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TABLE OF CONTENTS
ARTICLES
YOUR FIRST TRIP TO THE MOON — G. D. Yoakum — 47
ROMAN HOLIDAY AT BRIGHTON BEACH — John Leathers — 50
HARDHEARTED HIRED GIRL — Herb Graffis — 55
MURDER IS A FINE ART — Dean Jennings — 58
MR. SIMPSON OF TAHITI — Sidney Carroll — 64
SOME CALL IT HUMOR — Jules Kleinman — 68
LEAF FROM A NOTEBOOK — Chester Morrison — 81
SCIENCE, WAR AND VANNEVAR BUSH — Henry F. Pringle — 86
GOING FOR A WALK — Robert O. Foote — 91
AMERICAN BUSINESS GOES HOLLYWOOD — Don Carle Gillette — 98
HOW’S YOUR FASHION QUOTIENT? — O. E. Schoeffler — 103
ACCORDING TO WHOSE HOYLE? — Albert A. Ostrow — 104
SETTING THEM UP AT HOME — Lawton Mackall — 116
DEPARTMENTS
Correspondence: THE SOUND AND THE FURY — 10
Contributors: BACKSTAGE WITH ESQUIRE — Jack Moffitt — 42
Movies: BACK TO UTOPIA — Gilbert Seldes — 94
The Lively Arts: BACK TO THE B’s BOYS? — George Jean Nathan — 97
Theatre: FIRST NIGHTS & PASSING JUDGMENTS — Leonard G. Feather — 100
Jazz: WHAT’S HAPPENED TO BENNY GOODMAN? — Iles Brody — 121
Edibles: MAN THE KITCHENETTE — O. E. Schoeffler — 129
Wearables: ON GOWITHOUTISM — 130
Anecdotes: GOING THE ROUNDS WITH ESQUIRE — Gilbert Seldes — 132
Discs: ESQUIRE ON THE RECORD
FICTION
HOOFBEATS IN CRIMEA — Aleko Lilius — 48
SPEECH TO THE HEROES — Laszlo Dormandi — 56
THE FRENCHMAN WHO UNDERSTOOD WOMEN — Gerald Kersh — 61
GALA BY THE WALDORF — George and Helen Papashvily — 76
NO TURNING BACK — Egbert N. Bowyer — 82
SUNDAY AFTERNOON — Irving Townsend — 88
’ROUND AND ’ROUND THE MULBERRY BUSH — Anthony Dunn — 93
THE COURTSHIP OF PEE-WEE JOE — S. Robert Russell — 110
THE MINE THAT LAUGHED — Will F. Jenkins — 115
PERSONALITIES
THE TALKING ARTIST — Harry Salpeter — 75
PICTORIAL FEATURES
COVER ILLUSTRATION — Painting by J. Frederick Smith
THE BRIGHTON 24 HOUR — Painting by Peter Helck — 51
THE ESQUIRE GIRL — Color photograph by Sydney Ravitz — 59
AMERICAN BEAUTY… EILEEN COGHLAN — Color photograph by Stone-Bauman Greene — 60
HELEN OF TROY… DIANA ADAMS — Color photograph by John Engstead — 62
SCRIPTIST AND PIC CRICK — Color photograph by Clarence Bull — 63
AUDREY TOTTER, ONE OF THE NEBULAE OF HOLLYWOOD — Paintings by J. Frederick Smith — 71
KAL-ICE-DE-SCOPE — by De Hirsh Margules — 74
A GROUP OF WATER COLORS — Color photograph by Sydney Ravitz — 76
HER ART IS LAMENT — Color photograph by Lial Hoppen — 77
CHAMPION LUSTIG VON DOM OF TULGEY WOOD — Color photograph by C. L. Sawin — 92
A PRETTY GIRL AND THE MEDLEY — Color photograph by Sydney Ravitz — 93
COOK’S TOUR: CHU JACK — Photocollage by Ryan-Palazzo — 95
ESQUIREGRAPH NO. 16… FRED ALLEN — Color photograph by Ted Reed — 96
LONDON LUMINARY… DAVID NIVEN — Color photograph by Hans Groenhoff — 104
PIPE THE PIPER SUPER CRUISER — Color photograph by Sydney Ravitz — 105
“GIVE A MAN A GOOD CIGAR…” — Drawing by Leslie Saalburg — 107
SHAPING UP — Drawing by Robert Goodman — 108
SPORTS
SLAUGHTER UNDER WATER — Keith Monroe — 78
HORSES NEVER CHEAT — Irwin Stark & George Winston — 84
THE REAL McCOY — Art Cohn — 106
THE JAPS AND THE KING’S WHITE SWAN — Paul Engle — 109
THE ESQUIRE SPORTS POLL ON EXERCISE — 112
BRIEFS
CHOCOLATE AND CHEWING GUM — Joseph E. Shaner — 67
THE KILROY STORY — David Scheyer — 70
CREDITS
ILLUSTRATION ON PAGE 55 through courtesy of Associated American Artists
TRENDS IN DRESS
CLOTHING AND ACCESSORIES sketched by Ravitz, Fenton, Smith and Fellows, beginning on 126