NATIONAL FILM THEATRE CRITICS CHOICE British Film Institute 1952-1956 ENTIRE RUN

Description: 44 CONSECUTIVE ISSUES AND THE ENTIRE 44 ISSUE RUN FROM #1 IN APRIL 1952 THROUGH FEBRUARY 1956. WHILE CERTAIN MONTH NAMES ARE MISSING, THE PAGE COUNT IS CONSECUTIVE AND DOES NOT MISS A PAGE. ALSO INCLUDES MANY INSERTS. THE FIRST ISSUE HAS REPAIRED TEARS AROUND THE WINDOW AND SECOND ISSUE HAS ONE TEAR REPAIR. SEVERAL HAVE FOLDS FROM BEING PLACED IN A POCKET. APRIL 1953 HAS ITS OWN STYLE AND THE COVER IS PRECARIOUSLY ATTACHED ON THAT SINGULAR ISSUE. This issue is described as Volume 2 #13 and is one full year after my first twelve issues, which were obviously Volume 1 as this April issue begins with Page 1 again. This is British film history that is nearly impossible to find, especially the first dozen issues that were essentially folders. After a while, the styling became more coherent and the booklets thicker. These typically sell for $15 to $25 each because of their rarity, and the ones sold had badly rusted staples that bled into the pages. So this is a piece of history nearly impossible to put together and this having 44 consecutive issues with nothing missing is unique. For the first dozen (Photo 2 & 3), the dozen critics would provide five film choices. A few of these have window nicks, a stray crease and light soiling but they are complete and functional, ranging from good plus all the way to near fine. What follows after the first 12 is a design change that held for one issue, April 1953, and that issue is a little rough in regards to condition but still functions fully (Photo 10 & 11). Now they included articles and a center schedule of films. There would be an occasional insert asking for membership or mentioning a change in schedules (Photo 4) After March 1954, the style changed again (Photo 5). In April, they started at Page 1 again. It became harder to follow as they had stopped numbering the issues, so I had to follow the page count. Again, please note that many of there were obviously folded and placed into a pocket. By August 1954, the inserts started to become more substantial and numerous. August had an 8-sided Children & War insert, with seven films each given a full panel. September 1954 had three inserts. The first was for a new Magazine titled Film and Filming, the second a Special Programme for the Edinburgh Film Festival, showing Chuck and Gek, and the third was a four sided programme for Jessie Matthews in Evergreen November and December 1954 each had 8-page panels inserted for "The American Musical", with each insert reviewing 8 separate films. (Photo 6) April 1955 again went to a new cover design and included a separate stapled booklet in the booklet titled "From Stage to Screen", a ten pager on the cinema of The Old Vic, The Group Theatre, Welles' Mercury Theatre, and American Playwrights of the 30's. The new April design had a W.C Fields insert. August had a large fold out for four comedies of Georges Melies. (Photo 7 & 8). That one got a bit banged up because it was larger than the magazine For the last five issues (Photo 9), I am showing the front and rear covers. Beginning in June 1955, the front and rear covers each showed movie images and for January 1956, (the largest of all issues) the rear cover also has the date of December 1955, thus sneaking through a double issue. It also appears that these started to be sent through the mail without an envelope as there are postal stamps on the covers of five of the last seven issues. I do have to note that February 1956, my last issue, was a sad 12 sided booklet, more similar to the earliest issues. I have found no other issues of this magazine. By April 1956, the magazine was no longer titled CRITICS' CHOICE, so what I am selling here is the ENTIRE RUN OF THIS MAGAZINE. CRITICS' CHOICE: AN INDEPENDENT GUIDE TO FILM GOING Published by THE BRITISH FILM INSTITUTE Edited by Stanley Reed PLEASE USE ZOOM FUNCTION TO INSPECT ALL PHOTOS Now I admit, I can find many of these online at about $5 each plus shipping, though they are later issues and typically stained and rusted, and I see that people even sell the inserts separately. I can't even find an image of the first twelve issues.I could not even say that ANYONE else has the entire run of this magazine. I purchased a collection of books and other items from the estate of the owner of a former New York City bookstore named Cinemabilia at 10 West 13th St , run by Ernest D. Burns. It was located in Greenwich Village in the 1970's and 1980's and, I believe, closed down in 1987 (These books have been packed in boxes since 1987). hwcherrybagPLEASE NOTE: For book sales, I virtually always include a vinyl bag tightly wrapped on the exterior. This is an attempt to prevent any USPS employee from opening the package for inspection as it would be time consuming for them to repackage it. This is done simply because my packaging is done more carefully than their repackaging and also to protect the book from the elements. The vinyl bag covers cardboard protection and you can simply cut the bag open (carefully) and remove the contents. The cardboard protection is also typically held with tape and cutting in the obvious places will allow the cardboard to pop right open, exposing the book (in another protective vinyl bag). Using this method, you should be able to open any book I send in under a minute. No "buzz saw" is required. Thank you

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