Cinémonde was a weekly popular film magazine which existed between 1928 and 1971 with six-year interruption due to its ban during the Nazi occupation of France.
[3] Being part of the second generation film magazines in France Cinémonde did not regard the cinema and movies as an art.
[4] From 1956 the magazine frequently featured articles about the French actress Brigitte Bardot.
[3] In addition, its main content was the translation and adaptations of the articles published in American film magazines.
[5] In the 1950s Cinémonde enjoyed the highest level of circulation selling nearly 250,000 copies.