The Film Daily (1918)

Record Details:

Title:
The Film Daily
Date:
1918
Publisher:
New York, Wid's Films and Film Folks, Inc.
Volume:
The Film Daily (Jul-Dec 1918)
Leaf #:
000334
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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B»!*l DAILY Sunday, September 15. 1918 May Get By But Certainly Contains Nothing to Recommend It The Box Office Analysis for the Exhibitor Hedda Nova and J. Frank Glendon in "BY THE WORLD FORGOT" Vitagraph This isn't so bad but what you can slip it over as a regular program offering if your audiences are not critical, and if you don't promise anything in your advertising. It certainly cannot be classed as an '•attraction" however, and if you are trying to get sure-fire material for every change of program. I wouldn't play this unless I had it coming on a regular basis and couldn't consistently dodge it. Personally. I think that this "castaway^ on a desert island" plot has seen enough service in the past to be permanently laid to rest, but they have slipped it to us again so the question resolves into: "Now that you've got it, what are you gonna do with it?" This title looks very much like a misprint or typographical error to me, but as Mr. Brady wrote it, I presume it is correct, although it certainly is odd sounding, and fails to give either an idea of what this is all about or create a desire to find out, in my judgment. I don't think the names of Hedda Nova and Frank Glendon will mean anything at the box office, and as you certainly don't want to give a hint as to the story, I can't figure how you've got much chance to do any business writh this. My advice, if you feel you have to play this, is to go very easy and not promise anything, filling up the balance of your program with a good weekly or comedy. "THE PURSUIT OF POLLY" With BILLIE BURKE Paramount Comedy -Released Aug. 19th "ON THE QUIET" Featuring JOHN BARRYMORE ParamountFarceReleased Sept. 1st "THE HUN WITHIN" Directed By Chet Withey DOROTHY GISH and GEORGE FAWCETT Artcraft Paramount Special Released Sept. 8th wmtm miiup/ PRODUCTION/" Allan Holubar Jjfjif rbtotby Phillips j