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2t0736 MOTION PICTURE STUDIO DIRECTORY hardcover book 1918 full page with Julian Eltinge, rare!

Date Sold 8/30/2022

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A Vintage Hardcover Studio Directory (measures 9" x 12" [23 x 30 cm]; 304 pages) (Learn More)

Motion Picture Studio Directory, the 1918 reference book published by Motion Picture News, an exhibitor magazine. It is similar to the casting directories published starting around the same time, but it has fewer pages, and like those, it 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, and like the casting directories, it has a lot of full-page and partial page display ads that were paid for by current actors looking to get more exposure. There are many full-page images of stars and directors throughout the book, including Frank Powell, May Allison, and Pauline Frederick. We have also seen two very similar books called "Motion Picture Studio Directory and Trade Annual " from 1921 and 1923, and those are hardcovers that measure 6" x 9 1/4" and had hundreds of pages, so we imagine that between 1918 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 it to be quite rare!
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Important Added Info: Note that we have never before auctioned this studio directory! Unlike many studio directories from this time, this one is hardcover, while most of them were softcovers. Also note that we have pictured the front cover and several or more interior 2-page spreads.

Condition: good to very good.
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