The Film Daily (1924)

Record Details:

Title:
The Film Daily
Date:
1924
Publisher:
New York, Wid's Films and Film Folks, Inc.
Volume:
The Film Daily (Aug-Dec 1924)
Leaf #:
00083
Language:
English
Subjects:
Motion Pictures, Film Industry Trade Magazine
Collection:
Hollywood Studio System
Format:
Periodicals
Contributor:
Media History Digital Library
Sponsor:
Media History Digital Library
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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THE rhursday, September 11, 1924 NOT SINCE "THE COVERED WAGON" NEWSPAPER REVIEWS LIKE THESE! " 'Merton of the Movies' is one of the best pictures ever made and far ahead of anything I have seen this summer. It deserves a special theatre on Broadway. If there were any other way I could be more emphatic in praise of it, I should take advantage of it." — New York World "Only too rarely does one see a cinema gem as well nigh perfect as this one. Cruze has directed the picture like a master, as one hardly dared hope it could be done. It is such a good picture that we intend seeing it again at our first opportunity." — New York Times "It is refreshing to find a bright comedy drama like this." — Chicago Post "Bright, deft and great fun. A smoother entertainment it would be hard to find." — Chicago Journal "One of Cruze's most successful pictures. Viola Dana's 'Flips' is the best thing she has ever done on the screen." — N. Y. American "There was a line a block long waiting to buy tickets. Amused and entertained us more than any picture we have ever seen." — Brooklyn Daily Eagle "Takes its place unquestionably among the bigger and better things." — New York Sun "It's here at last — the perfect picture!" — N. Y. Daily News "You don't need to hesitate in making up your mind about 'Merton.' Just go !" — Chicago American "Cruze has triumphed again. Put it on and see how many people your theatre will really hold." — Motion Picture News Adolph Zukor and Jesse L. Lasky present A James Cruze Production "MERTON OF THE MOVIES" Starring GLENN HUNTER with Viola Dana Adapted by Walter Woods from the novel by Harry Leon Wilson and the play by George S. Kaufman and Marc Connelly One of Paramount^ s Famous 40