Photoplay (Jul-Dec 1952)

Record Details:

Title:
Photoplay
Date:
Jul-Dec 1952
Publisher:
New York, MacFadden Publications, Inc.
Volume:
Photoplay (Jul-Dec 1952)
Leaf #:
00080
Language:
English
Collection:
Early Cinema, Hollywood Studio System, and Fan Magazines
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:
June 20, 2024
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PHOTOPLAY SNEAK PREVIEWS “The Story of Will Rogers” Betty (Jane Wyman) snubs Will Rogers at first meeting, but when she attends dance at his home a romance begins for them Rogers Jr. portrays his famous father in Warners’ “The Story of Will Rogers,” and Jane Wyman plays the girl Will marries. Eddie Cantor, a great friend and admirer of Will Rogers, plays himself at the time both he and Will were Ziegfeld Follies stars. At various times during the past few years a production of the story of Will Rogers has been planned and various actors were tested for the title role. In an unusual bit of casting, however, the role fell to the real-life son, Will Rogers Jr., because of his resemblance in face and manner to his father. Will Rogers has a special place in the memory of millions of Americans, and his story — the movie covers his life from the early 1900’s up to 1935 — is an inspiring part of grass-roots America, p 72 Instead of managing the family ranch, Will becomes a Follies performer and well-known humorist His fame brings Will to make pictures in Holly j wood, where he meets Wiley Post (Noah Beery Jr.) I His father (Carl Benton Reid) becomes reconciled to Will’s theatrical career, adores Betty and children (Carol Gainey, Robert Correll, Michael Gainey) Will becomes an international figure with his newspaper and magazine articles, but his wife Bett) thinks of him as the grown-up amongst her children