Press kit for the film The Flying Ace: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

Press kit for the film The Flying Ace. The front of the press kit features a window card for the film. It is white with black text at the top and black-and-white images from the movie on the bottom. The top of the card reads [Coming to this Theatre / The Flying Ace / The Greatest Airplane Mystery Story Ever Filmed / A Brilliant Professional Cast Featuring]. Below this text is a list of the featured actors followed by short biographies of each. The actors listed are Lawrence Criner, Kathryn Boyd, George Colvin, Boise De Legge, Lions Daniels, Sam Jordan and Steve Reynolds. Below these biographies is an image montage showing a man and a woman, airplanes, a man in a parachute, men standing by airplanes and a large image of a man wearing a uniform. Black text below the image reads [ALL COLORED CAST] and [SIX SMASHING REELS]. On the top of the back of the press kit is a brief description of the film and a summary on how they filmed it. It begins [THE SENSATION OF THE YEAR IS HERE / The FLYING ACE Marks Another Epoch in Colored Picture Production]. The bottom of the back has advertisements for other movies produced by Norman Studios and a black-and-white image of the Norman Studios production lot. Printed in the bottom left corner is [THE SENSATION / OF THE YEAR IS HERE / The Flying Ace / A Super Feature with an / All Colored Cast / In Six Reels]. Also on the bottom are instructions for mail carriers.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 1926
• Published 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: Boise De Legge, American
• Subject of: George Colvin, American, born 1864
• Subject of: Lions Daniels, American
• Subject of: Sam Jordan
• Type: press kits
• Medium: ink on paper
• Dimensions: H x W: 22 1/16 × 13 7/8 in. (56 × 35.2 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: 2019.22.17
• 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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