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1936-05-16 Liberty Magazine Contents May 16, 1936

1936/05/16 —
Claudette Colbert cover painted by Victor Tchetchet

SHORT STORIES:

  • “Parents Are Important” by Faith Ellen Smith with illustration by Frank Godwin
  • “A Good Manager” by Jack Dempsey, former heavyweight champ, with illustration by J. Clinton Shepherd
  • Thumbnail Sketches by Millie the Manicurist as told to Dorothy Day
  • “In the Eyes of the Law” — Liberty’s Short Short by J. Allan Dunn

    • SERIALS:

  • “Without Warning” – Part 4 by Major George Fielding Eliot and Edward Doherty with illustration by Charles Bryson
  • “Company of the Damned” – End by Captain W.J. Blackledge with illustration by Walter M. Baumhofer
  • “Rich Man’s Son” — Part 9 by Cornelius Vanderbilt, Jr. with illustration by Frank Swain

    • ARTICLES:

  • Are the Republican Candidates Physically Fit to be President? by Will Irwin
  • Portrait of a Fighter by James L. Doherty, the story of Judge John H. Lyle, Al Capone’s first opponent
  • What Jafsie Told His High School Girls by Katharine Arthur Dunning
  • Why Claudette Colbert Does Not Fear Religious Differences in Her Marriage by Frederick L. Collins
  • Why Do Planes Crash? by Swanee Taylor
  • Is the Golf Snob on the Way Out? by Myles Cohen

    • REGULAR FEATURES:

  • Editorial by Bernarr Macfadden
  • ‘Tisn’t So by R.E. Doan
  • Twenty Questions
  • Marriage, Mirth, Menace – Movie Reviews by Beverly Hills, with 3 star reviews of Small Town Girl and The Moon’s Our Home
  • Good Books by Oliver Swift
  • $2,000 Crossword Puzzle Contest
  • Liberty’s Amateur Writers Page – Conducted by Major Bowes
  • To the Ladies! by Princess Alexandra Kropotkin
  • Fashion Flashes from Paris by Doramiller
  • Vox Pop
  • It Happened In–

    • 1936-07-18 Liberty Magazine Contents July 18, 1936

    1936/07/18 —
    William Powell cover painted by Victor Tchetchet

    SHORT STORIES:

  • “He Couldn’t Make His Curves Behave” by Frank Bunce with illustration by Charles Bryson
  • “May I Borrow Your Piano?” – Liberty’s Short Short by Jerome Barry
  • “A Lady May Kiss” by Octavus Roy Cohen with illustration by Harold Denison

    • SERIALS:

  • “Who Killed Kent Grinnell?” — Part 2 by Elaine Sterne Carrington with illustration by W.D. Stevens
  • “Carnival Lady” — Part 3 by Martha Ostenso with illustration by Sewell Booth
  • “Hell in the Holy Land” — Part 4 by Lowell Thomas with Kenneth Brown Collings

    • ARTICLES:

  • Hitler Has Changed the Bible by Maxwell J. Flagg
  • My Son a Great Man? Nonsene! Says Alf Landon’s Father, John M. Landon as told to O.K. Armstrong
  • More Adventures of a White Woman Among Cannibals by Beatrice Grimshaw
  • Our One and Only Toreadora by Clara Beranger about Portia Portar
  • How William Powell Helps Women Succeed by Frederick L. Collins, with seven small photos showing Powell embracing various co-stars such as Jean harlow and Myrna Loy.
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    • REGULAR FEATURES:

  • Editorial by Bernarr Macfadden
  • ‘Tisn’t So by R.E. Doan
  • Twenty Questions
  • A War Nurse, a Charmer, and the Imperishable Mr. Fields – Movie Reviews by Beverly Hills, with a 3 star review of The White Angel and a 1-1/2 star review of Poppy
  • Good Books by Oliver Swift
  • $2,000 Beautiful Children Contest
  • Liberty’s Amateur Writers Page – Conducted by Major Bowes
  • To the Ladies! by Princess Alexandra Kropotkin
  • Vox Pop
  • It Happened In–

    • 1936-09-19 Liberty Magazine Contents September 19, 1936

    1936/09/19 —
    John Barrymore cover painted by Stephen Grout

    SHORT STORIES:

  • “Star Dust” by Barbara Aldrich with illustration by Will Graven
  • “Nemesis in Hollywood” by Walter De Steiguer with illustration by Marshall Frantz
  • “None So Blind” — Liberty’s Short Short by Hurd Barrett

    • SERIALS:

  • “The Loves of John Barrymore” — Part 1 by Frederick L. Collins
  • Bivouac in Hell — Conclusion by Captain W.J. Blackledge with illustration by Charles De Feo
  • Wife Trouble — Part 5 by Wallace Irwin with illustration by Charles Bryson
  • “Godiva Was a Lady” — Conclusion by Lawrence Saunders with illustration by Frank Godwin

    • ARTICLES:

  • Ghosts on the Tennis Court by Helen Wills Moody
  • Why Junk America? by Colonel Frank Knox
  • Sex for School Children by John Erskine
  • Secrets of New York’s Homicide Squad — The Strangler of the Bronx as told by a Headquarters Old-Timer
  • Any Woman Can be Beautiful by Madame Sylvia

    • REGULAR FEATURES:

  • Editorial by Bernarr Macfadden
  • Twenty Questions
  • Youth at Bay – Movie Reviews by Beverly Hills, with reviews of Girls’ Dormitory and Stage Struck
  • Good Books by Oliver Swift
  • $1,500 Presidents Contest
  • August 1 Amateur Page Prize Winners
  • To the Ladies! by Princess Alexandra Kropotkin
  • Vox Pop
  • It Happened In–

    • 1936-12-26 Liberty Magazine Contents December 26, 1936

    1936/12/26 —
    Cover painted by Arthur Smith

    SHORT STORIES:

  • “Master Villon Has No Luck at All” by John Erskine with illustration by Marshall Frantz
  • “Leave Up the Star’ by Lenora Mattingly Weber with illustration by Karoly Szanto
  • “Gift Unopened” — Liberty’s Short Short by Elizabeth and Nard Jones
  • “Dear Boss–” by Bert Green

    • SERIALS:

  • “Music in His Feet” — Conclusion by Robert Neal Leath with illustration by Frank Swain
  • “Wendel Tells All” — Part 5 by Paul H. Wendel
  • “Wise Virgin” — Part 3 by Walton Green with illustration by Edgar McGraw

    • ARTICLES:

  • Is Clark Gable a Changed Man by Adela Rogers St. John
  • Lindbergh’s First Year of Self-Exile by Frederick L. Collins
  • The Spanish Crown Prince Talks About the Throne by Count Covadonga
  • Peace on Earth — Why We Have Wars by H.L. Mencken
  • The Day They Celebrate Too by Eleanor Pegwhistle
  • Underworld Nights by Edward Doherty with illustration by Jay McArdle
  • Thrills in a Basket: Why 16,000,000 Americans Have Made Basketball the Most Popular Indoor Sport by Nat Holman

    • REGULAR FEATURES:

  • Editorial: What the New Deal Should Do for Us, by Bernarr Macfadden
  • Twenty Questions
  • Life in the Shadows; Love on the Run – Movie Reviews by Beverly Hills, with 4-star review of Winterset plus 1-star for General Spanky.
  • Good Books by Oliver Swift
  • $1,000 Amateur Movie Contest
  • Vox Pop
  • It Happened In–

    • 1946-12-21 Liberty Magazine Contents December 21, 1946

    1946/12/21 —
    Cover “The Joys of Christmas Shopping” is by Jean Wade

    Contents as follows:
    ARTICLES:

  • Something New in Labor by Morris Markey
  • The Incredible Colonel Zohms by Frank Maher
  • Bull Market in Bears by Earle Doucette
  • Homes for Americans – No. 8 by Darrell Huff
  • What Russian Children Are Taught by William van Narvig
  • Tin-Pan Alley’s Sherlock Holmes by Robert W. Minton
  • In the Hole of the Doughnut by John D. Hanlon
  • Under Canvas Clouds by Willis Lindquist

    • STORIES:

  • Until Moonrise — Part 1 by Ursula Parrott with full page color illustration by James Cole
  • Culture Hounds by Harrison Gallaher
  • Father Sanchez and the Bull — Short Short Story by James Atlee Phillips and illustrated by Rafael Desoto
  • Smiling Corner by Laurence Kirk with full page color illustration by Larry Kritcher

    • PICTURES:

  • The Camera Eye

    • BOOK CONDENSATION:

  • Six Curtains for Natasha by Caryl Brahms and S.J. Simon

    • FEATURES:

  • Vox Pop
  • On the Beam
  • Books in Review
  • Crossword Puzzle
  • Veterans’ Bulletin Board
  • The Thropp Family
  • Woman-Talk
  • Liberty Goes to the Movies features Walt Disney ‘s Song of the South with a full page of color photos

    • EDITORIAL:

  • Today’s Best Job Offering by Paul Hunter

    • 1946-03-02 Liberty Magazine Contents March 2, 1946

    1946/03/02 —
    Cover “Won’t You Come Into My Parlor” is by John W. James

    Contents as follows:
    ARTICLES:

  • Don’t Get Stuck With a Farm by C. Hartley Grattan
  • Lazybones by Alyce Canfield is a feature on Johnny Mercer and includes 3 photos
  • Hostess in the Sky by Wendell Knowles
  • Fires from Nowhere by Paul W. Kearney
  • Silicones — Miracle Material by Charles A. Scarlett

    • STORIES:

  • The Woman’s Touch — Short Short Story by Allen Rankin with full page color illustration by Howell Dodd
  • Hateful Romance by James R. Webb with color illustration by Pat Holbrooke
  • Knighthood Makes a Comeback by Allan R. Bosworth with color illustration by Lawrence Butcher
  • Come Out Spurring by Frank Bonham with color illustration by Frank Godwin

    • PICTURES:

  • The Camera Eye

    • BOOK CONDENSATION:

  • Any Number Can Play by Edward Harris Heth

    • FEATURES:

  • Vox Pop
  • On the Beam
  • Books in Review
  • Crossword Puzzle
  • Veterans’ Bulletin Board
  • The Thropp Family
  • Woman-Talk
  • Liberty Goes to the Movies
  • Colonel Stoopnagle’s Fictionary

    • EDITORIAL:

  • Economic Theory by Paul Hunter

    • 1946-05-04 Liberty Magazine Contents May 4, 1946

    1946/05/04 —
    Cover “Brother and Sister Act” is by Andrew Loomis

    Contents as follows:
    ARTICLES:

  • Thunder Over Poland by William van Narvig
  • Warning from Wall Street by H.D. Steinmetz is about NYSE President Emil Schram
  • Fighting Fire with Fog by Paul W. Kearney
  • Idea-a-Minute Man by Joseph Wechsberg is about Charles Brackett and William Wyler with large black and white photo of the two
  • The Tuna’s a Trouble-Maker by John Scott Douglas
  • When the Japs Bombed Michigan by Jerry MacMullen

    • STORIES:

  • A Man of Peace by Peirson Ricks with large color illustration by Ernest Chiriacka
  • Callahan and the Painted Jezebel by Edwin Rutt and illustrated by Lawrence Butcher
  • Just a Yellow Belly – Short Short Story by Stanley F. Donath and illustrated by Martin Gulser
  • For the Love of Pete by James Charles Lynch with full page color illustration by Roy Besser
  • Nothing But the Truth by Samuel W. Taylor with color illustration by Percy Leason

    • PICTURES:

  • The Camera Eye

    • BOOK CONDENSATION:

  • Forever Possess by Alexandra Phillips

    • FEATURES:

  • Vox Pop
  • On the Beam
  • Books in Review
  • Crossword Puzzle
  • Veterans’ Bulletin Board
  • The Thropp Family
  • Woman-Talk
  • Liberty Goes to the Movies looks at “Gilda” starring Rita Hayworth, two-thirds of a page with two black & white photos
  • Colonel Stoopnagle’s Fictionary

    • EDITORIAL:

  • The WHY of the Housing Shortage by Paul Hunter

    • Full page color ad for The Marx Brothers in A Night in Casablanca pictures all three of the Marx Bros. under the covers in a bed ogling a woman — “Come to Bedlam! … See the Marx brothers in their 1946 Howl-Raiser”

    1936-05-30 Liberty Magazine Contents May 30, 1936

    1936/05/30 —
    Greta Garbo cover painted by Victor Tchetchet

    SHORT STORIES:

  • “Women of the World” by Phylis Duganne with illustration by Hubert Mathieu
  • “The Girl He Had Been Waiting For” by Aline Ballard with illustration by Gerald Leake
  • “A Chorus Girl’s Lecture on Etiquette” by Dorothy Day
  • “Arrival by Plane” — Liberty’s Short Short by Alberta Williams

    • SERIALS:

  • “Dark Masquerade” – Part 2 by an Anonymous Author with illustration by Edgar McGraw
  • “Without Warning” – Part 8 by Major George Fielding Eliot and Edward Doherty with illustration by Charles Bryson

    • ARTICLES:

  • Why Garbo Is Making Her Last Picture by Frederick L. Collins
  • Hitler Planning to Be Kind to the Jews? by William L. Stidger (based on an interview the magazine did with Von Ribbentrop)
  • Olympic Forecast by Bob Musel includes a small photo of Jesse Owens
  • Secrets of New York’s Homicide Squad by A Headquarters Old-Timer (about Russell Sage)
  • Fingerprints of the Dictator by Senator L.J. Dickinson

    • REGULAR FEATURES:

  • Editorial by Bernarr Macfadden
  • ‘Tisn’t So by R.E. Doan
  • Twenty Questions
  • Past Glories and a Screen Debut – Movie Reviews by Beverly Hills, includes 3-1/2 star review of The Great Ziegfeld
  • Good Books by Oliver Swift
  • $2,000 Crossword Puzzle Contest
  • Liberty’s Amateur Writers Page – Conducted by Major Bowes
  • To the Ladies! by Princess Alexandra Kropotkin
  • Keyhole Kartoons by John W. Elliotte
  • Vox Pop
  • It Happened In–

    • 1946-05-11 Liberty Magazine Contents May 11, 1946

    1946/05/11 —
    Cover “Mother’s Day” is by O.F. Schmidt

    Contents as follows:
    ARTICLES:

  • Keeper of the Peace by Ned Russell is about Trygve Lie and includes color photo
  • The Barker Is Back by Charles B. Cleveland
  • Homes for Americans — No. 1 by Darrell Huff
  • The Three Gazetteers by Ruth Moore about the men behind the World Almanac
  • Cumshaw by Jack Huie

    • STORIES:

  • Too Busy for Love — Part 1 by Ursula Parrott with full page color illustration by Roy Besser
  • The London Brerl by Edwin Rutt with color illustration by Lawrence Butcher
  • Tears Without End — Short Short by Leonard A. Paris with color illustration by Griffith Foxley
  • You’ll Get Along Kid by Major Temple Fielding and Lit. Thomas Monroe with color illustration by Rafael De Soto
  • Old Mother Hubbard by A.B. Guthrie, Jr. with color illustration by Frank Godwin

    • PICTURES:

  • The Camera Eye
  • Household Ambassadors by Bradley Smith
  • Not to Let by Jim Bishop

    • BOOK CONDENSATION:

  • Man Against Pain by Howard Riley Raper

    • FEATURES:

  • Vox Pop
  • On the Beam
  • Books in Review
  • Crossword Puzzle
  • Veterans’ Bulletin Board
  • The Thropp Family
  • Woman-Talk
  • Liberty Goes to the Movies with an approximately half page review of The Marx Brothers in A Night in Casablanca including a small photo
  • Colonel Stoopnagle’s Fictionary

    • EDITORIAL:

  • Is It Grain Conservation – Or Disguised Prohibition? by Paul Hunter
  • With full-page color ad for “Heartbeat” featuring large image of Ginger Rogers

    • 1946-11-02 Liberty Magazine Contents November 2, 1946

    1946/11/02 —
    Cover “Halloween” is by Paul Bransom

    Contents as follows:
    ARTICLES:

  • P.A.C.’s Biggest Gamble by Donald B. Robinson
  • Awesome Orson by Ted Shane about Orson Welles, articles about 2 pages total with black and white photo of Welles
  • Getting Together Gets Houses by Darrell Huff
  • Bridge Is for Dummies by Robert Keith Leavitt
  • Rosie Knows by Thomas Newman
  • Are Doctors STUPID About Cancer/ by Terry Deane Manning
  • How to Fall Asleep by Albert Q. Maisel
  • Shaggy Tales by Walter Karig

    • STORIES:

  • The Bargain by Hans Ruesch and illustrated by Frank Godwin
  • The Colossal Potato by T.F. Healy and illustrated by Ralph Crawley
  • Runaway — Part 1 by Rita Weiman with a full page color illustration by Victor Kanin
  • Design for Love by Neill C. Wilson with large color illustration by James Cole

    • PICTURES:

  • The Camera Eye

    • BOOK CONDENSATION:

  • A Solo in Tom Toms by Gene Fowler

    • FEATURES:

  • Vox Pop
  • On the Beam
  • Books in Review
  • Crossword Puzzle
  • Veterans’ Bulletin Board
  • The Thropp Family
  • Woman-Talk
  • Liberty Goes to the Movies features “Three Little Girls in Blue” with June Haver, Vivian Blaine, and Vera-Ellen
  • Woman Talk by Margaret Fishback

    • EDITORIAL:

  • Vote for Common Sense by Paul Hunter