The Girl in the News

Carol Reed (director)
Roy Vickers (novel)
Sidney Gilliat (screenwriter)
Margaret Lockwood, Barry K. Barnes, Emlyn Williams (starring)

N.p. N.p., Circa 1940. Vintage reference photograph from the 1940 film, showing actress Margaret Lockwood against a backdrop of "screaming headlines."

Based on the 1937 novel by Roy Vickers, about a young nurse struggling to find work after she is wrongly accused of murder and subjected to a high-profile court case. The first of several collaborations between director Carol Reed and screenwriter Sidney Gilliat, followed by "The Night Train to Munich" (1940), "The Remarkable Mr. Kipps" (1941), and "The Young Mr. Pitt" (1942).

8 x 10 inches. About Near Fine, with a faint diagonal crease on the bottom right corner.


[Book #158029]