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A magnet featuring Black Gold, 1928, by an unknown designer.
The 1928 film Black Gold tells the story of a rancher who invests in the development of oil wells on his property but a local driller conspires to take over the oil supply. When the rancher retaliates, he is thrown in jail but is eventually exonerated through the efforts of his friend and a banker's daughter. The film was shot and set in the all-Black freedmen’s town of Tatums, Oklahoma, which had benefited from the oil industry in the 1920s.
Advertising for Black Gold mentioned captured footage of “real drilling” and an “accidental” explosion that occurred on set. This might have been a marketing tactic; the poster nonetheless presents these thrilling scenes to attract audiences.
Measures 3.5 x 2.5 inches.
