The Film Daily (1931)

Page scan 000429 from The Film Daily

Record Details:

Title:
The Film Daily
Date:
1931
Publisher:
New York, Wid's Films and Film Folks, Inc.
Volume:
The Film Daily (Jan-Jun 1931)
Leaf #:
000429
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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ii DRACULA n WILL BEAT "ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT" (No. 715 Straight from the Shoulder Talk by Carl Laemmle, President of the Universal Pictures Corporation) TOD BROWNING'S "DRACULA" IS PROVING THE SENSATION OF THE YEAR! WHEREVER IT IS SHOWING, IT IS SETTING NEW RECORDS AND TAKING THE PEOPLE by storm. IT IS BEING DATED BY THE BEST THEATRES IN THE WORLD AS FAST AS OUR SUPPLY OF prints will permit. THE PEOPLE ARE SIMPLY EATING IT UP. I KNEW IT WAS GOOD BUT I DIDN'T KNOW IT WAS THAT GOOD, EVEN AFTER I HAD first seen it in the projection room. ^ ^_ IT IS SO REALISTIC, SO BLUNT, SO DARING AND SO UNCOMPROMISING THAT IT IS proving to be exactly the change of movie diet the fans have been waiting for. IT IS GOING TO KNOCK THE SPOTS OFF THE TREMENDOUS BUSINESS DONE IN thousands of theatres by "All Quiet On the Western Front" — the picture which has had more medals pinned on its manly chest than any picture in years. NEVER IN MY LIFE HAVE I BEEN MORE SINCERE IN URGING YOU TO GET BUSY AND arrange for the quickest possible showing of "Dracula." YOU'LL BE ALMIGHTY SORRY IF YOU DON'T! GIVE IT THE SPLASHIEST KIND OF ADVERTISING YOU ARE CAPABLE OF. HAMMER HOME THE TITLE THAT IS KNOWN TO MILLIONS THROUGH THE TREmendous circulation of Bram Stoker's book and the playing of "Dracula" in cities and towns by traveling and stock companies. THE SUCCESS OF "DRACULA" ON THE STAGE AND AS A BOOK, GREAT AS IT WAS, simply pales into nothingness compared with the picture. IF YOU WANT TO BE THE TALK OF YOUR TOWN, IF YOU WANT TO STIR UP SUCH business as you have not enjoyed in a long time — get "DRACULA" and then yell about it. Hand in hand with PROSPERITY-that's UNIVERSAL!