Description
LIFE Magazine – December 2, 1946 features Ingrid Bergman on the cover in her Broadway role as Joan of Arc in Joan of Lorraine. The image captures Bergman at the height of her postwar fame and gives this issue strong appeal for collectors of classic Hollywood, theater, and 1940s culture.
Inside, LIFE covers Bergman’s Broadway triumph along with major stories on labor, science, entertainment, sports, atomic energy, and postwar Japan. The issue includes John L. Lewis and the coal strike, children’s author Margaret Wise Brown, the Harlem Globetrotters, Billy Rose’s new show, dramatic photographs taken from a V-2 rocket 65 miles above Earth, and a report on the U.S. occupation of Japan under General Douglas MacArthur.
Inside This Issue
- Ingrid Bergman — LIFE covers her acclaimed Broadway performance in Joan of Lorraine
- John L. Lewis — Coverage of the labor leader and his major postwar battle
- Margaret Wise Brown — A feature on the prolific children’s author
- Harlem Globetrotters — Trick basketball, showmanship, and extraordinary athletic skill
- Billy Rose — Coverage of Venus on the Half Shell and his new stage production
- V-2 Rocket Photography — Remarkable photographs of Earth taken from about 65 miles above the surface
- Atomic Energy — A look at potential peacetime uses of atomic power
- General Douglas MacArthur — LIFE reports on the American occupation of Japan
- Jimmy Walker — A remembrance of the former New York mayor
- British Snail-Watching Society — One of LIFE’s more unusual and memorable human-interest features
Original LIFE Magazines are authentic issues published between 1936 and 2000.
Pg… 27 The Week’s Events: Lewis Starts His Biggest Battle
Pg… 32 The Week’s Events: Editorial: Untragic America
Pg… 33 The Week’s Events: Sir William Dick Designs Roosevelt Statue
Pg… 34 The Week’s Events: Londoners Throng Lord Mayor’s Inaugural
Pg… 36 The Week’s Events: Animals Have Troubles
Pg… 38 The Week’s Events: Chicago Students Have Fence Party
Pg… 40 The Week’s Events: Businessmen Try Blindfolds
Pg… 43 The Week’s Events: OPA Holds a Wake
Pg… 44 The Week’s Events: Princeton Gets Jefferson Letter
Pg… 46 The Week’s Events: Operagoer Loses $5,000 Bracelet
Pg… 91 The Week’s Events: Mr. New York Dies
Pg… 104 Article: A Report on Japan, by Noel F. Busch
Pg… 59 Close–Up: Child’s Best Seller, by Bruce Bliven Jr.
Pg… 97 Photographic Essay: Peacetime Uses of Atomic Energy
Pg… 51 Theater: Bergman on Broadway
Pg… 71 Sports: Trick Basketball
Pg… 76 Nightclubs: “Venus On The Half Shell”
Pg… 83 Science: Sixty–Five Miles Up
Pg… 86 Movie: Surrealist Movie
Pg… 4 Other Departments: Letters to the Editors
Pg… 14 Other Departments: Speaking of Pictures: Talking Mailbox Startles Milwaukee
Pg… 19 Other Departments: LIFE’s Reports: Doctor Football, by Jean Libman Block
Pg… 128 Other Departments: LIFE Goes on a Snail Watch in England
Pg… 134 Other Departments: Miscellany: Kissing the Bride
