1949 Hollywood actress Joanne Dru color cover...
SUNDAY GRAPHIC section of the Detroit Free Press, April 17, 1949
- Hollywood actress Joanne Dru
- Easter Sunday color photo
This section contains entertainment related material throughout with a front page color photo of Hollywood actress Joanne Dru. (see images)
Complete Sunday graphic section only with 16 pages, a little irregular along the top margin, otherwise nice.
Background: Published on Easter Sunday 1949, this original Detroit Free Press "Sunday Graphic" section caught actress Joanne Dru at the absolute apex of her Hollywood stardom—the exact year she cemented her status as a legendary Western leading lady by starring alongside John Wayne in John Ford's classic She Wore a Yellow Ribbon and appearing in the Best Picture–winning All the King's Men. Drawing on her origins as a high-fashion New York model before her breakout role in Howard Hawks' Red River (1948), Dru was a natural fit for the supplement's vibrant color cover photogravure, making the issue a highly collectible crossover artifact that merges 1940s Hollywood glamour, seasonal retro fashion, and Detroit media history.