Film Daily & Wid's ...
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Both Wid's Daily and Film Daily Year Books are included in the Year Books Collection from Media History Digital Library.
- The Film Daily year book of motion pictures byCall Number: Baker-Berry PN 1993.3 .F5 1937-1969 (with gaps)Older volumes are in the Storage Library under the same call number.
The volumes are an annual accounting of films and the business of film making. - Wid's daily byCall Number: Library Depository 4894R reels 3-9 v.5-18 1918-1921Publication Date: 1918-1921The Bradstreet of filmdom.
- Wid's independent reviews of feature films byCall Number: Library Depository 4894R reels 1-2 v. 2-4 1916-1918Publication Date: 1916-1918
- Wid's films and film folk byCall Number: Library Depository 4894R reel 1 v.1-2 1915-1916Publication Date: 1915-1916
Yearbooks collection by Call Number: Electronic resourceYearbooks or annuals documented the accomplishments and participants in specific industries. The Year Books for the motion picture industry are especially important for historians: for each year they catalog films released, highlight events, provide comprehensive listings of industry companies and personnel, reprint company financial statements, and contain evocative advertisements from industry suppliers, vendors, producers, stars and directors. If magazines are the day to day history of the media industries, then year books follow that progress with a more objective perspective, while still looking at the industry as an inside player. The Year Books were published by industry trade magazines, and there was a tacit understanding that the purchase of advertising would help ensure that no negative coverage would appear. ...
