Feb 27, 2007 - Sale 2105

Sale 2105 - Lot 189

Price Realized: $ 480
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 700 - $ 900
(FILM.) Black Gold. Three-sheet color poster for the silent film, starring Lawrence Crimer and Kathryn Boyd.. 41x81 inches; condition fine; vertical and horizontal folds. New York: Ritchey, 1928

Additional Details

Norman Studios reunited Criner and Boyd after the mild success of "The Flying Ace" in 1926. They star in a true story about John Crisp's struggle to secure oil in spite of the efforts of a crooked drilling contractor. The entire "all-colored city" of Tatums, Oklahoma takes part in Black Gold.