[FILM]. A group of 8 lobby cards illustrating scenes from Regeneration, a race film featuring an "All Colored Cast." Jacksonville, FL: Norman Film Mfg. Co., 1923.
Sale 994 - African Americana
Feb 23, 2022
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Live / Cincinnati
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$300 -
400
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$250
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[FILM]. A group of 8 lobby cards illustrating scenes from Regeneration, a race film featuring an "All Colored Cast." Jacksonville, FL: Norman Film Mfg. Co., 1923.
14 x 11 in. lobby cards (toned, occasional spotting, pinholes and light creasing at corners).
A group of 8 lobby cards advertising the race film Regeneration: A Romance of the South Seas. One card features the production information with a still from the film, the other 7 are movie stills and composites. Founded by Richard Edward Norman, the Norman Film Manufacturing Company was based out of Jacksonville, FL and produced silent films featuring all-Black casts in non-stereotypical roles intended for Black audiences from 1919 to 1928. Regeneration was one of eight feature-length films produced by the studio, with only The Flying Ace still extant.
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