Name/Title
"PHOTOPLAY," MAY 1929Entry/Object ID
2004.98.1.1Description
Color: Black; Blue; Red; Yellow; Orange; Purple; White
"Photoplay," May 1929 issue. The front cover has the title, month, and price at the top. Below is a color illustration of the face of actress June Collyer superimposed over a color chart for clothes, and her name is at the lower left. There is also a caption "Hollywood's / Strangest Marriage" at the bottom. Contents include regular features on the film industry, including film reviews, fan letters, Hollywood recipes, advice on girls' problems, a story of a Hollywood marriage referencing the cover caption, the home of Mary Pickford and Douglas Fairbanks, two fiction stories, industry gossip, correct colors for women, news of actors and actresses, amateur movies, dieting, and others. There are many photograph illustrations and advertisements, some related to the film industry. With cover creases, light soiling, some page discoloration, pen marks at the top left of the front bottom and pencil at the top left of the back, cover stains, and small cover tears, the artifact is in good overall condition.Lexicon
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Motion picture industrySearch Terms
Three-dimensional, Magazines (Periodicals), Photoplay Publishing Company, Motion picture actors and actressesLegacy Lexicon
Object Name
Magazines (Periodicals)