Name/Title
"PICTURE PLAY" JUNE 1929Entry/Object ID
2004.156.1.2Description
Color: Black; Blue; Green; Red; White; Yellow
"Picture Play," June 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 actor Gary Cooper forms the backdrop for the cover. Contents include items on specific films; biographies of actors; an article on film musicals; an article on the "Chaplin complex," of comedians trying to emulate the comedian; the health of stars; discarded clothing of stars; new films; a sketch of makeup artist Max Factor; 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 and page creases; dents on the back from staples; minor cover soiling; slight page yellowing; looseness to the cover at the bottom; losses to the spine ends and the front cover's bottom right corner; a pencil mark at the upper left of the front cover; some scratches to the cover; some handling stains on pages and light stains on the cover; staple tarnish; and small cover tears, 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)