Motion Picture Daily (Jan-Mar 1935)

Record Details:

Title:
Motion Picture Daily
Date:
Jan-Mar 1935
Publisher:
New York [Motion picture daily, inc.]
Volume:
Motion picture daily
Leaf #:
000258
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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12 MOTION PICTURE DAILY Monday, January 28, 1935 Financiers Control New Para. Board (Continued from page 1) Trust Co., to its representation on the directorate, which already included Percy H. Johnston and Charles A. McCulloch. Gray replaces Max D. Howell, who had been named to the board in a temporary capacity earlier. The Vanderlip bondholders' committee substitutes Robert K. Cassatt, New York and Philadelphia financier, for Dr. Julius Klein, a business consultant, who was actively engaged in development of the reorganization plan at all stages and who was placed on the board earlier. This committee is also represented on the board by Frank A. Vanderlip and Duncan G. Harris. The stockholders' protective committee retains Gerald Brooks and Maurice Newton on the board. Henry R. Luce, also elected earlier, remains. Stephen Callaghan, one of the three trustees in bankruptcy for Allied Owners Corp., a large Paramount creditor, goes on the board as the representative of that company and as the nominee of William Greve, former head of Allied -and also one of its trustees in bankruptcy. This appointment removes the potential opposition to the plan from the GreveAllied Owners faction. No agreement among the reorganization groups has been reached as yet on the presidency of reorganized Paramount. Schaefer Seen Heavily Backed Considerable support for Schaefer for the post is reported, with more or less general sentiment holding to the belief that while Zukor rightly belongs in a prominent position it need not necessarily be the presidency. Austin Keough, Paramount secretary, and Walter B. Cokell, treasurer, who, with Howell, were elected to the board in temporary capacities in December, are now eliminated from that body. Agreements on the board as now constituted remove all opposition to the reorganization plan which has been considered in any wise significant by those directing the reorganization moves. The claims for representation of Lazard Freres and Frank Altschul apparently are ignored. The agreements leave only Samuel Zirn, counsel for a small bondholders' group, and Archibald Palmer, counsel for a small stockholders' group, in opposition. The indicated opposition of the Munger debenture committee, represented by Szold & Brandwen, has not definitely resolved itself and may not be pressed, it is reported. With the elimination of all major opposition to the olan through the board agreements, the reorganization is expected to make rapid progress with the resumption of hearings on the plan before Federal Judge Alfred C. Coxe today. Academy Group Named Hollywood, Jan. 27. — Gordon Chambers, J. G. Frayne, N. M. LaPorte, Hollis Moyse and R. C. Willman have been appointed members of the scientific sub-committee of the Research Council of the Academy by Chairman Carl Dreher. A t New Paramount 's Helm (Continued from page 1 ) Charles E. Richardson, former trustee in bankruptcy for Paramount; former treasurer of Fox Film. Adolph Zukor, president of Paramount. George Schaefer, Paramount general manager. Floyd B. Odium, president and director of Atlas Utilities Corp. ; vice-president of Electric Bond and Share Co., director of National Power & Light Co. Fordington, representative of British insurance companies, including the Royal, holding Paramount investments. Little could be learned about him on Saturday. LatinA merica (Continued from page 11) Mexico 701 701 Chile 243 215 Cuba 225 400 Colombia 170 385 Uruguay 137 127 Venezuela 134 134 Porto Rico 127 112 Peru 110 100 British West Indies 42 42 Panama 38 33 Salvador 36 47 Dominican Republic 36 20 Costa Rica 29 27 Ecuador 29 22 Guatemala 28 28 Bolivia, 23 25 Nicaragua 22 21 Honduras 14 18 Jamaica 14 14 Bermudas 9 9 Paraguay 9 9 Haiti 7 7 British Guiana 5 5 Bahamas 4 4 Dutch West Indies 4 4 British Honduras 2 2 Total 5,002 5,270 Far East Theatres Theatres Country 1934 1933 Japan 1,600 1,699 Australia .• 1,050 1,050 India 675 685 New Zealand 366 335 China 276 238 Philippines 273 300 Neth. India 192 180 Siam 68 68 British Malay 58 45 Straits Settlements 48 Chosen (Korea) 43 French Indo-China ..40 40 Ceylon 18 18 Fiji Islands 6 6 Society Islands 5 5 Totals 4,718 4,639 Africa and Near East Theatres Country 1934 South Africa 350 Algeria 130 Egypt 89 Persia 30 Syria 26 Palestine 22 East Africa 19 West Africa 12 Iraq 7 Madagascar 4 Totals 689 Theatres 1933 291 150 89 30 20 25 17 12 7 4 645 701 212 400 220 125 125 112 100 42 33 47 25 21 25 28 17 21 26 11 13 9 9 5 5 4 2 5,546 Theatres 1932 1,485 1,500 685 397 200 300 180 68 40 40 16 6 5 4,922 Theatres 1932 350 150 87 33 20 19 9 12 7 4 691 Short Subjects "The Spirit of 1976" (Radio) This miniature musical comedy featuring Walter King and Betty Grabble is an entertaining short subject that should fit in on many a program. The story takes the audience ahead about 40 years and shows the country, of which King is president, operating on a no-work basis. Dissatisfaction sets in and people become tired of playing all the time, so comes the revolution and the inception of an all-work policy. King and Miss Grabble sing several songs in a pleasant fashion. Production Code Seal, No. 431. Running time, 21% minutes. "G." "The Little Big Top" (Educational) As the title implies, this short is built around a circus. Junior Coghlan and Dorothea Kent combine to present a neighborhood circus for an orphan asylum and enlist all the kids as performers. They get Poodles Hanneford's horse which has wandered away from his show. To repay them he does his riding act for their circus and thus puts it over with a bang. Good entertainment. Production code seal, 450. Running time, 20 mins. "G." "Listenin' In" (Vitaphone) Radio fans should appreciate this in a big way, for it presents Cross and Dunn, Mary Small and Irene Taylor in some of their best numbers. The photography and recording are good and no attempt is made to link the performers with any story or plot. They merely do their stuff in an entertaining manner. To be recommended. Reviewed without production code seal. Running time, 10 mins. "G." "Pharaohland" (Van Bear en-Radio) This is a travelogue that covers Egypt, particularly Port Said and the surrounding territory, to the humorous off-screen comments of Jane and Goodman Ace (The Easy Aces). The treatment here is novel and the picture as a whole is good entertainment, having both comedy and interesting shots of a strange land. Production Code Seal, No. 0289. Running time, 9 minutes. "G." Big Crowd Expected At Censor's Dinner Philadelphia, Jan. 27. — The M.P.T.O. testimonial dinner to Samuel D. Schwartz, retiring chairman of the Pennsylvania State Board of Censors, to be held Monday night at the BellevueStratford promises to be one of the film events of the season. Joseph Schenck, president of United Artists, will head a delegation of New York guests, while the local industry is responding whole-heartedly. The function will not only be a farewell to Schwartz, but will also serve to introduce L. Howell Davis, incoming chairman of the board, to the industry. K. C. House Opens Feb. 1 Kansas City, Jan. 27.— The Fox Rockhill, closed for repairs following a fire in the Rockhill building, is scheduled for reopening about Feb. 1.