Category Archives: 1950s

Photoplay Sep.-Dec. 1959

Cover girls and boys:

September 1959: Sandra Dee and TV sensation Edd “Kookie” Byrnes

October 1959: Doris Day

November 1959: Debbie with Todd and Carrie Fisher

December 1959:  And finishing up the 1950s, none other than Liz and Eddie!

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Photoplay May-Aug. 1959

Cover girls and boys:

May 1959: Janet Leigh and  Tony Curtis, along with Kelly Curtis and in Tony’s arms, Jamie Lee Curtis

June 1959: Rock ‘n’ roll yearbook issue, headlined by gorgeous Ricky Nelson

July 1959: Liz and Eddie

August 1959: Debbie with Todd and Carrie Fisher

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Photoplay Jan.-Apr. 1959

Cover girls and boys:

January 1959: Debbie along with Carrie and Todd Fisher, plus an adorable doggie

February 1959: Bob and Nat

March 1959: Dick Clark

April 1959: Debbie again. The Debbie-Eddie-Liz triangle would dominate dominate movie headlines.

 

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Photoplay Sep.-Dec. 1958

Cover girls and boys:

September 1958: Eddie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds, with Carrie and Todd Fisher

October 1958: Elvis in the army

November 1958: Tony Curtis and Janet Leigh. As with Eddie and Debbie, and Natalie and Bob, Tony and Janet were featured on many covers as Hollywood’s perfect couple.

December 1958: Debbie Reynolds. Ah, let the Debbie-Eddie-Liz games begin!

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Photoplay May-Aug. 1958

Cover boys and girls:

May 1958: Ricky Nelson

June 1958: Elizabeth Taylor, natch

July 1958: Natalie Wood

August 1958: Janet Leigh

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Photoplay Jan.-Apr. 1958

Cover girls and boys:

January 1958: Debbie Reynolds

February 10958: Rock Hudson

March 1958: Deborah Kerr

April 1958: Pat Boone

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Photoplay Sep.-Dec. 1957

Cover boys and girls:

September 1957:  Tommy Sands aka “The Singing Idol”

October 1957: Liz

November 1957: Kim Novak

December 1957: Newlyweds Natalie Wood and Robert Wagner

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Photoplay May-Aug. 1957

Cover girls and boy:

May 1957: No, that’s not Elizabeth Taylor on the May cover– it’s Joan Collins

June 1957: Pier Angeli

July 1957: Elvis has entered the building!

August 1957: The effervescent Natalie Wood

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Photoplay Jan.-Apr. 1957

Cover girls and boy:

January 1957: Elizabeth Taylor

February 1957: Liz’s Giant co-star Rock Hudson

March 1957: Jayne Mansfield

April 1957: Kim Novak

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Photoplay Sep.-Dec. 1956

On the covers (l.-r., in order of appearance): Alan Ladd, Marilyn Monroe, Kim Novak and Natalie Wood.

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