1944 MGM Lion’s Roar Judy Garland Meet Me in St Louis Margaret O’Brien For Sale

Original December 1944 MGM Lion’s Roar magazine with expected age-related exterior wear. Front cover retains excellent color and strong display appeal. Spine shows rubbing, edge wear, small splits and fraying consistent with age. Back cover has light surface wear, toning and a small area of loss along the lower edge.Interior is particularly well preserved, with bright pages, vivid color, clean photography and excellent overall presentation. Full-color Meet Me in St. Louis advertising page remains striking.Please examine all photos carefully, as they are an important part of the condition description.DescriptionOffered here is an original December 1944 issue of MGM’s Lion’s Roar, Volume III, Number 5, featuring Judy Garland and Margaret O’Brien on the colorful front cover in promotion of the MGM classic Meet Me in St. Louis.This is an especially appealing Golden Age Hollywood collectible combining several highly desirable subjects:Judy GarlandMargaret O’BrienMeet Me in St. LouisMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer / MGMWorld War II-era HollywoodVintage motion-picture advertising and promotionInside is an impressive full-page color promotion for Meet Me in St. Louis featuring large portraits of Judy Garland and Margaret O’Brien, along with additional lavish MGM promotional artwork, photographs and studio material.The magazine also contains period material relating to other MGM productions and stars, including beautifully printed color and black-and-white promotional pages.The back cover is particularly interesting from a historical standpoint, featuring colorful 6th War Loan artwork from the closing years of World War II.Unlike a typical consumer movie magazine, Lion’s Roar was produced by MGM’s publicity, advertising and exploitation departments as an industry promotional publication. Surviving wartime examples with major stars and desirable film content make excellent additions to collections of classic Hollywood, Judy Garland memorabilia, MGM ephemera and vintage movie advertising.This issue displays extremely well despite exterior age wear, and the interior remains surprisingly bright and colorful for a publication now more than 80 years old.Publication: The Lion’s RoarStudio: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer / MGMVolume: IIINumber: 5Date: December 1944Cover: Judy Garland & Margaret O’BrienFeatured Film: Meet Me in St. LouisEra: Golden Age Hollywood / World War IIA wonderful original piece of Judy Garland and MGM history.