Very unusual cover for Photoplay!
Ladd was very popular, a huge star. In the following year he’d star in The Great Gatsby.
Photoplay May-Aug. 1948
- Cover girls (l.-r., in order of appearance): June Allyson, Lana Turner, Esther Williams, Shirley Temple and her beautiful baby.
Filed under 1940s, Esther Williams, June Allyson, Lana Turner, Photoplay, Shirley Temple
Photoplay Jan.-Apr. 1948
Cover girls (l.-r., in order of appearance): June Haver, Ingrid Bergman, Linda Darnell, Betty Grable.
Filed under 1940s, Betty Grable, Ingrid Bergman, June Haver, Linda Darnell, Photoplay
Photoplay Sep.-Dec. 1947
Cover girls (l.-r., in order of appearance): Jennifer Jones, Olivia de Havilland, Gene Tierney, Joan Caulfield.
Filed under 1940s, Gene Tierney, Jennifer Jones, Joan Caulfield, Olivia de Havilland, Photoplay
Photoplay May-Aug. 1947
Cover girls (l.-r., in order of appearance): June Allyson; a beautiful Shirley Temple; Esther Williams; and an almost unrecognizable Lana Turner.
Filed under 1940s, Esther Williams, June Allyson, Lana Turner, Photoplay, Shirley Temple
Photoplay Jan.-Apr. 1947
Cover girls and boy (l.-r., in order of appearance): Greer Garson, Ingrid Bergman, Bing Crosby, Jeanne Crain.
Filed under 1940s, Bing Crosby, Greer Garson, Ingrid Bergman, Jeanne Crain, Photoplay
Photoplay Nov.-Dec. 1946
Betty Grable and Tyrone Power.
Filed under 1940s, Betty Grable, Photoplay, Tyrone Power
Photoplay Aug.-Oct. 1946
Cover girls and boy: June Allyson, Cornel Wilde, and Lana Turner.
Filed under 1940s, Cornel Wilde, June Allyson, Lana Turner, Photoplay
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.
Filed under 1940s, Esther Williams, Ingrid Bergman, Jeanne Crain, Jennifer Jones, Photoplay
Photoplay March 1946
An eye-catching cover design featuring the exquisite Gene Tierney.
Filed under 1940s, Gene Tierney, Photoplay
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