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TMR-000791Film / cinema ephemera object

Picturegoer Weekly No. 375 (New Series), Vol. 8

30 July 1938 · Maureen O’Sullivan & John Beal cover · Robert Taylor “How I Crashed Hollywood”

30 July 1938

Original British Picturegoer Weekly No. 375, dated 30 July 1938, with Maureen O’Sullivan and John Beal on the colour cover and a prominent masthead promotion for Robert Taylor’s ‘How I Crashed Hollywood’. The supplied interior ‘All the Gossip’ spread ranges across contemporary Hollywood personalities, production news and publicity culture, while the rear Elasto advertisement preserves period British patent-medicine marketing.

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

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Original British Picturegoer Weekly No. 375, dated 30 July 1938, with Maureen O’Sullivan and John Beal on the colour cover and a prominent masthead promotion for Robert Taylor’s ‘How I Crashed Hollywood’. The supplied interior ‘All the Gossip’ spread ranges across contemporary Hollywood personalities, production news and publicity culture, while the rear Elasto advertisement preserves period British patent-medicine marketing.

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Archive Importance: 8.9 / 10.

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