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1949-11-21 Life Magazine Contents

1949/11/21 — Cover photograph featuring Ricardo Montalban is credited to Alfred Eisenstaedt.

Contents of this issue are as follows:
THE WEEK’S EVENTS:

  • Filipinos Elect Friend of U.S. (Quirino)
  • Death Overtakes Racing Driver Rex Mays
  • Political Unknown Upsets the Reds – Earl Brown
  • Editorial: Little News
  • A Butcher Shares the General Motors Melon
  • Russians Explain Atom Blast
  • Nehru’s Rival Goes on Tour

    • ARTICLE:

  • British Welfare State Debated

    • PHOTOGRAPHIC ESSAY:

  • Theater Girl — Photographs for LIFE by W. Eugene Smith — Jean Pearson

    • MOVIES:

  • The Remarkable Mr. Toad – 3 pages of color featuring the Disney character
  • “Battleground” with Van Johnson, John Hodiak, Ricardo Montalban, George Murphy and others

    • EDUCATION:

  • Newest Classroom

    • SPORTS:

  • Phony Deer Fools Hunters

    • ART:

  • Maya Murals

    • RELIGION:

  • A New Evangelist Arises — Billy Graham

    • ARCHITECTURE:

  • “The Third Rome”

    • NIGHTCLUBS:

  • Flesh and Fur

    • SCIENCE:

  • Deformed Fish Reveal Radiation Effects

    • RADIO:

  • Groucho’s Garland of Gags

    • OTHER DEPARTMENTS:

  • Letters to the Editors
  • Speaking of Pictures: The Funniest Cartoonists Frequently Work from the Same Old Ideas
  • LIFE’s Reports: The Stars Rule Siam by Roy Rowan
  • LIFE Visits Some Famous Generals
  • Miscellany: Fish Retriever

    • Notable advertising includes: Half-page for Schenley’s Cream of Kentucky Whiskey illustrated by Norman Rockwell*, color photo of James Michener for Lord Calvert Whiskey, United States Brewers Foundation with color illustration by Douglass Crockwell. NOTE: An * denotes ad is smaller than a full-page.