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TABLE OF CONTENTS
ARTICLES
SAVED ONE LIFE — Sidney Carroll — 31
THE BIGGEST GAME FISH EVER LANDED — Zane Grey — 34
THE AUDITORIUM: UNFINISHED HISTORY — George Wiswell — 45
BARNEY AND THE GREEN DRAGON — Dean Jennings — 48
GEORGE AND THE APES — Liam O’Flaherty — 53
VILLAGE NE’ER-DO-WELL — Keith Barrett — 57
GUNSMITH TO AMERICA — John Roburt — 61
BLOODY MURDER ON THE NETWORKS — Richard L. Frey — 66
HOW TO PLAY KNOCK POKER — — 68
ESQUIRE’S ART INSTITUTE II — J. Frank Dobie — 88
DEPARTMENTS
Correspondence: THE SOUND AND THE FURY — 10
Contributors: BACKSTAGE WITH ESQUIRE — 26
Opinion: THIS MAN’S WORLD — Paul Gallico — 42
The Lively Arts: SAM GOLDWYN AND THE MOVIES — Gilbert Seldes — 60
Books: WOLVES AND WOLVES — Sinclair Lewis — 81
Jazz: THE RHYTHM SECTION — Leonard Feather and Paul Eduard Miller — 82
Theatre: FIRST NIGHTS & PASSING JUDGMENTS — George Jean Nathan — 84
Anecdotes: GOING THE ROUNDS WITH ESQUIRE — Lawton Mackall — 105
Potables: A SHORT ONE FOR JOE — Iles Brody — 110
Edibles: MAN THE KITCHENETTE — O. E. Schoeffler — 117
Wearables: COMPLEAT SHOPPER — Gilbert Seldes — 122
Discs: ESQUIRE ON THE RECORD… BEST SELLERS — 124
FICTION
IRONGUT AND THE BROWN MOUSE — Gerald Kersh — 32
A MEETING OF MINDS — George Milburn — 39
OLD MAN MISCHIEF — David Davidson and Henry Hofmeister — 46
THE HOT ANGEL — Robert Fontaine — 63
SIR CRANE AND THE MONSTER — Martin Dibner — 69
ONE WILL STAND — Peter Mankowski — 72
TEXAS NIGHT TRAIN — Milton Mazer — 75
FOOTSTEPS IN THE ALFALFA — Feike Feikema — 76
FRANCES AND THE GOLDEN BREW — Peter Stirling — 87
MEN WALK ALONE — Jim Kjelgaard — 90
PERSONALITIES
ABOUT MIRON SOKOLE — Harry Salpeter — 78
PICTORIAL FEATURES
THE BIGGEST GAME FISH EVER LANDED — Painting by Melbourne Brindle — 35
THE VARGA GIRL… SLEEPYTIME GAL — Painting by Varga; Verse by Phil Stack — 37
HER HOME IS THE AIR… ALICIA ALONSO — Color photograph by Hurrell — 47
GANGWAY FOR BARNEY OLDFIELD — Painting by Peter Helck — 48
BROADWAY FOR THE BOYS… THE CARNIVAL — Color photograph by Hurrell — 55
AMERICAN BEAUTY… MILENA MILLER — Color photograph by Hurrell — 56
HOLLYWOOD NEBULAE… JANET THOMAS — Color photograph by Henry Waxman — 65
HOME FROM THE SEA… LANDING SHIP TANKS — Painting by Wayne Hotchkiss — 67
ESQUIRE’S ART INSTITUTE II… GARAGE LIGHTS — Painting by Stuart Davis — 68
“ONE PARTICULAR BEAUTEous STAR”… BRENDA HELSER — Color photograph by Savine — 79
A GROUP OF PAINTINGS — Color photograph by Hurrell — 80
ACTOR OF THE MONTH… FREDRIC MARCH — Painting by Leslie Saalburg — 85
FALL OPENING — Painting by Robert Goodman — 86
TUNE IT DOWN A LITTLE — Color photograph by Hurrell — 89
PRIORITY, CHINESE STYLE — — 91
FASHION QUIZ… HOW’S YOUR FASHION QUOTIENT? — — 91
“O COME, LET’S SING OHIO’S PRAISE” — Color photograph by Sydney Ravitz — 92
SPORTS
HARLEY TO HORVATH — Ralph Cannon — 92
ESQUIRE SPORTS POLL NAMES BABE DIDRIKSON — Herb Graffis — 94
EAST BATTLES WEST — James Crossett — 96
SPLITTING THE SECONDS — Jack O’Connor — 97
BIERMAN SIPPING T — Joe Hendrickson — 98
THE SPORTSMAN’S YEARBOOK: SEPTEMBER — William J. Schaldach — 100
BRIEFS
THE DREAM AND THE AWAKENING — Chester Morrison — 41
THE PROGRAM SEEMS DIFFERENT TONIGHT — Parke Cummings — 54
FOR WHOM THE PRISONS YAWN — Renzo Dee Bowers — 59
GIVE ME YESTERDAY — Jerome Hollingsworth — 71
TRENDS IN DRESS
CLOTHES AND ACCESSORIES sketched by Saalburg, Goodman, Fellows, Runnette and Fenton, beginning on — 85
CREDITS
ILLUSTRATIONS on pages 39, 41, 45, 46, 59, 64, 69, 76, 87, 88, by courtesy of Associated American Artists