Pour Vous

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Pour Vous
Editor-in-chief Nino Frank
Former editors Alexandre Arnoux
CategoriesFilm magazine
FrequencyWeekly
FounderLéon Bailby
Founded1928
First issue22 November 1928
Final issue1940
Country France
Based in Paris
Language French

Pour Vous was a weekly film magazine which existed between 1928 and 1940 in Paris, France. During its lifetime it was one of the most read film magazines in the country. [1]

History and profile

Pour Vous was started by Léon Bailby in 1928, [2] [3] and its first issue appeared on 22 November that year. [4] The magazine was a sister publication to the conservative daily newspaper L'Intransigeant . [2] Its headquarters was in Paris. [3] It was published on a weekly basis in the tabloid format [2] and was the largest of all film magazines in France having a size of 55x31 cm. [5] The magazine consisted of sixteen pages. [4]

Its editor was Alexandre Arnoux. [2] In the first issue Nino Frank published his first article on movies and worked in the magazine as the editor-in-chief until its demise in 1940. [4] Unlike other movie magazines of the period it published full list of the films played in Paris. [3] It frequently covered news about the Hollywood stars and also, published photographs by avant-garde artists, including Lee Miller and Man Ray. [2] Arnoux creatively mixed the photographs and textual materials to reflect the contrasts between the French and American movie traditions. [2] Colin Crisp was among the contributors of Pour Vous in 1932 and 1933. [3] The magazine also published interviews with leading figures, such as Arletty. [6]

Pour Vous folded in 1940 after producing 603 issues due to the occupation of France by the Nazi Germany. [2] [4]

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