Film poster for Lady Sings the Blues

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Poster for the film Lady Sings the Blues. The poster has a white background with a silver rectangle in the middle. Within the silver rectangle is an illustration of a woman's disembodied arm reaching up to grasp a microphone. The arm wears beaded bracelets and has a pair of handcuffs clasped around it, the other side of the cuffs open and empty. The microphone stand turns into the top of the L of [LADY / SINGS / THE / BLUES]. Across the top of the silver rectangle, in pink letters is [DIANA ROSS IS BILLIE HOLIDAY], the "is" appears both underlined and italicized. Beneath the silver rectangle is black text reading [PARAMOUNT PICTURES CORPORATION and BERRY GORDY present / DIANA ROSS IN "LADY SINGS THE BLUES" / also starring BILLY DEE WILLIAMS]. Additional billing information continues below. At the very bottom left corner is a copyright notice: [Copyright 1972 by Jobete Music Company Inc.

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