Poster for The Crimson Skull: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

A poster for the film The Crimson Skull. The poster features an image two people standing on either side of a white horse. On the left side is a man (Lawrence Chenault) in a red shirt and brown pants. He wears a brown vest, brown cowboy hat and a green scarf tied around his neck. He has an ammunition belt slung around his hips and his head is turned toward the horse and woman on his left. The woman (Anita Bush) also wears a cowboy hat and has a red scarf around her neck over purple shirt. She wears brown pants and an ammunition belt around her waist. She is leaning towards the white horse standing between her and the man and smiling at the man. In the bottom half of the poster is white and yellow text on a black background that reads "The Norman Film MFG CO. / presents / THE CRIMSON SKULL / Baffling Western Mystery Photoplay." This is followed by cast and production information. At the bottom is "ALL COLORED CAST" and "Distributed by NORMAN FILM MFG CO., Jacksonville, Fla." and "6 SMASHING REELS".

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 1922
• Created by: Norman Studios, American, 1920 - 1928
• Subject of: Bill Pickett, American, 1870 - 1932
• Subject of: Steve Reynolds, American, 1892 - 1945
• Subject of: Anita Bush, American, 1883 - 1974
• Subject of: Lawrence Chenault, American, 1877 - 1943
• Printed by: Ritchey Litho Company, American, 1915 - 1928
• Type: posters
• Medium: ink on paper (fiber product)
• Dimensions: H x W: 41 7/8 × 27 11/16 in. (106.3 × 70.3 cm)
• Place used: United States, North and Central America
• 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: 2013.118.25
• 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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