The Film Daily (1944)

Record Details:

Title:
The Film Daily
Date:
1944
Publisher:
Wid's Films and Film Folk, inc.
Volume:
The Film Daily (Apr-Jun 1944)
Leaf #:
0008
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:
August 01, 2024
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7 "afe Monday, April 3, 1944 Vol. 85, No. 65 Won., April 3, 1944 10 Cents JOHN W. ALICOATE : : : Publisher DONALD M. MERSEREAU General Manager CHESTER B. BAHN : : : : : : Editor Published daily except Saturdays, Sundays and Holidays at 1501 Broadway, New York 18, N. Y., by Wid's Films and Film Folk. Inc. J. W. Alicoate, President and Publisher; Donald M. Mersereau, SecretaryTreasurer; Al Steen. Associate Editor. 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 all communications to THE FILM DAILY, 1501 Broadway, New York, N. Y. Phone BRyant 9-7117, 9-7118, 9-7119, 9-7120, 9-7121. Cable address: Filmday, New York. Representatives: HOLLYWOOD, 28, Calif. —Ralph Wilk, 6425 Hollywood Blvd., Phone Granite 6607. WASHINGTON— Andrew H. Older, 5516 Carolina Place, N. W., Phone Ordway 9221; CHICAGO, 45, III., Joseph Esler, 6241 N. Oakley Ave., Phone Briargate 7441. LONDON— Ernest W. Fredman, The Film Renter, 127-133 Wardoui St., W. I. HAVANA— Mary Louise Blanco, Virtudes 214. HONOLULU— Eileen O'Brien. MEXICO CITY — Marco-Aurelio Galindo, Apartado 8817, Mexico, D. F. FIIVANCIAL (March 31) NEW YORK STOCK MARKET Net High Low Close Chg. 141/2 143/8 141/2 + Vi 183/4 181/2 185/8 + Vb Am. Seat Col. Picts. vtc. (21/2%) Columbia Picts. pfd. . Con. Fm. Ind Con. Fm. Ind. pfd. . . East. Kodak 1 do pfd 1 Cen. Prec. Eq Loew's, Inc Paramount ' )0 (0 $5 pfd .^th Century-Fox 20th Cenjfury-Fcx pfd. Warner Bros NEW YORK Radio-Keith cvs Sonotone Corp Technicolor Trans-Lux Universal Pictures Universal Picts. vtc. . 4'/r 4 4 19% 193/, 193/R bl r/8 1663/4 1663/4 79 179 179 201/4 201/4 201/4 61% 6M/7 6 11/7 2i3/4 251/, 253/4 9 8'/s 9 93 921/4 921/4 ^41/4 23% 233/4 313/4 311/4 3iys i2y8 123/8 121/2 BONDi MARKET ly? 13/8 11/7 2% 21/7 21/7 141/r 141/r 141/r 33/4 33/4 33/4 24 24 24 231/2 223/4 231/8 — % + % + 1/4 + V2 + % + 'A V4 + Vs + % + Vs — Vs + 1/4 + V2 + Vs Trade Leaders at Rites For McQuirk in Philly Philadelphia — With many industry figures among the mourners, funeral services for John J. McQuirk, 73, foi-mer president of and board chairman of the Stanley Company of America and one-time president of First National Pictures, will be held this morning at Our Lady of Victory Church. Interment will' follow in Holy Cross Cemetery. NEWMAN SINCLAIR silent 35mm Camera Wanted or other spring driven camera Alpha Film Laboratories 6000 Fimlico Road, Baltimore 9, Md. H Tlie Uroadway Parade H Picture and Distributor Theater Kings of the Ring (Martin Lewis) — 11th week World The Song of Bernadette (Twentieth Century-Fox)— 10th week Rivoli Passage to Marseille (Warner Bros. Pictures) — 7th week... Hollywood Lady in the Dark (Paramount Pictures) — 7th week Paramount The furple Heart (Twentieth Century-Fox)— 4th week Roxy Shine On, Harvest Moon (Warner B.-os. Pictures)— 4th week Strand Voice in the Wind (United Arrists-Ripiey-'Monter) — 3rd week Victoria The Fighting Seabees (Republic Pictures) — 3rd week Globe See Here, Private Hargrove (Metro-Coldwyn-Mayer Pictures) — 3rd week Astor AM Baba and the Forty Thieves (Universal Pictures) — 3rd week Palace The Impostor (Universal Pictures) — 2nd week Criterion The Heavenly Body (Metro-Coldwyn-Mayer Hctures) — 2nd week Capitol Women in Bondage (Monogram Pictures) — 2nd week Gotham Cover Girl (Columbia Pictures) Music Hall Her iPrimitive Man (Universal Pictures) Loew's State Fly by Night (Paramount Pictures) — Opens tomorrow (a) New York (Blazing Frontiers (Producers Releasing Corp.) — Opens tomorrow (a) New York Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (RKQ Radio-Walt Disney) Manhattan ♦ tOKt:tiJi\ LAMUJAiMli: tEATLRES ♦ Ave Sin Nido (CLASA-Mohme) Belmont Ukraine in Flames (Artkino Pictures) Stanley Journey Through Sweden (Scandia Films) — 4th week 48th St. Theater ♦ tLl'lJltE OPEISII^GS ♦ Four Jills and a Jeep (Twentieth Century-Fox) — April 15 Roxy Uncertain Glory (Warner Bros. Pictures) — April 7 Strand Lost Angel ( Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures) — ^April 8 Criterion Rationing (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (Pictures) — April 8 Globe Broadway Rhythm (Metro-Coldwyn-Mayer Pictures) (c) Capitol Up in Mabel's Room (United Artists) (c) Gotham The White Cliffs of Dover (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures) (a) Music Hall Going My Way? (Paramount Pictures)April 25 Paramount The Yellow Canary (RKO Radio Pictures) (c) Palace Knickerbocker Holiday (United Artists) (c) Victoria Resurrection (CLASA-Mohme)— April 7 ; . ■ .Belmont The Man of the Forest (Scandia Films)— April 8 (a) 48frh St. Theater Resort Flirts (Scandia Films)— April 8 (a) 48th St. Theater (a) Dual bill. (b) Re-issue. (c) Follows current bill. 400 at Chicago V. C/s Dinner for Film Pioneers Chicago — Pour hundred attended the Variety Club pioneers' dinner Friday night at the Blackstone Hotel honoring Chicago and downstate film veterans. Dr. Preston Bradley was the principal speaker. Johnnie Jones, chief barker, presided. Silent tribute was paid to the memory of Mort Singer and George Schaeffer who passed away during the week. Many filnti veterans were here from other cities. Honored guests at the dinner were Sam Abrahams, Harry Grampp, Luding Schindler, Abe Bartelstin, Edward Harris, Simon Simansky, Frank Smith, Steve Bennis, Aaron J. Jones, Morris Choynski, Gus Kerosotes, George K. Spoor, Harry Tague, Sam Levin, Charles Fecher, Norman Field, Harry Lubliner, Frank Thielen, Pop Goldson, Tom Murray, Elizabeth Netter, Frank Gazzola, A. W. Roth, F. U. Young, Sam Schiller, Senator Scott Lucas, Leo McCarthy, PRC, Walter Ranson, Harold Mirsch, Ned Depinet, all RKO; Mr. and Mrs. Nate J. Blumberg, Nate Wolf and Julius Lamin of Cleveland. Companies File Answers In Schoenstadt's Action Chicago — Answers to the Schoenstadt circuit's Picadilly Theater anti-trust action have been filed by Federal Theaters, Warner Bros, subsidiary. Answers are expected this week from RKO, Loew's and Universal. Case has been referred to Judge Charles MacDonald for an early hearing. Montreal Juve Admission Case to Trial April 13 Montreal — A motion declining the jurisdiction of the court made by a defense counsel in the case of two officials of the Verdun Palace Theater charged with admitting minors to motion picture performances was dismissed Friday by Judge Edouard Tellier. His Honor maintained that the Provincial regulation governing the admittance of children under 16 years of age into theaters had been well established. After the continuation of the case was fixed for April 13, Hellman Swards, defense counsel, announced that he would file a writ of prohibition before the civil court. Two from WB in April; "Mark Twain" on May 6 Warners April releases will be "Shine On, Harvest Moon" on the 8th and "Uncertain Glory" on the 22nd. Advanced-price release date of "Adventures of Mark Twain" is set for May 6. "Cover Girl" Holds Over In Virtually All Spots Holdovers or moveovers for "Cover Girl" are following record-breaking openings in virtually all situations, with grosses that insure the picture will be the top money maker in Columbia's history, the home office reported Friday. In its first week of pre-release engagements, "Cover Girl" has piled up grosses that outdistance last year's outstanding "The More The Merrier" by as much as 100 per cent, it wras said. Lt. Hess's Mother Dead Scranton, Pa. — Mrs. Mary Hess, mother of Lt. William Hess, former assistant manager of the Rialto, Scranton, is dead. i\EW YORK THEATERS -RADIO CITY MUSIC HALL—? 50th St. & 6th Ave. RITA HAYWORTH— GENE KELLY 'COVER GIRL" in Technicolor Gala Stage Show Symphony Orchestra 1st Mezz. Seats Reserved. Circle 6-4600 lATtSt MARCH ^ of TIME RADIO CITY MUSIC HALL PARAMOUNT'S "LADY IN THE DARK" In Technicolor In Person XAVIER CUCAT AND BAND DEAN MURPHY PARAMOUNT TIMES SQUARE ERROLL FLYNN PAUL LUKAS "UNCERTAIN GLORY" IN PERSON: TED LEWIS HIS ORCHESTRA AND HIS STAR-STUDDED REVUE STRAIVD OPENS 9 A.M. B'WAY & 47th St BUY BONDS! HUMPHREY BOGART IN WARNERS' PASSAGE to MARSEILLE ''''"'"' ''HOLLYWOOD Midnight Opens 10 A.M. B'way 51st MH P'WAY & 47th St. Maria MONTEZ.Jon HALL.Turhan BEY 'ALI BABA AND THE FORTY THIEVES' ON SCREEN 1st N. Y. Showing HER PRIMITIVE MAN' starring LOUISE ALLBRinON ROBT. PAIGE IN PERSON LEO CARmiO Earl 'Father' HINES and ORCHESTRA OTHER BI6 ACTS tiildtm