#norman studios

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Fanart for a friends indie show, w.h.y uplpaded by norman studios.go follow him on yt!

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Raymond design v3

For w.h.y/norman studios.

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Raymond design

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The desk of Richard Norman, race film director/producer of the 1910s/20s

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Projector screen for reviewing footage on the left. The photo on the right is where the film was projected from. CA. 1910s-1920s

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Visited Jacksonville's only remaining silent film studio from the early 20th century

[filmjones]

Short clip from 1919 film, The Love Bug shot onsite in Jacksonville, Florida at Norman Studios. Other “race films” such as The Flying Ace and The Green-Eyed Monster were shot at Norman Studios.

Norman Studios still stands today and serve as a museum while regularly screening classic films.

[theloudestvoice]

Bill Pickett (December 5, 1870 - April 2, 1932)

Today is the birthday of Bill Pickett, the first African-American to be inducted into the Rodeo Hall of Fame, the first African-American cowboy star, and the originator of "bulldogging," a type of steer wrestling. (IMDb)

Pickett also appeared in two silent films for the Norman Film Manufacturing Company: The Bull-Dogger (1921) and The Crimson Skull (1922). (Norman Studios was a Jacksonville, Florida-based company which produced a string of films using only African-American actors - unfortunately, only one of the films they made in the '10s and '20s, The Flying Ace, survives today).

Upon his death in 1932, Pickett's friend Will Rogers said on his radio program: "Bill Pickett never had an enemy, even the steers wouldn't hurt old Bill." In 1994, the US Postal Service issued a stamp with his portrait as part of its "Legends of the West" series. He remains an important figure in the history of the American West, African-American history, and in the history of rodeo.

(bio)