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Adela Rogers St. Johns
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Adela Nora Rogers St. Johns was an American journalist, novelist, and screenwriter. She wrote a number of screenplays for silent movies, but is best remembered for her groundbreaking exploits as "The World's Greatest Girl Reporter" during the 1920s and 1930s and her celebrity interviews for Photoplay magazine.
St. Johns in 1922
St. Johns in 1922
St. Johns, fourth from the right in this image, accepted the Presidential Medal of Freedom from President Richard Nixon on April 22, 1970.
St. Johns, fourth from the right in this image, accepted the Presidential Medal of Freedom from President Richard Nixon on April 22, 1970.
Photoplay
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Photoplay was one of the first American film fan magazines. It was founded in Chicago in 1911. Under early editors, Julian Johnson and James R. Quirk, in style and reach it became a pacesetter for fan magazines. In 1921, Photoplay established what is considered the first significant annual movie award. For most of its run, it was published by Macfadden Publications. The magazine ceased publication in 1980.
Marilyn Monroe in the December 1953 issue of Photoplay magazine.
Marilyn Monroe in the December 1953 issue of Photoplay magazine.
"The Microphone—The Terror of the Studios" (December 1929 issue); the cover features an Earl Christy portrait of actress Norma Talmadge, whose success
"The Microphone—The Terror of the Studios" (December 1929 issue); the cover features an Earl Christy portrait of actress Norma Talmadge, whose successful career in silent films did not survive in the sound era
Front of the first Photoplay Magazine Medal of Honor, created in gold by Tiffany & Co. and presented in 1921 to Cosmopolitan Productions for the film
Front of the first Photoplay Magazine Medal of Honor, created in gold by Tiffany & Co. and presented in 1921 to Cosmopolitan Productions for the film Humoresque (1920)