''Screenland'' was a monthly
U.S.
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magazine about
movies
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, published between September 1920 and June 1971,
[''Screenland'']
at Moviemags.com when it merged with ''
Silver Screen
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''. In the September 1952 issue, the name changed to ''Screenland plus TV-Land''.
In was established in
Los Angeles, California
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, with
Myron Zobel
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as the editor in 1922. Frederick James Smith became the editor in 1923 when it moved to
Cooperstown
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,
New York. One magazine-collector site credits, without attribution, one Paul Hunter, "with rescuing ''Screenland'' magazine for John Cuneo back in 1932."
In October 1952,
Ned Pines
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' Standard Magazines, an imprint of Pines Publications, purchased ''Silver Screen'' and ''Screenland'' from the Henry Publishing company. Pines announced in June 1954 that he was suspending publication with the August 1954 issue, citing production and distribution costs. The magazine continued publication through 1971, however.
In 1923 the magazine reported a love affair between
Evelyn Brent
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Early life
Brent was born in Tampa, Florida, and known as Betty. When she was age 10, her mother Eleanor (née. Warner) died, ...
and
Douglas Fairbanks
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, resulting in legal threats, and a retraction.
Further reading
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* ''Screenland Magazine Inc. v. National. City Bank of New York'' (1943)
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