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Exploring how Hollywood fan magazines of the 1950s and 60s not only entertained readers but helped shape their fantasies and beliefs about fame, fortune and the path of true love.
“Step right up to see the greatest collection of West coast wild-life ever assembled in one place!” — tagline for “Hot from Hollywood” gossip column, Movie TV Secrets magazine
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Exploring lives that were at once ordinary and unique, fabulous and tedious, fulfilling and tortured, abundant and deprived.
“Red hot gossip right off the griddle” — tagline for “Inside Stuff,” Inside Story
“Inside Stuff,” Inside Story
“All the intimate details of life and love among Tinseltown’s exciting young celebs” — tagline for “Hollywood’s Younger Set,” Movie World
“Hollywood’s Younger Set,” Movie World
“Star secrets from coast to coast” — tagline for “Gossip,” TV Picture Life
“Gossip,” TV Picture Life
“All the lowdown on the hi-jinks of Hollywood’s fabled citizens” — tagline for “Dateline: Hollywood!” Screen World
“Dateline: Hollywood!” Screen World
“Put your eye right up to the key hole and take a peek at the flings the Hollywood stars want to hide from you” — tagline for “Hollywood Snooper,” Movie Tattler
“Hollywood Snooper,” Movie Tattler
“Step right up to see the greatest collection of West coast wild-life ever assembled in one place!”
— tagline for “Hot from Hollywood” gossip column, Movie TV Secrets magazine
Movie TV Secrets magazine
“Who knows what goes on in the heart of Hollywood?” — tagline for “Pamela Mason Knows,” Photoplay
“Pamela Mason Knows,” Photoplay
“The column the stars read” — tagline for “Hotline to the Stars,” Movieland and TV Time
“Hotline to the Stars,” Movieland and TV Time
“Get in orbit with the stars!” — tagline for “Pop Stars Are Poppin’!” Teen World
“Pop Stars Are Poppin’!” Teen World
“All the loudest whispers from our very own private ear!” — tagline for “Star Scoops,” Movieland and TV Time
“Star Scoops,” Movieland and TV Time
“Read the hottest, on the spottest news about your favorites here” — tagline for Armand Archerd’s “Star Close Ups,” Movie Stars