TIFF Film Reference Library The Film Reference Library maintains the world's largest resource of English-language Canadian film and film-related materials as well as a wide range of local, national and international film resources.

• TIFF collections
• How to search the collection
• Special Collection List
• They have a rich collection of film magazines (incl. American Cinematographer [1954+]; Motion Picture Herald (1951-1958 & 1960-1978); numerous other popular & trade journals from the studio era and earlier days of film).
• Hours & location (scroll to The Film Reference Library and CIBC Canadian Film Gallery)
• Contact Library staff to see about accessing materials, you can only use the materials in the library 
  • 416-599-8433 x2
  • libraryservices@tiff.net

Also check out TIFF's Higher Learning Digital Resource Hub which complements TIFF's live events by providing satellite educational programming to academic communities and to the public at large, extending the Higher Learning experience beyond the walls of TIFF Bell Lightbox. Explore the archive

The Toronto Reference Library, the main reference & research branch of the Toronto Public Library system, also has many interesting long-gone journal titles e.g.:

• American Cinematographer 1939; 1946+ (some missing issues) SEE ALSO: TIFF Film Reference Library (above), 1954+.
• Box Office (1920+; several of the earliest issues are unavailable)
• Experimental Cinema (1930-1934)
• Films and Filming (1954-1990)
• The Modern Screen Magazine (1930-1967, some issues lacking)
• Motion Picture Story Magazine - v.1:no.5 (1911:June); v.2:no.1 (1912:Feb.)-v.4:no.12(1913:Jan.). Continued by Motion Picture Magazine (1915-1968)
• Photoplay Magazine [on microfilm (1912)-v.91(1977)]