Pour Vous
| Editor-in-chief | Nino Frank |
|---|---|
| Former editors | Alexandre Arnoux |
| Categories | Film magazine |
| Frequency | Weekly |
| Founder | Léon Bailby |
| Founded | 1928 |
| First issue | 22 November 1928 |
| Final issue | 1940 |
| Country | France |
| Based in | Paris |
| Language | French |
Pour Vous was a weekly film magazine which existed between 1928 and 1940 in Paris, France. During its lifetime it was one of the most read film magazines in the country.[1]
History and profile
Pour Vous was started by Léon Bailby in 1928,[2][3] and its first issue appeared on 22 November that year.[4] The magazine was a sister publication to the conservative daily newspaper L'Intransigeant.[2] Its headquarters was in Paris.[3] It was published on a weekly basis in the tabloid format[2] and was the largest of all film magazines in France having a size of 55x31 cm.[5] The magazine consisted of sixteen pages.[4]
Its editor was Alexandre Arnoux.[2] In the first issue Nino Frank published his first article on movies and worked in the magazine as the editor-in-chief until its demise in 1940.[4] Unlike other movie magazines of the period it published full list of the films played in Paris.[3] It frequently covered news about the Hollywood stars and also, published photographs by avant-garde artists, including Lee Miller and Man Ray.[2] Arnoux creatively mixed the photographs and textual materials to reflect the contrasts between the French and American movie traditions.[2] Colin Crisp was among the contributors of Pour Vous in 1932 and 1933.[3] The magazine also published interviews with leading figures, such as Arletty.[6]
Pour Vous folded in 1940 after producing 603 issues due to the occupation of France by the Nazi Germany.[2][4]