California Straight Ahead! (Original photograph of John Wayne and Louise Latimer on the set of the 1937 film)

  • Universal City: Universal Pictures, 1937
By Arthur Lubin (director); Scott Darling (screenwriter); John Wayne, Louise Latimer, Robert McWade (starring)
Universal City: Universal Pictures, 1937. Vintage photograph of John Wayne and Louise Latimer on the set of the 1937 film, with a mimeo snipe on the verso. Not to be confused with the 1925 silent film of the same name.

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 the manager of a trucking company who pits his trucking fleet in a contest against a train to deliver aviation parts to the Pacific coast before a labor strike takes place.

Shot on location in Santa Clarita and Newhall, California.

10 x 8 inches. Near Fine.

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