Name/Title
"PICTURE PLAY" APRIL 1929Entry/Object ID
2004.165.1.1Description
Color: Black; Blue; Green; Red; White; Yellow
"Picture Play," April 1929, published by Street & Smith Corporation, New York. The front cover has the title in red letters at the top with the issue date and price in smaller black letters below and to the right. The title of a featured article is at the bottom. A painting by Modest Stein of actress Marion Davies forms the backdrop for the cover. Contents include items on specific films; biographies of actors; film fashions; "confession" types of films; newcomers to the industry; a tribute to actress and later gossip columnist Hedda Hopper; new films; and others. There are many photographs of star portraits and film scenes, as well as many advertisements, some of them by film companies showing stars and identifying new films. With light cover creases; cover surface soiling; slight page yellowing; some spine flaking; some minor foxing on the cover and some pages; stains on the cover and handling stains on pages; and tears on the cover left edge and spine, the condition is good.Lexicon
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Motion pictures, Motion picture industrySearch Terms
Three-dimensional, Magazines (periodicals), Street & Smith Corporation, Motion picture actors and acrtresses, Silent filmsLegacy Lexicon
Object Name
Magazines (Periodicals)