Lobby card for The Flying Ace
date: label: Date
content: 1926
name: label: Distributed by
content: Norman Studios, American, 1920 - 1928
label: Subject of
content: John L. Criner, American, 1898 - 1965
label: Subject of
content: Kathryn Boyd, American, 1897 - 1965
label: Created by
content: Boise De Legge, American
label: Subject of
content: Harold Platts
label: Subject of
content: Lions Daniels, American
label: Subject of
content: George Colvin, American, born 1864
label: Subject of
content: Sam Jordan
label: Subject of
content: R.L. Brown
label: Subject of
content: Steve Reynolds, American, 1892 - 1945
notes: label: Caption
content: In this 1926 film, black fighter pilot Captain Billy Stokes, played by Laurence Criner, returns home from World War I a hero and resumes his civilian career as a railroad detective. The role of pilot Ruth Sawtelle, played by Kathryn Boyd, is inspired by aviator Bessie Coleman. Coleman had been in talks with race film studio Norman Productions to star in a film about her life when she was killed during a flight in Jacksonville, Florida.
label: Description
content: A black and white lobby card for the film The Flying Ace.
label: Description
content: The card features two heart-shaped vignettes, one of Kathryn Boyd with Lawrence Criner, in a WWI uniform, and one of a Boyd with another man. At the top left corner is an image of a man parachuting from a burning plane. Across the bottom is [The Greatest Airplane Thriller Ever Produced / Six Smashing Reels / Thrills! Love! / Laughs! Mystery! / Produced by Norman Studios / Arlington, Fla. / All Colored Cast featuring / Lawrence Criner and Kathryn Boyd / Supported by / Boise De Legge, Harold Platts, Lions Daniel, George Colvin, Sam Jordan, Dr. R. L. Brown, and Steve Reynolds, (PEG).
label: Transcription Center Status
content: Transcribed by digital volunteers
place: label: Place used
content: United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Actors
label: Topic
content: Film
label: Topic
content: Race films
label: Topic
content: U.S. History, 1919-1933
label: Topic
content: World War I
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Collection title
content: A Cinema Apart: The Larry Richards Collection of Early Black Film
label: Classification
content: Memorabilia and Ephemera - Advertisements
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2013.118.105.1
objectType: label: Type
content: lobby cards
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Public domain
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: ink on paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 11 × 13 15/16 in. (27.9 × 35.4 cm)