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''Modern Screen'' was an American fan magazine that for over 50 years featured articles, pictorials and interviews with movie stars (and later television and music personalities). == Founding == ''Modern Screen'' magazine debuted on November 3, 1930 (some sources say December 1930). Founded by the Dell Company of New York City it initially sold for 10 cents. ''Modern Screen'' quickly became popular and by 1933 it had become ''Photoplay'' magazine's main competition. It began to brag on its cover that it had "The Largest Circulation of Any Screen Magazine", and Jean Harlow is seen reading a copy of ''Modern Screen'' in the 1933 film ''Dinner at Eight''. During the early 1930s, the magazine featured artwork portraits of film stars on the cover. By 1940 it featured natural color photographs of the stars and was charging 15 cents per issue. ''Modern Screen'' had many different editors in chief over the years, including Richard Heller, who understood the importance of the fan magazine's contribution to movie sales and Mark Bego, the latter of whom edited the book ''The Best of Modern Screen'' (St. Martin's Press, 1986). The editor most associated with the magazine, however, was Regina Cannon (1900-1992), but her standards for publication were so low that Carl F. Cotter, who wrote 'Forty Hacks of the Fan Mags' (''The Coast'', 1939), declared her stories to be the worst of the entire lot.〔 Contributors to the magazine included famed photographer George Hurrell and famed writers like Faith Baldwin.〔 Louella Parsons wrote a column entitled "Good News." 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Modern Screen」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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