Purlie / Mozelle. – Antique Print
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
Description
Step back in time with Purlie / Mozelle., a vintage poster rich in period detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Purlie / Mozelle.
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This color poster advertises *Purlie*, a New York stage musical from 1970 that starred Cleavon Little, Melba Moore, and John Heffernan. The show was adapted from Ossie Davis's 1961 comedy *Purlie Victorious*, a farce about a preacher's scheme to claim an inheritance in rural Georgia that also satirizes racism and Black life in the segregated South. The poster's pairing of Little and Moore reflects the leads' prominence in the production, and the print offers a glimpse of how Broadway marketed a Black-cast musical at the start of the 1970s.
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : color ; 56 x 36 cm. |
|---|---|
| Notes | New York : Artcraft Litho. & Ptg. Co., [1970] |
| Subjects | Little, Cleavon--Performances--1970. Moore, Melba--Performances--1970. Heffernan, John,--1934---Performances--1970. Theatrical productions--New York (State)--New York--1970. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 4,936 × 6,129 px · prints to 16 × 20 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-225877 |
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