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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.].

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  • Title: Poster for The Flying Ace
  • Date Created: 1926
  • Physical Dimensions: H x W (sheet): 41 × 26 15/16 in. (104.1 × 68.4 cm)
  • Subject Keywords: World War, 1914-1918, Actors and actresses, Race films, Motion pictures, History
  • Medium: ink on paper (fiber product)
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture

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