Escape from Devil's Island [Song of the Damned] (Original publicity photograph of Norman Foster, Florence Rice, and Victor Jory from the 1935 film)

Victor Jory, Florence Rice, Norman Foster (starring); Albert S. Rogell (director); Earle Snell, Fred Niblo Jr. (screenwriters); Ray Jones (photographer)

Published by Columbia Pictures, Culver City, CA, 1935

About this Item

Vintage publicity photograph of Norman Foster, Florence Rice, and Victor Jory from the 1935 film, with a two stamps on the verso, including one stamp crediting photographer" Ray Jones, and a mimeo snipe under the working title "Song of the Damned," on the verso. 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. In a remote cottage Florence Rice eagerly awaits the arrival of her father, Victory Jory, and Norman Foster, escapees from the French penal colony Devil's Island. After Foster arrives with the news Rice's father was killed, the two begin to fall in love, until Jory shows up several days later. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine.

Seller Inventory # 164512

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Escape from Devil's Island [Song of the Damned] (Original publicity photograph of Norman Foster, Florence Rice, and Victor Jory from the 1935 film)
• Publisher: Columbia Pictures, Culver City, CA
• Publication Date: 1935
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