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1941-12

1941/12 – Front cover: Elyse Knox photographed by Angelo Patri

Contents include:

REDBOOK’S NOVEL OF THE MONTH:

  • “All Those Lovely Years” by Peter Paul O’Mara

    • REDBOOK’S NOVELETTE OF THE MONTH:

  • “Violet Does a Little Lend-Leasing” by Whitfield Cook and illustrated by William Reusswig

    • REDBOOK’S ENCORE OF THE MONTH:

  • Passages from “Pattern of Conquest” by Joseph C. Harsch

    • TWO SERIALS:

  • “The Hour Before Dawn” — Part 1 by W. Somerset Maugham and illustrated by Tom Webb
  • “Somewhere East of Sunrise” — Part 2 by Ursula Parrott and illustrated by John Polgreen

    • SEVEN SHORT STORIES:

  • “A Gentleman of Fortune” by Stephen Vincent Benet and illustrated by Elmore Brown
  • “We Were Both Children” by Franz Hoellering and illustrated by Andrew Loomis
  • “Finders Keepers” by Hugh Bradley and illustrated by Earl Oliver Hurst
  • “U.S. Today” — Part 8 by Henrietta Ripperger
  • “The Bachelor” by Mignon McLaughlin and illustrated by Marshall Frantz
  • “A Chance to Meet the Girls” by MacKinlay Kantor and illustrated by Andrew Loomis
  • “Strictly Sentimental” by Duane Decker and Alan Foster

    • WHERE ARE WE GOING? AND WHY?

  • “What Will Happen to Me and My Girl?” by Morris Markey
  • Legions of Revenge by Vincent Sheean
  • How to Beat Anxiety by Smiley Blanton, M.D.

    • EIGHT SPECIAL FEATURES:

  • News about Redbook
  • Our Readers Speak
  • It Was Their Lucky Year with photos of Warren Wright, Dorothy McGuire, Rita Hayworth, Lorin Maazel
  • Redbook’s Picture of the Month: “Appointment for Love” as Selected by Douglas W. Churchill
  • What’s On Your Mind?
  • Redbook’s Records of the Month by Deems Taylor
  • Book Suggestions for December by Harry Hansen
  • Redbook’s Film Selections for All the Family

    • DEPARTMENTS:

  • Full Moon by Angelo Patri
  • Redbook’s Camp and School Directory

    • 1941-11

    1941/11 – Front cover: Suzanne Sommers photographed by Ruzzie Green

    Contents include:

    REDBOOK’S NOVEL OF THE MONTH:

  • “Bright Scalpal” by Elizabeth Seifert

    • REDBOOK’S NOVELETTE OF THE MONTH:

  • “Gods of Darkness” by F. Scott Fitzgerald and illustrated by Jules Gotlieb

    • REDBOOK’S ENCORE OF THE MONTH:

  • Great Moments from “War and Peace” by Leo Tolstoy

    • TWO SERIALS:

  • “Somewhere East of Sunrise” — Part 1 by Ursula Parrott and illustrated by John Polgreen
  • “The Empty Room” — Conclusion by Charles Morgan

    • EIGHT SHORT STORIES:

  • “Something Human” by Hugh Walpole and illustrated by Malvin Singer
  • “Violet Observes the Proprieties” by Whitfield Cook and illustrated by William Reusswig
  • “The Water’s Fine” by Parke Cummings
  • “Long Engagement” by Kathryn Forbes and illustrated by Elmore Brown
  • “Young Again” by Stuart Cloete and illustrated by Jules Gotlieb
  • “Do You Want to hold Your Husband?” by Edward Streeter and illustrated by Gluyas Williams
  • U.S. Today by Henrietta Ripperger
  • “Sergeant’s Never Miss” by William E. Barrett and illustrated by Frank Bensing

    • WHERE ARE WE GOING? AND WHY?

  • What We May Expect in the Third Year of the War? by Max Werner
  • What 130,000,000 Americans Really Want by George Gallup
  • Full Speed Ahead–2000 Finest Minds at Work

    • NINE SPECIAL FEATURES:

  • News about Redbook
  • Our Readers Speak
  • Let’s Face It
  • Redbook’s Picture of the Month: “Nothing But the Truth” as Selected by Douglas W. Churchill
  • George Abbott Discovers the Fountain of Youth
  • What’s On Your Mind?
  • Redbook’s Records of the Month by Deems Taylor
  • Book Suggestions for November by Harry Hansen
  • Redbook’s Film Selections for All the Family

    • DEPARTMENTS:

  • Not Too Close by Angelo Patri
  • Redbook’s School Directory

    • 1941-10

    1941/10 – Front cover: Jinx Falkenburg photographed by Paul Hesse

    Contents include:

    REDBOOK’S NOVEL OF THE MONTH:

  • “Spenlove in Arcady” by William McFee

    • REDBOOK’S NOVELETTE OF THE MONTH:

  • A Chapter from “Broad and Alien is the World” by Ciro Alegria and illustrated by Tom Webb

    • REDBOOK’S ENCORE OF THE MONTH:

  • Have You a Religion? by Henry James Forman

    • TWO SERIALS:

  • “The Empty Room” — Part 2 by Charles Morgan and illustrated by William Reusswig
  • “Wakefield’s Course’ — Conclusion by Mazo de la Roche and illustrated by Walter Baumhofer

    • EIGHT SHORT STORIES:

  • “Claudia Blames It On the Stars” by Rose Franken and illustrated by Arthur William Brown
  • “Much Better Dead” by Margery Sharp and illustrated by Malvin Singer
  • “Nature Should be Ashamed of Herself” by Parke Cummings and illustrated by Albert Dorne
  • “The Last Night of the Queen” by Andrew Geer and illustrated by Maurice Bower
  • “Salute” by William E. Barrett and illustrated by R.G. Harris
  • “U.S.–Today” by Henrietta Ripperger
  • “His Mistake” by Duane Decker and illustrated by Frederic Anderson
  • “Pretty Soft” by Rube Goldberg and illustrated by the author

    • WHERE ARE WE GOING? AND WHY?

  • How Long Will the War Last? by Pierre van Paassen
  • Wanted–a Million More Supervisors
  • Your Three New Bosses by William Hard

    • ELEVEN SPECIAL FEATURES:

  • News about Redbook
  • Our Readers Speak
  • Boyer Holds Back the Dawn – Photo of Charles Boyer and Olivia de Havilland
  • Redbook’s Picture of the Month: “Little Foxes” as Selected by Douglas W. Churchill

  • Redbook’s Picture of the Month: “Sergeant York” as Selected by The Editors
  • Still Another Claudia
  • What’s On Your Mind?
  • Redbook’s Records of the Month by Deems Taylor
  • Anything Can Happen in Tennis by Helen Hull Jacobs
  • Book Suggestions for October by Harry Hansen
  • Redbook’s Film Selections for All the Family

    • DEPARTMENTS:

  • The American Way by Angelo Patri
  • Redbook’s School Directory

    • 1941-09

    1941/09 – Front cover: Katherryn Hernan photographed by Ruzzie Green

    Contents include:

    REDBOOK’S NOVEL OF THE MONTH:

  • “In Less Than Three Days” by Harlow Estes

    • REDBOOK’S NOVELETTE OF THE MONTH:

  • “A Man Who Didn’t Belong” by Joseph Harrington and illustrated by John Polgreen

    • REDBOOK’S ENCORE OF THE MONTH:

  • A Few Passages from “The Fighting Angel” by Pearl S. Buck and illustrated by Martha Sawyers

    • TWO SERIALS:

  • “The Empty Room” — Part 1 by Charles Morgan and illustrated by William Reusswig
  • “Wakefield’s Curse” — Part 5 by Mazo de la Roche and illustrated by Walter Baumhofer

    • EIGHT SHORT STORIES:

  • “Her New Happiness” by Mildred Cram and illustrated by Maurice Bower
  • “Ordeal” by Q. Patrick and illustrated by O.F. Schmidt
  • “They Are Not Afraid’ by Franz Hoellering and illustrated by Tom Webb
  • “The Cheater” by Thomas W. Duncan and illustrated by Maurice Bower
  • “Nice Things Still Happen in Life” by Peter Paul O’Mara and illustrated by R.G. Harris
  • “U.S.–Today” by Henrietta Ripperger
  • “There’s Only This Moment” by Natalie Shipman and illustrated by Arthur William Brown
  • “The Case of the Fragile Flower” by Rufus King and illustrated by Elmore Brown

    • WHERE ARE WE GOING? AND WHY?

  • Nothing Today Should Discourage You
  • “Nobody Says No” by Milton MacKaye
  • Four Out of Ten Unfit to Fight by Morris Markey

    • EIGHT SPECIAL FEATURES:

  • Our Readers Speak
  • You Pays Your Money and You Takes Your Choice
  • Redbook’s Picture of the Month: “Dumbo” as Selected by Douglas W. Churchill
  • Our Two Grand Prize Winners
  • What’s On Your Mind?
  • Redbook’s Records of the Month by Deems Taylor
  • Book Suggestions for September by Harry Hansen
  • Redbook’s Film Selections for All the Family

    • DEPARTMENTS:

  • Were You There? by Angelo Patri
  • Redbook’s School Directory

    • 1941-08

    1941/08 – Front cover: Photographed by Ruzzie Green

    Contents include:

    REDBOOK’S NOVEL OF THE MONTH:

  • “My Friend Flicka” by Mary O’Hara

    • REDBOOK’S NOVELETTE OF THE MONTH:

  • “Plague Ship” by Andrew Geer and illustrated by Jules Gotlieb

    • REDBOOK’S ENCORE OF THE MONTH:

  • “Mother and Child” — A Short Story by Richard Sherman and illustrated by Bradshaw Crandall (reprinted from Vanity Fair, 1935)

    • TWO SERIALS:

  • “Wakefield’s Course” — Part 4 by Mazo de la Roche and illustrated by Walter Baumhofer
  • “Miss Gray Eyes” — Conclusion by Bristol S.D. Grosvenor and illustrated by William Reusswig

    • SIX SHORT STORIES:

  • “One Night in Spring” by Mary Robert Rinehart and illustrated by Elmore Brown
  • “The Most Wonderful Thing in the World” by Gladys Hasty Carroll and illustrated by Frank Bensing
  • “Violet Lays Down the Law” by Whitfield Cook and illustrated by William Reusswig
  • “Until the Sudden Ending” by Franz Hoellering and illustrated by Tom Webb
  • “Speaking of Honeymoons” by Peter Paul O’Mara and illustrated by Andrew Loomis
  • “Bus Ride” by Rebecca Klang and illustrated by Mortimer Wilson, Jr.

    • WHERE ARE WE GOING? AND WHY?

  • The Culture That Is To Come by W. Somerset Maugham
  • What Is Happening to You? by Henry F. Pringle
  • New Faces in Washington by Charles Hurd
  • Robert Hart, Tankmaker by Morris Markey

    • TEN SPECIAL FEATURES:

  • News about Redbook
  • Our Readers Speak
  • Dr. Jekyll the Third – Single page with photo of Spencer Tracy and Tracy with Lana Turner and Ingrid Bergman
  • Redbook’s Picture of the Month: “Kiss the Boy’s Goodbye” as Selected by Douglas W. Churchill

  • “Father Takes a Wife” with photos of Gloria Swanson and Swanson with Adolphe Menjou
  • What’s On Your Mind?
  • Redbook’s Records of the Month by Deems Taylor
  • U.S.O.–or No Place to Go
  • Book Suggestions for August by Harry Hansen
  • Redbook’s Film Selections for All the Family

    • DEPARTMENTS:

  • Preparation by Angelo Patri
  • Redbook’s Camp and School Directory

    • 1941-07

    1941/07 – Front cover: Photographed by Ruzzie Green

    Contents include:

    REDBOOK’S NOVEL OF THE MONTH:

  • “No Beauty Without Danger” by William E. Barrett

    • REDBOOK’S NOVELETTE OF THE MONTH:

  • “Remember Me” by Harlow Estes and illustrated by Tom Webb

    • REDBOOK’S ENCORE OF THE MONTH:

  • Faith Is the Answer by Smiley Blanton and Norman Vincent Peale

    • TWO SERIALS:

  • “Wakefield’s Course” — Part 3 by Mazo de la Roche and illustrated by Walter Baumhofer
  • “Miss Gray Eyes” — Part 4 by Bristol S.D. Grosvenor and illustrated by William Reusswig

    • EIGHT SHORT STORIES:

  • “Nice and Silly” by Rose Franken and illustrated by Arthur William Brown
  • “Quiet Wedding” by Whitfield Cook and illustrated by William Reusswig
  • “No More Forgiveness” by George Frazier and illustrated by O.F. Schmidt
  • “At Nineteen You’re Nothing” by Philip Wylie and illustrated by R.G. Harris
  • “U.S.–Today” by Henrietta Ripperger
  • “Tense Moment” by Parke Cummings and illustrated by Albert Dorne
  • “Blank Check” by Susan Ertz and illustrated by John Polgreen
  • “Big Fellows” by Hans Ruesch and illustrated by A.D. Jousset

    • THREE ARTICLES

  • Look at Tomorrow by The Editors
  • Against the Nature of Things by Hermann Rauschning
  • Love Them–and Let Them Alone by Helena Huntington Smith

    • ELEVEN SPECIAL FEATURES:

  • News about Redbook
  • Our Readers Speak
  • South America Comes to New York
  • Redbook’s Picture of the Month: “Billy the Kid” as Selected by Douglas W. Churchill
  • Watch on the Rhine
  • What’s On Your Mind?
  • Redbook’s Records of the Month by Deems Taylor
  • England on the Eve of Invasion — A Poem by Alfred Noyes
  • Our Prize-Winning Snapshots of the Month
  • Book Suggestions for July by Harry Hansen
  • Redbook’s Film Selections for All the Family

    • DEPARTMENTS:

  • The Firm Heart by Angelo Patri
  • Redbook’s Camp and School Directory