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“The Hurricane” by Charles Nordhoff and James Hall. New York: Burt/Blue Ribbon Books, (1936). First Photoplay edition. Dustcover art by N. C. Wyeth by lhboudreau

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“The Hurricane” by Charles Nordhoff and James Hall. New York: Burt/Blue Ribbon Books, (1936). First Photoplay edition. Dustcover art by N. C. Wyeth

Coincides with the release of the film starring Dorothy Lamour and Jon Hall and illustrated with scenes from the Samuel Goldwyn Production.

Set in the South Seas, the film is about a Polynesian, Terangi (Jon Hall), who is unjustly imprisoned after being attacked by a racist with political connections. Unable to bear being confined, Terangi repeatedly tries to escape, lengthening his sentence from 6 months to 16 years. He succeeds in getting out after 8 years but at a terrible price: he unintentionally kills a guard. He steals a canoe and returns to his island home after an arduous journey. He is reunited with his wife, Marama (Dorothy Lamour), and a daughter he has never seen before. As he is hunted down, the island is struck by a once-in-a-lifetime hurricane.

"The Hurricane" 1937 movie trailer:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4WI_enLFGG8
___________________

Jon Hall would later star in the American TV series "Ramar of the Jungle" (1952-54).

Title page and frontispiece in “The Hurricane” by Charles Nordhoff and James Hall. New York: Burt/Blue Ribbon Books, (1936). Movie scene with Dorothy Lamour as Marama and Jon Hall as Terangi. by lhboudreau

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Title page and frontispiece in “The Hurricane” by Charles Nordhoff and James Hall. New York: Burt/Blue Ribbon Books, (1936). Movie scene with Dorothy Lamour as Marama and Jon Hall as Terangi.

Set in the South Seas, the film is about a Polynesian, Terangi (Jon Hall), who is unjustly imprisoned after being attacked by a racist with political connections. Unable to bear being confined, Terangi repeatedly tries to escape, lengthening his sentence from 6 months to 16 years. He succeeds in getting out after 8 years but at a terrible price: he unintentionally kills a guard. He steals a canoe and returns to his island home after an arduous journey. He is reunited with his wife, Marama (Dorothy Lamour), and a daughter he has never seen before. As he is hunted down, the island is struck by a once-in-a-lifetime hurricane.

Samuel Goldwyn presents “The Hurricane”
By the Authors of “Mutiny on the Bounty”

Starring Dorothy Lamour, Jon Hall, Mary Astor, C. Aubrey Smith, Thomas Mitchell, Raymond Massey, John Carradine, Jerome Cowan
From the novel by Chas. Nordhoff and James N. Hall
Directed by John Ford
Released thru United Artists

"The Hurricane" 1937 movie trailer:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4WI_enLFGG8
__________________________

Jon Hall would later star in the American TV series "Ramar of the Jungle" (1952-54)

Endpapers in “The Hurricane” by Charles Nordhoff and James Hall. New York: Burt/Blue Ribbon Books, (1936). Movie scene with Dorothy Lamour as Marama and Jon Hall as Terangi. by lhboudreau

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Endpapers in “The Hurricane” by Charles Nordhoff and James Hall. New York: Burt/Blue Ribbon Books, (1936). Movie scene with Dorothy Lamour as Marama and Jon Hall as Terangi.

Set in the South Seas, the film is about a Polynesian, Terangi (Jon Hall), who is unjustly imprisoned after being attacked by a racist with political connections. Unable to bear being confined, Terangi repeatedly tries to escape, lengthening his sentence from 6 months to 16 years. He succeeds in getting out after 8 years but at a terrible price: he unintentionally kills a guard. He steals a canoe and returns to his island home after an arduous journey. He is reunited with his wife, Marama (Dorothy Lamour), and a daughter he has never seen before. As he is hunted down, the island is struck by a once-in-a-lifetime hurricane.

Samuel Goldwyn presents “The Hurricane”
By the Authors of “Mutiny on the Bounty”

Starring Dorothy Lamour, Jon Hall, Mary Astor, C. Aubrey Smith, Thomas Mitchell, Raymond Massey, John Carradine, Jerome Cowan
From the novel by Chas. Nordhoff and James N. Hall
Directed by John Ford
Released thru United Artists

"The Hurricane" 1937 movie trailer:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4WI_enLFGG8
__________________________

Jon Hall would later star in the American TV series "Ramar of the Jungle" (1952-54)

“A Night in Casablanca” by D. L. Ames. London: Hollywood Publication Limited, 1946. Photoplay edition with scenes from the film starring the Marx Brothers. by lhboudreau

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“A Night in Casablanca” by D. L. Ames. London: Hollywood Publication Limited, 1946. Photoplay edition with scenes from the film starring the Marx Brothers.

The publication of the book coincides with the British release of this acclaimed comedy and it’s the only movie tie-in edition of the film. On the front cover is a comic color photo of the Marx Brothers -- Chico, Harpo and Groucho with his ever-present cigar. The brothers are employed at a hotel in postwar Casablanca, where a ring of Nazis is trying to recover a cache of stolen treasure.

Movie trailer: www.youtube.com/watch?v=7U-1eJejNcY

“Flight: An Epic of the Air” by Irwin R. Franklyn. New York: Grosset & Dunlap, (1929). First Photoplay Edition, with scenes from the film. by lhboudreau

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“Flight: An Epic of the Air” by Irwin R. Franklyn. New York:  Grosset & Dunlap, (1929). First Photoplay Edition, with scenes from the film.

ADAPTED FROM
COLUMBIA’S ALL-TALKING
PICTURE BY RALPH GRAVES
A FRANK R. CAPRA PRODUCTION
PRODUCED BY HARRY COHN

“The first all-talking drama of the air will thrill you.”

“Flight” is an adventure and aviation film directed by Frank Capra. The film stars Jack Holt (as gruff Gunnery Sergeant “Panama” Williams, U.S. Marine Corps pilot), Lila Lee (as Navy nurse Elinor Murray), and Ralph Graves (as Corporal “Lefty” Phelps), who also came up with the story, for which Capra wrote the dialogue. Dedicated to the United States Marine Corps, the production was greatly aided by their full cooperation.

Receiving the Marine Corps’ full cooperation, including the use of facilities and personnel at Naval Base San Diego and NAS North Island, provided the authentic settings Capra required. A total of 28 aircraft were at Capra’s disposal and with the benefit of using actual aircraft, Capra did not have to rely on “process shots” or special effects which was the standard of the day, although dangerous crash scenes and a mass night takeoff were staged using studio miniatures. [Source: Wikipedia]

(Frank Capra would later direct such classics as Lost Horizon, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, and It's a Wonderful Life.)

An uncomfortable look overshadowed the boy's face at Elinor's happy smile of welcome. by lhboudreau

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An uncomfortable look overshadowed the boy's face at Elinor's happy smile of welcome.

From the book “Flight: An Epic of the Air” by Irwin R. Franklyn. New York: Grosset & Dunlap, (1929). First Photoplay Edition, with scenes from the film.

“Flight” is an adventure and aviation film directed by Frank Capra. The film stars Jack Holt (as gruff Gunnery Sergeant “Panama” Williams, U.S. Marine Corps pilot), Lila Lee (as Navy nurse Elinor Murray), and Ralph Graves (as Corporal “Lefty” Phelps), who also came up with the story, for which Capra wrote the dialogue. Dedicated to the United States Marine Corps, the production was greatly aided by their full cooperation. [Source: Wikipedia]

“You got sometink for Rosa?” she begged of Lefty. by lhboudreau

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“You got sometink for Rosa?” she begged of Lefty.

From the book “Flight: An Epic of the Air” by Irwin R. Franklyn. New York: Grosset & Dunlap, (1929). First Photoplay Edition, with scenes from the film.

“Flight” is an adventure and aviation film directed by Frank Capra. The film stars Jack Holt (as gruff Gunnery Sergeant “Panama” Williams, U.S. Marine Corps pilot), Lila Lee (as Navy nurse Elinor Murray), and Ralph Graves (as Corporal “Lefty” Phelps), who also came up with the story, for which Capra wrote the dialogue. Dedicated to the United States Marine Corps, the production was greatly aided by their full cooperation. [Source: Wikipedia]

“If I had your gift for gab, you don’t think I’d be askin’ you to propose for me, do you?” by lhboudreau

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“If I had your gift for gab, you don’t think I’d be askin’ you to propose for me, do you?”

When the “Flying Devils” squadron is sent to quell bandit attacks by the notorious General Lobo of Nicaragua, Panama arranges for Lefty to accompany him as his mechanic. Panama shows Lefty a photograph of Elinor, the love of his life, not knowing Lefty is in love with her too. When Elinor is sent to Nicaragua, she does not understand the guilt-stricken Lefty’s cool reception. When the girl-shy Panama asks Lefty to propose to Elinor on his behalf, Elinor confesses her love for him instead, after which Panama accuses Lefty of betrayal.

From the book “Flight: An Epic of the Air” by Irwin R. Franklyn. New York: Grosset & Dunlap, (1929). First Photoplay Edition, with scenes from the film.

“Flight” is an adventure and aviation film directed by Frank Capra. The film stars Jack Holt (as gruff Gunnery Sergeant “Panama” Williams, U.S. Marine Corps pilot), Lila Lee (as Navy nurse Elinor Murray), and Ralph Graves (as Corporal “Lefty” Phelps), who also came up with the story, for which Capra wrote the dialogue. Dedicated to the United States Marine Corps, the production was greatly aided by their full cooperation. [Source: Wikipedia]

“Flight: An Epic of the Air” by Irwin R. Franklyn. New York: Grosset & Dunlap, (1929). First Photoplay Edition, with photos of Jack Holt, Lila Lee, Ralph Graves, and Director Frank Capra on the back cover. by lhboudreau

© lhboudreau, all rights reserved.

“Flight: An Epic of the Air” by Irwin R. Franklyn.  New York: Grosset & Dunlap, (1929).  First Photoplay Edition, with photos of Jack Holt, Lila Lee, Ralph Graves, and Director Frank Capra on the back cover.

ADAPTED FROM
COLUMBIA’S ALL-TALKING
PICTURE BY RALPH GRAVES
A FRANK R. CAPRA PRODUCTION
PRODUCED BY HARRY COHN

“The first all-talking drama of the air will thrill you.”

“Flight” is an adventure and aviation film directed by Frank Capra. The film stars Jack Holt (as gruff Gunnery Sergeant “Panama” Williams, U.S. Marine Corps pilot), Lila Lee (as Navy nurse Elinor Murray), and Ralph Graves (as Corporal “Lefty” Phelps), who also came up with the story, for which Capra wrote the dialogue. Dedicated to the United States Marine Corps, the production was greatly aided by their full cooperation.

Receiving the Marine Corps’ full cooperation, including the use of facilities and personnel at Naval Base San Diego and NAS North Island, provided the authentic settings Capra required. A total of 28 aircraft were at Capra’s disposal and with the benefit of using actual aircraft, Capra did not have to rely on “process shots” or special effects which was the standard of the day, although dangerous crash scenes and a mass night takeoff were staged using studio miniatures. [Source: Wikipedia]

(Frank Capra would later direct such classics as Lost Horizon, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, and It's a Wonderful Life.)

The last rites performed, the remains of the plane, with its silent pilot, disappeared in a burst of flame. by lhboudreau

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The last rites performed, the remains of the plane, with its silent pilot, disappeared in a burst of flame.

Lefty flies as gunner for Steve Roberts as they respond to an urgent call for help by a Marine outpost under bandit attack. During the mission, their aircraft is shot down in a swamp. Unwilling to join in the rescue, Panama reports in sick, but once Elinor convinces him that Lefty never betrayed him, he flies his own solo rescue mission. At the crash site, Roberts dies of his injuries and is cremated by Lefty using their aircraft as a funeral pyre.

From the book “Flight: An Epic of the Air” by Irwin R. Franklyn. New York: Grosset & Dunlap, (1929). First Photoplay Edition, with scenes from the film.

“Flight” is an adventure and aviation film directed by Frank Capra. The film stars Jack Holt (as gruff Gunnery Sergeant “Panama” Williams, U.S. Marine Corps pilot), Lila Lee (as Navy nurse Elinor Murray), and Ralph Graves (as Corporal “Lefty” Phelps), who also came up with the story, for which Capra wrote the dialogue. Dedicated to the United States Marine Corps, the production was greatly aided by their full cooperation. [Source: Wikipedia]

"The Big Sleep" by Raymond Chandler. Cleveland: The World Publishing Co., (June, 1946). Movie Edition. First Printing. by lhboudreau

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"The Big Sleep" by Raymond Chandler. Cleveland: The World Publishing Co., (June, 1946).  Movie Edition. First Printing.

"The Big Sleep" centers around the Sternwoods: an old, paralyzed ex-soldier, who made a fortune in oil; his two beautiful daughters -- one a gambler, the other a degenerate; and a strangely missing son-in-law. Marlowe, the detective -- shrewd, strong, and incorruptible, the healthy force amid the shadows and the whispers -- is called in to break a blackmail case and ends up to his neck in a series of mysterious murders.

The 1946 movie version of "The Big Sleep" from Warner Brothers stars Humphrey Bogart as Philip Marlowe and Lauren Bacall as Vivian Sternwood Rutledge.

Title Page: "The Big Sleep" by Raymond Chandler. Cleveland: The World Publishing Co., (June, 1946). Movie Edition. First Printing. by lhboudreau

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Title Page: "The Big Sleep" by Raymond Chandler. Cleveland: The World Publishing Co., (June, 1946).  Movie Edition. First Printing.

"The Big Sleep" centers around the Sternwoods: an old, paralyzed ex-soldier, who made a fortune in oil; his two beautiful daughters -- one a gambler, the other a degenerate; and a strangely missing son-in-law. Marlowe, the detective -- shrewd, strong, and incorruptible, the healthy force amid the shadows and the whispers -- is called in to break a blackmail case and ends up to his neck in a series of mysterious murders.

The 1946 movie version of "The Big Sleep" from Warner Brothers stars Humphrey Bogart as Philip Marlowe and Lauren Bacall as Vivian Sternwood Rutledge.

"Why, You're a White Man!" Scene from "The Iron Horse" by Edwin C. Hill. NY: Grosset & Dunlap, (1924). Photoplay edition. by lhboudreau

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"Why, You're a White Man!" Scene from "The Iron Horse" by Edwin C. Hill. NY: Grosset & Dunlap, (1924). Photoplay edition.

The film presents an idealized image of the construction of the American first transcontinental railroad. It culminates with the scene of driving of the golden spike at Promontory Summit on May 10, 1869. Of course, a romantic story with love, treachery and revenge is also here. Main stars were George O'Brien and Madge Bellamy. In December 2011, The Iron Horse was selected for inclusion in the Library of Congress' National Film Registry. In choosing the film, the Registry said that The Iron Horse "introduced to American and world audiences a reverential, elegiac mythology that has influenced many subsequent Westerns."

Starting in the early 1920s the publishing house Grosset and Dunlap crafted a deal with the prominent Hollywood studios to issue novelizations of their major, original releases and among those was The Iron Horse (1924, 329pp). The author was Edwin C. Hill, then a journalist, who would become a prominent radio broadcaster, best remembered for a show called The Human Side of the News.
[Source: Wikipedia]

"The Iron Horse" by Edwin C. Hill. NY: Grosset & Dunlap, (1924). Photoplay edition with scenes from the John Ford production by lhboudreau

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"The Iron Horse" by Edwin C. Hill. NY: Grosset & Dunlap, (1924). Photoplay edition with scenes from the John Ford production

“This novel portrays in an absorbing way one of the very greatest events in American history, the building of the first transcontinental railway. It is an epic of titanic labor, Man pitted against Nature in the shock of combat. Across the great trail falls the majestic shadow of Lincoln, the Builder, Lincoln who foresaw that an empire would spring to life with the first magnetic touch of the steel shod hoof of the Iron Horse. Against the background of the thrilling life of the Old West is thrown a vivid picture of the terrific building race between the two roads which were to unite and make one: Of the battles with the hostile Sioux and Cheyennes, of the bad, mad towns which mushroomed and decayed as the rails thrust forward like shining rapiers: Of the heroic exploits of unconquerable men: the whole mellowed with a love story of the most appealing charm.” [Quoting the blurb on the dust jacket]

“William Fox’s “The Iron Horse: A Romance of the East and the West,” a John Ford Production, Three Years in the Making. The Characters and the Players include:
Davy Brandon (George O’Brien)
Miriam Marsh (Madge Bellamy)
Abraham Lincoln (Charles Edward Bull)
Thomas Marsh ( Will Walling)
Deroux (Fred Kohler)
Peter Jesson (Cyril Chadwick) . . .

. . . And a regiment of United States troops and cavalry, 3,000 railway workmen, 1,000 Chinese laborers, 800 Pawnee, Sioux and Cheyenne Indians, 2,800 horses, 1,300 buffalo, 10,000 Texas steers. (Special Note: The actual old-time locomotives and equipment which figured in the building of the Trans-Continental Railway are used throughout “The Iron Horse” – “Jupiter,” of the Central Pacific, and “119,” of the Union Pacific.) [As stated on the rear panel of the dust jacket]

Title Page: "The Iron Horse" by Edwin C. Hill. NY: Grosset & Dunlap, (1924). Photoplay edition with scenes from the film. by lhboudreau

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Title Page: "The Iron Horse" by Edwin C. Hill. NY: Grosset & Dunlap, (1924). Photoplay edition with scenes from the film.

The film presents an idealized image of the construction of the American first transcontinental railroad. It culminates with the scene of driving of the golden spike at Promontory Summit on May 10, 1869. Of course, a romantic story with love, treachery and revenge is also here. Main stars were George O'Brien and Madge Bellamy. In December 2011, The Iron Horse was selected for inclusion in the Library of Congress' National Film Registry. In choosing the film, the Registry said that The Iron Horse "introduced to American and world audiences a reverential, elegiac mythology that has influenced many subsequent Westerns."

Starting in the early 1920s the publishing house Grosset and Dunlap crafted a deal with the prominent Hollywood studios to issue novelizations of their major, original releases and among those was The Iron Horse (1924, 329pp). The author was Edwin C. Hill, then a journalist, who would become a prominent radio broadcaster, best remembered for a show called The Human Side of the News.
[Source: Wikipedia]

In Toil and Danger the Women Stood Side by Side With the Men. Scene from "The Iron Horse" by Edwin C. Hill. NY: Grosset & Dunlap, (1924). Photoplay edition. by lhboudreau

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In Toil and Danger the Women Stood Side by Side With the Men. Scene from "The Iron Horse" by Edwin C. Hill. NY: Grosset & Dunlap, (1924). Photoplay edition.

The film presents an idealized image of the construction of the American first transcontinental railroad. It culminates with the scene of driving of the golden spike at Promontory Summit on May 10, 1869. Of course, a romantic story with love, treachery and revenge is also here. Main stars were George O'Brien and Madge Bellamy. In December 2011, The Iron Horse was selected for inclusion in the Library of Congress' National Film Registry. In choosing the film, the Registry said that The Iron Horse "introduced to American and world audiences a reverential, elegiac mythology that has influenced many subsequent Westerns."

Starting in the early 1920s the publishing house Grosset and Dunlap crafted a deal with the prominent Hollywood studios to issue novelizations of their major, original releases and among those was The Iron Horse (1924, 329pp). The author was Edwin C. Hill, then a journalist, who would become a prominent radio broadcaster, best remembered for a show called The Human Side of the News.
[Source: Wikipedia]

"Don't You Remember Me, Mr. President ?" Scene from "The Iron Horse" by Edwin C. Hill. NY: Grosset & Dunlap, (1924). Photoplay edition. by lhboudreau

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"Don't You Remember Me, Mr. President ?" Scene from "The Iron Horse" by Edwin C. Hill. NY: Grosset & Dunlap, (1924). Photoplay edition.

The film presents an idealized image of the construction of the American first transcontinental railroad. It culminates with the scene of driving of the golden spike at Promontory Summit on May 10, 1869. Of course, a romantic story with love, treachery and revenge is also here. Main stars were George O'Brien and Madge Bellamy. In December 2011, The Iron Horse was selected for inclusion in the Library of Congress' National Film Registry. In choosing the film, the Registry said that The Iron Horse "introduced to American and world audiences a reverential, elegiac mythology that has influenced many subsequent Westerns."

Starting in the early 1920s the publishing house Grosset and Dunlap crafted a deal with the prominent Hollywood studios to issue novelizations of their major, original releases and among those was The Iron Horse (1924, 329pp). The author was Edwin C. Hill, then a journalist, who would become a prominent radio broadcaster, best remembered for a show called The Human Side of the News.
[Source: Wikipedia]

Moving Day in North Platte -- "Hell on Wheels." Scene from "The Iron Horse" by Edwin C. Hill. NY: Grosset & Dunlap, (1924). Photoplay edition. by lhboudreau

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Moving Day in North Platte -- "Hell on Wheels." Scene from "The Iron Horse" by Edwin C. Hill. NY: Grosset & Dunlap, (1924). Photoplay edition.

The film presents an idealized image of the construction of the American first transcontinental railroad. It culminates with the scene of driving of the golden spike at Promontory Summit on May 10, 1869. Of course, a romantic story with love, treachery and revenge is also here. Main stars were George O'Brien and Madge Bellamy. In December 2011, The Iron Horse was selected for inclusion in the Library of Congress' National Film Registry. In choosing the film, the Registry said that The Iron Horse "introduced to American and world audiences a reverential, elegiac mythology that has influenced many subsequent Westerns."

Starting in the early 1920s the publishing house Grosset and Dunlap crafted a deal with the prominent Hollywood studios to issue novelizations of their major, original releases and among those was The Iron Horse (1924, 329pp). The author was Edwin C. Hill, then a journalist, who would become a prominent radio broadcaster, best remembered for a show called The Human Side of the News.
[Source: Wikipedia]

The Final Hour, The Wedding of the Rails Which Welded the Nation. Scene from "The Iron Horse" by Edwin C. Hill. NY: Grosset & Dunlap, (1924). Photoplay edition. by lhboudreau

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The Final Hour, The Wedding of the Rails Which Welded the Nation. Scene from "The Iron Horse" by Edwin C. Hill. NY: Grosset & Dunlap, (1924). Photoplay edition.

The film presents an idealized image of the construction of the American first transcontinental railroad. It culminates with the scene of driving of the golden spike at Promontory Summit on May 10, 1869. Of course, a romantic story with love, treachery and revenge is also here. Main stars were George O'Brien and Madge Bellamy. In December 2011, The Iron Horse was selected for inclusion in the Library of Congress' National Film Registry. In choosing the film, the Registry said that The Iron Horse "introduced to American and world audiences a reverential, elegiac mythology that has influenced many subsequent Westerns."

Starting in the early 1920s the publishing house Grosset and Dunlap crafted a deal with the prominent Hollywood studios to issue novelizations of their major, original releases and among those was The Iron Horse (1924, 329pp). The author was Edwin C. Hill, then a journalist, who would become a prominent radio broadcaster, best remembered for a show called The Human Side of the News.
[Source: Wikipedia]

"You've Made a Sweet Mess of Things," Said Deroux. Scene from "The Iron Horse" by Edwin C. Hill. NY: Grosset & Dunlap, (1924). Photoplay edition. by lhboudreau

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"You've Made a Sweet Mess of Things," Said Deroux. Scene from "The Iron Horse" by Edwin C. Hill. NY: Grosset & Dunlap, (1924). Photoplay edition.

The film presents an idealized image of the construction of the American first transcontinental railroad. It culminates with the scene of driving of the golden spike at Promontory Summit on May 10, 1869. Of course, a romantic story with love, treachery and revenge is also here. Main stars were George O'Brien and Madge Bellamy. In December 2011, The Iron Horse was selected for inclusion in the Library of Congress' National Film Registry. In choosing the film, the Registry said that The Iron Horse "introduced to American and world audiences a reverential, elegiac mythology that has influenced many subsequent Westerns."

Starting in the early 1920s the publishing house Grosset and Dunlap crafted a deal with the prominent Hollywood studios to issue novelizations of their major, original releases and among those was The Iron Horse (1924, 329pp). The author was Edwin C. Hill, then a journalist, who would become a prominent radio broadcaster, best remembered for a show called The Human Side of the News.
[Source: Wikipedia]