Poster for the soundtrack for the film The Last Dragon: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

A poster for the soundtrack for the film The Last Dragon. The poster has a black background with a central illustration of caricatures of artists riding a cartoon dragon. Four men and two women pictured, including Stevie Wonder and Smokey Robinson. Yellow, red, and white lettering above the image [A SOUNDTRACK ALBUM YOU CAN SEE/FROM A FILM YOU CAN HEAR!/TRI-STAR PICTURES PRESENTS/BERRY GORDY'S/THE LAST/DRAGON/A MOTOWN PRODUCTIONS PICTURE/Written by LOUIS VENOSTA Produced by RUPERT HITZIG Directed by MICHAEL SCHULTZ] Image of the soundtrack covers in the lower left corner. The artists and song titles are listed at the bottom of the poster, black lettering on a yellow background. Red and white lettering along the bottom edge reads [COMING THIS SUMMER/ON COMPACT DISC/EXCLUSIVELY ON MOTOWN RECORDS/& TECHNIQUALITY CASSETTES]

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 1985
• Created by: Motown Record Corporation, American, founded 1959
• Subject of: de Passe Entertainment, founded 1968
• Owned by: Julius J. Carry III, American, 1952 - 2008
• Subject of: Vanity, Canadian, 1959 - 2016
• Subject of: Stevie Wonder, American, born 1950
• Subject of: Smokey Robinson, American, born 1940
• Subject of: Rockwell, American, born 1964
• Subject of: DeBarge, American, 1979 - 1989
• Type: posters
• Medium: ink on paper
• Dimensions: H x W: 36 x 24 in. (91.4 x 61 cm)
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Actors
• Topic: Film
• Topic: Motown (Music)
• Topic: Music
• Object number: 2013.49.6
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, "I am the Master, Sho'Nuff!" Gift of Naomi Carry in loving memory of Julius J. Carry, III
• Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

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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: © 1985 Motown Productions, Inc Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.