us-005578-irn614181-irn692960
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history: The lobby cards were donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2018 by Ken Sutak and Sherri Venokur.
record resource extent: .1: Height: 11.000 inches (27.94 cm) | Width: 14.000 inches (35.56 cm) .2: Height: 11.000 inches (27.94 cm) | Width: 14.000 inches (35.56 cm) .3: Height: 11.000 inches (27.94 cm) | Width: 14.000 inches (35.56 cm) .4: Height: 11.000 inches (27.94 cm) | Width: 14.000 inches (35.56 cm) .5: Height: 11.000 inches (27.94 cm) | Width: 14.000 inches (35.56 cm) .6: Height: 11.000 inches (27.94 cm) | Width: 14.000 inches (35.56 cm) .7: Height: 11.000 inches (27.94 cm) | Width: 14.000 inches (35.56 cm) .8: Height: 11.000 inches (27.94 cm) | Width: 14.000 inches (35.56 cm)
history: The Cinema Judaica Collection consists of more than 1,200 objects relating to films about World War II and the Holocaust as well as Jewish, Israeli, and biblical subjects, from 1923 to 2000, from the United States, Europe, Israel, Canada, Mexico, and Argentina. The collection was amassed by film memorabilia collector Ken Sutak, to document Holocaust-and Jewish-themed movies of the World War II era and the postwar years. The collection includes posters, lobby and photo cards, scene stills, pressbooks, trade ads, programs, magazines, books, VHS tapes, DVDS, and 78 rpm records. Sutak organized these materials into two groups, “Cinema Judaica: The War Years, 1939–1949” and “Cinema Judaica: The Epic Cycle, 1950–1972” and, in conjunction with the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion Museum (now the Dr. Bernard Heller Museum in New York), organized exhibitions on these two themes in 2007 and 2008. Sutak subsequently authored companion books with the same titles.
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scope and content: Set of eight lobby cards for the film, “Gentleman’s Agreement,” premiered by 20th Century Fox on November 11, 1947. Lobby cards are promotional materials placed in theater lobby windows to highlight specific movie scenes, rather than the broader themes often depicted on posters. The film was based on a story written by Laura Z. Hobson, which was serialized from 1946-1947 and published in a stand-alone novel in 1947. “Gentleman’s Agreement” was nominated for eight Academy Awards, and beat RKO’s similarly themed film, “Crossfire” to win Best Picture, Best Supporting Actress, and Best Director. The film also won four Golden Globes and was added to the National Film Registry at the Library of Congress in 2017. “Gentleman’s Agreement” tells the story of a journalist who pretends to be Jewish so he can write an in-depth story about antisemitism. He immediately begins to see the rooted antisemitism on all sides, from colleagues at his office, to interactions with a physician, and even at a hotel. As the ruse continues, a rift grows between the journalist and his fiancée, who is reluctant to speak out against antisemitic comments in her social circle. Prior to production, some Jewish executives in Hollywood feared that the film would actually incite more antisemitism. The film proved to be daring for its time, calling out openly antisemitic politicians and other public figures. It also forced the audience to come to terms with their own underlying views and actions, both overt and subtle. This object is one of more than 1,200 objects in the Cinema Judaica Collection of materials related to films about World War II and the Holocaust as well as Jewish, Israeli, and biblical themes.
physical characterisitics and technical requirements: .1 Lobby card with a large photographic image of a scene still printed on rectangular off-white paper, and a narrow, white margin on all four sides. The image depicts two men and a woman, standing at a desk inside an office with green walls. A tall man on the right, wearing a brown hat, overcoat, and green tie, is examining the contents of a briefcase, which he has propped on top of the desk in front of him. The blonde woman in the center is wearing a dark blue dress, and looking at the tall man while holding a stack of papers in her hands. On the far left, a shorter man is wearing a blue suit, bowtie, and glasses. He is looking over the woman’s shoulder, and reading the papers she is holding. Inset in the bottom right corner is a black-and-white rectangle with a narrow, white outline, containing the film credits and cast in yellow, blue, and green text. Overlaying the right side of the rectangle is an illustration of the book that the film is based on. Copyright and printing information is printed in the bottom margin in blue. A price is handwritten in the upper left corner. The bottom right corner is torn off. There are small tears along all of the edges and pinholes in the top margin. There is dried adhesive residue around the back edges. Depicted: Celeste Holm as Anne Dettrey, Gregory Peck as Philip Schuyler Green, Curt Conway as Bert McAnny .2 Lobby card with a large photographic image of a scene still printed on rectangular off-white paper, and a narrow, white margin on all four sides. The image depicts a scene inside a restaurant, with four men and a woman. On the left, a tall man in a brown suit and a shorter man in a brown, US military uniform are standing, fists clenched, as they stare at the men on the right. In front of them, seated at a table and looking over her left shoulder, is a blonde woman wearing a dark red hairpiece and a fur wrap. On the right, a man in a blue suit is standing in left profile, his hands raised to straighten his tie. Holding ont…
date: 1947 November 11
title: Set of eight lobby cards for the film “Gentleman’s Agreement” (1947)
identifier: irn692960
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conditions of access: No restrictions on access