Herald for The Crimson Skull
date: label: Date
content: 1922
name: label: Created by
content: Norman Studios, American, 1920 - 1928
label: Subject of
content: Anita Bush, American, 1883 - 1974
label: Subject of
content: Lawrence Chenault, American, 1877 - 1943
label: Subject of
content: Bill Pickett, American, 1870 - 1932
label: Subject of
content: Steve Reynolds, American, 1892 - 1945
notes: label: Description
content: A herald for the film Crimson Skull. The herald is yellow with black and red text and features a black and white image from the movie in the center. The image depicts a woman tied to a tree and a man tied to a wooden ladder being confronted by a person dressed as a skeleton and a second figure with a dark hood over their face. Above the image is black and red text that reads [The Norman Film Mfg. Co. Presents the / CRIMSON SKULL / Baffling Western / Mystery Photo-Play]. Within the capital 'C' of Crimson is a skull with a spider dangling from it. Beneath the vignette is a list of the cast. At the very bottom is [ALL-COLORED CAST SIX SMASHING REELS].
place: label: Place used
content: United States, North and Central America
label: Place filmed
content: Boley, Okfuskee County, Oklahoma, 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: Western films
setName: label: See more items in
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: 2013.118.242
objectType: label: Type
content: fliers (printed matter)
label: Type
content: posters
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 (fiber product)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 18 9/16 × 14 3/16 in. (47.2 × 36 cm)