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New York City/Los Angeles: John W. Alicoate, 1928. Hinges neatly tightened. Boards(6&1/4"x9&1/4) are worn, rubbed, sunned at spine. Missing page 47/48 with page 49/50 damaged & missing some info at inside hinge. Year book covering the year of the release of "The Jazz Singer" with Al Jolson that is credited in the popular imagination as being the first 'talkie.' Could find no mention of the film or Jolson in either index, however the editorial index sites "Talking Films" further siting several references. "List of...", page 915 which lists Bristol-Phone, Kinographone, Movietone, Phonofilm, Vitaphone and Vocafilm; "Personnel of Companies", page 731; "Manufacturers and Distributors", page 915; "Personnel of Studios (Listed Under Studios)", page 409; "New Inventions and Devices", 862-868. Ads many with photographs for actors, directors, producers, screenwriters, cinematographers, etc. etc. Ronald Colman,… Read More

New York & Los Angeles: John W. Alicoate, Pub., 1928. First Edition . Decorative Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Large, thick octavo, xx + 994 pp., b/w photos, ads, index. This is the first edition of the 1928 Film Daily Year Book but the 10th edition of the Year Book. New endpapers, The maroon cloth cover is darkened including the spine but it is still legible. Overall v.g. cond.