John Wexley Play (2 results)
Published by United Artists, Beverly Hills & New York, 1959
Seller: Captain Ahab's Rare Books, ABAA, Stephenson, VA, U.S.A.Captain Ahab's Rare Books, ABAA
Contact seller5-star sellerAssociation member: ABAA
Folio; illustrated wrappers, saddle-stitched; 12pp. Some trivial edgewear, a few tiny tears, and a one inch tear to lower left edge of final page; Near Fine. Original film pressbook for the 1959 film noir based on John Wexley's 1930 play about a man sentenced to death row. Directed by Howard Koch, with a remorseless performance by Mickey Rooney as "Killer Mears." An attractive pressbook. …
The Last Mile (Original photograph of Preston Foster from the 1932 film)
Preston Foster, Howard Phillips, Paul Fix, Kenneth MacDonald (starring); Samuel Bischoff (director); John Wexley (play); Seton I. Miller (screenwriter)
Published by N.p., N.p., 1932
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Seller: Royal Books, Inc., ABAA, Baltimore, MD, U.S.A.Royal Books, Inc., ABAA
Contact seller5-star sellerVintage reference photograph from the 1932 film, showing a menacing Preston Foster holding a gun. Annotations in manuscript ink and pencil on the verso. A pre-Code prison melodrama based on the 1930 Broadway play by John Wexley, about the convicts on death row. The play would be adapted again in 1959, starring Mickey Rooney. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine.…
