Press kit for the film The Flying Ace
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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."}], "creditLine": [{"label": "Credit Line", "content": "Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture"}], "name": [{"label": "Published by", "content": "Norman Studios, American, 1920 - 1928"}, {"label": "Subject of", "content": "John L. 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