Lobby card for Anna Lucasta: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

A lobby card for the movie Anna Lucasta directed by Arnold Laven. The card is comprised of a color image set in the interior of a restaurant and a woman (Eartha Kitt) wearing a yellow dress is sitting on a table near a small oil lamp with a man dressed as a sailor (Sammy Davis Jr.) standing by her side. He is talking to another man (Henry Scott) also dressed as a sailor. In the background a red wall and a wooden booth and table with a checked tablecloth is visible as is a doorway. In the proper left bottom corner there is an orange text box that reads [PHILIP YORDAN'S / Anna Lucasta / starring / EARTHA KITT / SAMMY DAVIS, JR. / as "Danny"]. Beneath the image at the bottom left corner is [Copyright 1958 - United Artists Corporation]. At the bottom right corner is a licensing note from National Screen Service Corp. and [59/12].

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 1958
• Published by: United Artists Corporation, founded 1919
• Distributed by: National Screen Service, American, 1920 - 2000
• Subject of: Eartha Kitt, American, 1927 - 2008
• Subject of: Sammy Davis Jr., American, 1925 - 1990
• Type: lobby cards
• Medium: ink on poster board
• Dimensions: H x W: 11 x 14 in. (27.9 x 35.6 cm)
• Place used: United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Actors
• Topic: Film
• Object number: 2011.41.8
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
• 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: © 1958 - United Artists Corporation Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.