The Picture Show Vol. 2 No. 47
20 March 1920 · Charles Ray and “Whiskers” cover
The Picture Show Vol. 2 No. 47, 20 March 1920, a very early British film-fan weekly with Charles Ray photographed training his dog ‘Whiskers’ on the cover. Inside, ‘My Ideal Man’ assembles short first-person pieces attributed to major female silent-film performers including Gloria Swanson, Pearl White and Colleen Moore, showing the magazine’s early construction of film-star personality and intimacy for a mass readership.
Read the catalogue note →- Organisation
- The Amalgamated Press, Limited
- Condition
- Fair appearance, ungraded. Fragile early newsprint with pronounced age toning, edge brittleness, tears and losses concentrated along spine/left edge and outer margins, corner wear, creasing and small splits. Front image and principal typography remain substantially intact and legible.
- Completeness
- Assumed complete under standing TMR magazine rule unless owner states otherwise. Front, rear and one interior spread supplied; no page-by-page collation. No separate supplement or premium is evidenced in supplied photographs.
- Date
- 20 March 1920
Catalogue note
The Picture Show Vol. 2 No. 47, 20 March 1920, a very early British film-fan weekly with Charles Ray photographed training his dog ‘Whiskers’ on the cover. Inside, ‘My Ideal Man’ assembles short first-person pieces attributed to major female silent-film performers including Gloria Swanson, Pearl White and Colleen Moore, showing the magazine’s early construction of film-star personality and intimacy for a mass readership.
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Archive Importance: 9.2 / 10 · Gold Star.
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