Motion Picture Daily (Apr-Jun 1936)

Page scan 000348 from Motion Picture Daily

Record Details:

Title:
Motion Picture Daily
Date:
Apr-Jun 1936
Publisher:
New York [Motion picture daily, inc.]
Volume:
Motion picture daily
Leaf #:
000348
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 04, 2024
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During the week of May 22nd-28th, the entire motion picture industry will stage a coast -to -coast drive for funds for the Will Rogers Memorial Hospital at Saranac Lake, New York. At that time, the hospital, formerly the N. V. A. Sanitorium, will be dedicated, not only as a memorial to the beloved humorist -philosopher, but as a haven for the ill and needy of the entire motion picture industry. Mr. Exhibitor, you, like all the other big-hearted people in show -business, have given your aid^/to hundreds of causes outside the industry. This oiie is your own! We needn't say more. CAMPAIGN HEADQUARTERS WILL ROGERS MEMORIAL HOSPITAL FUND — ROOM 414 1619 Broadway New York L. E. THOMPSON, Chairman I HEREBY APPLY FOR MEMBERSHIP IN THE WILL ROGERS MEMORIAL HOSPITAL FUND AS FOLLOWS: 1. I will take collections three times daily in my ar|d run tne trailer j — j with Lowell Thomas, Bing Crosby, Shirley Temple, Irvin Cobb and n n° May Robson, during the week of May 22nd 28th. I will subscribe memberships for my Jj,'^'^" on *ne seating basis, and Q^j YES enclose my check for $ (Each theaiie seating 500 or less $10) (Each theatre seating 1000 to 2000 $20/ ( " " " 500 to 1000 $15 ) ( " over 2000 $25) I will also invite patrons to leave contributions at box office. NAME ADDRESS NAMES AND CAPACITIES OF THEATRES ADOPT ONE OF THESE PLANS AND BE 100 PER CENT PAR. READ THIS COUPON CAREFULLY! Many theatres are not able to take collections, due to lack of personnel, policy set up, etc. If this is so in your case — the membership plan is open to you/ Get behind it!