Picture Show Annual HC (1926-1960 Amalgamated Press) UK Edition comic books

Picture Show Annual for 1926. Cover of Rudolph Valentino and Helena D'Algy. Articles include "The Progress of the Pictures," "This Is Rudolph Valentino," "Films That Made Them Famous," "The Gish Sis-Stars," "Hollywood Homes," "The Life of an Extra Girl," "Still the World's Sweetheart - Mary Pickford," short movie features including Peter Pan, Don Q, Forbidden Paradise, "Ivor Novello - Composer, Film and Stage Star," "Cinema Children," "Humorists of the Screen," "The Talmadge Three," "Who's Who in 1926 Pictures" and much more. Full-page movie star portraits in full color include Douglas Fairbanks in Thief of Bagdad, Jackie Coogan in Little Robinson Crusoe and Ramon Navarro in The Arab. Movie portraits include Mary Pickford, Richard Barthelmess, Charles Chaplin, Bebe Daniels, Harold Lloyd, Marion Davies, Anna May Wong, Tom Mix, Gloria Swanson, Mae Murray, John Gilbert, Adolph Menjou, Colleen Moore, Richard Dix, Pola Negri and many more. Profusely illustrated with tinted photographs. Excellent layout and design. Weighs over two pounds. Hardcover, 8 1/4-in. x 11-in., 160 pages, B&W.

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Picture Show Annual for 1927. Cover of Dorothy Gish. Articles include "Then and Now," "Colleen Moore," "Love Through the Ages," "The Race for the Hero Championship," "Latest Film Finds," "Milestones in Mary Pickford's Movie Career," "The Beauty From Budapest," "Contrasts in Cinema Comedians," "What Special Qualities Brought Them Success," "What British Stars Have Done," "Film Fame in Families," "Definitions" of movie terms, "Passionate Pola," "How They Grow Up," "Home Life in Los Angeles" and much more. Full-page movie star portraits in full color include Lillian Gish and John Gilbert in La Boheme, Douglas Fairbanks and Billie Dove in The Black Pirate, Mary Astor and Ben Lyon in The Pace That Thrills. Movie portraits include Norma Talmadge, Buster Keaton, Constance Talmadge, Ramon Novarro, Norma Shearer, Douglas Fairbanks, Mary Astor, Billie Dove, William S. Hart, Sessue Hayakawa, Wallace Beery, Tom Mix, Gloria Swanson, Mae Murray and many more. Also includes two illustrated short stories, one-page movie promos, all profusely illustrated with photographs. Excellent layout and design. Weighs over two pounds. Hardcover, 8 1/4-in. x 11-in., 160 pages, B&W.

Picture Show Annual for 1928. Cover of Norma Talmadge. Articles include "They Kept the Movies Moving," "Bungalow and Workshop" about Pickfair, "Memorable Moments in the Movies," "Getting There and Keeping There," "Norma Talmadge," "Fame Before Twenty," "Comedians Who Create," "It's a Dog's Life," "Putting the Wild Into West," "Two's Company," "The Continent's Contribution to the Screen," "Snapshots and Spotlights," "It's Character That Counts," "Censorship," "Night Life in Hollywood" and much more. Full-page movie star portraits in full color include Viola Dana and Milton Sills in The Silent Lover, Ronald Colman and Vilma Banky in The Night of Love, Dolores del Rio and Rod La Rocque in Resurrection. Movie portraits include Richard Dix, Ronald Colman, Ricardo Cortez, John Barrymore, Lillian Gish, Emil Jannings, Pola Negri, Ramon Navarro, Frances X. Bushman, Dorothy Gish, Victor McLagen, and many more. Also includes two illustrated short stories and one-page movie promos and short movie star features. Profusely illustrated with photographs with excellent layout and design. Weighs over two pounds. No dustjacket as issued but includes the glassine wrapper with the cover price of six shillings. Hardcover, 8 1/4-in. x 11-in., 160 pages, B&W.

Picture Show Annual for 1929. Cover of Betty Balfour. Articles include "Milestones in the Movies," "Strolling Through Hollywood," "Ivor Novello and His Leading Ladies," "Bungalow Alley - The Street of Stars," "Chic and Clever," "New Faces," "Training Animals for the Pictures," "Favorite Films That Have Stood the Test of Time," "Round the British Studios," "Modern Movie Mothers," "The Great Moment," "Without Benefit of Makeup" and much more. Full-page movie star portraits in full color include Victor McLagen and Dolores del Rio in Loves of Carmen, Douglas Fairbanks and Lupe Velez in The Gaucho, Ramon Novarro and Marceline Day in Penance. Movie portraits include Gloria Swanson, John Gilbert, Pola Negri, Ronald Colman, Marion Davies, Betty Balfour, John Barrymore, Norma Shearer, Mary Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks, Billie Dove, Gary Cooper and many more. Also includes one-page movie promos and short movie star features, including Louise Brooks and Lon Chaney. Profusely illustrated with photographs with excellent layout and design. Weighs over two pounds. No dustjacket as issued but includes the glassine wrapper with the cover price of six shillings. Hardcover, 8 1/4-in. x 11-in., 160 pages, B&W.

Picture Show Annual for 1930. Articles include "Looking Back," "The Younger Generation," "The Birth and Death of a Movie," "Me and My Dog," "As Others See Them," "Talkie Pioneers," "Our Wonderful World," "Magic Mirror of the Movies," "Shopping in Hollywood," "When They Were Very Young," "A Week in My Life," "Tiny Tots and Clever Pets," "Hollywood Holidays" and much more. Full-page movie star portraits in full color include Ronald Colman and Lily Damita in The Rescue, Jack Gilbert and Renee Adoree in The Cossacks, Vilma Banky and Walter Byron in the Awakening. Movie portraits include Ramon Novarros, Gloria Swanson, Greta Garbo, Anna May Wong, Norma Talmadge, Joan Crawford, Billie Dove, Clara Bow. Also includes one-page movie promos and short movie star features, including John Gilbert, Gary Cooper and Myrna Loy. Profusely illustrated with photographs with excellent layout and design. Weighs over two pounds. No dustjacket as issued. Hardcover, 8 1/4-in. x 11-in., 160 pages, B&W.

Picture Show Annual for 1931. Cover of Ronald Colman and Ann Harding. Articles include "Do You Remember Them When," "From Stage to Studio," "Beach Homes on the Blue Pacific," "The Music Makers," "Westerns Old and New," "Thumbnail Sketches in the British Studios," "Why They Made Good," "Talkies Bring a New Type of Comedian," "Putting Talk Into Silent Successes," "Before They Were Famous," "Favorites of the Past" and much more. Full-page movie star portraits in full color include John Barrymore in General Crack, Don Alvarado and Lily Damita in The Bridge of San Luis Rey. Movie portraits include Ronald Colman, Richard Arlen, Greta Garbo, Ramon Novarro, Gary Cooper, Basil Rathbone, William Powell, Bebe Daniels, Anna May Wong, Marion Davies and many more. Also includes one-page movie promos and short movie star features, including Victor McLagen. Profusely illustrated with photographs with excellent layout and design. Weighs over two pounds. No dustjacket as issued but includes the glassine wrapper with the cover price of six shillings. Hardcover, 8 1/4-in. x 11-in., 160 pages, B&W.

Picture Show Annual for 1932. Cover of John Boles and Evelyn Laye in One Heavenly Night. Articles include "The Birth of Oration," "New British Pictures," "Making Mickey Mouse," "Singing Stars," "The Great Outdoors Comes Back to the Screen," "Before They Left Us," "Handsome Is As Handsome Does," "My Friends Among the British Stars," "The Charm of the Accent," "Five Pairs of Fun-Makers," "Actions Speak Louder Than Words," "Hollywood's Holiday Resorts," "From the Family Album" and much more. Full-page movie star portraits in full color include James Rennie and Ann Harding in Girl of the Golden West, William Farnum and Norma Talmadge in Du Barry, Woman of Passion, John Garrick and Jeanette MacDonald in The Lottery Bride. Movie portraits include Robert Montgomery, Greta Garbo, Gary Cooper, John Gilbert, Douglas Fairbanks Jr, Fredric March, Marlene Dietrich, Richard Barthemess, Mary Astor, William Powell, and many more. Also includes two illustrated short stories, one-page movie promos and short movie star features, including Marion Davies. Profusely illustrated with photographs with excellent layout and design. Weighs over two pounds. No dustjacket as issued but includes the glassine wrapper with the cover price of six shillings. Hardcover, 8 1/4-in. x 11-in., 160 pages, B&W.

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Picture Show Annual for 1933. Cover of Joseph Schildkraut and Dorothy Bouchier in The Blue Danube. Articles include "The Future of the Films," "Marvels of Makeup," "Where and How Movies are Made," "England - My England," "Slick and Sophisticated," "Hollywood's Highways and Byways," "Popular Talkie Teams," "Child Stars of Today and Yesterday," "From Footlights to Arc-Lights," "Silent Successes Speak For Themselves," "Sports of the Stars" and much more. Full-page movie star portraits in full color include Sessue Hayakawa and Anna May Wong in Daughter of the Dragon, Warner Baxter and Conchita Montenegro in The Cisco Kid. Movie portraits include Greta Garbo, Gary Cooper, Joan Crawford, Barbara Stanwyck, Will Rogers, Ronald Colman, Constance Bennett, Wallace Beery and many more. Also includes one-page movie promos and short movie star features, including Clark Gable, Claudette Colbert, Douglas Fairbanks Jr. and Marlene Dietrich. Profusely illustrated with photographs with excellent layout and design. Weighs over two pounds. No dustjacket as issued but includes the glassine wrapper with the cover price of six shillings. Hardcover, 8 1/4-in. x 11-in., 160 pages, B&W.

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Picture Show Annual for 1934. Cover of Jessie Matthews. Articles include "The Screen's Cavalcade," "Stars of Tomorrow," "Welcome Back," "Our British Studios," "The Truth About Hollywood Parties," "Off Days," "Lucky Dogs," "Every Country Its Own Humour," "British Beauty in American Settings," "They're Still Riding" and much more. Full-page movie star portraits in full color include Mary Pickford and Leslie Howard in Secrets, Elissa Landi and Fredric March in The Sign of the Cross, Cary Grant and Sylvia Sidney in Madame Butterfly. Movie portraits include William Powell, Joan Blondell, Marion Davies, Charles Laughton, Edward G. Robinson, Norma Shearer, Gary Cooper and many more. Also includes one-page movie promos and short movie star features, including Marlene Dietrich and King Kong. Profusely illustrated with photographs with excellent layout and design. Weighs over two pounds. No dustjacket as issued but includes the glassine wrapper with the cover price of six shillings. Hardcover, 8 1/4-in. x 11-in., 160 pages, B&W.

Picture Show Annual for 1935. Cover of Ivor Novello and Fay Compton in Autumn Crocus. Articles include "Twenty Years of British Pictures," "We're Glad to See Them Again," "Ladies of Laughter," "Golden Voices," "Screen Scrappers," "Filming Britain," "Strangers Within Our Gates," "Films in the Making," "They Brighten the Pictures," "Repeating Stage Success," "Spotlight on Crime," "All in the Family" and much more. Full-page movie star portraits in full color include Greta Garbo and Joh Gilbert in Queen Christina, Elisabeth Bergner and Douglas Fairbanks Jr. in Catherine the Great, Charlotte Henry in Alice In Wonderland. Movie portraits include Leslie Howard, Claudette Colbert, Gary Cooper, Myrna Loy, Warner Baxter, Clark Gable, Cary Grant, Wallace Beery, Maureen O'Sullivan, Greta Garbo, Conrad Veidt, Loretta Young, Ronald Colman, Walter Huston, John Barrymore and many more. Also includes one-page movie promos and short movie star features, including Jean Harlow, William Powell, Norma Shearer, Mae West and Marion Davies . Profusely illustrated with photographs with excellent layout and design. Weighs over two pounds. No dustjacket as issued but includes the glassine wrapper with the cover price of six shillings. Hardcover, 8 1/4-in. x 11-in., 160 pages, B&W.

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Picture Show Annual for 1936. Cover of Norma Shearer. Articles include "Looking Back 25 years," "This Year's Visitors to Our Studios," "Do You Remember Them When," "Continental Charm," "Small People With Big Names," "They Polish the Dirty Work," "Pillars of the Pictures," "There's Humor in Accents," "Strong - but Not Tough," "Good and True," "Villains or Heroes," "It Pays to be Plump," "On With the Dance," "From Soprano to Bass," "Beauty Changes" and much more. Movie portraits include Conrad Veidt, Myrna Loy, Robert Donat, Claudette Colbert, Clark Gable, Joan Crawford, Greta Garbo, Helen Hayes, Bing Crosby, and many more. Also includes one-page movie promos and short movie star features, including Paul Muni . Profusely illustrated with photographs with excellent layout and design. Weighs over two pounds. No dustjacket as issued but may include the glassine wrapper with the cover price of six shillings. Hardcover, 8 1/4-in. x 11-in., 160 pages, B&W.

Picture Show Annual for 1937. Cover of Anna Neagle. Articles include "Forty Years of Films," "They Made These Phrases," "The Home of British Films," "They Danced Their Way to Fame," "Their Voice is Their Fortune," "The Second Generation," "Youth and Beauty," "Over Here and Over There," "The Lure of Adventure," "Faces That Cheer," "It Pays to Specialize," "Western's Won't Go West" and much more. Movie portraits include Katharine Hepburn, Claudette Colbert, Charles Boyer, Maureen O'Sullivan, Jean Harlow, Fay Wray, Spencer Tracy, Ginger Rogers, Fred Astaire and many more. Also includes one-page movie promos for Things to Come and short movie star features, including Shirley Temple. Profusely illustrated with photographs with excellent layout and design. Weighs over two pounds. No dustjacket as issued but includes the glassine wrapper with the cover price of six shillings. Hardcover, 8 1/4-in. x 11-in., 160 pages, B&W.

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Picture Show Annual for 1938. Cover of Greta Garbo. Articles include "New Versions of Old Favorites," "They've Been a Long Time Married," "Famous Detectives of Fiction," "Color on the Screen," "Art and Artists in British Studios," "These Names Mean Mirth," "The Throne of England," "Film finds of the Year," "Westerns Old and New," "Fair Heroines and Dark Heroes" and much more. Movie portraits include Myrna Loy, Randolph Scott, Robert Taylor, Olivia De Havilland, Henry Fonda, Clark Gable, Ida Lupino, Rosalind Russell, Cary Grant, Errol Flynn, Laurence Olivier, and many more. Also includes one-page movie promos and short movie star features, including Gary Cooper, Douglas Fairbanks Jr. and Barbara Stanwyck. Profusely illustrated with photographs with excellent layout and design. Weighs over two pounds. No dustjacket as issued but includes the glassine wrapper with the cover price of six shillings. Hardcover, 8 1/4-in. x 11-in., 160 pages, B&W.

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Picture Show Annual for 1939. Cover of Gary Cooper and Sigrid Garie in The Adventures of Marco Polo. Articles include "Ten Years of Talkies," "Close Ups and Long Shots," "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs," "Children of the Screen," "Exceptions that Prove the Rule," "Stars of all Nations," "Stars of the Future," "Screenland Romances," "Say It With Song," "Sisters on the Screen," "Old Friends," "From Slapstick to Subtlety," "Men Behind the Makeup," "Days of Leisure" and much more. Movie portraits include Carole Lombard, William Powell, Deanna Durbin, James Stewart, Tyrone Power, Robert Taylor, Ginger Rogers, Basil Rathbone, Spencer Tracy, Greta Garbo, Bette Davis and many more. Also includes one-page movie promos and short movie star features, including Clark Gable. Profusely illustrated with photographs with excellent layout and design. Weighs over two pounds. No dustjacket as issued but includes the glassine wrapper with the cover price of six shillings. Hardcover, 8 1/4-in. x 11-in., 160 pages, B&W.

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Picture Show Annual for 1940. Cover of Madeline Carroll and Fred MacMurray. Articles include "Favourite Stars of Yesterday and Today" covering the silent era to 1939, "Characters You Can't Forget," "Favourite Films Screen Again" delving into remakes of earlier classics, "You Always Found 'Em Fighting" about James Cagney, John Wayne, Buster Crabbe and many more, "Series and Sequels," "Personalities in British Pictures," "Is There an Awkward Age," "They Sang Their Way to Fame" and much more. Full-page movie star portraits include Barbara Stanwyck, Ronald Colman, Joan Crawford, Charles Boyer, Laurence Olivier, Rosalind Russell, William Boyd, Jean Arthur, Gary Cooper, Clark Gable, Alice Faye, Cary Grant, Myrna Loy, Errol Flynn, Vivian Leigh and many more. Profusely illustrated with tinted photographs. Excellent layout and design. Hardcover, 8-in. x 10 1/2-in., 160 pages, B&W.

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Picture Show Annual for 1941. Cover of Bette Davis and Errol Flynn. Articles include "Popular Pictures Filmed Again," "The Class Screened" is about filming classic books, "The New Westerns," "The March of Walt Disney's Pen-Puppets" with stills from Pinocchio, "British Comedy Teams," "Newcomers of Note," "Edward G. Robinson - Art Connoisseur," "Dreams, Romances and Realities Collected in British Studios," "Are They Better When They're Bad," "The Grimmer Side of Life," "Gone with the Wind," "Men Who Have Made History" profiles historical movies, "It Runs in the Family," "The First Six Months" about films related to World War II, "Comic Strip Characters" on screen and much more. Full-page movie star portraits include Rex Harrison, Paulette Goddard, Tyrone Power, Greta Garbo, Ray Milland, Ann Sothern, Melvyn Douglas, David Niven, Lana Turner, Robert Preston, Ginger Rogers, Bette Davis and many more. Profusely illustrated with tinted photographs. Excellent layout and design. Hardcover, 8-in. x 10 1/2-in., 160 pages, B&W.

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Picture Show Annual for 1942. Articles include "The Film Plays Its Part," "The Romance of the Pioneers," "There'll Always be a Western," "Stars in Exile," "This Amazing Century," "There's Magic in Music" about Fantasia and other musicals, "Young Players of Promise," survey of movies from different parts of the British Empire like Australia, South Africa, India, "Men With Wings" and many more. Full-page movie star portraits include Bette Davis, Conrad Veidt, Merle Oberon, Robert Taylor, Douglas Fairbanks, Carole Lombard, Henry Fonda, Katharine Hepburn, William Powell, Judy Garland, Greer Garson, Mickey Rooney, Spencer Tracy, Dorothy Lamour, Cary Grant, Margaret Sullavan, Errol Flynn, Ann Sheridan, John Wayne and many more. Profusely illustrated with tinted photographs. Excellent layout and design. Hardcover, 8-in. x 10 1/2-in., 160 pages, B&W.

Picture Show Annual for 1943. Cover of Paulette Goddard and Ray Milland. Articles include "Proud record of Pictures During Wartime," "It Paid Them to be Bad," "Getting the Best Out of Bestsellers," "Westerns Have Always Made the Grade," "Fine Films of Famous People," "Among the Married," "Music for Merriment," "Films Reflect the World at War," "The Secret of the Success of Series Pictures," "Big Pictures from Stage Successes" and many more. Full-page movie star portraits include Cesar Romero, Loretta Young, Gary Cooper, William Boyd, Walter Pidgeon, Tyrone Power, Ingrid Bergman, Clark Gable, Humphrey Bogart, Greer Garson, George Sanders, Rita Hayworth, Robert Stack, Lana Turner and many more. Profusely illustrated with tinted photographs. Excellent layout and design. Hardcover, 8-in. x 10 1/2-in., 160 pages, B&W.

Picture Show Annual for 1944. Profusely illustrated with movie stills and photographs. Excellent layout and design. Hardcover, 8-in. x 10 1/2-in., 160 pages, B&W.

Picture Show Annual for 1945. Profusely illustrated with movie stills and photographs. Excellent layout and design. Hardcover, 8-in. x 10 1/2-in., 160 pages, B&W.

Picture Show Annual for 1946. Profusely illustrated with movie stills and photographs. Excellent layout and design. Hardcover, 8-in. x 10 1/2-in., 160 pages, B&W.

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Picture Show Annual for 1947. Cover of Stewart Granger and Jean Kent. Articles include "Flashbacks," "The Little More" is a survey of actors, "New Trails on the Old Wild West," "The Charm of Youth," "Family Fame," "It's No Help, It's a Handicap," "Dancing Time," "Glamour Girls Make Lovely Mothers," "Notable Newcomers" and many more. Full-page movie star portraits include Cornel Wilde, Dorothy Lamour, Ginger Rogers, Joseph Cotten, Lana Turner, John Mills, Ingrid Bergman, Ida Lupino, Susan Hayward, Fred MacMurray, Errol Flynn, Veronica Lake, James Mason, Alan Ladd, Frank Sinatra, Hedy Lamarr, Paulette Goddard and many more. Profusely illustrated with photographs. Excellent layout and design. Hardcover, 8-in. x 10-in., 160 pages, B&W.

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Picture Show Annual for 1948. Cover of Linda Darnell. Articles include "21 Years of Talkies," "Stories That Never Die," "Walt Disney Still Experiments," survey of the Academy Awards from 1928 to 1946, "They Grow Lovelier," "Still Going Strong," "The Spirit of Dickens on the Screen," "With Songs in Their Hearts," "Little People With Great Gifts," "Inside British Studios" and many more. Full-page movie star portraits include Ingrid Bergman, David Niven, Maureen O'Hara, Danny Kaye, Bob Hope, June Allyson, Gene Kelly, George Sanders, Roy Rogers, James Stewart, Bing Crosby, Clark Gable, Rita Hayworth and many more. Profusely illustrated with photographs. Excellent layout and design. Hardcover, 8-in. x 10-in., 160 pages, B&W.

Picture Show Annual for 1949. Cover of David Niven. Articles include a survey of movies 1910-1940s, "Home Sweet Home," "Set to Music," "Variety is the Spice of Screen Fare," "Heard on the Radio - Seen on the Screen," "Our World Today," "Honoured by the King," "On the Up and Up" and many more. Full-page movie star portraits include Susan Hayward, Peter Lawford, Yvonne De Carlo, Lucille Ball, Bette Davis, Stewart Granger, Trevor Howard, Michael Rennie, Barbara Stanwyck, Rex Harrison, Cyd Charisse, Robert Mitchum and many more. Profusely illustrated with photographs. Excellent layout and design. Hardcover, 8-in. x 10-in., 160 pages, B&W.

Picture Show Annual for 1950. Cover of Michael Wilding and Anna Neagle. Articles include "Melodies Bring Memories," "Pimpernels Past and Present," "Natural Settings," "By Special Request," "Song and Dance," "Good, Bad and Different," "A Tale of Two Taylors," "Real Life Stories Relived," "Ride 'Em Cowboy" "Betty (Grable) Brought Them Luck," "Time Off - Between Shots in British Films" and many more. Full-page movie star portraits include Danny Kaye, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Burt Lancaster, Virginia Mayo, Van Johnson, James Stewart, Veronica Lake, Angela Lansbury, Robert Ryan, Alan Ladd, Kirk Douglas, Jean Simmons, Linda Darnell, and many more. Profusely illustrated with photographs. Excellent layout and design. Hardcover, 8-in. x 10-in., 160 pages, B&W.

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Picture Show Annual for 1951. Cover of Dennis Price and Patricia Dainton. Articles include "Fame," "At Home," "Six Dancing Feet," "Together Again," "Star Selection," "Yo Ho Yo Ho," "Not So Dumb" about animals in the movies, "Comic Strips," "Right Stars in the Western Sky," "Welcome Back," "Romance and Realism," "Bible Stories on the Screen" and many more. Full-page movie star portraits include William Holden, Richard Attenborough, Montgomery Clift, Lauren Bacall, Ricardo Montalban, Alec Guinness, June Allyson, Errol Flynn, Jimmy Stewart, Paulette Goddard, Susan Hayward, John Wayne, Jean Simmons, Robert Mitchum, Bing Crosby, Doris Day, Gregory Peck, Elizabeth Taylor, Jane Russell and many more. Profusely illustrated with photographs. Excellent layout and design. Hardcover, 8-in. x 10-in., 160 pages, B&W.

Picture Show Annual for 1952. Cover of Robert Taylor and Deborah Kerr. Articles include "Spotlight on Screen Celebrations," "Private Lives," "They're Distinctive," "Laughter Unlimited," "Call to the Adventurous," "Myself - When Young," "We're Cheering," "Children of Fortune," "Screen Successes from Stage Hits," "In and Out of British Studios," "Shot on the Spot," "Pleasing Newcomers" and many more. Full-page movie star portraits include Betty Grable, Kirk Douglas, Ava Gardner, Eleanor Parker, Broderick Crawford, Gene Kelly, Tyrone Power, Robert Ryan, Petula Clark, Gregory Peck, David Niven, Victor Mature and many more. Profusely illustrated with photographs. Excellent layout and design. Hardcover, 8-in. x 10-in., 160 pages, B&W.

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Picture Show Annual for 1953. Cover of Michael Wilding and Anna Neagle. Articles include "Premieres," "Welcome Return," "Home is Where the Heart Is," "Dual Roles," "Model Young Ladies," "Sharing Star Popularity," "Impersonation," "Box Office Winners," "Leisure Hours," "Cosmopolitan Callers," "World-Wide Interest," "The Charm of a Child," "Odd Moments In and Out of British Studios," "Better Than Ever," "Other Talents" and many more. Full-page movie star portraits include Cary Grant, Frank Sinatra, Yvonne De Carla, Forrest Tucker, Esther Williams, Susan Hayward, Richard Basehart, Elizabeth Taylor, Jane Russell, Shelley Winters, Doris Day, Burt Lancaster, Patricia Neal, Janet Leigh, Lizabeth Scott, and many more. Profusely illustrated with photographs. Excellent layout and design. Hardcover, 8-in. x 10-in., 160 pages, B&W.

Picture Show Annual for 1954. Cover of Margaret Lockwood. Articles include "Royal Premieres," "They Brighten the Pictures," "Private Lives," "The Western Celebrates Its Golden Jubilee," "The Crown of England," "Familiar Teams," "The Latest Oscar Winners," "Thrills," "Short Stories," "On With the Dance," "Intimate moments In and Out of British Studios," "Lone Woman," "Children in the Arc-Light," "Their Memory Lingers On" and more. Movie star portraits include David Niven, James Mason, Ann Blyth, Marlon Brando, Barbara Stanwyck, Piper Laurie, Rock Hudson, Alec Guinness, Rita Hayworth, Maureen O'Hara, Gary Cooper, Bob Hope, Debbie Reynolds, John Wayne and many more. Profusely illustrated with photographs. Excellent layout and design. Hardcover, 8-in. x 10-in., 160 pages, B&W.

Picture Show Annual for 1955. Cover of Alan Ladd and Shelley Winters. Articles include "Cheers in the Cinema," "Time Off," "Romance On and Off the Screen," "Dipping Into the Past," "Their Original Intention," "The Ever-Popular Western," "Shakespeare Screened," "Glamour Gilds Reality in British Picture-Making," "Overseas Players in Our Films," "Following in Father's Footsteps," "Bad Girls Make Good," "If It's Laughter You're After," "Filmland's New Faces" and more. Movie star portraits include Richard Widmark, Richard Burton, Teresa Wright, Audie Murphy, Tony Curtis, Audrey Hepburn, Doris Day, William Holden, Judy Garland, Charlton Heston, Burt Lancaster and many more. Profusely illustrated with photographs. Excellent layout and design. Hardcover, 8-in. x 10-in., 160 pages, B&W.

Picture Show Annual for 1956. Cover of Rock Hudson and Barbara Rush. Articles include "Honours for the Cinema," "Snaopped Between Scenes," "Real People," "Spare Moments," "Do You Remember," "Stories of Operas Win Success on the Screen," "Stepping Stones in Filmland," "Laugh and the World Laughs With You," "Down to the Sea," "Magic, Thrills, Romance," "Film Stars Who Are Directors," "The Surname's the Same," "Long Ago and Far Away" and more. Movie star portraits include Clark Gable, Jean Peters, Sterling Hayden, Diana Dors, James Mason, Glenn Ford, Denholm Elliott, Marilyn Monroe, Elizabeth Taylor, Jane Russell, Marlon Brando, John Mills, Bing Crosby, Alan Ladd, Debbie Reynolds, Rock Hudson, Jack Palance, Gloria Grahame, Jack Lemmon and many more. Profusely illustrated with photographs. Excellent layout and design. Hardcover, 8-in. x 10-in., 160 pages, B&W.

Picture Show Annual for 1957. Cover of Yul Brynner and Deborah Kerr. Articles include "Gala Nights at the Cinema," "Pomp and Pageantry," "Wide Screen Westerns," "In the Realm of Science Fiction," "Fascinating Accents," "Stars and Their Pets," "Bestsellers Make Best-Selling Films," "Family Portraits," "True War Stories," "Love Teams to Remember," "British Pictures With Beautiful Backgrounds and Attractive Stars," "Re-Filmed Old Favourites," "Inherited Talent," "They're Always Welcome" and more. Movie star portraits include Alec Guinness, Danny Kaye, John Wayne, Natalie Wood, Aldo Ray, Richard Burton, Mitzi Gaynor, Kim Novak, Anne Francis, Kirk Douglas, Glenn Ford, William Holden, Susan Hayward, Joan Collins, Humphrey Bogart and many more. Profusely illustrated with photographs. Excellent layout and design. Hardcover, 8-in. x 10-in., 160 pages, B&W.

Picture Show Annual for 1958. Cover of Audrey Hepburn and Mel Ferrer. Articles include "Glittering Nights," "Stars and Their Children," "Impersonations," "Out and About," "Rock 'n' Roll," "Me and My Dog," "A Matter of Makeup," "Horrors," "Around the World," "Youngsters Grow Up," "The Longest Films," "All the World's a Stage," "Westerns With a Difference" and more. Movie star portraits include Burt Lancaster, Jean Simmons, Robert Wagner, Frank Sinatra, Richard Todd, Fess Parker, Elvis Presley, Joan Collins, Robert Mitchum, Lauren Bacall, Anita Ekberg, Jack Lemmon and many more. Profusely illustrated with photographs. Excellent layout and design. Hardcover, 8-in. x 10-in., 160 pages, B&W.

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Picture Show Annual for 19590. Cover of Dirk Bogarde and Yoko Tani. Articles include "Nights to Remember," "In and Out of the Film Studios," "Ever-Bright Stars," "The Wide Wild West," "Men of Character," "Cry Havoc," "Make Mine Music," "Films From the World," "Foreigners We Favor," "Love, Thrills and Drama," "Based on Reality," "Youngsters Who Win Our Hearts," "New Faces in Films" and more. Movie star portraits include Audrey Hepburn, Charlton Heston, Lana Turner, Jock Mahoney, Mamie Van Doren, William Holden, Shirley MacLaine, Shirley Jones, Paul Newman, John Saxon, Vera Miles, Sophia Loren, Jayne Mansfield, Pat Boone, Stanley Baker, Tony Randall, Carolyn Jones, Cliff Robertson and many more. Profusely illustrated with photographs. Excellent layout and design. Hardcover, 8-in. x 10-in., 160 pages, B&W.

Picture Show Annual for 1960. Cover of Richard Widmark and Doris Day. Articles include "great Occasions in the Cinema," "The Year's Awards," "Which Would You Choose," "Laughter All the Way," "Spectaculars," "Scene Stealers," "The Best Ever Films," "X for Horror," "Down Memory Lane," "The Magic of the Cartoon," "Stars Behind the Scenes," "How We Love to Hate Them," "Love Scenes to Remember," "Home and Abroad With British Films," "The Changing Face of Beauty," "Those Film Families," "Spinning Stars" and more. Movie star portraits include Harry Belafonte, Tina Louise, Anthony Quayle, James Garner, Gary Cooper, Kim Novak, Terry Thomas, Carroll Baker, James MacArthur, Sal Mineo, Anthony Quinn, Roger Moore, Hugh O'Brian and many more. Profusely illustrated with photographs. Excellent layout and design. Hardcover, 8-in. x 10-in., 160 pages, B&W.