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1933-05 American Magazine Contents

1933/05 — Cover design by W.T. Benda

Complete contents from the contents page is as follows:
ARTICLES:

  • The Man We Forgot to Hate – A Close-Up of Senator Norris – by Beverly Smith
  • The Alabama Ghost by Morris Markey
  • Smoke on the Ball, about tennis champ Ellsworth Vines, by John R. Tunis
  • A Secret Worth a Fortune, the story of Pat Joyce railroad president, by Neil M. Clark
  • “Accustomed As I Am–” by Irvin S. Cobb
  • If I Were Giving Medals by George Creel

  • My America…Belittle It If You Dare! by Kathleen Norris and illustrated by Frank Tenney Johnson
  • A Man Who Walked Through a Needle’s Eye by W.O. Saunders

  • It Doesn’t Make Sense by Albert Benjamin
  • My Son John — Part 4: Those Incredible Barrymores — by John Barrymore with illustration of John, Dolores Costello and John Jr. by Martha Sawyers and large photo taking up the top half of a two page spread of the entire Barrymore family
  • The New Deal by Walter Lippmann
  • Politics, Government, and You by Ray Lyman Wilbur

    • SHORT FEATURES:

  • The Family Problem – What Is a Safe Investment?
  • The Meeting Place
  • – Prize Winners and Announcement

    • FICTION:

  • “Western Packet” by F. Britten Austin and illustrated by Donald Teague

  • “Star Magic” – Part 2 – by Channing Pollock and illustrated by Saul Tepper
  • “Scattergood Plays with Fire” by Clarence Budington Kelland and illustrated by Paul Meylan
  • “13 for Dinner” by Agatha Christie and illustrated by Weldon Trench
  • “The Last Straw” by Dorothy Sanborn Phillips
  • “Days of Grace” by Leona Dalrymple and illustrated by Floyd M. Davis
  • “Tropical Flight” by Eustace L. Adams and illustrated by J.W. Schlaikjer
  • “A Man and a Half” by James Stevens and illustrated by Phil Lyford

    • INTERESTING PEOPLE:

  • Mermaid – Georgia Coleman
  • Nemesis – Roy S. Lobdell
  • Star – Constance Cummings
  • Writers – Beatty, Cohen and Cooper
  • Surgeon – Dr. William James Mayo
  • Designer – Elizabeth Hawes
  • Minstrel – Jilson Setters
  • Judge – Charles Franklin Price
  • Life Savers ad with color illustration by John Held Jr.
  • Lux Toilet Soap ad featuring photo of Jean Harlow