Grand Hotel (magazine)

Grand Hotel is an Italian women's magazine, published since 1946.

History and profile

Initially consisting of only sixteen pages, the magazine started its publications on 29 June 1946, and, in spite of being heavily attacked by the Catholic press, it got an immediate commercial success.[1][2] It was characterized during the first decades of its history by "cineromanzi", i.e. comic stories, generally of romantic or melodramatic genre, which were released in sequential installments and whose comic characters resambled famous film actors.[2] The success of the magazine almost immediately generated a series of imitations, notably Sogno and Film Bolero, both published by Mondadori, and Letizia published by Lancio.[2] From the 1960s the magazine gradually changed its formula, adding news articles and columns, and in 1970 it abandoned cineromanzi and replaced them with fotoromanzi.[2]

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Franco Manai. "Grand Hotel". Encyclopedia of contemporary italian culture. Routledge, 2002. ISBN 1134758766.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Gianni Bono (2003). Guida al fumetto italiano. Epierre. pp. 974–976.
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