Herald for The Flying Ace: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

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].

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 1926
• Distributed by: Norman Studios, American, 1920 - 1928
• Subject of: Kathryn Boyd, American, 1897 - 1965
• Subject of: John L. Criner, American, 1898 - 1965
• Subject of: Boise De Legge, American
• Subject of: Lions Daniels, American
• Subject of: George Colvin, American, born 1864
• Subject of: Sam Jordan
• Subject of: R.L. Brown
• Type: fliers (printed matter)
• Type: posters
• Medium: ink on paper (fiber product)
• Dimensions: H x W (image): 21 1/2 × 13 in. (54.6 × 33 cm)
• Dimensions: H x W (sheet): 22 1/16 × 14 in. (56 × 35.6 cm)
• Place used: United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Actors
• Topic: Film
• Topic: Race films
• Topic: U.S. History, 1919-1933
• Topic: World War I
• Object number: 2013.118.245
• 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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