Poster for Pinky: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

This poster for the film Pinky is printed on a black background with an off-white border. In the center is the face of a woman (Jeanne Crain)with red hair and blue eyes and [Pinky] in large white script with a pink dot over the "i." Over Crain's shoulder, in the top left corner is the face of another woman (Ethel Waters) wearing a white head wrap and dark clothing. At the top right corner is [The poignant story of a girl who fell hopelessly in love!] in white text. In the lower right corner is a smaller image of a woman in a belted white dress with a man standing in front of her and a man standing behind her. The man in front of her is concealed by shadows and the man behind her is wearing a white button up shirt, tie, pants, and a fedora. To the left of this in white text is [Starring Jeanne Crain, Ethel Barrymore, / Ethel Waters. William Lundigan, / Produced by F. Zanuck, Directed by Eilia Kazan]. A 20th Century Fox Film Corporation logo is in the bottom left corner. Printed in the bottom border of the poster, from left to right is [Copyright 1949 - By Twentieth Century -Fox FIlm Corp. - Litho in U.S.A. - 5649 - Property of National Screen Service Corp. Licensed for display only in connection with the exhibition of this picture at your theatre. Must be returned immediately thereafter. - 49/607 - LITHO-POSTER CORPORATION OF AMERICA].

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 1949
• Distributed by: 20th Century Fox Film Corporation, American, founded 1935
• Subject of: Jeanne Crain, American, 1925 - 2003
• Subject of: Ethel Barrymore, American, 1879 - 1959
• Subject of: Ethel Waters, American, 1896 - 1977
• Subject of: William Lundigan, American, 1914 - 1975
• Subject of: Darryl F. Zanuck, American, 1902 - 1979
• Subject of: Elia Kazan, Greek American, 1909 - 2003
• Printed by: Litho Poster Corporation of America, American, 1943 - 1951
• Type: posters
• Medium: ink on paper (fiber product)
• Dimensions: H x W (image): 39 × 25 1/2 in. (99.1 × 64.8 cm)
• Dimensions: H x W (sheet): 40 15/16 × 27 1/16 in. (104 × 68.7 cm)
• Place used: United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Actors
• Topic: Film
• Topic: Race films
• Topic: Race relations
• Object number: 2013.118.72
• 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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