United States, Florida, Duval County, Jacksonville, 30.33218, -81.65565Norman Film Manufacturing Company1921Circular from the 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 Crimson Skull, dated 1921. The cover of the leaflet features images from the film preceding the film's title and stars; the interior features seven more images from the film, surrounding the title and information about the cast and production. The back pf the circular provides a synopsis of the film, followed by questions about the outcome of the plot; the end provides a space in which the theater can insert its name, but the space is blank. The Western, The Crimson Skull, was released in 1921 and featured Anita Bush, Lawrence Chenault, Steve Reynolds, and Bill Pickett, a world champion rodeo rider.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/jpegdbr045enghttp://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.Norman Film Manufacturing CompanyAfrican Americans in the motion picture industryAfrican Americans in motion picturesRace in motion picturesFeature films--United StatesRace films--United StatesWestern films--United StatesFilm posters--Florida--JacksonvilleAdvertising--Motion pictures--Florida--JacksonvilleAdvertising fliers--Florida--JacksonvilleCommercial agents--Florida--JacksonvilleCrimson skull (Motion picture : 1921)Bush, Anita, actressChenault, Lawrence, 1877-Pickett, Bill, ca. 1860-1932Reynolds, SteveCircular from the Norman Film Manufacturing Company, advertising The crimson skull, probably 1921Text