The Green Book Magazine , originally titled The Green Book Album , was a magazine published from 1909 to 1921. It was published by the Story-Press Corporation (later Consolidated Magazines) as a companion to its Red Book and Blue Book magazines. For most of its run, the magazine covered theater, but converted to a magazine for career women in its last few years, before ceasing publication in 1921.
23-464: McCall Corporation was an American publishing company that produced some popular magazines. These included Redbook for women, Bluebook for men, McCall's , the Saturday Review , and Popular Mechanics . It also published Better Living , a magazine that was distributed solely through grocery stores. The company is named after the founder of its namesake magazine, James McCall, who
46-620: A female audience, Wyman died, and in 1958 Nichols left to edit Good Housekeeping . The new editor was Robert Stein, who continued the focus on women and featured authors such as Dr. Benjamin Spock and Margaret Mead . In 1965 he was replaced by Sey Chassler, during whose 17-year tenure circulation increased to nearly five million and the magazine earned a number of awards, including two National Magazine Awards for fiction. His New York Times obituary says, "A strong advocate for women's rights, Mr. Chassler started an unusual effort in 1976 that led to
69-589: A series of Tarzan stories by Edgar Rice Burroughs . During this period the cover price was raised to 25 cents. In 1927, Edwin Balmer , a short-story writer who had written for the magazine, took over as editor; in the summer of 1929 the magazine was bought by McCall Corporation , which changed the name to Redbook but kept Balmer on as editor. He published stories by such writers as Booth Tarkington and F. Scott Fitzgerald , nonfiction by women such as Shirley Temple 's mother and Eleanor Roosevelt , articles on
92-508: Is an American women's magazine that is published by the Hearst magazine division . It is one of the " Seven Sisters ", a group of women's service magazines. It ceased print publication after January 2019 and now operates exclusively online. The magazine was first published in May 1903 as The Red Book Illustrated by Stumer, Rosenthal and Eckstein, a firm of Chicago retail merchants. The name
115-610: Is now owned by Hearst Corporation, and has a target audience of women. Popular Mechanics began publication in 1902. By the late 1930s, it was owned by McCall Corporation. The magazine is now owned by the Hearst Corporation, and has a circulation of nine million readers. From 1920 to 1924, Literary Review was a Saturday supplement to the New York Evening Post . In 1924, it became a separate publication entitled The Saturday Review of Literature In 1942,
138-667: The Charter Company in 1975. In 1982, Charter sold the magazine to the Hearst Corporation , and in April 1983 Smith was fired and replaced by Annette Capone, who "de-emphasized the traditional fiction, featured more celebrity covers, and gave a lot of coverage to exercise, fitness, and nutrition. The main focus was on the young woman who was balancing family, home, and career." (Endres and Lueck, p. 305) After Ellen Levine took over as editor in 1991, even less fiction
161-580: The Wall Street Crash of 1929 by men like Cornelius Vanderbilt and Eddie Cantor , as well as condensed novels, like Dashiell Hammett 's The Thin Man (December 1933). Under Balmer, Redbook became a general-interest magazine for both men and women. On May 26, 1932, the publisher launched its own radio series, Redbook Magazine Radio Dramas , syndicated dramatizations of stories from the magazine. Stories were selected by Balmer, who also served as
184-652: The 1920 Sessue Hayakawa film Li Ting Lang plot was based on Howard P. Rockey's 1916 story "Li Ting Lang, Chinese Gentleman." When motion pictures became more popular than live theater sales of The Green Book issues dropped drastically, so it was changed to a magazine aimed at "career girls." Starting with the May 1919 issue Karl Edwin Harriman became editor. He wrote an editorial stating they would be offering more short stories, but assured readers that Channing Pollock would continue his column reviewing plays. That issue had nine short stories and two theater articles. By
207-615: The Passing Show", and contained a section of photographs. The July 1909 issue had a 28 page album of photographs showing theater entertainers. The early issues also published novelizations of recent plays, biographies and essays. In 1914 Billie Burke wrote an article about "How the Red-Headed Woman Should Dress" and in 1915 a newspaper reported that Green Book published an article on the method Irving Berlin used to write songs. By 1915 nearly half of
230-475: The magazine around. By 1950 circulation reached two million, and the following year the cover price was raised to 35 cents. It published articles on racial prejudice, the dangers of nuclear weapons, and the damage caused by McCarthyism , among other topics. In 1954, Redbook received the Benjamin Franklin Award for public service. The next year, as the magazine was beginning to steer towards
253-486: The magazine had become a success, climbing to a circulation of 300,000. When White left to edit Appleton's Magazine , he was replaced by Karl Edwin Harriman, who edited The Red Book Magazine and its sister publications The Blue Book and The Green Book until 1912. Under Harriman the magazine was promoted as "the largest illustrated fiction magazine in the world" and increased its price from 10 cents to 15 cents. According to Endres and Lueck (p. 299), " Red Book
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#1732779597821276-516: The name was shortened to The Saturday Review . McCall Corporation purchased the magazine in 1961. It changed ownership several times after 1977, and ceased publication in 1986. In 1951, McCall Corporation began publishing Better Living . The 100-page monthly magazine sold for five cents, and was distributed through stores that were members of the Super Market Institute. It ceased publication in 1956. Redbook Redbook
299-498: The periodical’s content consisted of short stories or serialized novels. A 1918 issue of Motion Picture News states that Zane Grey ’s Riders of the Purple Sage and The Rainbow Trail were serialized in the magazine before being published as books. In 1921 Dorothy Parker 's story "The Rivals" appeared in the magazine. The 1921 film Midsummer Madness was based on the serialized story "His Friend and His Wife" and
322-486: The program's host. Circulation hit a million in 1937, and success continued until the late 1940s, when the rise of television began to drain readers and the magazine lost touch with its demographic. In 1948 it lost $ 400,000 (equivalent to $ 5.07 million today), and the next year Balmer was replaced by Wade Hampton Nichols, who had edited various movie magazines. Phillips Wyman took over as publisher. Nichols decided to concentrate on "young adults" between 18 and 34 and turned
345-492: The simultaneous publication of articles about the proposed equal rights amendment in 36 women's magazines. He did it again three years later with 33 magazines." He retired in 1981 and was replaced by Anne Mollegen Smith , the first woman editor, who had been with the magazine since 1967, serving as fiction editor and managing editor. Norton Simon Inc., which had purchased the McCall Corporation , sold Redbook to
368-468: The success of Oprah Winfrey 's O: The Oprah Magazine for the Hearst Corporation . The magazine ceased publication in 2002. In 1929, McCall's Corporation purchased two short story magazines. Blue Book had its name modified to Bluebook and remained a short story magazine until McCall's discontinued publication in 1956. Red Book had its name modified to Redbook and evolved into a general interest magazine that published fiction and nonfiction. It
391-428: The time that The Green Book Magazine covered American theater the periodical contained novelizations of current plays, along with biographical articles. From 1911 to the end of 1918 the magazine was edited by Ray Long , who also edited Red Book and Blue Book for Story-Press. Long left to become the editor of Cosmopolitan . Starting with the May, 1919 issue Karl Edwin Harriman became editor. Channing Pollock
414-554: Was a Scottish tailor. Redbook and Bluebook were purchased in 1929. The Saturday Review was purchased in 1961. In later years, Marvin Pierce , the father of Barbara Bush , served as the McCall Corporation's president. A controlling stake in the company was bought by Norton Simon 's Hunt Foods in 1956. It became a division of Norton Simon Inc., along with Hunt and Canada Dry , in 1968. The Saturday Review
437-425: Was changed to The Red Book Magazine shortly thereafter. Its first editor, from 1903 to 1906, was Trumbull White, who wrote that the name was appropriate because, "Red is the color of cheerfulness, of brightness, of gaiety." In its early years, the magazine published short fiction by well-known authors, including many women writers, along with photographs of popular actresses and other women of note. Within two years
460-1270: Was published, and the focus was on the young mother. Levine said, "We couldn't be the magazine we wanted to be with such a big audience, you have to lose your older readers. We did it the minute I walked in the door. It was part of the deal." Levine moved to Good Housekeeping in 1994, being replaced by McCall's Kate White, who left for Cosmopolitan four years later. Succeeding editors were Lesley Jane Seymour (1998-2001), Ellen Kunes (2001-2004), and Stacy Morrison (2004-2010). Redbook Magazine has ceased print publication as of its November/December 2018 issue [Vol. 231, No.4]. Redbook's Customer Service page notes itself that Redbook magazine "is no longer being published". A column by Kelly Faircloth at Jezebel reports secondhand though an AdWeek October 10, 2018, article "that after January 2019, Redbook will become an 'online-only destination'." Redbook' s articles are primarily targeted towards married women. The magazine features stories about women dealing with modern hardships, aspiring for intellectual growth, and encouraging other women to work together for humanitarian causes. The magazine profiles successful women to provide inspirational testimonies and advice on life. The Green Book Magazine During
483-456: Was sold in 1971, and McCall's was sold in 1973, both to groups of private investors. Redbook was sold to the Charter Company in 1975. McCall's began as a four-page fashion journal entitled The Queen: Illustrating McCall's Bazaar Glove-Fitting Patterns . It would become one of the country's leading women's magazines. Its name was changed to Rosie in 2001 as part of a partnership with then- talk show host Rosie O'Donnell to capitalize on
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#1732779597821506-541: Was the drama critic for the periodical. Note: The June 1916 edition Table of Contents page (available on the Internet Archive) is the first to show Ray Long as Editor. Similarly, the February 1919 edition Table of Contents page (also available on the Internet Archive) is the first to show Karl Edwin Harriman as Editor. The original magazine title was The Green Book Album , with the subtitle of "The Magazine of
529-755: Was trying to convey the message that it offered something for everyone, and, indeed, it did... There was short fiction by talented writers such as James Oliver Curwood , Jack London , Sinclair Lewis , Edith Wharton and Hamlin Garland . Stories were about love, crime, mystery, politics, animals, adventure and history (especially the Old West and the Civil War )." Harriman was succeeded by Ray Long. When Long went on to edit Hearst's Cosmopolitan in January 1918, Harriman returned as editor, bringing such coups as
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