Poster for The Flying Ace
date: label: Date
content: 1926
name: label: Subject of
content: John L. Criner, American, 1898 - 1965
label: Subject of
content: Kathryn Boyd, American, 1897 - 1965
label: Subject of
content: Boise De Legge, American
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: Steve Reynolds, American, 1892 - 1945
label: Subject of
content: Bessie Coleman, American, 1892 - 1926
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: This movie poster depicts a man in a World War I uniform while above him another man is parachuting from a burning plane. The large figure of a man in uniform stands in the lower left corner. Shown from the waist up, he wears a World War I uniform. At his left shoulder is a large heart shape, within which is a vignette of a man and a woman, both in uniform. Above the heart shape to the left is a man in a suit hanging from an open parachute. Slightly above him is a burning airplane. In large red letters below the plane scene is written [THE FLYING ACE] and in smaller blue print [WITH AN ALL-COLORED CAST]. Below the heart vignette and next to the WWI solder is written [STARRING A PROFESSIONAL CAST / FEATURING / LAWRENCE CRINER / AND KATHRYN BOYD / SUPPORTED BY / BOISE DE LEGG, HAROLD PLATTS, / LIONS DANIELS, GEORGE COLVIN, SAM JORDAN, DR. R.L. BROWN AND / STEVE REYNOLDS (PEG) / PRODUCED BY THE NORMAN STUDIOS ARLINGTON, FLA.].
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: 2013.118.33
objectType: 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 (image): 38 × 24 in. (96.5 × 61 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (sheet): 41 × 26 15/16 in. (104.1 × 68.4 cm)