The Film Daily (1938)

Page scan 000233 from The Film Daily

Record Details:

Title:
The Film Daily
Date:
1938
Publisher:
Wid's Films and Film Folk, inc.
Volume:
The Film Daily (Oct-Dec 1938)
Leaf #:
000233
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:
August 01, 2024
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1 ■ in its theme-field for downright excitement, close-knit driving punch, glamour of gangsterism contrasted with the finer things in life building to a great emotional climax with the humanities triumphing. It extracts ) every last ounce of entertainment value out of the thrills, menace, danger and suspense. ([Warners have done a great service to the industry in pointing the way to the proper handling of the gangster theme so that not even the narrowest-minded reactionary can find material to quibble with. ([Director Curtiz has done one of the finest heart stopping dramas of the day. So, exhibitors, give it all you can on a doubled ballyhoo budget, and you won't regret it! ([CAST: James Cagney, Pat O'Brien, Humphrey Bogart, Ann Sheridan, George Bancroft, Billy Halop, Bobby Jordan, Leo Gorcey, Gabriel Dell, Huntz Hall, Bernard Punsley, Joe Downing, Edward Pawley, Frankie Burke, William Tracy. ([CREDITS: In Charge, Hal Wallis; Producer, Sam Bischoff; Director, Michael Curtiz; Author, Rowland Brown; Screenplay, John Wexley, Warren Duff; Music, Max Steiner. ([DIRECTION: Excellent. PHOTOGRAPHY: Grade A.