Cover girls and cat (l.-r., in order of appearance): Debbie Reynolds; Janet Leigh; Piper Laurie and gorgeous Persian cat; Marilyn Monroe.
Category Archives: 1950s
Photoplay Sep.-Dec. 1953
Filed under 1950s, Debbie Reynolds, Janet Leigh, Marilyn Monroe, Photoplay, Piper Laurie
Photoplay May-Aug. 1953
Cover boys and girls (l.-r., in order of appearance): Tony Curtis and Janet Leigh; Ann Blyth; Elizabeth Taylor and newborn son Michael Howard Wilding; Doris Day.
Filed under 1950s, Ann Blyth, Doris Day, Elizabeth Taylor, Janet Leigh, Photoplay, Tony Curtis
Photoplay Jan.-Apr. 1953
- Cover girls (l.-r., in order of appearance): Debbie Reynolds, Marilyn Monroe, Jane Powell, Esther Williams.
- First Photoplay covers for Debbie Reynolds–and Marilyn Monroe!
Filed under 1950s, Debbie Reynolds, Esther Williams, Jane Powell, Marilyn Monroe, Photoplay
Bonus! Photoplay 1952 Annual

Cover girls and boy: Ava Gardner, Tony Curtis, Doris Day.
Filed under 1950s, Ava Gardner, Doris Day, Photoplay, Tony Curtis
Photoplay Sep.-Dec. 1952
Filed under 1950s, Ann Blyth, Doris Day, Elizabeth Taylor, Photoplay, Rita Hayworth
Photoplay May-Aug. 1952
Cover girls (l.-r., in order of appearance): Elizabeth Taylor; June Allyson fittingly on the June cover; Betty Grable; Esther Williams.
Filed under 1950s, Betty Grable, Elizabeth Taylor, Esther Ralston, June Allyson, Photoplay
Photoplay Jan.-Apr. 1952
- Cover girls (l.-r., in order of appearance): Esther Williams, Ava Gardner, Doris Day, Janbe Powell.
- Esther and Ava coordinated their poses, lol.
Filed under 1950s, Ava Gardner, Doris Day, Esther Williams, Jane Powell, Photoplay
Photoplay Sep.-Dec. 1951
Cover girls (l.-r., in order of appearance): Jane Powell, Elizabeth Taylor, June Allyson, Janet Leigh.
Filed under 1950s, Elizabeth Taylor, Jane Powell, Janet Leigh, June Allyson, Photoplay
Photoplay May-Aug. 1951
- Cover girls (l.-r., in order of appearance): Elizabeth Taylor, Betty Grable, Ava Gardner, Doris Day.
- A sultry chapeaued brunette followed by a sunny blonde followed by a sultry chapeaued brunette followed by a sunny blonde…
- Overheard in the MGM commissary – Ava:”Love your hat, Liz. Think I’ll wear one on my cover too.”
Filed under 1950s, Ava Gardner, Betty Grable, Doris Day, Elizabeth Taylor, Photoplay
Photoplay Jan.-Apr. 1951
Cover girls (l.-r., in order of appearance): Lana Turner, Jane Powell, Betty Hutton, Esther Williams.
Filed under 1950s, Betty Hutton, Esther Williams, Jane Powell, Lana Turner, Photoplay