Harrison's Reports and Film Reviews
Introduction '''''Harrison's Reports and Film Reviews''''' is the 15-volume reprint of the complete run of the weekly magazine ''Harrison's Reports'' from its founding in 1919 to its demise in 1962.Volumes 1 through 14 are facsimile reprints of the more than 2,000 weekly issues. The reprints were edited by D. Richard Baer and published 1992-1995 by Hollywood Film Archive.
Film review index Volume 15 is an alphabetical index of the films reviews, approximately 17,000 in all. Films are also indexed by alternate titles and original foreign language titles.Over 99% of the reprints were reproduced from original issues, the rest from photocopies or microfilm blowups. The index volume includes a two-page narrative titled “A Brief History of these Reprints” about how all the issues were gathered.
Volumes and years covered VolumeDate RangeISBN 1  1919–1922   2  1923–1925   3  1926–1928   4  1929–1931   5  1932–1934   6  1935–1937   7  1938–1940   8  1941–1943   9  1944–1946   10  1947–1949   11  1950–1952   12  1953–1955   13  1956–1958   14  1959–1962   15  Index 1919-1962   set  15 volumes
Volume summaries At the front of each volume is a one-page summary of the more important issues discussed in the editorials of that period.
Original indexes reprinted ''Harrison's Reports'' published its own index up to eight times per year. In the reprint volumes, these indexes are printed on yellow paper at the beginning of each calendar year's gathered reprints of 52 (occasionally 53) weeks of issues.
Index of shorts Although ''Harrison's Reports'' reviewed only feature films, not shorts, the indexes included lists of forthcoming and recently released shorts, grouped by releasing company. Published separately from these reprints, ''An Index to Short Subjects Listed in Harrison’s Reports 1926-1962'' by Gerald Jones (self-published November 2004) is a complete alphabetical index of all the shorts and cartoons listed in the many separate indexes. This index used to be available online.
Critical review The review by ''Library Journal'' stated, “Taken in its 43-year entirety, Harrison's Reports is a very useful reflection of the industry's major trends and provides something of a social history of the United States as well.”
Other reprints of film reviews ''Harrison’s Reports'' is one of the three English-language periodicals with 10,000 or more film reviews reprinted in book form. The other two are* ''Variety'' as '''''Variety Film Reviews''''' (1907–1996) in 24 volumes. * ''The New York Times'' as '''''The New York Times Film Reviews''''' (1913–2000) in 22 volumes.
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