- Cover girls: Carole Lombard and Shirley Temple.
- Cover artist: James Montgomery Flagg.
Category Archives: 1930s
Photoplay’s New Look July-Oct. 1936
- Cover girls (l.-r.,in order of appearance): Claudette Colbert, Bette Davis, Katharine Hepburn, Norma Shearer.
- James Montgomery Flagg is the cover artist. You’ve undoubtedly seen his work before 😉
Filed under 1930s, Bette Davis, Katharine Hepburn
Photoplay May-June 1936
- Cover subjects: May – Myrna Loy (May); June – Dick Powell and Marion Davies.
- Below: Clarence Sinclair Bull’s famous photo of Loy.
- Coming up next: another cover format change for Photoplay.
Filed under 1930s, Dick Powell, Marion Davies, Myrna Loy
Photoplay Jan.-Apr. 1936
Cover girls (l.-r., in order of appearance): Norma Shearer, Ginger Rogers, Shirley Temple, Joan Crawford.
Filed under 1930s, Ginger Rogers, Joan Crawford, Norma Shearer, Shirley Temple
Photoplay Nov.-Dec. 1935
Cover girls: Carole Lombard (making her Photoplay cover debut) and Loretta Young.
Filed under 1930s, Carole Lombard, Loretta Young
Photoplay July-Oct. 1935
- Cover girls (l.-r., in order of appearance): Joan Bennett, Kay Francis, Ann Harding, Joan Crawford.
- The intriguing cover blurbs: Mae West Talks About Her Marriage; Is Hepburn Killing Her Career?; and Why Male Stars Marry Plain Girls.
Filed under 1930s, Ann Harding, Joan Bennett, Joan Crawford, Kay Francis
Photoplay Mar.-June 1935 A New Look
- As you can see there’s a new cover format starting with Photoplay’s February 1935 issue.
- Cover girls (l.-r., in order of appearance): Loretta Young, Lillian Harvey, Jean Harlow, Irene Dunne.
- The Young cover (by the great illustrator Georgia Warren) uses color in quite an arresting way, don’t you think?
Filed under 1930s, Georgia Warren, Irene Dunne, Loretta Young
Photoplay Feb. 1935 – Myrna Loy
- Myrna Loy by Earl Christy.
- Despite the beautiful Loy portrait, the cover blurb is about Mary Pickford.
- This is the last close-up cover we’ll see for a while.
Photoplay Jan. 1935 – Hollywood’s Biggest Star
A real change of pace for the January 1935 cover!
And why not? Without question, Shirley Temple was Hollywood’s biggest star during the Depression years.
Filed under 1930s, Photoplay, Shirley Temple
Photoplay Sep.-Dec. 1934
Cover girls (l.-r., in order of appearance): Dolores del Rio, Irene Dunne, Margaret Sullavan, Greta Garbo.
Filed under 1930s, Greta Garbo, Irene Dunne, Norma Shearer, Photoplay
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