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The Flaming Crisis
A ghost in white points at a prisoner.
What
A 1924 one-sheet for The Flaming Crisis, an American silent Western short made as a race film for Black audiences.
Why
William H. Grimes wrote and directed it, and the sheet is part of Poster House's survey of posters from Black American stage and screen.
Notice
Behind the cell bars a pale ghost in evening dress points down at the prisoner, and the foot reads "WITH A NOTABLE CAST OF COLORED ARTISTS".
“A prison cell and its ghost”
Format
The full-resolution, color-managed file — restored honestly, yours to print and keep.
Sized to protect print quality — this scan supports sizes up to 11x17" cleanly.
Size
$29.00
Provenance
- Film
- The Flaming Crisis (1924), dir. William H. Grimes
- Country / studio
- United States
- Printer / stone
- Quigley Litho. Co.
- Format
- One-sheet (27 × 41 in.)
- Poster published
- U.S. one-sheet, colour lithograph, 1924
- Source
- Wikimedia Commons
Rights: CLEAR. Public domain — U.S. 95-year rule (poster published 1930 or earlier). Gated by the poster’s own publication year, never the film’s. Cleared by registry on 2026-07-18.
From Silent Hollywood
The Double Bill
Two one-sheets, hung as a pair — a double feature for your wall, at a pairing price of $270.00 for the two. Build one from any two one-sheets in the gallery.
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