Look Magazine, featuring Buster Crabbe as Flash Gordon
Tag: 1938
Spicy Adventure Stories, Sept, 1938
City of Jade, Spicy Adventure Stories, September 1938, cover by H.J. Ward
Bugatti and a Benz
Ralph Lauren’s 1938 Bugatti Type 57SC Atlantic Coupe and 1930 Mercedes-Benz SSK “Count Trossi.”
A Tale of Two Covers
Both illustrations by H.J. Ward, Image #1 adorned the cover of Romantic Detective, published by Trojan Publishing, April, 1938.
11 Months later, image 2 (below) was found on the March 1939 cover of Spicy Detective, published by Culture Publications. Continue reading “A Tale of Two Covers”
X-9 and the Mad Assassin
Secret Agent and the Mad Assassin, Better Little Book #1472
Continue reading “X-9 and the Mad Assassin”
Gun Moll (Gang Smashers) 1938
What is referred to as “Black Cinema,” Gun moll has an all black cast, and aimed for release in black movie houses.
Nina Mae McKinney plays an undercover officer in a Harlem jazz club that doubles as a front of operation for the Harlem Protective Association, a protection racket.
Gun Moll is a fun, short movie (57 min) with a fantastic soundtrack that will hopefully get restored soon. It is currently playing on tubi
Nancy Drew… Detective
After a wealthy dowager who has made a substantial donation her alma mater suddenly disappears, Nancy Drew sets out to solve the mystery. (IMDb)
Detective Story, June, 1938
Is it just me, or does she seems completely oblivious to her surroundings?
Brault Limonade, 1938
Poster advertising Brault Sparkling Limonade. Artwork by Phillipe H. Noyer.
Crime Detective, Dec, 1938
Exposing the tourist camp rackets (we call them time shares today)
