Poster for The Flying Ace: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

This movie poster depicts a man in a World War I uniform while above him another man is parachuting from a burning plane. The large figure of a man in uniform stands in the lower left corner. Shown from the waist up, he wears a World War I uniform. At his left shoulder is a large heart shape, within which is a vignette of a man and a woman, both in uniform. Above the heart shape to the left is a man in a suit hanging from an open parachute. Slightly above him is a burning airplane. In large red letters below the plane scene is written [THE FLYING ACE] and in smaller blue print [WITH AN ALL-COLORED CAST]. Below the heart vignette and next to the WWI solder is written [STARRING A PROFESSIONAL CAST / FEATURING / LAWRENCE CRINER / AND KATHRYN BOYD / SUPPORTED BY / BOISE DE LEGG, HAROLD PLATTS, / LIONS DANIELS, GEORGE COLVIN, SAM JORDAN, DR. R.L. BROWN AND / STEVE REYNOLDS (PEG) / PRODUCED BY THE NORMAN STUDIOS ARLINGTON, FLA.].

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 1926
• Subject of: John L. Criner, American, 1898 - 1965
• Subject of: Kathryn Boyd, American, 1897 - 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: Steve Reynolds, American, 1892 - 1945
• Subject of: Bessie Coleman, American, 1892 - 1926
• Type: posters
• Medium: ink on paper (fiber product)
• Dimensions: H x W (image): 38 × 24 in. (96.5 × 61 cm)
• Dimensions: H x W (sheet): 41 × 26 15/16 in. (104.1 × 68.4 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: 2013.118.33
• 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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