LOBBY CARDS
Lobby cards were photographs containing movie scenes, usually on card stock, or cardboard, 
for movie goers to collect as they enter or exit a theatre. Many measured 11 X 14
and were designed to entice movie goers to purchase a ticket.

Posted below are several lobby cards from To Kill A Mockingbird. (Source: TCM)

Students might research: why were they produced in color, 
when the film was in black-and-white?

Lobby card #1

Lobby card #2

Lobby card #3

Lobby card #4

Lobby card #5

Lobby card #6

Lobby card #7

Lobby card #8
 

Background on Movie "Lobby Cards"
http://www.learnaboutmovieposters.com/NewSite/INDEX/ARTICLES/lobby.asp


©2004 Frank W. Baker