Picturegoer — Week ending 2 September 1944
Barbara Stanwyck cover · “What Are They Doing to Margaret Lockwood!” / “Hollywood Once-Over”
British wartime Picturegoer issue for the week ending 2 September 1944, with Barbara Stanwyck on the colour cover at the height of her Double Indemnity period. Inside, W. H. Mooring’s “Hollywood Once-Over” surveys current American production and star news, while the facing feature asks “What Are They Doing to Margaret Lockwood!”, charting the British star’s transition through increasingly varied roles and previewing her as an invalid pianist opposite Stewart Granger in Love Story.
Read the catalogue note →- Organisation
- Odhams Press
- Condition
- Good appearance for an original 1944 wartime issue, ungraded. The Barbara Stanwyck colour cover remains vivid and highly presentable, with moderate spine rubbing and small splits, minor edge and corner wear, a small damaged area near the upper-left edge, light 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 2 September 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 Barbara Stanwyck star imagery, contemporary British discussion of Margaret Lockwood and Hollywood industry reporting
Catalogue note
British wartime Picturegoer issue for the week ending 2 September 1944, with Barbara Stanwyck on the colour cover at the height of her Double Indemnity period. Inside, W. H. Mooring’s “Hollywood Once-Over” surveys current American production and star news, while the facing feature asks “What Are They Doing to Margaret Lockwood!”, charting the British star’s transition through increasingly varied roles and previewing her as an invalid pianist opposite Stewart Granger in Love Story. The rear page adds a striking home-front layer: beauty, deodorant, toothpaste and tobacco advertisers explicitly adapt their copy and imagery to wartime crowding, uniforms and women’s service life.
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Archive Importance: 9.3 / 10 · Gold Star.
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