1932-06 Vanity Fair Magazine Contents

1932/06 — ITEM DESCRIPTION:
Issue measures appx. 9-3/4″ X 12-3/4″ with 84 pages plus covers.

Cover design — von Hindenburg — by Oberle

Contents as gathered from the Index are as follows:

THE WORLD OF IDEAS:

The taxpayers’ orgy by Marcus Duffield

The national straw-vote season by Jefferson Chase

Hindenburg of Germany by Richard von Kuhlmann

Wanted: a Dictator!

International week-enders by Jay Franklin

Bootlegging for Junior by Dalton Trumbo

Vicious spirals by Walter Lippmann

IN AND ABOUT THE THEATRE:

Mexicana — Lupe Velez — photograph by Steichen

The theatre by George Jean Nathan

“Grand Hotel” photographs

Paris rebound — Ina Claire — photograph by Hoyningen-Huene

Gebruder Gershwin by Isaac Goldberg with drawings by Alajalov

CONCERNING THE CINEMA:

Tarzan of the pools — Johnny Weissmuller — photograph by Hoyningen-Huene

Dorothy Jordan — photograph by Steichen

Dita Parlo — photograph by Steichen

THE WORLD OF ART:

Paul Manship’s Lincoln

A series of American Artists — No. 3 — Edward Hopper (color)

LITERARY HORS D’OEUVRES:

Speakeasy of love by Frank Lynn Parke

Friday to Monday by Sylvia Lyon

Argentine blues by Paul Morand

A man must write by John Riddell

Laying out the garden by Corey Ford

Edward Steichen by Clare Boothe Brokaw

SPORTS AND GAMES:

Everlast 1932 by Paul Gallico

The one over one vs. Culbertson by David Burnstine

Olive Hatch — photograph by Steichen

SATIRICAL SKETCHES:

The gold standard bearer — Ogden L. Mills — in color by William Cotton

Impossible Interviews — No. 7 — Marie of Romania vs. Mae West in color by Covarrubias

MISCELLANEOUS:

Thomas W. Lamont — photograph by Steichen

This was their year of grace — photographs

Smith vs. Roosevelt

We nominate for oblivion — photographs (4 photos, one of which is Hitler who is labeled demagogue)

Is Washington done with mirrors?

Query on!

For the well-dressed man

Notable advertising in this issue is as follows: Ethyl Gasoline with color illustration by Karl Godwin on the inside front cover, Pierce-Arrow auto, Chrysler Imperial, Pitcairn Autogiro with color illustration by Charles Kaiser, Hudson Pacemaker, The Lincoln V-12, Packard, Studebaker, Cine-Kodak, Goodyear on the inside back cover, and a beautiful Lucky Strike Cigarettes ad featuring a large image of Douglas Fairbanks Jr. on the back cover and shown below. (Note ads that are smaller than a full page are marked with an asterisk (*))