Lobby card for Lying Lips: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

A lobby card for the movie "Lying Lips". The card is comprised of an image of women standing in two lines to form a v-shape and wearing different colored bikinis. They are standing in front of a stage where a band is playing. The women have one arm raised and another arm out by their sides in a diagonal formation. The men in the band are all wearing tuxes. There are red curtains visible in front of the stage and green plants at the side. In front of the women there are people sitting at tables. In the upper proper right corner is text that reads [OSCAR MICHEAUX/ presents/ LYING LIPS]. In the lower proper left corner there is a box with text that reads [EDNA MAE HARRIS/ The Personality Girl/ And an All Star/ COLORED CAST].

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 1939
• Created by: Micheaux Film and Book Company, American, 1918 - 1940
• Subject of: Oscar Micheaux, American, 1884 - 1951
• Subject of: Edna Mae Harris, American, 1910 - 1997
• Type: lobby cards
• Medium: paper (fiber product)
• Dimensions: H x W: 11 x 14 in. (27.9 x 35.6 cm)
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Film
• Topic: Race films
• Object number: 2011.160.2
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of David A. Lowrance
• 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 displayed image also has an explicit CC0 designation. The underlying object's rights statement is: Public Domain - film in public domain, materials as well Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.