"What Killed Collier's?"
Magazine article
By: Hollis Alpert
Date: May 11, 1957
Source: Alpert, Hollis. "What Killed Collier's?" The Saturday Review, May 11, 1957, 9–11, 42–44.
About the Author: Hollis Alpert (1916–) is best known as a film critic, but he has written and edited a variety of articles and publications. He served in the U.S. Army during World War II (1939–1945) and has written for a number of magazines, including Woman's Day and The Saturday Review. He is the author or editor of more than a dozen works, including two screenplays, a biography of the Barrymore family, and The Life and Times of Porgy and Bess.
Introduction
Mass-market magazines, designed to be sold to the entire country and to have a wide reach, developed in the late 1800s. One of the first was Ladies' Home Journal, which aimed to appeal to all women. The Saturday...
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