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1957-01-04 Colliers Magazine Contents

1957/01/04 — Cover featuring Princess Grace Kelly

ARTICLES:

  • “18,000,000 Teen-Agers Can’t Be Wrong by Bill Davidson
  • Look What’s Moving in My Pipe! by Alfred Lansing
  • He Makes Hockey Look Easy by Tom Meany about Montreal’s Jean Beliveau
  • Is the Missionary Done For? by Delia and Ferdinand Kuhn
  • Baby Doll by Thomas C. Ryan is about Carroll Baker – One page of black & white photos
  • Princess Grace Prepares for Her Baby – 3 pages of color photos

    • FAMILY LIVING AND LEISURE

  • New Budget Winter Vacations by Norman D. Ford
  • The Case for the Temperamental Souffle

    • SHORT STORIES

  • “Grandpa and the Iroquois” — The Short Short Story by A.A. Davidson
  • “The Long Way Home” by Eustace Cockrell and illustrated by Albert John Pucci

    • SERIAL

  • “Doom Cliff” — Part 2 of 3 — by Luke Short and illustrated by Louis S. Glanzman

    • THE COMPLETE MYSTERY

  • “The Christmas-Party Murder” is a Nero Wolfe Mystery by Rex Stout and illustrated by Alex Ross – 12 full pages

    • FEATURES:

  • 48 States of Mind by Walter Davenport
  • Collier’s Credits by Jerome Beatty, Jr.
  • Behind the Wheel by Siler Freeman
  • Letters
  • Why Don’t They?
  • Now They’ve Done It!” by Lawrence Galton
  • It’s the Law! by Dick Hyman
  • Collier’s Comment

    • 1956-12-21 Colliers Magazine Contents

    1956/12/21 — ARTICLES:

  • “One Minute to Ditch!” by Cornelius Ryan
  • The Billion-Dollar Change by Siler Freeman about improvements made in cars by the U.S. Auto Industry, with 20 small photos of some of the newest cars
  • The Secret of Slederella by Robert O;Brien
  • Banzai Brando by Thomas C. Ryan about Marlon Brando
  • 36 Hours That Shook the Communist World by Flora Lewis
  • The Barefoot Patriots by Oscar Handlin and illustrated by Thomas Vroman, from the American Tradition Series: the story of Valley Forge
  • The Collier Trophy Winners by James J. Haggerty, Jr.

    • FAMILY LIVING AND LEISURE

  • Temptation in the Toy Department with color illustration by Stanley and Janice Berenstain
  • Scant and Scandalous
  • Male Plumage — Rich But Not Gaudy

    • SHORT STORIES

  • “Christmas Tree” — The Short Short Story by Lee McGiffin with illustration by Jane Oliver
  • “Second Chance” by Marian Gavin and illustrated by Anthony Saris
  • “The Three Wise Guys” by Damon Runyon, copyright 1933 from the estate of Damon Runyon, illustrated by Henry C. Fitz

    • SERIAL

  • “Doom Cliff” — Part 1 of 3 — by Luke Short and illustrated by Louis S. Glanzman

    • FEATURES:

  • Collier’s Credits by Jerome Beatty
  • 48 States of Mind by Walter Davenport
  • Why Don’t They?
  • Now They’ve Done It!” by Lawrence Galton
  • Collier’s Sports by Bill Fay
  • Letters
  • At Home 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. by Ted Key
  • It’s the Law! by Dick Hyman
  • The Right Channel by Ton Smits
  • Collier’s Comment

    • 1956-12-07 Colliers Magazine Contents

    1956/12/07 — ARTICLES:

  • The Aristocrats Best Friend by Robert Musel
  • Where Are the Heroes of World War II? by J. Robert Moskin with Madelin Alk – 5 pages with color photos
  • The Woman All Women Want to Be — Deborah Kerr by Robert W. Marks – 4 pages with photos
  • The Spark That Set Off the Satellites by Flora Lewis
  • How Much Debt Is Right for You? by Martin Mayer
  • The 67th All-America by Bill Fay — Selected by The American Football Coaches Association – Includes small head-shot and larger action color photos of John Brodie – Jim Brown – Johnny Majors – Tom McDonald – Joe Walton – Ron Kramer – Jim Parker – Jerry Tubbs – Lou Michaels – John Witte

    • FAMILY LIVING AND LEISURE

  • Handy Man’s Haven
  • Kids’ Clothes Get Weather-Conditioned

    • SHORT STORIES

  • “The 17-Jewel Bait” — The Short Short Story — by Weyman Jones with illustration by James Dwyer
  • “The Strange Mercy” by Larry Finn and illustrated by Louis S. Glanzman

    • NOVELETTE

  • “When Jack Smith Fought Old Satan by Mary-Carter Roberts and illustrated by Henry C. Pitz

    • THE COMPLETE MYSTERY

  • “Murder Hunts a Hero” by Hugh Pentecost and illustrated by Anthony Saris

    • FEATURES:

  • The Proverb by John Bluto
  • Collier’s Credits by Jerome Beatty
  • Why Don’t They?
  • Now They’ve Done It!” by Lawrence Galton
  • Behind the Wheel by Siler Freeman
  • Letters
  • 48 States of Mind by Walter Davenport
  • The Old Know-How by Stan Hunt
  • It’s the Law! by Dick Hyman
  • Collier’s Comment

    • 1956-11-23 Colliers Magazine Contents

    1956/11/23 — Cover featuring Walter Winchell

    Contents as follows:

    ARTICLES:

  • Listen to Jack Benny by Leonard Gross
  • Chemicals to Starve Out Cancer by Claude Stanush
  • Prowling the Night Beat with Walter Winchell by Peter Maas and Gene Cook
  • South of Suez by George Weller
  • Land That They Love by Merle Miller
  • How Does Your Income Compare with Others? by Vance Packard
  • The Ordeal of Bobby Cain by George McMillan
  • The Case for Rough Football by Bill Fay

    • FAMILY LIVING AND LEISURE

  • The Red Coats Are Coming
  • The Southwest: Sun, Snow and Scenery by Michael Blow

    • SHORT STORIES

  • “A Favor for Lefty” — The Short Short Story by Charles Einstein
  • “The Hunting of the Deer” by W.H. Prosser and illustrated by C.E. Monroe, Jr.
  • “Letter to the Cardinal” by Allene Corliss and illustrated by Louis Glanzman

    • SERIAL

  • “When Disaster Strikes” — Conclusion — by Walt Grove and illustrated by David Stone Martin

    • FEATURES:

  • Collier’s Credits by Jerome Beatty, Jr.
  • Letters
  • 48 States of Mind by Walter Davenport
  • Why Don’t They?
  • Now They’ve Done It! by Lawrence Galton
  • It’s the Law! by Dick Hyman
  • Collier’s Comment

    • 1956-11-09 Colliers Magazine Contents

    1956/11/09 — Cover features Danny Kaye

    Contents as follows:

    ARTICLES:

  • The World’s Worst Diet by Harry Henderson
  • Churchill at 82 by Drew Middleton
  • ‘Armchair Expert’ — A TV Game for Election Night by Louis Harris
  • Ambassador at Large by Danny Kaye
  • What Americans Need to Know About Sex by Dr. Gelolo McHugh with J. Robert Moshkin
  • Siobhan of Arc by Thomas C. Ryan features actress Siobhan McKenna
  • Electrifying Football by Virgil Partch
  • Thus the Frontier Vanished by James D. Horan and illustrated by Thomas Vroman

    • FAMILY LIVING AND LEISURE

  • Foreign Polish Afoot
  • Many-Splendored Meals

    • SHORT STORIES

  • “The Haunting” — A Short Short Story by Davy Jones
  • “Mr. Chandra’s Five-Year Plan” by Christine Weston with illustration by Fletcher Martin

    • SERIAL

  • “When Disaster Strikes” — Part 1 of 2 — by Walt Grove and illustrated by David Stone Martin

    • THE COMPLETE MYSTERY

  • “The Body in Roomette 9 by Howard and Laraine Rigsby and illustrated by Arthur Lidov

    • FEATURES:

  • 48 States of Mind by Walter Davenport
  • Collier’s Credits by Jerome Beatty
  • Why Don’t They?
  • Now They’ve Done It! by Lawrence Galton
  • Fair Exchange by Henri Arnold
  • Letters
  • It’s the Law! by Dick Hyman
  • Collier’s Comment
  • 2-page color advertisement in center of the issue for the ’57 Chevrolet

    • 1956-10-26 Colliers Magazine Contents

    1956/10/26 — Cover features Ingrid Bergman

    Contents as follows:

    ARTICLES:

  • Listen to ‘Boss’ Kettering by Leonard Gross
  • Designing Your House to Fit the Climate by Christopher Carter
  • “I Am Not Doing Penance for Anything” by Ingrid Bergman – 7 pages with photos
  • Campaign Buttons Write Our Political History — A 2-page “story” featuring images of buttons in place of text naming the Presidential candidates
  • How Eisenhower Saved the Republican Party by Paul G. Hoffman
  • Love Helped to Heal ‘The Devil’s Claw Marks’ by Gloria and Peter Kalischer
  • America’s Olympic Chances at Melbourne by Bob Mathias with Melvin Durslag
  • Pat Boone vs. Elvis Presley by Thomas C. Ryan — 3 pages, with 4 photos of each man including 1 in color of Elvis

    • FAMILY LIVING AND LEISURE

  • Europe at a Discount by David Dodge
  • The Truth About Cheesecake

    • SHORT STORIES

  • “Campus VIP — The Short Short Story — by Murray Hoyt
  • “Contents of the Dead Man’s Pocket” by Jack Finney and illustrated by Elliott Flagg
  • “A Good Vamp Is Hard to Find” by Hannibal Coons and illustrated by Frederic Varady

    • SERIAL

  • “The Hard Man” — Part 3 of 3 — by Leo Katcher and illustrated by Robert Fawcett

    • FEATURES:

  • 48 States of Mind by Walter Davenport
  • Collier’s Credits by Jerome Beatty
  • Letters
  • Why Don’t They?
  • Now They’ve Done It! by Lawrence Galton
  • It’s the Law! by Dick Hyman
  • Collier’s Comment

    • 1956-09-28 Colliers Magazine Contents

    1956/09/28 — Cover features the Andrea Doria

    Contents as follows:

    ARTICLES:

  • Five Desparate Hours in Cabin 56 by Cornelius Ryan and illustrated by John Groth — The untold story of horror and heroism aboard the sinking Andrea Doria – 7 full pages
  • Why So Many Home Runs–Is It E=1/2mv2? by Tom Meany — Longhairs study the rash of long balls that broke out during 1956, includes a color photo of Mickey Mantle
  • Fall Travel: Take an Autumn Leave
  • A Cartoonist Goes Campaigning by Bill Mauldin
  • To Help Your Child Succeed in School by Dr. Harold G. Shane
  • Franco’s Successor by Leigh White includes a large color photo of young Prince Juan Carlos
  • The Feud With Godfrey: My Story — Part 2 by Ed Sullivan
  • L’Enfant Terrible by Robert W. Marks

    • FAMILY LIVING

  • The Long Look from Paris
  • Underweight Overcoats

    • SHORT STORIES

  • “The Secret” — The Short Short Story — by Steve Allen and illustrated by Anthony Saris
  • “Miss Bangs and the Professor” by Helen Davis Szold and illustrated by Jane Oliver
  • “A Master for Psalmsinger” by Dion Henderon and illustrated by C.E. Monroe, Jr.

    • SERIAL

  • “The Hard Man” — Part 1 of 3 — by Leo Katcher and illustrated by Robert Fawcett

    • FEATURES:

  • Appointment with O’Hara by John O’Hara
  • Collier’s Credits by Jerome Beatty
  • Hobby by Gustav Lundberg
  • 48 States of Mind by Walter Davenport
  • Letters
  • Why Don’t They?
  • Now They’ve Done It! by Lawrence Galton
  • It’s the Law! by Dick Hyman
  • Collier’s Comment

    • 1956-09-14 Colliers Magazine Contents

    1956/09/14 — Cover featuring Ed Sullivan is credited to Marvin Koner

    Contents as follows:

    ARTICLES:

  • My Story — Part 1 of 3 — by Ed Sullivan
  • These Children Share Their Eyes by Pierre Salinger
  • Where Men Go Wrong About Women Voters by Walter Davenport
  • Episode in a Railroad Station by Louis B. Seltzer and illustrated by Henry C. Pitz
  • 17th Football Preview by Francis Wallace
  • The Ten Commandments – Yul Brynner’s Candid Camera

    • FAMILY LIVING

  • Bag Full of Tricks
  • Fashions for the 40-Yard Line
  • Quiz on Cuisine — No. 3 in a Series

    • SHORT STORIES

  • “Billy Who?” — The Short Short Story by Lionel Olay and illustrated by James Dwyer
  • “Interesting Stranger” by Florence Jane Soman and illustrated by Anthony Saris

    • THE COMPLETE MYSTERY

  • “Too Many Detectives” — A Nero Wolfe Mystery by Rex Stout andillustrated by Alex Ross

    • SERIAL

  • “Something Fishy” — Conclusion — by P.G. Wodehouse and illustrated by Ronald Searle

    • FEATURES:

  • Appointment with O’Hara by John O’Hara
  • Why Don’t They?
  • Now They’ve Done It! by Lawrence Galton
  • Letters
  • 48 States of Mind by Walter Davenport
  • Collier’s Credits by Jerome Beatty, Jr.
  • It’s the Law! by Dick Hyman
  • Collier’s Comment

    • 1956-08-31 Colliers Magazine Contents

    1956/08/31 — Cover features Bert Lahr

    Contents as follows:

    ARTICLES:

  • Bert Lahr – What Every Candidate Should Know
  • Our Crowded Sky by Theodore H. White tells the story of air travel from the Jenny to the Jet
  • Russia’s Edge in Jetliners by James J. Haggerty, Jr.
  • The Magic Fog by Robert O’Brien is about fog in San Francisco
  • Those Efficient Europeans by Robert Bendiner
  • Now: Man-Made Virus by Milton Silverman

    • FAMILY LIVING

  • Style – In the Softening Process
  • Treats – Up to New Tricks
  • Living Rooms – Three Designers, Three Points of View
  • Clothes – The Fair Lady Look

    • SHORT STORIES

  • “Revolt in Suburbia” — The Short Short Story — by John Keasler with illustration by Aurelius Battaglia
  • “Claudie, Friend of Phlox by Dillon Anderson and illustrated by Robert Bugg

    • SERIAL

  • “Something Fishy” — Part 1 of 2 — by P.G. Wodehouse and illustrated by Ronald Searle

    • FEATURES:

  • Appointment with O’Hara by John O’Hara – Page includes small color photo of 22 year old Brigitte Bardot
  • Collier’s Credits by Jerome Beatty, Jr.
  • Letters
  • 48 States of Mind by Walter Davenport
  • Collier’s Comment

    • 1956-07-20 Colliers Magazine Contents

    1956/07/20 — Cover features President Eisenhower and at the top right Mickey Mantle and Casey Stengel

    Contents as follows:

    ARTICLES:

  • How Voters Feel About Ike’s Health by Louis Harris
  • Scramble on the Forrestal
  • How to Eat a Lobster by John Gould
  • Newman Scores K.O. by Peter Maas about Paul Newman portraying Rocky Graziano
  • How Time in Old Newport by Elaine Guthire Lorillard with Richard Gehman
  • As Casey Stengel Sees Mickey Mantle by Tom Meany – 4 full pages

    • SHORT STORIES

  • “The Silver Box” — The Short Short Story by Edward Maze
  • “The Solid Gold Undershirt” by Hannibal Coons and illustrated by Fredric Varady
  • “The Happy Sun” by Hugh Fosburgh and illustrated by Edwin Dawes

    • SERIAL

  • “Dead Man’s Folly” — Part 1 of 3 — by Agatha Christie and illustrated by Robert Fawcett

    • FEATURES:

  • Appointment with O’Hara by John O’Hara
  • Letters
  • Collier’s Credits by Jerome Beatty, Jr.
  • 48 States of Mind by Walter Davenport
  • Clear Conscience by Ton Smits
  • Collier’s Comment

    • FAMILY LIVING

  • Play Clothes That Work
  • Batty Beach Hats
  • Ice Makers and Breakers

    • 1956-07-06 Colliers Magazine Contents

    1956/07/06 — Cover features the Yul Brynner

    Contents as follows:

    ARTICLES:

  • Why Women Live Longer Than Men by Leonard Engel
  • The Pilgrims by David Eisenhower – 4 pages loaded with drawings in crayon by the President’s grandson
  • Upsetting the Red Timetable
  • Yul Brynner by Joel Sayre — 6 pages, loaded with photos, many in color
  • Family Here Lives in the Polo Grounds by Tom Meany
  • Catfish Derby by Pete Barrett
  • The Mormon Trek: Oredeal by Handcart by Wallace Stegner with full-page illustration by Thomas Vroman – 8 page article including the Vroman page plus another full-page illustration, plenty of text by Stegner though

    • SHORT STORIES

  • “Operation Grandson” — The Short Short Story — by Ray Wagner
  • “De Lucie: Marriage Counselor” by Margaret Chase and illustrated by Richard Hook
  • “That Others May Live” by Elliott Arnold

    • SERIAL

  • “Old Yeller” — Conclusion — by Fred Gipson and illustrated by C.E. Monroe, Jr.

    • FEATURES:

  • Appointment with O’Hara by John O’Hara
  • Collier’s Credits by Jerome Beatty
  • Class Reunion by Edwin Lepper
  • Letters
  • 48 States of Mind by Walter Davenport
  • Collier’s Comment

    • FAMILY LIVING

  • Stripes Forever
  • Salads and Swizzles
  • The Mahogany Veneer
  • The Trend Is To Comfort
  • Barbecuing – Al Fresco or Fiasco?
  • Full-page ad for Smirnoff Vodka features color image of Marcel Marceau

    • 1956-06-22 Colliers Magazine Contents

    1956/06/22 — Cover features Breakaway Plane illustrated by Robert McCall

    Contents as follows:

    ARTICLES:

  • Troubled South: Search for a Middle Ground by C.A. McKnight about a moderate’s dilemma in the desegregation fight
  • 10 Tips to Weekend Golfers by Cary Middlecoff
  • Breakaway Plane by James J. Haggerty, Jr.
  • The Man in the Gray Dacron Suit
  • Pick a Picnic by Helen Evans Brown and James A. Beard
  • Why Close Schools in Summer? by Harry Henderson
  • The Arts Look Lively in Boston by Russell Lynes

    • SHORT STORIES

  • “Frame of Mind” — The Short Short Story by Sam F. Ciulla
  • “First Lesson” by Mildred Clingerman and illustrated by James Dwyer
  • “Death Starts a Rumor” by Charles B. Child and illustrated by John Pike

    • SERIAL

  • “Old Yeller” — Part 2 of 3 — by Fred Gipson and illustrated by C.E. Monroe, Jr.

    • FEATURES:

  • Appointment with O’Hara by John O’Hara
  • Letters
  • 48 States of Mind by Walter Davenport
  • Cold,Cold World by Ted Key
  • Collier’s Credits by Jerome Beatty, Jr.
  • Collier’s Comment
  • Full-page color illustrated ad for “Trapeze” starring Burt Lancaster, Gina Lollobrigida and Tony Curtis

    • 1956-06-08 Colliers Magazine Contents

    1956/06/08 — Contents as follows:

    ARTICLES:

  • Four Great Medical Triumphs Just Ahead: Cancer, heart trouble, mental illness, virus–all may soon be under control by William L. Laurence
  • 20 Budget Vacations for 1956 by Norman D. Ford
  • HIgh Jinks in High Society by Martha Weinman featuring 2 pages of color photos of Frank Sinatra and Bing Crosby
  • “Religion Will Survive in Russia” by Dr. Walter W. Van Kirk
  • …So Goes the South by George McMillan about Georgia’s Senate Primary Fight
  • Dolled-Up Dodgers – Brooklyn’s ballplayers model the latest in men’s summer fashions – Pictured at leisure and at the beach are Clem Labine – Carl Furillo – Carl Erskine – Walter Alston – Don Zimmer – Pee Wee Reese – Gil Hodges (2 pages total, color)
  • Volcanoland by Leonard A. Stevens about El Salvador’s Izalco
  • The Major of St. Lo by Cornelius Ryan and illustrated by Joseph Hirsch

    • SHORT STORIES

  • “The Men Women Marry” — The Short Short Story — by John D. MacDonald and illustrated by Fred Otnes
  • “Flying Time: Seven Minutes” by Walt Grove and illustrated by Fletcher Martin
  • “Stacked Deck” by Lawrence G. Blochman and illustrated by James Dwyer

    • SERIALS

  • Old Yeller — Part 1 of 3 — by Fred Gipson and illustrated by C.E. Monroe, Jr. (image of Yeller attacking a bear)

    • FEATURES:

  • Collier’s Credits by Jerome Beatty, Jr.
  • Appointment with O’Hara by John O’Hara
  • Letters
  • Wrong Number by Gustav Lundberg
  • 48 States of Mind by Walter Davenport
  • Collier’s Comment

    • 1956-05-25 Colliers Magazine Contents

    1956/05/25 — The cover features cover girl Barbara Wallace of Fort Wayne, IN photographed by Gene Cook and Duke Snider of the Brooklyn Dodgers credited to Hugh Broderick

    Contents as follows:

    ARTICLES:

  • Gesell on Teen-Agers — Part 2: New insight into the years 13 to 16 — by Jack Harrison Pollack
  • The Vanishing Cowboy by Frank Farmer
  • Rembrandt – 2 facing pages filled with reproductions of Rembrandt’s paintings
  • I Play Baseball for Money–Not Fun by Duke Snider with Roger Kahn with full-page color photo of the Duke’s face
  • What Made Vuky Race? by Cornelius Ryan and illustrated by David Stone Martin is about Bill Vukovich
  • Boston’s $50,000,000 Mile by Leonard Gross
  • Ike’s Minister for Prosperity by Carroll Kilpatrick
  • The Weeper by Aline Mosby is about Rod Steiger

    • SHORT STORIES

  • “Leni” — The Short Short Story — by Elizabeth Starr Hill with illustration by Anthony Saris
  • “You Know Them So Little” by Josiah E. Greene and illustrated by Louis S. Glanzman
  • “The Idea Man” by Robert McLaughlin and illustrated by Tom Lovell

    • SERIAL

  • “The Keen Land” — Part 2 of 2 — by Jack Schaefer and illustrated by Edwin Dawes

    • FEATURES:

  • Appointment with O’Hara by John O’Hara
  • Interlocked Interlude by John Dempsey
  • Letters
  • 48 States of Mind by Walter Davenport
  • Collier’s Credits by Jerome Beatty, Jr.
  • Did You Ever Come Home Late? by Virgil Partch
  • Collier’s Comment

    • 1956-05-11 Colliers Magazine Contents

    1956/05/11 — The cover features Phil Silvers as Sgt. Bilko with other cast members surrounding him

    Contents as follows:

    ARTICLES:

  • Kefauver Rides Again by Theodore H. White about Estes Kefauver
  • Gesell on Youth by Jack Harrison Pollack
  • You Can Go Home Again by Eric Sevareid with illustration by Lynn Ward
  • Backstage With Phil Silvers by Michael Drury
  • Prison Without Bars by Bruno Shaw
  • “Big Galoot From Vinegar Bend” by Tom Meany about Vinegar Bend Mizell
  • Quiz on Cuisine — No. 1 by Ann Seranne and Eileen Gaden
  • Subways Under the Icecap by James J. Haggerty, Jr.
  • Branding Logs Like Cattle by Byron Fish

    • SHORT STORIES

  • “The Scent of Danger” — The Short Short Story — by Dan Tyler Moore with illustration by Jan Balet
  • “The Kiss at Croton Falls” by Irwin Shaw and illustrated by Albert Dorne
  • “Class D Violence” by Charles Einstein and illustrated by Richard Hook

    • SERIAL

  • “The Keen Land” — Part 1 of 2 — by Jack Schaefer and illustrated by Edwin Dawes

    • FEATURES:

  • Appointment with O’Hara by John O’Hara
  • Collier’s Credits by Jerome Beatty
  • 48 States of Mind by Walter Davenport
  • Letters
  • The Secretary by Ted Key
  • Collier’s Comment

    • 1956-04-27 Colliers Magazine Contents

    1956/04/27 — ARTICLES:

  • The American Tradition by Henry Steele Commager
  • A Nation Dies, A Nation is Reborn by Philip Van Doren Stern with illustration of Lincoln by Thomas Vroman
  • “Belly It In!” by Joseph Stocker
  • The Young in Art by Robert O’Brien
  • The Red Atom by Lin Root about the Russians in Atomic Research
  • Wise Man by Leonard Gross about Robert Frost
  • Melbourne – The Olympics City by Fred Flowers
  • Beans, U.S.A. by Helen Evans Brown and James A. Beard
  • Tina featuring Tina Louise

    • SHORT STORIES

  • “At Her Age” — The Short Short Story — by Paz van Matre with illustration by John McClelland
  • “Sam’s World-Record Alibi by B.M. Atkinson, Jr. and illustrated by Floyd Davis
  • The Four-Way Kiss by Colin G. Jameson and illustrated by Roswell Keller

    • A CONDENSED NOVEL

  • “With Both Eyes Open” by Paul Hyde Bonner and illustrated by Carl Setterberg

    • FEATURES:

  • Appointment with O’Hara by John O’Hara
  • Collier’s Credits by Jerome Beatty
  • Letters
  • Land Ho! by John Gallagher
  • 48 States of Mind by Walter Davenport
  • Collier’s Comment

    • 1956-03-30 Colliers Magazine Contents

    1956/03/30 — The cover features San Francisco, 1906 Earthquake – James Stewart also featured in a small photo at the top right corner of the cover

    Contents as follows:

    ARTICLES:

  • A Visit With Mr. Fitz and Nashua by John McNulty featuring James E. Fitzsimmons and the race horse Nashua
  • Teresa at Twilight features Teresa Del Rio
  • “Do Income-Tax Exemptions Make Sense?” by Stanley S. Surrey and illustrated by James Flora
  • Lucky to Be Lindy by James Stewart with Joseph Laitin
  • San Francisco — April 18, 1906 by Robert O’Brien – 11 full pages of text and photos
  • Hide-and-Seek Hats
  • “Man Owes His Freedom to God” by Arnold J. Toynbee
  • Tom Meany’s Baseball Picks for ’56

    • SHORT STORIES

  • “Crazy Guys Are the Best” — The Short Short Story — by Timothy Fuller with illustration by Tony Kokinos
  • “All in the Mind” by Ruth Henning and illustrated by Fredric Varady
  • “Lost Sister” by Dorothy M. Johnson and illustrated by Frank McCarthy

    • SERIAL

  • “The Hunters” — Part 2 of 2 — by James Salter and illustrated by Fletcher Martin

    • FEATURES:

  • Appointment with O’Hara by John O’Hara
  • Collier’s Credits by Jerome Beatty
  • Letters
  • 48 States of Mind by Walter Davenport
  • Door to Door by Eric Ericson
  • Collier’s Comment

    • 1956-03-16 Colliers Magazine Contents

    1956/03/16 — Cover featuring Marlon Brando

    Contents as follows:

    ARTICLES:

  • ICBM by Hanson W. Baldwin with full-page illustration by John Wilson
  • School for Stars is about the Actor’s Studio and includes black & white photos of Lee Strasberg, Marlon Brando, Margaret Feury, Paul Newman, Viveca Lindfors, Marilyn Monroe, Dane Clark, Eva Gabor, Joan McCracken, Betsy von Furstenberg, Shelly Winters with Anthony Franciosa
  • All-America in College Basketball by Bill Fay with color photos of first team Bill Russell, Robin Freeman, Sihugo Green, Ron Shavlik, and K.C. Jones
  • What Is Automation? by John Diebold
  • Some Like It Hot by Harrison Forman
  • Clamor on the Comstock by Robert O’Brien
  • “How Do You Start Again?” by Howard Cohn
  • A Peck of Trouble by James Poling

    • SHORT STORIES

  • “A Woman’s Place” — The Short Short Story — by Carol Grace with illustration by Dick Stone
  • “The Good Girl, Alas” by Mel Heimer and illustrated by Milton Wolsky
  • “Teletype” by Will F. Jenkins and illustrated by Anthony Saris

    • SERIAL

  • “The Hunters” — Part 1 of 2 — by James Salter and illustrated by Fletcher Martin

    • FEATURES:

  • Appointment with O’Hara by John O’Hara
  • Collier’s Credits by Jerome Beatty
  • Letters
  • 48 States of Mind by Walter Davenport
  • Collier’s Comment

    • 1956-03-02 Colliers Magazine Contents

    1956/03/02 — Cover featuring Prince Rainier and Princess Grace Kelly

    Contents as follows:

    ARTICLES:

  • People … Politics … And ’56 by Walter Davenport
  • Hollywood’s Queen Becomes a Princess by Martha Weinman about Grace Kelly wedding the Prince of Monaco – 6 pages, loaded with photos, many in color
  • A New Map for America by Bill Fay
  • Stop Skids by Howard Cohn
  • Haw … What a Hobby! by Lydel Sims
  • Bobby Bragan – Can He Win for Pittsburgh? by Melvin Durslag
  • Japan — A Special 10-page report by Peter Kalischer
  • Love That Soup! by Evan Jones

    • SHORT STORIES

  • “The Devil to Pay” — The Short Short Story by W.A. Powers with illustration by Louis S. Glanzman
  • “A Point for Mary Jackson” by Joe W. Savage and illustrated by Tom Lovell

    • A NOVELETTE

  • “A Family Party by John O’Hara and illustrated by Robert Fawcett

    • FEATURES:

  • Appointment with O’Hara by John O’Hara
  • Collier’s Credits by Jerome Beatty, Jr.
  • 48 States of Mind by Walter Davenport
  • Letters
  • Collier’s Comment

    • 1956-02-18 Colliers Magazine Contents

    1955/02/18 — Cover featuring Iwo Jima is credited to Jerry Yulsman

    Contents as follows:
    ARTICLES:

  • Baseball’s Shrinking Strike Zone by Tom Meany with large color illustration and two smaller including one with Yogi Berra all by Willard Mullin

  • What to Do About That Morning Misery by Mary Harrington Feldman is about post-nasal drip
  • My Last Walk in Moscow by Betty Jane Sommerlatte
  • Are We Losing the Race for Nuclear Power by Ronald Schiller
  • The Picture That Will Live Forever by Joe Rosenthal with W.C. Heinz
  • New Ninotschka by Evelyn Harvey featuring color photos of Hildegarde Neff
  • First to Jump Seven Feet? by Melvin Durslag
  • “But I Know My Baby’s Beautiful” by Robert C. Goodman

    • SPECIAL

  • Are You For or Against the Echo Park Dam?

    • SHORT STORIES

  • “Scandal in St. Louis — The Short Short Story — by Frederick Nebel and illustrated by Lucia
  • “I Woke Up Wicked” by Dorothy M. Johnson and illustrated by Tran Mawicke
  • “The Man Who Wouldn’t Propose” by Paz van Matre and illustrated by Roswell S. Keller
  • “Spirit of Cochise” by Elliott Arnold and illustrated by James Dwyer

    • SERIAL

  • “Invasion of Privacy” — Part 1 of 4 — by Harry Kurnitz and illustrated by Joe Bowler

    • FEATURES:

  • Appointment with O’Hara by John O’Hara
  • Collier’s Credits by Jerome Beatty, Jr.
  • 48 States of Mind by Walter Davenport
  • Letters
  • Collier’s Comment
  • On the inside front cover is a beautiful color ad for “Underwater” starring Jane Russell

    • 1956-02-03 Colliers Magazine Contents

    1956/02/03 — Cover featuring Elizabeth Taylor

    Contents as follows:

    ARTICLES:

  • Wanted: The Man Without a Face by Joseph Carter with drawing by Richard Stone — He’s a shadowy madman who has planted 25 to 100 bombs in New York since ’40
  • Modern Medicine Where “The Clock Walks” by Albert Rosenfeld
  • Show Business On Wheels by Siler Freeman
  • The Two Lives of Liz Taylor by Sanford H. Roth
  • The Gentlemen from California by Theodore H. White with illustration by Paul Arlt
  • Inga by John Newhouse about the proposed site of a Congo power project
  • Polka Dot Basketballs? by Melvin Durslag
  • The Electronic Paul Revere by James J. Haggerty, Jr.

    • SHORT STORIES

  • “The Unsuitable Girl” — The Short Short Story by John D. MacDonald and illustrated by Denver Gillen
  • “Notorious Tenant” by Margery Sharp and illustrated by Frank McCarthy
  • “The Surly Sea Monster” by Hannibal Coons and illustrated by Frederic Varady

    • SERIAL

  • “Mad River” — Part 3 of 3 — by Donald Hamilton and illustrated by James Dwyer

    • FEATURES:

  • Appointment with O’Hara by John O’Hara
  • 48 States of Mind by Walter Davenport
  • Collier’s Credits by Jerome Beatty, Jr.
  • Letters
  • The Baby Sitter by Martin Giuffre
  • Collier’s Comment

    • 1956-01-20 Colliers Magazine Contents

    1956/01/20 — Cover featuring Vice-President Richard Nixon is credited toPhilippe Halsman and Bob Willoughby

    Contents as follows:

    ARTICLES:

  • Report on the Republicans: Triumph or Trouble Ahead? by Roscoe Drummond
  • For Garlic Lovers Only by Duncan MacDougald, Jr.
  • Nato’s Navy by Cornelius Ryan
  • The Old Gang of Mine by Benny Goodman with Richard Gehman about Benny Goodman with photos and an Al Hirschfeld cartoon featuring Harry James, Gene Krupa, Teddy Wilson and Lionel Hampton
  • Disarmament After Geneva by Arnold J. Toynbee
  • Where Does Big Labor Go From Here? by John Herling
  • Frankie and Johnny is two pages of color photos from “Meet Me in Las Vegas” featuring Cyd Charisse and John Brascia
  • Slingshot “Shorty” by Margaret Morgan Mabry
  • Out Where It Really Snows by Hal Roth

    • SHORT STORIES

  • “A Taste of Fear” — The Short Short Story — by Walt Meade with small illustration by Louis S. Glanzman
  • “The Tallahassee Jinx” by John Savage and illustrated by Harry Devlin
  • “Housewife Is an Honorable Word” by Jerome Ellison and illustrated by Barbara Schwinn

    • SERIAL

  • “Mad River” — Part 2 of 3 — by Donald Hamilton and illustrated by James Dwyer

    • FEATURES:

  • Appointment with O’Hara by John O’Hara
  • 48 States of Mind by Walter Davenport
  • Letters
  • Collier’s Credits by Jerome Beatty
  • Collier’s Comment

    • 1956-01-06 Colliers Magazine Contents

    1956/01/06 — Cover featuring Perry Como is credited to Marvin Koner

    Contents as follows:

    ARTICLES:

  • What’s Wrong With the Weather Bureau? by Dr. John Q. Stewart with Richard Gehman
  • The Last Word on Adolf Hitler by H.R. Trevor-Roper – An authority puts and end to the rumor that the dictator is still alive, with full-page close-up drawing of Hitler’s face by Tom Allen
  • Perry Como: Nice Guys Finish First by Michael Drury
  • Next: Fluoride Toothpaste by Bruce Bliven, Jr.
  • Hot Rod Hundley by Howard Cohn, with color photos of Hundley, then of West Virginia University, 2 pages total
  • Where Are Those New Roads? by Theodore H. White
  • “Go South, Young Man” by Duncan Aikman – Latin America is booming and loaded with opportunities
  • How to Eat at 1,000 MPH by James J. Haggerty, Jr. – The Air Force seeks ways to feed jet pilots sealed in suit-and-mask
  • Your Stake in the Olympics by Bill Davidson

    • SHORT STORIES

  • “The Seven Happy Gods” — The Short Short Story — by Jack Carroll with small color illustration by Anthony Saris
  • “The Big Puddle” by Cameron Hawley and illustrated by Walter Richards
  • “Butter, Love and Eggs” by Lucia Mason and illustrated by Lucia

    • SERIAL

  • “Mad River” — Part 1 of 3 — by Donald Hamilton and illustrated by James Dwyer

    • FEATURES:

  • Appointment with O’Hara by John O’Hara
  • Letters
  • 48 States of Mind by Walter Davenport
  • Collier’s Credits by Jerome Beatty
  • Collier’s Comment

    • 1955-12-23 Colliers Magazine Contents

    1955/12/23 — The cover is credited to Grandma Moses

    Contents as follows:
    ARTICLES:

  • Christmas 1955
  • Peace Must Be Waged by Paul C. Smith — General George C. Marshall — Dr. Albert Schweitzer — Sir Norman Angell — Dr. Ralph J. Bunche — Carlos Saavedra Lamas — Emily Green Balch — Lord Boyd-Orr

    • Four Christmases:

  • The First Christmas
  • 1214 A.D. by Zoe Oldenbourg
  • On a Farm in Maine by John Gould
  • The Angry Christmas by Hal Boyle
  • Faces of Christmas by Thomas C. Ryan
  • All That Glitters by Lee Campbell
  • Every Land Has a Favorite Christmas Cookie by Virginia Pasley
  • The Promise of Tomorrow by William L. Laurence
  • Yes, Virginia, There is a South Pole Santa Claus byJerome Beatty, Jr.
  • Alice Has a Party by Peter Maas and illustrated by Art Seiden
  • A Prayer for a Child by Dr. Seuss
  • Tricks for the Tree by Martha Weinman
  • The Whole City Sings
  • People at Peace

    • FICTION:

  • “Christmas Day in the Morning” — The Short Short Story — by Pearl S. Buck
  • “Miracle in the Wilderness” by Paul Gallico and illustrated by Jan B. Balet
  • “Venite Adoremus” by John McNulty and illustrated by James Lewicki
  • “The Christmas Canaries” by A.E. Hotchner

    • PLUS:

  • Appointment with O’Hara by John O’Hara
  • 48 States of Mind by Walter Davenport
  • Letters
  • Sixth-Floor Santa Claus by Dick Cavalli
  • Cartoons by John Gallagher, Al Kaufman, William Von Riegen, Mischa Richter, Jerry Marcus, Sidney Hoff, Daniel Alain, George Hamilton Green, Michael Berry, Stanley Stamaty, Kate Osann, Barney Tobey, Larry Reynolds, Daniel Alain, Jerry Marcus, Bob Kraus, Frank B. Modell, Herb Williams, Walt Wetterberg, Chon Day, Gahan Wilson

    • 1955-11-22 Colliers Magazine Contents

    1955/11/22 — Cover credited to John Stewart and Howell Conant

    Contents as follows:
    ARTICLES:

  • Touchdown Target by Bill Fay is about Harlon Hill of the Chicago Bears
  • The $64,000 Thanksgiving Dinner by Captain Richard S. McCutchen, USMC
  • Toughest March by Bill Stapleton

  • A Great Day in American History by U.S. Senator John F. Kennedy
  • The Late James Dean by Sanford H. Roth – 4 pages iuncluding a huge color photo of Dean nearly 1-1/2 pages in size, several smaller black & white pics and text
  • Every Church Needs an Organ by James and Miriam Skardon
  • The Manikin That “Breathes” and “Bleeds” by Edward W. Bird, M.D.

    • SPECIAL

  • All About Me — Part 1 of 2 — by Bette Davis with Bill Davidson

    • SHORT STORIES

  • “Don’t Tell Me About City Ways” — The Short Short Story — by Arthur Myers with illustration by Paul C. Burns
  • “Revenge of the Bedouin by Charles B. Child and illustrated by John Pike
  • “Most Valuable Player” by W.L. Heath and illustrated by Anthony Kokinos

    • SERIAL

  • “Petticoat Brigade” — Part 1 of 2 — by C. William Harrison and illustrated by Frank McCarthy

    • FEATURES:

  • Appointment with O’Hara by John O’Hara
  • 48 States of Mind by Walter Davenport
  • Letters
  • Collier’s Credits by Jerome Beatty
  • Collier’s Comment