Carnival September 1962

4 Between the Covers
The Inside Story
6 The Side Show
By the Editors
8 Fanny
Fiction by BEN HECHT
10 Great In-Tent-ions
Pictorial
12 The Beast of Broadway
Personality by MATT MATHEWS
15 BALL-erina
Pictorial
18 They Call Them "Party" Boats
Article by GREGORY JOHNSON
21 Anatomy of Glamor
Cover Girl
25 How Lolita Grew Up
Commentary by H. H. MAYER
26 Off the Top of My Brush
Cartoons by WENZEL
28 The Man Who Couldn't
Whimsy by TED MARK
30 A Model Artist
Pictorial
32 Rome: In Scarlet and Lavender
Article by PHILIP DAHL
36 The Canyon
Fiction by HAL HENNESEY
38 Pooling Their Assets
Pictorial
42 The Mating Urge
Satire, sort of, by KEVIN JAMES
44 Mirror, Mirror
Pictorial
48 Healers and Dealers
Humor by HANK GROSS
52 The Great Body Snatch
Fiction by MORTON GOLDING
54 Carnival in Rio
Picture Story
58 The Bartender Wore Panties
Humor by C. H. WALLACE

EDITORIAL NOTE
First of all...
The editors of CARNIVAL feel that a good magazine should be able to speak for itself. Thus it should not be necessary for us to tell you that our profile-in-depth of David Merrick (The Beast of Broadway) is must reading for any lover—or hater—of the Theatre. Surely it goes without saying that our choice of fiction, including a polished gem by Ben Hecht (Fanny) meets the highest standards of the genre, and that our articles contain the best elements of humor (Healers and Dealers), pungent commentary (How Lolita Grew Up) and life's off-beat drama (Carnival in Rio, and Rome: A Study in Scarlet and Lavender). As for the complementary art and photos that accompany the above, they need no compliment from us ... So, without further prefatory pump-priming, we offer the following seven-layer slice of life's merry, madcap CARNIVAL ...