[1] It covered the latest trade news, film reviews, financial updates, information on court cases and union difficulties, and equipment breakthroughs.

Alicoate's brother Charles became executive publisher, and took over active management, a few years before Jack's death.

In 1969, Charles Alicoate sold Film Daily to DFI Communications who installed Hugh Fordin as editor-in-chief and associate publisher in December 1969.

After publishing the June 1, 1970 issue, production was suspended with plans to redesign and further enliven the publication.

[19] Gone with the Wind, for example, premiered in 1939 but didn't become eligible until 1941 when it switched from a roadshow format to a general release.