Hitler's Madman [Hitler's Hangman]

Beverly Hills, CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM], Circa 1943. Vintage borderless satin-finish double weight reference photograph from the 1943 film, showing actors Patricia Morison, John Carradine, and Alan Curtis. Printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso.

From the collection of artist and author Duncan Hannah.

Duncan Hannah was a key figure in the burgeoning New York underground arts scene, befriending Andy Warhol and his superstars, Lou Reed, Allen Ginsberg, Patti Smith, Salvador Dali, and many others. A graduate of the Parsons School of Design, his paintings were exhibited in the influential 1980 Times Square Show alongside work by Keith Haring and Jean-Michel Basquiat, and several of his paintings are held in the permanent collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

A fictionalized account of the 1942 assassination of Nazi official Reinhard Heydrich and the ensuing Lidice massacre. Director Douglas Sirk's first American production after fleeing Nazi Germany and changing his name from Hans Detlef Sierck.

9.25 x 7.5 inches. Very Good plus, with light toning near the bottom portion of the photograph.

[Book #162003]