Hollywood Studio Magazine (May 1969)

Page scan 00014 from Hollywood Studio Magazine

Record Details:

Title:
Hollywood Studio Magazine
Date:
May 1969
Publisher:
San Fernando Valley Pub. Co.
Volume:
Hollywood Studio Magazine (May 1969)
Leaf #:
00014
Language:
English
Subjects:
Motion Pictures, Recorded Sound",Vaudeville,Theatre,Broadcastin
Collection:
Fan Magazines and Hollywood Studio System
Contributor:
Media History Digital Library
Sponsor:
Media History Digital Library
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Description:
Hollywood Studio Magazine was published out of the San Fernando Valley in various iterations (and various titles) from 1966 until 1992. What started as a local organ aimed at the workers of Hollywood ended as a nostalgic fan magazine about Hollywood Then and Now. The various title changes and revisions to its mission reflect not just the economic realities of magazine publishing, but a changing relationship to Hollywood and the industry itself. The earliest issues of Studio Magazine read like a house organ of a steady, entrenched industry documenting the comings and goings and notable events of the San Fernando Valley, with special emphasis on Universal. Fandom first became part of the discourse of the magazine through collecting. The Collectors’ Column page beginning in the early 1970s allowed memorabilia collectors to advertise their wares to each other. In 1983, the founder of the magazine, Dorothy Denny gave over the reins to Ralph Benner, the founder of Tiger Beat. This marks the clear separation between the original publication and its focus on Hollywood production culture and the move toward a publication centered on star narratives and fan culture. In covering the two and a half decades from the collapse of the system to the point where classical movie stars were phantoms instead of living people, the magazine offers insight into the transformation of old Hollywood from a lived reality to a memory to a myth.
-- Luci Marzola
Date Added:
September 29, 2022
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THE TARZAN The personal collection of Tarzan memorabilia which has been in the possession of the Edgar Rice Burroughs family since the first “Tarzan of the Apes” story appeared in 1912 will be put on display at the Bank of America, 18337 Ventura Blvd., Tarzana, May 5-16. Hundreds of movie props, hand written original manuscripts, photos and other priceless relics of Tarzan are in the public display. Hulbert Burroughs, son of the late author in cooperation with the Tarzana Chamber of Commerce and Louis Berlin of LSM Music are sponsoring “THE TARZAN SAGA ”display. Over 57-years after it all started, Tarzan is going to have a family reunion in the ape-man’s home town, Tarzana. As part of the show, the priceless collection of hand written manuscripts, photos, and original oil paintings gathered by his creator, Edgar Rice Burroughs, will be placed on display for the first time. As a struggling Jack-of-all-trades, Burroughs was living hand-to-mouth as a pencil sharpener salesman in Chicago when he wrote his first story, “Tarzan of the Apes,” and sold it for $700. When he came to California, in 1919 Burroughs was wealthy enough to pay $125,000 for a hilltop ranch in the San Fernando Valley. In short order, the author coined a name for his property, Tarzana, in honor of the source of his new wealth. The word stuck and has been part of the Valley scene ever since. On July 9, 1928, Burroughs helped found the City of Tarzana and later was a prime mover in getting the Chamber of Commerce going. Originally, Burroughs ranch contained 500-acres and was bounded by Ventura and Reseda Blvds., and ran to the hills in the south. As time passed, the internationally known writer subdivided and sold parts of his land and eventually the mansion, moving to better quarters when he did so. Now Edgar Rice Burroughs Inc., retains an acre and a half of property on Ventura Blvd., for it’s general offices and it is this land, the Chamber of Commerce hopes to use in cooperation with the Edgar Rice Burroughs family to construct a museum of Tarzan memorabilia. To promote the idea among Tarzana business men and residents, the Chamber of Commerce asked Hulbert Burroughs, son of the author if he would make certain items available for a display. Space was aquired in the newly remodeled Bank of America offices at 18337 Ventura Blvd., and the first Tarzan exhibit, ‘THE TARZAN SAGE” was born. Beginning May 5th-16th, during regular banking hours, the public is invited to inspect the hundreds of items worth more than $500,000 that tell the story of Tarzan and his immortal creator. So that Tarzan won’t be lonely when the display opens, all of the previous actors who have starred in the more than 40 feature movies about him, that can be located, are expected to attend a special press conference on May 5th. A few of the older stars such as Elm'o Lincoln and P. Dempsey Tabler have passed on to that PAGE 1A