SHOW BUSINESS ILLUSTRATED (or "SBI," as it was also known) was a very short-lived (12 issues) glossy magazine, created by Hugh Hefner in 1961, as a companion magazine to Hef's more successful  PLAYBOY magazine.  It was definitely dissimilar from other movie & TV celebrity magazines of the day, in that it treated its subjects with a sophistication and intellectual style, not to be found in any other similar magazine of the period -- which, quite likely, was its downfall.  Most readers of 1960s movie & TV magazines wanted gossip, outrageous story titles, and "the lowdown dirt"; but SBI treated its subjects as artists, and not targets.  By early 1962, SHOW BUSINESS ILLUSTRATED was gone; but, occasionally, a few rare issues pop up, like this one!  Contents:

Front Cover:  PAUL NEWMAN

Showbill (description of contents & contributors)

From The Audience (letters from readers, including JUDY GARLAND, LAURENCE OLIVIER, SOPHIA LOREN, ALEC GUINESS, FEDERICO FELLINI, ARTUR RUBENSTEIN, JEROME ROBBINS, ROBERT WISE, DICK GREGORY, JACK PAAR, STAN FREBERG)

News And Reviews

Movies (Reviews of "HAROLD LLOYD'S WORLD OF COMEDY;" "A VIEW FROM THE BRIDGE;" "LA NOTTE BRAVA;" "VIRIDIANA")

Theater (Reviews of "SUNDAY IN NEW YORK;" "THE APPLE")

Television (Reviews of "BUS STOP;" "DR. KILDARE")

Recordings (Reviews of "AND NOW ABOUT MR. AVALON" by FRANKIE AVALON; "JAZZ  ABSTRACTIONS" by GUNTHER SCHULLER; "LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR," written by Gaetano Donizatti, performed by JOAN SUTHERLAND, RENATO CIONI, ROBERT MERRILL, CESARE SIEPI & the CHORUS & ORCHESTRA OF L'ACCADEMIA DE SANTA CECILIA; "MALAGUENA" by CARLOS MONTOYA; "THE ZOO STORY" spoken word recording by MARK RICHMAN & WILLIAM DANIELS.)

Concerts (Review of GRAND OLE OPRY)

Night Life (Celebrity updates of  STAN WILSON; AHMAD JAMAL; GEORGE KIRBY; STEVE PARKER; SECOND CITY; CLARA WARD SINGERS; TONY BENNETT; SONNY ROLLINS)

Our Man In New York -- by AL MORGAN (Celebrity & show updates of ROBERT PRESTON; WALLACE BEERY; ERROL FLYNN, DOUGLAS FAIRBANKS Jr, EARL CONRAD, BEVERLY AADLAND, LUCILLE BALL, GARY MORTON, CARY GRANT, DAVE GARROWAY, JIM HAGERTY, J. D. SALINGER, JOAN BISHOP, MONTGOMERY CLIFT, STANLEY KRAMER, JIMMY DURANTE, JACK  BENNY, PHIL SILVERS, MICKEY ROONEY, JONATHAN WINTERS, BUDDY HACKETT, SID CAESAR, TENNESSEE WILLIAMS)

Our Man In Hollywood -- by JOE HYAMS (Celebrity & show updates of SAM KATZMAN, FREDDIE  KARGER, JUNE WILKINSON, LOUIS PRIMA, MAXIMILIAN SCHELL, MARIA SCHELL, GEORGE RAFT, CHARLTON HESTON, FRANK SINATRA, MARILYN MONROE, JAYNE MANSFIELD)

New Breed Of Screen Lover (PAUL NEWMAN) -- by AL MORGAN

"SWEET BIRD OF YOUTH" Sneak Preview (with photos of PAUL NEWMAN, SHIRLEY KNIGHT, GERALDINE PAGE, ED BEGLEY, RIP TORN)

Flip-Top Arena (Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera)

Jokers In The Cards (New Breed Of Stand-Up Comics, including JACKIE MASON, WOODY ALLEN, JACK BURNS & GEORGE CARLIN, SEVERN DARDEN, JACKIE GAYLE, NIPSEY RUSSELL, JERRY VAN DYKE, DAVE ASTOR)

ELIA KAZAN -- interview

MARILYN MONROE : Star At A Turning Point -- by JOE HYAMS

A Cool Cat Lands A Beastly Role (ZAMBA the lion, in the movie "THE LION")

Thar's Gold In Them Thar Hillbillies -- by RICHARD WARREN LEWIS (NASHVILLE Music Scene, with photos of JIM REEVES, MARTY ROBBINS, FERLIN HUSKY, CARL SMITH, CARL BUTLER, JOHNNY CASH, COUSIN JODY, HAWKSHAW HAWKINS, THE FOGGY MOUNTAIN BOYS, HARLAN HOWARD, CLYDE WILBOURNE, PAPPY DAILY)

Banner Season For BETTE DAVIS

David And The Goliaths : Part III -- autobiography by DAVID SUSSKIND

The Costumes Are For Sale (Paris fashion-show business)

Hagerty On The Beat (JAMES C. HAGERTY & ABC News)

The Bernstein Dilemma (LEONARD BERNSTEIN) -- by ROBERT CUNNIFF

Hotsy Totsy Hearty Hoofers (ROSALYN BORDEN & MARILYN BORDEN)

A Snap For Sammy, A Drag For Frankie (SAMMY DAVIS Jr. & FRANK SINATRA filming "SERGEANTS 3")

SENTA BERGER

Tuneful Tribute On TV (Television profile of music by ALAN JAY LERNER & FREDERICK LOEWE)

Anything For A Laugh (jokes by MORT SAHL, JACKIE VERNON, SHECKY GREENE, JACK DURANT, MILT KAMEN, CYRIL RITCHARD, LENNY BRUCE, PHIL SILVERS, ROGER PRICE, CAROL CHANNING, CAROL BURNETT, VICTOR BORGE, GROUCHO MARX, JERRY LEWIS, FORD & REYNOLDS, MILTON BERLE, PHIL FOSTER, HENNY YOUNGMAN, BOB HOPE, SIMMY BOW, ROBERT Q. LEWIS)

The Long And The Short Of Anita (ANITA EKBERG)

Showbiz Quiz (Name The Play, based upon only the cast list)

Avant Guard (DAVE GUARD & THE WHISKEYHILL SINGERS, with color photo of Dave, CYRUS FARYAR, JUDY HENSKE and bass player VICTOR BACIGALUPI -- instead of bass player DAVE (BUCK) WHEAT!)

Show Business 50 Years Ago & 25 Years Ago (period photos from old films)

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