Complete Movie Novel Magazine, August 1931

# Museum Catalog Note

This August 1931 issue of Complete Movie Novel Magazine features "Transatlantic," a full-length novelization by Don Cole of the Fox Motion Picture directed by William K. Howard, starring Edmund Lowe, Lois Moran, John Halliday, Greta Nissen, and Jean Hersholt. The narrative follows Monty Greer, a professional gambler and underworld figure awaiting testimony before a vice commission investigating gambling and racketeering. Seated watchfully in the Clover Leaf Restaurant at 3 a.m., Greer is approached by newspaperman Con Harris and British journalist Horace Cornish, who conducts an interview exploring the mechanics of urban gambling, racketeer violence, police corruption, and Greer's hardened philosophy of survival. Their discussion is interrupted when a violent incident erupts across the restaurant floor involving a bank depositor attempting to confront an investment trust executive. The narrative emphasizes noir atmosphere and criminal-underworld setting.