1944, Double Indemnity

Production still from the lost “alternate” ending to Double Indemnity (Billy Wilder, 1944) showing Fred MacMurray entering the gas chamber while Edward G. Robinson stands by as a sorrowful witness. This ending was cut from the final release. Wilder thought it was unnecessary, and the Hayes Office thought it was too gruesome. 

November 27, 2013

The Money Trap x 3

New York: E.P. Dutton, 1963. First Edition.

Basis for the 1966 film noir, starring Glenn Ford, Ricardo Montalban and Rita Hayworth.

1964 Monarch reissue

cover art by Harry Barton

better image than previously posted

Guilty Bystander x 7 + 2

1947 Farrar Strauss hardcover

1947 Handi-Book digest

1948 Penguin/Signet reissue – cover art by Robert Jonas

1950 Film Classics

1954 Signet reissue – cover art by Saul Tepper

1956 Phantom reissue

1958 Signet reissue

Mitchell Hooks (American, 1923-2013)
Gouache on board, 30 x 18-1/4 inches (76.2 x 46.4 cm)
Initialed center right: MH

1963 Signet reissue