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1942 Universal Pictures – Nightmare

Universal City: Universal Pictures, 1942. Four vintage publicity photographs from the 1942 film, all four showing actors Diana Barrymore and Brian Donlevy. Printed mimeo snipes affixed to the verso.

A down and out American gambler stranded in London during the German air raids finds himself assisting a woman whose husband has just been murdered, unaware that he will find himself embroiled in a family plot that involves Scotland Yard, Nazi spies, and international subterfuge.

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.


10 x 8 inches.

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.

1949 Universal Pictures

The Story of Molly X

Crane Wilbur (director, screenwriter)
June Havoc, John Russell, Dorothy Hart, Connie Gilchrist, Cathy Lewis (starring)

Universal City: Universal Pictures, 1949. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1949 film noir, showing actor John Russell.

A woman exacts revenge on the gangster who killed her husband, landing herself in a women’s prison. Afterwards, she vows to change her ways, but finds herself gradually drawn back into her life of crime.

Set in San Francisco.

8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus, with one small bruise near the left edge of the recto and some emulsion defects.

1946 MGM Pictures

N.p. N.p., Circa 1946, vintage reference photograph from the 1946 film noir, Undercurrent

Katharine Hepburn, Robert Mitchum, Robert Taylor (starring)
Vincent Minnelli (director)
Thelma Strabel (novel)
Edward Chodorov (screenwriter)

Based on the story, “You Were There” by Thelma Strabel, serialized in “Woman’s Home Companion” between 1944 and 1945. Vincent Minnelli’s second dramatic film, following “The Clock” (1945).

8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus.