Articles from The American Magazine
Here is a short profile of Irna Phillips (1901 – 1973) – she was, more than anyone else, the one who can be credited with the creation of the daytime dramas called soap operas on both radio and television.
Mother of the American Soap Opera (The American Magazine, 1943) Read More »
A Victorian father embraced the spirit of the Flapper rebellion, welcomed it into his house and testified that it made his daughters better and their family bonds stronger.
‘Me & My Flapper Daughters” (American Magazine, 1927) Read More »
Here is a petite profile of Tracy Strong (1887 – 1968), who, as Director of the YMCA War Prisoners Aid Committee, had license to enter every combatant nation in order to see to the health and welfare of all POWs. Much of his work involved procuring books, sporting equipment and musical instruments to the incarcerated.
He Represented Four Million POWs (The American Magazine, 1943) Read More »
A marvelous interview with the thirty-four year old playwright, Eugene O’Neill (1888 – 1953) -coincidentally published just as it seemed his stock was on the rise.
Click here to read a 1930s article about Eugene O’Neill.
The Extraordinary Story of Eugene O’Neill (The American Magazine, 1922) Read More »
Is the average soldier in the USSR eager for war with the United States? Here’s the inside story of Russian morale and military spirit, revealed by the first Soviest fighting man to escape his Communist masters and become an American GI.
‘My Two Years In The Red Army” (American Magazine, 1953) Read More »
This short notice is about Will Hays, an Elder in the Presbyterian Church, who was hired to be the conscience of the Dream Factory in 1922; he rode into Hollywood on the heels of a number of well-publicized scandals vowing to sober the place up. Widely believed to be a moral man, the Hays office was located in New York City – far from the ballyhoo of Hollywood. Hays’ salary was paid by the producers and distributors in the movie business and although he promised to shame the film colony into making wholesome productions, he was also the paid apologist of the producers.
Will Hays Comes to Hollywood (The American Magazine, 1922) Read More »
Lieutenant Colonel Richard Mangrum, USMC, was a seasoned veteran in the Cactus Air Force that fought the good fight at Henderson Field from Guadalcanal in 1942:
For eight weeks the author and his fellow pilots shared the primitive life of the other Marines at Henderson Field. Some portion of his squadron was almost constantly in the air, attacking enemy reinforcements.
‘Guadalcanal Diary” (The American Magazine, 1943) Read More »
One of the seldom remembered branches of the War Production Board was the Women’s Labor Supply Services which served to eradicate the various draft deferments that were keeping too many men out of the military. Thelma McKelvey was the woman in charge of this body:
This captain of industry expects to see women workers in factories and farms increase from 700,000 today to 4,000,000 by mid-1943.
Distributing Women Throughout Industry (The American Magazine, 1942) Read More »
Dogs for Defense was a World War II organization founded by three patriotic dog enthusiasts who established the group in order to procure patriotic canines (meeting certain height and weight standards) for the U.S. Army Quartermaster Corps, that branch of the services charged with the task of training the animals. Dogs for Defense was able to provide as many as four hundred dogs a week for the U.S. Army throughout both W.W. II as well as the Korean War.
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Dogs for Defense (American Magazine, 1943) Read More »
Fashion Modeling Czar John Powers once said of model Georgia Carroll:
She is the most terrific thing that ever hit this business.
Georgia Carroll (The American Magazine, 1940) Read More »
