Asides

I just received a copy of the April 1933 edition of "Hollywood", sub-headed The Screen's Only Pictorial Magazine, which I don't understand at all - there were of course dozens of movie magazines at the time. Anyway, the back cover caught my eye because the ad uses the word "alluring" and its a movie mag from 1933, so of course I have to post it!



Here is the cover, with Sally Blane (not sure who the illustrator was) and the intriguing cover story, How Lupe Velez Gets Her Man - in this case he was Tarzan, aka Johnny Weissmuller.



Lastly, and completely aside, this magazine contains an ad for Murders in the Zoo, a 1933 film I saw years ago, but the ad prompted me to view it again. It is quite gruesome actually - the opening scene has the always creepy Lionel Atwill sewing up the lips of a man who kissed his wife. His insanity proceeds from there as others become victim to various zoo animals. Charlie Ruggles has an unnecessary comedic role. Gail Patrick also stars. At the time the censors were outraged by various scenes and the film underwent numerous edits before its theatrical release. Not sure if this slipped under the Hayes code - it was released right around the transition to the code's restrictions.



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