Photoplay
American film magazine / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This article is about the American film magazine. For motion pictures, sometimes called "photoplays", see film.
Photoplay was one of the first American film (another name for photoplay) fan magazines. It was founded in Chicago in 1911. Under early editors, Julian Johnson and James R. Quirk, in style and reach it became a pacesetter for fan magazines. In 1921, Photoplay established what is considered the first significant annual movie award. For most of its run, it was published by Macfadden Publications. The magazine ceased publication in 1980.
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Categories | Film Entertainment |
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Founded | 1911 |
Final issue | 1980 |
Company | Macfadden Publications |
Country | United States |
Based in | Chicago |
Language | English |
ISSN | 0732-538X |
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