Movie Classic (Mar-Aug 1936)

Record Details:

Title:
Movie Classic
Date:
Mar-Aug 1936
Publisher:
Motion Picture Publications, inc.
Volume:
Movie Classic (Mar-Aug 1936)
Leaf #:
00044
Language:
English
Collection:
Fan Magazines
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:
Originally Motion Picture Classic (first issue 1915), renamed Movie Classic in September 1931. Sold as 'The Newsreel of the Newstands'; on par with Picture Play and Screenland in terms of content, quality, and circulation (solid but below that of Photoplay, et. al.) until it was absorbed by Motion Picture in 1937. -- Anne Helen Petersen, 2013. Secondary sources consulted: Inside the Hollywood Fan Magazine by Anthony Slide and MovieMags.com.
Date Added:
September 21, 2023
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