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Motion Picture Daily (Jan-Mar 1935)

Page scan 000627 from Motion Picture Daily

Record Details:

Title:
Motion Picture Daily
Date:
Jan-Mar 1935
Publisher:
New York [Motion picture daily, inc.]
Volume:
Motion picture daily
Leaf #:
000627
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:
July 11, 2024
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BY DIRECT WIRE FROM Class of Service I22i This is a full-rate Telegram or Cablegram unless its deferred character is indicated by a suitable sign above or preceding the address. WESTERN UNION NEWCOMB CARLTON. PRESIDENT J. C. W1LLEVER. FIRST VICE-PRESIDENT ft V SIGNf DL J JO?! T A NM NL — iNJ I C7 r» t" T r*rt-ii r i^iyill Letter LCO = Deferred Cable NLT = Cable Night Letter WLT s = Week-End Letter r The filing thne as shown in the date line on full-rate telegrams and day letters, and the time of receipt at destination as shown on all messages, is STANDARD TIME. 10NY K 71DL CHICAGO I LLS FEB 21 1933 GRAD SEARS WARNER BROS PICTURES INC NY WAS GREATLY DISAPPOINTED TO LEARN FROM YOUR LOCAL EXCHANGE THAT YOUR COMPANY PLANS TO SET BACK RELEASE DATE OF GOLD DIGGERS OF 1935 WHICH IS NOW SCHEDULED FOR MARCH SIXTEENTH STOP GOLD DIGGERS PRODUCTIONS EACH YEAR HAVE ALWAYS BEEN OUTSTANDING BOX OFFICE ATTRACTIONS WHICH INDUSTRY GREATLY NEEDS AT THIS TIME AND I URGE YOU TO USE YOUR INFLUENCE TO DO EVERYTHING POSSIBLE TO RELEASE GOLD DIGGERS MARCH SIXTEENTH AS PLANNED OR EARLIER PLEASE ADVISE JOHN BALABAN PATRONS ARE REQUESTED TO FAVOR THE COMPANY BY CRITICISM AND SUGGESTION CONCERNING ITS SERVICE