Lobby card for A Raisin in the Sun with autograph of Sidney Poitier

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Lobby card for A Raisin in the Sun. The card consists of a large tinted image of a scene from the film of Ruby Dee and Sidney Poitier. The two are pictured in a blue kitchen with yellow and green accents. Dee is on the left, wearing an orange dress and looking up towards Poitier, who stands on the right wearing a light blue shirt and darker blue pants. In the bottom left corner is a round orange ball with a white center. Within the white circle is [Columbia Pictures / presents / SIDNEY POITIER / in / a raisin in the sun / with / CLAUDIA McNEIL - RUBY DEE / Screenplay by LORRAINE HANSBERRY from her play / Produced on the stage by PHILIP ROSE and DAVID J. COGAN / Produced by DAVID SUSSKIND and PHILIP ROSE / Directed by DANIEL PETRIE]. Poitier's signature appears in black ink just above the orange circle.

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