Description: PAGEANT MAGAZINE: VOL4 No.1 JUNE 1948 A NOSTALGIA TREASURE CHEST: REF, PAG41 Click images to enlarge Description PAGEANT MAGAZINE 1944 ~ 1977 VOLUME 4 No. 1 JUNE ~ JULY 1948 COVER GIRL: Lee Perkins ENTERTAINER 1928 ~ ? A NOSTALGIA TREASURE CHEST REF-ENTBSH-PAG 41 VH: V.SS STJ 14223 5 1/2" x 7 1/2" 162 pages Pageant was a 20th-century monthly magazine published in the United States from November 1944 until February 1977. Printed in a digest size format, it became Coronet magazine's leading competition, although it aimed for comparison to Reader's Digest. History Pageant was founded and first published by Hillman Periodicals. The first issue appeared in November 1944. Publisher Alex L. Hillman saw Pageant as a prestigious addition to his magazine line that included true confessions (Real Romances, Real Story, Real Confessions), crime titles (Crime Detective, Real Detective, Crime Confessions) and comic books, and he went to press for a 500,000 print run on his first issue. With an emphasis on visuals, Pageant often mixed glamour photo features with informative text on a wide range of subjects. Pageant was purchased by Macfadden Publications in 1961 and published its last issue in February 1977. Editors After six years editing The American Mercury, Eugene Lyons, the first U.S. correspondent to interview Joseph Stalin, signed on as Pageant's first editor, offering a solid line-up of articles. So did Vernon Pope who took over as editor in May 1945. Even so, with a circulation of 270,000, the adless Pageant lost $400,000 for its publisher in 1946-47, mainly due to rising printing and paper costs in the postwar era. Typical of that year's contents was the September 1947 issue with articles on "Babies Before Birth," Greece, New England, pianist Alec Templeton, the photography of Louise Dahl-Wolfe and an interview with Bernard Baruch. Vernon Pope departed in 1947 and was replaced by a former Coronet managing editor, 30-year-old Harris Shevelson, who soon had the magazine turning a profit, with circulation climbing to 350,000 by March 1949, followed by a 400,000 print run for a wacky April Fool issue (April 1949). Link with Mad Pageant indirectly figures into the history of Harvey Kurtzman's Mad, triggering the switch of Mad from a comic book to a magazine. In the early 1950s, Pageant did an article about the comic book Mad, illustrating it with an original double-page cartoon showing a parade of Mad characters. The drawing was created especially for Pageant by Kurtzman and Will Elder. Not long after that, Kurtzman received an offer to edit Pageant. Mad publisher Bill Gaines, in an interview with Steve Ringgenberg, explained what happened next: I changed it because Harvey Kurtzman, my then editor, got a very lucrative offer from, I believe, Pageant magazine, and he had, prior to that time, evinced an interest in changing Mad into a magazine. At the time, I didn’t think I wanted to because I didn’t know anything about publishing magazines. I was a comics publisher. But, remembering this interest, when he got this offer I countered his offer by saying I would allow him to change Mad into a magazine, which proved to be a very lucky step for me. But that’s why it was changed. It was not changed to avoid the Code. Now, as a result of this, it did avoid the Code, but that’s not why I did it. If Harvey had not gotten that offer from Pageant, Mad probably never would have changed format. September 1947 cover with Dorothy MaloneShirley Bonne, an actress who appeared in the CBS comedy series My Sister Eileen (1960–61), appeared twice on the Pageant cover in the mid-1950s. Payment I ASK THAT PAYMENT BE MADE WITHIN 12 HOURS OF AUCTIONS CLOSE. UNPAID AUCTIONS ARE ELIGIBLE FOR OFFER TO THE NEXT HIGHEST BIDDER AFTER 48 HOURS WHERE APPLICABLE. INVOICES REMAINING UNPAID ARE REFERRED TO EBAY FOR SETTLEMENT BY MEANS OF A NON-PAYMENT CASE AGAINST THE BUYER. ALL SALES PAYABLE BY PAYPAL UNLESS OTHER ARRANGEMENTS ARE MADE WITH THE EXCEPTION OF INTERNATIONAL SALES WHICH ARE PAYABLE BY PAYPAL ONLY. Shipping ORDERS SHIP WITHIN 4 DAYS. CANADA POST DETERMINES SHIPPING COSTS, NOT THE SELLER! IN LIGHT OF THE MONEY BACK GUARANTEE POLICY SECURE SHIPPING IS MANDATORY ON ITEMS OVER $20 I USE THE MOST COST EFFECTIVE OPTIONS AVAILABLE WITHOUT COMPROMISING THE SAFETY OF THE GOODS. AN AMOUNT TO COVER SHIPPING AND HANDLING AS PERMITTED BY EBAY IS INCORPORATED INTO ALL SHIPPING COSTS. 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Price: 15 USD
Location: North York, Ontario
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Restocking Fee: No
Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 14 Days
Refund will be given as: Money Back
Publication Name: Pageant
Antique: Yes
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Distribution: Paid Circulation
Ex Libris: No
Genre: Action & Adventure, Activity, Antiques & Collectibles, Architecture, Celebrity, Crime & Detective, Design, Fashion, Humor & Satire, Illustration, Movies & TV, News, Science, Sports, Theatre, Travel & Geography
Issue Number: 1
Language: English
Publication Frequency: Monthly
Publication Month: July, June
Publication Year: 1948
Publisher: Hilman
Topic: Air Force, Aircraft, Army, Boats, Cars, Pre-1960, Comic Books, Dance, Drama, Folklore, Golf, Jazz, Military, Modelling, Motor Sport, Motoring, Music, Pre-1960, Mystery, Opera, Patriotic, Philosophy, Photography, Politics, Propaganda, Psychology, Radio, Sewing, Slice of Life, Spy, Tragedy, True Story
Volume: 4
Features: Illustrated
