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| A very entertaining comic - many thanks for sharing! I especially liked the picture on page 28 of Ms Swanson & Mr De Mille - shades of 'Sunset Boulevard'! :-O |
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| Publication | 1950 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 |
| Notes | Cover photo of Betty Hutton. |
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| Credits | Pencils:? (photograph) | Inks:? (photograph) | Colors:? (photograph) | Letters: typeset |
| Notes | Cover photo of Betty Hutton. |
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| Synopsis | Guess who the actors are by identifying different parts of their bodies. |
| Featuring | Hollywood Quiz |
| Notes | On inside front cover. |
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| Comic Story | Laugh, Betty, Laugh (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | bio of Betty Hutton |
| Content | Genre: Biography |
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| Comic Story | Hollywood Wants You (4 pages) |
| Synopsis | Talent scouts look for new faces for the movies. |
| Notes | Art formally attributed to John Prentice. Email from Jim Vadeboncoeur calls the artist "Little Al" because he drew most of the strips for this title under Ziff Davis. He has yet to identify him. |
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| Comic Story | What's with the Crosbys? (6 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Biography | Characters: Bing Crosby; Dixie Lee; Paul Whiteman; Larry Crosby; Mr. O'Melveny; Al Rinker; Mildred Bailey; Gary Crosby; Philip Crosby; Dennis Crosby; Lindsay Crosby; Charley |
| Notes | Everett signature appears on the splash panel in the lower left, vertically, next to Bing's elbow.
This story recounts the life of Crosby from his earliest days until the present, with his marriage difficulties with Dixie Lee interspersed around and through it. |
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| Text Story | Hollywood's Cinderella Girl (2 pages) |
| Synopsis | bio of Joan Evans |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Biography |
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| Comic Story | A Star Looks Heavenward (4 pages) |
| Synopsis | bio of Colleen Townsend |
| Content | Genre: Biography |
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| Comic Story | No Swan Song for Swanson (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | bio of Gloria Swanson |
| Content | Genre: Biography |
| Notes | Art identification per email from Jim Vadeboncoeur. Formally attributed to John Prentice. |
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| Comic Story | Stunts That Made Stars (4 pages) |
| Synopsis | Stunts that actors did to get hired or recognized to obtain parts in motion pictures. |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction |
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| Notes | Full page illustrated ad (one panel has Matt Baker art) for Romantic Marriage. |
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| Synopsis | Contest to name the film actor whom you would nominate as Hollywood's Most Beautiful Hunk of Man. |
| Notes | On back cover. |
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