A lobby card for the movie St. Louis Blues: Museum Object and Cultural History
A lobby card for the movie St. Louis Blues: Date: 1958. Published by: Paramount Pictures, American, founded 1912. Subject of: Nat King Cole, American, 1919 - 1965.
The object in the museum catalogue
A lobby card for the movie St. Louis Blues. The card features a depiction of four cast members on the right: Barney Bigard, Nat "King" Cole, Eartha Kitt, and Cab Calloway. To the left of that image is a red square with the title: [St. Louis Blues] inside, and below the title a list of film credits.
Materials, dates and provenance
- Date: 1958
- Published by: Paramount Pictures, American, founded 1912
- Subject of: Nat King Cole, American, 1919 - 1965
- Subject of: Eartha Kitt, American, 1927 - 2008
- Subject of: Pearl Bailey, American, 1918 - 1990
- Subject of: Cab Calloway, American, 1907 - 1994
- Subject of: Ella Fitzgerald, American, 1917 - 1996
- Subject of: Mahalia Jackson, American, 1911 - 1972
- Subject of: Ruby Dee, American, 1924 - 2014
- Type: lobby cards
- Medium: ink on poster board
- Dimensions: H x W: 11 x 14 in. (27.9 x 35.6 cm)
- Place depicted: Saint Louis, Missouri, United States, North and Central America
- Topic: African American
- Topic: Actors
- Topic: Blues (Music)
- Topic: Film
- Topic: Musical films
- Object number: 2010.34.14
- 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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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: © 1958 Paramount Pictures Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
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