PHOTOPLAY Magazine Covers and Issues Archive | MovieMags

Magazine from New York, United States United States flag

United States flag

First and last issue:

1911-1980

Categories:

Fan!

Publisher:

MacFadden Publications Inc.

Movie magazine?

Yes

Still published?

No, ceased

- The magazine that represents the Golden Age of the Hollywood studio system during the 1930s and '40s.
- First issue was published in Chicago.
- In 1915 James R. Quirk became editor and he gave to Photoplay the form and format of a 'fan magazine': glamorous coverage of the movie world.
- Merged with Movie Mirror in 1941.
- Merged with TV-Radio Mirror in 1977.
- After it ceased publication, in 1980, its staff were moved to US magazine.

Last updated: 17 May 2026 (see recent updates)

Listed issues: 848

Listing is complete.

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Special thanks for this page goes to:
E.G. Reynolds, Garry Malvern, Solaris, Scott Matheson, Thao, Ramón Jésus.

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1911

Issue 1
June

PHOTOPLAY magazine side cover Issue 1 June 1911

Issue 2
July

PHOTOPLAY magazine side cover Issue 2 July 1911

Issue 3
August

PHOTOPLAY magazine side cover Issue 3 August 1911

Issue 4
September

PHOTOPLAY magazine side cover Issue 4 September 1911

Issue 5
October

PHOTOPLAY magazine side cover Issue 5 October 1911

Issue 6
November

PHOTOPLAY magazine side cover Issue 6 November 1911

Issue 7
December

PHOTOPLAY magazine side cover Issue 7 December 1911

1912

Issue 8
January

PHOTOPLAY magazine side cover Issue 8 January 1912

Issue 9
February

PHOTOPLAY magazine side cover Issue 9 February 1912

Photocopy shown until proper cover found.... more

Issue 10
March

PHOTOPLAY magazine side cover Issue 10 March 1912

Issue 11
April

PHOTOPLAY magazine side cover Issue 11 April 1912

Cover: Scene from "The Better Influence"... more

Issue 12
May

PHOTOPLAY magazine side cover Issue 12 May 1912

Issue 13
June

PHOTOPLAY magazine side cover Issue 13 June 1912

Photocopy shown until proper cover found.... more

Issue 14
July

PHOTOPLAY magazine side cover Issue 14 July 1912

Cover: Scene from "The Fall of Blackhawk"... more

Issue 15
August

PHOTOPLAY magazine side cover Issue 15 August 1912

Cover: Scene from "Their Lives for Gold"... more

Issue 16
September

PHOTOPLAY magazine side cover Issue 16 September 1912

Cover: Scene from "Queen Elizabeth" (Sarah Bernhardt)... more

Issue 17
October

PHOTOPLAY magazine side cover Issue 17 October 1912

Cover: J. Warren Kerrigan... more

Issue 18
November

PHOTOPLAY magazine side cover Issue 18 November 1912

Cover: Scene from "Guy Mannering"... more

Issue 19
December

PHOTOPLAY magazine side cover Issue 19 December 1912

1913

Issue 20
January

PHOTOPLAY magazine side cover Issue 20 January 1913

Cover: Scene from "The Return of Lady Linda"... more

Issue 21
February

PHOTOPLAY magazine side cover Issue 21 February 1913

Cover: Scene from "Andrew Jackson"... more

Issue 22
March

PHOTOPLAY magazine side cover Issue 22 March 1913

Issue 23
April

PHOTOPLAY magazine side cover Issue 23 April 1913

Issue 24
May

PHOTOPLAY magazine side cover Issue 24 May 1913

Issue 25
June

PHOTOPLAY magazine side cover Issue 25 June 1913

Issue 26
July

PHOTOPLAY magazine side cover Issue 26 July 1913

Cover: Edgena De Lespine... more

On cover:

Edgena De Lespine

Issue 27
August

PHOTOPLAY magazine side cover Issue 27 August 1913

Cover: The Kinemacolor Kids... more

Issue 28
September

PHOTOPLAY magazine side cover Issue 28 September 1913

Cover: Vivian Rich - J. Warren Kerrigan... more

On cover:

J. Warren Kerrigan

Vivian Rich

Issue 29
October

PHOTOPLAY magazine side cover Issue 29 October 1913

Cover: King Baggot... more

On cover:

King Baggot

Issue 30
November

PHOTOPLAY magazine side cover Issue 30 November 1913

Cover: Elsie Alberts... more

On cover:

Elsie Albert

Issue 31
December

PHOTOPLAY magazine side cover Issue 31 December 1913

Cover: Children of the Photoplay... more

1914

Issue 32
January

PHOTOPLAY magazine side cover Issue 32 January 1914

Cover: Mary Pickford - Owen Moore... more

On cover:

Owen Moore

Mary Pickford

Issue 33
February

PHOTOPLAY magazine side cover Issue 33 February 1914

Cover: Barbara Tennant / O.A.C. Lund... more

On cover:

Barbara Tennant

Issue 34
March

PHOTOPLAY magazine side cover Issue 34 March 1914

Cover: Norma Phillips... more

On cover:

Norma Phillips

Issue 35
April

PHOTOPLAY magazine side cover Issue 35 April 1914

Cover: Kathlyn Williams... more

On cover:

Kathlyn Williams

Issue 36
May

PHOTOPLAY magazine side cover Issue 36 May 1914

Cover: J. Warren Kerrigan... more

On cover:

J. Warren Kerrigan

Issue 37
June

PHOTOPLAY magazine side cover Issue 37 June 1914

Cover: Margarita Fischer... more

On cover:

Margarita Fischer

Issue 38
July

PHOTOPLAY magazine side cover Issue 38 July 1914

Cover: Francis X. Bushman... more

On cover:

Francis X. Bushman

Issue 39
August

PHOTOPLAY magazine side cover Issue 39 August 1914

Cover: Florence LaBadie... more

On cover:

Florence La Badie

Issue 40
September

PHOTOPLAY magazine side cover Issue 40 September 1914

Cover: Mary Pickford... more

On cover:

Mary Pickford

Issue 41
October

PHOTOPLAY magazine side cover Issue 41 October 1914

Cover: Pearl White... more

On cover:

Pearl White

Issue 42
November

PHOTOPLAY magazine side cover Issue 42 November 1914

Cover: Florence Lawrence... more

On cover:

Florence Lawrence

Issue 43
December

PHOTOPLAY magazine side cover Issue 43 December 1914

Contents Cover: Lillian & Dorothy Gish... more

On cover:

Lillian Gish

Dorothy Gish

1915

Issue 44
January

PHOTOPLAY magazine side cover Issue 44 January 1915

Cover: Winifred Kingston... more

On cover:

Winifred Kingston

Issue 45
February

PHOTOPLAY magazine side cover Issue 45 February 1915

Contents Cover: Beatriz Michelena... more

On cover:

Beatriz Michelena

Issue 46
March

PHOTOPLAY magazine side cover Issue 46 March 1915

Cover: Helen Holmes... more

On cover:

Helen Holmes

Issue 47
April

PHOTOPLAY magazine side cover Issue 47 April 1915

Cover: Blanche Sweet... more

On cover:

Blanche Sweet

Issue 48
May

PHOTOPLAY magazine side cover Issue 48 May 1915

Cover: Clara Kimball Young... more

On cover:

Clara Kimball Young

Issue 49
June

PHOTOPLAY magazine side cover Issue 49 June 1915

Cover: Mary Fuller... more

On cover:

Mary Fuller

Issue 50
July

PHOTOPLAY magazine side cover Issue 50 July 1915

Cover: Mae Marsh... more

On cover:

Mae Marsh

Issue 51
August

PHOTOPLAY magazine side cover Issue 51 August 1915

Cover: Mabel Normand... more

On cover:

Mabel Normand

Issue 52
September

PHOTOPLAY magazine side cover Issue 52 September 1915

Cover: Anita Stewart... more

On cover:

Anita Stewart

Issue 53
October

PHOTOPLAY magazine side cover Issue 53 October 1915

Cover: Beverly Bayne... more

On cover:

Beverly Bayne

Issue 54
November

PHOTOPLAY magazine side cover Issue 54 November 1915

Contents
Page 2 Cover: Mary Pickford... more

On cover:

Mary Pickford

Issue 55
December

PHOTOPLAY magazine side cover Issue 55 December 1915

Cover: Geraldine Farrar... more

On cover:

Geraldine Farrar

1916

Issue 56
January

PHOTOPLAY magazine side cover Issue 56 January 1916

Cover: Pearl White... more

On cover:

Pearl White

Issue 57
February

PHOTOPLAY magazine side cover Issue 57 February 1916

Contents
Page 2 Cover: Marguerite Courtot... more

On cover:

Marguerite Courtot

Issue 58
March

PHOTOPLAY magazine side cover Issue 58 March 1916

Cover: Marguerite Clark... more

On cover:

Marguerite Clark

Issue 59
April

PHOTOPLAY magazine side cover Issue 59 April 1916

Cover: Edna Mayo... more

On cover:

Edna Mayo

Issue 60
May

PHOTOPLAY magazine side cover Issue 60 May 1916

Cover: Gail Kane... more

Issue 61
June

PHOTOPLAY magazine side cover Issue 61 June 1916

Cover: D.W. Griffith... more

Issue 62
July

PHOTOPLAY magazine side cover Issue 62 July 1916

Cover: Mabel Normand... more

On cover:

Mabel Normand

Issue 63
August

PHOTOPLAY magazine side cover Issue 63 August 1916

Cover: Dorothy Bernard... more

Issue 64
September

PHOTOPLAY magazine side cover Issue 64 September 1916

Cover: Edna Purviance... more

On cover:

Edna Purviance

Issue 65
October

PHOTOPLAY magazine side cover Issue 65 October 1916

PHOTOPLAY magazine side cover Issue 65 October 1916

Cover: Hazel Dawn... more

On cover:

Hazel Dawn

Issue 66
November

PHOTOPLAY magazine side cover Issue 66 November 1916

PHOTOPLAY magazine side cover Issue 66 November 1916

Cover: Dorothy Kelly... more

On cover:

Dorothy Kelly

Issue 67
December

PHOTOPLAY magazine side cover Issue 67 December 1916

Cover: Marie Doro... more

On cover:

Marie Doro

1917

Issue 68
January

PHOTOPLAY magazine side cover Issue 68 January 1917

Cover: Naomi Childers, Artist: Neysa McMein... more

Issue 69
February

PHOTOPLAY magazine side cover Issue 69 February 1917

Cover: Norma Talmadge... more

Issue 70
March

PHOTOPLAY magazine side cover Issue 70 March 1917

Cover: Mary McLaren... more

Issue 71
April

PHOTOPLAY magazine side cover Issue 71 April 1917

Cover: Ethel Clayton... more

Issue 72
May

PHOTOPLAY magazine side cover Issue 72 May 1917

Cover: Theda Bara, Artist: Neysa McMein... more

Issue 73
June

PHOTOPLAY magazine side cover Issue 73 June 1917

Cover: Pauline Frederick... more

Issue 74
July

PHOTOPLAY magazine side cover Issue 74 July 1917

Cover: Emmy Wehlan... more

Issue 75
August

PHOTOPLAY magazine side cover Issue 75 August 1917

Cover: Jackie Saunders... more

On cover:

Jackie Saunders

Issue 76
September

PHOTOPLAY magazine side cover Issue 76 September 1917

Cover: Mae Marsh... more

Issue 77
October

PHOTOPLAY magazine side cover Issue 77 October 1917

Cover: Alice Joyce *, Artist: Haskell Coffin... more

On cover:

Alice Joyce

Issue 78
November

PHOTOPLAY magazine side cover Issue 78 November 1917

Cover: Mae Murray... more

Issue 79
December

PHOTOPLAY magazine side cover Issue 79 December 1917

Cover: Billie Burke... more

1918

Issue 80
January

PHOTOPLAY magazine side cover Issue 80 January 1918

Cover: June Elvidge... more

Issue 81
February

PHOTOPLAY magazine side cover Issue 81 February 1918

Cover: Alma Rubens... more

On cover:

Alma Rubens

Issue 82
March

PHOTOPLAY magazine side cover Issue 82 March 1918

Cover: Virginia Pearson, Artist: Haskell Coffin... more

Issue 83
April

PHOTOPLAY magazine side cover Issue 83 April 1918

Cover: Elsie Ferguson... more

Issue 84
May

PHOTOPLAY magazine side cover Issue 84 May 1918

Cover: Gail Kane, Artist: Haskell Coffin... more

Issue 85
June

PHOTOPLAY magazine side cover Issue 85 June 1918

Cover: Olive Tell... more

Issue 86
July

PHOTOPLAY magazine side cover Issue 86 July 1918

Cover: Doris Kenyon... more

Issue 87
August

PHOTOPLAY magazine side cover Issue 87 August 1918

Cover: Mabel Normand... more

On cover:

Mabel Normand

Issue 88
September

PHOTOPLAY magazine side cover Issue 88 September 1918

Cover: Lila Lee... more

On cover:

Lila Lee

Issue 89
October

PHOTOPLAY magazine side cover Issue 89 October 1918

Cover: Marguerite Clayton... more

On cover:

Marguerite Clayton

Issue 90
November

PHOTOPLAY magazine side cover Issue 90 November 1918

Cover: Edith Storey... more

Issue 91
December

PHOTOPLAY magazine side cover Issue 91 December 1918

Cover: Sylvia Breamer... more

On cover:

Sylvia Breamer

1919

Issue 92
January

PHOTOPLAY magazine side cover Issue 92 January 1919

Cover: Marie Doro... more

On cover:

Marie Doro

Issue 93
February

PHOTOPLAY magazine side cover Issue 93 February 1919

Cover: Geraldine Farrar, Artist: A. Cheney Johnston... more

On cover:

Geraldine Farrar

Issue 94
March

PHOTOPLAY magazine side cover Issue 94 March 1919

PHOTOPLAY magazine side cover Issue 94 March 1919

PHOTOPLAY magazine side cover Issue 94 March 1919

Cover: Lina Calvalieri... more

On cover:

Lina Cavalieri

Issue 95
April

PHOTOPLAY magazine side cover Issue 95 April 1919

Cover: Marjorie Rambeau... more

On cover:

Marjorie Rambeau

Issue 96
May

PHOTOPLAY magazine side cover Issue 96 May 1919

Cover: Billie Burke... more

On cover:

Billie Burke

Issue 97
June

PHOTOPLAY magazine side cover Issue 97 June 1919

Cover: Constance Talmadge... more

On cover:

Constance Talmadge

Issue 98
July

PHOTOPLAY magazine side cover Issue 98 July 1919

Cover: Dorothy Phillips... more

On cover:

Dorothy Phillips

Issue 99
August

PHOTOPLAY magazine side cover Issue 99 August 1919

Cover: Alice Brady... more

On cover:

Alice Brady

Issue 100
September

PHOTOPLAY magazine side cover Issue 100 September 1919

Cover: Mary Thurman... more

On cover:

Mary Thurman

Issue 101
October

PHOTOPLAY magazine side cover Issue 101 October 1919

Cover: Dorothy Dalton... more

On cover:

Dorothy Dalton

Issue 102
November

PHOTOPLAY magazine side cover Issue 102 November 1919

Cover: Lillian Gish... more

On cover:

Lillian Gish

Issue 103
December

PHOTOPLAY magazine side cover Issue 103 December 1919

Cover: Betty Compson... more

On cover:

Betty Compson

1920

Issue 104
January

PHOTOPLAY magazine side cover Issue 104 January 1920

Cover: Norma Talmadge... more

On cover:

Norma Talmadge

Issue 105
February

PHOTOPLAY magazine side cover Issue 105 February 1920

Cover: Olive Thomas... more

On cover:

Olive Thomas

Issue 106
March

PHOTOPLAY magazine side cover Issue 106 March 1920

Cover: Alice Joyce... more

On cover:

Alice Joyce

Issue 107
April

PHOTOPLAY magazine side cover Issue 107 April 1920

Cover: Pearl White... more

On cover:

Pearl White

Issue 108
May

PHOTOPLAY magazine side cover Issue 108 May 1920

Contents
Page 2 Cover: Clara Kimball Young... more

On cover:

Clara Kimball Young

Issue 109
June

PHOTOPLAY magazine side cover Issue 109 June 1920

Cover: Katherine MacDonald, Artist: Ellis Parker Butler... more

On cover:

Katherine MacDonald

Issue 110
July

PHOTOPLAY magazine side cover Issue 110 July 1920

Cover: Martha Mansfield... more

On cover:

Martha Mansfield

Issue 111
August

PHOTOPLAY magazine side cover Issue 111 August 1920

Cover: Mae Murray... more

On cover:

Mae Murray

Issue 112
September

PHOTOPLAY magazine side cover Issue 112 September 1920

Cover: Constance Talmadge... more

On cover:

Constance Talmadge

Issue 113
October

PHOTOPLAY magazine side cover Issue 113 October 1920

PHOTOPLAY magazine side cover Issue 113 October 1920

PHOTOPLAY magazine side cover Issue 113 October 1920

Cover: Mary Pickford... more

On cover:

Mary Pickford

Issue 114
November

PHOTOPLAY magazine side cover Issue 114 November 1920

Cover: Anna Q. Nilsson... more

On cover:

Anna Q. Nilsson

Issue 115
December

PHOTOPLAY magazine side cover Issue 115 December 1920

Cover: Anita Stewart... more

On cover:

Anita Stewart

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