Motion Picture Daily (Jan-Mar 1937)

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Title:: Motion Picture Daily
Date:: Jan-Mar 1937
Publisher:: New York [Motion picture daily, inc.]
Volume:: Motion picture daily
Leaf #:: 00069
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:: November 03, 2022

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Thursday, January 7, 1937 MOTION PICTURt DAILY Shirley Again Heads List as Profit Player (Continued from page 1) Lancer," "Desire," "Mr. Deeds Goes to Town" and "The General Died at Dawn." The leading 10 players follow : Shirley Temple First Clark Gable Second Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers Third Robert Taylor Fourth Joe E. Brown Fifth Dick Powell Sixth Joan Crawford Seventh Claudette Colbert Eighth Jeanette MacDonald N inth Gary Cooper Tenth Fifteen Honor Stars were listed in the Herald as follows: Jane Withers, James Cagney, William Powell, Jean Harlow, Wallace Beery, Fred MacMurray, Irene Dunne, Myrna Loy, Ginger Rogers, Fred Astaire, Warner Baxter, Bing Crosby, the Dionne Quintuplets, Janet Gaynor and Nelson Eddy. Western Stars Rated Three other classifications also are listed— Blue Ribbon, Red Ribbon and White Ribbon. There are 33 names in the blue classification, 31 in the red and 122 in the white. A separate listing is given western stars. In this group Buck Jones is first and George O'Brien a close second. The list follows: Buck Jones First George O'Brien Second Gene Autry Third William Boyd Fourth Ken Maynard Fifth Dick Foran Sixth John Wayne Seventh Tim McCoy Eighth Hoot Gibson Ninth Buster Crabbe Tenth Twenty-five other western stars are given honorable mention with Bob Steele heading this list and Harry Carey second. Shirley Tops England, Too The English poll of money-makers was divided into two principal classifications, one including all players of any nationality appearing in pictures exhibited in England and the other of stars of English productions alone. Shirley Temple led the internation al grouping by a wide margin, receiv ing 963 votes to 540 for the Fred As taire-Ginger Rogers team. The list of 10 leaders which also included an other team — Laurel and Hardy — follows : Shirley Temple First Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers Second Gracie Smith Third Clark Gable Fourth Laurel and Hardy Fifth Jessie Matthews Sixth James Cagney Seventh Wallace Beery Eighth Greta Garbo Ninth Norma Shearer Tenth Fifteen honor stars were listed as follows : Jack Hulbert, William Powell, George Formby, George Arliss, Robert Donat, Fred Astaire, Dick Powejl, Bing Crosby, Grace Moore, Jack Buchanan, Gary Cooper, Ronald Colman, Will Hay, Eddie Cantor and Charles Laughton. There were 24 blue ribbon winners, 46 red ribbon and 156 white. The 10 leaders in English films alone were : Gracie Fields First Jessie Matthews Second Jack Hulbert Third George Formby Fourth Robert Donat Fifth Jack Buchanan Sixth Tom Walls and Ralph Lynn Seventh Will Hay Eighth George Arliss Ninth Sydney -Howard Tenth There were also 15 honor stars as follows : Charles Laughton, Gordon Harker, Leslie Howard, Anne Neagle, Leslie Fuller, Tom Walls, Richard Tauber, Madeleine Carroll, Elisabeth Bergner, Cicely Courtneidge, Conrad Veidt, Paul Robeson, Will Fyffe, Stanley Lupino and Sonnie Hale. In the other British classifications there were 30 blue ribbon names, 31 red and 31 white. British Like Buck Jones Buck Jones also headed the list of western favorites in England by a big margin, with Ken Maynard second. The western leaders follow : Buck Jones First Ken Maynard Second Tim McCoy Third George O' B rien Fourth John Wayne Fifth Dick Foran Sixth Tom Mix Seventh Randolph Scott Eighth William Boyd Ninth Hoot Gibson Tenth The Herald's list of features rating the title Box-Office Champion for the exhibition year from Sept. 1, 1935, to Aug. 31, 1936, follows : "Anna Karenina" M-G-M "Bride Comes Home" Para. "Broadway Melody of 1936" M-G-M "Bullets or Ballots" W.B. "Captain Blood" W.B. "Country Doctor" 20th-Fox "Crusades" Para. "Follow the Fleet" Radio "Great Ziegfeld" M-G-M "Green Pastures" W. B. "In Old Kentucky" 20th-Fox "King Steps Out" Col. "Littlest Rebel" 20th -Fox "Magnificent Obsession" Univ. "Midsummer Night's Dream" W. B. "Modern Times" U. A. "Mr. Deeds Goes to Town" Col. "Mutiny on the Bounty" M-G-M "Night at the Opera" M-G-M "Rhythm on the Range" Para. "Rose Marie" M"£'^ "San Francisco" M-G-M "She Married Her Boss" Col. "Showboat" Univ. "Steamboat 'Round the Bend". .20th-Fox "Story of Louis Pasteur" W. B. "Tale of Two Cities" M-G-M "Thanks a Million" 20th-Fox "These Three" U.A. "Top Hat" Radio "Trail of the Lonesome Pine" Para. "Under Two Flags" 20th-Fox "Wife vs. Secretary" M-G-M Details of the voting in each of the principal classifications are given in the Herald, out today. Hearst, Mae West Lead Salaries List Sheehan, 20th Century -Fox, Buckley, United Artists, $129, Grip Spread Fails To Injure Grosses Notwithstanding the wave of grip and flu which have been current in New York for the past week and more, circuit operators report no de dine in business. Both Loew's and RKO reported top grosses for the year for the Christ mas-New Year's week and the slight tapering of intakes corresponds to the usual flux after a holiday period, it was asserted. (Continued from page 1) ably larger than that made public a year ago, but salaries ran higher and the document was marked by a large number of bonuses. A preliminary study of the report indicates that the industry's executive and professional top-notchers were more numerous in the higher-salaried brackets than those identified with any other single business or profession. Following is a list of those receiving more than $100,000 during 1935. Mae West, Paramount, $480,833. Marlene Dietrich, Paramount, $368,000. Bing Crosby, Paramount, $318,907. Janet Gaynor, 20th Century -Fox, $169,750. Charles Chaplin, $260,000. Will Rogers, 20th Century -Fox, $258,000. Fred Astaire, RKO, $127,875. Katharine Hepburn, RKO, $121,572. Joe E. Brown, Warners, $173,438. Stan Laurel, M-G-M, $156,266. W. S. GifTord, A. T. & T., $209,850. William S. Paley, CBS, $169,097. Jack Cohn, Columbia, $104,000. Arthur M. Loew, Culver Export Corp. ^Loew's), $182,000. Frank W. Lovejoy, Eastman Kodak, $109,148. Edward J. Bowes, $249,999. Nicholas M. Schenck, Loew's, $193,434. David Bernstein, Loew's, $115,805. Louis B. Mayer, M-G-M, $151,500. Irving Thalberg, M-G-M, $151,762. E. J. Mannix, M-G-M, $129,057. Harry Rapf, M-G-M, $104,000. Merian C. Cooper, RKO Radio, $119,520. Pandro S. Berman, RKO Radio, $138,852 Rudy Vallee, $166,348. Paul Whiteman, $242,472. Sidney R. Kent, 20th Century-Fox, $167,310. Winfield $344,230. Harry D 526. Irene Dunne, RKO, $145,832. Carl Laemmle, Universal, $159,000. James Whale, Universal, $137,750. Abel Cary Thomas, Warners, $132,500. Al Jolson, Warners, $147,645. Hal Wallis, Warners, $136,750. Lloyd Bacon, Warners, $122,625. Mervyn LeRoy, Warners, $198,583. Michael Curtiz, Warners, $102,325. Max Reinhardt, Warners, $105,000. Frank Borzage, Warners, $156,000. James Cagney, Warners, $147,167. Kay Francis, Warners, $115,167. Paul Muni, Warners, $150,000. Spyros Skouras, $189,500. Charles P. Skouras, $176,500. Gary Cooper, Paramount, $261,138. Benjamin Glazer, Paramount, $168,884. Jan Kiepura, Paramount, $101,806. William LeBaron, Paramount, $227,487. Carole Lombard, Paramount, $156,083. Ernst Lubitsch, Paramount, $260,000. Herbert Marshall, Paramount, $105,667. Leo McCarey, Paramount, $129,333. Lewis Milestone, Paramount, $223,700. Jack Oakie, Paramount, $101,625. Joe Penner, Paramount, $100,000. Charles Ruggles, Paramount, $106,278. Wesley Ruggles, Paramount, $163,717. Alfred Santell, Paramount, $124,417. Margaret Sullavan, Paramount, $102,431 Gladys Swarthout, Paramount, $101,883 Frank Tuttle, Paramount, $115,500. King Vidor, Paramount, $140,000. Eddie Cantor, $150,000. Samuel Goldwyn, $127,500. Harold C. Lloyd, $125,000. Irving Berlin, RKO, $150,000. John Cromwell, RKO, $135,729. George Cukor, RKO, $117,000. Stephens Roberts, RKO, $126,541. Hal Roach, $104,000. B. P. Schulberg, $102,000. Warner Baxter, 20th Century-Fox 000. John Boles, 20th Century-Fox, $117,416. David Butler, 20th Century -Fox, $104,967 Ronald Colman, 20th Century-Fox, $108,916. Roy Del Ruth, 20th Century-Fox, $206,333 George De Sylva, 20th Century -Fox $104,000. Howard Estabrook, 20th Century -Fox $101,666. John Ford, 20th Century-Fox, $110,000. Henry King, 20th Century-Fox, $137,750. Jesse L. Lasky, 20th Century-Fox, $124,500. Sol M. Wurtzel, 20th Century -Fox, $149,500. Charles Boyer, Wanger Prod., $129,448. Claudette Colbert, Wanger Prod., $100,' 000. $203, Walter Wanger, $104,500. Following is a partial list of those who received more than $50,000 and less than $100,000 during 1935. Charles P. Skouras, Fox West Coast Service Corp., $51,000. Phil Goldstone, Goldstone Prod., $52,333. Anna Sten, $96,833. Sidney Franklin, $60,000. Myron Selznick, $52,000. George O'Brien, $68,191. B. B. Kahane, $52,166. Richard Dix, $60,000. Ann Harding $60,000. Miriam Hopkins, $86,250. Roland V. Lee, $71,333. Rouben Mamoulian, $86,666. William Powell, $66,666. Ginger Rogers, $74,483. Mark Sandrich, $52,166. Barbara Stanwyck, $80,833. Henry Ginsburg, $91,231. Oliver Hardy, $85,316. Sam Taylor, $57,000. Herbert T. Kalmus, $60,000. Lew Ayres, $71,500. Wallace Beery, $75,000. J. G. Blystone, $68,269. Edwin Burke, $74,000. Irving Cummings, $75,791. Victor Fleming, $50,000. Tay Garnett, $57,599. Sam Hellman, $57,166. Jason S. Joy, $51,125. Harry Lachman, $60,400. Sonya Levien, $65,000. Edmund Lowe, $77,200. Fredric March, $85,000. Victor McLaglen, $50,000. Warner Oland, $60,000. Eric Pommer, $70,500. William Seiter, $63,333. Slim Summerville, $70,833. Shirley Temple, $69,999. Joan Bennett, $72,833. Sylvia Sidney, $63,425. Lynn Starling, $50,583. "Mutiny" Is Winner In Film Daily Poll "Mutiny on the Bounty" is the winner in The Film Daily's annual Ten Best Pictures poll. The remaining nine are "Mr. Deeds Goes to Town," "The Great Ziegfeld," "San Francisco," "Dodsworth," "The Story of Louis Pasteur," "A Tale of Two Cities," "Anthony Adverse," "The Green Pastures" and "A Midsummer Night's Dream." A total of 149 pictures were nominated as against 166 in 1935. The Honor Roll dropped from 49 to 44. Eligible pictures for 1936 numbered 387. Wall Street Light Losses Spot Board Net High Low Close Change 3% 35 35% + % Consolidated .... 5% 5 S -54 Consolidated, pfd. 16% 16% 16% — % Eastman Kodak . 174 173 174 + % Gen. T. Equip,. . . 31J4 30^4 3154 +1% 66-4 6554 6554 -% 2554 24% 24% % Paramount 1 pfd.. 175^4 175J4 17554 -m Paramount 2 pfd. 23% 2244 23 Pathe Film 10% m 9% -% RKO m m 854 35 20th Century-Fox 35% 35 -% 20th Century, pfd. 43J4 43% 4354 -54 Warner Bros. ... .17 17% 54 Warner, pfd 67% 67J4 6754 Small Curb Gains Net Low Close Change 3% 3% + % 2 2 21 54 2154 + % 4% 4% 54 Grand National . . 3% Sonotone 2 Technicolor 21% Trans -Lux 454 Bonds Rise Slightly Net High Low Close Change Keith B. F. 6s '46 98 98 98 Loew's 3%s '46... 10154 101 10154 + 54 Paramount Pict. 6s '55 10054 10054 10054 RKO 6s '41 pp... 117% 11754 117% + % Warner Bros. 6s *39 wd 9954 9954 9954 (Quotations at close of Jan. 6)