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.
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
Photoplay May-Aug. 1934
- Cover girls (l.-r., in order of appearance): Claudette Colbert, Carole Lombard, Marion Davies, Janet Gaynor.
Filed under 1930s, Carole Lombard, Claudette Colbert, Janet Gaynor, Marion Davies, Photoplay
Photoplay Jan.-Apr. 1934
- Cover girls (l.-r., in order of appearance): Joan Crawford, the ever-soignée Kay Francis, Norma Shearer, and–did you recognize her?– Katharine Hepburn.
Filed under 1930s, Joan Crawford, Katharine Hepburn, Kay Francis, Norma Shearer, Photoplay
Photoplay Sep.-Dec. 1933
- Cover girls (l.-r., in order of appearance): Marion Davies, Ruby Keeler, Marlene Dietrich, Ann Harding.
Filed under 1930s, Ann Harding, Marion Davies, Marlene Dietrich, Photoplay, Ruby Keeler
Photoplay May-Aug. 1933
Cover girls (l.-r., in order of appearance): Nancy Carroll, Bette Davis, Helen Hayes, Katharine Hepburn.
Filed under 1930s, Bette Davis, Helen Hayes, Katharine Hepburn, Nancy Carroll, Photoplay
Photoplay Jan.-Apr. 1933
- Cover girls (l.-r., in order of appearance): Greta Garbo, Joan Bennett, Claudette Colbert (almost unrecognizable here if you ask me), and Norma Shearer.
Filed under 1930s, Claudette Colbert, Greta Garbo, Joan Bennett, Norma Shearer, Photoplay
Marlene Dietrich and Silver Screen – Oct. 1932
- Before embarking on 1933’s Photoplay covers, let’s take brief detour and gaze upon the October 1932 issue of a Photoplay rival, Silver Screen.
- Yes, it’s the Blonde Venus herself–the one and only Dietrich–as depicted by artist John Clarke. Love those brows!
Filed under 1930s, John Clarke, Marlene Dietrich, Silver Screen
Photoplay Sep.-Dec. 1932
- Cover girls and boy (l.-r., in order of appearance): Gary Cooper and Tallulah Bankhead, Irene Dunne, Joan Crawford, Janet Gaynor.
- Cooper and Bankhead were starring in 1932’s Devil and the Deep. Also appearing in the film were Cary Grant and Charles Laughton–not too shabby!
Filed under 1930s, Gary Cooper, Irene Dunne, Janet Gaynor, Joan Crawford, Tallulah Bankhead
Photoplay May-Aug. 1932
Cover girls (l.-r., in order of appearance): Sidney Fox, Madge Evans, the ever-fashionable Kay Francis, and the star of the 1932 film Red Headed Woman, Jean Harlow–who was probably the most famous platinum blonde of the day.;)
Filed under 1930s, Jean Harlow, Kay Francis, Madge Evans, Photoplay, Sidney Fox
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