Motion Picture Daily (Oct-Dec 1955)

Record Details:

Title:
Motion Picture Daily
Date:
Oct-Dec 1955
Publisher:
New York [Motion picture daily, inc.]
Volume:
Motion picture daily
Leaf #:
000291
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:
November 10, 2022
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THE EYES OF THE INDUSTRY ARE ON "GUYS AND DOLLS'! An attraction of atomic-like impact came to Broadway over the past week-end -Samuel Goldwyn's cinematographic creation of the times and types and tunes of "Guys and Dolls." The court of last resort — the paying customers — were heard from, first on Friday over the pelting rain and shrieking wind of an Autumn storm and, again and again, in an increasing crescendo on Saturday and Sunday. At the conclusion of the week-end the bulging box office revealed a rate of income never previously matched on Broadway. This impressive development tells in unmistakable terms its own story of Samuel Goldwyn's masterful design and execution in showmanship. It has in addition a heart-warming message to the business of motion pictures at large. It is renewed proof of the responsiveness of the public to the successful realization of an attraction that, making no compromise with mediocrity, reached relentlessly for the stars. An Editorial by Martin Quigley in Motion Picture Herald, Issue of November 12, 1955 — BOMBSHELL ! Boston, Astor Theatre, now playing. Chicago, Chicago Theatre, now playing. Philadelphia, Randolph Theatre, now playing. Washington, D. C, Keith Theatre, opens November 16. San Francisco, Stage Door, opens November 17. Los Angeles, Paramount (Hoi.), opens November 22. Detroit, Adams Theatre, opens November 24. BOX-OFFICE HISTORY WILL REPEAT!