Category: government agent

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.

December 1924 issue

December 1924 issue

~ Thomas Ewing Dabney, “The Drug of Ullua”, ‘Hard-Boiled Smith in Latin America’, 2nd of 2 stories in BM

~ Erle Stanley Gardner, “Without No Reindeer”, 2nd of 10 Bob Larkin stories, 3rd of 99 stories in BM

~ Robert Lee Heiser, “The Norris Case”, ‘The Manhunters, for this series see chiefly under Charles Somerville’

~ Francis James, “The Green Enigma”, Prentice, Harvard-trained criminologist turned policeman with Police Chief Shannon, 2nd of 2 parts, issue also includes letter from the author with a small photo, 18th of 20 appearances in BM

~ Donald MacGregor, “The One-Dollar Bandit”, 2nd of 10 stories

~ William Rollins, Jr., “Dead Men of the Marshes”, 2nd of 3 stories with Jack Darrow, 16-year-old hero, ‘double murder’, 9th of 23 stories in BM

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