Picturegoer Weekly No. 344 (New Series), Vol. 7
25 December 1937 · Deanna Durbin cover · “Secrets of Disney’s Million-dollar Fairy-Tale”
Christmas Day 1937 issue of Picturegoer Weekly, No. 344 (New Series), Vol. 7, with Deanna Durbin on a snowy colour cover and the teaser “Secrets of Disney’s Million-dollar Fairy-Tale”.
Read the catalogue note →- Organisation
- Odhams Press
- Condition
- Good/fair appearance for an original 1937 weekly, ungraded. The colour cover remains striking and substantially intact, with pronounced spine wear and splitting around the staples, edge and corner wear, small tears/chips, creasing, surface rubbing and general handling marks. Interior pages remain notably clean and highly legible with normal age toning.
- Completeness
- Assumed complete under the standing TMR magazine rule unless the owner states otherwise. Front cover, rear page and one interior spread are supplied; no page-by-page collation has been performed.
- Date
- 25 December 1937
- Film
- Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
- Territory
- United Kingdom
- Language
- English
- Format
- Weekly illustrated film fan magazine
- Orientation
- Portrait
- Status
- Original period publication
- Release context
- Christmas Day 1937 issue; contemporary British coverage of Disney’s Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs four days after its Hollywood world premiere
Catalogue note
Christmas Day 1937 issue of Picturegoer Weekly, No. 344 (New Series), Vol. 7, with Deanna Durbin on a snowy colour cover and the teaser “Secrets of Disney’s Million-dollar Fairy-Tale”. Exact-issue specialist documentation identifies the associated feature as a two-page report on Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, appearing only four days after the film’s Hollywood world premiere. The supplied interior spread adds a substantial film-craft feature on seasonal make-up by London Film Productions expert Guy Pearce and a facsimile holiday message from Claudette Colbert, while the rear promotes Picturegoer’s own 100-page Xmas Annual.
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Archive Importance: 9.6 / 10 · Gold Star.
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