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1959 Pocket paperback original – cover art by Morgan Kane

1959 Pocket paperback original

cover art by Morgan Kane

better image than previously posted

1946 Universal Pictures – The Mysterious Mr. M

Danny Morton, Richard Martin, Pamela Blake, Dennis Moore (starring)
Lewis D. Collins, Vernon Keays (directors)
Paul Huston, Joseph F. Poland (screenwriters)

Universal City: Universal Studios, 1946. Vintage publicity keybook photograph from the 1946 film serial, showing actor Danny Morton. Printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso.

A villain plans to steal a super-powered submarine and blame the crime on a fictitious “Mr. M,” but his plans are waylaid by a federal agent and a police detective. Universal’s final film serial.

From the archive of noted Hollywood still photographer Ray Jones. Born in Wisconsin on January 1, 1901, Jones worked for Paramount Pictures in the early 1930s, and went on to be the head of the still photography department at Universal Pictures in 1935, where he worked well into the 1950s.

8 x 10 inches.