Tag: universal pictures

Phantom Lady x 5

March 4, 1939

Cornell Woolrich’s “Those Who Kill” published, which he expanded into Phantom Lady

WOOLRICH, Cornell (“William Irish”). Phantom Lady. Philadelphia and New York: J.B. Lippincott, [1942].

8o. Original cloth (some dampstain, spine discolored); pictorial dust jacket (one corner clipped, slight wear to spine panel ends and corners).

FIRST EDITION of the first novel written under the William Irish pseudonym and the basis for Robert Siodmak’s 1944 film noir adaptation.

1944 Pocket reissue

cover art by Lesso Manso

better image than previously posted

1955 Graphic reissue, abridged

better image than previously posted

2012 Centipede Press hardcover reissue

Universal City, CA: Universal Pictures, 1944. Dialogue and Continuity for the 1944 film.

White titled self-wrappers, noted as Dialogue Continuity on the front wrapper, production No. 1346, dated January 5, 1944, with credits for director Robert Siodmak. Approximately 110 leaves, with last page of text numbered 13. Mimeograph duplication, rectos only. Pages Near Fine, wrapper Very Good plus, with a small closed tear at the top edge, bound with two gold brads along the top edge.

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.

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.

1957 Universal Pictures

The Midnight Story

Tony Curtis, Peggy Maley, Marisa Pavan, Gilbert Roland (starring)
Joseph Pevney (director)
Edwin Blum, John Robinson (screenwriters)

Universal City, CA: Universal Pictures, 1957. Two vintage studio still photographs from the 1957 film noir, one showing Tony Curtis and Peggy Maley, the other showing Maley. Annotations in manuscript pencil on the verso.

A traffic cop investigates the cold-blooded murder of his beloved friend, a San Francisco priest, whose death is linked to an Italian immigrant family.

Set and shot on location in San Francisco.

8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus, lightly curled and edgeworn.