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1. English-language international herald for the film “The Last Chance” (1945)
2018.590.151 front
Object | Accession Number: 2018.590.151
Date:
Cinematic Release: 1945 May 26
publication: 1946 August 28
… probably not have been allowed to stay in Switzerland as the government had instituted very strict refugee laws. The lead actors playing the American and…
2. Set of three lobby cards for the film “Sergeant York” (1941)
2018.590.65.1 front
Object | Accession Number: 2018.590.65
Date:
Cinematic Release: 1941 September
manufacture: 1949
… posters. “Sergeant York” was the top grossing film of 1941 and was nominated for nine Academy Awards, winning two, for Best Film Editing, and Best Actor for…
3. Set of four magazine advertisements for the film “Sword in the Desert” (1949)
2018.590.178.1 front
Object | Accession Number: 2018.590.178
Date:
Cinematic Release: 1949 August 24
… pulling the pin out of a grenade with his teeth. In the center-left of the poster is a canted rectangle containing the names of the three leading actors…
4. Wooden plaque with the Hashomer Hatzair emblem given to a US soldier
1996.38.1 front
Object | Accession Number: 1996.38.1
Date:
received: 1946
… American zone until he was caught and sent home. He worked first as a podiatrist before changing careers, becoming an actor, and adopting Joel Frederick as…
5. Re-release poster for the film, “The Stranger” (1946)
2018.590.130 front
Object | Accession Number: 2018.590.130
Date:
Cinematic Release: 1946 July
publication: 1953
… below the illustration are the names of the three principal actors, printed in large, red text. Below is the film title in a white, script font, and…
6. Argentine one-sheet poster for the movie, “Address Unknown” (1944)
2018.590.113 front
Object | Accession Number: 2018.590.113
Date:
Cinematic Release: 1944 June 01
manufacture: 1946
… red hood over her hair, the name of the lead actor in blue, block text, and the name of the film in large, yellow, Spanish text, with the English…
7. Insert poster for the film “Sword in the Desert” (1949)
2018.590.174 front
Object | Accession Number: 2018.590.174
Date:
Cinematic Release: 1949 August 24
… the leading actors are printed in large, white text. Below the names is a small-scale illustration depicting a man in a brown suit, who has just swung…
8. Scene still for the film “The Illegals” (1948)
2018.590.172 front
Object | Accession Number: 2018.590.172
Date:
Cinematic Release: 1948 July 14
… “illegal” or “clandestine” immigration on ships. The director, Meyer Levin, his cameraman, Bertrand Hesse, and the two lead actors, embedded themselves in…
9. Poster for the film “Sword in the Desert” (1949)
2018.590.173 front
Object | Accession Number: 2018.590.173
Date:
Cinematic Release: 1949 August 24
… center-left of the poster are the names of the three leading actors, printed in large, black text. In the bottom third of the poster, the film title is in…
10. Window card for the film “Crossfire” (1947)
2018.590.137 front
Object | Accession Number: 2018.590.137
Date:
Cinematic Release: 1947 July 22
… mouth. To their right, the names of the three principal actors are printed in large, yellow text. In the center of the poster, the film title is printed…
11. Pair of black leather lace-up ice skates owned by a German Jewish refugee
2007.101.13 front
Object | Accession Number: 2007.101.13 a-b
Date:
received: approximately 1938
emigration: 1946
… favorite things, her ice skates, her red shoes, and a picture of the actor Gary Cooper. When Hanni told a Soviet train engineer that they planned to go to…
12. Set of seven lobby cards for the film “The Search” (1948)
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Object | Accession Number: 2018.590.169
Date:
Cinematic Release: 1948 March 23
… was nominated for Best Actor, Director, and Screenplay, while actor Ivan Jandl also won a special Academy Award for outstanding juvenile performance…
13. Set of eight lobby cards for the film “Gentleman’s Agreement” (1947)
2018.590.141.1 front
Object | Accession Number: 2018.590.141
Date:
Cinematic Release: 1947 November 11
… actors’ faces appear on the white edges of the pages. The book is partially overlaying a red oval outlined in black that contains the film title in black…