Hollywood Studio Magazine (1977)

Page scan 00037 from Hollywood Studio Magazine

Record Details:

Title:
Hollywood Studio Magazine
Date:
1977
Publisher:
San Fernando Valley Pub. Co.
Volume:
Hollywood Studio Magazine (May 1977)
Leaf #:
00037
Language:
English
Collection:
Fan Magazines and Hollywood Studio System
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 19, 2025
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The Awards The new side of Hollywood was evident at this year’s controversial 49th Annual Academy Awards. Most heart warming moment of the evening was the acceptance by Eletha Finch of the Oscar for best performance by an actor awarded to her late husband Peter Finch who appeared in “Network.” (Photo right) Louise Fletcher presents Oscar to Faye Dunaway for best performance by an actress in a leading role .. . “Network.” (Photo left) Sylvester Stallone for best performance in ‘‘Rocky.” (Photo right) For best performance by an actor in a supporting role ... Tatum O’Neal presents award to Jason Robards in ‘‘All the Presidents Men” (Photo Right) For the outstanding achievement in music connected with a motion picture, Barbra Streisand for best original song, “Evergreen,” love theme from “‘A Star is Born.” Peter Finch (‘‘Network’’)—This is his second nomination, having previously been in contention for ‘Sunday Bloody Sunday.”’ He is the first actor to receive a posthumous nomination since Spencer Tracy was nominated for ‘“Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner” in 1968 following his death in June, 1967. Only other actor to receive a posthumous nomination was James Dean, who received two such nominations (‘East Of Eden,” 1956 and “Giant,’? 1957) following his death on September 30, 1955. There have been several other posthumous nominations in the other categories, and nine of them, including Walt Disney and composer Victor Young, received posthumous Oscars. Sylvester Stallone (‘““Rocky’’)—This is his first nomination. He also received a writing nomination, making him only the third man to receive a best actor and writing nomination in the same year. The others were Charles Chaplin (“The Great Dictator,” 1940) and Orson Welles (‘‘Citizen Kane,” 1941). Welles, with Herman J. Mankiewicz, won for original screenplay. Several others received acting and writing nominations in different years. 38 HOLLYWOOD STUDIO Magazine Award for the best toreign movie “Black and White in Color’’ from the Ivory Coast was presented by Pearl Bailey and accepted by Arthur Cohn. (Photo left) For best performance by an actress in a supporting role, Beatrice Straight in ““Network.”’