The 1920s was a bad time to have $$ in your office, on trains… in the stock market c. October 1929
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I love these intertitle cards with the sheet music at the top
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“Oh no! They have the power of love on their side… time to bail!”
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The fight choreography (is it👀) is fantastic
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I always forget that Peg is casually packing a full on shotgun in this
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Hokus-on-the-Pokus = swing his police baton at him, apparently #SilentFlickerSunday #TheFlyingAce

Kathryn Boyd in “The Flying Ace”. She was rumored to be Lawrence Criner’s real life wife and she starred as his leading lady in her only two films, both for Norman Studios. #SilentFlickerSunday #TheFlyingAce #KathrynBoyd #SilentFilm

I guess keeping your entire payroll on-hand was the norm prior to direct deposit- especially during the Jim Crow era- but idk the specifics
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We’ll see the conclusion to that episode of “The Iron Claw” after our two features… Up first is “The Flying Ace” which has an all black cast and stars rumored husband and wife team Lawrence Criner and Kathryn Boyd
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