One Night in the Tropics [Caribbean Holiday]

Universal City: Universal Pictures, 1940. Vintage publicity photograph from the 1940 film, showing actors Allan Jones, Nancy Kelly, Peggy Moran, and Robert Cummings posed behind a large straw hat. Printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso, referring to the film by its working title "Caribbean Holiday."

Based on Earl Derr Biggers' 1914 novel "Love Insurance." The film debut of Abbott and Costello.

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. Near Fine.

[Book #165665]