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Day: April 5, 2024
April 1943 issue
cover art by Mitchell Hooks
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“The Marvelous Boy.” Cover art for the book of the same name by Peter Corris, published by Fawcett in 1982. Acrylic on board. 533×305 mm; 21×12 inches, on 22 3/4×15-inch board. Signed “Hooks” in lower right image.
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3rd (of 42) in the long-running private eye series [owner’s copy]
May 1937 issue ~ cover art by Delos Palmer
November 1929 issue ~ cover art by R.A. Cameron
April 1934 issue ~ debut issue
October 1937 issue ~ cover art by Malvin Singer
January-February 1940 issue ~ cover art by Rafael DeSoto
1944 Paramount poster
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Double Indemnity (Paramount, 1944). Very Fine on Linen. One Sheet (27″ X 41″).
A film noir classic, insurance man Fred MacMurray has an affair with married Barbara Stanwyck and soon finds himself embroiled in a murder and insurance fraud scheme. The film was nominated for seven Academy Awards, including Best Actress (Stanwyck), Best Director (Billy Wilder), and Best Picture.