Description
LIFE Magazine – September 9, 1946 features actress and singer Jane Powell on the cover, photographed with a cat during the period when MGM was promoting her as one of Hollywood’s rising young musical stars. Inside, LIFE includes a dedicated feature on Powell and coverage of her film Holiday in Mexico, alongside a broad mix of politics, sports, archaeology, science and postwar daily life.
International affairs are especially strong in this issue. LIFE profiles Soviet leaders Vyacheslav Molotov and Andrei Vishinsky, reports on unrest and death in Calcutta, and includes Australian statesman H. V. Evatt discussing democracy. Closer to home, the magazine covers changes to the U.S. fleet, a Chicago beef rush, Eleanor Roosevelt, and postwar life at Oak Ridge.
The issue also offers excellent Americana and sports content, including Boston baseball, children’s judo, Arizona archaeology, easier housekeeping, wild-duck photography, and LIFE’s visit to the Sikhs of India. With Jane Powell on the cover and a notably varied table of contents, this issue provides a vivid cross-section of entertainment, politics, sports and world affairs in 1946.
Inside This Issue
- Jane Powell — a dedicated feature on the young MGM star, who also appears on the cover.
- Holiday in Mexico — movie coverage tied to Powell’s 1946 MGM musical.
- Molotov and Vishinsky — a close-up on two of the Soviet Union’s most important diplomatic figures.
- Boston Baseball — LIFE’s sports coverage turns to baseball in Boston during the 1946 season.
- Calcutta — stark reporting on violence and death in India during the turbulent final period of British rule.
- Oak Ridge — LIFE Reports examines the atomic-energy community created during World War II.
- H. V. Evatt on Democracy — the Australian statesman responds to the question, “What Is Democracy?”
- Arizona Archaeology — a feature on archaeological excavation in the American Southwest.
- Easier Housekeeping — a photographic essay on new approaches to domestic life in postwar America.
- Sikhs of India — LIFE visits the Sikh community in India in an international cultural feature.
Original LIFE Magazines are authentic issues published between 1936 and 2000.
Pg… 31 The Week’s Events: U.S. Zippers Up Its Fleet
Pg… 36 The Week’s Events: Editorial: What’s the Score?
Pg… 37 The Week’s Events: Mrs. Roosevelt Shows Her New Teeth
Pg… 38 The Week’s Events: The Vultures of Calcutta Eat Indian Dead
Pg… 40 The Week’s Events: Evatt Answers Question: What Is Democracy?
Pg… 42 The Week’s Events: GIs Play “Mikado” in Tokyo
Pg… 44 The Week’s Events: Beef Rush Hits Chicago
Pg… 47 The Week’s Events: Bathing Girls Controversy Continues
Pg… 48 The Week’s Events: Coal Heaver Turns Monkey Man
Pg… 50 The Week’s Events: Gazelle Boy is Captured
Pg… 108 Close–Up: Molotov and Vishinsky, by John Osborne
Pg… 97 Photographic Essay: Easier Housekeeping
Pg… 61 Interview: What’s Funny About George Allen, by Roger Butterfield
Pg… 53 Sports: Boston Baseball
Pg… 127 Sports: Children’s Judo
Pg… 73 Religion: Senator Tobey’s Hymn Sing
Pg… 76 Archaeology: Digging in Arizona
Pg… 80 Entertainment: Carnival
Pg… 87 Movies: “Holiday In Mexico”
Pg… 91 Movies: Jane Powell, by Jeanne Perkins
Pg… 93 Animals: Man Wears Bees
Pg… 121 Modern Living: The “Natch”
Pg… 2 Other Departments: LIFE’s Reports: Oak Ridge, by Francis Sill Wickware
Pg… 12 Other Departments: Speaking of Pictures: Wild–Duck Photography
Pg… 17 Other Departments: Letters to the Editors
Pg… 134 Other Departments: LIFE Visits the Sikhs of India
Pg… 138 Other Departments: LIFE’s Miscellany: Delsarte Pantomimes
