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Herald for The Crimson Skull

1922

United States, North and Central America

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Source catalog description

This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

A herald for the film Crimson Skull. The herald is yellow with black and red text and features a black and white image from the movie in the center. The image depicts a woman tied to a tree and a man tied to a wooden ladder being confronted by a person dressed as a skeleton and a second figure with a dark hood over their face. Above the image is black and red text that reads [The Norman Film Mfg. Co. Presents the / CRIMSON SKULL / Baffling Western / Mystery Photo-Play]. Within the capital 'C' of Crimson is a skull with a spider dangling from it. Beneath the vignette is a list of the cast. At the very bottom is [ALL-COLORED CAST SIX SMASHING REELS].

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Catalog reference: 2013.118.242

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