FOWLER, Guy

4 Devils

First edition, a photoplay edition. Contemporary gift inscription, slight offsetting to the endpapers else fine in an attractive, near fine dustwrapper with a bit of light wear. Novelized by Fowler from the story by Herman Bang and starring Janet Gaynor and Charles Morton. Produced and directed by F.W. Murnau of Nosferatu fame, one of three films he made for Fox when he first came to the U.S. from his native Germany. He made one other major film and was killed in an automobile accident at the age of 42. Illustrated with stills from the film, now lost, about a trapeze troupe overcome by tragedy. Jacket painting portrays the "Devils" and the love interest. Scarce.

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