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The Flying Ace
A biplane burns beside a wing walker.
What
A 1926 Norman Studios one-sheet for The Flying Ace, an American silent drama with an all-Black cast.
Why
Richard E. Norman made it in Jacksonville, Florida, and the story drew on the aviator Bessie Coleman.
Notice
The billing promises "THE GREATEST AIRPLANE THRILLER EVER FILMED" and "Six Smashing Reels Of Action!"
“Jacksonville takes to the air”
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 24x36" cleanly.
Size
$29.00
Provenance
- Film
- The Flying Ace (1926), dir. Richard E. Norman
- Country / studio
- United States · Norman Film Manufacturing Company
- Printer / stone
- Ritchey Litho Co.
- Format
- One-sheet (27 × 41 in.)
- Poster published
- U.S. one-sheet, colour lithograph, 1926
- 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.
Pair it in the gallery →A house of the Provenance family