Motion Picture Daily (Oct-Dec 1934)

Record Details:

Title:
Motion Picture Daily
Date:
Oct-Dec 1934
Publisher:
New York [Motion picture daily, inc.]
Volume:
Motion picture daily
Leaf #:
000711
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 29, 2022
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AND THE CLIMAX OF A YEAR OF ACHIEVEMENT! 23 HISTORY-MAKING NEWS EVENTS IN ONE ISSUE! Read the synopsis below of the most amazing issue of any newsreel in film history I EDWIN C. HILL tfkvkwA. THE NEWS PARADE OF 1934! Special edition of Hearst Metrotone News presents a spectacular panorama of the history-making events, outstanding thrills and highlights of the year! EUROPE'S TRAGIC YEAR Albert of Belgium heads 1934's toll of rulers called by death — His son takes the throne. Chancellor Dollfuss victim of assassins amid tumultuous scenes in Austria. Turmoil in Paris arouses populace and unseats Cabinet ministers. President Von Hindenburg passes. King Alexander, of Jugoslavia, assassinated as mob battles with slayers in memorable films. Pope Pius, undismayed by world unrest, spreads gospel of peace; proclaims New Holy Year. HISTORY-MAKING FLIGHTS Scott and Black win 12,000-mile London to Melbourne race — New records mark progress of aviation. OUTSTANDING DISASTERS Record drought turns Mid-west into a Sahara — 10,000,000 cattle suffer. Chicago stockyards destroyed in worst fire since 1871. India earthquake kills 15,000 and does $40,000,000 Fire and storm wreck Japan's industrial centres — Thousands die. IJner Monro Castle burns in 1934's most appalling sea horror. THE WAR ON CRIME Lindbergh baby kidnapping sensation! Arrest of Bruno Hauptmann is startling climax to two-year hunt. June Robles abduction has happy ending. Child is returned after 19 days in desert tomb. John Dillinger, Public Enemy No. 1, trapped at last and killed by Federal agents. Al Capone, Machine Gun Kelly and forty others go to Alcatraz, America's Devil's Island. Baby Face Nelson, Dillinger aide, killed in Government's relentless hunt. STRIKE EPIDEMIC PASSES Great textile strike hits 13 states. Terror grips New England towns. General strike paralyzes San Francisco. Rioters bombed with tear gas by police. A YEAR OF SPEED AND THRILLS New streamlined express makes coast-to-coast in 57 hours. Sea and land planes set new records. Fatal crashes mark speed attempts. Russia thrills world with biggest mass parachute jump ever made. Cavalcade's great victory in the Kentucky Derby. The thrilling Indianapolis auto race. AMERICA MARCHES ON! Franklin Roosevelt first President to visit Hawaii. Reviews mightiest navy spectacle since war time. New Deal spurs industry. Nation marches on with President! Vol. VI, No. 226 THE NEW AND GREATER HEARST METROTONE NEWS