1939/03/06 — Cover photograph featuring Tallulah Bankhead is credited to Vandamm Studios
Contents of this issue are as follows:
THE WEEK’S EVENTS:
Golden Gate Exposition Opens with Wild West Wallop
LIFE on the Newsfronts of the World
The King of Egypt’s Sister to Marry the Shah of Iran’s Son
Harry Hopkins Boom for President Starts in Native Iowa
Pope Pius is Buried in St. Peter’s
New York Nazis Beat Up Jew at Bund Meeting
“Mein Kampf” Is Published in Full for U.S. Readers
British Destroyer Is Repaired at Gibralter
German Battleship Is Launched at Hmaburg
PHOTOGRAPHIC ESSAY:
Fascism in America – Like Communism It Masquerades as Americanism – 7 pages
CLOSE-UP:
Heywood Broun
SCIENCE:
Camelliams: The South’s Most Aristocratic Bloom Is Yankee Favorite
Rats Are Driven Crazy by Insoluable Problems
SPORTS:
Florida Gives Disbarred Jockey a Second Chance
THEATER:
“The Little Foxes” – Tallulah Bankhead Has Her First U.S. Hit
MOVIES:
“Cafe Society” with Madeleine Carroll and Fred MacMurray
The First Actress of the Screen Dons a Wig and Plays an Empress – Photo of Bette Davis in “Juarez”
OTHER DEPARTMENTS:
Letters to the Editors
Speaking of Pictures: Victorians Loved Rogers Sculpture
LIFE Covers the Miami Waterfront
Pictures to the Editors
Color ad featuring Shirley Temple in The Little Princess is on the inside front cover
Full-page black & white ad with huge image of Charles Boyer and Irene Dunne in “Love Affair”