The Flying Ace

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The Flying Ace

Theatrical poster to The Flying Ace (1926)
Produced by Richard E. Norman
Starring Laurence Criner
Kathryn Boyd
Distributed by Norman Film Manufacturing Company
Release date(s) 1926
Running time 65 min.
Country Flag of the United States United States
Language Silent film
English intertitles
IMDb profile

The Flying Ace (1926) was an action genre silent film, with an all-black cast, about a flying ace during World War I. This six-reel film including Laurence Criner, who played the role of pilot William Stokes. It also starred Kathryn Boyd, who played Ruth Sawtelle. The film was released only a year before Wings (1927), the first film to win an Academy Award.