Herald for The Flying Ace
date: label: Date
content: 1926
name: label: Distributed by
content: Norman Studios, American, 1920 - 1928
label: Subject of
content: Kathryn Boyd, American, 1897 - 1965
label: Subject of
content: John L. Criner, American, 1898 - 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: R.L. Brown
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 herald has an orange background and features a large square in the middle of the sheet depicting several black and white scenes from the movie: a man (Lawrence Criner) in a WWI uniform, a heart-shaped vignette of man embracing a woman in an air pilot's uniform, and a man parachuting from a burning plane and the text [Thrills! / Action! / Punch!]. Above the vignettes is the title: [The Norman Studios Presents the Super Feature Photoplay/ THE FLYING ACE/ Sensation of the Year] and below is printed cast and production information. Across the very top, in a white rectangle, is black text reading [Coming to this theatre].
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
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: 2013.118.245
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 (image): 21 1/2 × 13 in. (54.6 × 33 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (sheet): 22 1/16 × 14 in. (56 × 35.6 cm)