- Cover girls (l.-r., in order of appearance): Barbara Stanwyck, Joan Crawford, Ina Claire, Jean Harlow.
Tag Archives: Photoplay
Photoplay Sep.-Dec. 1931
Filed under 1930s, Barbara Stanwyck, Earl Christy, Ina Claire, Jean Harlow, Joan Crawford, Photoplay
Photoplay May-Aug. 1931
- Cover girls (l.-r., in order of appearance): Marlene Dietrich–making her Photoplay cover debut–plus Dorothy Jordan, Claudette Colbert, and Ann Harding.
Filed under 1930s, Ann Harding, Claudette Colbert, Dorothy Jordan, Marlene Dietrich, Photoplay
Photoplay Mar.-Apr. 1931 Double Exposure
- Kid sister Joan graced Photoplay’s September cover; here in March it’s Constance Bennett’s turn.
- Charles Farrell and Janet Gaynor maintain the double exposure theme on April’s cover.
- Farrell and Gaynor were the hottest team in movies and appeared together in ten films, including 7th Heaven.
- Farrell left show business in 1934, but returned to it in the 1950s as My Little Margie’s Vern Albright.
Filed under 1930s, Charles Farrell,, Constance Bennett, Janet Gaynor, Photoplay
Photoplay Jan.-Feb. 1931
- Cover girls are Clara Bow and Dorothy Mackaill.
- Earl Christy is still Photoplay’s cover illustrator.
- Mackaill retired from films in 1937, but returned onscreen a couple of decades later. In 1953 she was in “The Magic Lantern” episode of TV’s Studio One in Hollywood series. She also appeared in a couple of Hawaii Five-O shows in 1976 and 1980.
Filed under 1930s, Clara Bow, Dorothy Mackaill, Earl Christy, Photoplay
Photoplay Sep.-Dec. 1930
- Cover girls (l.-r., in order of appearance): Joan Bennett, Bebe Daniels, Loretta Young, Kay Francis.
Filed under 1930s, Bebe Daniels, Joan Bennett, Kay Francis, Loretta Young, Photoplay
Photoplay May-Aug. 1930
- Cover girls (l.-r., in order of appearance): Mary Brian, Ann Harding, Jeanette MacDonald, and of course Greta Garbo.
Filed under 1930s, Ann Harding, Greta Garbo, Jeanette MacDonald, Mary Brian, Photoplay
Photoplay Jan.-Apr. 1930
- Cover girls (l.-r., in order of appearance): Billie Dove, Ruth Chatterton, Joan Crawford, Norma Shearer.
Filed under 1930s, Billie Dove, Joan Crawford, Norma Shearer, Photoplay, Ruth Chatterton
Photoplay Sep.-Dec. 1929
- Cover girls (l.-r., in order of appearance): Nancy Carroll, Anita Page, Janet Gaynor, Norma Talmadge.
- The supremely talented and prolific illustrator Earl Christy (1883-1961) did all the covers here.
Filed under 1920s, Anita Page, Earl Christy, Janet Gaynor, Nancy Carroll, Norma Talmadge, Photoplay
Photoplay May-June 1929
- Cover girls (l.-r., in order of appearance): June Collyer, Olga Baclanova, Bessie Love and–of course–Greta Garbo.
- Bessie Love was riding high–she’d just appeared in MGM’s first two full-length MGM musicals of the sound era, The Broadway Melody of 1929 and The Hollywood Revue of 1929.
- The Broadway Melody of 1929 was the first sound picture to receive the Best Picture Oscar.
- Starting with July’s Bessie Love portrait, Earl Christy settles in as Photoplay’s regular cover artist.
- Garbo’s erstshile beau John Gilbert married actress Ina Claire.
Filed under 1920s, Bessie Love, Earl Christy, Greta Garbo, June Collyer, Olga Baclanova
Photoplay Jan.-Apr. 1929
Cover girls (l.-r., in order of appearance): Madge Bellamy, Estelle Taylor, Marion Davies, and “It Girl” Clara Bow.
Filed under 1920s, Clara Bow, Estelle Taylor, Madge Bellamy, Marion Davies
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