The Film Daily (1948)

Record Details:

Title:
The Film Daily
Date:
1948
Publisher:
Wid's Films and Film Folk, inc.
Volume:
The Film Daily (Apr-Jun 1948)
Leaf #:
00032
Language:
English
Collection:
Hollywood Studio System
Format:
Periodicals
Contributor:
Library of Congress, MBRS, Moving Image Section
Sponsor:
Library of Congress, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Description:
This leading industry publication, published out of New York, was founded in 1915 by Wid Gunning (who called his publication Wid's Daily until 1922). The Film Daily documented the rise of the Hollywood studios, the transition to sound, and the evolution of the American film industry (the paper finally shuttered in 1970). The Film Daily included feature reviews, news stories, and advertisements, but its extensive coverage of short films in the 1920s and 30s distinguished it from other trade papers of the period. -- Eric Hoyt, 2011/2013
Date Added:
September 21, 2023
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V "\ DAILY Tuesday. April 6, 1948 Vol. 93, N o, 66 Tues. Ap r. 6, 1948 10 Cts. JOHN W. ALICOATE Publisher DONALD M. MERSEREAU Associate and General Publisher Manager CHESTER B. BAHN Editor Published daily "xcept Saturdays, Sundays and Holidays at 1501 Broadway, New York 18, N. Y., by Wid's Films and Film Folk, Inc. J. W. Alicoate, President; Donald •!. Mersereau, Vice-President and Treasurer; Patti Alicoate, Vice President ?nd Secretary-. Entered as second class matte , Sept. 8, 1938, at the post-office at New York, N. Y., under the' act of March 3, 1879. Terrrs (Postage free) United States outside of Greater New York $10.00 one year; 6 months, $5.00; 3 months, $3.00. Foreign, $15.00. Subscribers should remit with order. Address all communications to THE FILM DAILY, 1501 Broadway, New York 18, N. Y. Phone BRyant 9-7117, 9-7118, 9-7119, 9-7120, 9-7121. Cable address Filmday, New York. WEST COAST OFFICES Ralph W i Ik, Manager 6425 Hollywood Blvd. Phone: Granite 6607 WASHINGTON BUREAU Andrew H. Older 6417 Oahlonega Rd. Phone: Wisconsin 3271 CHICAGO BUREAU Joseph Esler, Chief C. L. Esler 6241 N. Oakley Ave. Phone: Briargate 7441 STAFF CORRESPONDENTS LONDON— Ernest W. Fredman. The Film Renter. 127-133 Wardour St.. W. 1. HAVANA— Mary Louise Blanco, Virmdes 214. BOMBAY — Ram L. fiogtay, Kitab Mahal, l'JO Hornby Rd.. Fort. Bombay 1. ALGIERS—Paul SafTar, Filmafnr, 8 Rue Charras. MONTREAL — Ray Carmichael, Room 9, 464 Francis Xavier St. VANCOUVER — Jack Droy, 411 Lyric Theater Bids;. SYDNEY— Bowden Fletcher. 19 Moxori Ave., Punchbowl. N. S. Phone, UY 2110 BRUSSELS— Jean Pierre Mevs, 110 Rue des Paquerettes COPENHAGEN— John Lindberg, Jcrnbanealle No. 3. Copenhagen -Van Loese. ROME — John Perdlcarl, Via Ludovisl 16. Phone, 42758. MEXICO CITY — Latin American News Service. Humboldt 49. EINFELD FUNERAL Funeral rites for Mrs. Celia Einfeld, 65, mother of Charles Einfeld, will be held tomorrow at 1C;30 a.m. at Riverside Memorial Chapel, with internment at Mt. Zion Cemetery, Maspeth. Mrs. Einfeld died Sunday night at Beth Israel Hospital. BELLER TO MPAA Revamp of UA publicists in wake of resignation of Lawrence Seller who joins the MPAA public relations staff here under Tom Waller, sees Caswell Adams upped to met. press contact, Lew Baras ch taking over special events and Philip Cowan moving up to trade paper contact. CZECH HOUSES NEED u. S P/X Louis Kanturek, MPEa supervisor for Eastern Europe, who sails for Europe today, returning to his Prague headquarters, said yesterday that he continued confident MPEA would make a new deal for 19^8 with the Communist-controlled Czech Government. This is predicated on fact Czechoslovakia's 2,000 theaters will urgently need product. MPEA sent in 80-odd pix in 19^7, & because of extended runs, these are still being p layed off. TOA TO SET SELECTIVITY PLAN Earl Hudson, UDT head, returned to New York yesterday to continue supervision of the TOA program aimed at counteracting unfavorable public attitudes toward pictures. It is expected that a plan for choosing those quality pictures which form the basis for the program will be decided upon sometime this week. MPAA AdPublicity Directors Committee met at the St. Moritz yesterday, considered TOA p. r. proposals and named a sub-committee which will meet with Hudson today. Committee was told yesterday by Ken Clark, here from Washington, that Eric A. Johnston will establish a special Public Relations Council on the Coast this week. CLEVELAND INDIES REBUFF MPF Cleveland, 0.-MPF has run into stiff indie exhib. opposition here, with leading indie circuit heads asserting that employes have little to gain. At luncheon meeting, Harry H. Goldstein, trustee, and Bert Lefkowich, chairman, were told by indie spokesmen that they maintain insurance for their managerial employes, and that because of large turhover, other employes have nothing to gain. No action was taken in regard to Cleveland exenange area's $1,059.50 quote of the $50,000 MPF operating figure. MONO. SHOOTING Hollywood—Monogram' s "A Palooka Named Joe" started on Friday, "Arizona Sunset" today , "Trigger Man" on 12th, "Passport to Freedom," on 15th, and "Bury Me Not" on 27th. OUTDOOR REFRESHMENT ^ CONCESSIONAIRES from Coast to Coasts over Vi Century ifi Noid Specializing* in Refreshment Concessions for /E-IN THEATRES; SPORTSERVICE, Inc. Jacobs "mm. [HURST BLPG:, -, >.. BUFALO; N. Y. HORNE IN FC POST Appointment of David Home as Film Classics foreign sales manager was announced yesterday by Veepee B. G. Kranze. WILL SUBLET Airy Corner office: in FILM BUILDING 12x13, separate entrance, with or without furniture, phone service. write, Film Daily Box 183 . More Fraud Suits Filed Wheeling, W. Va.— Seven majors have filed separate percentage fraud suits against Nannie Shore, et al./J'n Federal Court for Sc. .nern District of West Virginia. Theaters involved are the Grand & War in War, the Pioneer in H<°den. wheeling,W.Va.— Eight majors filed percentage fraud suits against Lloyd E. Rogers, et al, in Feder-x Court for the Southern District of West Virginia. Involved are these houses? Pocahontas & Temple, Welch; Man, Man; Palace, Davy; Elbert, Elbert; Rogers, Keystone. Hew Haven— Three percentage fraud suits against Antonio Boscardin, Jean Stone & Elizabeth Znickerbocker>ere filed in Federal Court here by Warners, Loew's, Para. House involved is Canaan's Colonial. STAUPS SETTLE xoledo, 0. — Eight majors ' percentage fraud actions against E. L. Staup, Paul Staup and Capitol Theaters, Inc., have been settled and dismissed SPECIALLY Good . . . SPECIALLY FAST ... 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