The Film Daily (1928)

Record Details:

Title:
The Film Daily
Date:
1928
Publisher:
New York, Wid's Films and Film Folks, Inc.
Volume:
The Film Daily (Jul-Dec 1928)
Leaf #:
000277
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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WHAT'S ALL THE SHOOTING FOR? ETRO-GOLD Whoopee! — that for calamity howlers LETS GET DOWN TO BRASS TACKS THERE'S TOO MUCH HOOEY in this business today. A lot of picture people who spend more time eating lunch than tending to business are giving out halfcocked statements on what's happening in this business. They don't knou.! THE only trouble is that some exhibitors are puzzled by such hot air. They are worried by this schmoos. Naturally they turn to the one organization which has both feet solidly on the ground! HERE'S THE LOW-DOWN RECEIPTS: M-G-M leads the box-office for 1927-28. This statement is the result of a percentage house nation-wide check-up. NEW SEASON: The greatest M-G-M line-up of all. Starting with William Haines in "Excess Baggage", "Our Dancing Daughters", Lon Chaney in "While The City Sleeps", all successes. STARS: Not mere names, not mere "identifying descriptions": Chaney, Gilbert, Haines, Davies, Novarro, Shearer, Gish, Dane, Arthur, Cody, Pringle, Joan Crawford and many others. SOUND: Action. Studios East and West. A Sound hit on Broadway in "White Shadows". "Mary Dugan" and "Nize Baby" coming. Many synchronizations. SHORTS: Roach product the greatest. Plus sound. The M-G-M Movietone News soon! PROMOTION: Leo the Lion. "Our Gang Contest", Hearst cooperation. Many stunts and services. WHAT A GREAT YEARM YOU'RE IN FOR!