The New Movie Magazine (Jan-Sep 1935)

Record Details:

Title:
The New Movie Magazine
Date:
Jan-Sep 1935
Publisher:
Tower Magazines, inc.
Volume:
The New Movie Magazine (Jan-Sep 1935)
Leaf #:
000485
Language:
English
Collection:
Fan Magazines
Format:
Periodicals
Contributor:
Library of Congress, MBRS, Moving Image Section
Sponsor:
Library of Congress, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Description:
Relatively short-lived magazine that nonetheless played a crucial role in the gossip industry. Launched in 1929, it cost only ten cents, when the majority of high-end magazines sold for a quarter. It was also primarily sold through Woolworth’s five and dime stores; the combination of cost and accessibility led to its dominance, by 1933, over all other magazines (circulation: 650,000). As a result, the other magazines decreased their price to match New Movie’s. New Movie had less content and poorer quality drawings and illustrations, but the content similar in tone and quality to that of the high end magazines. Ceased publication in 1935. -- Anne Helen Petersen, 2013. Secondary sources consulted: Inside the Hollywood Fan Magazine by Anthony Slide and MovieMags.com.
Date Added:
June 06, 2024
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1 . Preparation for the take. At his rickety desk the harried script clerk gets the stars' cues ready. 2. High above the stage a spotlight man swings the beams of his great flood lamps into line. 3. Tense — working with high speed and precision — other electricians on the set balance lights with his. 7. Two burly prop men fuss around with a cake to be used later in the scene, getting everything right. 8. Hastily the second cameraman checks his focus. Head inside the camera, he peers through the film. 9. "Miss Crawford! Mr. Montgomery! We're lighting you from this side," says the cameraman. 13."Take your positions." With Joan still rehearsing, the camera is focussed to the tip of her nose. 14. "Ready, Camera? Ready, Sound? O.K., we'll take it," says Griffith. "Here we go. Roll 'em!" 15. On the set, Joan and Bob go into character. Note Bob's closed eyes and Joan's lifted head. These pictures were taken with a special camera no bigger than your hand, with a lightning-fast lens. Nothing like them has ever appeared in any motion picture magazine before now. Notice especially the one of Joan rehearsing for her director. We can't help feeling proud. New Movie has scooped the world! PHOTOGRAPHS BY TOM EVANS 19. Two seconds later. Bob has closed his mouth. Joan answers him. The cameraman watches them. 20. "Swell! Couldn't be better," smiles the director: "All right boys. Cut!" The New Movie Magazine, July, 1935 13