us-005578-irn614181-irn692964
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physical characterisitics and technical requirements: .1 Lobby card printed on rectangular off-white paper, with a black-and-yellow background, and a narrow white margin on all four sides. At the top, advertising copy is printed in yellow text, directly above three assorted images: the image on the left is a red-haired woman in a pink dress with a plunging neckline, depicted from the torso up. In the center is an illustration of a man in a tan-colored suit and hat, grabbing the collar of another man in a blue suit with one hand, while the other hand raised ready to strike the blue-suited man with the butt of a pistol. The blue-suited man’s arms are spread in a questioning manner. They are drawn within a nonagon, which appears to be bursting through the center of a newspaper. On the right is a larger-scale image of a dark-haired man, depicted from the shoulders up, looking sideways, and holding up a small, silver-colored revolver. The film title is printed in large, canted, red-and-black text in the bottom center and right of the card. In the bottom left corner, cast and film credits are printed in blue ink. Printing information is in blue in the bottom right margin. The edges of the card are torn, creased, and discolored, and there are pinholes in the corners. There is ink transfer from another image on the back. Depicted: Jane Randolph as Nancy Lester, John Ireland as Paul Lester, others unidentified . 2 Lobby card printed on rectangular off-white paper, with a large, photographic image in the center, a narrow white margin on the top and left sides, and a wider margin on the bottom and right. The image depicts a scene inside a home with a man in a brown suit and hat, standing on the right and holding a revolver. He is pointing it at a second, younger man on the left, who has his hands raised. The younger man is standing directly behind an older woman, who is wearing a pink dress and is seated at a table set with silverware and white porcelain dishes. She is leaning slightly backwards and looking up at the man with the…
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date: 1948 February 14
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has or had some members with language: eng
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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.
history: The lobby cards were donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2018 by Ken Sutak and Sherri Venokur.
identifier: irn692964
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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)
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scope and content: Set of eight lobby cards for the film, “Open Secret,” released on February 14, 1948. 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 follows a newlywed couple as they work to figure out what happened to their friend, who goes missing just before they arrive for a visit. They discover that he attempted to infiltrate an antisemitic ring of thugs, and become embroiled themselves trying to bring the gang to justice. The low budget B-film, “Open Secret,” was poorly received, and panned as a subpar knockoff to films like “Crossfire” and “Gentleman’s Agreement.” Unlike the other films, however, “Open Secret” depicts post-war antisemitism from a working-class perspective. It was also the first to show a Jewish character physically fighting back against his aggressors. 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.
title: Set of eight lobby cards for the film “Open Secret” (1948)