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Coronet

August 1965
Former editors Arnold Gingrich (1937),
Fritz Bamberger (1942)
Categories General Interest Digest
Frequency Monthly
Publisher David A. Smart 1936 to 1961
First issue November 1936
Final issue March 1971
Company Esquire Inc.
Country  United States
Based in Chicago, IL
Language English

Coronet was a general interest digest published from October 13, 1936 to March 1971[1] and ran for 299 issues. The magazine was owned by Esquire and published by David A. Smart from 1936 to 1961. [2] It was similar in format to Readers Digest but was considered to have a higher tone.

Contents

Typical issue

Each issue had a wide variety of articles and features, as well as a condensed book section. Poetry was featured, along with gift advice and star stories. The sister company Coronet Films was subtly promoted in most issues as well. Articles on culture and the arts were mixed liberally with adventure stories and social advice.

Coronet Films

For main article see Coronet Films

Coronet Films were also produced by David Smart and the Esquire company. Primarily thought of as school films, the topics included Fun of Being Thoughtful (1950), Dating: Do's and Don'ts (1949) and Where Does Our Meat Come From? (1960). Many of the films are available at Internet archive sites. There was no overt connection between the films and the magazine, despite their common name and ownership.

Editors

References

  1. ^ "Coronet". Pastpaper. Crinkley Bottom Books. http://www.pastpaper.com/List-DigestsCoronet.htm. Retrieved 2008-09-18. 
  2. ^ "Esquire - Coronet". Time (magazine). September 20, 1937. http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,758239,00.html. Retrieved 2007-07-21. "Marlowe's The Jew of Malta. Last year a Jew of Chicago named David Smart who had made a killing with a depression-born magazine named Esquire launched a miniature version in the same key named Coronet and used Marlowe's famous line as its slogan. Last week Dave Smart made a little room for the public in the infinite riches of his publishing ventures. Having already sold 75,000 shares of stock publicly, he listed all 500,000 shares of Esquire-Coronet Inc. on the New York Curb Exchange." 
  3. ^ "Fritz Bamberger Dies at 82; Was German Jewish Scholar". New York Times. September 24, 1984. http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=990CE3DC143BF937A1575AC0A962948260. Retrieved 2007-07-21. "Fritz Bamberger, a German Jewish scholar who directed the 140-school system for the education of Jews in pre- World War II Germany and later became editor of Coronet magazine, died Friday at Lenox Hill Hospital. He was 82 years old and lived on Manhattan's East Side. Mr. Bamberger also was a faculty member at the Hebrew Union College - Jewish Institute of Religion in New York. He joined the faculty in 1962 as assistant to the president and professor of intellectual history. In 1979, he retired from the college. At the time of his death, he was vice president of the Leo Baeck Institute and vice chairman of the North American Board of the World Union of Progressive Judaism. When Mr. Bamberger moved to the United States in 1939, he taught at the College of Jewish Studies and the University of Chicago. He left his academic career in 1942 to become editor in chief of Coronet magazine and executive director of Esquire Inc. Mr. Bamberger is survived by his wife, Maria; a sister, Erna Julich of St. James, L.I.; a daughter, Gabrielle; a son, Michael, and two grandchildren. A funeral service will be held today at 12:30 P.M. at Temple Emanu-El, at Fifth Avenue and 65th Street." 

See also

External links

November 1936

August 1965







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