Charlie Chan Carries On

Another excellent Mach Tey illustrated photoplay.

More Fun Than a Barrel of Monkeys

"Murders in the Rue Morgue" photoplay edition. Love the Mach Tey dust jacket art. Outstanding as usual. I'm the sure the collectibility on this one is raised by the presence of an ape on the cover.

1930's Universal Monsters Photoplays

I previously featured a photoplay edition of the Harlow movie "The Beast of the City," but the two photoplays above are the true gems of my collection. Mach Tey is the illustrator again, and yet again, he does a stupendous job creating a striking, colorful image with an art deco look and composition. These are particuarly important collectibles, since the movie posters for these movies are impossible find and worth enormous sums of money. "Frankenstein" has extra appeal, as well, because Mary Shelley's original novel is similarly impossible to find and worth enormous sums of money.

The Beast of the City- 1932 Photoplay

This is the 1932 photoplay edition for the Jean Harlow film "The Beast of the City." Lavishly illustrated by Mach Tey, the dust jacket is painted with popping colors, especially the portrait of the ever-elegant Harlow. I haven't seen this pre-code gangster flick, but you don't need to see the movie to appreciate this piece of American illustration. Movie-tie-in editions began in the nineteen-teens, and editions such as this one are hard to come by.