''Grand Hotel'' is an Italian weekly women's magazine, published since 1946. The magazine is headquartered in Milan, Italy.
History and profile
Initially consisting of only sixteen pages, ''Grand Hotel'' started its publications on 29 June 1946, and, in spite of being heavily attacked by the Catholic press, it got an immediate commercial success.
It was characterized during the first decades of its history by "cineromanzi", i.e. comic stories, generally of romantic or melodramatic genre, which were released
in sequential installments and whose comic characters resembled famous film actors.
The success of the magazine almost immediately generated a series of imitations, notably ''Sogno'' and ''Film Bolero'', both published by
Mondadori
Arnoldo Mondadori Editore () is the biggest publishing company in Italy.
History
The company was founded in 1907 in Ostiglia by 18-year-old Arnoldo Mondadori who began his publishing career with the publication of the magazine ''Luce!''. In 1 ...
, and ''Letizia'' published by Lancio.
From the 1960s the magazine gradually changed its formula, adding news articles and columns, and in 1970 it abandoned cineromanzi and replaced them with
fotoromanzi
Photo comics are a form of sequential storytelling that uses photographs rather than illustrations for the images, along with the usual comics conventions of narrative text and word balloons containing dialogue. They are sometimes referred to ...
.
''Grand Hotel'' is published on a weekly basis.
See also
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List of magazines in Italy
In Italy there are many magazines. Following the end of World War II the number of weekly magazines significantly expanded. From 1970 feminist magazines began to increase in number in the country. The number of consumer magazines was 975 in 1995 ...
*
List of women's magazines
This is a list of women's magazines from around the world. These are magazines that have been published primarily for a readership of women.
Currently published
*'' 10 Magazine'' (UK - distributed worldwide)
*'' Al Jamila'' (Saudi Arabia)
*''All ...
Notes
1946 establishments in Italy
Comics magazines published in Italy
Italian-language magazines
Magazines established in 1946
Women's magazines published in Italy
Weekly magazines published in Italy
Magazines published in Milan
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