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1943-03-02 Pic Magazine Contents

1943/03/02 — ITEM DESCRIPTION:
Issue measures appx. 10-1/4″ X 13-3/8″ with 50 pages plus covers.

Beatrice and Evelyn Kraft, the Kraft Sisters, on the cover in photograph by Sam Andre.

Contents from this issue are as follows:

  • “I Would Not Believe My Husband Was Dead by Celine Hansen

    • AMERICANA:

  • A Star Goes Home is about Nan Wynn

    • PEOPLE:

  • World’s Most Ancient Royalty is about the last of the Mayan royal line

    • CONSERVATION:

  • The Town That Was Moved Two Miles is about Shawnee Town, Illinois

    • NIGHTLIFE:

  • The Kraft Sisters

    • MOVIES:

  • Best Bets — Includes a photo and review of each of the following: “Star Spangled Rhythm” showing Betty Hutton and Victor Moore; “Tennessee Johnson” showing Van Heflin and Ruth Hussey; “Something to Shout About” showing Don Ameche and Janet Blair; “The Meanest Man in the World” showing Jack Benny and Rochester

    • POLITICS:

  • Washington Key Man is about Harold Young, the Assistant to the Vice-President

    • SPORTS:

  • Soldiers Pick Dempsey Over Louis with several photos of both Jack Dempsey and Joe Louis

    • HOLLYWOOD:

  • Busy Booth is about Katherine Booth

    • PROPAGANDA:

  • We Are Super Colossal is about the Nazis with cartoon of Hitler and photos including Streicher, Himmler and Goering

    • OTHER ARTICLES:

  • Quiz
  • The Good Old Artillery
  • Henry the Rooster
  • What Makes You Cry? — Shows scenes from the British film “In Which We Serve”
  • Girls for Fighting Men
  • Midget Bouncer

    • DEPARTMENTS:

  • Speak Up
  • Yes-No
  • Charlie Conscript
  • Gabble
  • The “Pic” Album of Sensational Crimes — The A.T. Stuart Case

    • 1941-10-28 Pic Magazine Contents

    1941/10/28 — ITEM DESCRIPTION:
    Issue measures appx. 10-1/4″ X 13-3/8″ with 50 pages plus covers.

    Actress Maria Montez is on the cover of this issue.

    Contents from this issue are as follows:

  • “Six Ways to Assassinate Hitler” by Lamar Middleton

    • PEOPLE:

  • He Should Marry a Blonde

    • COLLEGE:

  • Southern Illinois Normal Chivalry

    • NIGHTCLUB:

  • Girlie Show for British Service Men

    • RADIO:

  • Ears of the U.S.

    • HOLLYWOOD:

  • Parker Vacations at Home is about Jean Parker
  • Best Bet: “Texas” starring William Holden and Claire Trevor

    • BROADWAY:

  • Dawn Came Up Like Thunder is a large photo of Dawn Bedan

    • THEATRE:

  • “The Barker” starring Ann Corio

    • CHILDREN:

  • Water Mite-Y

    • POLITICS:

  • Does Roosevelt Need Congress?

    • RELIGION:

  • Aimee Semple McPherson — President of the International Church of the Foursquare Gospel

    • SPORT:

  • Sunnie O’Dea Gracefully Executes Strenuous Sport

    • DEPARTMENTS:

  • Speak Up
  • How to Do for Men
  • Incidentally includes photos of Billy Conn
  • The “Pic” Album of Sensational Crimes — The Ruth Gilmore Steese Case
  • Charlie Conscript
  • Your Astral Cue — by Nona Howard
  • The Vatican

    • 1941-06-10 Pic Magazine Contents

    1941/06/10 — ITEM DESCRIPTION:
    Issue measures appx. 10-1/4″ X 13-3/8″ with 50 pages plus covers.

    Florence Lundeen is on the cover of this issue.

    Contents from this issue are as follows:

  • “Are You An American?”

    • INTOLERANCE:

  • Legions of Death is 4-pages about the Ku Klux Klan with mostly photos

    • FASHION:

  • Dress to Please Him

    • INDUSTRY:

  • The Brand

    • ENTERPRISE:

  • Ark of Juneau

    • PHOTOGRAPHY:

  • Andre and Hayward Photograph Hayward is three pages of Susan Hayward photos including 2 full-page shots

    • HOLLYWOOD:

  • Best Bet: “Million Dollar Baby” with Ronald Reagan, Priscilla Lane and Jeffrey Lynn
  • Keep Your Eye on the Ball shows Marguerite Chapman golfing

    • THEATRE:

  • Civil War in the Theatre by Oscar Serlin
  • Bound for the Big Time

    • SPORT:

  • A Cushion for the Fall Guy by Eddie Arcaro

    • PEOPLE:

  • Hobo Jump
  • High-Watha

    • CONTROVERSY:

  • Why 71,500 Husbands Left Their Wives

    • DEPARTMENTS:

  • How to Do for Men
  • Speak Up
  • Charlie Conscript
  • The “Pic” Album of Sensational Crimes — The Velma West Case
  • Reader’s Camera Clicks
  • The Stellargram

    • 1937-12 Pic Magazine Contents

    1937/12 — ITEM DESCRIPTION:
    Volume 1, Number 8 of Pic. Issue measures appx. 10-1/4″ X 13-3/8″ with 42 pages plus covers.

    Front cover features “An Artist at Work in His Village Studio” while back cover shows Greta Garbo (shown below).

    Contents from this issue are as follows:

  • The Garden Shake-Up about Madison Square Garden, Jimmy Johnston, Mike Jacobs
  • Night Life in Greenwich Village includes photos from The Gold Coast, Jack Delaney’s, The Village Barn, Jimmy Kelly’s, The Vanguard, El Gaucho, The Black Cat, and The Pepper Pot
  • Pitt Travels to New York is about University of Pittsburgh football team coming to play the Fordham Rams
  • “Let’s Try Them Again” shows scene shots from films remade over the years: “Romeo and Juliet,” “Prisoner of Zenda,” “Oliver Twist,” “Camille” and includes photos of Theda Bara, Ramon Novarro, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Marie Doro, Jackie Coogan, Nazimova, Norma Talmadge, Greta Garbo and others
  • Talleyho is about Fox Hunting
  • What Are They Doing Now? is about Maude Adams
  • Ivory Hunting is about baseball scouting
  • The Pic Album of Notorious American Murders — No. 2 — The Brutal Slaying of Bobbie Franks by Richard Loeb and Nathan Leopold