The Film Daily (1948)

Record Details:

Title:
The Film Daily
Date:
1948
Publisher:
Wid's Films and Film Folk, inc.
Volume:
The Film Daily (Apr-Jun 1948)
Leaf #:
00030
Language:
English
Collection:
Hollywood Studio System
Format:
Periodicals
Contributor:
Library of Congress, MBRS, Moving Image Section
Sponsor:
Library of Congress, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Description:
This leading industry publication, published out of New York, was founded in 1915 by Wid Gunning (who called his publication Wid's Daily until 1922). The Film Daily documented the rise of the Hollywood studios, the transition to sound, and the evolution of the American film industry (the paper finally shuttered in 1970). The Film Daily included feature reviews, news stories, and advertisements, but its extensive coverage of short films in the 1920s and 30s distinguished it from other trade papers of the period. -- Eric Hoyt, 2011/2013
Date Added:
September 21, 2023
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DAILY Monday, April 5, 1948 I reviews of new nuns HOMECOMING GABLE AHD TURNER, TOP DIRECTION AHD EXCELLENT PRODUCTION VALUES SPELL BOX OFFICE M-G-M 113 Mine. Name lure of Clark Gable and Lana Turner will suffice to fill the house where this one is played.. .Lana* s performance another step in thespic accomplishment ...Story falters, is lengthily drawn out and comes to a fizzle instead of a boil*. .Support fine, includes Anne Baxter, John Hodiak, Gladys Cooper. . . A war story, pic has excellent production values, realistic attention to detail... Clark plays a successful medico who goes to war, leaves Wife Baxter behind, becomes enamoured of Lana. . .Action moves campaign-wise from Italy to Germany. ...Clark loves Lana, loses her to death, must return to Anne... Basic theme: the warrior returned must learn to live again with the ones he left behind. Top directing by Mervyn LeRoy aids ...Possibility of strong distaff turnout. THE LOST ONE SUPERB ITALIAN MADE FILM BASED ON "LA TRAVIATA" SETS A NEW HIGH FOR TYPE OF PRODUCTION Columbia 80 Mins. If this is what can be done with frozen lira let there be more. ..Producer Gregor Rabinovitch took MLa Traviata" and fashioned it into a superb film that is easily the superior of anything ever produced along similar lines... Italian-made, the film offers the libretto and excellent musical handling deeply etched by fine performances.. .It is done with feeling and intensity. . .Unknown cast should click solidly ...Nelly Corradi should be imported. . .Carmine Gallone megged. Offscreen female narrator inter*, prets the action, makes it easy for all to follow. THE NOOSE HANGS HIGH ABBOTT AND COSTELLO IN ARRAT OF GAGS THAT WILL DO BEST WITH THE JUVENILE AUDIENCES Eagle Lion 77 Mine. Seven writers connected with this Abbott and Costello opus shuffled all the team's old gags, wheezes and what have you. ..They came up with an item that lacks freshness or novelty. . .What happens after the pair fall afoul of a gambler is clean, sanitary fun. ..Best possibility with thi* oat will be the Juvenile audience... Some of than found the preview funny In spots... Gtc^K*" Op****". COLUMBIA PICTURES presents HAYWORTK • WIUS ^JfeW $rom §HANG»AI wiit, Everett SLOANE and Glenn ANDERS -Screenplay and Production by Orson WELLES