Adventure's End

Universal City: Universal Pictures, 1937. Two vintage publicity photographs, including one photograph of John Wayne and Diana Gibson, and one double weight photograph of Wayne and Paul White,

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.

John Wayne stars as a pearl diver who signs up to sail on a whaling vessel whose captain, Montagu Love, marries Wayne to his daughter, Diana Gibson, to protect him against his first mate, Moroni Olsen. Previously considered a lost film, the Library of Congress holds the only known complete print, as the film had not been duplicated for distribution since its general release in 1937.

9.5 x 7.5 inches and 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine overall.

[Book #165105]