Picture Show Annual HC (1926-1960 Amalgamated Press) UK Edition comic books 1930-1939

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.