Movie Classic (Mar-Aug 1936)

Record Details:

Title:
Movie Classic
Date:
Mar-Aug 1936
Publisher:
Motion Picture Publications, inc.
Volume:
Movie Classic (Mar-Aug 1936)
Leaf #:
000203
Language:
English
Collection:
Fan Magazines
Format:
Periodicals
Contributor:
Library of Congress, MBRS, Moving Image Section
Sponsor:
Library of Congress, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Description:
Originally Motion Picture Classic (first issue 1915), renamed Movie Classic in September 1931. Sold as 'The Newsreel of the Newstands'; on par with Picture Play and Screenland in terms of content, quality, and circulation (solid but below that of Photoplay, et. al.) until it was absorbed by Motion Picture in 1937. -- Anne Helen Petersen, 2013. Secondary sources consulted: Inside the Hollywood Fan Magazine by Anthony Slide and MovieMags.com.
Date Added:
September 21, 2023
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So Al Jolson, Sybil Jason, The Yacht Club Boys, Cab Calloway & His Band, Edward Everett Horton, Wini Shaw, Lyle Talbot, Allen Jenkins and Claire Dodd Have Joined Forces and Voices in a CelebrityPacked Warner Bros. Song Show That Recalls the Glories of Al's Immortal "Singing Fool/ *# THE SINGING Al knocks 'cm dead with 'I Love To Sing-a', 'Save Me Sister' and other torrid tunes by E. V. Harburg and Harold ('Stormy Weather') Arlen. The King of Swing & his hot band show how they do it in Harlem to the tune ol Cab Calloway's own new song/You Got To Have Hi-De-Ho In Your Soul'. 'Sonny Boy' in skirts! The world's greatest and the world's youngest entertainers (orm one of the most delightful picture partnerships in years. Those Yacht Club Boys, boast of Broadway's and Hollywood's niftiest night spots, are musically madder than ever in 'My! How This Country Has Changed'. • Girls! Girls! 100's of 'em! bring Harlem to Hollywood in lavish dance numbers staged by Bobby Connolly, forming a gorgeous backdrop for the dramatic story which was directed by William Keighley for First National Pictures. Movie Classic for May, 1936