Screenland (Nov 1941-Apr 1942)

Page scan 000196 from Screenland

Record Details:

Title:
Screenland
Date:
Nov 1941-Apr 1942
Publisher:
[New York, Affiliated Magazines, etc.]
Volume:
Screenland (Nov 1941-Apr 1942)
Leaf #:
000196
Language:
English
Subjects:
motion pictures, Motion pictures -- Periodicals","Television broadcasting -- Periodicals
Collection:
Hollywood Studio System 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:
Mid-range fan magazine. Ran from 1920 to 1952, at which point it changed its name to Screenland Plus TV-Land. Merged with Silver Screen in 1971 and ceased publication. -- 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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THE HOTTEST NEW HERO: GEORGE MONTGOMERY When he was seven he solemnly announced, "I'm gonna be a movie actress!" And now look at him — most coveted escort of Hollywood's glamorous stars, especially Ginger Rogers By Liza WAY back in 1923, when George Montgomery was a kid of seven, he saw his first moving picture in a theater in Brady, Montana. It was a hardriding, shoot-'em-up Western, with Harry Carey. George was very much impressed, and at dinner that night out at the ranch he solemnly announced to his twelve brothers and sisters, "I'm gonna be a movie actress." But as his announcement was badly timed — having been made simultaneously with the arrival of the pot roast and mashed potatoes ■ — no one expressed the slightest interest. But George didn't forget his ambition. Determination was one of his marked characteristics then, just as it is now. So several years later when he was in the third grade and the teacher asked the pupils what they wanted to be when they grew up, George said precisely, "When I grow up I want to be a movie actress." It may have been good manners, though I doubt it, and it may have been ignorance, which I suspect, but any 28