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Issue: Famous Stars #5 Public Domain
Publication Date: January 1951
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Issues: #5 of 6 Issues
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Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagZiff-Davis
Brand: A Ziff-Davis ComicView Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: Ziff-Davis Publishing Company
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
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Content Items: 17 (6 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): ?
Disclose Notes: Indexer's copy has an arrival date of 9/7/51.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Golden Age US
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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Genres: biography, celebrity, drama
Character(s): Kay Dunstan (photo of Elizabeth Taylor)
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Disclose Notes: Cover photo from the M.G.M. movie "Father's Little Dividend" with Elizabeth Taylor.
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New Figure Mold Hide-a-Waist

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Feature(s): S. J. Wegman Co., Inc.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover. Ad for adjustable corset for $2.98 from S. J. Wegman, Inc., New York 3, N.Y.
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Caruso Lives Again!

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Genres: biography, celebrity
Character(s): Mario Lanza; Serge Koussevitsky; Sam Wieler; Ida R. Koverman (cameo); Irving Berlin (cameo); Louis B. Mayer (cameo)
Synopsis: Biography of Mario Lanza.
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Elizabeth Taylor

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Genres: biography, celebrity
Character(s): Elizabeth Taylor; Sara Sothern; Nigel Bruce; Roddy McDowell; Glenn Davis (cameo); Vic Damone (cameo); Tom Breen (cameo); William Pawley Jr. (cameo); Montgomery Clift (cameo); Arthur Loew (cameo); Nicky Hilton
Synopsis: Biography of Elizabeth Taylor, ending with her divorce from Nicky Hilton.
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Disclose Notes: Previous indexer suggested John Prentice, but Ryan Ten finds the faces too far off from Prentice's style.
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The Winners

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Disclose Notes: Winning letters from the "Hollywood's Best Figure" contest. $25 First prize, Loretta Berrien (who says Betty Grable); $10 second prize, Frieda Hicks (who says Esther Williams); and $5 third prize, Robert Bourgeois (who says Jane Russell).
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Genres: informational, non-fiction
Feature(s): Chatter From Hollywood
Character(s): Shelley Winters; Donald O'Connor; Jimmy Stewart; Marie Wilson; Dorothy Lamour; Adolph Menjou; Glenn Ford; Dennis Day; Judy Garland; Clark Gable; Liz Taylor; Doris Day; Rita Hayworth; Frank Sinatra; Stewart Granger; Vic Damone; Jack Mahoney
Synopsis: Various Hollywood gossip.
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Betty Grable Hollywood's Common Sense Blond

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Genres: biography, celebrity
Character(s): Betty Grable; Darryl Zanuck; Harry James
Synopsis: Biography of Betty Grable.
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Disclose Notes: Winner of the best figure contest from issue #1.
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Romantic Marriage No. 7 Now On Sale!

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Feature(s): Ziff-Davis
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Disclose Notes: Promo for Romantic Marriage #7, "Now On Sale!"
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Behind the Scenes

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Synopsis: What goes on "behind the scenes" in the movies.
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George Brent Fighting Irishman!

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Genres: biography, celebrity
Character(s): George Brent; Michael Collins; Captain O'Farrell; Clark Gable (cameo)
Synopsis: Biography of George Brent, focusing on his activities in the Irish Rebellion in 1920.
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Movie Merry-Go-Round

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Genres: humorous
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Disclose Notes: The signature is hard to read. Three cartoons relating to movies.
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Various Ads for Chicago Trade Schools

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Disclose Notes: Ads for Commercial Trades Institute, Chicago 26, Ill.; Louie Miller School of Millinery, Chicago 1, Ill.; and Glenwood Career Schools, Chicago, Ill.
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Esther Williams' Springboard to Millions!

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Genres: biography, celebrity
Character(s): Esther Williams; Ben Gage
Synopsis: Biography of Esther Williams, focusing on her business transactions.
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New Shampoo Curls and Waves Hair

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Feature(s): Marlene's Hair Waving Cream Shampoo
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Disclose Notes: Illustrated ad for Marlene's Hair Waving Cream Shampoo; Chicago, Ill. One jar for $1.00 plus tax and C.O.D. fee.
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Gorgeous Dresses for You Without Paying 1¢

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Feature(s): Harford Frocks
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Disclose Notes: Illustrated ad with mail-in coupon for in-home presentations showing Harford Frocks dresses. Harford Frocks, Cincinnati, Ohio.
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Lose Up to 40 Pounds! Reduce to Music

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Feature(s): Ronnie Sales, Inc.
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Disclose Notes: Inside back cover. Ad for Betty Dean exercise records and booklet for $4.98 postpaid. Ronnie Sales, Inc., New York 13, N.Y.
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Sensational Offer Only 29¢ Each

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Feature(s): Hollywood Film Studios
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Disclose Notes: Back cover. Ad for 5 x 7 enlargements of "snapshot, photograph, or negative" for 29¢ each (limit two). Hollywood Film Studios, Hollywood 38, Calif.

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