Program for the film Such Good Friends: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

This is a bi-fold program for the film "Such Good Friends." Printed on thick, glossy paper, the front is red with a black graphic of legs in the center and white & black text that reads "SUCH / GOOD / FRIENDS / AN OTTO REMINGER FILM." The cast and credits are listed inside the program, including Clarice Taylor who played the role of "Mrs. McKay." The back is white with the Paramount logo in black in the bottom left corner.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 1971
• Written by: Elaine May, American, born 1932
• Directed by: Otto Ludwig Preminger, Austrian American, 1905 - 1986
• Produced by: Paramount Pictures, American, founded 1912
• Owned by: Clarice Taylor, American, 1917 - 2011
• Type: programs
• Medium: ink on paper
• Dimensions: H x W (closed): 10 15/16 × 6 1/4 in. (27.8 × 15.9 cm)
• Dimensions: H x W (open): 10 15/16 × 20 1/2 in. (27.8 × 52.1 cm)
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Actors
• Topic: Film
• Topic: Hollywood (Film)
• Object number: 2013.188.14
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of William and James Thomas and family in memory of Clarice Taylor
• Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

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