Category Archives: 1940s

Photoplay Nov.-Dec. 1946

Betty Grable and Tyrone Power.

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Photoplay Aug.-Oct. 1946

Photoplay October 1946

Cover girls and boy: June Allyson, Cornel Wilde, and Lana Turner.

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Photoplay Apr.-July 1946

 

 

  • Cover girls (l.-r., in order of apperance): Jennifer Jones; Jeanne Crain and adorable friend; Ingrid Bergman; Esther Williams.
  • As of the June issue (Bergman), the “combined with Movie Mirror” tagline is no longer included.

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Photoplay March 1946

An eye-catching cover design featuring the exquisite Gene Tierney.

Photoplay March 1946

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Photoplay February 1946

  • Do my eyes deceive me–is that a man on the cover? Yes, the February 1946 cover spotlights heartthrob Van Johnson.

Photoplay February 1946

 

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Photoplay January 1946 – Winter Wonderland

  • The first few covers in 1946 have some twists. We’ll take a look at them in separate posts.
  • Here’s the January 1946 issue, on sale in December and featuring popular child star Margaret O’Brien.

Photoplay January 1946

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Photoplay Sep.-Dec. 1945

Cover girls (l.-r., in order of appwearance): Rita Hayworth; Maureen O’Hara; Judy Garland; Claudette Colbert and friend.

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Photoplay May-Aug. 1945

Cover girls (l.-r., in order of appearance): Greer Garson, Lauren Bacall, Anne Baxter, Diana Lynn.

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Photoplay Jan.-Apr. 1945

Cover girls (l.-r., in order of appearance): Ingrid Bergman, Joan Fontaine, Shirley Temple, June Allyson.

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Photoplay Sep.-Dec. 1944

Cover girls (l.-r., in order of appearance): Jennifer Jones, Lana Turner, Judy Judy Judy Garland, Betty Grable.

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Filed under 1940s, Betty Grable, Jennifer Jones, Judy Garland, Lana Turner, Photoplay