Set of four lobby cards for the film “The Man I Married" (1940)
Extent and Medium
.1: Height: 11.000 inches (27.94 cm) | Width: 14.000 inches (35.56 cm)
.2: Height: 10.750 inches (27.305 cm) | Width: 13.625 inches (34.608 cm)
.3: Height: 10.750 inches (27.305 cm) | Width: 13.750 inches (34.925 cm)
.4: Height: 10.750 inches (27.305 cm) | Width: 14.000 inches (35.56 cm)
Creator(s)
- 20th Century Fox (Production Company)
- Ken Sutak (Compiler)
Biographical History
The Cinema Judaica Collection consists of more than 1,200 objects relating to films about World War II and the Holocaust as well as Jewish, Israeli, and biblical subjects, from 1923 to 2000, from the United States, Europe, Israel, Canada, Mexico, and Argentina. The collection was amassed by film memorabilia collector Ken Sutak, to document Holocaust-and Jewish-themed movies of the World War II era and the postwar years. The collection includes posters, lobby and photo cards, scene stills, pressbooks, trade ads, programs, magazines, books, VHS tapes, DVDS, and 78 rpm records. Sutak organized these materials into two groups, “Cinema Judaica: The War Years, 1939–1949” and “Cinema Judaica: The Epic Cycle, 1950–1972” and, in conjunction with the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion Museum (now the Dr. Bernard Heller Museum in New York), organized exhibitions on these two themes in 2007 and 2008. Sutak subsequently authored companion books with the same titles.
Archival History
The lobby cards were donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2018 by Ken Sutak and Sherri Venokur.
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Ken Sutak and Sherri Venokur
Scope and Content
Set of four lobby cards for the American feature film “The Man I Married,” released by 20th Century-Fox in August 1940. Lobby cards are promotional materials placed in theater lobby windows to highlight specific movie scenes, rather than the broader themes often depicted on posters. “The Man I Married” was based on the novel “I Married A Nazi,” published serially in “Liberty” magazine. The film focuses on an American woman who moves with her German husband and their child back to his home country in 1938. Once in Germany, the husband gets increasingly involved in the Nazi party. “The Man I Married” included a Jewish leading character, and used dialog to allude to the predicament of Jews in Nazi Germany. The film was originally given the same title as the novel, but after the anti-Nazi films “Four Sons” and “The Mortal Storm” drew criticism and economic threats from the German consul-general, the studio decided to mask the anti-Nazi film under a different name. Officials in Canada had no such concerns, as the country had entered the war in September 1939, and the film was released there under the original name. This object is one of more than 1,200 objects in the Cinema Judaica Collection of materials related to films about World War II and the Holocaust as well as Jewish, Israeli, and biblical themes.
Conditions Governing Access
No restrictions on access
Conditions Governing Reproduction
Restrictions on use. Copyright status is unknown.
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
.1 Lobby card with a large photographic image of a scene still printed on rectangular off-white paper, from the film “The Man I Married.” The photo depicts, from the waist up, a dark-haired man wearing light blue pajamas and a dark-haired woman, wearing a light pink housecoat, looking at each other. In the background is a bed with a pillow and dark headboard in front of a large panel of green curtains. Inset in the lower right corner is a yellow, six-sided panel, outlined in white, with the film title and credits inside. Small, blue text containing the copyright information is printed in the bottom margin. The right corners are creased and there is a pinhole at the top center. .2 Lobby card with a large photographic image of a scene still printed on rectangular off-white paper, from the film “The Man I Married.” The photo depicts the interior of a restaurant with a man and two women at a square table in the foreground. The man, on the left in a white sport coat, stands in right profile and at one of the women, who standing opposite at the table and staring back at him. She has dark hair, and is wearing a yellow blouse and black skirt. The third woman, oriented towards the viewer, is seated at the table between them. She is wearing a white blouse, and is looking up at the other woman on the right. In the out-of-focus background, there are several other patrons depicted sitting, standing, and dancing. Inset in the lower right corner is a yellow, six-sided panel, outlined in white, with the film title and credits inside. Small, blue text containing the copyright information is printed in the bottom margin. On the back, there is ink transfer on the left end. .3 Lobby card with a large photographic image of a scene still printed on rectangular off-white paper, from the film “The Man I Married.” The photo depicts a scene with a dark-haired woman and an older man, shown from the waist up, standing in front of shrubbery as they look upwards, hands clasped. On the left, the woman is wearing a monogrammed, light pink housecoat. The man, on the right, is in three-quarter left profile, wears glasses and a dark purple housecoat. Inset in the lower right corner is a yellow, six-sided panel, outlined in white, with the film title and credits inside. Small, blue text containing the copyright information is printed in the bottom margin. The left edge of the card is creased and has small, evenly spaced notches along the left edge. On the back, there is ink transfer on the left end. .4 Lobby card with a large photographic image of a scene still printed on rectangular off-white paper, from the film “The Man I Married.” The photo depicts a man and two women standing in an interior scene. In right profile, on the left, the man is wearing a dark suit, holding a hat in his hands, and looking at the younger, dark-haired woman across from him. She is wearing a red dress and a black hat with white flowers. She looks down at a piece of white lace held in her hands. Between them, looking at the younger woman, is an older woman with gray hair, wearing a black dress with a brooch fastened at her throat. Inset in the lower right corner is a yellow, six-sided panel, outlined in white, with the film title and credits inside. Small, blue text containing the copyright information is printed in the bottom margin. The left edge of the card is creased and torn, with a full-height column of many small holes. On the back, there is ink transfer throughout.
People
- Ouspenskaya, Maria, 1876-1949.
- Lederer, Francis, 1899-2000.
- Kruger, Otto, 1885-1974.
- Russell, Johnnie, 1933-
- Stossel, Ludwig.
- Nolan, Lloyd, 1902-1985.
- Sten, Anna, 1908-1993.
- Bennett, Joan, 1910-1990.
Subjects
- Jews in motion pictures.
- Historical films.
- Germany.
- Canada.
- Germans in motion pictures.
- National socialism in motion pictures.
- Motion pictures--History--20th century.
- United States.
- Nazis in motion pictures.
- Film adaptations.
- Immigrants in motion pictures.
Genre
- Posters
- Display Cards.
- Object