Picturegoer — Week ending 22 July 1944
Tyrone Power military-uniform cover · Greer Garson profile · James Mason ‘What is a Good Role?’
British wartime Picturegoer for the week ending 22 July 1944, with Tyrone Power photographed in military uniform on the cover. Inside, W. H. Mooring profiles Greer Garson at the height of her MGM stardom, while ‘What is a Good Role?’
Read the catalogue note →- Organisation
- Odhams Press
- Condition
- Good appearance for an original 1944 wartime issue, ungraded. Strong cover portrait with moderate spine rubbing and short splits, light edge/corner wear, small handling creases and age toning. Rear and photographed interior spread remain 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 22 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 with Tyrone Power in military uniform, W. H. Mooring on Greer Garson and a contemporary James Mason interview on roles and villainy
Catalogue note
British wartime Picturegoer for the week ending 22 July 1944, with Tyrone Power photographed in military uniform on the cover. Inside, W. H. Mooring profiles Greer Garson at the height of her MGM stardom, while ‘What is a Good Role?’ records James Mason discussing the attraction and risks of villainous parts. The accompanying images explicitly connect Mason to The Man in Grey, Hotel Reserve and the then-current production A Place of One’s Own. The rear page adds unusually direct home-front evidence: a Ministry of Labour and National Service appeal urgently seeking domestic workers to care for wounded men from the Western Battle Front, alongside a Picturegoer Salon notice that enemy action was delaying postal orders.
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Archive Importance: 9.7 / 10 · Gold Star.
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