Category: film noir

Kiss the Blood off My Hand x 3 + 1

first published in Britain by Nicholson

1946 Farrar & Rinehart hardcover, first thus in the US

1947 Dell mapback – cover art by Gerald Gregg, map by Ruth Belew

better image than previously posted

1948 Universal Pictures, directed by Norman Foster

1948 Dell mapback with movie tie-in cover

1943 Paramount Pictures

Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures, 1943. Vintage keybook photograph from the 1944 film, showing actress Marjorie Reynolds frozen in the shadow of a giant swastika.

Based on Graham Greene’s 1943 novel. While en route to London after being released from a mental institution, a man is accidentally caught up in a nefarious Nazi scheme, and finds himself pursued by German secret agents.

Set in England.

8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus, lightly toned at the edges, with two punch holes along the left edge.

1963 Filmbrok Production

The Servant

N.p. N.p., Circa 1963, vintage reference photograph from the set of the 1963 film, with a blind stamp in the upper corner of each.

Based on the 1948 novella by Robin Maugham.

The first of Joseph Losey’s three legendary collaborations with screenwriter-playwright Harold Pinter, a dark, squeamish parable that tells a servant-becomes-master tale, but goes beyond what could have been a mediocre finish and journeys into the psyche and personal problems of the servant himself. Stunningly photographed by Douglas Slocombe. A classic of 1960s British cinema.

Set in and shot on location in London.

8 x 10.25 inches.

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.