Lobby card for Bargain with Bullets: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

This lobby card depicts seven men. The man in the bottom left hand corner is sitting in a chair with his hands crossed. The other three men on the left side of the card are all standing. One is in a red suit, another in a green suit, and the third in a grey suit. The man in the green suit is holding a gun to the back of the man in the grey suit. The last three men depicted are all on the right side of the card. Two are sitting at a table while the last is in the back corner of the room they’re in. In the bottom right hand corner, it reads "Ralph/Cooper/ Bargain/with/Bullets."

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 1937
• Distributed by: Million Dollar Productions, American, 1937 - 1940
• Produced by: Harry M. Popkin, American, 1906 - 1991
• Subject of: Ralph Cooper, American, 1908 - 1992
• Subject of: Theresa Harris, American, 1906 - 1985
• Subject of: John L. Criner, American, 1898 - 1965
• Type: lobby cards
• Medium: ink on paper (fiber product)
• Dimensions: H x W (Image): 9 13/16 × 12 15/16 in. (25 × 32.8 cm)
• Dimensions: H x W (Sheet): 11 × 14 in. (28 × 35.5 cm)
• Place filmed: Los Angeles, California, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Actors
• Topic: Film
• Topic: Independent films
• Topic: Race films
• Object number: 2013.118.86.2
• 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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