Lobby card for The Betrayal: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

A lobby card for the movie "The Betrayal". The card is comprised of a black-and-white image of a man and woman standing in a room in front of another man lying on the carpet on the floor. The man on the floor appears to be dead. The woman is wearing a dark shiny dress and is holding a gun at her side in her left hand. Her right hand is resting on her chest and her face appears to be in a state of shock. The man standing next to her is wearing a light colored suit and hat and is extending his hand toward her. In the lower proper left there is a box with text that reads [GREATEST NEGRO PHOTOPLAY OF ALL TIME/ ASTOR PICTURES Presents/ The/ Betrayal/ OSCAR MICHEAUX'S/ Thrilling Motion Picture Epic/ Based on the immortal novel/ "THE WIND FROM NOWHERE"].

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 1948
• Created by: Astor Pictures, American, 1930 - 1963
• Subject of: Oscar Micheaux, American, 1884 - 1951
• 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: 2011.160.4
• 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.