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Vintage reference photograph from the 1935 film, showing actors Cesar Romero and Bruce Cabot. With a mimeo snipe to the verso. Two men seeking respite from the rain accidentally wander into a kidnapper's hideout. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good+. First Edition. (lacking the original dust jacket, but encased in a professionally-made facsimile reproduction of same; see 2nd image posted with this listing) [a good sound copy with only light shelfwear, spine very slightly turned]. (4 B&W film stills) Photoplay edition, actually a novelization of the classic gangster film, hence the true first edition, since there was no prior publication of the story in any form. The copyright notice states the claimant to be Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc., and thereby hangs a typically Hollywood story of mutation-through-adaptation. The story began its life as a unpublished novel called "Beer and Blood," the screen rights to which were sold to the studio while its co-authors, Bright and Glasmon, were still trying to arrange a publication deal. As Bright tells it in his memoir, in the middle of working on the screenplay, they were essentially duped into letting the studio arrange for publication of their book -- only to learn (too late) that it had been turned over "to a Benzedrine-driven hack who tapped out a bowdlerized version of the screenplay's plot, bearing not the faintest resemblance to [our novel]; not a single phrase remained." (The movie's screenplay, incidentally, was credited to yet another writer, Harvey Thew. Well, his actual credit was "screen adaptation," with the more prominent "by" credit still going to Glasmon and Bright -- but it's perilous to over-interpret screenwriting credits, which were capriciously bestowed in those pre-Screen Writers Guild days.) Directed by William Wellman, the film made a star out of James Cagney (in his first major movie role) and unsurprisingly he is featured in three of the four stills bound into the text of this book -- but what makes no sense to me is why they chose as the frontispiece photo a two-shot of Beryl Mercer (who played Cagney's simpering mother, in one of the most irritating performances of all time) and Rita Flynn (whose role in the film, as the sister of Cagney's pal Matt, didn't even rate an on-screen credit -- although to be fair, neither did that of Mae Clarke, recipient of the most famous grapefruit-in-the-face in movie history). NOTE again that this book bears a FACSIMILE dust jacket, to serve the dual purpose of protecting the book from further wear and enhancing its appearance on the shelf; its presence has not been factored in to our pricing.

Zustand: Very Good. New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1931. First Edition, Warner Bros. photoplay. Octavo (19cm). Illustrated with black and white scenes from the film. 280 pp. +2 ads. Green topstain. Red publisher's cloth binding. Lacks dust jacket. Boards are lightly shelf-worn, with rubbing to edges. Corners bumped. Topstain bright. Binding sound. Pages clean and unmarked. Overall in very good condition. Book released in connection with the 1931 film of the same name starring James Cagney and Jean Harlow. Davis p. 185; Miller p. 118.

Two vintage photographs from the 1935 film. Snipe printed on the verso of each. Reference numbers are 1527-38 and 1527-56. Based on the novel by Dashiell Hammett, 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine with light soiling to the verso and light toning overall. Based on the 1931 novel by Hammett, and the third time one of his novels was adapted to the screen, preceded by "The Maltese Falcon" (1931) and "The Thin Man" (1934). Grant US. Spicer US Precursor.

Vintage photograph of author Dashiell Hammett, star George Raft, and director Frank Tuttle on the set of the 1935 film noir. Snipe, stamps, and annotations on the verso, all indicating that this photo was used a number of times since it was struck in 1935. Based on the 1931 novel by Hammett, and the third time one of his novels was adapted to the screen, preceded by "The Maltese Falcon" (1931) and "The Thin Man" (1934). 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus. Grant US. Spicer US Precursor.