Picture Play Magazine (Jul - Dec 1929)

Record Details:

Title:
Picture Play Magazine
Date:
Jul - Dec 1929
Publisher:
New York, Street
Volume:
Picture Play Magazine (Jul - Dec 1929)
Leaf #:
000683
Language:
English
Subjects:
Motion Pictures, Film Industry Fan Magazine",nyarc-museumofmodernar
Collection:
Fan Magazines, Hollywood Studio System, and Early Cinema
Format:
Periodicals
Contributor:
The Museum of Modern Art Library, New York
Sponsor:
Media History Digital Library
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Description:
Began publishing in 1915; mid-level fan magazine on par with Movie Classic and Screenland. Cost a twenty five cents an issue up until pricing pressure from New Movie (c. 1932) incited an across-the-board price decrease to 10 cents. Merged with Charm in 1941, which would later become Glamour magazine (1959). -- Anne Helen Petersen, 2013. Secondary sources consulted: Inside the Hollywood Fan Magazine by Anthony Slide and MovieMags.com.
Date Added:
March 28, 2024
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