Picturegoer and Film Weekly No. 455 (New Series), Vol. 9
Mari Martin cover · ‘Dietrich Rides Again’
Picturegoer incorporating Film Weekly, No. 455 (New Series), Vol. 9, dated 10 February 1940, with a vivid colour portrait of Mari Martin.
Read the catalogue note →- Organisation
- Odhams Press
- Condition
- Good appearance for an original 1940 issue, ungraded. Front cover retains exceptionally strong colour with moderate spine and edge wear, small marks and scattered foxing/spotting, particularly toward the lower cover. Rear page is toned with minor edge wear. Interior spread is clean, well-preserved 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
- 10 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 Mari Martin colour cover, a substantial Marlene Dietrich feature on Destry Rides Again, and a pre-launch advertisement for Everywoman No. 1
Catalogue note
Picturegoer incorporating Film Weekly, No. 455 (New Series), Vol. 9, dated 10 February 1940, with a vivid colour portrait of Mari Martin. The issue is especially valuable for W. H. Mooring’s illustrated feature ‘Dietrich Rides Again’, which examines Marlene Dietrich’s reinvention around Destry Rides Again and looks back across her collaborations with Josef von Sternberg and her Hollywood screen persona. The rear page is a full-page advance advertisement for Everywoman No. 1, due 20 February 1940, preserving useful evidence of Odhams’ cross-promotion and women’s magazine publishing immediately before that title’s launch.
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Archive Importance: 9 / 10 · Gold Star.
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