Poster for Claudine: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

A color poster for the film Claudine. The poster features a large color photograph of a man and woman walking down a city sidewalk with six children. All are holding hands, with three children on each side of the couple in the center. Black type underneath reads, [A heart and soul comedy. / Can you dig it?]. At the bottom is [JAMES EARL JONES DIAHANN CARROLL / "CLAUDINE"] in large yellow type, with production information in smaller blue type.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 1974
• Created by: 20th Century Fox Film Corporation, American, founded 1935
• Subject of: James Earl Jones, American, 1931 - 2024
• Subject of: Diahann Carroll, American, 1935 - 2019
• Type: posters
• Medium: paper (fiber product)
• Dimensions: H x W: 41 x 27 1/16 in. (104.1 x 68.7 cm)
• Place used: United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Film
• Topic: Hollywood (Film)
• Object number: 2012.152.874
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Dow B. Ellis
• 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: © Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.