Motion Picture Daily (Jan-Mar 1934)

Record Details:

Title:
Motion Picture Daily
Date:
Jan-Mar 1934
Publisher:
New York [Motion picture daily, inc.]
Volume:
Motion picture daily
Leaf #:
00092
Language:
English
Subjects:
Motion pictures, Motion pictures -- Periodicals
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:
A New York-based daily trade paper published by Martin Quigley. The companion to Quigley's better known weekly publication, MOTION PICTURE HERALD, and a direct competitor to THE FILM DAILY, which was also published out of New York. Established in 1930, MOTION PICTURE DAILY enjoyed a circulation of roughly 5,000 readers most years of its four decades in print (a nearly identical circulation to THE FILM DAILY, but only one third of the readership of MOTION PICTURE HERALD, which reached a wider audience of exhibitors). In the 1930s, the MOTION PICTURE DAILY's editor, Maurice Kann, called on the movie industry to shift more production back to the East Coast. Any productions that filmed in New York received ample attention. New York City never regained its production lead over Hollywood, but the major studios used the Big Apple for their corporate and distribution headquarters. As a result, MOTION PICTURE DAILY tended to focus on economic and regulatory issues confronting the film industry. -- Eric Hoyt, 2014
Date Added:
August 28, 2022
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2 MOTION PICTURE DAILY Thursday, January II, 19 Unanimously conceded by press, public and exhibitors co be greater than his-"7th Heaven," Frank Borzage's "A MAN'S CASTLE" featuring Spencer Tracy and Loretta Young continues to cover itself with glory at the box-office. MOTION PICTURE DAILY (Registered U. S. Patent Office) Vol. 35 January 11, 1934 No. 9 Martin Quigley Editor-in-Chief and Publisher MAURICE KANN Editor JAMES A. CRON Advertising Manager Published daily except Sunday and holidays by Motion Picture Daily, Inc., subsidiary of Quigley Publications, Inc., Martin Quigley, President; Cotvin Brown, Vice-President and Treasurer. Publication Office: 1790 Broadway, New York. Telephone Circle 7-3100. Cable address "Quigpubco, New York.' All contents copyrighted 1934 by Motion Picture Daily, Inc. Address all correspondence to the New York Office. Other Quigley publications: MOTION PICTURE HERALD, BETTER THEATRES, THE MOTION PICTURE ALMANAC and THE CHICAGOAN. . . Hollywood Bureau: Postal Union Life Building, Vine and ¥ucca Streets, Victor M Shapiro. Manager; Chicago Bureau: 407 South Dearborn Street, Edwin S. Clifford, manager; London Bureau: 1021 A Finchley Road, Golders Green, Bernard Charman. Representative; Berlin Bureau: Berlin-Tempelhof, Kaiserin-Augustastrasse 28, Joachim K. Rutenberg. Representative; Paris Bureau: 19, Rue de la Cour-des-Noues, Pierre Autre. Representative; Rome Bureau: Viale Gorizia, Vittorio Malpassuti. Representative; Sydney Bureau: 102 Sussex Street, Cliff Holt. Representative; Mexico City Bureau: Apartado 269, James Lockhart, Representative; Glasgow Bureau: 86 Dundrennan Road, G. Holmes, Representative; Budapest Bureau: 11_ Olaaz Faspr 17, Endre Hevesi, Representative. Entered as second class matter January 4, 1926 at the Post Office at New York City, N. Y., under Act of March 3, 1879. Subscription rates per year: $6 in the Americas, except Canada $15 and foreign $12. Single copies: 10 cents. Flax Takes Astor List Flax Brothers have taken over Astor Pictures Corp. product for distribution in Maryland, District of Columbia, Delaware and Virginia through the Liberty Film Exchange, Washington. The list includes 12 three-reel "Bud 'n Ben" westerns, 12 two-reel "Flash" thrillers and "Killers of the Chaparral." T. J. Grady Dead Richmond, Jan. 10. — T. J. Grady, 52, well-known in theatrical circles here, who for several years had been living in West Point, Va., died at his home at that place. P. -P. Meet Is Postponed A Paramount Publix creditors' meeting scheduled for yesterday before Referee Henry K. Davis was postponed to Jan. 17. Consolidated Film Leads Rising Market Net High Low Close Change Sales Columbia Pictures, vtc 23A 23A 23A + Ya 100 Consolidated Film Industries 3J4 3% 354+54 400 Consolidated Film Industries, pfd 12% 11J4 12% +154 2,200 Eastman Kodak 8154 80 81% +154 900 Fox Film "A" 1234 1254 12»4 .... 300 Loew's, Inc 27 26-/4 27 + Ys 1,800 Loew's, Inc., pfd 73H 73Vt 73H + H 100 Paramount, cts 2 V/& 2 + ft 2,400 Pathe Exchange "A" 1154 W7A HJ4 + A 500 RKO VA &A — Ys 400 Warner Bros S% 5% + Yt 3,000 Technicolor Off % on Curb Net High Low Close Change Sales Technicolor VA 854 %Ys — H 400 Loew Bonds Jump iys Points Net 'High Low Close Change Sales General Theatre Equipment 6s '40 4 4 4 + A 8 eneral Theatre Equipment 6s '40, ctf 4 4 4 s7 1 Keith B. F. 6s '46 52 5154 52 — 54 2 loew's 6s '41, ww deb rights S7Vt 8654 87% +VA 7 Paramount Broadway 554s '51 3054 3054 3054 + Vs 1 Paramount F. L. 6s '47 30 30 30 + H 2 Paramount Publix 554s '50 2954 29 2954 — 54 5 'athe 7s '37, ww 8854 88 88 3 Warner Bros. 6s '39, wd 42 4154 42 15 Jacob Genell Buried Jacob Genell, former exhibitor, who passed away late Monday evening, was buried yesterday following services held at Garlick's Funeral Chapel. He was 45 and left a wife and two daughters. About a year ago he lost a son. Genell was formerly a partner in the Genell, Pekelner and Horowitz circuit and suffered a paralytic stroke shortly after the collapse of the organization about three years ago. Temple Benefit Set The annual benefit for Temple Ezrath Israel for the maintenance of its Actors' Chapel will be held Sunday night at the Majestic. Those who have promised to appear include : Willie and Eugene Howard, George Jessel, Bert Lahr, Jack Benny, Mary Livingston and others. The committee in charge includes Abe Lastfogel, William Rowland, Herman Bernie and Rabbi Bernard Birstein. South on Upgrade: Scully Back from a sales trip to the south, William Scully, M-G-M district manager, reports business has picked up to such an extent that exhibitors are keeping it no secret. Few, if any, theatres are closed, Scully reports. He visited Washington and Charlotte before returning yesterday. Delay Warner Suit Trial of the Department of Justice anti-trust suit against Warner Bros, based on the acquisition of First National was postponed yesterday to March 10. The action, pending for more than two years, had been scheduled for trial in TJ. S. District Court here yesterday. i Purely Personal ► Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., will sail Saturday on the lie de France to resume work in London. He arrives here today. He has just finished "Success Story" for Radio. Maurice Chevalier will stay in town for a few days before leaving for the coast to start work in "The Merry Widow" for M-G-M. The George O'Briens (Marguerite Churchill) were interested spectators at the charity tennis match at the Garden last night. Herman Starr and Gradweli Sears leave this afternoon on the Orange Blossom Special for a short vacation in Miami. Rube Wolf has arrived from the coast and takes up the baton as master of ceremonies for the Roxy starting tomorrow. Dolores Del Rio and her husband, Cedric Gibbons, attended Tuesday's performance of "The Dark Tower." TWO LITTLE WORDS THAT MEAN A GOLD MINE FROM WARNER BROS. Felix Feist for M-G-M tion. general sales manager is on a two weeks' vaca Bert Sanford of Erpi is in Boston and will remain there for the rest of the week. Barbara Stanwyck is due in town in a day or two for an indefinite stay. Terry-Toons Booked "Sunny South," a Terry-Toon, has been booked into the Music Hall, beginning today. Another Terry-Toon. "The Village Blacksmith." has been booked over the entire RKO metropolitan circuit for the week starting Saturday. Headliners for Ampa Dolores Del Rio, Walter Huston, Howard Hawks and Cedric Gibbons will grace the Ampa roster today in addition to fan magazine editors. John C. Flinn will preside. Over ten million readers of daily newspapers get a laugh out of George Herriman's comic strip, "KRAZY KAT", but many more millions get a hundred laughs out of each "Krazy" on the screen! Tongues are buzzing in Hollywood about Frank Borzage's "Men Of Tomorrow," based on Ferenc Molnar's world famous novel. They're all saying that it's one of the biggest things he's ever done. Keep your eye on this one! You're in for one of the most delightful surprises of the year when you hear Ann Sothern sing the hit songs in "LET'S FALL IN LOVE," asparkling musical romance featuring Edmund Lowe, with Miriam Jordan and Gregory RatofF