Lobby card for the film His Harlem Wife: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

Lobby card for the 1944 release of the film His Harlem Wife. The card features a large black-and-white image of men and women dressed formally and gathered around a roulette table within a casino. The men in the image are wearing tuxedos while the women are wearing dresses and gowns. In the foreground of the image eight men and women are playing roulette. People are sitting at tables or walking around in the background. In the bottom right corner is a smaller black-and-white image of Louise Beavers. She is wearing a dark colored jacket and a white blouse. She is writing on a notepad. Black text below the large image reads [Toddy Pictures / COMPANY / PRESENTS / Louise CEAVERS in HIS HARLEM WIFE / “LIFE GOES ON” / WITH EDWARD THOMPSON -- LAWRENCE CRINER – REGINALD FENDERSON / MONTE HAWLEY --- DIRECTED BY WILLIAM NOLTE / ALL STAR COLORED CAST]. Printed in black ink in the bottom right corner is [Country of Origin U. S. A.]. The back of the lobby card is blank.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 1944
• Published by: Toddy Pictures Company, American, 1941 - 1970s
• Subject of: Louise Beavers, American, 1902 - 1962
• Subject of: Edward Thompson, American, 1898 - 1960
• Subject of: John L. Criner, American, 1898 - 1965
• Subject of: Reginald Fenderson, American, 1911 - 1986
• Subject of: Monte Hawley, American, 1901 - 1950
• Created by: William Lewis Nolte, American, 1889 - 1965
• Type: lobby cards
• Medium: ink on paper
• Dimensions: H x W: 11 × 14 in. (28 × 35.5 cm)
• Place used: United States, North and Central America
• Place depicted: Harlem, New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Actors
• Topic: Advertising
• Topic: Film
• Topic: Race films
• Object number: 2019.22.14
• 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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