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 #:
000360
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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MOTION PICTURE DAILY Saturday, February 17, 19341 MOTION PICTURE DAILY (Registered U. S. Patent Office) Vol. 35 February 17, 1934 No. 40 m 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; Colvin 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 Yucca Streets, Victor M. Shapiro, Manager; Chicago Bureau: 407 South Dearborn Street, Edwin S. Clifford, manager; London Bureau: 6 Brookland Close, Hampstead Garden Suburb, Bernard Char man. 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 Fasor 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. Not So, Says Cohen Julius Cohen, reported in negotiation with the Evening Post to take charge of its theatrical advertising department, yesterday conceded a deal was on some weeks ago but that Boris Goldreyer, formerly with the Herald-Tribune had taken over the post. Cohen said he continues with the Journal of Commerce. May Settle Dispute Memphis, Tenn., Feb. 16. — Settlement of M. A. Lightman's difficulties with the union soon is possible as the result of conferences here with W. P. Raoul, national labor leader. MOTION PICTURE ALMANAC 1934-35 NOW /A/ PMPAAA T/OA/ WHERE THE WORLD LOOKS FOR MOTION PICTURE I0TI0N ICTUM 954-55 PRICE »5 Dembow Seeks Showdown for K.C. Theatres (Continued from page 1) for a year and a half, and has been waiting for some form of settlement. Dembow says the decision to start a downtown price war is a direct result of the suburbans' unwillingness to relinquish dime nights, double bills and giveaways, with triple attractions at some houses two nights weekly. The Newman cut from 60 to 40 cents last April, but with the exception of some outstanding attractions grosses have dropped. "We're doing this in self-defense," said Dembow, "and when I get back to New York and tell Nate Blumberg what we're doing I'm pretty sure he will follow suit at the RKO Mainstreet." Pittsburgh Stanley Back to Stage Show Pittsburgh, Feb. 16. — After originally announcing that it would continue under a straight picture policy despite the resumption of stage shows by the opposition Penn, the Stanley reversed its decision and today returned to presentations after a lapse of two years. Under stage shows, the Stanley's price scale will be boosted from 35 to 40 cents in the afternoon and from 50 to 60 cents at night. 1st of Hanson Chain Opened in Toronto Toronto, Feb. 16. — The Carlton Theatre, the first link in the Canadian chain planned by Hanson Theatres. Ltd., as an outlet for British firstruns in Canada, was opened here tonight with an audience liberally sprinkled with this city's notables in attendance. Smuggle News Shots Out of Vienna;OnWay (Continued from page 1) lations by filming scenes of the first day's rioting in Vienna, cable reports to New York stated. Released on the second day of the rebellion, new shots were obtained and were taken out of the country in spite of a close governmental watch over airports, railroad shipments and main highways out of the country, according to the cables. First newsreel shots of the recent rioting in Paris made their appearance in Broadway theatres yesterday. The films arrived on the EuroPa Thursday. Fox Movietone made an unsuccessful effort to score a 24-hour "beat" by attempting to transfer its film consignment to a plane while the ship was still at sea. Bad weather prevented the feat from succeeding. Universal. Paramount and Pathe obtained considerable footage of the rioting and the clips were added immediately to releases current on Broadwav. /. M. Schenck, Mayer Stay on Bank Board (Continued from page 1) Savings Ass'n. at its annual meeting here. They were among the lucky ones who escaped the slashing of the membership of the board of directors from 50 to 25 in accordance with the National Banking Act of 1933. A. P. Giannini will continue as chairman of the board and Dr. A. H. Giannini as chairman of the general executive committee. Nudist Suit Off Again Suit brought by Mike Mindlin for an accounting of profits on "This Nude World." and scheduled for a hearing yesterday in Supreme Court at Mineola. L. I., was postponed to Tuesdav. Loew Pfd. Soars 5x/± on Big Board Net High Low Close Change Sales Columbia Pictures, vtc 2654 26 2654 + 54 500 Consolidated Film Industries 534 554 5}4 —54 1.400 Consolidated Film Industries pfd 1754 16fi 1654 —1 5.200 Eastman Kodak 92 90f6 92 +154 1.800 Eastman Kodak pfd 1291/4 129J4 12954 +154 3.000 Fox Film "A" 17 16Vs 17 + 54 2,700 Loew's, Inc 34U 33H 33V2 — 54 28.800 Loew's Inc., pfd 9V/2 8954 9154 +S'A 400 M-G-M pfd 25 24J4 24y2 .... 200 Paramount, cts 5% 5J4 SU + V2 46,100 Pathe Exchange 3% 3Vz Hi +VS 9,400 Pathe Exchange "A" 18!^ 17% 177/s — % 1,500 RKO V/t 354 4 + yi, 59.600 Universal Pictures, pfd 33 32 32 +2 3.000 Warner Bros nA 7% 7% + yt 25,500 Technicolor and Universal Drop x/± on Curb Net High Low Close Change Sales Technicolor 1054 10 10 — H 800 Trans Lux 2 3 3 .... Universal Pictures ty\ 4$i 4M — 54 100 RKO Bonds Gain Two Points Net High Low Close Change Sales General Theatre Equip. 6s '40 W/s 9ii 1054 +1 120 General Theatre Equipment 6s '40 ctf 10 954 10 + 34 86 Keith B. F 6s '46 61 6054 61 .... 3 Loew's 6s '41 ww deb rights 9654 9554 9654 +13£ 13 Paramount Broadway 554s '51 39 38 38 —2 7 Paramount F. L. 6s '47 5054 4854 48J4 —134 IS Paramount Publix 554s '50 5054 49 49 —1 49 Pathe 7s '37 ww 92 92 92 +1 4 RKO 6s '41 pp 38 34 38 +2 11 Warner Bros. 6s '39 wd 59 5S 5854 -fl 41 Refuses to Discuss Doubles Situation Chicago, Feb. 16. — E. T. Gomersall, western division sales manager for Universal, refused to comment in his company's attitude toward th': double feature situation here, saying that it was entirely out of consideration on his present trip. Today h': met George Levine, Milwaukee : Frank Mantake, Minneapolis ; Manny Gottlieb, Detroit; Floyd Brown, Indianapolis and Henry Herbel, Chicago, all branch managers, in a sales confab. Carl Laemmle also arrived here today en route to the coast, accompanied by W. B. Kramer of the Universal home office. The latter left for Kansas City tonight. St. Louis Awaiting Operators'W age Rule St. Louis, Feb. 16.— Considerable speculation has been stirred here by Division Administrator Sol. A. Rosenblatt's New York ruling that wages actually in effect on Aug. 23, 1933. regardless of whether they were temporary scales or contract scales, must be continued under the code. Dr. William G. Patton. neutral arbitrator called in by Fred Wehrenberg of the M.P.T.O. and Oscar Kleintops. business agent of Local 143. has not handed down a ruling on a dispute covering this point. Depinet's New Post Was Held by Kahane (Continued from page 1) president of RKO Radio Pictures and becomes president of RKO Studios. Depinet was formerly vice-president of RKO Distributing, together with 1 rank O'Heron, who continues in that capacity, but with no direct control over sales. It is believed that there will be only one vice-president of the distributing company in the future, that one being O'Heron and no successor to Depinet being named. Decision Reserved On Operator Order Decision was reserved yesterday by the Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court on Judge Collins' decision recently ordering back the same number of operators dismissed by 11 theatres in the I. T. 0. A. Attorneys for both Local 306 and the I. T. O. A. attended the hearing. Break Buffalo Record Buffalo, Feb. 16. — Mike Shea's Great Lakes went to a new one-day record yesterday following the arrival of the "Moulin Rouge" caravan. Shea himself took part in the reception. Mayor Zimmerman greeted the visitors at the city hall and the police reserves were called out. More police wrere necessary at the Statler reception. The party leaves today for Cleveland, stopping at Erie for lunch. Myers Leaves Abram F. Myers has returned to Washington following a two-day session with Sidney E. Samuelson on Allied policy. Myers returns again next week, possibly Wednesday, to discuss appointment of six regional vice-presidents in line with the national cabinet of Samuelson's.