Uncommon vintage 8x10-inch black and white Columbia Studios publicity portrait by Jordan Cronenweth, boldly signed and inscribed in the 1950s:  "To Zepho, May all interviews be this pleasant. Jim Bannon".  In good condition, with the writing nice and bold, although it is difficult to see in the accompanying scan.  After his film debut in the horror flick The Soul of a Monster in 1944, good-looking stuntman and lead actor Jim Bannon found his niche in western features of the 1940s through 1950s, most memorably as the silver screen's fourth Red Ryder.

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