Sale 2503 - Printed & Manuscript African Americana, March 28, 2019

256 257 256 c   (FILM.) Promotional still from the film Slave Ship, one of the earliest cinematic depictions of the Middle Passage. Photograph, 7 1 / 4 x 9 1 / 4 inches; minor wear, later stamps and inscriptions on verso from Culver Pictures, Inc. Np, [1937] [400/600] 257 c   (FILM.) Poster for the film House-Rent Party. Color poster, 40 x 26 1 / 2 inches; partial separations at folds. Cleveland, OH: Morgan Litho, [1946] [400/600] Poster for a 1946 musical comedy from Toddy Pictures starring Dewey “Pigmeat” Markham. “A riot of laffs! A pair of flat-foot floogies, hot-dickety!, sing swing entertainment that’s hep and sizzling.”