Poster for Black Gold: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

An illustrated movie poster with a yellow background. At top left is a red heart-shaped vignette of a man in a plaid shirt embracing a woman in a white blouse. Next to this is blue text that reads [Action! / Love! / Thrills!] Followed by black, gold and red text reading [The Norman Studios / present / BLACK GOLD / with / An All-Colored Cast] followed by smaller text in black: [One of the true stories / of living colored examples / Featuring LAWRENCE CRINER - KATHRYN BOYD / STEVEL REYNOLDS - (Peg) MARSHALL - B - TATUMS / and the entire ALL-COLORED CITY of TATUMS, OKLAHOMO in A STIRRING EPIC OF THE OIL FIELDS / Produced by NORMAN STUDIOS, ARLINGTON, FLA.]. In the lower left corner is an image of a burning oil rig. Next to it is an image of a woman standing over a seated man with a bandage on his head. Beside them, wearing a wide brimmed hat is a one legged man on a crutch, holding a gun.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 1928
• Produced by: Norman Studios, American, 1920 - 1928
• Subject of: John L. Criner, American, 1898 - 1965
• Subject of: Kathryn Boyd, American, 1897 - 1965
• Subject of: Steve Reynolds, American, 1892 - 1945
• Subject of: Lee B. Tatum, American, 1861 - 1933
• Type: posters
• Medium: ink on paper
• Dimensions: H x W (image): 38 × 24 in. (96.5 × 61 cm)
• Dimensions: H x W (sheet): 41 × 27 in. (104.1 × 68.6 cm)
• Place filmed: Tatums, Carter County, Oklahoma, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: American West
• Topic: Communities
• Topic: Film
• Topic: Race films
• Topic: Western films
• Object number: 2013.118.12
• 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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