Herald for The Crimson Skull: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

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].

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 1922
• Created by: Norman Studios, American, 1920 - 1928
• Subject of: Anita Bush, American, 1883 - 1974
• Subject of: Lawrence Chenault, American, 1877 - 1943
• Subject of: Bill Pickett, American, 1870 - 1932
• Subject of: Steve Reynolds, American, 1892 - 1945
• Type: fliers (printed matter)
• Type: posters
• Medium: ink on paper (fiber product)
• Dimensions: H x W: 18 9/16 × 14 3/16 in. (47.2 × 36 cm)
• Place used: United States, North and Central America
• Place filmed: Boley, Okfuskee County, Oklahoma, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Actors
• Topic: Film
• Topic: Race films
• Topic: Western films
• Object number: 2013.118.242
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
• Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

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