THE FLYING ACE
October 29, 2012 – 7:30 pm
Free Admission!
IN-PERSON: Ken Weissman, Library of Congress
PART OF: “Out of the Past: Film Restoration Today”
The Flying Ace (1926)
Directed by Richard E. Norman
When a railroad agent with $25,000 in his care disappears, World War I flying ace and former detective, Billy Stokes, volunteers to solve the crime. He also happens to be in love with the station master’s daughter. Featuring an all black cast, this was one of the last films produced by the Norman Film Company, one of the only African-American producers in the history of American cinema before the 1970s, other than Oscar Micheaux.
Norman Film Mfg. Co. Producer/Screenwriter: Richard E. Norman. Cast: Laurence Criner, Kathryn Boyd, R.L. Brown, Boise De Legge, George Colvin.
35mm, b/w, 65 min.
Musical accompaniment provided by Cliff Retallick.