Picturegoer — Week ending 25 December 1943
Bette Davis Christmas cover · 2,000 Women pre-release pictorial · Akim Tamiroff profile
British wartime Picturegoer issue for Christmas Day 1943, with Bette Davis on the colour cover. Inside, a substantial pictorial previews Frank Launder’s 2,000 Women before its 1944 release, showing British women interned in occupied France and identifying a large female ensemble including Phyllis Calvert, Flora Robson, Patricia Roc, Jean Kent and Renee Houston.
Read the catalogue note →- Organisation
- Odhams Press
- Condition
- Good appearance for an original 1943 wartime issue, ungraded. The Bette Davis 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 25 December 1943
- Territory
- United Kingdom
- Language
- English
- Format
- Illustrated film fan magazine; cover states “Every Other Thursday”
- Orientation
- Portrait
- Status
- Original period publication
- Release context
- Christmas Day 1943 British wartime Picturegoer issue combining Bette Davis star imagery, pre-release coverage of 2,000 Women, an Akim Tamiroff career profile and Ministry of Food guidance
Catalogue note
British wartime Picturegoer issue for Christmas Day 1943, with Bette Davis on the colour cover. Inside, a substantial pictorial previews Frank Launder’s 2,000 Women before its 1944 release, showing British women interned in occupied France and identifying a large female ensemble including Phyllis Calvert, Flora Robson, Patricia Roc, Jean Kent and Renee Houston. Opposite, ‘From Moscow to Hollywood’ profiles Akim Tamiroff’s journey from Russian theatre to Hollywood character stardom. The rear page adds a distinctly home-front layer through Ministry of Food advice on quick, warming meals and nutrition, while surrounding advertisements address canteen workers, beauty, blackout-era appearance and everyday wartime health.
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Archive Importance: 9.6 / 10 · Gold Star.
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