Photoplay
Photoplay was one of the first American film fan magazines. Photoplay reached its apex in the 1920s and 1930s and was considered very influential.
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"Making pictures is play for "Our Gang," but this is real work. Here they are—Mary Kornman, Freckles, Farina, Sunshine, Sammy-— who has a private tutor (at right) and the rest, all at school on the Hal Roach lot" ~ from Photoplay, 1924
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Clara Bow on the cover of Photoplay, January 1931. Illustration by Earl Christie
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Marlene Dietrich on the cover of Photoplay, May 1931 Illustration by Earl Christy
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Myrna Loy on the cover of Photoplay, February 1935. Illustration by Earl Christy.
“The Aristocrat of Motion Picture Magazines”
Photoplay was one of the first American film fan magazines. Founded in 1911 in Chicago, the magazine was directed at movie fans, following the stars both on and off the screen. During its apex in the 1920s and 1930s, Photoplay was considered very influential within the motion picture industry, publishing the writings of starmakers such as Hedda Hopper, Walter Winchell, Hazel MacDonald, Adela Rogers St. Johns, Sheilah Graham, Dorothy Kilgallen, Rob Wagner and Louella Parsons.
This page dedicated is dedicated to featuring covers, pictures and articles from Photoplay magazine. Its part of The Flickers; my project to highlight early mass media.