Film Daily & The Year Book of Motion Pictures
I bought a 1961 copy of "Film Daily - The Yearbook of Motion Pictures" out of curiosity. I wanted to see what was inside.
Well, I discovered there is so much information in each one of these. Theater counts for every country, locations of theaters, every major studio, it lists all the NSS office locations, managers, and store front addresses.
Every film released for that year. I was hoping to find re-releases but did not (yet)... I'll post some pictures tonight.
I also bought a lot of magazines including "Boxoffice", "International Motion Picture Exhibitor", and "Motion Picture Herald". Will see what they have and report back...
Well, I discovered there is so much information in each one of these. Theater counts for every country, locations of theaters, every major studio, it lists all the NSS office locations, managers, and store front addresses.
Every film released for that year. I was hoping to find re-releases but did not (yet)... I'll post some pictures tonight.
I also bought a lot of magazines including "Boxoffice", "International Motion Picture Exhibitor", and "Motion Picture Herald". Will see what they have and report back...
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to think of it some contemporary theaters must easily reach 5,000 seating
If we had a breakdown of how country cinemas there were, we might be able to estimate how daybills were printed back then. Pretty far off I know considering some cinemas purchased multiple copies and posters were reused/passed along to other cinemas.
Interesting nonetheless.
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