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1920-07-24 Colliers Magazine Contents

1920/07/24 — Cover illustrated by Guy Hoff

  • “The Dangerous Tavern” by Wadsworth Camp and illustrated by M. Leone Bracker
  • Don’t Let Them Expatriate You by Alma and Paul Ellerbe with illustrations by George Wolfe
  • “The Little Warrior” — Serial picking up from Chapter 16 — by P.G. Wodehouse and illustrated by Wallace Morgan
  • Things Seen — Part 8: Campaign of 1880 — by Melville E. Stone with photos of James G. Blaine, John Garfield, General Hancock and Ulysses S. Grant
  • “Does Money Talk?” by Elmer Brown Mason and illustrated by O.F. Howard
  • Aboard the 8.10 by Edward Streeter and illustrated by Rea Irvin
  • Advertising (full-page only) includes: Winchester – Hassler Shock Absorbers – 2 page color ad for tires in the middle, don’t see a company just the tagline “Know them by the Jet Black Tread!” – Delco with photo of Gaston Chevrolet racing at the Indiapolis 500 – Firestone – Williams’ Shaving Cream (back cover)

    • 1920-09-25 Colliers Magazine Contents

    1920/09/25 — Cover illustrated by Frank Godwin

  • “The Stick-in-the-Muds” by Rupert Hughes and illustrated by Frank Godwin
  • One Thing We Need In Our Business by Bruce Barton and illustrated by Clive R. Weed
  • How We Americans Live — Part 4: Leavenworth, Kansas — by Allen D. Albert with photographs
  • “The Guarded Heights” by Wadsworth Camp and illustrated by Charles D. Mitchell
  • On the New York Stage by Heywood Broun with cartoon by A.J. Frueh and photos of Grace Valentine and Maria Ascarra
  • Aboard the 8.10 by Edward Streeter and illustrated by Rea Irvin
  • Advertising (full-page only) includes: Edison-Dick Mimeograph – United States Tires – Paige-Detroit Motor Car Company – Pennsylvania Vacuum Cup Cord Tires (2 pages in center) – Art Metal – Goodyear (2 pages) – Fairbanks Scales – Victrola (color ad on back cover)

    • 1920-10-02 Colliers Magazine Contents

    1920/10/02 — Cover illustrated by F. Luis Mora

  • “Blind Cupid” by Josephine Daskam Bacon and illustrated by Charles D. Mitchell
  • Back from Sir Oliver’s Lodge by H.C. Witwer with photo of Witwer and headlines from his “suicide”
  • “The Guarded Camps” by Wadsworth Camp and illustrated by Charles D. Mitchell
  • Things Seen — Part 11: The Campaign of 1884 with photo of Grover Cleveland and copy of letter from Mark Twain expressing his faith in Chester A. Arthur
  • The Ideal of Service by Paul Fabyan
  • Advertising (full-page only) includes: Nash Motors – Studebaker – Kelly Springfield Tire Company – Brunswick Phonograph and Records – Munsingwear (color 2-page center spread) – Eastman Kodak – The New Edison Phonograph (2 pages) – Mitchell Motors Company – Columbia Grafonola – Thermoid Brake Lining – Williams’ Holder Top Shaving Stick (back cover)

    • 1921-01-29 Colliers Magazine Contents

    1921/01/29 — Cover illustrated by Anita Parkhurst

  • When Crossroads Cross Again by Rupert Hughes and illustrated by Frank Godwin
  • What They Are Saying in Ireland by Maude Radford Warren with photographs
  • By Ten Feet by Frank Condon and illustrated by Gayle Porter Hoskins
  • How They Found Miss Lulu Bett by Heywood Broun with photos of Bett and Louise Closser Hale
  • Fire-Tongue — A Serial picking up here from Chapter 6 — by Sax Rohmer and illustrated by J.C. Coll
  • Broadway Becomes Main Street by Charles Phelps Cushing with photographs
  • The Thing Called Courage by Philip J. Roosevelt and illustrated by Louis Fanchet
  • Advertising (full-page only) includes: Paramount Pictures – Columbia Records featuring Rosa Ponselle illustrated in color (back cover)

    • 1920-04-10 Colliers Magazine Contents

    1920/04/10 — Cover illustrated by Webb

  • The Little Warrior by P.G. Wodehouse and illustrated by Wallace Morgan
  • A Man’s World? No! by Donald Wilhelm
  • Nooning at the Devilbrew by Holman Day and illustrated by N.C. Wyeth, billed here just as Convers Wyeth
  • What the Hello Girl Thinks by W.L. Whittlesey and illustrated by O.F. Howard
  • The Home Seekers by Samuel Hopkins Adams and illustrated by J. Scott Williams
  • The Ball of Fire by Meade Minnigerode and illustrated by R.M. Crosby
  • Harai — A Serial picking up here from Chapter 2 — by John Colton and illustrated by George Wright
  • Outdoor America includes The Olympic Games by George V. Brown with photo of Joie Ray – Tennis by Suzanne Lenglen with photo of Lenglen – Walter Camp Says with photo of Georges Carpentier
  • An Adventure in Milk by Arthur Ruhl

  • A Useful Education – A poem by Berton Braley
  • Advertising (full-page only) includes: Community Plate – Stewart Speedometer for Ford Cars – Columbia Storage Batteries – Oakland Sensible Six Auto – The Hoover Vacuum – Dr. Lyons Powder Cream – Packard – Topkis – Pennsylvania Auto Tube (2-page center spread) – Champion Spark Plugs – Goodyear (2 pages) – Laclede-Christy – Beacon Shoes – The New Edison Phonograph – Gould Storage Battery – Raynster – Goodrich Tires – Jackson Four Wheel Drive Trucks – San-Tox (back cover)

    • 1934-06-23 Colliers Magazine Contents

    1934/06/23 — Cover illustrated by Arthur Crouch

  • Little McGraw by Frederick Hazlitt Brennan and illustrated by Robert O. Reid is baseball fiction
  • Out of the Red by T.R. Ybarra and illustrated by Gluyas Williams
  • The Big Softie by Harlan Ware and illustrated by Ronald McLeod
  • Queen of Parts by Kyle Crichton is about movie actress Aline McMcMahon
  • The Pride of Gamma Gamma by Lucian Cary and illustrated by Harry Beckhoff
  • The Old Gentleman by Quentin Richards is about Man o’ War

  • Best Clue Missing by William MacHarg and illustrated by Harry L. Timmins
  • The Trail of Fu Manchu — Part 9 — by Sax Rohmer and illustrated by John Richard Flanagan

  • For a Sailor — The Short Short Story — by Edward L. McKenna and Georges Surdez and illustrated by John Polgreen
  • Woman of Honor — Part 4 — by James Warner Bellah and illustrated by Mario Cooper
  • Keep Up with the World by Freling Foster
  • Stop Counting Sheep by Dr. Ruth F. Wadsworth about insomnia
  • Editorial: Don’t Play Cards With Strangers
  • Small 4-panel comic style black & white Flit ad illustrated by Dr. Seuss (about 4-5/8″ X 3-5/8″)

    • 1934-07-21 Colliers Magazine Contents

    1934/07/21 — Cover illustrated by Paul Shively

  • Woman in Love — Part 1 — by Kathleen Norris and illustrated by Ronald McLeod

  • Wolf’s Clothing — The Short Short Story — by Henri Duvernois and illustrated by Walter C. Klett
  • Artful Dodger by Quentin Reynolds about then Brooklyn Dodgers manager Casey Stengel
  • Carolina Moon by Owen P. White and illustrated by William Steig

  • Emergency Room by Teresa Hyde Phillips and illustrated by Raymond Thayer
  • So the King Stopped It by Don Marquis with illustration modeled in clay by Alan Foster

  • Bearer of the Tooth by Frank Buck and illustrated by R.H. Collins
  • The Other Hero by Ernest Haycox and illustrated by J.W. Schlaikjer

  • Dark Landfall by Jacland Marmur and illustrated by C.C. Beall
  • Act Natural by Luke Faust and illustrated by Harry Beckhoff
  • Jail Breaker — Part 3 — by W.R. Burnett and illustrated by Elmore Brown
  • Keep Up with the World by Freling Foster
  • Editorial: All Opposed–Say Something

    • 1932-06-11 Colliers Magazine Contents

    1932/06/11 — Cover illustrated by Arthur Smith

  • Dream Street Rose by Damon Runyon and illustrated by Wallace Morgan
  • Born to Sing — Part 1 — by Alice Nielsen
  • But the Dead Don’t Vote by Walter Davenport and illustrated by F.G. Cooper
  • Love and Laughter by Roark Bradford and illustrated by Harry Burne
  • Steak With Onions by Lucian Cary and illustrated by Carl Mueller
  • Top Notch by Grantland Rice with small photos of article subjects Gene Venzke – Chuck Klein Max Schmeling with Bobby Jones
  • Fathoms Deep — The Short Short Story — by Octavus Roy Cohen and illustrated by L.R. Gustavson
  • The Mask of Fu Manchu — Part 6 — by Sax Rohmer and illustrated by John Richard Flanagan
  • Hot Water — Part 4 — by P.G. Wodehouse and illustrated by Floyd Davis

  • The Girl to Marry by Zona Gale and illustrated by R.F. James
  • How Would You Play It? By Milton C. Work
  • Keep Up with the World by Freling Foster
  • Editorial: Take An Air Trip

    • 1932-04-02 Colliers Magazine Contents

    1932/04/02 — Cover illustrated by Earl Oliver Hurst

  • Shanghai Madness by Frederick Hazlitt Brennan and illustrated by Donald Teague

  • As Advertised by Roger W. Babson and illustrated by Herb Roth
  • A Man Must Fight – Conclusion: The story of the long count – by Gene Tunney with full-page photo
  • Not Too Hard-Boiled by M.C. Blackman and illustrated by L.R. Gustavson
  • Brazil Bucks Up by Edward Tomlinson
  • Capital Chatterbox by The Gentleman at the Keyhole

  • Mammoth Cave-Ins by Grantland Rice about heavyweight boxing, “The bigger they are the harder they fall”
  • They’re All That Way by Lucian Cary and illustrated by Carl Mueller

  • The Unguarded Queen — Part 6 — by Arthur Train and illustrated by Joseph Simont
  • The Gracious Lady — Part 8 — by Arthur Somers Roche and illustrated by John H. Crosman
  • The Seeing Eye — The Short Short Story — by Robert McNair and illustrated by Joseph M. Clement
  • Keep Up with the World by Freling Foster
  • How Would You Play It? By Milton C. Work
  • Editorials

    • 1931-05-23 Colliers Magazine Contents

    1931/05/23 — Cover illustrated by Neal Bose

  • The Finisher — A Golf Story by Talbert Josselyn and illustrated by Harry L. Timmins
  • Alligator Boy by Grantland Rice about Henry Coppinger
  • Red Balloons — The Short Short Story — by Elmer Davis and illustrated by Howard Elcock
  • France Steps Out by Dr. Julius Klein and illustrated by C.H. Sykes

  • Protection — Part 4 by W.R. Burnett and illustrated by Donald Teague
  • “Now I’ll Tell One Scheheradzade” by Frederick Hazlitt Brennan and illustrated by James Montgomery Flagg
  • Like a Man! by E.P. O’Donnell and illustrated by E.F. Ward
  • All in the Family by Courtney Ryler Cooper is about the circus family
  • Social Secretary — Part 2 — by Charles Brackett and illustrated by Jay Hyde Barnum
  • The Fourth Degree by William MacHarg and illustrated by Harry L. Timmins
  • Packing a Good Time by Aimee Larkin and illustrated by Irving Nurick
  • Never Too Young by Vincent Richards
  • In One Ear
  • How Would You Play It? by Milton C. Work
  • Keep Up with the World by Freling Foster
  • Al Ready by The Gentleman at the Keyhole
  • Editorial

    • 1934-01-20 Colliers Magazine Contents

    1934/01/20 — Cover illustrated by Earl Oliver Hurst

  • Oriental Moonlight by Sidney Herschel Small and illustrated by C.C. Beall
  • Sissy Game by Quentin Reynolds — Professional Hockey as the player sees it
  • An Evening’s Fun by Walter Davenport and illustrated by Gluyas Williams
  • On the Road by Erich Maria Remarque and illustrated by George Howe
  • White Blonde by Mary C. McCall, Jr. and illustrated by Harry Morse Meyers

  • Marriage for Revenue — Part 6 — by George Agnew Chamberlain and illustrated by Carl Mueller
  • Behind the Headlines by Ernest Haycox and illustrated by Irvin Nurick

  • Cinderella in City Hall by Ray Tucker about Fiorello LaGuardia
  • Thunder in the Dust — Part 8 — by Alan LeMay and illustrated by Ronald McLeod
  • Ziegfeld and His Follies — Part 2 — by Eddie Cantor and David Freedman with photos of Cantor with Ziegfeld – Ed Wynn – Bert Williams – Anna Held

  • A Snack in Time by Ruth Seinfel
  • Keep Up with the World by Freling Foster
  • Editorial: The Enemy Among Us

    • 1934-02-10 Colliers Magazine Contents

    1934/02/10 — Cover illustrated by Joseph Morgan

  • Nothing from Reno by Teresa Hyde Phillips and illustrated by Elmore Brown
  • Money in the Mail Box by Walter Davenport and illustrated by William Steig
  • I’ll Be Back by W.A.S. Douglas and illustrated by William Meade Prince
  • Ball of Fury by Ray Tucker about Senator Carter Glass
  • Ice Man by Quentin Reynolds
  • The Sin Splitter by Roark Bradford and illustrated by Harry Burne
  • Ziegfeld and His Follies — Part 5: Stage Magicians — by Eddie Cantor and David Freedman

  • Marriage for Revenue — Part 9 — by George Agnew Chamberlain and illustrated by Carl Mueller
  • Thunder in the Dust — Conclusion — by Alan LeMay and illustrated by Ronald McLeod
  • Guidance — The Short Short Story — by Margaret Widdemer and illustrated by Walter C. Klett
  • Keep Up with the World by Freling Foster
  • Editorial: Banks to Bet On

    • 1934-02-24 Colliers Magazine Contents

    1934/02/24 — Cover illustrated by J. Clinton Shepherd

  • Out of the Whirlpool by Alan LeMay and illustrated by James W. Earley
  • Revolt in Hollywood by Grover Jones
  • Whiskey Sour by John T. Flynn and illustrated by George Shanks
  • Rough Air — Part 2 — by Ernest Haycox

  • A Butler and Everything by Elmer Davis and illustrated by Jay Hyde Barnum
  • Run of the Reel by Quentin Reynolds with sailfish illustrations by Lynn Bogue Hunt
  • In Short by Betty Thornley Stuart

  • White House Shadows by Ray Tucker
  • Flash and Fury by Kyle Crichton about Eddie Shore
  • Marriage for Revenue — Part 9 — by George Agnew Chamberlain and illustrated by Carl Mueller
  • Iron Woman by Robert Ormond Case and illustrated by Harry Anderson
  • Center Ring — The Short Short Story — by Courtney Ryley Cooper and illustrated by Ronald McLeod
  • Keep Up with the World by Freling Foster
  • Editorial: In Round Billions

    • 1934-03-10 Colliers Magazine Contents

    1934/03/10 — Cover illustrated by Earl Oliver Hurst

  • The Case Against Mrs. Ames — Part 1 — by Arthur Somers Roche and illustrated by John H. Crosman
  • Heat Wave by Walter Davenport is about Chicago Night Clubs
  • Broadway Bound by Patterson McNutt and illustrated by Walter C. Klett
  • The Man Who Couldn’t Take It by Talbert Josselyn and illustrated by C.C. Beall

  • Hit Hunter by Kyle Crichton is about Jed Harris
  • Only an Elephant by Richard Connell and illustrated by Harry Beckhoff
  • Medium Well Done by Hugh Wiley and illustrated by John Gannam
  • Rough Air — Part 4 — by Ernest Haycox and illustrated by George Howe
  • Copy-Book Senator by Ray Tucker
  • Honey Boy — The Short Short Story — by George Milburn and illustrated by Ronald McLeod
  • Sun Babies by Quentin Reynolds
  • Keep Up with the World by Freling Foster
  • Editorial: Pot of Gold

    • 1934-03-17 Colliers Magazine Contents

    1934/03/17 — Cover illustrated by George de Zayas

  • Miss Pacific Fleet by Frederick Hazlitt Brennan and illustrated by Robert O. Reid
  • Red Men and White by Owen P. White, includes a couple of older Frederic Remington illustrations from 1904 and 1909
  • The Bear’s Head by Harold Lamb and illustrated by John Richard Flanagan
  • Never a Champ by Edward L. McKenna and illustrated by Harry Morse Meyers
  • The Case Against Mrs. Ames — Part 2 — by Arthur Somers Roche and illustrated by John H. Crosman
  • Talking Toes — The Short Short Story — by Teresa Hyde Phillips and illustrated by Walter C. Klett
  • Russia Moves In by Ray Tucker
  • Rough Air — Part 5 — by Ernest Haycox and illustrated by George Howe
  • She Says It’s Spinach by Kyle Crichton about Margaret Sullavan
  • Another Girl by Elizabeth Corbett and illustrated by Raymond Thayer
  • The Amateur’s Profession by Tommy Armour
  • Keep Up with the World by Freling Foster
  • Editorial: We Want Service

    • 1934-03-31 Colliers Magazine Contents

    1934/03/31 — Cover illustrated by Earl Oliver Hurst

  • The Silver Moon by Sidney Herschel Small and illustrated by John Gannam
  • Revive Us Again by Walter Davenport and Illustrated by William Steig
  • Bachelor Dinner by Matt Taylor and illustrated by Harry Morse Meyers
  • She Brought Him Luck by Jerome Beatty and illustrated by Mario Cooper
  • The Case Against Mrs. Ames — Part 4 — by Arthur Somers Roche and illustrated by John H. Crosman
  • Bet You a Hat by Quentin Reynolds is about Bill Terry
  • It Comes But Once — The Short Short Story — by A.W. Somerville and illustrated by C.C. Beall
  • Rough Air — Part 7 — by Ernest Haycox and illustrated by George Howe
  • The Right Tickets by William MacHarg and illustrated by Harry L. Timmins
  • Me for Rio by T.R. Ybarra
  • The Kid from the Ukraine by Kyle Crichton is about Anna Sten
  • Statesmen at East by Ray Tucker
  • Keep Up with the World by Freling Foster
  • Editorial: Rule, Not Ruin

    • 1934-05-19 Colliers Magazine Contents

    1934/05/19 — Cover illustrated by Louis Fancher

  • Walking Lady by Sidney Herschel Small and illustrated by George Howe
  • The New Deal Faces South by T.R. Ybarra
  • The Lotman’s True Love by Roark Bradford and illustrated by Harry Burne
  • How Ryan Got Out of Russia by Lord Dunsany and illustrated by Dan Sweeney
  • Pro and Connie by Frederick Hazlitt Brennan and illustrated by Mario Cooper
  • The Trial of Fu Manchu — Part 4 — by Sax Rohmer and illustrated by John Richard Flanagan
  • Hidden Lights by Bill Cunningham
  • The Case Against Mrs. Ames — Part 11 — by Arthur Somers Roche and illustrated by John H. Crosman
  • Jungle Trails by Frank Buck

  • Hooray for Abraham Lincoln! by Ray Tucker and illustrated by William Steig

  • Ace in the Role by Kyle Crichton is about Henry Hull
  • Love Match — The Short Short Story — by Mary C. McCall, Jr. and illustrated by Walter C. Klett
  • Keep Up with the World by Freling Foster
  • Editorial: Trust Brains

    • 1938-07-30 Colliers Magazine Contents

    1938/07/30 — Cover design by D.B. Holcomb

    Contents as follows:
    SHORT STORIES:

  • “One-Night Stand” by Richard English and illustrated by Jon Whitcomb
  • “The Devil’s Current” by Harold Lamb and illustrated by Ronald MacLeod
  • “The Street of Angels” by Edward L. McKenna and illustrated by Harry Beckoff
  • “Sinister Gifts” by William MacHarg and illustrated by Harry L. Timmins
  • “Timid Soul” — The Short Short Story by Richard Connell and illustrated by Geoffrey Biggs

    • SERIAL STORIES:

  • “The Honor of the Dixie Belle” — Part 3 by Frederick Hazlitt Brennan and illustrated by Earl Oliver Hurst
  • “The Runaway” — Part 9 — by Kathleen Norris and illustrated by Walter Klett

    • ARTICLES:

  • Lamb of Wall Stree by John T. Flynn featuring William McChesney Martin, Jr.
  • Japan Guesses Wrong by Winston Churchill
  • All on One Ticket by Kyle Crichton
  • Stamp Stampede by Frank D. Morris
  • Crazy Over Horses by Quentin Reynolds
  • Bootleg Boxing by Richard McCann with photo of Lew Ambers
  • Keep Up with the World by Freling Foster
  • Editorial: Order to Pay

    • 1938-03-12 Colliers Magazine Contents

    1938/03/12 — Cover design by D.B. Holcomb

    Contents as follows:
    SHORT STORIES:

  • “Table Seventeen” by Margery Sharp and illustrated by George Howe
  • “Model for Life” by Constance Cassady and illustrated by Jon Whitcomb
  • “Yellow Jasmine” by Sidney Herschel Small and illustrated by James Lewis
  • “Great Music” by Jacland Marmur and illustrated by Herbert Morton Stoops
  • “Important Question” — The Short Short Story — by Ernest Haycox and illustrated by Dan Sweeney

    • SERIAL STORIES:

  • “Sunset Voyage” — Part 3 by Lawrence G. Blochman and illustrated by Harry Morse Meyers
  • “Castle Sinister” — Part 5 — by J.P. Marquand and illustrated by Ronald MacLeod

    • ARTICLES:

  • Twelve Against the Gods by Hugh S. Johnson – Industry’s All-America
  • Industrious Butterfly by Katharine Roberts is about Vera Zorina with photograph
  • Vinegar Bill, the Ivory Scout by Kyle Crichton is about New York Yankee scout Bill Essick with photos of Essick, Joe Gordon, Hank Greenberg, and Tony Lazzeri with Lefty Gomez
  • Marse Jeff Davis — Part 4 — by Harris Dickson and illustrated by Mario Cooper
  • Keep Up with the World by Freling Foster
  • Editorial: We Still Need Experts

    • 1933-07-29 Colliers Magazine Contents

    1933/07/29 — Cover illustrated by Jay Hyde Barnum

  • As If He Cared! By Teresa Hyde Phillips and illustrated by Jay Hyde Barnum
  • Stop Lying to Investors by William G. Shepherd and illustrated by F.G. Cooper
  • Wow of the Week by Everett Rhodes Castle and illustrated by Floyd Davis
  • Legs Last Just So Long by Quentin Reynolds and illustrated by Donald Teague
  • “Manhattan Love Song” — Part 3 — by Kathleen Norris and illustrated by Walter C. Klett
  • Keep Up With the World by Freling Foster
  • You Can’t Get to Heaven That Way by T.R. Ybarra with illustrations (of Hitler) by Harry Haenigsen — Adolf Hitler Tackles Religion
  • Through the Cabin Window by William MacHarg and illustrated by Irving Nurick
  • All About Women by Andre Maurois and illustrated by Ralph Pallen Coleman
  • Beauty Without Bunk by Ruth F. Wadsworth, M.D.
  • “Starlight Rider” — Part 5 — by Ernest Haycox and illustrated by Matt Clark
  • In the Saddle by The Gentleman at the Keyhole
  • Editorial: When the Dam Comes Down

    • 1933-04-22 Colliers Magazine Contents

    1933/04/22 — Cover illustration uncredited

  • Soft Coal by Grover Jones and illustrated by Joseph M. Clement
  • Or What Have You? By Walter Davenport and illustrated by F.G. Cooper
  • Walcome, Stranger by Kay Kennedy and illustrated by Norman T. Mingo
  • Time to Be Tough by Seymour Winslow and illustrated by Walter C. Klett
  • Henry P. Davison by Thomas W. Lamont
  • Slander — Part 3 — by Arthur Somers Roche and illustrated by John H. Crosman
  • Cold Trails — Part 8 — by Alan LeMay and illustrated by John Gannam
  • Always Right by John B. Kennedy is about baseball umpire Bill Klem with photo of Klem making call as Lou Gehrig slides home in 1932 World Series
  • For the Sake of Argument by Don Marquis and illustrated by Ray Rohn
  • Sorokin’s Mother — The Short Short Story by Helena Clayton and illustrated by George Howe
  • Editorial: Keep Beer Out of Politics
  • Beautiful color Life Savers ad includes an appx. half-page illustration by John Held, Jr.
  • Coca-Cola ad on back cover – You Walk 8 Miles a Day Just in Housework

    • 1929-02-06 Colliers Magazine Contents

    1929/02/16 — Cover illustrated by John Holmgren

  • Three on a Match by Emma-Lindsay Squier and illustrated by Harry Townsend (This has nothing to do with the 1932 movie)
  • Bartender’s Guide to Washington by Walter Davenport
  • You Never Know by Samuel Merwin and illustrated by Charles Lassell
  • Directed by — In Pictures — Photos spread over two pages of movie stars with their wives, shown are H.B. Warner – George Bancroft – Jack Holt – George K. Arthur – Emil Jannings – Wallace Beery – Neil Hamilton – Raymond Hatton
  • The Gawky Age by Ruth F. Wadsworth, M.D. and illustrated by Reginald Birch
  • The Chief of the Loch McCree by Albert Richard Wetjan
  • Something Beautiful by Zona Gale and illustrated by William Hoople
  • Onward and Upward (- or, Jack Barrymore’s Revenge) by Ring Lardner with three faceless illustrations of John Barrymore by William Auerbach-Levy
  • Wings of Destiny — A Serialized Story picking up here from Chapter 5 — by George Weston and illustrated by Oscar Schmidt
  • Leave Your Chin Behind by Grantland Rice
  • Marriage for Two — A Serialized Story picking up from Chapter 10 this issue — by Arthur Somers Roche and illustrated by Joseph Simont
  • On a Night Like This by Frank Condon and illustrated by Herb Roth
  • How’s Business by Merle Thorpe
  • Baffling Daughters by Sinbad
  • How Would You Play It? by Milton C. Work
  • No One Would Have Him by Jack Binns
  • The String Pullers by The Gentleman at the Keyhole
  • Believe it Or Not by Ripley
  • Colliergraphs
  • Editorials

    • 1940-02-17 Colliers Magazine Contents

    1940/02/17 — Cover design by Jay Irving

    Contents as follows:
    SHORT STORIES:

  • “One Cold Night” by Frederick Nebel and illustrated by John Holmgren
  • “Pictures Are Here to Stay” by Matt Taylor and illustrated by Earl Oliver Hurst
  • “Rendezvous” by W. Townend and illustrated by Harry Morse Meyers
  • “The Heart of Kwan Yin” by Hugh Wiley and illustrated by Irving Nurick
  • “Ebb Tide” — The Short Short Story by Jacland Marmur and illustrated by George Howe

    • SERIAL STORIES:

  • “Romance in Crimson” part 3 of 10 by Octavus Roy Cohen and illustrated by Elmore Brown
  • “Let Me Call You Comrade” — Part 2 of 5 — by Frederick Hazlitt Brennan and illustrated by Gilbert Darling

    • ARTICLES:

  • Right From the Start by Frank Condon is about the electronic starting gate in horse racing
  • Now, in Germany– by W.B. Courtney
  • Big Man of Ballet by Ruth Seinfel is about Leonide Fedorovitch Massine
  • Above Timber Line by Edwin Muller
  • Thanks for Your Voice by Nancy Pope is about the Sonovox with a large black and white photo of Lucille Ball with inventor Gilbert Wright

    • PLUS:

  • Keep Up With the World by Freling Foster
  • Editorials: Let Trade Hull Trade On – How’s Yur Hoosegow?

    • 1941-06-07 Colliers Magazine Contents

    1941/06/07 — Cover design by T.D. Skidmore

    Contents as follows:
    SHORT STORIES:

  • “A Spot of Adversity” by D.K. Findlay and illustrated by Ronald McLeod
  • “When the Time Comes” by Frederick Nebel and illustrated by Mario Cooper
  • “The Tides of Lundy” by Walter Havighurst and illustrated by Dan Sweeney

  • “The Price” — The Short Short Story by John Randolph Phillips and illustrated by Frank Street

    • SERIAL STORIES:

  • “Trail Town” — Part 9 of 10 — by Ernest Haycox and illustrated by Donald Teague

  • “Lady in Armor” — Part 6 of 9 — by Octavus Roy Cohen and illustrated by Harry Morse Meyers

    • ARTICLES:

  • Time Bomb in Hong Kong by Martha Gellhorn
  • Great Day by Kyle Crichton is about Laraine Day with half-page color photo
  • Zoom Town by Frank D. Morris
  • Kid Mercury by Stanley Frank is about track star Leslie MacMitchell
  • Our New Army

    • PLUS:

  • Wing Talk
  • Keep Up With the World by Freling Foster
  • Editorial: Tax Us, But Don’t Rob Us

    • 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