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 #:
000641
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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M-G-M's RIPTIDE i A FEW OF THE RAVES SENT BY THE PRESS ALL OVER AMERICA TO HERALD THE BIGGEST BOX-OFFICE ATTRACTION OF OUR TIME! Harrison Carroll, dramatic editor, L. A. Herald Express and King Features Syndicate writer says : "Norma Shearer more brilliant than ever." Mayme Ober Peake, Boston Globe, says: "It is a profoundly moving picture. Great triumph for Norma Shearer and remarkable cast." Rob Wagner, Saturday Evening Post contributor, former critic Liberty Magazine, editor Beverly Hills Script, says: "Irving Thalberg production 'Riptide' is one of the handsomest productions of the season. Norma Shearer, Robert Montgomery, Herbert Marshall turn in performances that should be tonic to any theatre." Ted Smits, International News Service, says: "Beautifully conceived and directed. Norma Shearer gives most charming performance." Ivan St, Johns, Photoplay Magazine, says: "One of Norma Shearer's greatest performances. It is great entertainment for men and women." John Mitchell, Tower Publications, says: " 'Riptide' will appeal to intelligent audiences everywhere. Irving Thalberg continues to set the pace for fine pictures." Doug Churchill, New York Times, says: " 'Riptide' will be most Welcome to all Norma Shearer fans." Welford Beaton, Hollywood Spectator, says: "Norma Shearer comes back to us in the most brilliant performance of her career." Walter Ramsey, Modern Screen, says: "Norma Shearer in 'Riptide' will remind women of the country of 'Divorcee,' 'Free Soul,' 'Strangers May Kiss.' It is great entertainment." Edwin Schallert, Los Angeles Times, says: " 'Riptide' will exert a great moving effect upon audiences because of the emotional performance of Norma Shearer." Louella Parsons says: " 'Riptide' will thrill every woman. It is just the kind of picture we need to bring back S. R. O. signs. It is a magnificent triumph for Irving Thalberg, Norma Shearer and all those associated with it." Ralph Willi, Film Daily, says: " 'Riptide' is a red letter event for Thalberg, Shearer,Goulding and entire cast." Elizabeth Wilson, Silver Screen, says: "This is the picture for which women have been waiting." Ruth Waterbury, Movie Mirror, says: "Shearer and Montgomery make the screen's most satisfactory co-stars. Their scenes in 'Riptide' are compounded of that gay romance which spells box-office the world over." Alice Tildsley, Philadelphia Public Ledger, says: "One of the best performances Norma Shearer has ever given and one of the best ever given by anyone." Jimmy Fiddler, Screenland, says: "Always a Norma Shearer fan and even more so after seeing 'Riptide.' She is a great artist and it is a great picture." Telegraph wires are sizzling with "Riptide" adjectives! Greatest nationwide advance ballyhoo in history!