A still photograph plays a pivotal role, to say the least, in Henry Hathaway's *Call Northside 777.* Indeed, as when Jimmy Stewart's reporter character clandestinely photographs police records or when he directs the camera angle with which a newspaper photographer shoots the subject of one of Stewart's stories, still photography plays a role throughout. ___________________________________________________________________________ William Lafferty, PhD Associate Professor Department of Theatre Arts [log in to unmask] Wright State University office: (937) 775-4581 or 3072 Dayton, Ohio 45435-0001 USA facsimile: (937) 775-3787 I have been in the scholastic profession long enough to know that nobody enters it unless he has some very good reason which he is anxious to conceal. --- Augustus Fagin, Esq., PhD, in Evelyn Waugh's *Decline and Fall* Visit *Lake Michigan Maritime Marginalia* at http://www.wright.edu/~william.lafferty ---- Online resources for film/TV studies may be found at ScreenSite http://www.tcf.ua.edu/ScreenSite