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* ScreenShake: A shot of an airplane turning upside down was achieved by simply rotating the camera upside down.
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* ScreenShake: A shot of an airplane turning upside down was achieved by simply rotating the camera upside down.down.
* TheSummation: Towards the end, Stokes explains how the crime was committed, complete with a {{Flashback}}.
* TheSummation: Towards the end, Stokes explains how the crime was committed, complete with a {{Flashback}}.
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* BridalCarry: Tucker carries Ruth this way when kidnapping her.
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* IHaveYouNowMyPretty: With the kidnapped Ruth in his airborne plane, Tucker demands that she kiss him or "get out and walk on a cloud."
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* RaceFilm: This film was made by Norman Studios, which specialized in making silent films for African-American audiences. They would ultimately be done in by the introduction of talkies, which rendered their technology obsolete. ''The Flying Ace'' is the only Norman Studios film to survive to the present day.
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* DirtyCop: Constable Jed Splivins turns out to be one of the culprits.
* FrameUp: The bad guys frame station master Thomas Sawtelle for their crime.
* FrameUp: The bad guys frame station master Thomas Sawtelle for their crime.
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* AlwaysMurder: Subverted. For most of the film, it's believed that Kimball was murdered, but it turns out he's still alive.
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* MaybeEverAfter: The film ends with Stokes expressing his hope that he'll get on a FirstNameBasis with Ruth.
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''The Flying Ace'' is a 1926 silent mystery film with an all-black cast. It was added to the UsefulNotes/NationalFilmRegistry in 2021.
The titular character is Captain Billy Stokes, a former UsefulNotes/WorldWarI pilot who now works as a railroad detective. When the railroad paymaster disappears, along with the $25,000 he was carrying, Stokes is on the case.
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!!This film has the examples of:
* AcePilot: Stokes, who was a [[TitleDrop flying ace]] back in the Great War. This comes in handy during the film's climax.
* DamselInDistress: Stokes has to rescue Ruth during the climax.
* FunetikAksent: The intertitles use this to capture the dialects of some characters.
* GoshDangItToHeck: "Gad" is used in place "god."
* HaveAGayOldTime: One intertitle uses "molest" in the old sense of "bother."
* MonochromeCasting: "Entire Cast Composed of Colored Artists," declares an opening title.
* ScreenShake: A shot of an airplane turning upside down was achieved by simply rotating the camera upside down.
The titular character is Captain Billy Stokes, a former UsefulNotes/WorldWarI pilot who now works as a railroad detective. When the railroad paymaster disappears, along with the $25,000 he was carrying, Stokes is on the case.
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!!This film has the examples of:
* AcePilot: Stokes, who was a [[TitleDrop flying ace]] back in the Great War. This comes in handy during the film's climax.
* DamselInDistress: Stokes has to rescue Ruth during the climax.
* FunetikAksent: The intertitles use this to capture the dialects of some characters.
* GoshDangItToHeck: "Gad" is used in place "god."
* HaveAGayOldTime: One intertitle uses "molest" in the old sense of "bother."
* MonochromeCasting: "Entire Cast Composed of Colored Artists," declares an opening title.
* ScreenShake: A shot of an airplane turning upside down was achieved by simply rotating the camera upside down.
