The Film Daily
Jul-Dec 1918
- Title:
- The Film Daily
- Date:
- Jul-Dec 1918
- Author:
- Wid's Films and Film Folk, Inc.
- Publisher:
- New York, Wid's Films and Film Folks, Inc.
- Volume:
- 5, 6
- Language:
- eng
- Subjects:
- Motion Pictures, Film Industry Trade Magazine
- Collection:
- Hollywood Studio System
- Format:
- Periodicals
- Source:
- Print
- Contributor:
- Karl Thiede
- 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