Photoplay (Jul-Dec 1948)

Record Details:

Title:
Photoplay
Date:
Jul-Dec 1948
Publisher:
New York, MacFadden Publications, Inc.
Volume:
Photoplay (Jul-Dec 1948)
Leaf #:
000376
Language:
English
Collection:
Early Cinema, Fan Magazines, and Hollywood Studio System
Format:
Periodicals
Contributor:
Media History Digital Library
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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r i HOOSE your star” Photoplay said in [j the August issue. We lined up fiftynine new personalities for your choice, asking you to vote for the two you thought most hkely to win stardom. The way you responded to our call delights the editorial heart — so we climb out from under mountains of letters, brush the mail bags from under weary eyes, and herewith give you the report on those young players you have so enthusiastically acclaimed the winners. First, there’s a big surprise — the one person you boosted head and shoulders above everyone you’ve seen in only one picture. He’s John Agar of “Fort Apache.” There were twenty-three men on the list of potential stars and approxi mately one out of every four votes for males went to the handsome Mr. Agar. This brings out another very interesting point: The men enjoy a more concentrated popularity than the women. Your first choice among the women, Jean Peters, doesn’t hold her lead as securely as John. There are four other girls close behind her — and one of them, Mona Freeman, has not been seen since last summer when she appeared almost simultaneously in “Dear Ruth” and “Mother Wore Tights.” Jean’s appearance in “Deep Waters” is also her first movie since “Captain from Castile.” Next month Photoplay will bring you stories on both John Agar and Jean Peters, with beautiful full-color pictures. i 1