1983 VARIETY Movie Magazine: 50th Anniversary Issue + Vol. 1 No. 1, 442pgs, RARE

Description: 1983 VARIETY Movie Magazine: 50th Anniversary Issue + Vol. 1 No. 1 is embedded within the volume (official reprint by Variety to commemorate the 50th anniversary). Featuring Metromedia Magic on the cover. BONUS: Comes with MCA, Columbia and a Rush order for 35mm film distribution slips. If you’re wondering why these are included and where they came from: They were used as bookmarks within the book, original owner of this and many of my Hollywood items was part owner of the iconic Academy Film Service and many other subsidiaries from the 40’s on. (Read more on history of my items at the bottom). LANGUAGE: English PAGES: 442 MEASURES: 11” x 14.5” CONDITION: Cover wear front and back in the form of discoloration, scuffing, edge and corner wear as well as a rectangular spot where a previous note was attached for the better part of the past 40 years. Cover corner crimps, crease lines shows throughout on corners as shown in pictures. Some discoloration (foxing) to internal pages as well as corner rounding (edge bumping) and small crimps. Some indents and creasing to front cover as well. I did not observe ANY torn, ripped, missing or loose pages (aside from the aforementioned) from this magazine - also free of any writing or highlighting as well. Overall: GOOD SHIPPING: Fast & free via USPS (for USA). Will ship same day if payment is received by 3pm EST! Free returns! Shipped with care (cardboard backers, bubble wrap, peanuts & or double boxed whenever necessary). Signature confirmation for high value items is required. HISTORY: An important element in Cleveland’s success as a movie studio hub was the CLEVELAND FILM EXCHANGE BUILDING (also known as Cleveland Film Service and The Academy Film Service) located on the southeast corner of Payne Ave. and East 21st St. Studios and distributors in the specially constructed building performed a film pickup and delivery service, rewound and inspected returned movies, and stored films between showings. In an age when movie theaters would change their offerings several times a week, the films had to be ready to ship. Trucks would move in and out of the Film Exchange Building at all hours of the day and night to serve the more than 700 theaters of northern Ohio. At its peak, fourteen national studios had offices in the building. Cleveland was also home to over a dozen sponsored film studios, including CINECRAFT PRODUCTIONS (established in 1939), ESCAR (1942), GENERAL PICTURES CORP. (1957), and TRI-STATE MOTION PICTURES (1926). Other film studios, with their main offices in other cities, also had sales offices in Cleveland. These included Wilding Studios out of Chicago, the Jam Handy Organization out of Detroit, Roland Reed Productions, Jerry Fairbanks, Inc., and Riviera Productions out of Los Angeles. My items all come from the film exchange as I am the sole owner of the vast majority of the Cleveland film exchanges receipts, records, etc (what is left of it anyways).

Price: 120 USD

Location: Cleveland, Ohio

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