Lobby Card for “The Betrayal” (1948)

Lobby Card for “The Betrayal” (1948)

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Topic 4.18

Lobby Card for the Movie The Betrayal by Oscar Micheaux (1948)

A lobby card for the movie "The Betrayal". The card is comprised of a black-and-white image of a man and woman standing in a room in front of another man lying on the carpet on the floor. The man on the floor appears to be dead. The woman is wearing a dark shiny dress and is holding a gun at her side in her left hand. Her right hand is resting on her chest and her face appears to be in a state of shock. The man standing next to her is wearing a light colored suit and hat and is extending his hand toward her

Source: Astor Pictures, the lobby card for The Betrayal, a film by Oscar Micheaux, 1948. (Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture)

The Betrayal was the forty-fourth and final film by author, director, and producer Oscar Micheaux. This lobby card is one of the few artifacts that remain of the all-Black film; after negative reviews, no print of the film survived, though the script is preserved by the New York State Archives.