Esquire Magazine February 1947 cover featuring a romantic winter scene with a couple on a park bench and a policeman, highlighting the theme of jazz and culture.

Esquire Magazine February 1947 Table of Contents showcasing featured articles and contributors, including Gene Krupa and Leonard Bernstein.

Esquire Magazine February 1947 article page featuring a photo of a singer with the title 'Blues Singer with a Smile: Dinah Shore'.

Esquire Magazine February 1947 illustration titled 'Devilish' by Joe De Mers, depicting a whimsical and colorful harlequin character.

Esquire Magazine February 1947 advertisement for Courtley featuring luxury products for Valentine's Day, including perfume and men's accessories.

Esquire Magazine February 1947 page detailing 'The Fabulous Dorsey's' with an illustration of a glamorous singer and musicians.

Vintage advertisement featuring a smiling woman suggesting that more doctors smoke Camels than any other cigarette. This ad is from the Esquire Magazine February 1947 issue, which includes content related to jazz and notable figures like Bernstein and Krupa.

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Name: Esquire Magazine February 1947 Jazz Forum Bernstein Gene Krupa Johnstown Flood
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TABLE OF CONTENTS

ARTICLES

ESQUIRE’S ALL-AMERICAN JAZZ BAND, 1947 — Louis Sidran — 45
JAZZ FORUM: HAS JAZZ INFLUENCED THE SYMPHONY? — Gene Krupa & Leonard Bernstein — 46
FRENCH HOT CORNER — Gilbert S. McKean — 48
EPIC OF THE JOHNSTOWN FLOOD — Bradford Smith — 54
TO LICK THE COLD—GET OUT AND SKI! — Richard Joseph — 62
LICK THE COLD IN FLORIDA’S SUN — — 63
TAMING THE SOCIAL LIONESS — Herb Graffis — 64
THE WIVES OF HENRY VIII — Robert W. Marks — 65
GILHOOLY’S GLAMOROUS CLUB CASINO — Bradford Smith — 70
MACARTHUR SHOGUNATE — Frances Geiger Adams — 75
THE SHUCKSTER — F. Alexander — 91
CAMPUS PORTRAIT: UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME — — 100
IT’S A MAN’S WORLD — — 106
HOW’S YOUR FASHION QUOTIENT? — O. E. Schoeffler — 109

DEPARTMENTS

Correspondence: THE SOUND AND THE FURY — 10
Contributors: BACKSTAGE WITH ESQUIRE — 34
Comment: WHAT IN THE WORLD — — 39
Movies: SEX GOES WEST — Jack Moffitt — 57
Books: CAPTAIN FROM CONNECTICUT — A. J. Liebling — 58
Wearables: GROOMED FOR ACHIEVEMENT — O. E. Schoeffler — 110

FICTION

THE TRIP TO GRANADA — Frederic Prokosch — 41
CONCERNING THE MOP — Riff Charles — 42
THE RESCUE OF OLD 97 — Kimball McIlroy — 76
OLD INCORRUPTIBLE — W. A. S. Douglas — 82
A MAN COMES BACK — Velio Costa — 94

PERSONALITY

SYSTEM MAN: ELY CULBERTSON — Allen Churchill — 61

MURDER MYSTERY

A GLASS OF MILK — Henry Kane — 51

POETRY

THE ADAM BOMB — Roark Bradford — 59

ESQUIRE GALLERY

DEVILISH — Painting by Joe De Mers — 43
INNOCENCE — Painting by Fritz Willis — 44
BLACK FRIDAY, MAY 31, 1889 — Painting by Harper Goff — 55
THE WIVES OF HENRY VIII — Olde Englishe Portraiture by J. Frederick Smith — 65
WORLDLINESS — Painting by Ben-Hur Baz — 79
DIVERTISSEMENT — Painting by Walter Klett — 80

PICTORIAL FEATURES

COVER ILLUSTRATION — Painting by E. Simms Campbell
TEST PILOT EXTRAORDINAIRE — Color photograph by Gerard Urdo — 51
TWENTIETH-CENTURY MINSTREL — Color photograph by William Stone — 52
BLUES SINGER WITH A SMILE: DINAH SHORE — Color photograph by Arthur Abedon — 53
THE TRIUMPH OF INGRID BERGMAN — Color photograph by Scotty Welbourne — 56
FEBRUARY’S CHILDREN — Caricatures by Alan Jedla — 68
ENGLISH COCKER SPANIELS: FIELD COMPANIONS — Painting by John Atherton — 69
ALLEN VS. ALLIGATOR — Color photographs by Ed Rinker — 71
FOR AIR PROSPECTORS — Color photograph by Hans Groenhoff — 72
KURT WEILL MAKES AMERICA SING — Color photograph by William Stone — 87
SINGAPORE’S LIQUID POETRY — Color photograph by Arnold Glantz — 88
MECHANICAL PROPHECIES, NO. 9 — Designs by Alexis de Sakhnoffsky — 89
ESQUIRE’S LOOK AND COOK, RECIPE NO. 3 — Sketches by Mina Gow — 90
MEETING OF THE TWAIN — Color photograph by Arnold Glantz — 99
UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME… A PROFILE — Painting by Reno Biondi — 101
PALM SPRINGS INTERLUDE — Drawings by Van Kaufman — 102
HOLIDAY IN NASSAU… PARADISE ENOW — Drawing by Robert Goodman — 104

SPORTS

MILLION-DOLLAR HORSE — Roscoe Macy — 72
HOW TO BREAK A LEG — George Wiswell — 84
THE SPORTING SCENE: BASKETBALL BONANZA — Bill Burton — 87
THE ESQUIRE SPORTS POLL: AMATEUR BOXING — Jim Crossett — 96

BRIEFS

ROAD WITH NO TURNING — Norcross Hedrick — 69
WORLD WITHOUT END — John Hetherington — 78
HOW THE HEALER CAUGHT JOHNNY FOURTEEN — William Brandon — 81
DEAD MEN DON’T BLEED — Milton Friedenberg — 88
YESTERDAY’S SOUVENIRS — Joseph E. Shaner — 93
A WORD OF WARNING — Helen Weatherwax — 99
STRANGENESS OF TRUTH — Richard Sharpe — 112
AND I FORGET TO DO — George W. Morse — 117

CREDITS

ILLUSTRATIONS ON PAGES 42, 62, 76, 96, 99 — courtesy Associated American Artists

TRENDS IN DRESS

CLOTHING AND ACCESSORIES by Fenton, Runnette, and Murley — beginning on 105

Esquire Magazine February 1947 Jazz Forum Bernstein Gene Krupa Johnstown Flood

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