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TMR-000790Film / cinema ephemera object

Picturegoer Weekly No. 358 (New Series), Vol. 7

2 April 1938 · Spencer Tracy cover · “The Man You Can’t Resist”

2 April 1938

Original British Picturegoer Weekly No. 358, dated 2 April 1938, with Spencer Tracy on the colour cover under the line ‘The Man You Can’t Resist’. The photographed interior contains the illustrated feature ‘Deanna Does It Again’, documenting Deanna Durbin’s contemporary screen career and Three Smart Girls, with Judy Garland discussed and Barbara Read and Nan Grey pictured.

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Organisation
Odhams Press
Condition
Good appearance for an original 1938 weekly, ungraded. Strong colour cover with visible spine wear and staple-area losses, edge and corner wear, surface creasing/handling and age toning. Rear page shows edge wear, small losses and age-related marks.
Completeness
Assumed complete under the standing TMR magazine rule unless the owner states otherwise. Front cover, rear page and a substantial interior feature spread are supplied; no page-by-page collation has been performed.
Date
2 April 1938

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Original British Picturegoer Weekly No. 358, dated 2 April 1938, with Spencer Tracy on the colour cover under the line ‘The Man You Can’t Resist’. The photographed interior contains the illustrated feature ‘Deanna Does It Again’, documenting Deanna Durbin’s contemporary screen career and Three Smart Girls, with Judy Garland discussed and Barbara Read and Nan Grey pictured. The rear advertising page preserves period British patent-medicine advertising alongside the magazine’s film-fan content.

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Archive Importance: 8.8 / 10.

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