PHOTOPLAY Magazine Lot (5 Issues, 1918–1935) Early Hollywood Joan Bennett Constance Bennett Gaynor Farrell

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From 1918 through the mid-1930s, Photoplay wasn’t just a magazine — it was the public’s front-row seat to the birth and maturation of movie stardom. This five-issue lot captures that evolution beautifully, from the pastel portrait era of the silent years (including a wonderful 1918 issue) to the Deco-lush, hand-tinted glamour of the early sound period. Stars featured across these covers and contents include Joan Bennett, Constance Bennett, Janet Gaynor, Charles Farrell, and the era’s most bankable icons. Inside you’ll find everything that made Photoplay the definitive Hollywood fan publication: profiles, gossip columns, scenario fiction, editorial commentary, studio ads, and the magazine’s beloved annual Gold Medal for the best picture of the year.

The contents pages alone chart a cultural shift — Einstein in Hollywood, “The Garbo Jinx on Her Leading Men,” aviator Paul Mantz’s “Honeymoon Express,” early Joan Crawford features, Marx Brothers promotions, and pre-Code Hollywood’s lively push-and-pull between glamour, scandal, and image management. These aren’t just magazines; they’re historical documents that reveal what everyday moviegoers read, imagined, and believed during cinema’s most mythic decades.

A terrific, display-ready lot that brings early Hollywood right into your room.