Recent Additions

Recent Additions

The MHDL catalog currently includes 2,845,814 pages of digitized books and magazines from the histories of film, broadcasting, and recorded sound. That's quite a large number, and we hope to keep it continually growing! Check out this page to see items that have recently been added to the MHDL collections.

To determine which materials are available for digitization, we check the U.S. copyright status of all titles. We reviewed every copyright renewal for serials (magazines) published from 1923 to 1950, and for titles after those dates, we search the copyright records for the status of the major publications published from 1951 to 1963. The copyrights for nearly all of these media industry, fan and technical publications were not renewed, and those pre-1964 works are now in the public domain.

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Recent Items:

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Exhibitor's Trade ReviewJanuary 31, 1924Search on LanternClick here to read

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Hollywood Motion Picture ReviewHollywood Motion Picture Review, Inc.January 1, 1936Search on LanternClick here to read

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Showmen's Trade ReviewLewis, Charles E., 1896-1953, [from old catalog] edJanuary 1, 1940Search on LanternClick here to read
Showmen's Trade ReviewLewis, Charles E., 1896-1953, [from old catalog] edJanuary 1, 1939Search on LanternClick here to read
Showmen's Trade ReviewLewis, Charles E., 1896-1953, [from old catalog] edJanuary 1, 1944Search on LanternClick here to read
Showmen's Trade ReviewLewis, Charles E., 1896-1953, [from old catalog] edJanuary 1, 1945Search on LanternClick here to read
Showmen's Trade ReviewLewis, Charles E., 1896-1953, [from old catalog] edJanuary 1, 1944Search on LanternClick here to read
Showmen's Trade ReviewLewis, Charles E., 1896-1953, [from old catalog] edJanuary 1, 1944Search on LanternClick here to read
Showmen's Trade ReviewLewis, Charles E., 1896-1953, [from old catalog] edJanuary 1, 1945Search on LanternClick here to read

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Radio DigestRadio Digest Publishing CompanyJanuary 1, 1923Search on LanternClick here to read
Radio DigestRadio Digest Publishing CompanyJanuary 1, 1924Search on LanternClick here to read
Radio DigestRadio Digest Publishing CompanyJanuary 1, 1925Search on LanternClick here to read

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Film FunFilm Humor, Inc.January 1, 1928Search on LanternClick here to read

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Modern ScreenDell Publishing CompanyJanuary 1, 1937Search on LanternClick here to read

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Production Encyclopedia 1952The Hollywood ReporterJanuary 1, 1952Search on LanternClick here to read

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Picture-Play MagazineJanuary 1, 1928Search on LanternClick here to read
Picture-Play MagazineJanuary 1, 1926Search on LanternClick here to read
Picture-Play MagazineJanuary 1, 1927Search on LanternClick here to read

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Radio starsDell Publishing Co., Inc.September 1, 1933Search on LanternClick here to read
Radio starsDell Publishing Co., Inc.June 1, 1933Search on LanternClick here to read
Radio starsDell Publishing Co., Inc.October 1, 1938Search on LanternClick here to read
Radio starsDell Publishing Co., Inc.May 1, 1933Search on LanternClick here to read
Radio starsDell Publishing Co., Inc.July 1, 1933Search on LanternClick here to read
Radio starsDell Publishing Co., Inc.December 1, 1938Search on LanternClick here to read

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The Film DailyThe Film DailyJanuary 1, 1931Search on LanternClick here to read