Lobby card for Cabin in the Sky: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

The lobby card has a bright yellow background spangled with red, orange, and black stars and musical notes. In the top left corner there is a color photograph of Lena Horne, Eddie Anderson, and Ethel Waters with standing at a white picket fence, in front of an orange background. To the right is a black-and-white illustration of Duke Ellington in tuxedo and top hat dancing with Lena Horne. In the bottom right corner is a black-and-white illustration of a drum set, clarinet, and trumpet, with the hands and faces of the musicians just visible. Just left of center is black and red text reading [Entertainment galore! / Gorgeous girls! Songs! / CABIN IN / THE SKY / What a cast! / ETHEL WATERS / Eddie "Rochester" Anderson / Lena Horne / Louis Armstrong * Rex Ingram / Duke Ellington & His Orchestra / The Hall Johnson Choir] followed by a red and black Metro-Goldwyn Mayer logo. There is a small black and white drawing of a man and a woman dancing to the left of the text. Across the bottom of the lobby card, in the border, is printed [Copyright 1943 Loew's Incorporated - Country of Origin U.S.A. - Property of National Screen Service Corp. Licensed for display only in connection with the exhibition of this picture at your theatre. Must be returned immediately thereafter. - 43/85].

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 1943
• Created by: Loews Cineplex Entertainment, American, 1904 - 2006
• Produced by: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc., founded 1924
• Distributed by: National Screen Service, American, 1920 - 2000
• Subject of: Ethel Waters, American, 1896 - 1977
• Subject of: Eddie Anderson, American, 1905 - 1977
• Subject of: Lena Horne, American, 1917 - 2010
• Subject of: Louis Armstrong, American, 1901 - 1971
• Subject of: Rex Ingram, American, 1895 - 1969
• Type: lobby cards
• Medium: ink on paper
• Dimensions: H x W: 11 1/16 × 14 1/16 in. (28.1 × 35.7 cm)
• Place used: United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Actors
• Topic: Advertising
• Topic: Dance
• Topic: Film
• Topic: Jazz (Music)
• Topic: Musical films
• Object number: 2013.118.97
• 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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