Lobby card for Black Belt Jones: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

A lobby card for the movie Black Belt Jones directed by Robert Clouse. In the upper proper right portion of the card is an image of a man (Jim Kelly) dressed in dark clothing and carrying a dark blue sack in his right hand. His left hand is leaning on a brick wall. In the background a chain link fence and large machinery is visible. On the left edge there is black and orange text that reads [ENTER / JIM / "DRAGON" / KELLY]. Below that text is a black abstract illustration of men and women performing martial arts. Below the images in the lower left is additional black and pink text that reads [HE CLOBBERS THE MOB AS / BLACK BELT / JONES]. At the very bottom left corner is a copyright notice [COPYRIGHT 1974 WARNER BROS., INC.] and at the very right corner is a licensing message from National Screen Service Corp. and [74/43].

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 1974
• Published by: Warner Bros. Pictures, American, founded 1923
• Subject of: Jim Kelly, American, born 1946
• 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: Blaxploitation films
• Topic: Film
• Object number: 2011.41.14.2
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
• Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

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: © 1974 WARNER BROS., Inc Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.