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1935-05 Vanity Fair Magazine Contents

1935/05 — ITEM DESCRIPTION:
Issue measures appx. 9-3/4″ X 12-3/4″ with 76 pages plus covers.

Cover design — Easter Egg Rolling at the White House by Garretto

Contents as gathered from the Index are as follows:

ARTICLES:

  • Heil, Huey! by Corey Ford
  • Washington on the Half-Shell by Arthur Loring Bruce
  • The Grand Guillotiner of Paris by Janet Flanner
  • The Public Plunges Again by Robert Cantwell
  • Bumping the Ceiling in Sports by Paul Gallico
  • The New Unbalance of Power in Europe by Raymond Gram Swing
  • The Theatre by George Jean Nathan
  • Hollywood on Parade by Helen Brown Norden
  • Parlog Tag — The New Rage
  • Goering — The Nazi Lion-Tamer by John Gunther
  • Thoughts on Becoming an American Citizen by George Drapier
  • King George’s London
  • The Poisoning of Widow Hart by John Kobler
  • Praise and Prejudice by George Dangerfield

    • SHORT STORIES:

  • Slow Train Through Carolina by Richard Sherman
  • Part-Time Panther in Daloa by William Seabrook
  • You G-I-I-ve Yourself–Or Drop the Handkerchief by Tess Slesinger

    • PHOTOGRAPHS:

  • The Great American Money Magnet — Composite Photograph
  • H.G. Wells by Steichen
  • Colonel Roscoe Turner by Nelson
  • Hall of Fame
  • Julie Haydon by Steichen
  • The Circus by Nelson
  • Glenn Cunningham by Nelson
  • Ethel Merman and William Gaxton color photograph by Steichen
  • Lou Gehrig by Nelson – Photo area is appx. 7-1/2″ X 8-1/2″ with text caption underneath
  • New York’s Fashionable Models
  • Richard Cromwell by Hoyningen-Huene
  • Karen Morley by Nelson
  • Al Jolson & Ruby Keeler by Goldberg

    • ART AND CARICATURE:

  • Huey Long — caricature by William Cotton in color
  • Columns in the Temple of the Press by Alain
  • Impossible Interview — Dr. Freud vs. Jean Harlow in color by Covarrubias
  • The Confused Witness by Forain
  • Temperament by William Gropper

    • Notable advertising in this issue is as follows: LaSalle auto, 2-page French Line ad for the S.S. Normandie, Old Gold Cigarettes ad with Petty Girl illustrated by George Petty, Goodyear on the inside back cover, and a Camel Cigarettes ad on the back cover.