Category: war fiction

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.

The Dark Tunnel x 6

1944 Dodd Mead hardcover, first edition

author’s first novel, Lew Archer was a few years away

1950 Lion reissue – cover art by E. Walter

1955 Lion reissue with different title

cover art by Clark Hulings

1972 Bantam reissue

1983 Bantam reissue – cover art by James Marsh

2013 Mysterious Press/Open Road reissue

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.

November 1942 issue ~ cover art by Norman Saunders/Canadian edition April 1943

November 1942

cover art by Norman Saunders – and signed by him as well

better image than previously posted

cover art by John Hilkert for the Canadian April 1943 edition