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 #:
00029
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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(onday, April 5, 1948 HORT SUBJECT REVIEWS DAILY L Riding Habits ra. 10 Mins. Good Buy Handled in the usual skillful style via photog^<hy,this one deals with Equestriennes, the polite variety and the range land type. Horses are smart; plenty tricks plus slow motion. Maintains series standard. Photoplay Gold Medal Col. 10 Mins. General Appeal Al Jolson & Harry Cohn get the top awards at a Hollywood dinner. Many pix names present . Candid camera plus smart editing yields fair amount of interest .Has general audience appeal. "Spotlight Serenade" (Sing & Be Happy Series) 0-1 8 Mins. Good Rhythm Masters recall favorites of a bygone day made famous by vaudeville immortals. Offstage rendition plus cartoons and narration. There1 s Good Boos Tonight Para. 9 Mins. Will Do Graveyard shennanigans by a young ghost who befriends a fox. Pox dies. His shade arises. Both are reunited in the spectral. Macabre neatjy avoided. Color. "Woody Herman & Orch." U-I 15 Mins. Entertaining Potpourri of novelty & specialty numbers featured with cast of able performers. "20 RKO Tears of Academy Awards" 20 Mins. Wonderful Hostalgic kaleidoscope revives pleasant memories of cinematic enchantment. Should spur revivals of many a box office champ. (Proceeds go to the Academy). Net Marvels Col. 9 Mins. Adequate Table tennis ably demonstrated by top men in the pastime. Footage repeats what has been done before. Experts Glancz and Pagliaro do their stuff. Commentary 8 crapes the bottom of the barrel, comes up with all the cliches. Pootlight Rhythm Para. 19 Mins. Standard Backstage showbusiness briefie that frequently goes onstage in prod, numbers. Boy-girl stuff. Understudy gets chance, flops, decides to marry stagemanager . Technicolor. Pog Fighters Para. 10 Mins. Good Swedish tool making industry and the application of new development*, in safelanding planes in fog make up this Popular Science reel. Interesting, informative. In color. U-I "Hall of Fame" 7 Mins. Interesting Good photography plus info on a variety of topics imparted without condescension.