PICTURE PLAY Magazine Covers and Issues Archive | MovieMags

aka "Picture-Play, STREET AND SMITH'S PICTURE PLAY"
Magazine from United States United States flag

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First and last issue:

1915-1941

Categories:

Fan!

Publisher:

Street and Smith

Movie magazine?

Yes

Still published?

No, ceased

- Early American 'fan Magazine'.
- Started as Picture-Play Weekly in April 10, 1915.
- Was called "Picture-Play" from 1915 to 1927, and "STREET AND SMITH'S PICTURE PLAY" from 1931 to 1938.
- Became "Charm" in March 1941.

Last updated: 12 April 2026 (see recent updates)

Listed issues: 304

Listing is not complete, so it is not known what is missing.

See The listing

Special thanks for this page goes to:
Ben, Garry Malvern, Grace, Ramón J. Jésus.

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1936

January

PICTURE PLAY magazine side cover January 1936

On cover:

Kay Francis

February

PICTURE PLAY magazine side cover February 1936

March

PICTURE PLAY magazine side cover March 1936

On cover:

Joan Crawford

April

PICTURE PLAY magazine side cover April 1936

On cover:

Jean Harlow

May

PICTURE PLAY magazine side cover May 1936

June

PICTURE PLAY magazine side cover June 1936

On cover:

Claudette Colbert

July

PICTURE PLAY magazine side cover July 1936

August

PICTURE PLAY magazine side cover August 1936

September

PICTURE PLAY magazine side cover September 1936

October

PICTURE PLAY magazine side cover October 1936

November

PICTURE PLAY magazine side cover November 1936

On cover:

Katharine Hepburn

December

PICTURE PLAY magazine side cover December 1936

On cover:

Jeanette MacDonald

1937

January

PICTURE PLAY magazine side cover January 1937

February

PICTURE PLAY magazine side cover February 1937

March

PICTURE PLAY magazine side cover March 1937

April

PICTURE PLAY magazine side cover April 1937

On cover:

Myrna Loy

May

PICTURE PLAY magazine side cover May 1937

June

PICTURE PLAY magazine side cover June 1937

July

PICTURE PLAY magazine side cover July 1937

August

PICTURE PLAY magazine side cover August 1937

September

PICTURE PLAY magazine side cover September 1937

PICTURE PLAY magazine side cover September 1937

October

PICTURE PLAY magazine side cover October 1937

November

PICTURE PLAY magazine side cover November 1937

On cover:

Kay Francis

December

PICTURE PLAY magazine side cover December 1937

1938

January

PICTURE PLAY magazine side cover January 1938

On cover:

Joan Crawford

February

PICTURE PLAY magazine side cover February 1938

On cover:

Myrna Loy

March

PICTURE PLAY magazine side cover March 1938

On cover:

Alice Faye

April

PICTURE PLAY magazine side cover April 1938

On cover:

Ginger Rogers

May

PICTURE PLAY magazine side cover May 1938

On cover:

Carole Lombard

June

PICTURE PLAY magazine side cover June 1938

On cover:

Errol Flynn

Bette Davis

July

PICTURE PLAY magazine side cover July 1938

On cover:

Loretta Young

August

PICTURE PLAY magazine side cover August 1938

On cover:

Shirley Temple

September

PICTURE PLAY magazine side cover September 1938

On cover:

Norma Shearer

October

PICTURE PLAY magazine side cover October 1938

On cover:

Olivia de Havilland

November

PICTURE PLAY magazine side cover November 1938

December

PICTURE PLAY magazine side cover December 1938

On cover:

Carole Lombard

1939

January

PICTURE PLAY magazine side cover January 1939

On cover:

Sonja Henie

February

PICTURE PLAY magazine side cover February 1939

On cover:

Mickey Rooney

March

PICTURE PLAY magazine side cover March 1939

On cover:

Claudette Colbert

April

PICTURE PLAY magazine side cover April 1939

On cover:

Deanna Durbin

May

PICTURE PLAY magazine side cover May 1939

June

PICTURE PLAY magazine side cover June 1939

July

PICTURE PLAY magazine side cover July 1939

August

PICTURE PLAY magazine side cover August 1939

On cover:

Dorothy Lamour

September

PICTURE PLAY magazine side cover September 1939

On cover:

Ann Sheridan

October

PICTURE PLAY magazine side cover October 1939

On cover:

Alice Faye

November

PICTURE PLAY magazine side cover November 1939

On cover:

Ginger Rogers

December

PICTURE PLAY magazine side cover December 1939

On cover:

Shirley Temple

1940

January

PICTURE PLAY magazine side cover January 1940

February

PICTURE PLAY magazine side cover February 1940

On cover:

Deanna Durbin

March

PICTURE PLAY magazine side cover March 1940

On cover:

Jeanette MacDonald

April

PICTURE PLAY magazine side cover April 1940

May

PICTURE PLAY magazine side cover May 1940

June

PICTURE PLAY magazine side cover June 1940

July

PICTURE PLAY magazine side cover July 1940

On cover:

Paulette Goddard

August

PICTURE PLAY magazine side cover August 1940

September

PICTURE PLAY magazine side cover September 1940

October

PICTURE PLAY magazine side cover October 1940

November

PICTURE PLAY magazine side cover November 1940

December

PICTURE PLAY magazine side cover December 1940

1941

January

PICTURE PLAY magazine side cover January 1941

On cover:

Olivia de Havilland

February

PICTURE PLAY magazine side cover February 1941

On cover:

Alice Faye

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