''Reveille'' was a popular British weekly tabloid

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founded by

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during the

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years. Launched on 25 May 1940, it was originally the official newspaper of the Ex-Services' Allied Association. It was bought by the Mirror Group in 1947, after which it was printed and published by IPC Newspapers Ltd. In the 1950s it increased its light-entertainment pages and would often run features on the

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. During the 1960s and 1970s it became known as ''Reveille Magazine'' and would publish large double-page pop posters and also feature

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. Author

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wrote a great many articles for ''Reveille'' under her own name and pseudonyms. The

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writer

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published a number of short stories in ''Reveille'', some of them featuring his series character Inspector Petrella. In March 1973 it was renamed ''New Reveille'', the title being reverted to ''Reveille'' in March 1975. By the end of 1975 ''Reveille'' had shrunk from its previous 40 page size and had dropped the short story feature, becoming more concerned with television, films, and celebrities. Its last issue appeared on 17 August 1979 and in September 1979 it merged with ''

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Trivia

*1954: 19 February issue featured

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*1957:

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bought one of his first guitars after seeing it advertised in Reveille magazine.lennon1
/ref> *1959: Reveille front page, headlined "Hay there!", with a woman in hay, filmed full screen on a London newsstand in the autumn of 1958 by

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, a Hungarian refugee and film director in the making, for "Refuge England", at 22'21 of 25'15, part of

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6, 'The Last Free Cinema', which premiered at the

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from 1822 March 1959. *1963: The paper featured in the film Doctor in Distress when actor Harry Landis is seen reading a copy in a greasy spoon cafe, including the headline "How I Ran Away to Fame by

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References

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