English: A large poster for the film Ebony Parade with a blue background and an off-white border. Across the blue background are red musical notes and stars outlined in white. At the top center in red lettering is "20 Great Stars". Printed in the center in small black type is "Astor Pictures presents" followed by "EBONY PARADE" in large yellow letters over a red background. Surrounding the title are color photographic portraits of the stars of the film. At the top left are the faces of Mantan Moreland, Dorothy Dandridge and Ruby Hill, followed by a full portrait of a seated Mabel Lee and in the bottom left corner is an image of the Mills Brothers gathered around two microphones. On the right side are the faces of Cab Calloway, Vanita Smythe, Francine Everett, and Count Basie. At the bottom right is a yellow box bordered in black with red text that reads "featuring / Cab Calloway * Count Basie / His Band His Band / Mills. Bros. * Vanita Smythe / Mantan Moreland * Mable Lee/ Ruby Hill * Francine Everett / Dorothy Dandridge * Pat Flowers / and / Day, Dawn, and Dusk * Jubilaries". At the bottom left, in small white text on a red background is RELEASED THRU ASTOR PICTURES CORP. On the back of the poster are two stamps in purple that say Screen Classics, Inc. 1632 Central Parkway, Cincinnati 10, Ohio.
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Released in 1947, Ebony Parade was a series of short sketches and numbers originally distributed as musical shorts by the Soundies Distributing Corporation of America.
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Photo by Kye Farrow for the National Museum of African American History and Culture.
Source
Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of African American History and Culture.
Author
Smith Intern, Kye Farrow
Date and time of data generation
12:23, 22 February 2018
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HC 120 II
Serial number of camera
SR64000050
Original transmission location code
Job 2018-8077
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