Hollywood Studio Magazine (1977)

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Record Details:

Title:
Hollywood Studio Magazine
Date:
1977
Publisher:
San Fernando Valley Pub. Co.
Volume:
Hollywood Studio Magazine (February 1977)
Leaf #:
00010
Collection:
Hollywood Studio System and Fan Magazines
Contributor:
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:
June 12, 2025
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a a Bits and Pieces mmm STUDIO NEWS * FILM FESTIVALS * LETTERS * BOOKS UNIVERSAL STUDIOS Five weeks of location photography for Universal Pictures’ forthcoming release, “Rollercoaster,” has been completed at Magic Mountain, the giant entertainment park in Valencia, California. During the Magic Mountain filming, Universal gathered one of the largest groups of extras—some 1500 actors— assembled for a motion picture in many years. George Segal, Timothy Bottoms, Harry Guardino and Richard Widmark all worked in scenes at Magic Mountain. Almost all sequences at the park feature The Revolution, the internationally celebrated rollercoaster and the first ever to include a 360-degree vertical loop. Produced by Jennings Lang and directed by James Goldstone, “Rollercoaster,” filmed in Academy Awardwinning Sensurround, is slated for worldwide release in June. COLUMBIA STUDIOS e Tatum O'Neal, Academy Awardwinning actress recently acclaimed as the National Association of Theatre Owners “Star of the Year” and the lone female star among the Top Ten boxoffice attractions in the national exhibitors poll, has been signed by producer Peter Guber for a starring role in “Six Weeks,” a forthcoming production for Columbia Pictures release. The signing of the 13-year-old actress marks her second successive starring role in films for Columbia Pictures and follows her appearance in Peter Bogdanovich’s “Nickelodeon.” e Peter Falk, who last year led a dozen stars in Rastar's runaway hit movie, Neil Simon’s * Murder By Death," while at the same time being one of television's biggest stars in his popular series, Columbo," returns to the screen in the title role of Rastar's production of Neil Simon's “The Cheap Detective" for Columbia release. e On location in Las Vegas Ben Johnson and Sandra Blake have been signed by producer John Marshall for cameo roles in “The Greatest," the Muhammad Ali biographical feature film in which Ali protrays himself as an adult, a forthcoming Columbia Pictures release. e “The Tennis Lesson," an awardwinning short film subject released domestically during 1976 by Columbia Pictures, has been submitted to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for consideration for nomination in the Short Films category of the 49th Annual Academy Awards. Most recently, “The Tennis Lesson" was awarded the Silver Venus Medallion at the Virgin Islands Film Festival and was a winner over 150 entrants in the short subjects category. DISNEY STUDIOS Y Talking Dog? Scene from “The Shaggy D.A. “with Tim Conway, Pat McCormick and Herb Vigran. Dean Jones, Susan Pleshette and Keenan Wynn also star. Six new films with a combined production cost of $30 million were released by Disney Studios at year’s end and during 1977, plus four reissues. “The Shaggy D.A.,” starring Dean Jones as a crime-fighter lawyer who turns into a sheep dog, opened at Christmas in over 600 theaters throughout the United States and Canada. Tim Conway, Suzanne Pleshette and Keenan Wynn also star in the comedy, a sequel to Disney’s 1959 hit, “The Shaggy Dog.” Barbara Harris, Jodie Foster and John Astin head the cast of “Freaky Friday,” to be released in February, based on Mary Rodgers’ book and screenplay about a mother and her teen-age daughter who change places for a day. “The Littlest Horse Thieves," a live-action drama about three daring youngsters who save a string of imperiled work ponies, is slated for Easter. It will be accompanied by “The Many Continued to Page 33 In Memoriam 1890—JANUARY 18—1923 : T Shot of Wally Reid DOUG ELMO BROOKS Film Festivals TAMPERE FILM FESTIVALFeb. 17-20, 1977 in the 800 seat auditorium of the Technical College. Sponsored by Film Society at Tempere & Finnish Film Foundation. Short films in 16mm & 35mm in all languages or subtitled in English. Films may be animated films, sport, advertising & tourist films; Tampere Film Festival, P.O. Box 305 SF-33101, Tampere, Finland FOCUS FILMS OF COLLEGE & UNIVERSITY STUDENTS— sponsored by Nissan Motor Corp. in USA (Datsun). The first annual focus competition will award Datsun vehicles, scholarships & prizes to students exhibiting exceptional talent in filmmaking & film study. Topic is: On The Road in America. Entry deadline Feb. 1, 1977 Students enrolled in a U.S. College, University, Art Institute or professional film school may enter on one of two categories. Filmmaking or Film Study. Write FOCUS, 530 Fifth Ave, N.Y. City, NY 10036. Awards 1st place $3,000 scholarship, Datsun, B210 Hatchback, 2nd place: $1,000 Scholarship, Bell & Howell 1744Z Super 8 filmasonic projector; 3rd place: $500 scholarship, Bell & Howell I, Projector. Premiers in New York & Los Angeles. Winners will be flown to East & West coast premiers of winning films. 1977 L.A. INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL, March 15-31 will include for the first time a special program of Super-8 films, documentary, dramatic, comedy, animated & Continued to Page 33 HOLLYWOOD STUDIO Magazine 11