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 #:
000126
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 DAI LY Tuesday, January 16, 1934 World Total For Theatres Shows a Drop {Continued from page 1) Authority set aside only 13,500 blanks for theatres in connection with assents to the code. Europe last year stands out in front with the sharpest decline the Motion Picture Division records reveal. That territory in 1933 turned in a total of 29,693 theatres, as compared with 30,623 in 1932, or a shrinkage of 930. The Far East was second with a decline of 283 theatres last year to a total of 4,639 as compared with 4,922 in 1932. Latin-America ranks third in this classification with a 1933 total of 5,270. In 1932, this territory reported 5,546, thereby making the difference 276 in 12 months. How the world's theatres compare last year and the year before is demonstrated in the following charts : 1933 Grand Territory Total Europe 29,693 United States 19,000 Latin America 5,270 Far East 4,639 Canada 1,100 Africa and Near East 645 Totals 60,347 41,822 1932 Grand Sound Territory Total Houses Europe 30,623 17,822 United States 19,042 14,000 Latin America 5,546 1,830 Far East 4,922 2,147 Canada 1,100 777 Africa and Near East 691 379 Totals 61,924 36,955 Interesting is the comparison between theatres, by countries and by year, as revealed in the following comparative tables : Europe Country Theatres Theatres 1933 1932 Germany* 5,100 5,071 England 4,672 4,950 France 3,900 3,300 Spain 2,600 2,600 Italy 2,500 2,500 Czechoslovakia* 2,024 1,900 Russia 2,000 3,200 Sweden* 1,100 1,100 Austria* 850 850 Poland 759 900 Belgium 650 750 Hungary* 633 505 Rumania* 350 400 Denmark* 350 300 Yugoslavia* 338 300 Switzerland* 310 325 Netherlands 255 253 Portugal 250 400 Norway* 220 235 Finland* 220 220 Bulgaria* 145 145 Latvia 107 80 Greece 100 100 Estonia 93 82 Turkey 80 80 Lithuania 80 77 Albania 10 Totals 29,693 30,623 * Exclusive German territory for sound equipment. Latin-America Country Theatres Theatres 1933 1932 Argentina 1,634 1,608 Brazil 1,125 1,600 MOTION PICTURE THEATERS THROUGHOUT THE WORLD ~ 1933 EUROPE e UNITED STATES LATIN AMERICA FAR EAST e CANADA AFRICA & NEAR EAST THOUSANDS OF THEATERS 10 15 20 25 19.000 is.ooo 5,270 e,zo» 4-, 639 ITALICS INDICATE SOUND INSTAL LA TIONS © EXCLUSIVE AMERICAN TERRITORY FOR SOUND EQUIPMENT BUREAU OF FOREIGN AND OOMESTlC COMMERCF. V D \Q_ 74 7 1) MOTION PICTURE THEATERS IN EUROPE 1933 GERMAN"* ENGLAND FRANCE SPAIN ITALY • CZECHOSLOVAKIA RUSSIA SWEDEN • AUSTRIA POLAND BELGIUM • HUNGARY RUMANIA DENMARK YUGOSLAVIA SWITZERLAND NETHERLANDS PORTUGAL • NORWAY FINLAND • BULGARIA LATVIA GREECE ESTONIA TURKEY LITHUANIA ALBANIA MOTION PICTURE THEATERS IN LATIN AMERICA — 1333 ARGENTINA MAI IU '4UJC0 CUBA COLOMBIA CHILE VENEZUELA URUGUAY PORTO BiCO DERU SALVADOR OR. WEST INDIES PANAMA GUATEMALA COSTA RICA BOLIVIA ECUADOR NICARAGUA DOMINICAN RE* HONDURAS JAMAICA BERMUDAS PARAGUAY BO GUIANA BAHAMAS DUTCH W INDIES W HONDURAS « •> 1 33 tS I 28 a : 27 tt 1ZS 18 3 11 ti irtties mucm soum mstuj^nain Europe First In '33 Slump With930Less Mexico 701 Cuba 400 Colombia 385 Chile 215 Venezuela 134 Uruguay 127 Porto Rico 112 Peru 100 Salvador 47 British West Indies 42 Panama 33 Guatemala 28 Costa Rica 27 Bolivia 25 Ecuador 22 Nicaragua I 21 Dominican Republic 20 Honduras 18 Jamaica 14 Bermudas 9 Paraguay 9 Haiti 7 British Guiana 5 Bahamas 4 Dutch West Indies 4 British Honduras 2 Totals 5,270 Far East Country Theatres 1933 Japan 1,669 Australia 1,050 India 685 New Zealand 335 Philippine Islands 300 China 238 Netherlands East Indies .. 180 Siam 68 British Malaya 45 French Indo China 40 Ceylon 18 Fiji Islands 6 Society Islands 5 Totals 4,639 701 400 220 212 125 125 112 100 47 42 33 28 21 17 25 21 25 26 11 13 9 9 5 5 4 2 5,546 Theatres 1932 1,485 1,500 685 397 300 200 180 68 40 40 16 6 5 4,922 Africa, Near East Theatres Theatres Country 1933 1932 South Africa 291 350 North Africa 150 150 Egypt 89 87 Persia 30 33 Palestine 25 19 Syria 20 20 East Africa 17 9 West Africa 12 12 Iraq 7 7 Madagascar 4 4 Totals 645 691 MOTION PICTURE THEATERS IN THE FAR EAST 1933 JAPAN AUSTRALIA INDIA NEW ZEALAND PHILI PPINE IS. CHINA NETH. INDIA SIAM BR. MALAYA FR. INDO CHINA CEYLON FIJI ISLANDS SOCIETY IS. ITALTCS tNDICAre SOUND INSTALLATIONS BUREAU OF FOMWH AND DOMESTIC COMMERCE £q fr/f^g] MOTION PICTURE THEATERS IN AFRICA & THE NEAR EAST -1933 NUMBER OF THEATERS 0 100 200 300 SOUTH AFRICA NORTH AFRICA EGYPT PERSIA PALESTINE SYRIA EAST AFRICA WEST AFRICA IRAQ MADAGASCAR 89 is m 30 s I 25 is ] ZO 20 I 17 13 Jl27 ] 7 6 |4, I 291 195 ITALICS INDICATE SOUND INSTALLATIONS BUREAU OF FOREIGN AMD DOMESTIC COMMERCE J 7-fJQJ