True Confessions (Vintage romance magazine) by Fawcett, W.H., Jr. (president); William C. Lengel (exec. ed.); Charles Samuels, Clarissa Lorenz, Ethel Bangert, Donald G. Cooley, Marcella March, Celia Warburton, Kitty McKee, Mary Bailey, Mrs. Gruenberg, Vivian Reade, Warren W. McSpadden, C.J. Russell ( - 1948

Fawcett Publications, 1948. Very Good. V51 N398, March 1948; 10 cents cover price, 120pp, side-stapled and perfect-bound. Vintage "confessions" magazine devoted to gossip, forlorn wives, fashion, homemaking, cuisine, with a forum and endless advertisements for cosmetics, much of the editorials reading like fiction. As with many Fawcett publications, much of the photography is staged by professionals, creating dramatic, often beguiling imagery to illustrate the bawdy content. Fawcett also famously published Gold Medal paperbacks and notable magazine series, including "Startling Detective" and "Cavalier," and several how-to manuals of photography.Cover model Rae Patterson by Mead-Maddick, Red Cross fund logo, book-length "kidnap bride", medical experiments, heart health, clothing kleptomania, lecherous husbands, crimes of passion Eleanor Mills, cheese, cartoons (Little Lulu), ads (Del Monte corn, Tampax, Arlene Dahl, Maybelline). Very Good, creases, small chips and stains, rubbing.