Real Love #23
Transport Publishing Co. Pty. Ltd.
Australia.
- Published
- 1954
- Page count
- 24
- Cover price
- 1/- [0-1-0 AUP]
- Colour
- Black & white
- Size
- Standard size (180mm x 275mm)
- Interior paper
- Newsprint
- Cover stock
- Matte colour
- Binding
- Saddle-stitched
- Format
- Comic series
- Branding
-
None
- GCD
- www.comics.org/issue/1251236
Credits
- Editing
- ?
Issue contents
Cover
She Walks in Beauty
(Rhonda Fleming)
Cover, 1 page
Featuring
- Feature
- Rhonda Fleming
- Genre
- Romance
Credits
- Art
- ? (photo)
- Colours
- ? (photo)
- Letters
- Typeset
Reprint history
- First print
- Unknown
- Compare
- Rhonda Fleming (1950?)
Notes
From page 1: "Our cover: Fascinating Paramount star, Rhonda Fleming." Rhonda Fleming was signed to Paramount in July 1948 for an initial three film deal. The most famous film during this period is the 1949 "A Yankee in King Arthur's Court" with Bing Crosby. Other Paramount films include "The Redhead and the Cowboy" (1951); "Hong Kong" with Ronald Reagan (1952); "Pony Express" (1953); "Those Redheads From Seattle" (1953); "Gunfight at the O.K. Corral" (1957); "The Buster Keaton Story" (1957).
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2Featuring
- Genre
- Romance
- Code
- C499
- Characters
- Janie Winters; Bud Gordon, Chip Waller; Larry Pendleton
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Synopsis
Bud Gordon thinks he has the most beautiful fiancé in the state so he enters her picture in a beauty contest without Janie Winters knowing about it. Of course she wins and is visited by Chip Waller who represents the beauty contest. He tells her she will now have to tour the state for a year. She doesn't want to but Bud insists. During the year she is wined and dined by many famous and wealthy men as part of the publicity. Bud gets jealous and tells Janie its over. Janie plots with playboy Larry Pendleton to get Bud back. Jealous Bud comes back and Janie tells him she just wants him.
3
4Featuring
- Genre
- Romance
Credits
Reprint history
5"handsome young Paramount star."
Featuring
- Feature
- Gene Barry
Credits
- Art
- ? (photo)
- Colours
- ? (photo)
Reprint history
- First print
- Unknown
Notes
Gene Barry's most famous Paramount film from the period is The War of the Worlds (1953). His debut feature was Atomic City (1952). Other films include Those Redheads from Seattle (1953); Red Garters (1954); Soldier of Fortune (1955), China Gate (1957), Hong Kong Confidential (1958) and Thunder Road (1958). Gene Barry is most known for his TV appearances, including "Bat Masterson" (1958-61); "Burke's Law" (1963-66) and "The Name of the Game" (1968-71).
Notes
Rhonda Fleming (front cover) and Gene Barry (back cover) starred together in "Those Redheads from Seattle" (1953). It is likely this comic was published around the time that film was showing in Australia in about June 1954.
Indicia
Published by Transport Publishing Co. Pty. Ltd., 26 Hunter Street, Sydney. Printed by President Press, 19/23 Forbes Street, East Sdney. Wholesale Distributor. Gordon and Gotch (A/sia). Ltd.