Poster for One Mile From Heaven: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

This illustrated film poster depicts two women with one little girl between them. In the upper left hand corner is a newspaper with [A STORY OF MOTHER-LOVE / THE NEWS PAPERS / WOULD NOT PRINT!]. In the upper right hand corner one woman, shown from the shoulders up, has her arm around a little girl. Both wear lavender coats. The other woman is on the left hand side halfway along the margin, shown from the neck up, facing towards the other woman and little girl. Next to her head in large blue text it reads "ONE MILE/ FROM HEAVEN." Below this, in darker green lettering against a light green background is the cast: [Claire TREVOR / Sally BLANE / Douglas Fowley / Fredi WASHINGTON / AND Bill ROBINSON]. In the lower left corner is the logo for 20th Century Fox Film Corporation.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 1937
• Distributed by: 20th Century Fox Film Corporation, American, founded 1935
• Subject of: Claire Trevor, American, 1910 - 2000
• Subject of: Sally Blane, American, 1910 - 1997
• Subject of: Fredi Washington, American, 1903 - 1994
• Subject of: Bill "Bojangles" Robinson, American, 1878 - 1949
• Subject of: Allan Dwan, Canadian American, 1885 - 1981
• Subject of: Sol M. Wurtzel, American, 1890 - 1958
• Type: posters
• Medium: ink on paper (fiber product)
• Dimensions: H x W (image): 38 1/4 × 25 1/2 in. (97.2 × 64.8 cm)
• Dimensions: H x W (sheet): 41 1/16 × 27 1/16 in. (104.3 × 68.7 cm)
• Place used: United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Advertising
• Topic: Film
• Topic: Hollywood (Film)
• Topic: Motherhood
• Topic: Race relations
• Object number: 2013.118.69
• 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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