The Film Daily (1930)

Record Details:

Title:
The Film Daily
Date:
1930
Publisher:
New York, Wid's Films and Film Folks, Inc.
Volume:
The Film Daily (Jul-Dec 1930)
Leaf #:
000425
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:
August 01, 2024
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Greatest Studio Resources DACK of the comedies offered in this announcement are the greatest studio resources andthegreatest specialized brain power ever devoted to one company's short feature comedy program. Educational has pursued a policy of steady expansion ever since the introduction of sound into comedies. This has recently culminated in the affiliation of the EDUCATIONAL and METROPOLITAN Sound Studios, giving EDUCATIONAL the finest studio facilities in the history of any short feature organization. There are thirteen big stages at these two studios, six of which, totaling over 60,000 square feet, are sound-proofed and furnished with the most up-to-the-minute sound production equipment. With several portable outfits mounted on trucks, the comedy units at the EDUCATIONAL and METROPOLITAN Studios have practically unlimited working facilities. EDUCATIONAL Studios operate with the RCA Photophone method. METROPOLITAN Studios use the Western Electric System. The MACK SENNETT Studios at Studio City, where the two-reel MACK SENNETT TALKING COMEDIES and the single-reel MACK SENNETT BREVITIES are being produced, similarly rank among the finest in the industry as well as the most beautiful. Here there are two big sound-proofed stages with a total of 40,000 square feet, as well as an aquatic stage, housing a swimming pool, also adapted for talking picture production, and portable truck equipment. The RCA Photophone system is employed. From these great production centers will come the talking comedies which EDUCATIONAL now offers you for 1930-1931. A splendid guarantee behind a splendid program of short features! Metropolitan Studios Mock Sennett Studios