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The Lady in the Morgue (1938) Facts
| Director(s) | Otis Garrett |
| Producer(s) | Irving Starr |
| Featured Cast | Preston Foster, Patricia Ellis, Frank Jenks, Al Hill, Morgan Wallace |
| Total Facts | 3 |
A Crime Club Mystery.
In 1937, Universal entered into a deal with Crime Club, a publisher of popular pulp mysteries, allowing it to select up to four of its books annually for production as B-pictures. The Crime Club series was produced by Irving Starr. This was the third of eleven novels produced under the deal.
Universal was in dire straits in 1937-38 as it sought to plug the cash drain created by the Laemmles, who had been ousted during the costly production of Show Boat. While none of these B-pictures was especially successful, the Crime Club deal is an example of the new regime's willingness to work creative marketing tie-ins.