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TABLE OF CONTENTS
ARTICLES
REMEMBERING COMBAT CHEER — Capt. Ladislas Reddy — 47
THREE GERMAN MASTERS — Klaus Mann — 50
THE CASE OF THE BACKWARD BARBER — David Emery — 60
THE LOST ART OF HORSE TAMING — Melvin Ryder — 62
THE NEW ENGLAND HURRICANE OF 1938 — Sidney Carroll — 77
HOMECOMING HERO — Stanley Walker — 78
HERE’S TO GRAMMAR — Ed Fitzgerald — 80
I WILL BE THIS ONE — John Wistach — 83
THE TEN-CENT IVORY TOWER — Edward Hungerford — 86
BATTLE OF THE TITANS — Joseph Wechsberg — 90
OPENING IN ALGIERS — Nicholas Di Minno — 114
DEPARTMENTS
Correspondence: THE SOUND AND THE FURY — 6
Contributors: BACKSTAGE WITH ESQUIRE — 34
Opinion: THIS MAN’S WORLD — Paul Gallico — 74
Movies: MY LIFE WITH INGRID — Jack Moffitt — 92
Theatre: FIRST NIGHTS & PASSING JUDGMENTS — George Jean Nathan — 95
The Lively Arts: NICE CLEAN POST-ATOMIC FUN — Gilbert Seldes — 107
Jazz: THE RHYTHM SECTION — Charles Edward Smith — 123
Anecdotes: GOING THE ROUNDS WITH ESQUIRE — Lawton Mackall — 134
Potables: PASS THE LOVING CUP — Iles Brody — 139
Edibles: MAN THE KITCHENETTE — O. E. Schoeffler — 142
Wearables: SHORT-CUT TO HEIGHT — Gilbert Seldes — 150
Discs: ESQUIRE ON THE RECORD
FICTION
THE LORD GIVETH — Alex Drinkwater — 48
NOTHING EVER HAPPENS — Robert W. B. Love — 59
I’M THE STAR — George Jessel — 65
ARTERIAL ARTHUR’S ROUND TABLE — Melvin Durslag — 96
SUNDAY IN THE SUBURBS — R. H. Newman — 102
PASSENGER TO LIVERPOOL — Denys Val Baker — 108
MEETING AT THE FAIR — Tom Hanlin — 113
THE SOMETHING IN A COLORED MAN — Chester B. Himes — 120
PERSONALITIES
HARRITON, EX-PICASSOID — Harry Salpeter — 98
VERSE
“ALL HANDS LAY AFT” — Lieut. Comdr. Joseph E. Shaner — 70
PICTORIAL FEATURES
VARGA VARIETIES OF 1946 — 51
THE VARGA GIRL… MISS JANUARY, NINETEEN FORTY-SIX! — Painting by Varga; Verse by Phil Stack — 55
MARIE DENHAM, ONE OF THE NEBULAE OF HOLLYWOOD — Color photograph by Engstead — 66
LUBA MALINA, FROM MOSCOW TO FAME — Color photograph by Ravitz — 67
THE PATH OF THE CYCLONE — Painting by Harper Goff — 69
“ALL HANDS LAY AFT” — Drawings by Howard Baer — 70
AMERICAN BEAUTY, ZITA MILLER — Color photograph by Hurrell — 75
THE DYNASTY: NOEL TOY — Color photograph by Ravitz — 76
THE SCHEMES OF FAIR WOMEN — Drawing by J. Frederick Smith — 81
PRELUDE TO A PICTURE — Drawing by J. Frederick Smith — 82
WOMEN IN SPORTS: ANITA LHOEST — Color photograph by Sawin — 84
THE RUFFED GROUSE — Drawing by Charles Liel — 85
ESQUIREGRAPH NO. 13: KAY KYSER — Ravitz-Palazzo Photocollage — 93
HOLLYWOOD LUMINARY: FRED ASTAIRE — Color photograph by Engstead — 94
COOK’S TOUR: THE COLONY — Color photograph by Ravitz — 97
A GROUP OF PAINTINGS — by Abe Harriton — 99
PERSONAL APPEARANCE: GILBERT SELDES — Color photograph by Ravitz — 107
ESQUIRE’S HOLIDAY GIFT SUGGESTIONS — Color photographs by Ravitz — 109
SPORTS
IT’S EASY TO THROW A BASKETBALL GAME — Paul Ballow — 84
AULD ACQUAINTANCE — Herb Graffis — 104
THE SPORTSMAN’S YEARBOOK: JANUARY — William J. Schaldach — 116
SKI JUMPER’S HOLIDAY — George Wiswell — 119
BRIEFS
SACRED TO THE MEMORY — Gerald Kersh — 67
CHRISTMAS IN CONTENTION — Parke Cummings — 89
GOOD-BYE TO THE SECOND PLATOON — Elijah L. Jacobs — 101
CREDITS
ILLUSTRATIONS ON PAGES 67, 83, 96, 102, 120 through courtesy of Associated American Artists
TRENDS IN DRESS
CLOTHING AND ACCESSORIES by Runnette, Murley, and Fenton — beginning on 136