Movie Comics #2
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeThis issue features a comic book adaptation of Universal's "White Tie and Tails," starring Dan Duryea, Ella Raines, and William Bendix, depicting a comedic sequence involving characters in various misadventures with props and studio mishaps. The book also includes additional content featuring a biographical piece on actress Livvie, detailing her legal battles with a studio, her wartime USO service in the Aleutian Islands and South Pacific where she contracted virus pneumonia and malaria, and her personal reflections on marriage. A second story, "Puppet No Bird," depicts a comedic narrative involving characters at a studio dealing with burning props and various chaotic situations on a film set.
Charles Dumont cuts quite the figure in his borrowed white tie and tails, but his masquerade as a gentleman hides a more pressing mission: helping Louise Bradford save her sister Cynthia from the clutches of blackmailing gamblers. As Charles becomes entangled in the Bradfords' troubles—and increasingly drawn to Louise herself—he finds himself caught between keeping up appearances and confronting forces far more dangerous than his threadbare cover story can handle.
Buck Hoskins is a decorated war hero turned stuntman in Hollywood, stuck in the shadow of egotistical lead actor Ronald Waite—until Waite's injury forces director Sid Porter to gamble on Buck finishing the picture in the starring role opposite Linda Lawrence. As Buck gets his shot at the camera and discovers what he's truly capable of, he learns that staying true to himself matters more than stealing a scene or settling scores.
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