Press kit for the film Black Gold
date: label: Date
content: 1928
name: label: Published 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: Subject of
content: Steve Reynolds, American, 1892 - 1945
label: Subject of
content: Alfred Norcom, American, 1897 - 1939
label: Subject of
content: Lee B. Tatum, American, 1861 - 1933
notes: label: Description
content: Press kit for the film Black Gold. The kit is double sided. The front of the kit has a news article on the left side. The stories are titled [BLACK GOLD BRINGS PROSPER- / IT TO COLORED RANCHERS / OF TATUMS, OKLAHOMA]. It tells how the movie helped the town financially and how the story is based on true events. Below the article are advertisements for Norman Studios including other movies the studio produced. The right side of the front of the press kit also includes a letter to exhibitors from R. E. Norman. On the left side is a reproduction of a window card for Black Gold. At the top of the card in a white box with blue text is [Coming to this Theater / (THIS IS EXACT REPORDUCTION OF WINDOW CARD)]. The card is red with black images and text. The images include a couple kissing, an oil rig, a woman bandaging a man, a man holding a gun and two men fighting. Text on the card reads [THE NORMAN STUDIO PRESENTS / BLACK GOLD / Thrilling Epic of the Oil Fields / WITH ALL COLORED CAST / One of the true Stories of / Living Colored Examples]. Black text in the bottom right corner reads [A Smashing Photo Play / CO-STARRING / Lawrence Criner and Kathryn / Boyd, Original Lafayette Play- / ers. Steve Reynolds. “Peg” / Alfred Norcom. United States Marshal. L. B. Tatums and the / entire City of Tatums. Okla.]. The back of the press kit features advertisements on the left side. On the right side is a copy of the window card on the front side. This version of the window card is white with blue ink.
place: label: Place captured
content: Tatums, Carter County, Oklahoma, United States, North and Central America
label: Place used
content: United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Actors
label: Topic
content: American West
label: Topic
content: Communities
label: Topic
content: Film
label: Topic
content: Race films
label: Topic
content: Western films
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
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: 2019.22.16
objectType: label: Type
content: press kits
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: 21 15/16 × 28 1/16 in. (55.8 × 71.3 cm)