Picture Show
Cover April 1955: Grace Kelly & Stewart Granger in Green Fire
CategoriesFilm
FrequencyWeekly
First issueMay 3, 1919 (1919-05-03)
Final issueDecember 31, 1960 (1960-12-31)
CompanyAmalgamated Press/Fleetway Publications
CountryUnited Kingdom

Picture Show was a weekly film magazine, published in the United Kingdom between 3 May 1919 and 31 December 1960.[1] It was one of the longest-running film entertainment magazines in Britain.

Overview

Picture Show was launched in 1919.[2] It was published throughout its run by the Amalgamated Press/Fleetway Publications as a weekly magazine.[3] In 1939 it absorbed another film magazine, Film Pictorial.[2] In 1959 it absorbed TV Mirror.[3] Its publishers also produced the Picture Show Annual throughout its run.

See also

References

  1. ↑ British Library - Cinema and Film Periodicals: British and Irish Retrieved 12 November 2012
  2. 1 2 "Early Movie Magazine from Great Britain 1919-1960". Collecting Old Magazines. Retrieved 27 February 2017.
  3. 1 2 Magforum: Film, TV and radio magazines, "Picture Show" Retrieved 12 November 2012


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