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1939-02-04 Colliers Magazine Contents

1939/02/04 — Cover art by Lawson Wood.
Contents as follows:
Short Stories:

  • “Glamor Boy” by Richard English & illustrated by Jon Whitcomb
  • “Bert Beal’s Daughter” by Henry Meade Williams & illustrated by Mario Cooper
  • “Efficiency Kid” by Hurd Barrett & illustrated by Robert Harris

    • The Short Short Story

  • “The Bride Looked Sad” by Quentin Reynolds with illustration by Walter Klett

    • Serial Stories:

  • “The Resounding Skies” part 3 of 10 by Laurence G. Blochman & illustrated by Harry Morse Meyers
  • “Strange Honeymoon” part 9 of 10 by Octavus Roy Cohen & illustrated by Elmore Brown

    • Articles

  • “Sock’em vs. Stick’em” about basketball by Stanley Frank
  • “Brown and Yellow Bombers” about the future of war in the air by W.B. Courtney
  • “So Help Us” about misplaced actors by Joel Sayre & illlustrated by Earl Oliver Hurst
  • “Up She Goes” about ballet star Patricia Bowman by Dorothy Ducas

    • Plus:

  • “Keep Up With the World” by Freling Foster
  • Editorial: “The War on Syphilis”
  • Cartoons by Gardner Rea, Gregory D’Alessio, Laurence Reynolds, R. Taylor, Gerald Green, Jay Irving, Fred Balk, William Steig, Leonard Dove

    • Notable Advertising includes: full-page ad for “Ginga Din” with Cary Grant, Victor McLaglen and Douglas Fairbanks Jr., “Its taste holds the answer” color Coca-Cola ad on the inside back cover, and a Lucky Strike Cigarettes ad on the back cover. (Note * means ad is less than a full page)