Photoplay (Jan - Jun 1943)

Record Details:

Title:
Photoplay
Date:
Jan - Jun 1943
Publisher:
Chicago, Photoplay Magazine Publishing Company
Volume:
Photoplay (Jan - Jun 1943)
Leaf #:
000488
Language:
English
Subjects:
Motion Pictures, Film Industry Fan Magazine",nyarc-museumofmodernar
Collection:
Fan Magazines, Early Cinema, and Hollywood Studio System
Format:
Periodicals
Contributor:
The Museum of Modern Art Library, New York
Sponsor:
Media History Digital Library
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Description:
The leading Hollywood fan magazine of the 1920s and 1930s. Photoplay offered readers portraits of their favorite movie stars and stories about their personal lives. The magazine played an important promotional function for the Hollywood industry, but its editors and reviewers could also be highly critical of Hollywood. Beginning in 1921, Photoplay bestowed its annual 'Medal of Honor' for the film readers voted as the best of the year. -- Eric Hoyt, 2011.
Date Added:
March 28, 2024
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