The Film Daily (1948)

Record Details:

Title:
The Film Daily
Date:
1948
Publisher:
Wid's Films and Film Folk, inc.
Volume:
The Film Daily (Jan-Mar 1948)
Leaf #:
000482
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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^fe Friday, March 26. 1948 JOHN W. ALICOATE DONALD M. MERSEREAU : Associote Publisher and General Manager CHESTER B. BAHN Published daily except Saturdays, Sundays and Holidays at 1501 Broadway, New York 18, iN. Y., by Wid's Films and Film Folk, Inc. J. W. Alicoate, President; Donald M. Mersereau, Vice-President and Treasurer; Patti Alicoate, Vice President and Secretary. Entered as second class matter, Sept. 8, 1938, at the post-office at New York, N. Y., under the act of March 3, 1879. Terms (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 _".: 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 Film-tay, New York. WEST COAST OFFICES Ralph Will 6425 Hollywood Blvd. WASHINGTON BUREAU Andrew H. Older, Chief Manning Clagett 6417 Oahlonega Rd. 2122 Decatur PI., NW Phone: Wisconsin 3271 Phone: Hobart 7627 CHICAGO BUREAU C. L. Esler Phone: Briargate 7441 STAFF CORRESPONDENTS LONDON— Brnest W. Fredman, The Film Renter. 127-133 Wardour St.. W. 1. HAVANA— Mary Louise Blanco Vlrtudes 214. BOMBAY — Ram L. Gagtay, Kitab Mahal, 100 Hornby Rd.. Fort, Bombay 1. ALGIERS — Paul SafTar, Filmafric, 8 Rue Charras. MONTREAL— Ray Carmkhael. Room 9, 464 Francis Xavier St. VANCOUVER — Jack Droy. 411 Lyric Theater lildg. SYDNEY Bowden Fletcher. 19 Moxon Ave.. Punchbowl. N. S. Phone, UY 2110. BRUSSELS— Jean Pierre Mevs. 110 Rue des Paquerettes. COPENHAGEN— John Llndberg, Jernbanealle No. 3. Copenhagen-Van Loese. ROME — John Perdlcarl, Via I.udovisi 16. rhone. 42758. MEXICO CITY — Latin American News Service. Humboldt 49. Phones: Mexicana 35-79-87. Ericsson, 18-30-90. BUDAPEST— Andor Laita. Filmmuveszetl Evkonvv. Thokoly-ut 75, Budapest. XIV. STOCKHOLM — Gilbert GeU. Erstagaten 18 (III). DEATHS JOHN B. MURPHY, head of Murphy Theater Service, Metro Theater Service, at Detroit. LEONARD KREISER, V.U. Youik Circuit auditor, at Indianapolis. MRS. IRVING JACOCKS, nother of Don, Burt and ft-bel,' industryites, at flew Haven. WILLIAM J. RICHARDSON, formerly with B & K, at South Bend. Femmes Honored AMPA honored "Women in Motion Picture advertising and Publicity" at a luncheon in Town Hall yesterday. 35 MM REQUIREMENTS AT PEAK Rochester-Requirements for 35 mm. films are the greatest in the history of the industry. Perley S. Wilcox, Eastman chairman, and Thomas J. Hargrave, president, said in an annual report. It was predicted 1948 production should overtake demand in several film, camera, equipment lines. U.K.STUDIOS FOR SHERMAN? London (By Cable) — Harry Sherman, thru his British rep. Sara Kepner, is making a confidential survey of English production activity relative to the Hollywood producer's plan to construct permanent studio facilities here. Sherman would use studios for his own pix and for leasiig purposes. JUVENILE PIX ATTENDANCE OFF Children's film attendance has fallen off significantly in the past year, Ted R. Gamble said yesterday, citing his theaters' own experience and that of "an Eastern circuit." Gamble cited two reasons: Parents' unfavorable impression of films thru recent publicity, increased admissions. Exhibs. should take steps to recapture juve audience, Gamble declared. Better pix, special kid shows hold the answer to the problem, he said Missouri Charter For Allied ITO Kansas City— Allied Independent Theater Owners of Kansas and Missouri has been incorporated as a nonprofit organization. Want Reds Ousted Toronto — Chambers of Commerce have demanded the Dominion Government expell Communists from goverment film and other services. Wolf to Embassy President Joe Levine announces the appointment of Joe Wolf as Embassy Pictures general sales manager. London Films '48 Lineup Totals 12 With five pix done, four on the floor and three to go, London Films will have completed its 12-pix schedule for '48, Vincent Korda said upon arrival here on the Queen Elizabeth yesterday for a month' s stav. YOUR FILM DAILY DELIVERED TO YOU IN LOS ANGELES AND VICINITY BY MANNING'S DELIVERY SERVICE A SPECIALIZED MESSENGER AND DELIVERY SERVICE HO-3129 cominc add GoiriG MURRAY 'SILVERS-TONE, MARGARET O'BRIEN, MRS. GLADYS O'BRIEN, ALFRED HITCHCOCK, JEAN SIMONS, HUME CRONYN, NA' XE SCHAFER, SIR PHlLlP WARTER and LADY WARTER sail for England today on the Queen Elizabeth. CARL DREYER, Danish DIRECTOR, FROM COPENHAGEN NEXT WEEK. NORMAN PANAMA and MELVIN FRANK in from the Coast. GAR MOORE has arrived in Hollywood from New York. SIDNEY N. STROTZ, NBC vice prexy, in from the Coast for a tour cf inspection of NBC tele FACILITIES. Dewey Signs Albany — Laws to include towns in laws regulating admission of children to theaters with matrons, and forblind persons with seeing-eye dogs from theaters, were signed by Governor Dewey. INTERNATIONAL TICKET CO.