Monday, January 14, 2019
The Hearst Sunday Newspaper Magazine Cover Indexes Part 5: The American Weekly Offshoot 'Romantic' Series
It turns out in my magazine cover research that in 1921 you could get your American Weekly Hearst covers in two flavors: one with the masthead with which we're familiar, or one with no masthead at all and copyrighted by International Feature Service.
That practice seems to have halted in mid-August 1921, when the Dan Smith cover series was inaugurated and took over for the International Feature Service-branded American Weekly.
However, it wasn't quite that simple. It seems that you could choose another new (?) series, also syndicated by IFS, that instead of Dan Smith covers offered what I call the 'romantic cover' option. This series featured lots of pretty girls as is typical of the Hearst covers, but these ones are focused on romance. In other words, looking to please the female audience more than the male.
I began tracking this series in the Butte Miner, where due to some slight crossover with the Dan Smith series at the beginning I believe that the Miner runs their covers a week later than intended. The series runs in the Miner through the end of 1923, after which I switched to the Minneapolis Tribune, filling in a long unavailable section of that from the Tampa Tribune. The Minneapolis Tribune stopped using this series in June 1926, and I can find no other paper that used it any later.
| Date | Title | Artist |
|---|---|---|
| 8/28/21 | Caprices of Cupid #1 | Henry Clive |
| 9/4/21 | Caprices of Cupid #2 | Henry Clive |
| 9/11/21 | Caprices of Cupid #3 | Henry Clive |
| 9/18/21 | Caprices of Cupid #4 | Henry Clive |
| 9/25/21 | Caprices of Cupid #5 | Henry Clive |
| 10/2/21 | Caprices of Cupid #6 | Henry Clive |
| 10/9/21 | Behind Their Dreamy Eyes #1 | Henry Hutt |
| 10/16/21 | Behind Their Dreamy Eyes #2 | Henry Hutt |
| 10/23/21 | Behind Their Dreamy Eyes #3 | Henry Hutt |
| 10/30/21 | Behind Their Dreamy Eyes #4 | Henry Hutt |
| 11/6/21 | Behind Their Dreamy Eyes #5 | Henry Hutt |
| 11/13/21 | Chiffon and Gold | Haskell Coffin |
| 11/20/21 | The Girl Scout "Little Mother" | W.T. Benda |
| 11/27/21 | Mean Old Clock! | Henry Clive |
| 12/4/21 | Poetry | Henry Clive |
| 12/11/21 | Ammunition | Henry Clive |
| 12/18/21 | Light and Airy | Henry Clive |
| 12/25/21 | Christmas Morning | Henry Clive |
| 1/1/22 | Scenting The Rose | Henry Clive |
| 1/8/22 | Beauty and Nick | Henry Hutt |
| 1/15/22 | Snowflakes | Henry Clive |
| 1/22/22 | Cold And Fair | Haskell Coffin |
| 1/29/22 | Fairy Time Story | Henry Hutt |
| 2/5/22 | A Florida Enchantment | Haskell Coffin |
| 2/12/22 | I Wonder | W.T. Benda |
| 2/19/22 | Have A Heart | Henry Hutt |
| 2/26/22 | When Eyes Meet | Henry Clive |
| 3/5/22 | Over The Rio Grande | W.T. Benda |
| 3/12/22 | The Penitent | Henry Clive |
| 3/19/22 | The Eclipse | Haskell Coffin |
| 3/26/22 | Puppy Love | M.E. Musselman |
| 4/2/22 | Coming Out | Haskell Coffin |
| 4/9/22 | No More Bon Bons | Henry Clive |
| 4/16/22 | Honey | Haskell Coffin |
| 4/23/22 | Untitled portrait of woman | Signed illegibly |
| 4/30/22 | Jackie | Maud Tousey Fangel |
| 5/7/22 | Yoo-Hoo | John Bradshaw Crandell |
| 5/14/22 | Stop! Look! Listen! | Earl Christy |
| 5/21/22 | He Loves Me... | M.E. Musselman |
| 5/28/22 | On My Palette | Henry Clive |
| 6/4/22 | Bronze Idols | Henry Clive |
| 6/11/22 | Flappers | P.J. Monahan |
| 6/18/22 | Under The Trysting Tree | Archie Gunn |
| 6/25/22 | Come On In! | Ruth Eastman |
| 7/2/22 | Hurrah For The Fourth of July | John Bradshaw Crandell |
| 7/9/22 | untitled lovers embracing with overflowing water bucket | Edmund Frederick |
| 7/16/22 | Help! Help! | Edmund Frederick |
| 7/23/22 | Watch Your Step | Edmund Frederick |
| 7/30/22 | Monday-y-y-y-! | Edmund Frederick |
| 8/6/22 | Eyes Front | Edmund Frederick |
| 8/13/22 | Keep It Dark | Edmund Frederick |
| 8/20/22 | Coming Events | Edmund Frederick |
| 8/27/22 | The Moths and the Flame | Walter Van Arsdale |
| 9/3/22 | The Last Dip | F. Tempest Inman |
| 9/10/22 | September Eve | Henry Hutt |
| 9/17/22 | Cherries | H. Knowles Hare |
| 9/24/22 | Off With The Old, On With The New | Edmund Frederick |
| 10/1/22 | Youth Finds a Way | Edmund Frederick |
| 10/8/22 | In a Flurry | Edmund Frederick |
| 10/15/22 | Book Lovers | Edmund Frederick |
| 10/22/22 | A Question of Time | Edmund Frederick |
| 10/29/22 | Hello, Halloween | Edmund Frederick |
| 11/5/22 | Dangerous Curves Ahead | Edmund Frederick |
| 11/12/22 | The Modern Venus | Henry Hutt |
| 11/19/22 | Golden Glow | Earl Christy |
| 11/26/22 | You Win | Edmund Frederick |
| 12/3/22 | baby's Bed Time | Henry Hutt |
| 12/10/22 | Will I Do? | Haskell Coffin |
| 12/17/22 | Snowed In | Edmund Frederick |
| 12/24/22 | Christmas Back Home | Louis Biedermann |
| 12/31/22 | I'll Love You Year In and Year Out | Edmund Frederick |
| 1/7/23 | At The Costume Ball | Walter Van Arsdale |
| 1/14/23 | When Their Ship of Giold Comes In | Edmund Frederick |
| 1/21/23 | Lost | Edmund Frederick |
| 1/28/23 | Only A Dream | Henry Hutt |
| 2/4/23 | Even The Snowman Has a Heart | Edmund Frederick |
| 2/11/23 | Hearts and Flowers | Edmund Frederick |
| 2/18/23 | Out of the Past | Edmund Frederick |
| 2/25/23 | Always The Right Time | Edmund Frederick |
| 3/4/23 | A Mirror Rehearsal | Earl Christy |
| 3/11/23 | Firelight Prophecies | Edmund Frederick |
| 3/18/23 | Her Newest Dolls | Walter Van Arsdale |
| 3/25/23 | TheFinishing Touch | Earl Christy |
| 4/1/23 | Easter Lilies | Henry Hutt |
| 4/8/23 | Entangled | Edmund Frederick |
| 4/15/23 | Lost and Found | Ruth Eastman |
| 4/22/23 | A Good Catch | Edmund Frederick |
| 4/29/23 | At The Society Circus | Frank X. Leyendecker |
| 5/6/23 | A Maytime Fantasy | Walter Van Arsdale |
| 5/13/23 | A Waltz Dream | Edmund Frederick |
| 5/20/23 | Blossoms | Hester Miller |
| 5/27/23 | The Story of her Pearls | Edmund Frederick |
| 6/3/23 | In The Moonlight | Henry Clive |
| 6/10/23 | The June Bride | Walter Van Arsdale |
| 6/17/23 | Stop, Thief! | Henry Clive |
| 6/24/23 | Honeymoon Kitchen | J.A. May |
| 7/1/23 | Hurrah For The Red, White and Blue! | Edmund Frederick |
| 7/8/23 | Plumes And Patches | Henry Clive |
| 7/15/23 | Breakers | Edmund Frederick |
| 7/22/23 | Midsummer Day's Dream | Henry Clive |
| 7/29/23 | Idol Worship | Edmund Frederick |
| 8/5/23 | Paddle Your Own | Walter Van Arsdale |
| 8/12/23 | Sitting Pretty | Henry Clive |
| 8/19/23 | The Rain Beau | Edmund Frederick |
| 8/26/23 | The Peace Offering | Hester Miller |
| 9/2/23 | Here's Looking at You | Edmund Frederick |
| 9/9/23 | Making Hay | Edmund Frederick |
| 9/16/23 | Monday Morning | Edmund Frederick |
| 9/23/23 | Tom, Dick or Harry? | Edmund Frederick |
| 9/30/23 | Sheltered | Edmund Frederick |
| 10/7/23 | Back To Genoa | Henry Clive |
| 10/14/23 | Just Teasing | Henry Clive |
| 10/21/23 | Hold It! | Henry Clive |
| 10/28/23 | Boo! | Edmund Frederick |
| 11/4/23 | Reflections | Henry Clive |
| 11/11/23 | Rhapsody | Edmund Frederick |
| 11/18/23 | Just What The Doctor Ordered | Henry Clive |
| 11/25/23 | One Thanksgiving Wish | Edmund Frederick |
| 12/2/23 | Tell Him I'm Busy | Henry Clive |
| 12/9/23 | Speak For It! | Henry Clive |
| 12/16/23 | Peek-a-Boo | Henry Clive |
| 12/23/23 | A Christmas Fancy | Haskell Coffin |
| 12/30/23 | The Beginning of their Greatest Year | Henry Hutt |
| 1/6/24 | Here I Come! | Edmund Frederick |
| 1/13/24 | Hoodoo! | Edmund Frederick |
| 1/20/24 | Mate | Edmund Frederick |
| 1/27/24 | Beauty Spots | Walter Van Arsdale |
| 2/3/24 | Book Lovers | Edmund Frederick |
| 2/10/24 | His Valentine | Edmund Frederick |
| 2/17/24 | Good Scouts | Edmund Frederick |
| 2/24/24 | A Tropical Honeymoon | Edmund Frederick |
| 3/2/24 | Counter Attractions | Walter Van Arsdale |
| 3/9/24 | The Right o' Way | Edmund Frederick |
| 3/16/24 | Plans And Dreams | Edmund Frederick |
| 3/23/24 | The Flash-Back | Earl Christy |
| 3/30/24 | Second Day Out | Edmund Frederick |
| 4/6/24 | Spring Song | Walter Van Arsdale |
| 4/13/24 | Nesting Time | Edmund Frederick |
| 4/20/24 | The Spirit of Easter | Edmund Frederick |
| 4/27/24 | Showers and Cooler | Walter Van Arsdale |
| 5/4/24 | I Wonder Who He Was? | Menotti Rubino |
| 5/11/24 | Brown-Eyed Susan | Earl Christy |
| 5/18/24 | Which One? | Henry Clive |
| 5/25/24 | Right Back At You | Henry Clive |
| 6/1/24 | Hail June! | Earl Christy |
| 6/8/24 | Her Captain and his Mate | J.A. May |
| 6/15/24 | (untitled) | Edna Crompton |
| 6/22/24 | Morning Glories | Henry Clive |
| 6/29/24 | Fan Fare | Walter Van Arsdale |
| 7/6/24 | Good-By Butterfly | Henry Clive |
| 7/13/24 | The Feminine Plank | James H. Hammon |
| 7/20/24 | Just Suppose | Edmund Frederick |
| 7/27/24 | Top 'o the World | Edmund Frederick |
| 8/3/24 | The Student | Henry Hutt |
| 8/10/24 | Which? | Edmund Frederick |
| 8/17/24 | Plumage | Henry Hutt |
| 8/24/24 | Overflowing | Walter Van Arsdale |
| 8/31/24 | Heart Pledges Fro Love | Alexander Popini |
| 9/7/24 | Sitting Pretty | Walter Van Arsdale |
| 9/14/24 | Mid-September | James H. Hammon |
| 9/21/24 | Done In Oil | Walter Van Arsdale |
| 9/28/24 | A Counter Attraction | James H. Hammon |
| 10/5/24 | The Winner | Alexander Popini |
| 10/12/24 | Poppy-Love | Menotti Rubino |
| 10/19/24 | Fancy! | Walter Van Arsdale |
| 10/26/24 | In The Looking Glass | James H. Hammon |
| 11/2/24 | Everybody's Candidate | Walter Van Arsdale |
| 11/9/24 | The Eavesdropper | James H. Hammon |
| 11/16/24 | Lucky Devil! | James H. Hammon |
| 11/23/24 | Winter Dreams | Walter Van Arsdale |
| 11/30/24 | Her Crowning Glory Then and Now | George Kerr |
| 12/7/24 | The Spanish Shawl | James H. Hammon |
| 12/14/24 | The Opera Deb | Edmund Frederick |
| 12/21/24 | Christmas Monring | Walter Van Arsdale |
| 12/28/24 | New Year's Eve | Alexander Popini and Louis Biedermann |
| 1/4/25 | 1760 versus 1925 | George Kerr |
| 1/11/25 | B-r-r! | Walter Van Arsdale |
| 1/18/25 | Stepping Out | James H. Hammon |
| 1/25/25 | Excuse My Dust | Walter Van Arsdale |
| 2/1/25 | Do You Believe In Signs? | James H. Hammon |
| 2/8/25 | To My Valentine | George Kerr |
| 2/15/25 | Firelight Fancies | Alexander Popini |
| 2/22/25 | Goodbye, Queen Carnival | George Kerr |
| 3/1/25 | Pretty Penitent | James H. Hammon |
| 3/8/25 | The Juggler | Walter Van Arsdale |
| 3/15/25 | Five To Fifty Miles an Hour | George Kerr |
| 3/22/25 | Lenten Renunciations | Alexander Popini |
| 3/29/25 | Sleeping Beauty | Edmund Frederick |
| 4/5/25 | Gone For The Day | James H. Hammon |
| 4/12/25 | Easter Sunday Fifty Years From Now | Alexander Popini and Louis Biedermann |
| 4/19/25 | The Hide-a-Ways | Edmund Frederick |
| 4/26/25 | Hello, May! | Walter Van Arsdale |
| 5/3/25 | Peter Piper | James H. Hammon |
| 5/10/25 | The Best Man At The Wedding | James Calvert Smith |
| 5/17/25 | Mother's Veil | Edmund Frederick |
| 5/24/25 | June Jazz | Alexander Popini |
| 5/31/25 | June Gold | James H. Hammon |
| 6/7/25 | Thick and Thin | Walter Van Arsdale |
| 6/14/25 | Go, Go | James Calvert Smith |
| 6/21/25 | The Crinoline Girl (Girls Series #1) | Penrhyn Stanlaws |
| 6/28/25 | Three Cheers | Walter Van Arsdale |
| 7/5/25 | Girls #2 | Penrhyn Stanlaws |
| 7/12/25 | Love on the Air | Conrado W. Massaguer |
| 7/19/25 | 1525 (Girls Series #3) | Penrhyn Stanlaws |
| 7/26/25 | 'Mid Summer | Walter Van Arsdale |
| 8/2/25 | Girls Now -- And Then (Girls Series #4) | Penrhyn Stanlaws |
| 8/9/25 | Taking Turns | Conrado W. Massaguer |
| 8/16/25 | Wish You Were Here (Girls Series #5) | Penrhyn Stanlaws |
| 8/23/25 | Dry Fishing | Walter Van Arsdale |
| 8/30/25 | September Monring Glories (Girls Series #6) | Penrhyn Stanlaws |
| 9/6/25 | The Skipper | James Calvert Smith |
| 9/13/25 | East To West and West To East (Girls Series #7) | Penrhyn Stanlaws |
| 9/20/25 | An Autumn Fancy | Walter Van Arsdale |
| 9/27/25 | Girlhood (Girls Series #8) | Penrhyn Stanlaws |
| 10/4/25 | Autumn Colors | Edmund Frederick |
| 10/11/25 | Fashions That Were (Girls Series #9) | Penrhyn Stanlaws |
| 10/18/25 | Ancestors -- And Descendants | C.D. Batchelor |
| 10/25/25 | Witches, Past and Present (Girls Series #10) | Penrhyn Stanlaws |
| 11/1/25 | November | E. Bakos |
| 11/8/25 | Four Ages (Girls Series #11) | Penrhyn Stanlaws |
| 11/15/25 | The End Of A Perfect Fall | Alexander Popini |
| 11/22/25 | Beau And Arrow | James Calvert Smith |
| 11/29/25 | The Love Pirate | Ray Sherman |
| 12/6/25 | Her Hair (Girls Series #12) | Penrhyn Stanlaws |
| 12/13/25 | Reserved | Menotti Rubino |
| 12/20/25 | At Earlier Christmas Times (Girls Series #13) | Penrhyn Stanlaws |
| 12/27/25 | F.O.B. 1926 | Alexander Popini |
| 1/3/26 | The Impartial Mirror (Girls Series #14) | Penrhyn Stanlaws |
| 1/10/26 | Pearls | Menotti Rubino |
| 1/17/26 | In Hours of Ease (Girls Series #15) | Penrhyn Stanlaws |
| 1/24/26 | Yes? No? | C.D. Batchelor |
| 1/31/26 | Old Clothes (Girls Series #16) | Penrhyn Stanlaws |
| 2/7/26 | Which? | Ray Sherman |
| 2/14/26 | Her Valentine | C.D. Batchelor |
| 2/21/26 | Earlier Fashions (Girls Series #17) | Penryhn Stanlaws |
| 2/28/26 | The Builders | C.D. Batchelor |
| 3/7/26 | Forward March | Alexander Popini |
| 3/14/26 | In The Spring | Ray Sherman |
| 3/21/26 | Not On The Program | C.D.Batchelor |
| 3/28/26 | In Old Madrid | Conrado Massaguer |
| 4/4/26 | Easter Plumes | Alexander Popini |
| 4/11/26 | Please Stand By | James Calvert Smith |
| 4/18/26 | Star Gazing | C.D. Batchelor |
| 4/25/26 | Mae First | Alexander Popini |
| 5/2/26 | Love Set | Conrado Massaguer |
| 5/9/26 | Songs Without Words | James Calvert Smith |
| 5/16/26 | Big Sister | Dorothy Flack |
| 5/23/26 | Stage Struck | C.D. Batchelor |
| 5/30/26 | Chapter XIV | C.D. Batchelor |
| 6/6/26 | In The Ring | Conrado Massaguer |
| 6/13/26 | Riding Habits | Dorothy Flack |
| 6/20/26 | Fair And Cool | Conrado Massaguer |
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BARBARA'S BAD MAN (John Held, Jr. Berton Braley
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