Lobby card for The Joe Louis Story: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

Color lobby card from the 1953 film “The Joe Louis Story," The card features a scene between Coley Wallace, Paul Stewart, and James Edwards. The poster is copyrighted 1953 by United Artists Corporation and was distributed by the National Screen Service. At lower right, on a red margin, the poster lists acting credits to Paul Stewart, Hilda Simms, James Edwards, John Marley, Dotts Johnson, and Coley Wallace, and the directing credit for Robert Gordon. The back of the lobby card is blank.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 1953
• Created by: United Artists Corporation, founded 1919
• Subject of: Joe Louis, American, 1914 - 1981
• Subject of: Coley Wallace, American, 1927 - 2005
• Subject of: Paul Stewart, American, 1908 - 1986
• Subject of: James Edwards, American, 1918 - 1970
• Subject of: Robert Gordon, American, 1913 - 1990
• Subject of: Dotts Johnson, American, 1913 - 1986
• Subject of: Hilda Simms, American, 1918 - 1994
• Type: lobby cards
• Medium: ink on paper
• Dimensions: H x W: 11 1/16 × 14 1/16 in. (28.1 × 35.7 cm)
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Actors
• Topic: Athletes
• Topic: Boxing
• Topic: Film
• Topic: Sports
• Object number: 2013.120.12.1
• 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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