Cover girls (l.-r., in order of appearance): Hedy Lamarr, Rita Hayworth, Lana Turner, Gene Tierney.
Photoplay Jan.-Apr. 1943
Filed under 1940s, Gene Tierney, Hedy Lamarr, Lana Turner, Photoplay, Rita Hayworth
Photoplay Sep.-Dec. 1942
Cover girls (l.-r., in order of appearance): Priscilla Lane; Deanna Durbin; Ginger Rogers; and Mrs. Miniver herself, Greer Garson.
Filed under 1940s, Deanna Durbin, Ginger Rogers, Greer Garson, Photoplay, Priscilla Lane
Photoplay August 1942
By 1942 the U.S. had entered the war and its magazines often featured the American flag on their covers. Photoplay was no exception.
The Hollywood actors shown in the “In the Service” insets (l.-r): Robert Montgomery, Burgess Meredith, Wayne Morris, James Stewart, William Holden, Gene Raymond, Robert Cummings, Jeffrey Lynn, Ronald Reagan, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Tyrone Power, Tim Holt.
Photoplay May-July 1942
Cover girls: Betty Grable, Ann Sheridan, Judy Garland.
Filed under 1940s, Ann Sheridan, Betty Grable, Judy Garland, Photoplay
Photoplay Jan.-Apr. 1942
Cover girls (l.-r., in order of appearance): Barbara Stanwyck, Ann Sothern, Bette Davis, Joan Fontaine.
Filed under 1940s, Ann Sothern, Barbara Stanwyck, Bette Davis, Joan Fontaine, Photoplay
Photoplay Sep.-Dec. 1941
Cover girls (l.-r., in order of appearance): the evergreen Olivia de Havilland (who, as of this post, is 101 years old!); Irene Dunne; Claudette Colbert; Lana Turner.
Filed under 1940s, Claudette Colbert, Irene Dunne, Lana Turner, Olivia de Havilland, Photoplay
Photoplay May-Aug. 1941
Cover girls (l.-r., in order of appearance): Alice Faye, Deanna Durbin, Dorothy Lamour, Judy Garland.
Filed under 1940s, Alice Faye, Deanna Durbin, Dorothy Lamour, Judy Garland, Photoplay
Photoplay Jan.-Apr. 1941
- Cover girls (l.-r., in order of appearance): Rosalind Russell, Bette Davis, Ginger Rogers, Hedy Lamarr
- With the January issue, rival movie mag Movie Mirror was folded into Photoplay. “Two great magazines for the price of one!” — ten cents!
Filed under 1940s, Bette Davis, Ginger Rogers, Hedy Lamarr, Photoplay, Rosalind Russell
Marlene and Modern Screen Nov. 1940
Before heading into 1941, let’s take a look at this Modern Screen cover and those sublime cheekbones. 
Filed under 1940s, Marlene Dietrich, Modern Screen
Photoplay Sep.-Dec. 1940
- Cover girls (l.-r., in order of appearance): Ginger Rogers, Claudette Colbert, Paulette Goddard, Judy Garland.
Filed under 1940s, Claudette Colbert, Ginger Rogers, Judy Garland, Paulette Goddard, Photoplay
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