Description
Original LIFE Magazine — July 30, 1956
LIFE Magazine July 30 1956 features Pier Angeli on the cover in a striking mid-century portrait. The issue combines Hollywood glamour with major cultural and social stories from the summer of 1956.
The cover also highlights “The Folding of the Big Top,” a feature on changing circus life, along with “A Great Battle, A Romantic Duel” and coverage of the growing popularity of garden clubs.
- Cover Subject: Pier Angeli
- Inside This Issue: Pier Angeli and Hollywood; “The Folding of the Big Top”; “A Great Battle, A Romantic Duel”; the rise of garden clubs; plus LIFE’s signature news reporting, photography, culture, personalities, and period advertising from 1956.
- Completeness: Complete original issue of LIFE Magazine, not a reproduction.
- Perfect For: Pier Angeli collectors, classic Hollywood fans, 1950s movie enthusiasts, circus history collectors, vintage culture enthusiasts, birthday gifts, and collectors of original LIFE Magazines.
This original issue preserves the photography, reporting, advertisements, and editorial presentation seen by LIFE readers in July 1956, making it an authentic snapshot of mid-century American entertainment, culture, and everyday life.
Original LIFE Magazines are authentic issues published between 1936 and 2000.
Pg… 13 THE WEEK’S EVENTS: The Big Top Bows Out Forever as Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Folds Its Tents for the Last Time
Pg… 22 THE WEEK’S EVENTS: A Look at the World’s Week
Pg… 29 THE WEEK’S EVENTS: The Trial of a Marine Sergeant Becomes a Trial for the Corps and Its Methods
Pg… 34 THE WEEK’S EVENTS: A Tranquil Grave for the Grand Canyon Crash Dead
Pg… 46 THE WEEK’S EVENTS: Evicted Indian Princes of Patiala Picket to Get Their Palace Back
Pg… 20 EDITORIAL: The Eisenhower Program: How It Fares
Pg… 52 ARTICLE: Victory at Buena Vista: Part Two of “My Confession,” the Mexican War Memoirs of Soldier–Artist Samuel E. Chamberlain
Pg… 75 PHOTOGRAPHIC ESSAY: The Beautiful Flowering of Emporia, Kan.: the City Reflects a Flourishing U.S. Hobby. Photographed for LIFE by Myron Davis
Pg… 37 RELIGION: Noble Drama at Notre Dame: Medieval Passion Play is a Paris Hit
Pg… 41 MOVIES: A Fine Part for Pier Angeli: the Gentle Actress Helps a Rough Film
Pg… 87 SPORTS: Midsummer Madness: Baseball Suffers from a Wacky Outburst of Tempers
Pg… 90 ART: A Wire Sun’s Golden Rising: Celestial Sculpture Goes on View in Metropolitan Museum
Pg… 95 PARTY: A Sentimental Send–Off for Senator George
Pg… 6 OTHER DEPARTMENTS: Speaking of Pictures: Cameralike Device Sees a Purple Cow
Pg… 9 OTHER DEPARTMENTS: Letters to the Editors
Pg… 51 OTHER DEPARTMENTS: Sequel: Stone Age Baby: a “Tarpan” Colt is Born in a Chicago Zoo
Pg… 98 OTHER DEPARTMENTS: Miscellany: Distress Over a Downfall
