Picture-Play Magazine (Mar-Aug 1926)

Page scan 000721 from Picture-Play Magazine

Record Details:

Title:
Picture-Play Magazine
Date:
Mar-Aug 1926
Publisher:
New York, N.Y. : Street & Smith
Volume:
Picture-Play Magazine
Leaf #:
000721
Language:
English
Subjects:
motion pictures, Motion pictures -- United States -- Periodicals
Collection:
Hollywood Studio System, Early Cinema, and 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:
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:
August 08, 2024
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