Circular for the Plaza Theatre advertising The wages of sin, probably 1929 Jan. 2-5
- Collection:
- Charles Henry Douglass, Jr. Business Records, 1906-1967.
- Creator:
- Plaza Theatre
- Date:
- 1929-01-02/1929-01-05
- DLG URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_dtrm_dbr044
- Subject:
- Plaza Theatre, Micheaux Pictures Company, African Americans in the motion picture industry, African Americans in motion pictures, Race in motion pictures, Race films--United States, Feature films--United States, Film posters, Advertising--Motion pictures, Wages of sin (Motion picture : 1929), Micheaux, Oscar, 1884-1951, Tucker, Lorenzo, Birdsong, Sylvia, Clayton, William A., Daniels, Billy, 1912-, Noisette, Katherine, and Russell, Alice B.
- Spatial coverage:
- United States, 39.76, -98.5
- Medium:
- circulars (fliers)
- Description:
- Circular for the Plaza Theatre advertising the film The Wages of Sin, a 1927 Micheaux release, dated January 2 to January 5, 1929. The cover of the circular features an image of an evil-looking man holding a frightened woman. Next to the image, a question is posed: "Is he man or devil?" The name of the theater and the dates on which the film will be shown appear above the image. The title of the film and the words "all-star colored cast" appear below the image. The interior of the circular features five images from the film along with the title and the names of the stars. The back provides a brief synopsis of the film, nested between two images from the film. The synopsis promises that there will be a plot twist, an unusual character, thrilling events, and a logical and happy climax.
- Holding Institution:
- Middle Georgia Archives
- Rights:
- http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NKC/1.0/