Photograph of a preview of “Mystery Street,” September 1950

Item Information

Title:
Photograph of a preview of “Mystery Street,” September 1950
Description:
An MGM film originally intended as a documentary on the work of the Department of Legal Medicine was later recast as a fictional drama—Mystery Street (also known as Murder at Harvard.) The plot concerns a police detective (Ricardo Montalban) investigating and solving the murder of a woman on a Cape Cod beach with the help of “Dr. McAdoo” (Bruce Bennett, portraying a fictionalized version of Alan R. Moritz) and the Legal Medicine personnel at Harvard. A special preview screening of Mystery Street was offered to Harvard faculty and staff; Dean George Packer Berry was present, and Richard Ford is standing at the rear of the theater.
Creator:
Loew's International?
Date:
September 1950
Location:
Center for the History of Medicine (Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine)
Collection (local):
Harvard Medical School. Department of Legal Medicine. Department of Legal Medicine Records, circa 1877-1967 (inclusive), 1909-1967 (bulk). M-DE06.
Series:
Harvard Medical School. Department of Legal Medicine. Department of Legal Medicine Records, circa 1877-1967 (inclusive), 1909-1967 (bulk). M-DE06.
Subjects:
Harvard Medical School. Department of Legal Medicine
Mystery Street
Extent:
1 photographic print
Link to Item:
http://collections.countway.harvard.edu/onview/items/show/17799
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Language:
English
Notes:
Harvard Medical School. Department of Legal Medicine. Department of Legal Medicine records, circa 1877-1967 (inclusive), 1909-1967 (bulk).
From the Records of the Department of Legal Medicine of Harvard Medical School.
Identifier:
M-DE06, Ser. 517, box 37, f. 48.