Numbers on the wall in Cuba in "Guys and Dolls" film
In the 1955 film version of Guys and Dolls, there is a series of scenes which take place in Cuba. One of the odd features of this sequence is a series of four digit numbers on the various walls around the area, as per the screenshot below (or this clip).
What do these represent? Are they reflective of an actual feature of Havana, or simply something that the director put in?
Best Answer
They’re lottery numbers - they’re also prevalent in ‘Our Man in Havana’ based on Graham Greene’s novel. It was part of the superstitious culture of Cuba that people would look for auspicious or lucky numbered tickets being sold, so vendors would prominently post potentially favourable numbers they had for sale.
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