the Battle at Fort Wagner.
Materials, dates and provenance
- date made: 1989
- Associated Name: Washington, Denzel
- Associated Name: Freeman, Morgan
- maker: Tri-Star Pictures, Inc.
- Object Name: poster
- Physical Description: paper (overall material)
- Physical Description: ink (overall material)
- Measurements: overall: 39 7/8 in x 26 7/8 in; 101.2825 cm x 68.2625 cm
- place made: United States
- Associated Place: United States: New York, New York City
- Subject: Motion Pictures
- Subject: Civil War
- ID Number: 2017.3021.011
- nonaccession number: 2017.3021
- catalog number: 2017.3021.011
- Data Source: National Museum of American History
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