Hollywood Studio Magazine (December 1970)

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Record Details:

Title:
Hollywood Studio Magazine
Date:
December 1970
Publisher:
San Fernando Valley Pub. Co.
Volume:
Hollywood Studio Magazine (December 1970)
Leaf #:
0004
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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Take it from the top News notes on the Hollywood scene omething new has been added. For the Dec. 18 airing of "Smokey Robinson Show", French perfume manufacturer Faberge opted to sponsor with the proviso that it could place the show in sydication or have it aired by a network. Produced for Screen Gems by Jackie Barnett, the hour-long musical will debut on ABC-TV Network. Starring Motown recording artists Smokey Robinson and The Miracles, the special will feature such outstanding performers as The Supremes, The Temptations, Stevie Wonder and Fran Jeffries. Full set of data rom the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences comes word about the biggest scene of them all — the Awards. Just in case you missed the facts, the 43rd Annual Awards Presentation is slated for April 15, a date few people will overlook because the IRS is watching. The show»will be produced by Robert E. Wise, who picked up the Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award in 1966, two Oscars in 1965 for producing and directing "The Sound of Music", latched on to a couple of more in 1961 for Best Picture and Best Achievement in Directing as producer and director of "West Side Story." The show this year will air live and in color on NBC-TV at 7 p.m. from the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, L.A. County Music Center. Wise will, of course, be assisted by a committee — Jack Atlas, Michael Blankfort, George Cukor, William Hornbeck, Bronislau Kaper, Howard Koch, Hal Mohr, Gregory Peck, Gordon Sawyer, Walter Scott, Maurice Segal, Jack Martin Smith, Hal B. Wallis and Robert M. Weitman. Simultaneously with the announcement of the Academy Awards came the announcement that the organization would offer $25,000 in scholarship funds in a variety of areas. Martin Manulis and Norman Corwin, co-chairmen, and the Board of Governors, approved such allocations as internships with professional filmmakers, $12,500, to be administered by the American Film Institute. For an Acaderhy instructional chair (what's that?) at the American Film Institute, $2500. (A prominent artist or technician will make himself available on a regular basis to students at AFI for consultation and seminars). An artist-in-residence program will provide $5,000 for brief residencies of artists (performers, writers, directors, others) at five colleges or universities which offer cinema studies. There's also an unrestricted grant of $5000 to the National Film Board of Canada, Would you believe that all of these announcements were made by one man ... Daniel Taradash, Academy president? *** SALLY BAKER of "Hobo Kelly" won the Merit Award presented by American Women in Radio & Television for outstanding contributions to the industry and the community. Award came partly through her hard work in connection with "the Hobo Kelly Toyathon," produced in cooperation with the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve "Christmas Toys for Tots" campaign, now a yearly event for KCOP viewers. Last year, the 3-hour telethon helped raise more than 50,000 toys for the L.A. Area campaign. *** AT UNIVERSAL, ability counts. And it counted well for Jan Murray, (r.), winner of this year's "Ability Counts" poster contest from the Governor's Committee. Part of the Valley Committee for Employment of the Handicapped, Universal Studios was well represented at the award luncheon, with Jim Harris, Mike Pippi, Jim Weinert and Lyle and Virginia Myers. Miss Murray is an employee of United Airlines. *** At the Motion Picture Country House A fantastic experience. George and Phyllis Seaton, some of the residents and a few invited guests had a rare treat. Seaton's classic "Williamsburg", a film be directed (produced by William Wright) in 1957 was shown in the L.A. area for the first time, by popular demand. But only by invitation — and at the Motion Picture Country House and Hospital, where Seaton himself is an officer. Probably one of the most continuously run movies in film history, this beautiful "documentary" has been showing daily at Williamsburg, Va. since the day it was premiered — 13 years ago — on a 12-hour-per-day basis, in two specially constructed theaters. True, the color isn't all that realistic, in view of today's standards. But what a great film, Seaton, in an afte r-the-showing Page 5