Tuesday, June 29, 2021

British Movie Annuals 1950s

Back in the 1960s I began to collect movie annuals, volumes probably not familiar to American movie fans. Numerous titles were published each year, usually for the Christmas trade, including Ivy Crane Wilson's Hollywood Album, Picture Show, Picturegoer, Film Fun and Collins, It's taken me until this year (and Covid) to begin reading these many books. Here's a small sample from PICTUREGOER, 1955-56. I've included the long alphabetical list of actors included within, either by way of photos or articles. The numbers refer to the page on which they appear.



Abbott, Betty, 51, 57, Abbott, Bud, 37, Adams, Jill, III, Adams, Julie, 51, 58, Allyson, June, 126‑7‑8, Bacall, Lauren, 55,126‑7‑8, Ball, Suzan, 97, Basehart, Richard, 132‑5, Bergen, Edgar. 76, 89, Bergen. Francis, 76, Blyth, Ann, 16, 17, Bogarde. Dirk, 56, Bogart, Humphrey, 120‑1‑2, Bracken. Eddie, 38, Brando, Marion, 13, 70‑2. 75, Brazzi, Rossano, 122, Burke, Sonny, 100, Cabot, Susan, 99, Calhoun, Rory, 86. 87, Carroll. John, 76, Cass, Henry, 142, Castellani, 114, Cavanagh, Paul, 125, Chandler, Jeff, 98‑100, Charisse, Cyd, 91, Clarke. Lydia, 59, 60, Clift Montgomery, 79, Clooney, Rosemary, 24, 109, Cooper, Gary, 12, 13, 93, Corey, Wendell, 25, Cortesa, Valentina, 122, Costello, Lou, 37, Craig, Michael, 143, Crawford, Joan, 15, 17, Crosby. Bing, 14, 24, Curtis. Tony. 25, 100, Dahl, Arlene, 126‑7‑8, Dailey, Dan, 73, Darcel, Denise, 92, Davies, Marion. 76, Day, Doris, 35, 45‑7, d'Amboise. Jacques. 129‑30‑3, de Carlo, Yvonne, 58, Denham, Maurice, 136, Denis, Armand, 135, Denis, Michaela, 135, 136, Dixon. Reginald, 142, Dors, Diana, 91, 141, Dudan. Pierre, 78, Dunn, Stanley, 113, Duryea, Dan, 99, Elliott, Denholm 142, Ferrer, Mel, 20, Fisher, Eddie, 16, Fontaine, Joan, 79, Forbes, Bryan, 143, Francis, Anne, 66, 67, Gabor, Eva. 97, Gabor, Magda, 97, Gage, Ben, 76, Gam, Rita, 19, Gardiner, Nadia. 77, Gardiner, Reggie, 77, Gardner, Ava, 19, 120‑1‑2, Garland, Judy, 4‑9, Goodwin, Harold, 139, Grable, Betty. 18, 101‑3, Granger, Stewart, 24, Grenier, Hilda, 114, Goring, Marius, 122, Guinness. Alec. 79, Harrison, Rex. 24.107, Hayward, Susan. 76, Haver, June, 60, Heflin Van, 126‑7‑8, Henie, Sonia, 77, Hepburn, Audrey, 20, Heston, Charlton, 59‑61, Hill, Benny, 26‑9, Holden, William, 15, Hope, Bob, 24, 37. 39, Hudson, Rock, 24, 51‑2, 57‑8,123‑4‑5, Huston, John, 40, Johns, Glynis, 84, 85, Johnson, Van, 20, 112, Justin. John, 24, 79, Keel, Howard, 129‑30‑31, Kelly, Barbara. 15, 17, Kelly. Gene. 53, Kelly, Grace. 2. 10‑13. 24, Kerr, Deborah, 112,114, Knight, David. 64, 65, Knox, Alexander, 142, Koontz, Melvin, 115, Kruger, Otto, 124‑5, Lancaster, Burt, 92, Lanchester, Elsa, 48‑50, Lanza, Mario, 89, Laurie, Piper, 58, Lee. Bernard, 139, Lee, Peggy, 14, 15, Leigh, Janet, 25. 100, Lewis, Joe E.. 103, Liberace, 77, Long, Richard, 97, Loren, Sophia, 118‑9, Macdonald, Marie, 18, MacMurray. Fred‑126‑7‑8, McKenna, Virginia, 56, McNamara, Maggie, 62, 63, Mansfield, Jayne, 19, Marlow, Lucy, I, Mason. James, 7, Mattox, Matt, 129‑30‑31, Maurey Nicole, 107, Maxwell, Marilyn, 57, Medwin, Michael. 143, Merman, Ethel, 73, Milland, Ray, 25, Miller, Jan, 143, More, Kenneth. 143, Moore, Terry, 54, 57, Moorehead. Agnes, 123‑4‑5, Monroe, Marilyn, 15. 16, 74, Montiel, Sarita, 93, Murphy, Audie, 82, 83, Nader, George, 68, 69, Nelson, Gene, 89, Nelson, Lori, 57, Newton, Robert, 108, North, Sheree, 88‑90, O'Brien, Edmund, 120‑1, Palmer, Gregg, 123‑4, Peck, Gregory, 41. 42, 43, Platt. Marc, 129‑30‑31, Powell, Jane, 80,81. 94,129, Rall, Tommy, 729‑30‑31, Ray, Johnnie, 77, Redwing, Rodd, 117, Reid, Elliott, 126, 127, Rennie, Michael, 24, Richards, Jeff, 122‑30‑31, Rooney, Mickey, 39, Rothschild, Vic, 76, 77, Rush, Barbara, 123‑4‑5, Russell, Jane. 99, Rutherford, Ann, 76, Saint, Eva Marie, 14, 15, Scott, Janette, 21, Scott, Lizabeth, 18, Sellars, Elizabeth, 121, Shane, Sara. 123, Shawlee, Joan. 36, 38, Shearer, Moira, 79, Sheridan, Ann, 18, Sheybani, Jamshid, 113, Simmons, Jean, 24, 114, Stack, Robert, 79, Stark, Mabel, 114, 115, Steel, Anthony, 22, 23, Stevens, Warren, 120, Tamblyn, Russ, 129‑30‑31, Taylor, Elizabeth, 110, Taylor, Robert, 24, Taylor, Ross. 117, Tierney, Gene, 57, Turner, Lana, 19, Tyler, Beverley, 89, Van Doren, Mamie, 57, Vera‑Ellen, 25, 76, 109, Wagner, Robert, 15, Watt, Harry, 23, Wayne, John, 104‑6, Webb, Clifton, 126‑7‑8, Wilde, Cornell, 126‑7‑8, Williams, Esther, 76, Winters. Shelley, 95‑7, Withers, Jane, 89, Wyman, Jane, 123‑4‑5

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