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TABLE OF CONTENTS
ARTICLES
POOR MAN’S IMPRESARIO — Paul Gould — 32
CLIMB TO THE CLOUDS — John Leathers — 34
HOW TO BUY A CAMERA — Sidney Carroll — 40
PRETTY PICTURES FOR TODAY — MacKinlay Kantor — 46
CHICAGO JAZZ HISTORY — Paul Eduard Miller & George Hoefer — 51
ESQUIRE’S ALL-AMERICAN JAZZ BAND, 1946 — Leonard G. Feather — 56
JAZZ FOR THE LAYMAN — Paul Eduard Miller — 60
DANCING AMERICAN — Charles Edward Smith — 64
BEAUTY AND MR. BEAST — Herb Graffis — 72
HOW’S YOUR FASHION QUOTIENT? — O. E. Schoeffler — 94
GIVE ME A CIGAR — Wm. E. Burton — 121
DEPARTMENTS
Correspondence: THE SOUND AND THE FURY — 10
Contributors: BACKSTAGE WITH ESQUIRE — 28
Opinion: THIS MAN’S WORLD — Paul Gallico — 42
Movies: MOVIE OF THE MONTH — Jack Moffitt — 92
Theatre: FIRST NIGHTS & PASSING JUDGMENTS — George Jean Nathan — 96
The Lively Arts: THE ETERNAL WESTERN — Gilbert Seldes — 101
Jazz: THE RHYTHM SECTION — Leonard Feather — 102
Anecdotes: GOING THE ROUNDS WITH ESQUIRE — Lawton Mackall — 109
Potables: UP IN THE CELLAR — Iles Brody — 112
Edibles: MAN THE KITCHENETTE — O. E. Schoeffler — 117
Wearables: TIPS FOR THE TALL — Gilbert Seldes — 120
Discs: ESQUIRE ON THE RECORD — Gilbert Seldes — 131
FICTION
THE FABULOUS PLAN OF PHINEAS FLUTTERBUTT — Bertram B. Fowler — 31
TWO GENTLEMEN OF BUCHAREST — Gerald Kersh — 39
HOW I WON MY PSYCHOSIS — Robert Pierson — 45
STILL WAS THE DAY — Heath Thomas — 67
SURPRISE AT THE OUTPOST — Georges Sunde? — 74
SEARCH FOR THE FIRE BIRD — Paul Annixter — 80
APOSTOLIC MIKE — Stewart Edward White — 83
THE RISE AND FALL OF MRS. BERGMAN’S BACK — Francis Fox Brown — 84
ORDEAL OF A POLLYWOG — Charles Kaufman — 89
I INSISTED HANGING WAS TOO GENTLE A FATE — David Friedman — 98
SPORTS
THE CHINA CHIN — Art Cohn — 48
PIVOT MAN MIKAN — James S. Kearns — 68
SAGA OF A HORSEMAN — Paul Engle — 78
THE ESQUIRE SPORTS POLL ON CHAMPIONS — James Crossett — 90
WILDCAT IN THE WATER — Hart Stilwell — 95
THE SPORTSMAN’S YEARBOOK: FEBRUARY — William J. Schadach — 104
PERSONALITIES
ARTIST OF INTEGRITY — Harry Salpeter — 86
PICTORIAL FEATURES
CLIMB TO THE CLOUDS — Painting by Peter Helck — 35
THE VARGA GIRL … SAINTS BE PRAISED — Painting by Varga; Verse by Phil Stack — 37
BEAUTY IN THE SURF — Color photograph by C. L. Sawin — 45
THE “BANDIT” IN AMBUSH — Painting by Francis Beaugureau — 47
SHE’D RATHER LEAD THE BAND — Color photograph by Hal Reiff — 48
KNIGHTS OF THE NIGHT — Painting by Herb Ackerman — 50
PORTFOLIO OF JAZZ PICTURES — beginning on — 53
WHICH WAY DOES A CROW FLY? — Color photograph by Dan Frankforter — 68
ALICE WALLACE, ONE OF THE NEBULAE OF HOLLYWOOD — Color photograph by Eric Carpenter — 69
“A-VROOM, A-VROOM” — JOËL E. LEWIS — Color photograph by William Stone — 75
AMERICAN BEAUTY … MARION KEATS — Color photograph by Sydney Ravitz — 76
COOK’S TOUR: CAMILLE AVERNA — Color photograph by F. A. McDaniels — 84
THE PERDIX PERDIX (PARTRIDGE TO YOU) — Drawing by Charles Liel — 85
A GROUP OF PAINTINGS — Philip Reisman — 87
ESQUIREGRAPH No. 14 … WALTER WINCHELL — Photocollage by Ravitz-Palazzo — 88
BROADWAY LUMINARY … RALPH BELLAMY — Color photograph by Sydney Ravitz — 93
CREDO OF GEORGE JEAN NATHAN — Color photograph by Sydney Ravitz — 97
SOME LIKE IT HOT, SOME LIKE IT COLD — Color photograph by Sydney Ravitz — 98
SNOW SHOW — Drawing by Leslie Saalburg — 99
UPS AND DOWNS — Drawing by Robert Goodman — 100
BRIEFS
HE WHO GETS SOCKED — Robert Fontaine — 63
THE COLONIST’S WATCH — P. Fent Ross — 71
TWO CAN PLAY AT POKE — Sidney Sackson — 77
DETOUR IN THE CLOUDS — H. W. Wynn — 129
CREDITS
Illustrations on pages 39, 71, 83, 84 and 98 through courtesy of Associated American Artists
TRENDS IN DRESS
CLOTHING AND ACCESSORIES, sketched by Runnette, Fenton and Murley, beginning on — 114