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1955-10-14 Colliers Magazine Contents

1955/10/14 — Cover credited to Dan Wynn

Contents as follows:
ARTICLES:

  • The Man at Ike’s Right Hand by Robert J. Donovan
  • TV Imports by Evelyn Harvey with color photos and text featuring Jeannie Carson – Maurice Chevalier – Claire Bloom – Noel Coward – Gillian Barber – Laurence Olivier
  • “It Is the Sentence of the Court…” by Judge Bolitha J. Laws
  • Sheer Delight: Women’s Stockings by Helen Markel
  • Quemoy – The Immediate Threat to Peace by Admiral Charles M. Cooke, USN (ret.)
  • The Arm and the Leg by Bill Fay feature Len Dawson of Purdue and Hopalong Cassady of Ohio State

    • SHORT STORIES

  • “After Office Hours” — The Short Short Story — by Roy Hilligoss with illustration by Andrew Virgil
  • “Series Opener” by Charles Einstein and illustrated by Dom Lupo
  • “A Secret From My Wife” by Samuel F. Babbitt and illustrated by Harry Anderson

    • SERIAL

  • “Hickory Dickory Death” — Part 1 of 3 — by Agatha Christie and illustrated by Robert Fawcett

    • FEATURES:

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

    • 1955-09-16 Colliers Magazine Contents

    1955/09/16 — Cover featuring Admiral Arleigh Burke is credited to Bob Phillips

    Contents as follows:
    ARTICLES:

  • “31-Knot” Burke by Walter Karig is about Admiral Arleigh Burke
  • Yoicks! Hunting Jackets Go to Town by Lee Campbell
  • Sophia in Sorrento by Evelyn Harvey featuring Sophia Loren with a full-color photo
  • When You Buy a Suit by Gledhill Cameron
  • Will You Pay for TV? by Bill Davidson
  • The Fish by James Dugan about the coelacanth
  • Next–“The Flying Barrel”?
  • “The Style’s The Thing” by James J. Haggerty, Jr.

    • SPECIAL

  • Francis Wallace’s 16th Football Preview

    • SHORT STORIES

  • “Death on the Avenida” — The Short Short Story — by Borden Deal with illustration by Frank McCarthy
  • “Debt to a Stranger” by Elliott Arnold and illustrated by William Reusswig
  • “Tucker’s Awful Secret” by John Bell Clayton and illustrated by Stan Ekman

    • SERIAL

  • “Sinners and Shrouds” — Part 3 of 4 — by Jonathan Latimer and illustrated by James Dwyer

    • FEATURES:

  • Appointment with O’Hara by John O’Hara
  • Collier’s Credits by Jerome Beatty
  • 48 States of Mind by Walter Davenport
  • Letters
  • Back to School by Stanley and Janice Berenstain
  • Collier’s Comment

    • 1955-09-02 Colliers Magazine Contents

    1955/09/02 — Cover credited to Eve Arnold

    Contents as follows:
    ARTICLES:

  • Psalm of the Bloodbank by Carl Sandburg – 2 full pages including a large color photo of Sandburg
  • Up in Edie’s Room by Joseph Laitin is about Edith Head
  • The Harry Cain “Mutiny” by L. Edgar Prina
  • Do-It-Yourself Made Easy

  • Whittling Capital of America by Ben Lucien Burman
  • How to Strike It Rich by Murray Morgan
  • Crazy Golf Course by Theodore Taylor
  • A Solider Relives Anzio by Audie Murphy
  • Mystery Man of the Red Army by Harrison E. Salisbury is about Vassily Sokolovsky

    • SPECIAL

  • The New Gesell Study on Child Behavior by Jack Harrison Pollack

    • SHORT STORIES

  • “Wake Up and Get Famous” — The Short Short Story — by Tom Bradshaw and illustrated by Mike Ludlow
  • “Murder Fish” by John Kruse and illustrated by Robert Fawcett including a really neat larger than full-page color illustration of a hammer head shark on the prowl with a diver
  • “The Job That Wouldn’t Wait” by Sheila Sibley and illustrated by Darrel Greene
  • “A Home for His Wife” by John Cunningham and illustrated by Edwin Dawes

    • SERIAL

  • “Sinners and Shrouds” — Part 2 of 4 — by Jonathan Latimer and illustrated by James Dwyer

    • FEATURES:

  • Appointment with O’Hara by John O’Hara
  • Collier’s Credits by Jerome Beatty
  • 48 States of Mind by Walter Davenport
  • Letters
  • Nine O’Clock Shadow by J. Gordon Holt
  • Collier’s Comment

    • 1955-08-19 Colliers Magazine Contents

    1955/08/19 — Cover credited to Jerry Yulsman

    Contents as follows:
    ARTICLES:

  • Missile Base in Germany by James J. Haggerty, Jr.
  • They’re Singing All-Nite in Dixie by Allen Rankin
  • The Big Splash in Tropical Fish
  • “We Want a School!” by Delia and Ferdinand Kuhn
  • Baseball Is a Different Game Now by Pee Wee Reese with Tom Meany and illustrated by Willard Mullin
  • A Pair of Picassos — Please by Lee Campbell
  • Dr. Woollard’s Wonderful “Cocktail Shaker” by James Poling

    • SPECIAL

  • The Lost Letters of Marie-Louis to Napoleon — Conclusion — by Theodore H. White

    • SHORT STORIES

  • “I’d Sign Anything” — The Short Short Story — by Nicholas DiMinno and illustrated by Dom Lupo
  • George’s Uranium Bonanza by Hannibal Coons and illustrated by Fredric Varady
  • Hide-Out for a Hero by Celso Al. Carunungan and illustrated by Louis S. Glanzman

    • SERIAL

  • “Sinners and Shrouds” — Part 1 of 4 — by Jonathan Latimer and illustrated by James Dwyer

    • 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

    • 1955-08-05 Colliers Magazine Contents

    1955/08/05 — Cover featuring vibrant image of Napoleon Bonaparte is a detail from a larger painting titled ‘Bonaparte Crossing the Alps’ by Jacques Louis David

    Contents as follows:

    ARTICLES:

  • We Swam the Colorado by Bill Beer
  • …As Germans See Us by John F. Mead
  • Kansas “Picnic” by Evelyn Harvey is about the film “Picnic” and features color photos of William Holden, Kim Novak and Susan Strasberg
  • Pick-and-Shovel HIstorian by Evan Jones
  • Big Ben by E.R. Yarham
  • Ike’s “Bunkered Haven” by Andrew Tully and illustrated by Harry Devlin
  • Neat Seat by Lee Campbell

    • SPECIAL

  • The Lost Letters of Marie-Louise to Napoleon — Part 1 of 2 — Historical Narrative by Theodore H. White

    • SHORT STORIES

  • “The Big Hustle” — The Short Short Story — by Walter S. Tevis and illustrated by Denver Gillen
  • “Marriage on Location” by Jerome Weidman and illustrated by J. Frederick Smith

    • SERIAL

  • “The Man in the Grey Flannel Suit” — Conclusion — by Sloan Wilson and illustrated by Joe Bowler — the same story that the 1956 Gregory Peck movie is based upon

    • FEATURES:

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

    • 1955-07-22 Colliers Magazine Contents

    1955/07/22 — Cover credited to Gene Trindl

    Contents as follows:
    ARTICLES:

  • Forest Fire! by Robert de Roos and Alva Neuns
  • Snapping Celebs at F/2 ASA 800 by Earl Wilson includes a small black & white photo of Marilyn Monroe with Milton Greene
  • The Manpower Problem in the Air Force (Where Are the Men Who Want to Fly?) by Bill Mauldin with drawings by the author
  • Dentists Wax Artistic by Howard Cohn
  • The Importance of Being Marty by Gilbert Millstein is about Ernest Borgnine
  • “You Can Fool Some of the Hitters All of the Time” by Warren Spahn with Bill Fay
  • Making Money by Mail by Robert Froman
  • Georgia’s Little Grand Canyon by Bern Keating

    • SPECIAL

  • Ike and Zhukov — Minutes of Their Last Meeting by Paul P. Roudakoff

    • SHORT STORIES

  • “Something to Share” — The Short Short Story by Georgres Carousso with illustration by Anthony Saris
  • “The Nairobi Incident” by Robert C. Ruark and illustrated by Frank McCarthy
  • “Get Going, O’Shea” by George S. Reeves and illustrated by Walter Richards

    • SERIAL

  • “The Man in the Grey Flannel Suit” — Part 2 of 3 — by Sloan Wilson and illustrated by Joe Bowler

    • FEATURES:

  • Appointment with O’Hara by John O’Hara
  • 48 States of Mind by Walter Davenport
  • Letters
  • Collier’s Credits by Jerome Beatty
  • This Is Where I Came In by Irwin Caplan
  • Collier’s Comment

    • 1955-07-08 Colliers Magazine Contents

    1955/07/08 — Cover featuring the Statue of Liberty is credited to Ehrenberg-Jorgensen-Smallman

    Contents as follows:

    ARTICLES:

  • Report on the Hoover Commission by Robert J. Donovan
  • Do You Really Play Golf? by Joseph C. Dey, Jr.
  • Down he Goes–At $800 Per Day by Robert de Roos
  • Lightning by Alfred M. Lansing
  • Big-League Little Leaguers by Howard Cohn
  • Real Cool Course
  • Wake Up–And Eat! by George M. Mardikian
  • The Army Still Needs Pigeons by Daniel Dixon

    • SPECIAL

  • Sweet Land of Liberty – Text by Archibald MacLeish — 11 pages packed with color photos

    • SHORT STORIES

  • “Human Target” — The Short Short Story — by George Fielding Eliot with illustration by Louis S. Glanzman
  • “How to Bite a Bear” by William B. Eidson and illustrated by Frank McCarthy
  • “Ambush on Camden Road” by John A. Leland and illustrated by William Reusswig

    • SERIAL

  • “The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit” — Part 1 of 3 — by Sloan Wilson and illustrated by Joe Bowler

    • 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

    • 1955-06-24 Colliers Magazine Contents

    1955/06/24 — Cover featuring gorgeous shot of Grace Kelly is credited to Howell Conant

    Contents as follows:

    ARTICLES:

  • “Mr. Attack” Goes to Washington by Peter Kalischer is about General Maxwell Davenport Taylor
  • Turbocars by James J. Haggerty, Jr.
  • How to Stop Wiretapping — Concluding Who ELSE Is Listening? — by Bernard B. Spindel with Bill Davidson
  • Nature Is Full of Surprises (The Marvels in Our Museums) — Photographed by Arthur Lavine – 6 pages of color nature photos
  • New Magic for Playgrounds by Christpher Carter
  • Hit-and-Run — Baseball’s Perfect Play by Milton Gross with drawing by John Cullen Murphy
  • Is Experience the BEST Teacher? by Leonard A. Stevens

    • SPECIAL

  • The Key to Kelly by Evelyn Harvey — 6 pages loaded with mostly color photos of Grace Kelly including one full-page color photo and one that’s actually larger than a full page. Many beach photos.

    • SHORT STORIES

  • “Dangerous Confession” — The Short Short Story — by Poyntz Tyler and illustrated by Dom Lupo
  • “Give Him to Me” by Herbert A. Francis and illustrated by Milton Wolsky
  • “The Sermon My Father Forgot” by Hope Shelley Miller and illustrated by Stan Ekman
  • “Love on a Visa” by Hannibal Coons and illustrated by Fredric Varady

    • SERIAL

  • “Man of the West” — Conclusion — by Philip Yordan and illustrated by Edwin Dawes

    • 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
  • Two-page ad for sci-fi classic “This Island Earth” featuring a 8-inches plus high illustration spreading the two pages with a listing of national theatres playing the movie below

    • 1955-06-10 Colliers Magazine Contents

    1955/06/10 — Cover credited to Jerry Yulsman

    Contents as follows:
    ARTICLES:

  • Who Else Is Listening — Part 1 of 2 about wiretapping — by Bernard B. Spindel and Bill Davidson
  • 20 New Budget Vacations by Norman D. Ford
  • That Friend of Your Wife’s Named Dior by Richard Donovan is about Christian Dior
  • Africa by Chester Bowles
  • The Night of the Hunter by Evelyn Harvey – 2 pages featuring the film starring Robert Mitchum
  • How Can This Man Help Your City? by Morton M. Hunt
  • The Matisse in the Leningrad Attic by Christopher Carter
  • Mother of Earthquakes by Joseph Laitin is about the San Andreas Fault

    • SPECIAL

  • From Plebe to President: Ike as His Classmates Remember Him

    • SHORT STORIES

  • “The Cub Scout Who Didn’t” — The Short Short Story — by Gertude Carrick with illustration by Tran Mawicke
  • “The Blue-Eyed Horse” by Michael Fessier and illustrated by Fredric Varady
  • “Serpent in the Sun” by Hugh B. Cave and illustrated by C.E. Monroe, Jr.

    • SERIAL

  • “Man of the West” — Part 2 of 3 — by Philip Yordan 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
  • Collier’s Comment
  • Nice full-page color ad for Howard Hughes’ “Son of Sinbad” starring Dale Robertson

    • 1955-05-27 Colliers Magazine Contents

    1955/05/27 — Cover credited to Bill Stapleton

    Contents as follows:
    ARTICLES:

  • Stoop or Bend by Bill Davidson
  • Shadow Plants – Our Secret Weapon by Vernon Pizer
  • Me and the Set by John Crosby with drawing by Al Hirschfeld
  • Jail Is No Place for Children in Trouble by Ruth and Edward Brecher
  • ‘Way Down Upon the Irrawaddy by Delia and Ferdinand Kuhn
  • Rippling Along
  • Best Infielder in the Majors by Tom Meany about Roy McMillan of the Reds

    • SPECIAL

  • Navy Frogmen — Top Skin-Divers of them All by Bill Stapleton

    • SHORT STORIES

  • “The Phony” — The Short Short Story — by George Spencer and illustrated by Lionel Gilbert
  • “Woman Across the Hall” by Robert Wallsten and illustrated by Andrew Virgil
  • “Crowd Pleaser” by William R. Cox and illustrated by Frank McCarthy
  • “Island of Fear” by John Andrew Rice and illustrated by C.E. Monroe, Jr.

    • SERIAL

  • “Man of the West” — Part 1 of 3 — by Philip Yordan and illustrated by Edwin Dawes

    • 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

    • 1955-05-13 Colliers Magazine Contents

    1955/05/13 — Cover featuring Rocky Marciano is credited to Garry Winogrand – The small caricature of George Gobel in the top right corner is by Al Hirschfeld

    Contents as follows:

    ARTICLES:

  • Social Security by Helen Hill Miller
  • Senator George–Ike’s Favorite Democrat? by Robert J. Donovan
  • Crashing Planes on Purpose by James J. Haggerty, Jr.
  • Breath of Life by J.D. Ratcliff
  • Fashions from the Casbah
  • Warm-Weather Skiing by Howard Cohn
  • Do You Know Corn When You See It? by Robert Froman
  • Child Guidance–And All Like That by George Gobel

    • SPECIAL

  • How it Feels to Be Champion of the World by Rocky Marciano with W.C. Heinz — 5-page feature with many photos, some in color

    • SHORT STORIES

  • “Star of the Family” — The Short Short Story — by Arthur Myers and illustrated by Mike Ludlow
  • “I’m a Ghost” by William R. Scott and illustrated by Paul C. Burns
  • “Base Runners Need Brains” by Charles Einstein and illustrated by John McDermott
  • “Custom of Danger” by Larry Finn and illustrated by John Walter
  • “The Reforming of Parlor Davis” by Peerce Platt and illustrated by Frank McCarthy

    • SERIAL

  • “The Darkest Hour” — Conclusion — by William P. McGivern and illustrated by Frank McCarthy

    • FEATURES:

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

    • 1955-04-29 Colliers Magazine Contents

    1955/04/29 — Cover features: It Flies! An Experimental Flying Platform

    Contents as follows:

    ARTICLES:

  • Asia’s Best Friend by Howard Lewis
  • When Is Baseball Like Bullfighting? by Tom Meany with color photos of Bobby Avila
  • Milk 12c a Quart–Why Not in Your Town? by Bill Davidson
  • Ecclesiastical Hot Rods by Terry Galanoy
  • The Goldwyns — And “Guys & Dolls” by Thomas M. Pryor
  • You Name It, They’ll Invent It by W.C. Heinz
  • Panorama of the Sea – The Marvels in Our Museums – Photographed by Arthur Lavine
  • Pogo Meets a Possum by Walt Kelly

    • SPECIAL

  • The Navy Comes Up With a Real “Flying Saucer” (cover story) – by James J. Haggerty, Jr. and Cornelius Ryan

    • SHORT STORIES

  • “Yankee Trick” — The Short Short Story — by Paul Annixter with illustration by Floyd Davis
  • “The Magic Carousel” by Louis Paul and illustrated by Pruett Carter
  • “Royal Theft” by Charles B. Child and illustrated by John Pike
  • “Five O’Clock Deadline” by David Levy and illustrated by Tom Lovell

    • SERIAL

  • “The Darkest Hour” — Part 2 of 3 — by William P. McGivern and illustrated by Frank McCarthy

    • FEATURES:

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

    • 1955-04-01 Colliers Magazine Contents

    1955/04/01 — Cover credited to Jerry Yulsman – Jackie Gleason featured in top right corner of cover

    Contents as follows:

    ARTICLES:

  • The Year’s Top Deb by Lee Campbell and Martha Weinman features Cary Latimer
  • Jackie in Never-Never Land — Concluding “E. Pluribus Gleason” — by Michael Drury about Jackie Gleason — All or part of 7 pages, with photos
  • Who Can Save Asia? by Delia and Ferdinand Kuhn
  • “This Is A Raid!” by Bill Davidson and Charles Hinch
  • These Sisters Know Their Skillet by Peter Kalischer
  • Comes the Revolution by Murray Teigh Bloom is about revolving doors
  • Why Do Bunts Roll Foul in Cleveland? by Hal Lebovitz is about the groundskeeping Bossard family

    • SPECIAL

  • I Rode the World’s Fastest Sub by Cornelius Ryan

    • SHORT STORIES

  • “Necktie Party” — The Short Short Story — by Henry Gregor Felsen with illustration by William Reusswig
  • “A Roof for San Patricio” by Tere Rios and illustrated by Louis S. Glanzman
  • “Shanghaied Suitor” by Bill Annett and illustrated by Roswell Keller

    • SERIALS

  • “Design for Terror” — Part 1 of 2 — by Arthur Gordon and illustrated by Robert Fawcett
  • “Invasion of Privacy” — Part 4 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
  • 48 States of Mind by Walter Davenport
  • Letters
  • Collier’s Comment
  • Full-page color ad for Chesterfield Cigarettes features Leo Durocher

    • 1955-03-18 Colliers Magazine Contents

    1955/03/18 — Cover featuring awesome Jackie Gleason illustration is credited to Al Hirschfeld

    Contents as follows:

    ARTICLES:

  • No More Paratroops? by James J. Haggerty, Jr. with two large illustrations by Fred Freeman
  • No Nutburgers for Me! by Robert de Roos
  • He Takes the Bible ‘Round the World by Henry La Cossitt about Baptist Minister E.A. Nida
  • The All-America in College Basketball (Selected by the National Association of Basketball Coaches) by Bill Fay – Opens with a full page and a half color photo featuring full-length shots of Dick Ricketts, Robin Freeman, Tom Gola, Sihugo Green, and Don Schlundt; small black & white photo of 2nd team member Bill Russell
  • The Sorry State of Nevada by Albert Deutsch
  • How Many Crickets to a Quart? by Roy Elkins
  • Tattoos for Everyone by Ann Cutler
  • The Dollar Is a Fighting Word by Eric Johnston

    • SPECIAL

  • E. Pluribus Gleason — Part 1 of 2 — by Michael Drury – 6 pages of text and photos including 4 color photos on the first two pages

    • SHORT STORIES

  • “The Day Dollars Were Free” — The Short Short Story — by Jo Lundy and illustrated by Dan Noonan
  • “The Wife Who Had Everything” by Irene and Louis Kamp and illustrated by Paul C. Burns
  • “Captain’s Battle” by John Wallace and illustrated by Robert Fawcett including one full-page color illlustration
  • “Jail Break” by Evans Harrington and illustrated by C.E. Monroe, Jr.

    • SERIAL

  • “Invasion of Privacy” — Part 3 of 4 — by Harry Kurnitz and illustrated by Joe Bowler

    • FEATURES:

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

    • 1955-03-04 Colliers Magazine Contents

    1955/03/04 — Cover featuring Gregory Peck in “Moby Dick” is credited to Frank Horvat – Willie Mays featured in top right corner of cover

    Contents as follows:

    ARTICLES:

  • Stalking the Stork by Murray Robinson
  • Coldest Town in America by Howard Cohn — It’s International Falls, Minnesota
  • Tom Meany’s 1955 Baseball Preview
  • Let’s Keep It 48 by Senator A.S. Mike Monroney
  • What’s a Nine-Letter Word Meaning Fun? by Eugene Rachlis
  • Do Gestures Speak Louder Than Words? by Robert L. Rosekrans
  • Moby Dick by Evelyn Harvey with large color photo of the climax of the movie, Gregory Peck tied down to the White Whale plus 8 more color photos of varying size, 4 pages total
  • Now It’s Dripless Paint by Martha Weinman
  • A Mine for the Jet Age by Bill Stapleton35 Questions and Answers on the Common Cold

    • SHORT STORIES

  • “The Oldest Law” — The Short Short Story by Larry Finnand illustrated by Anthony Saris
  • “Run Silent, Run Deep by Edward L. Beach – Beach is the author of the 1955 novel that the 1958 Clark Gable – Burt Lancaster film is based on. I’m not sure if this is the condensed version or perhaps an earlier incarnation of what would become the book, but it’s the same title, same author, with a large color illustration of a sub ermerging from the water
  • “Tattletale Tape” by Jack Finney and illustrated by Barbara Schwinn
  • “The Boy and the Girl” by Helen Bullard Rydell and illustrated by Lionel Gilbert

    • SERIALS

  • “Invasion of Privacy” — Part 2 of 4 — by Harry Kurnitz and illustrated by Joe Bowler and illustrated by Joe Bowler

    • FEATURES:

  • Appointment with O’Hara by John O’Hara
  • Collier’s Credits by Jerome Beatty
  • 48 States of Mind by Walter Davenport
  • Letters
  • Unburied Treasure by Jack O’Brien
  • Party Politics by John Dempsey
  • Collier’s Comment

    • 1955-02-04 Colliers Magazine Contents

    1955/02/04 — Cover composed of four images including those of Harry Truman and Olivia DeHavilland

    Contents as follows:
    ARTICLES:

  • Truman in Retirement by Helen Worden Erskine
  • How to Think Your Way to the Top by Bill Davidson
  • Everybody Skis at Steamboat by Lucile Maxfield Bogue
  • Does He Get Water from Rock? by Robert de Roos
  • American Indians – The Marvels in Our Museums — Photographed by Arthur Lavine
  • Who Writes to Dr. Schweitzer? by Sam Rosenberg
  • Into Surgery For: “Not as a Stanger” by Stanley Kramer

    • SPECIAL

  • Germany — Friend or Foe? by Theodore H. White

    • SHORT STORIES

  • “Visitor at Dawn” — Short Short Story — by Godfrey Barrass with illustration by Richard Hook
  • “The Good Husband” by Martha Gellhorn and illustrated by Mac Conner
  • “Tin-Star Posse” by Harry Sylvester and illustrated by William Reusswig

    • SERIAL

  • “Rawhide River” — Conclusion — by Cliff Farrell 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

    • 1955-01-21 Colliers Magazine Contents

    1955/01/21 — Cover featuring teen-agers is credited to Bill Mauldin and Howell Conant

    Contents as follows:

    ARTICLES:

  • Coward in the Congo by Art Buchwald
  • Now–An Atomic Drugstore by John Lear
  • Lollobrigida: Pin-Up … Or Paesana? by Evelyn Harvey – 2-1/2 pages of color Gina Lollobrigida photos with brief article
  • Master Stroke in Iran by Wanda Jablonski about oil
  • “Think or Die” by James J. Haggerty, Jr.
  • Gola’s Terrific–Even Without the Ball by Bill Fay about La Salle’s Tom Gola

    • SPECIAL

  • Today’s Teen-Ageers–“What Gives?” by Bill Mauldin and illustrated by the author

    • SHORT STORIES

  • “The Room Next Door” — The Short Short Story by Lucy Goodrich and illustrated by Frank McCarthy
  • “I Believe in Living Rich” by Margaret Chase and illustrated by J. Frederick Smith
  • “Invisible Killer” by Charles B. Child and illustrated by John Pike
  • “The Baker Rubies” by Barbara J. Hunt and illustrated by Joe Bowler

    • SERIALS

  • “Rawhide River” — Part 2 of 3 — by Cliff Farrell and illustrated by James Dwyer

    • FEATURES:

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

    • 1955-01-07 Colliers Magazine Contents

    1955/01/07 — Cover featuring Prince Charles is credited to Lisa

    Contents as follows:

    ARTICLES:

  • The Boy Who Lives in a Palace by Helen Worden Erskine is about 6-Year-Old Prince Charles – 5 full pages of text and photos
  • Can Russian Missiles Strike the United States? by Dr. Walter R. Dornberger
  • The Return of the “It” Girls by Martha Weinman features color photos of Ann Miller
  • The Philippines — Democracy in Asia by Ramon Magsaysay with Mona Gardner
  • Montana Goes Modern
  • After 45–Are You Too Old to Work? by Secretary of Labor James P. Mitchell
  • Push-Button Tomatoes by Ed Ainsworth and John W. Hilton
  • Senor Mays — Big Hit in San Juan by Tom Meany featuring Willie Mays – 4 pages of text and photos, both black & white and color
  • Island of Lost Ships by Edward Rowe Snow is about Sable Island

    • SHORT STORIES

  • “Receipe for Romance” — The Short Short Story — by Lawrence Williams with illustration by Earl Cordrey
  • “You Can’t Have Your Wife” by Hamlen Hunt and illustrated by Alex Ross
  • “A Horse That Believed in Love” by Anthony Steven and illustrated by Fredric Varady

    • SERIALS

  • “Rawhide River” — Part 1 of 3 — by Cliff Farrell and illustrated by James Dwyer
  • “Walking Out” — Conclusion — by Walt Grove and illustrated by Tran Mawicke

    • FEATURES:

  • Letters
  • 48 States of Mind by Walter Davenport
  • Collier’s Credits by Jerome Beatty
  • Appointment with O’Hara by John O’Hara
  • Collier’s Comment
  • Chesterfield Cigarettes ad on back cover features color photo of Rory Calhoun and Lita Baron

    • 1954-12-24 Colliers Magazine Contents

    1954/12/24 — The cover is credited to Arthur Lavine

    Contents as follows:
    ARTICLES:

  • Escape by Pierre Mendes-France with drawing by William Sharp
  • World’s Fastest Fighters by James J. Haggerty, Jr.
  • Nuns Turn to Modern Art by Evelyn Harvey
  • Each Game I Die by Coach Joe Lapchick with W.C. Heinz
  • Little Girl, Big Show
  • Slim Down With Your Favorite Foods by Martin Lederman
  • Who’s Who on the Moon by R.S. Richardson
  • Trapeze Artists
  • Mysterious Marshes by Ben Lucien Burman
  • America Lights Up for Christmas by Martha Weinman
  • Chrysler at the Crossroads by Vance Johnson

    • SHORT STORIES:

  • “The Unsuspected Gift” — The Short Short Story by Sherman Dixon with illustration by Dan Noonan
  • “New Year’s Bonus” by Edward Linn and illustrated by Paul C. Burns
  • “A Catch for Christmas” by Lawrence Williams and illustrated by Robert Fawcett

    • SERIALS:

  • “Walking Out” — Part 1 of 2 — by Walt Grove and illustrated by Tran Mawicke
  • “THE BODY SNATCHERS” — Conclusion (Part 3 of 3) by Jack Finney of the first printing of the story that the “Invasion of the Body Snatchers” films were based on – Illustrated by Mike Ludlow

    • FEATURES:

  • Appointment With O’Hara by John O’Hara
  • 48 States of Mind by Walter Davenport
  • Collier’s Credits by Jerome Beatty. Jr.
  • Letters
  • Checkup by Martha Blanchard
  • Collier’s Comment

    • 1954-12-10 Colliers Magazine Contents

    1954/12/10 — The cover is credited to Rocco Padulo

    Contents as follows:
    ARTICLES:

  • The 65th All-America — Selected by the American Football Coaches Association by Bill Fay
  • Is Bingo Getting Too Big? by Bill Davidson
  • “A New and Brighter Future” by Bill Stapleton
  • Are You Bitter-Sweet or Bitter-Bitter? by J.D. Ratcliff
  • Monsters Made to Order by Joseph Laitin featuring the Universal-Intenational effects team with photo of the Creature from the Black Lagoon, and some other monster models (2 pages)
  • Schizophrenia by Toni Taylor
  • You Don’t Hunt Bears–They Hunt You by Alfred M. Lansing
  • The Seven Wonders of New York by Morton Dan Morris

    • SHORT STORIES:

  • “The Man Who Went Too Far” — The Short Short Story by Wyatt Blassingame and illustrated by Dom Lupo

    • SPECIAL:

  • A New Life of Winston Churchill by Alan Moorehead
  • “The $300,000 Pearl” by Don T. Moore and illustrated by Anthony Saris
  • “Never Leave Me” by Lottie Belle Davis and illustrated by Howard Forsberg
  • “Dukie’s Dangerous Deed” by Robert C. Ruark and illustrated by Albert Dorne

    • SERIALS:

  • “THE BODY SNATCHERS” — Part 2 of 3 — by Jack Finney of the first printing of the story that the “Invasion of the Body Snatchers” films were based on – Illustrated by Mike Ludlow

    • FEATURES:

  • Appointment With O’Hara by John O’Hara
  • 48 States of Mind by Walter Davenport
  • Collier’s Credits by Jerome Beatty. Jr.
  • Letters
  • Hard Day at the Office by Herbram
  • Collier’s Comment

    • 1954-11-26 Colliers Magazine Contents

    1954/11/26 — The cover featuring Imogene Coca is credited to Ormond Gigli

    Contents as follows:
    ARTICLES:

  • Everybody’s Making Like Cleopatra by Murray Robinson
  • Jiberabu by Justice William O. Douglas
  • Detrective Kitty Barry by Gledhill Cameron
  • Town Trouble Shooter by John Wesley Noble
  • The Wild West Lives Again by Albert Rosenfeld
  • Farmers Find a New Use for a Goose by James Aswell
  • Body Fluids–A Major Medical Problem by J.D. Ratcliff
  • The Play’s the Thing by Bill Fay
  • Now It’s a Flying Cup by Howard Cohn
  • Tenzing Tries the Alps by Sam Rosenberg
  • “Why Don’t They Teach My Child to Read?” (The Struggle for Our Children’s Minds) by Howard Whitman

    • SHORT STORIES:

  • “The Man Who Went Too Far” — The Short Short Story by Wyatt Blassingame and illustrated by Dom Lupo
  • “Hot-Blooded Angel” by Elizabeth Dunn and illustrated by J. Frederick Smith
  • “Death Was a Wedding Guest” by Charles B. Child and illustrated by John Pike

    • SERIALS:

  • “THE BODY SNATCHERS” — Part 1 of 3 — by Jack Finney of the first printing of the story that the “Invasion of the Body Snatchers” films were based on – Illustrated by Mike Ludlow
  • “Indian Sign” — Conclusion — by James Warner Bellah and illustrated by Frank McCarthy

    • 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 Bargain by Bob Paplow
  • Collier’s Comment

    • 1954-11-12 Colliers Magazine Contents

    1954/11/12 — The cover featuring “The Marvels in Our Museums” is credited to Arthur Lavine

    Contents as follows:
    ARTICLES:

  • Let’s Be Realistic About the United Nations by Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr.
  • Oklahoma! by Evelyn Harvey
  • Should Blood Banks Make Money? by Bill Davidson
  • A New Way to Help “The Lost Ones” by Albert Deutsch
  • Buffalo Bill Still Lives in France by Helen Worden Erskine
  • Rehearsal for Mission No. 1 by James J. Haggerty, Jr.
  • “Mr. Inside” Is Back at the Point by Howard Cohn about Doc Blanchard with color photos
  • The Rocket Scientists Settle Down by Hodding Carter

    • SPECIAL:

  • The Marvels in Our Museums — Photographed by Arthur Lavine

    • SHORT STORIES:

  • “Too Young to Be a Wife” — The Short Short Story — by Eileen Herbert Jordan with illustration by Mike Ludlow
  • “Fight for Money” by Don Stanford and illustrated by Tran Mawicke
  • “Her Honor the Dumbbell” by Hannibal Coons and illustrated by Fredric Varady

    • SERIALS:

  • “Indian Sign” — Part 1 of 2 — by James Warner Bellah and illustrated by Frank McCarthy
  • “The Big Win” — Part 3 of 3 — by Bonner McMillion and illustrated by Tom Lovell

    • FEATURES:

  • Appointment With O’Hara by John O’Hara
  • 48 States of Mind by Walter Davenport
  • Collier’s Credits by Jerome Beatty. Jr.
  • Letters
  • Editorials
  • Ad for Lucky Strikes Cigarette ad on back cover features color photo of Ted Williams

    • 1954-10-29 Colliers Magazine Contents

    1954/10/29 — The cover is credited to Al Hirschfeld and features Groucho Marx, Jack Webb, Jackie Gleason and Lucille Ball with Desi Arnaz drawn into a totem pole arrangement

    Contents as follows:
    ARTICLES:

  • TV Ratings: Who Knows Who’s On Top by Bill Davidson
  • Moose or Man? (Too Many Sportsmen Guess Wrong) by Alfred M. Lansing
  • Bingo Bingaman – Pro Football’s Immovable Object by Bill Fay about the Detroit Lions’ lineman
  • The Reds Hold Five Big Cards — But We Can Trump Them by Edgar Ansel Mowrer
  • Anybody Here You Know? by Sam Rosenberg
  • “How Is Mrs. Chase Today?” by Wayne Green
  • Sailing With the Shrimpers by Ben Lucien Burman
  • Napoleon Brando by Evelyn Harvey – Two pages, one a full-page color image of Marlon Brando as Napoleon (with frame around image) and on facing page a smaller but similar image of Merle Oberon as Josephine
  • Did You Stop Reading in the Third Grade? by Leonard A. Stevens

    • SPECIAL:

  • The Negro in the North – Concluding The Negro In America Today — by Alan Paton

    • SHORT STORIES:

  • “Test of a Champion” — The Short Short Story — by Roderick Lull with illustration by C.E. Monroe, Jr.
  • “Young Man in a Hurry” by Robert Paul Smith and illustrated by Lucia
  • “The Locked Jewel Case” by Dillon Anderson and illustrated by Robert Bugg
  • “Who Is Mr. Dean?” by Sidney Carroll and illustrated by J. Frederick Smith

    • SERIALS:

  • “The Big Win” — Part 2 of 3 — by Bonner McMillion and illustrated by Tom Lovell

    • FEATURES:

  • Appointment With O’Hara by John O’Hara
  • 48 States of Mind by Walter Davenport
  • Collier’s Credits by Jerome Beatty. Jr.
  • Letters
  • Driver by Stan Hunt
  • Editorials
  • Ad for Chesterfield Cigarettes on back cover features color photo of Dragnet stars Jack Webb and Ben Alexander

    • 1954-10-15 Colliers Magazine Contents

    1954/10/15 — The cover is credited to Dan Weiner

    Contents as follows:
    ARTICLES:

  • Tourist in Thule by Charlotte Knight
  • The Case of the Missing Sardines by Robert de Roos
  • They Love the Life We Lead by Martha Weinman
  • Ted Williams Will Be Back by Tom Meany
  • Army for Hire by Seymour Freidin and William Richardson
  • Two Misters Play Sisters
  • “Tackle by Bronko Nagurski, Jr” by Howard Cohn
  • A Kiss for Honorable Winner by Peter Kalischer
  • Slaughter Off-Stage by Evelyn Harvey is a two-page color spread of Vera Zorina in 5 poses in a red dress
  • The Story Behind Today’s New Gasolines by Edward Adolphe

    • SPECIAL:

  • The Negro in America Today — Part 1 of 2 — by Alan Paton

    • SHORT STORIES:

  • “Fatal Slip-Up” — The Short Short Story — by Max Wilk with illustration by Anthony Saris
  • “True Love is Tricky” by Virginia Lee and illustrated by Leonard Steckler
  • “Murder in Paradise” by Ward Holm Tanzer and illustrated by Edwin Dawes

    • SERIALS:

  • “The Big Win” — Part 1 of 3 — by Bonner McMillion and illustrated by Tom Lovell
  • “I Do As I Please” — Conclusion — by William R. Scott and illustrated by Arthur Sarnoff

    • FEATURES:

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

    • 1954-10-01 Colliers Magazine Contents

    1954/10/01 — The cover is credited to Leo Choplin

    Contents as follows:
    ARTICLES:

  • To Stop the Communists: “We Must Be Willing to Fight Now” by Senator William F. Knowland
  • Destry Rides Again, Again by Evelyn Harvey with color photos including Marlene Dietrich and Audie Murphy in the film
  • Is Your Police Force Obsolete? (The Plight of the Honest Cop) by Albert Deutsch
  • How to Get Along with Any In-Law by Dr. Evelyn Mills Duvall

  • Can’t You Hear Them Calling Caroline by Bill Fay is about Illinois back J.C. Caroline
  • The Navy’s Girl in Hong Kong by Peter Kalischer
  • Exploring a Wild Cave by Alfred M. Lansing
  • A Rich Find in Texas Oils by Sey Chassler
  • Outerwear Goes Everywhere
  • Sharpest Ear in America by Ronald Schiller

    • SHORT STORIES:

  • “Pennant Pitch” — The Short Short Story by Duane Decker and illustrated by Birney Lettick
  • “The Gilt-Edged Romance of Virginia Bowers” by Mel Heimer and illustrated by Paul C. Burns
  • “Must I Use the Word?” by George Bradshaw and illustrated by J. Frederick Smith
  • “Murder on the Waterfront” by Budd Schulberg and illustrated by Frank McCarthy
    Seems to have been inspired by Schulberg’s screenplay for the classic film On the Waterfront. Here’s what it says about the story in Collier’s Credits in this issue by Jerome Beatty:
    “When we heard that Budd Schulberg had written a screen play about the waterfront, and had virtually lived on the New York-New Jersey docks to get his material, we asked him to write a fiction story for Collier’s that would sum up damatically the waterfront problem. The movie, On the Waterfront, is certainly one of the best in years, as you know if you’ve seen it. The story he wrote for us in this issue is also Schulberg at his best.”

    • SERIAL:

  • “I Do As I Please” — Part 2 of 3 — by William R. Scott and illustrated by Arthur Sarnoff

    • FEATURES:

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