Picturegoer and Film Weekly No. 456 (New Series), Vol. 9
Lucille Ball cover · ‘Welcome Robert Montgomery’
Picturegoer incorporating Film Weekly, No. 456 (New Series), Vol. 9, dated 17 February 1940, with a striking colour portrait of Lucille Ball.
Read the catalogue note →- Organisation
- Odhams Press
- Condition
- Good appearance for an original 1940 issue, ungraded. Front cover is exceptionally vivid with strong colour registration and only modest edge/spine wear, minor surface marks and small corner/edge defects. Rear page has age toning and a small upper-left corner repair/tape remnant. Interior colour spread is clean, bright 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
- 17 February 1940
- Territory
- United Kingdom
- Language
- English
- Format
- Illustrated weekly film fan magazine; 2d cover price
- Orientation
- Portrait
- Status
- Original period publication
- Release context
- British Picturegoer and Film Weekly issue from February 1940, with Lucille Ball colour cover and a feature welcoming Robert Montgomery back to American film work after his return from England
Catalogue note
Picturegoer incorporating Film Weekly, No. 456 (New Series), Vol. 9, dated 17 February 1940, with a striking colour portrait of Lucille Ball. The issue sits at a particularly interesting point in British film culture: only months into the Second World War, its interior feature ‘Welcome Robert Montgomery’ frames Montgomery’s movements between England and Hollywood in explicitly wartime terms, noting his completion of Busman’s Honeymoon and return to California. The rear page also preserves a full-page launch advertisement for Everywoman No. 1, giving the issue additional value as evidence for British magazine publishing, women’s consumer culture and cross-promotion within the Odhams publishing environment.
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Archive Importance: 9.2 / 10 · Gold Star.
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