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Auction History Result 9e074 LURE OF A WOMAN 1sh '21 a picturization of light & shadows every colored person should see! Date Sold 6/4/2013 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Unfolded One-Sheet Movie Poster (1sh; measures 27" x 41" [69 x 104 cm]) (Learn More) The Lure of a Woman, the 1921 J.M. Simms silent black African American romantic family relationship melodrama ("Supported by a notable cast of colored players...."; "A picturization of lights and shadows that crown many romances. A story that carries you back to life, one that every colored person should see") starring A. Porter Davis (billed as "Dr. A. Porter Davis"), Regina Cohee, Charles Allen, John Cobb, and Lenore Jones. Note that we could find no information about the plot of this movie, but it seems likely to have been quite interesting, because the poster shows a young black girl apparently being reunited with her mother, while a couple (perhaps the grandparents or adoptive parents) look on. However, there is fascinating information about this production in the George P. Johnson Collection at the UCLA Special Collections Library, which says "This was the first release of The Afro-American Film Exhibitors Co. of Kansas City, Missouri. An ad called the film 'The first Negro production ever made in Kansas City' and stated, 'All the cast in this production are Kansas City Negroes. All the scenes were taken about the city.' Charles H. Allen, the male lead, was the general manager and treasurer of the company. They planned a series of eight films that would be released in Central and South America, as well as in the U.S., and boasted of a distribution policy 'that will enable it to overcome some of the difficulties usual to colored pictures.' Their second release was to be called The Human Devil. No additional information concerning the company has been located." Also, "Dr. A. Porter Davis" was a fascinating man! He was born in 1890, and became a physician in 1913, and became a pilot in 1928, and he would give many flights in his spare time to black members of his community, so they could learn about airplane flight, and in 1933, he flew for 296 consecutive days, after which he was nicknamed "The Flying Physician". In 1939, blacks were admitted to the Civilian Pilot Training Program, and Dr. Davis was a major supporter of this group, which led to the "Tuskegee Airmen" serving as World War II pilots! He also acted in this movie, and was an important early supporter of civil rights for blacks, and no doubt he did much more that is not well known today (certainly someone should make a film biography of his life!) If you know who did the art (if any), please let us know. Important Added Info: Note that this is one of a group of recently discovered stage play and movie posters from the 1920s, which are being auctioned now, each in their own separate auction. Each of the posters is unfolded, but all have varying degrees of damage around the edges (see our individual condition description of each). All can be professionally linenbacked and restored, but we wanted to offer them unrestored, both so that the bidders could see exactly what condition each poster is in, and also so that the high bidder of each poster could choose the restorer of their choice, plus decide how much restoration each poster should have! Condition: good. The poster was never folded. There are tears and areas of paper loss scattered down the left border, with just a few tears and very tiny paper loss in the other borders. It is very fortunate that all of the paper loss in the left side is solely either black white paper or solid blue or yellow areas, so this will be a relatively easy linenbacking and restoration! Learn More about condition grades 
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