35 Cover Photos of Screenland Magazine in the 1920s and ’30s

Screenland was a monthly U.S. magazine about movies, published between September 1920 and June 1971, when it merged with Silver Screen. In the September 1952 issue, the name changed to Screenland plus TV-Land.

Covers of Screenland magazine in the 1920s and ’30s

The magazine was established in Los Angeles, California, with Myron Zobel as the editor in 1922. Frederick James Smith became the editor in 1923 when it moved to Cooperstown, New York. One magazine-collector site credits, without attribution, one Paul Hunter, “with rescuing Screenland magazine for John Cuneo back in 1932.”

In October 1952, Ned Pines’ Standard Magazines, an imprint of Pines Publications, purchased Silver Screen and Screenland from the Henry Publishing company. Pines announced in June 1954 that he was suspending publication with the August 1954 issue, citing production and distribution costs. The magazine continued publication through 1971, however.

Here is a set of vintage photos that shows covers of Screenland magazine in the 1920s and 1930s.

Screenland magazine cover, December 1922

Screenland magazine cover, April 1923

Screenland magazine cover, January 1923

Screenland magazine cover, July 1923

Screenland magazine cover, June 1923

Screenland magazine cover, October 1923

Screenland magazine cover, September 1923

Screenland magazine cover, June 1924

Screenland magazine cover, March 1926

Screenland magazine cover, December 1927

Screenland magazine cover, April 1928

Screenland magazine cover, July 1928

Screenland magazine cover, September 1928

Screenland magazine cover, April 1929

Screenland magazine cover, December 1929

Screenland magazine cover, October 1929

Screenland magazine cover, January 1930

Screenland magazine cover, September 1931

Screenland magazine cover, May 1932

Screenland magazine cover, October 1932

Screenland magazine cover, February 1934

Screenland magazine cover, May 1933

Screenland magazine cover, August 1935

Screenland magazine cover, February 1935

Screenland magazine cover, November 1935

Screenland magazine cover, December 1936

Screenland magazine cover, February 1936

Screenland magazine cover, January 1936

Screenland magazine cover, June 1936

Screenland magazine cover, October 1936

Screenland magazine cover, June 1937

Screenland magazine cover, September 1937

Screenland magazine cover, February 1938

Screenland magazine cover, November 1938

Screenland magazine cover, October 1939