United States, Florida, Duval County, Jacksonville, 30.33218, -81.65565Norman Film Manufacturing Company1926Circular from Norman Film Manufacturing Company, a Jacksonville-based, white independent film company active from 1921 to 1926 that specialized in outdoor adventure films for African American audiences, advertising the film The Flying Ace, probably from 1926. The cover features a proud man in uniform, a diving airplane, and a parachuting man, and advertises thrills, action, and punch. Beneath the image is text advertising an "all star colored cast" and six reels of love, thrills, and romance. A space is provided in which the theater might print its name, but the space is blank. The inside of the herald reemphasizes the "all colored cast" and promotes star Katherine Boyd as a "female daredevil." The circular mentions that her co-star, Lawrence Criner, is one of the original Lafayette Players. Members of the supporting cast are also listed. The text is surrounded by images from the film. The back of the circular shows another image from the film, provides a synopsis of the plot, and describes stunts performed in the film.Digital image and encoded transcription of an original manuscript, scanned, transcribed and encoded by the Digital Library of Georgia in 2005, as part of Georgia HomePLACE. This project is supported with federal LSTA funds administered by the Institute of Museum and Library Services through the Georgia Public Library Service, a unit of the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia.text/htmlimage/jpegdbr042enghttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NKC/1.0/Manuscript held by the Middle Georgia Archives, Washington Memorial Library, Charles Henry Douglass, Jr. business records, 1906-1967, box 20, folder 192, document 3.Norman Film Manufacturing CompanyAfrican Americans in the motion picture industryAfrican Americans in motion picturesRace in motion picturesRace films--United StatesFeature films--United StatesAdventure films--United StatesFilm posters--Florida--JacksonvilleAdvertising--Motion pictures--Florida--JacksonvilleFlying Ace (Motion picture : 1926)Criner, Lawrence, 1898-1965Boyd, KathrynCircular from Norman Studios advertising the film The flying ace, probably 1926Text