Picturegoer — Week ending 30 September 1944
Ingrid Bergman cover · Alexander Knox / Wilson profile · “Going to the Pictures in North Africa”
British wartime Picturegoer issue for the week ending 30 September 1944, with Ingrid Bergman on the colour cover. Inside, W. H. Mooring profiles Alexander Knox shortly after the American premiere of the prestige biopic Wilson, while Andrew Gray’s “Going to the Pictures in North Africa” records the practicalities of wartime cinema-going, multilingual programmes and the circulation of British, French and American films in North Africa.
Read the catalogue note →- Organisation
- Odhams Press
- Condition
- Good appearance for an original 1944 wartime issue, ungraded. The Ingrid Bergman colour cover remains vivid and highly presentable, with moderate spine rubbing and small splits, light edge and corner wear, minor surface scuffing/creasing and ordinary handling wear. 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 30 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 Ingrid Bergman star imagery, a contemporary Alexander Knox / Wilson profile, an article on cinema-going in North Africa and official National Savings Committee advertising
Catalogue note
British wartime Picturegoer issue for the week ending 30 September 1944, with Ingrid Bergman on the colour cover. Inside, W. H. Mooring profiles Alexander Knox shortly after the American premiere of the prestige biopic Wilson, while Andrew Gray’s “Going to the Pictures in North Africa” records the practicalities of wartime cinema-going, multilingual programmes and the circulation of British, French and American films in North Africa. The rear combines a Rita Hayworth / Cover Girl Lux advertisement with an official National Savings Committee certificate campaign, placing Hollywood glamour, wartime finance and everyday film culture side by side.
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Archive Importance: 9.5 / 10 · Gold Star.
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