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Hollywood Studio Magazine (May 1971)

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Record Details:

Title:
Hollywood Studio Magazine
Date:
May 1971
Publisher:
San Fernando Valley Pub. Co.
Volume:
Hollywood Studio Magazine (May 1971)
Leaf #:
00028
Language:
English
Subjects:
Motion Pictures, Recorded Sound",Vaudeville,Theatre,Broadcastin
Collection:
Hollywood Studio System and Fan Magazines
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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For The Classic Film Boff ■ STUDIO Magazine innovates a direct appeal to classic film fans - and to collectors of movie memorabilia. We have a new editorial department and a new classified section especially for movie hobbyists. We'll be running feature stories on the "big ones" of the old days, along with actual size reproductions of autographed photos of the stars of the 20's and 30's. If you express interest, we'll set up a Letters Column, where you can exchange data with other readers, ask questions and, hopefully, get answers. Pass the word along. * LUCKY EXCHANGE — The lovely Gloria Swanson has visited the Movieland Wax Museum in Buena Park on various occasions to see her likeness in the 1950 production of "Sunset Boulevard." When the set was dedicated. Miss Swanson began a long-lasting Movieland tradition by placing in her figure's hand one of the lucky red carnations which she has carried throughout her fascinating career. Each afternoon at 2:00 the day-old carnation is taken from the figure's hand and presented to a lady visitor to bring her luck, and a fresh carnation is placed in the figure's hand. LETTERS Dear Editor: It gives me great pleasure and satisfaction to send you these few lines to express my happiness with my gift subscription to your most interesting and novel magazine. When this subscription expires I most certainly intend to renew it — what better advertisement than that!!!! j Being a silent movie buff from way back I ! am extremely interested in the Stars you have I presented in Collector's Corner, and may ! 1 express a hope that very soon you will be M presenting Miss GLORIA SWANSON. (Ed. 9 note: Here she is!) To me, she is one of the ^ really GREATS and should definitely be I represented in such a series. I Sincerely, L.AIIan Smith 3231 Bennett Dr., Los Angeles, Ca. 90028 Editor-Holly wood Studio Magazine I DEAR SIR: I hate to be so critical in the first issue I have i ever seen of your magazine but the proof reader who allowed "Clasic Film Buffs" to go through and on the front cover should be ostracized to Siberia. On page 4 there is a beautiful portrait of Colleen Moore which stated that she made her first picture for D, W. Griffith in"Bad Boy". There were two films copyrighted under this title. The first in 1925 was written and produced by Hal Roach and D. W. Griffith had nothing to do with it. The second (a talkie) was made by Fox in 1935 and was directed by John Blystone from a story by Vina Delmar. Colleen Moore was attributed to having played a bit part in Griffith's 1916 masterpiece, "Intolerance", but she couldn't have been in it for she met Griffith for the first time when he was in Chicago to arrange for the opening of "Intolerance". He signed her to a contract and she went to Los Angeles to work for him but for some reason or other she never played a role in a film that Griffith directed. Further, she is not listed in the cast of any Griffith film. Our film society has been in existence longer than any other in the country: we have been giving regular screenings of the great silent and early sound classics since 1938. COMING JUNE ISSUE: ROSCOE ” FATTY ” ARBUCKLE The early years of his career, more authentic autographed photos of the silent screens biggest stars. We Sent Her to Siberia! Very truly yours, Robert E. Lee Essex Film Club Bea Colgan "Inside Track" May I take an opportunity to mention. Your