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Original LIFE Magazine — October 9, 1950
Own an authentic original issue of LIFE Magazine from October 9, 1950, featuring British actress Jean Simmons on the cover. This 160-page issue combines Hollywood, the Korean War, sports, science and major events of the day. LIFE’s coverage includes a photographic report on U.S. Marines retaking Seoul, Simmons and the film Trio, Joe Louis’s defeat by Ezzard Charles, and an illustrated examination of the geography of the universe.
- Cover Subject: Jean Simmons — “Britain’s Busiest Actress”
- Inside This Issue: U.S. Marines retaking Seoul during the Korean War; Jean Simmons and Trio; Joe Louis vs. Ezzard Charles; and “Geography of the Universe” featuring Edwin Hubble.
- Completeness: Complete original issue, not a reproduction
- Perfect For: Jean Simmons fans, classic Hollywood collectors, Korean War history enthusiasts, astronomy enthusiasts and vintage LIFE Magazine collectors
Original LIFE Magazines are authentic issues published between 1936 and 2000.
Pg… 29 THE WEEK’S EVENTS: Seoul and Victory; record of how South Korea was retaken by U.S. Marines
Pg… 38 THE WEEK’S EVENTS: Editorials: Salute to our warriors in Korea
Pg… 38 THE WEEK’S EVENTS: Editorials: But what comes next in Korea
Pg… 39 THE WEEK’S EVENTS: The end comes for a champion; 36–year–old Joe Louis is defeated by 29–year–old Ezzard Charles at Yankee Stadium
Pg… 40 THE WEEK’S EVENTS: Tom Murphy takes over as New York City police commissioner
Pg… 42 THE WEEK’S EVENTS: Darkness at noon envelopes eastern half of U.S. from smoke blown from huge forest fires in Alberta and the District of Mackenzie.
Pg… 47 THE WEEK’S EVENTS: Arrests end the “Henry Ford” swindle perpetrated by Marie Fuller
Pg… 53 THE WEEK’S EVENTS: St. Paul First National Bank addition is oglers’ delight
Pg… 94 PICTORIAL ESSAY: Geography of the universe as seen by new 200–inch Hale telescope
Pg… 140 ARTICLE: Fifth Army Lt. General Mark Wayne Clark speaks out about the decision to enter the Balkans, bombing Cassino, and his stance on Rapido
Pg… 59 CLOSE–UP: Army football coach Earl Blaik and quarterback son Bob Blaik, by Marshall Smith
Pg… 70 ART: How GI painters Sgt. Steven R. Kidd and civilian John Pike saw Korea
Pg… 77 MOVIES: W. Somerset Maugham movie “Trio” with Jean Simmons and Michael Rennie
Pg… 91 RELIGION: Everyone helped build new First Unitarian Church in Northborough, Massachusetts after fire destroys 137–year–old original
Pg… 111 THEATER: A critic awaits his critics; Wolcott Gibbs on opening night of his play “Season in the Sun”
Pg… 121 TRANSPORTATION: New Union Station replaces Toledo eyesore
Pg… 126 BOOKS: “Fractured French”; puns on French phrases gathered by F.S. Pearson and illustrated by Richard Taylor
Pg… 133 EDUCATION: Bavarian kids dream of glory; German children write compositions about what they would like to be and do if a fairy granted them three wishes; demonstrates war’s effect on them
Pg… 12 OTHER DEPARTMENTS: Speaking of Pictures: “Plushy, poodly, shaggy” coat fashion says Carmel Snow of Harper’s Bazaar
Pg… 17 OTHER DEPARTMENTS: LIFE Reports: Van Gogh and the T–men; Customs agents solve big art mystery, by Emily Genauer
Pg… 77 OTHER DEPARTMENTS: Miscellany: Hanging Hero Jose Artigas in Bogota, Columbia
Pg… 88 OTHER DEPARTMENTS: Miscellany: Quadripeds balk; Broker the horse at Nashville show and Jumbo the mule at Los Angeles parade
Pg… 156 OTHER DEPARTMENTS: LIFE visits a Fisherman’s paradise in the Gulf of California of Mazatlan
