Picturegoer — Week ending 8 July 1944
Rita Hayworth cover · “Our Honours List” — 1944 Picturegoer Gold Medal reader poll
British wartime Picturegoer issue for the week ending 8 July 1944, with Rita Hayworth on the colour cover. Inside, “Our Honours List” records the magazine’s annual Gold Medal reader poll, noting Greer Garson’s third successive success and James Mason’s strong showing over major Hollywood rivals.
Read the catalogue note →- Organisation
- Odhams Press
- Condition
- Good appearance for an original 1944 wartime issue, ungraded. The Rita Hayworth colour cover remains vivid and highly presentable, with moderate spine rubbing and small splits, minor top-edge chipping/short tears, light edge and corner wear, surface scuffing and handling creases. Rear and interior pages are age-toned but clean and highly legible.
- 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
- Week ending 8 July 1944
- Territory
- United Kingdom
- Language
- English
- Format
- Illustrated film fan magazine; cover states “Every Other Thursday”
- Orientation
- Portrait
- Status
- Original period publication
- Release context
- British wartime Picturegoer issue combining Rita Hayworth star imagery, the annual Gold Medal reader poll and official home-front savings, labour and food guidance
Catalogue note
British wartime Picturegoer issue for the week ending 8 July 1944, with Rita Hayworth on the colour cover. Inside, “Our Honours List” records the magazine’s annual Gold Medal reader poll, noting Greer Garson’s third successive success and James Mason’s strong showing over major Hollywood rivals. The facing page and rear provide unusually rich home-front documentation: a Ministry of Labour & National Service appeal describes domestic work as a ‘priority job’, a Ministry of Food panel offers economical summer cooking guidance, and a National Savings Committee advertisement urges readers to ‘Salute the Soldier’ by saving. The issue therefore joins star culture and audience taste directly to wartime labour, food economy and savings campaigns.
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Archive Importance: 9.6 / 10 · Gold Star.
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