1944/08/07 — Cover photograph featuring Geraldine Fitzgerald is credited to Philippe Halsman
Contents of this issue are as follows:
THE WEEK’S EVENTS:
Battle of the Hedgerows – New U.S. Offensive in Normandy
Editorial: World ‘Realism’ 1944
First Negro Votes in Texas Democratic Primary
Theodore Roosevelt, Jr. Buried – 2 pages
Explosion in Germany – An attempt on Hitler’s life as bomb explodes in Hitler’s headquarters in Berchtsgarden on July 20 – 2 pages
Santayana
Mexican Soldier’s Disgrace
CLOSE-UP:
Senator Byrd of Virginia by Gerald W. Johnson
PHOTOGRAPHIC ESSAY:
Movie Illusions – Hollywood Technicians Create Reality Inside Studios – 9 pages packed with photos
BOOKS:
“I Never Left Home” by Bob Hope
MOVIE:
“Wilson” – 3-1/2 pages
MODERN LIVING:
Backyard Cooking
Swedish Glass
OTHER DEPARTMENTS:
Letters to the Editors
Speaking of Pictures: A Baby’s Afternoon from Bath to Bath
LIFE’s Reports: The Mules of Myitkyina by Peggy Durdin
LIFE Calls on the Earl of Athlone
Pictures to the Editors
