Among his other titles (AMAZING STORIES was probably his most famous), Hugo "The Father of Science Fiction" Gernsback published a slick magazine, SCIENCE AND INVENTION. The first issue (at that time known as THE ELECTRICAL EXPERIMENTER) appeared on newsstands in May 1913 and Gernsback published it until he went bankrupt in 1929. Gernsback also published POPULAR MECHANICS and MODERN ELECTRICS/POPULAR SCIENCE MONTHLY.
SCIENCE AND INVENTION was a strange amalgam of scientific fact and fiction, and many stories and articles leaned towards, or were outright speculative in nature. The June, 1927 issue included this article on the making of Fritz Lang's METROPOLIS (UFA, 1927). It shows how many of the visually arresting effects were made using drawings and stills from the movie.
Expanded illustrations:
BONUS! Here are two more interesting features from the same issue:
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