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Motion Picture News Studio Directory, the October 1916 reference book published by Motion Picture News, an exhibitor magazine. It is somewhat similar to the Film Daily yearbooks published at the same time, but it was a larger size and had fewer pages and it solely gives biographies of then-current stars and also information about directors, cinematographers, screenwriters, producers, and film studios, information we have not seen in similar books. There are many images of stars and directors throughout the book. We have also seen a 1918 and 1919 similar hardcover books, and we suspect that this book evolved into that one, which was similar named as "Motion Picture Studio Directory". There was also a very similar book called "Motion Picture Studio Directory and Trade Annual" from 1921, and that is a hardcover that measures 6" x 9 1/4" and had hundreds of pages, so we imagine that between 1919 and 1921, the book merged with something called "Trade Annual", and downsized in size and increased in page count, and we don't know if it was published in other years. We believe all of these books to be quite rare, as we have only auctioned one of each. These books contain biographies of actors and crew members from early sound days, and any of them would be invaluable to anyone doing research from this period!

Important Added Info: Note that we have never before auctioned this book! Also note that we have pictured the front over and several interior 2-page spreads.

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