Cinema and Film Periodicals: British and Irish

'The Phantom of the Opera' The Cinematograph Times 5 January 1929. Copyright © The British Library Board

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•  Biogram: A Weekly Journal for Renters and Cinema Exhibitors in South Wales and West of England
  Cardiff
  8 March 1919 - 6 January 1923 : Nos. 1-200
  Discontinued.
   
• The Bioscope: (The Independent Film Trade Paper)
  London
  30 October 1908 - 4 May 1932 : Nos. 107-1335
  Discontinued.
   
•  Cinema Construction
  London
  October 1929 - March 1930 : [Vol. 1] no. 8 - vol. 2 no.1
• Continued as: Cinema, Theatre and Allied Construction
  April 1930 - April 1931 : Vol. 2 no. 2 - vol. 3 no. 2
• Continued as: Cinema, Theatre and General Construction
  May 1931 - December 1934 : Vol. 3 no. 3 - vol. 6 no. 10
• Continued as: Cinema and Theatre Construction
  January 1935 - August 1939; June 1946 - October 1947 : Vol. 6 no. 11 - vol. 11 no. 6; vol. 12 no. 1 - vol. 14 no. 5
• Continued as: Cinema and Theatre
  November 1947 - June 1948 : Vol. 14 no. 6 - vol. 16 no. 1.
   
• Cinema Management
  London
  April 1937 - September 1938 : Vol. 1 no. 1 - vol. 2 no. 6
  Discontinued.
   
• The Cinema News and Property Gazette
  London
  February 1912 - 11 August 1921 : Nos. 1-461
• Continued as: Cinema
  18 August 1921 - 15 November 1923 : Nos. 422-579
• Continued as: The Cinema News and Property Gazette
  22 November 1923 - 6 November 1957 : Nos. 580-7988
  Incorporated with The Daily Cinema.
   
• The Cinema Specialist
  London
  January - April 1952 : Nos. 1-3
  Discontinued.
   
• The Cinema World Illustrated
  London
  May 1927 - February 1929 : Vol. 1 no. 1 - vol. 2 no. 10.
   
• The Cinemag: Devoted to the Cinemas of South London
  London
  May 1932 - October/November 1937 : [Vol. 1] no. 1 - vol. 7 no. 5
  Continued as a supplement to the Brixton Free Press.
   
• The Cinematograph Times
  London
  8 December 1928 - 12 August 1939 : Nos. 1-419
  Official organ of the Cinematograph Exhibitors Association of Great Britain and Ireland.
  With registration issues dated 10-24 November 1938.
   
• The Commercial Film
  London
  February 1935 - November/December 1936 : Vol. 1 no. 1 - vol. 2 no. 6
  Incorporated with Film Shorts.
   
•  The Daily Film Renter
  London
  10 January 1927 - 8 November 1957 : Nos. 1-7505
  Incorporated with The Daily Cinema.
   
•  The Expres Overseas Mail
  London
  January 1914 - September/October 1916 : Vol. 1 no. 1 - vol. 3 nos. 9/10
  A monthly report of the cinematograph export trade.
  Discontinued.
   
•  The Film and Cinematograph Review
  London
  1 October 1908 : No. 1.
  Discontinued.
   
• The Film Censor
  London
  26 June 1912 - 23 April 1913 : Nos. 1-44
• Continued as: The Film Censor and Exhibitor's Review
  30 April 1913 - 25 February 1916 : Nos. 45-192
  Discontinued.
   
• Film Favourite
  London
  14 November 1931 - 27 February 1932 : Nos. 1-16
  Discontinued.
   
• Film Favourites
  London
  November - December 1932 : [Nos. 1-2].
   
• Film Flashes
  London
  13 November 1915 - 10 June 1916 : Nos. 1-31.
   
• The Film House Record
  London
  4 February 1910 - 16 September 1911 : Nos. 1-48
  Discontinued.
   
• Film Pictorial
  London
  27 February 1932 - 30 September 1939 : Nos. 1-397
  Incorporated with Picture Show.
   
• Film Picture Stores
  London
  28 July 1934 - 16 February 1935 : Nos. 1-30
  Discontinued.
   
•  Film Shorts
  London
  March - June/July 1937 : Nos. 1-3
  Discontinued.
   
•  The Film Star Weekly and Girls' Cinema
  London
  26 November 1932 - 7 January 1933 : Nos. 1-7
• Continued as: The Film Star Weekly
  14 January 1933 - 28 September 1935 : Nos. 8-149
  Incorporated with Picture Show.
   
• Film Souvenir
  London
  January, March 1935 : Nos. 1-2.
   
• Film Weekly
  London
  22 October 1928 - 16 September 1939 : Nos. 1-570
  Including registration issues dated 3 September to 15 October 1928
  Microfiche (M.Fiche.3) produced by the British Film Institute from issues held by the British Library Newspaper Library
  Incorporated with Picturegoer.

• Film Weekly News
  London
  7 June - 12 July 1947 : [Vol. 1] nos. 1-6
• Continued as: Film Monthly Review
  August 1947 - December 1949 : [Vol. 1] no. 7 - vol. 7 no. 10
   
• Filmgoer
  London
  24 May 1952 - 8 August 1953 : Vol. 1 no. 1 - vol. 6 no. 52
  Discontinued.

• Filmirror
  London
  December 1946 - September 1947 : Nos. 1-9
• Continued as: Film Mirror
  October 1947 - December 1949 : Vol. 2 nos. 1-27.
   
• Films: The Cinema Trade Journal
  Birmingham
  12 August 1915 - 29 December 1921; 1-22 March 1923 : Nos. 1-334; series 3 nos. 1-4
  Discontinued.

• The Finchley Review and Film Guide
  London
  May - December 1936 : Nos. 1-8
• Continued as: Finchley Review
  January 1937 - 29 July 1949 : Nos. 9-248.

•  Girls' Cinema
  London
  16 October 1920 - 19 November 1932
  Incorporated with The Film Star Weekly.
   
•  The Ideal Kinema: A Record of Modern Practice in Kinema Erection, Equipment, Furnishing & Decoration
  London
  17 February 1927 - 15 December 1932; 14 September 1939 - 6 December 1956.
  Supplement to the Kinematograph Weekly; issued as a separate publication from January 1933 to August 1939.

• The Ideal Kinema and Studio
  London
  January 1933 - January 1936 : New issue nos. 1-38
  Continued as: The Ideal Kinema
  February 1936 - August 1939 : Nos. 39-81
  Issued as a supplement to Kinematograph Weekly from February 1927 to December 1932, and from September 1939 to December 1966.

• The Irish Limelight: The Only Irish Journal Devoted to Cinema and Theatrical Topics
  Dublin
  January 1917 - July 1918; Oct 1919 : Vol. 1 no. 1 - vol. 2 no. 7; vol. 3 no. 10
  Wanting March 1918.

•  The Mini-Cinema: The Trade Paper for the Professional 16 mm. User
  London
  December 1946 - August 1952 : Vol. 1 no. 1 - vol. 6 no. 11.

• The Motion Picture Studio
  London
  11 June 1921 - 23 February 1924 : Nos. 1-142
  Incorporated with Kinematograph Weekly.

• The Moving Picture Offered List and Cinema Trade Buyer & Seller
  London
  11 July 1913 - 15 March 1918 : Nos. 1-207
  Includes a supplement, Moving Picture Exclusives [April 1916]
  Continued as: The British Kinema Chronicle
  15 April, 16 May 1918 : Nos. 208-209.

• Moving Pictures International
  London
  23 August 1990 - 6 May 1993 : Nos. 2-134
• Continued as: Moving Pictures
  13 May 1993 - January 1998.

•  Optical Lantern and Kinematograph Journal
  London
  November 1904 - April 1907 : Vol. 1 no. 1 - vol. 3 no. 6
• Continued as: Kinematograph and Lantern Weekly
  16 May 1907 - 27 November 1919 : Nos. 1-657
•  Continued as: Kinematograph Weekly
  4 December 1919 - 10 December 1959 : Nos. 658-2723
• Continued as: Kine Weekly
  17 December 1959 - 25 September 1971 : Nos. 2724-3337
  Discontinued.

• Optical Lantern and Kinematograph Journal: Kine Sub-Standard Film Section
  London
  May 1946 - 15 December 1955
  A supplement to Kinematograph Weekly
  Discontinued.

• Our Films
  London
  September 1925 - December 1934
  With a registration issue dated June 1925
  Cinema programmes.
   
•  Pathé Weekly Bulletin
  London
  20 August 1914 - 16 December 1915 : New series nos. 1-72.

• Pathés Cine Journal
  London
  4 October - 1 November 1913 : Nos. 1-5
• Continued as: Pathé Cinema Journal
  8 November 1913 - 30 July 1914 : Nos. 6-44
  Discontinued.

• Photo Bits and Cinema Star
  London
  28 July 1923 - 3 May 1924 : New series nos. 1-40
• Continued as: Cinema Star and Photo Bits
  10 May 1924 - 9 October 1926 : Nos. 41-167
  Incorporated with London Life.

• The Picture Palace News
  London
  8 November 1915 - 2 September 1916 : Nos. 1-44
• Continued as: The Picture News
  9 September 1916 - 27 January 1917 : Nos. 45-65
  Discontinued.

•  Picture Show
  London
  3 May 1919 - 31 December 1960
  Discontinued.

• The Picture World
  Birmingham
  19 October 1914 - 4 March 1916 : Nos. 1-427.

•  Picturegoer
  London
  January 1921 - July 1922 : Vol. 1 no. 1 - vol. 4 no. 19
• Continued as: Pictures and the Picturegoer
  August 1922 - September 1925 : Vol. 4 no. 20 - vol. 10 no. 57
• Continued as: Picturegoer and Theatre Monthly
  October 1925 : Vol. 10 no. 58
• Continued as: Picturegoer
  November 1925 - May 1931 : November 1925 - May 1931
• Continued as: Picturegoer Weekly
  30 May 1931 - 16 September 1939 : [New series] nos. 1-434
• Continued as: Picturegoer and Film Weekly
  23 September 1939 - 23 August 1941 : Nos. 435-535
• Continued as: Picturegoer
  6 September 1941 - 23 April 1960 : Nos. 536-1296
  Incorporated with Date
  Held in hard copy and on microfiche (M.Fiche.5).

• Picturegoer: The Picture Theatre Magazine
  London
  11 October 1913 - 14 February 1914 : Nos. 1-19
• Continued as: Pictures and the Picturegoer
  21 February 1914 - 20 November 1920 : New series nos. 1-353
• Continued as: Pictures
  27 November 1920 - August 1922 : Nos. 354-421
  Incorporated with Picturegoer
  Held in hard copy and on microfiche (M.Fiche.5).

• Pictureland
  London
  December 1924 - December 1939
  A programme guide and review issued for various cinemas.

• The Pictures: An Illustrated Weekly Magazine of Fiction for Lovers of Moving Pictures
  London
  21 October 1911 - 7 December 1912 : Nos. 1-60
  Discontinued.

• Pictures & Pleasure
  Manchester
  17 November 1913 - 9 November 1914 : Nos. 1-52
• Continued as: The Film Renter
  16 November 1914 - 15 February 1919 : Nos. 53-275
• Continued as: The Film Renter & Moving Picture News
  22 February 1919 - 5 March 1927 : Nos. 276-695
  Published in London from 3 June 1922 onwards.

• The Projectionists' Journal
  London
  November 1932 - November/December 1939 : Vol. 1 no. 1 - vol. 10 no. 9
• Continued as: The Projectionist's Bulletin
  April 1940 - February 1941 : [New series] nos. 1-9.

•  Rinking World and Picture Theatre News
  London
  4 December 1909 - 2 July 1910 : Nos. 1-30
• Continued as two separate publications: Rinking World and Picture Theatre News
  • Picture Theatre News : 5 July 1910 - 13 March 1912 : Nos. 31-117
    Discontinued.
     
•  Screen and Stage
  London
  1 May, 1 June 1920 : Nos. 1-2
  Discontinued.
   
•  Screen International: The Paper of the Entertainment Industry
  London
  6 September 1975- : No. 1- .
  Includes a MIFED Special Issue of 29 October 1983, no. 418.
   
• Screen Stories & Fun & Fiction
  London
  8 February 1930 - 17 August 1935 : Nos. 1-289
  Incorporated with Boy's Cinema.

• The Screen: The Cinema Managers' Journal
  Woodchester
  June 1914 - 21 July 1917 : No. 1 - vol. 10 no. 7.

• Star Weekly
  Dublin
  1 March - 19 April 1947 : Nos. 1-8
• Continued as: Film Star Weekly
  26 April - 15 November 1947 : Nos. 9-38
  Discontinued.
   
• Stoll's Editorial News: House Organ of the Stoll Film Company
  London
  22 May 1919 - 1 April 1924 : Vol. 1 no. 1 - vol. 8 no. 6.

•  Talkie Topics and Theatrical Review
  Dublin
  4 March 1931 - December 1932 : Vol. 1 no. 1 - vol. 3 no. 12.

• Theatre and Film Illustrated
  London
  February 1928 - March 1930 : Vol. 1 no. 1 - vol. 4 no. 9
  Incorporated with Theatre World.

• Today's Cinema: News and Property Gazette
  London
  4 February 1928 - 8 November 1957 : Nos. 1-7900
•  Continued as: The Daily Cinema
  11 November 1957 - 23 December 1968 : Nos. 7901-9616
  Includes a supplement, The Daily Cinema Preview of 1969 [published in in 1968]
• Continued as: Today's Cinema
  1 January 1969 - 13 November 1971 : Nos. 9617-9955
• Continued as: Cinema TV Today
  20 November 1971 - 30 August 1975 : Nos. 9956-10149
  Incorporated with Screen International.

• The Trade Show Critic
  Liverpool
  28 February 1919 - 24 January 1930 : Nos. 1-570
• Continued as: The Talking Picture News
  31 January 1930 - 22 December 1939; 1 January - 6 October 1944 : Nos. [571]-1046; 1255-1293
• Continued as: The Talking Picture News and Examiner
  24 November 1944 - 25 March 1945 : Nos. 1300-1326
• Continued as: The Talking Picture News and Liverpool Examiner
  21 September 1945 - 14 June 1946 : Nos. 1343-1381
• Continued as: The Liverpool Examiner and Talking Picture News
  21 June 1946 - 3 October 1952 : Nos. 1382-1711
  A very imperfect set.

• The Trans-Atlantic Review
  London
  29 November 1913 - 10 November 1917 : Vol. 1 no. 1 - vol. 7 no. 18; new series nos. 1-15
  Published by the Trans-Atlantic Film Company.
   
•  Variety, Music, Stage and Film News
  London
  2 September 1931 - 6 September 1933 : Nos. 1-106
• Continued as: Variety Cabaret Film News
  13 September 1933 - 26 December 1935 : Nos. 107-226
• Continued as: Variety News
  2 January - 18 June 1936 : Nos. 227-251.

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