'The Wallet' - Colour version added to the archive

Royale's shocking storyette
about a bar room encounter (now in colour for the first time).

Royale Studio - The Wallet 03 (colourised by mitchmen)

 

I have posted a complete, colourised version of 'The Wallet' at the Gallery. It's accompanied by a bare outline of the plot with no commentary. This is the earliest Royale story with a genuine, dramatic plot line. It's come down to us complete and though the images are not of the finest quality, most of them have come up well in colour. 

'The Wallet' stars Ron Fenn (aka the Tough Schoolmaster) and Ian McAllister (co-star in TEDS). As you might guess from the picture above, it's about a pickpocket, but there's a surprising, shocking climax. The hidden subtext makes it one of Clavering's more political statements about the plight of gay men in 50s Britain (discussed in the black and white article, link below).

McAllister's pose in the picture above (right) might remind you of a well-known image of a sailor by Lüger (aka Colt) and I cover that link in the black and white, gallery article.

Read 'The Wallet' in colour.

Read 'The Wallet' profile page for the background

Go direct to the original, black and white  Gallery article