Motion Picture Daily (Apr-Jun 1936)

Record Details:

Title:
Motion Picture Daily
Date:
Apr-Jun 1936
Publisher:
New York [Motion picture daily, inc.]
Volume:
Motion picture daily
Leaf #:
000794
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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!6 MOTION PICTURE DAILY Tuesday, June 16, 192 RKO Budget Biggest Ever, Spitz Says (Continued from page 1) dith and Eduardo Cianello have already been cast for the picture, he said, and efforts are being made to get John Barrymore and several other important players. In addition, Berman will make two Fred Astaire-Ginger Rogers musicals, two with Katharine Hepburn, one of which will be "Quality Street" and the other "Portrait of a Rebel" in addition to a Lily Pons picture which will be "Street Girl." Berman leaves for Hollywood Friday. The company's lineup next season will comprise 54 features. The figure takes in the six George O'Briens to be produced by George Hirliman, two Joe E. Browns, to be made by David Loew, and three Bobby Breens, which will be produced by Sol Lesser. There will be a minimum of 22 big pictures, it was stated by an important sales executive yesterday. The announcement will be made to the sales staff today. Most of yesterday's session at the Waldorf was taken up with a review of the current season's lineup. Ned E. Depinet called the morning session to order and read telegrams from numerous exhibitors throughout the country. He stated that the current season showed an increase of 67J-2 per cent in contracts over last season. He also spoke of the company's increase in distribution in the foreign field. Cresson E. Smith, western and southern division sales head ; E. L. McEvoy, eastern division sales head ; Harry Michaelson, head of short subject sales, addressed the men and told them the company was starting in better shape than ever before. Jules Levy presented gold and silver medals to "blue ribbon" salesmen, who have sold 90 per cent or more of the possibilities in their territories. Six gold medals were awarded for 100 per cent sales to : Fred Horn and E. J. Frace, Sioux Falls; C. Boasberg, Buffalo; J. J. Clarke, Chicago; G. R. Giroux, Los Angeles, and W. V. Adwell, Dallas. Thirty -nine silver medals for 90 to 99 per cent sales went to: F. G. Ross, Boston; B. R. Keller, Portland; W. C. Winters, Minneapolis; S. Gorelick, Chicago; P. D. Fielding. Oklahoma City; C. J. Dressel, Minneapolis; H. F. Goldstein, Boston; E. L. Dyson, Kansas City; J. H. Gruben, Dallas; S. W. Whitehead and J. Rubenstein, Los Angeles; J. B. Brecheen. Dallas; E. J. Epstein, Philadelphia; H. F. Cohen, New Orleans; A. A. Renfro and J. Lewis, Kansas City; J. Graham and E. Lebby, Pittsburgh; H. Melcher. Milwaukee; B. S. Bryan and F. W. Salley, Atlanta; H. W. Landstrom and H. C. Fuller, Salt Lake City; C. L. De Vizia and M. M. Ames, Boston; E. G. Huhnke, O. Hanson and W. J. Foley, Omaha; J. L. Raper. Minneapolis; R. S. Nolan, Chicago; R. L. Brentlinger. Indianapolis; R. E. Pfeiffer, New Orleans; C. D. Burton. Oklahoma City; W. F. De Frenne, St. Louis; G. R. Seach, San Francisco; R. F. Branon. Charlotte; J. A. McKnight, Cincinnati; M. E. Lefko, Cleveland; R. F. Crawford, Des Moines. Phil Reisman, foreign head, spoke on the progress the company has made abroad and the opening of new offices in Brazil, Austria and Poland. Spitz, M. H. Aylesworth, Ned E. Depinet, Jules Levy, Briskin, Berman, David Loew, Edward Gross and Roy Disney are scheduled to talk today on the new season's output. S. Barret McCormick will discuss advertising, publicity and exploitation ; Howard Benedict, studio publicity ; Leon Bamberger, sales promotion ; Lou Gaudreau, accessories. A party will be given the men by Major Edward Bowes in his Capitol Theatre suite. Wires expressing confidence in the organization were received from Sam Bendheim, Jr., Richmond, and Morton G. Thalheimer, Richmond ; John F. Kumler, Toledo ; Mike Rosenberg, Los Angeles ; Milt Arthur, Los An geles ; Rick Ricketson, Denver; Charles R. Gilmour, president, Gibraltar Enterprise, Inc. ; Harry L. Nace, Phoenix ; John Hamrick, Seattle ; E. M. Hartley, New York; Abe Blank, Des Moines ; Najeeb N. Lawand, Montreal ; John Hazza, Calgary, Alta. ; Bob McNeil, Santa Cruz, Cal. ; George Rotsky, Montreal ; Jules and Herb Allen, Toronto; Ken Leach, Calgary ; J. J. Fitzgibbons, Toronto ; Ray Tubman, Winnipeg ; Oscar Hanson, Toronto ; Harold and Dan Yield, Minneapolis ; B. & F. Theatres, Ltd., Toronto ; Samuel H. Levin, San Francisco and others. One of the most interesting was from Vincent Youmans, composer of "Carioca," who is in Colorado Springs recovering from a recent illness. At six o'clock the convention was guest of W. G. Van Schmus at a cocktail party at the Music Hall. Last night, the delegates saw "Boy Meets Girl" as guests of John Hay Whitney. Theatre Men Here, Too All RKO theatre division heads are in town for the Radio convention. They include Cliff Work, San Francisco; Nat Holt, Cleveland; James Brennan, Trenton ; James A. Christie, Chicago; Charles Koerner, Boston. Fred Meyers, New England supervisor, returned over the week-end from a tour of theatres in his division and will leave Thursday for Detroit, Boston, Providence and Syracuse. He expects to be gone about a week. Mort Singer, RKO theatre partner in the Midwest, is scheduled to arrive from the coast tomorrow. Charles McDonald, William Eng Photographic interlude at the Radio convention. Left to right: Sam Briskin, Leo Spitz, Ned E. Depinet and Jules Levy. land and Roy Byron are now in Ber muda on a two weeks' vacation. Making 3, Releasing 2 Only two of the three Joe E. Brow pictures David Loew will produce f< RKO will be released next season, th producer stated yesterday on his a: rival from the coast to attend the con pany's annual sales meet at the Wal dorf. The third film will be amon the first of RKO's 1937-38 release' Depkin, Rappaport Drop In Bernard Depkin, who operates nin theatres in Virginia, and Izzy Rappa port, operator of the Hippodrome, Bal timore, are in town and yesterda j dropped in at the Waldorf where RK( is holding its annual sales conventioi . "Time" Entertains Tonight March of Time executives tonigr * play host at "21" to 25 RKO sale; men, together with their district an| branch managers, who led their corrl petitors in sales percentages on th] subject. Attending will be F. G. Ross, M. Ames, W. H. Gardiner, H. F. Golc^l stein, R. C. Cropper, Boston ; R. Y Nolan, S. Gorelick, J. C. Ossermai Chicago ; R. Kinsler, S. C. JacqueCincinnati ; A. Goldsmith, H. IGreenblatt, Cleveland ; J. Lewis, 1 R. Thompson, Kansas City ; S. \\ Whitehead, G. R. Giroux, J. Ruber stein, N. P. Jacobs, Los Angeles; ( J. Dressell, J. L. Raper, L. E. Gold hammer, Minneapolis ; L. I. Kutinski R. S. Wolff, New York; H. W. T> son, E. J. Epstein, S. Lefko, F. I McNamee, Philadelphia ; J. Grahan E. Lebby. G. Lefko, Pittsburgh ; H. ( Fuller, H. W. Landstrom, T. Walsh. Salt Lake City; E. A. Steii G. William Wolf, San Francisco ; P. W. Boehme, J. F. Burke, E. A. Laml Seattle. H. C. Cohen, W. E. Branson, J. P Maclntyre, N. Levy and L. M. Dt vaney are the district managers wh will be present. Representing the home office will b M. H. Aylesworth, Ned E. Depine Jules Levy, L. J. Bamberger, Williat Clark, W. E. Dahler. Lou Gaudreai Harry Gittleson, S. Kramer, S. Bai rett McCormick, E. L. McEvo} Harry J. Michaelson, L. H. Mille (Continued on page 17) (Metropolitan Photo SertSce The largest sales convention in Radio's history as it assembled for its first session in the Sert Room of the Waldorf-Astoria yesterday morning.