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Lobby card for Imitation of Life

1949

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
Washington, D.C., United States

The lobby card features a tinted photograph of a scene from the movie. In the image, Claudette Colbert kneels before a seated Louise Beavers. Colbert is a brown hat, fur stole, jacket and gloves and Beavers wears blue. Both women face each other, in profile to the camera. To the left of the image is a yellow background and a colored illustration of the same two women. Beneath the illustration in white text over a blue background is written [CLAUDETTE / Colbert / in / Fannie Hurst's GREAT NOVEL / IMITATION OF LIFE]. Beneath this in red against a white background is [with LOUISE BEAVERS / A JOHN M. STAHL production]. Along the bottom center is listed the rest of the cast and in the bottom right is a blue logo reading [A Realart RE-RELEASE]. There is blue text on the proper bottom left side of the image in the border which reads [6 COUNTRY OF ORIGIN U.S.A. R-49/650].

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  • Title: Lobby card for Imitation of Life
  • Date Created: 1949
  • Physical Dimensions: H x W: 11 × 14 in. (27.9 × 35.6 cm)
  • Subject Keywords: Actors and actresses, Motion pictures, Advertising
  • Medium: ink on paper
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture

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