The Tin Star

JOHN M. CUNNINGHAM

Publication: The Crowell-Collier Publishing Company, 1947, Springfield, Ohio

First edition. Original color pictorial wrappers, 7 pp., Story appears in the December 6, 1947 issue. This is the first appearance in print, anywhere, of the story adapted by Carl Foreman for the legendary 1952 Western film, High Noon starring Gary Cooper and Grace Kelly. The 85–minute movie runs in nearly real time, from about 10:30 AM to just after Noon, serving as a reminder that, we are here, it is now, and all the rest is a dream. Cooper won the Oscar for Best Actor, the A.F.I. ranked High Noon the 27th best picture of all time in 2007, and in 2008, they cited it as the second best Western of all time. Magazine is clean and bright, complete and important in very good condition.

Inventory Number: 52326