Francoise Dorleac MAGGIE SMITH Terence Donovan SYDNEY NOLAN About Town magazine

Description: Vintage issue of About Town magazine, dated April 1961. The 1960's classic magazine that influenced every magazine after, starting with TOWN. The cover is the young French actress Françoise Dorléac who is also featured on 2 pages of colour photos inside. Vive la Françoise: Desmond Russell photographs a rising French star. Photographed by Desmond Russell. Françoise Dorléac made her film debut in The Wolves in the Sheepfold (1960), directed by Hervé Bromberger. Dorléac was on the brink of international stardom when she died on 26 June 1967 in a motor accident. Planning: time to spring clean New French films: receding wave? The Nouvelle Vague 4 pages Insularity: the anti-Americans - illustrated by a POP ART Coke-Cola bottle by Terence Donovan. CLOTHES:The best of Saville Row photographed by Terence Donovan 8 brilliant pages. Models are:ALEXANDER PLUNKET GREENEBRINSLEY BLACKJULIAN CRITCHLEYLOUDON SAINTHILLROBERT WILDand Australian painter SYDNEY NOLAN - one page each. About Town presents its selection of tailors and services throughout the country. MODERN LIVING: Au pair: raw deal for the girls. A fantastic and gritty feature on Au pair girls with photography by Gerald Howson - char-ing and cha-cha-ing on thirty bob a week by Charles Robinson. Soccer: playing for time - Football in shambles: Benny Green investigates the feudal world behind the grandstands. Presented by a beautiful painterly image by Terence Donovan. BRITAIN TODAYWanted - a Minister of Planning: an About Town survey of London renewal by David Hughes, based on interviews by Michael Heseltine.Nash, Brash & Soho: Gordon Cullen’s scheme for Piccadilly Circus.Anti-Americans: the most ardent of lost causes, by Christopher Booker. ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT:Theatre’s next in line suggestions;- Producer Michael Elliott, Author John Arden, Designer Sean Kenny (who studied architecture under Frank Lloyd Wright), Actresses Wendy Craig, Billie Whitelaw & Maggie Smith, Actors Ian Bannen & Edward Judd. Turn of the tide: Derek Hill watches a painter at work. CARS:Cars: what to own - and why you do Knights errant: rallying with Richard Bensted-Smith.The monstrous regiment: twelve cars and one owner, by Anthony Blond. Great car rally photo FOOD AND DRINK:A French wine primer: a guide to the first principles of wine-choosing and drinking.Extravagant eating in London, Guy South. 65 On the town: where to drink, dine or dance in London. COMMENT:Jazz: John Lindsay.Films: Stanley Price. + ANNETTE VARDIM, full page BURBERRY advert, CINEMA, DANTE LEONELLI, DEREK HILL, DESMOND RUSSELL, EDWARD JUDD, football, FRENCH CINEMA, Gerald Howson, JOHN ARDEN, LOUISE MALLE, MICHAEL ELLIOTT, NOUVELLE VAGUE, SAVILE ROW, town planning, TRUFFAUT, Wendy Craig The back cover is a colour WHITBREAD PALE ALE ad. 76 pages in excellent condition. Leisure: Food and Drink Clothers and Travel Comment Films Theatre Volume 2 Number 4 July 1961The Publishers were Clive Labovitch and Michael Heseltine. This issue of ABOUT TOWN was art directed by Tom Wolsey. Excellent condition. 60+ years old Post includes insurance and tracking. Scarce collector's item. Many more vintage magazines listed in our shop... Check out our other items! B 2004 220325_8055

Price: 179 GBP

Location: London

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