149 - CATHY O'DONNELL AND FARLEY GRANGER

CATHY O'DONNELL AND FARLEY GRANGER During the filming of Nicholas Ray's RKO film noir "They Live by Night" (1948). Vintage U.S. promotional photo (lobby card). 28 x 35.5 cm. Signs of handling on the edges and one corner. Note: In *They Live by Night* (Les Amants de la nuit), Nicholas Ray’s directorial debut, Farley Granger plays Bowie, a young escaped convict who dreams of proving his innocence and starting a new life. He meets Keechie, played by Cathy O’Donnell, with whom he discovers love and the hope of a normal life. Caught by his former accomplices after another robbery, Bowie drags the young woman into a hopeless escape. Adapted from Edward Anderson’s novel *Thieves Like Us*, the film blends the realism of film noir with a tragic love story, foreshadowing many subsequent tales of lovers on the run. Filmed in 1947, it was released in 1948 but remained on hold for a long time before its U.S. release in 1949.