Mar 27, 2014 - Sale 2342

Sale 2342 - Lot 296

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Estimate: $ 4,000 - $ 6,000
(FILM.) CRIME/WESTERN. Flaming Crisis. Bright pictorial poster 25-1/2 x 39-1/2 inches; a few wrinkles. Not examined out of the old frame. New York City: Monarch Films, 1924
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a rare poster from a black owned production company. Calvin Nicholson plays a newspaperman who exposes a corrupt local labor leader. As a result he is set up and accused of murder. Later, after escaping from prison, he heads to the cattle country out West. The rest of the film is basically a series of short episodes. This poster is an uncommon variant. Not pictured in Mapp and Kisch's Separate Cinema.