The Picture Show Vol. 2 No. 41
7 February 1920 · Dorothy Phillips cover · associated original Mizpah Novels insert retained
An early issue of the British weekly film periodical The Picture Show, dated 7 February 1920, with Dorothy Phillips on the cover and surviving with an associated Mizpah Novels promotional insert/giveaway built around cinema-star postcards. The issue documents the formation of mass-market screen celebrity culture at the beginning of the 1920s: its cover markets Phillips through her Universal affiliation, while the photographed interior combines Pearl White’s first-person life story with a William Farnum picture feature.
Read the catalogue note →- Organisation
- The Amalgamated Press, Limited
- Condition
- Good, ungraded; age-toned newsprint with visible edge wear, small tears/chips and corner losses, spine/staple wear with local rust staining, handling marks and surface soiling. The loose Mizpah insert presents more cleanly with light age toning and minor wear.
- Completeness
- Owner states the periodical is complete and retains the original loose Mizpah promotional giveaway/insert. Under the standing TMR magazine completeness rule the issue is treated as complete unless stated otherwise; no page-by-page collation has been performed. Supplied views show front cover, rear cover, an interior spread and both sides of the loose insert.
- Date
- 7 February 1920
Catalogue note
An early issue of the British weekly film periodical The Picture Show, dated 7 February 1920, with Dorothy Phillips on the cover and surviving with an associated Mizpah Novels promotional insert/giveaway built around cinema-star postcards. The issue documents the formation of mass-market screen celebrity culture at the beginning of the 1920s: its cover markets Phillips through her Universal affiliation, while the photographed interior combines Pearl White’s first-person life story with a William Farnum picture feature. The loose Mizpah piece extends that culture beyond the periodical itself, advertising a seven-card series of coloured cinema-star postcards and featuring Pauline Frederick as a Goldwyn star. Together the material records early British fan publishing, American studio-star circulation, newsagent promotion and premium-based readership building.
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Archive Importance: 9.2 / 10 · Gold Star.
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