better image than previously posted
Day: April 20, 2025
October 1936 issue ~ cover art by Dalton Stevens
G-Men (First National, 1935)
G-Men (First National, 1935). Fine+. Locally-Produced Trolley Card (21″ X 27″).
In G-Men, James Cagney deliberately moves away from the gangster roles that made him famous, playing a determined government agent who fights organized crime from the other side of the law. The film was a conscious effort to counter earlier crime dramas like The Public Enemy, which had glamorized outlaws, by portraying law enforcement as heroic and just. The film was also the debut of journeyman actor Lloyd Nolan. This striking trolley card, produced locally in San Francisco for the Loews Warfield, has never been offered by Heritage Auctions before. The bottom corners have been clipped and there is some overall toning, which does little to detract from the wonderful likeness of Cagney pointing a gun at the viewer.
June 1932 issue
1948 Pitfall
1936 Doubleday hardcover
First American Edition of THIS GUN FOR HIRE (1936), preceding the British edition by one month).
A masterpiece of genre fiction, basis for the 1942 film noir starring Alan Ladd, Veronica Lake and Laird Cregar. The film was Ladd’s first appearance on the big screen, and the only time he ever played a villain. He became famous as a result of the film’s success, and would go on to be cast along-side Veronica Lake in ‘The Glass Key’ and ‘The Blue Dahlia.’ Copies in dustjacket are quite scarce, this being the only jacketed copy of the American edition we’ve seen offered in the trade since 2009.
SMB Noir 