Skip to content

Museum object · Memorabilia and Ephemera - Advertisements

Lobby card for the film His Harlem Wife

1944

United States, North and Central America

COLLECTION RECORDImage not availableExplore the catalog description and source record.
Visit the source record ↗

Source catalog description

This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

Lobby card for the film His Harlem Wife. The card features a large black-and-white picture of two men standing on the right side of the image. The men are dressed in tuxedos. The man in the center of the image, Reginald Fenderson, is holding a gun in his right hand. A third man is lying face down on the right side of the image in front of a safe. In the bottom right corner is a smaller black-and-white image of Louise Beavers. She is wearing a dark colored jacket and a white blouse. She is writing on a notepad. Black text below the large image reads “Toddy Pictures / COMPANY / PRESENTS / Louise CEAVERS in HIS HARLEM WIFE / “LIFE GOES ON” / WITH EDWARD THOMPSON -- LAWRENCE CRINER – REGINALD FENDERSON / MONTE HAWLEY --- DIRECTED BY WILLIAM NOLTE / ALL STAR COLORED CAST.

Sources & collection details

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture — original record ↗

Source collection ↗

Catalog metadata · CC0 · Source checked 2026-10-13

Catalog reference: 2019.22.15

Continue exploring Series 1

Arts, Music & Culture →

Explore all Series 1 cards →