- Cover girls (l.-r., in order of appearance): Nancy Carroll, Anita Page, Janet Gaynor, Norma Talmadge.
- The supremely talented and prolific illustrator Earl Christy (1883-1961) did all the covers here.
Category Archives: 1920s
Photoplay Sep.-Dec. 1929
Filed under 1920s, Anita Page, Earl Christy, Janet Gaynor, Nancy Carroll, Norma Talmadge, Photoplay
Photoplay May-June 1929
- Cover girls (l.-r., in order of appearance): June Collyer, Olga Baclanova, Bessie Love and–of course–Greta Garbo.
- Bessie Love was riding high–she’d just appeared in MGM’s first two full-length MGM musicals of the sound era, The Broadway Melody of 1929 and The Hollywood Revue of 1929.
- The Broadway Melody of 1929 was the first sound picture to receive the Best Picture Oscar.
- Starting with July’s Bessie Love portrait, Earl Christy settles in as Photoplay’s regular cover artist.
- Garbo’s erstshile beau John Gilbert married actress Ina Claire.
Filed under 1920s, Bessie Love, Earl Christy, Greta Garbo, June Collyer, Olga Baclanova
Photoplay Jan.-Apr. 1929
Cover girls (l.-r., in order of appearance): Madge Bellamy, Estelle Taylor, Marion Davies, and “It Girl” Clara Bow.
Filed under 1920s, Clara Bow, Estelle Taylor, Madge Bellamy, Marion Davies
Photoplay Dec. 1928- Janet Gaynor
- Photoplay’s December cover girl Janet Gaynor was on a roll when it came to roles. In 1929 she’d nab the first Best Actress Oscar for three of them: 7th Heaven and Sunrise–both 1927–and 1928’s Street Angel.
Filed under 1920s, Janet Gaynor
Photoplay Sep.-Nov. 1928
- Cover girls (l.-r., in order of appearance): Gloria Swanson, Evelyn Brent, and Corinne Griffith.
Filed under 1920s, Corinne Griffith, Evelyn Brent, Gloria Swanson, Photoplay
Photoplay May-Aug. 1928
- Cover girls (l.-r., in order of appearance): blondes Greta Garbo, Marion  Davies, Ruth Taylor–and brunette Billie Dove.
- Garbo and John Gilbert (who “Writes His Own Story” in the June issue) had just appeared together in “Love”, a 1927 film adaptation of Anna Karenina. They’d next co-star in “A Woman of Affairs,” released in late 1928.
Filed under 1920s, Billie Dove, Greta Garbo, Marion Davies, Ruth Taylor
Photoplay Jan.-Apr. 1928
- Cover girls (l.-r., in order of appearance): Eleanor Boardman, Clara Bow, Mary Philbin, Esther Ralston.
- Hats, hats and more hats! The trend continues…
Filed under 1920s, Clara Bow, Eleanor Boardman, Esther Ralston, Mary Philbin
Photoplay Sep.-Dec. 1927
- Cover girls (l.-r., in order of appearance): May Allison, Dolores Costello, Â Jetta Goudal and–did you recognize December’s cover girl? I didn’t. It’s none other than Joan Crawford.
- All these actresses sport the latest in fashionable hats–mostly cloches, it seems–except for Joan, who bucks the trend by going sans chapeau.
Filed under 1920s, Dolores Costello, Jetta Goudal, Joan Crawford, May Allison
Who’s That Girl?
Louise Brooks on the cover of Picture Play (August 1927)…sans her famous bangs.
The more familiar Brooks look, with her trademark bob, on the October 1926 issue of Motion Picture Classic.
Filed under 1920s, Louise Brooks, Motion Picture Classic, Picture Play
Photoplay May-Aug. 1927: Back to Basics
- Cover girls (l.-r., in order of appearance): Mae Murray, Mary Brian, Norma Talmadge, Olive Borden.
- As you can see, the cover format has reverted to the close-up portrait.
Filed under 1920s, Mae Murray, Mary Brian, Norma Talmadge, Olive Borden, Photoplay
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