Collier's Magazine, September 20, 1947 - Greece Needs a Miracle / Challenges for the Movie Moguls

Published by The Crowell-Collier Publishing Company, USA, 1947

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114 pages. Articles: Wanted - A Miracle in Greece - staving off economic collapse and Communist inroads; Hollywood Headache - The movie moguls are atwitter these days - audiences down, censors upset, costs up, etc. - nice color photos; Tuned in on the Surgeon - doctors now witness operations via television; The Abundant Henry Wallace - study of a man who'd like to be a key in the 1948 political scene; Heartless Harvest (conclusion) - plight of the country's migrant field workers; Behind Your Stick of Gum - men brave death in tropic jungles to gather its basic ingredients - with photos; They Can't Fool the Revenue Man - few succeed in income-tax evasion; Young Man of Fashion - Mr. Charlie James and his super dress designs - article with great color photos. Fiction: Sweet Water (part 1 of 5); Charlie Squires and the Seven Marchettis; Banner Over First; The Split Hickory; A Wonderful Mixer; Wait and See. Includes ads for: Parker pens (featuring Lily Pons); RKO movies; De Beers - featuring Miss Jean Bullitt of Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia; Philco radio-phonographs; Plymouth cars; Firestone; Dodge cars; Mansfield Jogs shoes; Chevrolet cars; Cory all-glass coffee brewers - two pages!; Miller beer; DeSoto cars; Vintage cartoonPepsi ad involving large excavator; Fantastic two-page color ad for movie "Unconquered" starring Gary Cooper; American Airlines; Caterpillar - great color-photo ad with dozer and scraper; Westinghouse record players; Kodak film; Remington electric shaver ad features Bing Crosby and Barry Fitzgerald in scene from movie "Welcome Stranger"; Are You Mitty?: Gillette razors; Budweiser; National Guard - with large photo of President Truman; Lucky Strike cigarettes (back cover). Somewhat above-average external wear. Covers holding by one staple. A worthy vintage copy.

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Title
Collier's Magazine, September 20, 1947 - Greece Needs a Miracle / Challenges for the Movie Moguls
Author
Pearce, Dick; Ware, Harlan; Reeve, Joel; Rice, Jane; Hurley, Dunlea; Stewart, Ramona; Porter, Paul A.; Crichton, Kyle; Treadway, Elizabeth; Hartwell, Dickson; Whitman, Howard; Jellinek, Frank; Wiggins, A.L.M.; Porter, Amy
Publisher
The Crowell-Collier Publishing Company, USA
Publication year
1947
Condition
Fair
Binding
Single Issue Magazine
Illustrator
Lauck, Peter; Dawes, Edwin; Bugg, Robert; Cooper, Mario; Giesen, Herman; Wicks, Ren; Nikolai
Edition
First Edition
Dimensions
Folio - over 12" - 15" tall
Seller catalogs
Judaica, Magazine Back Issues, Military

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