Francis

Universal City: Universal Pictures, 1950. Vintage publicity photograph from the 1950 film, showing actors Donald O'Connor and Patricia Medina with Francis.

The first film in the enduring Francis the Talking Mule series, about a junior officer in the US Army who is pursued by a talking Army mule. Loosely based on the 1946 novel by David Stern.

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.

10 x 8 inches. Very Good, with adhesive residue on the verso and faint, corresponding toning on the recto.

[Book #164762]