“The Flying Ace” (1926)
A daring mid-air transfer between two biplanes caps “The Flying Ace,” a silent drama from the Norman Film Manufacturing Company, of Jacksonville, Fla., which produced movies specifically for Black audiences. This story of a Black World War I pilot who returns home to find both romance and a plot involving a gang of payroll thieves stands out as a more modern representation of race on screen than was typical of the time.