Motion Picture Daily (July–Sept 1938)

Record Details:

Title:
Motion Picture Daily
Date:
July–Sept 1938
Publisher:
New York [Motion picture daily, inc.]
Volume:
Motion Picture Daily (July–Sept 1938)
Leaf #:
00033
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 27, 2022
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Wednesday, July 6, 1938 MOTION PICTURE DAILY 'Blind Mice" Duchin Loop Hit, $40,500 j Chicago, July 5. — "Three Blind |Uje" on the screen and Eddy Duchin ■Vhis band on the stage were the -t?Uar attractions in the Loop and ave the Chicago $40,500. which was '6.500 over average. Duchin and his ^and were held another week. | "I Cover the Waterfront" and 'Monte Cristo," reissues, pulled $6,600 It the Apollo. Other Loop theatres 'Sund the going rough. The weather ras unsettled most of the week. Total first run business was $88,400. .verage is $102,000. Estimated takings : Week Ending June 30: 1 COVER THE WATERFRONT" (U.A.) 'COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO" (U.A.) APOLLO — (1.400). 35c-55c-65c. 7 days, ross: S6.600. (Average. 56.500) "THREE BLIND MICE" (ZOth-Fox) CHICAGO — (4.000). 35c-55c-75c. 7 days. Huge: Eddy Duchin and Band. Gross: ►0.500. (Average. 532.000) •ROMANCE OF THE L1MBERLOST" (Monogram) <;ARRICK— (900). 35c-55c-65c, 7 days, ross: $4,000. (Average. $6,500) "UNDER SUSPICION" (Univ.) j, PALACE— (2.509). 35c-55c-75c. 7 days, tage: Vaudeville Revue. Gross: $11,000. Average. $19,000) THIS MARRIAGE BUSINESS" (RKO) STATE-LAKE — (2,776). 20c-40c-55c, 7 avs. Stage: Verne Buck and Revue, ross: $10,000. (Average, $13,000) Out Hollywood Way Week Ending July 1: "GOLDDIGGERS OF PARIS" (W.B.) ROOSEVELT— (1,300). 35c-55c-75c, 7 days, ross: $7,600. (Average. $11,000) "TOY WIFE" (M-G-M) UNITED ARTISTS — (1,700). 35c-55c-75c, I days. Gross: $9,000. (Average, $15,000) •Blind Mice" Gets $13,500 at Cincy Cincinnati, July 5. — "Three Blind lice," with a $13,500 gross, plussing le RKO Albee average by $1,500, as the only picture to get over the ne in an otherwise dull week. "You and Me," at the RKO Palace, id "Wives Under Suspicion," at _eith's, were pulled after five days hen grosses at both houses took a osedive. Total first run business was $34,100. verage is $46,700. Estimated takings for the week endig June 30 : "THREE BLIND MICE" (ZOth-Fox) RKO ALBEE— (3.300). 35c-42c. 7 days, ross: $13,500. (Average. $12,000) Moved RKO Capitol. "YOU AND ME" (Para.) RKO PALACE— (2.700), 35c-42c, 5 days, ross: $6,300. (Average, 7 days, $10,000) FAREWELL TO ARMS" (Para.) (Reissue) ,RKO CAPITOL— (2.000), 35c-42c, 7 days, ross: $3,000. (Average. $6,500) "SON OF A SHEIK" (U. A.) (Reissue) "A TRIP TO PARIS" (20th-Fox) ;RKO LYRIC— 1,400, 35c-42c, 7 days, ross: $4,000. (Average. $6,500) "THREE COMRADES" (M-G-M) RKO GRAND— (1.200). 25c-40c. 7 days, d downtown week. Gross: $2,400. (Aver:e. $2,750) "STATE POLICE" (Univ.) (2 days) "DEVIL'S PARTY" (Univ.) (2 days) "ROSE OF THE RIO GRANDE" (Monogram) (3 days) RKO FAMILY— (1.000), 15c-25c. Gross: MOO. (Average. $2,450) VIVES UNDER SUSPICION" (Univ.) KEITH'S — (1,500). 30c-40c, 5 days, •oss: $2,800. (Average, 7 days, $6,500) Hollywood. July 5. — Hal Wallis has signed Pat O'Brien for another Warner contract period. O'Brien is slated to be starred in the remake of "The Sea Wolf." Milton Shubert will supervise Warners' "The Gay Nineties," which will feature Dick Powell, Pat O'Brien, Olivia de Havilland, Kay Francis, George Brent, Humphrey Bog art, Ann Sheridan and Janet Kay Chapman. Max Siegel will handle "Memphis Belle," starring Bette Davis. Stanley Honiss, recently signed Universal player, has changed his name to Stanley Hughes . . . Having finished his featured role in "Chicago Ben," for Gaumont British in London, Edgar Kennedy has spent two weeks touring the British Isles and France and will return to Hollywood. . . . Edward Small has sent Lynn Shores and John E. Burch to West Point for added location shots for "The Duke of West Point." . . . A troupe of "doubles" of stars will leave New York, July 7, for London for tours of England and the Continent in a revue set by Kurt Robitschek, European producer. Fred Kohlmar, former Goldwyn aide, has joined Columbia as an associate producer. . . . RKO has purchased film rights to the play, "The Night of January 16." . . . Because of the reception of "The Saint in New York," RKO is planning a series of the Leslie Charteris stories. . . . + Casting — Jane Wyman in Warners' "Brother Rat." . . . Montagu Love and Lumsden Hare in "Gunga Din," RKO. . . . Rita Oehman and Peggy Carroll in "Birthday of a Stooge," RKO. . . . Rita La Roy and Mary McLaren in "Smashing the Rackets," RKO. . . . Janet Waldo in "Paris Honeymoon," Paramount. . . . Michael Brooke, Richard Denning and Philip Warren in "Zaza." . . . Billy Wayne and Vivian Coe in "The Lady and the Cowboy," Goldwyn. . . . Mary Boland and G. P. Huntley in "Artists and Models Abroad," Paramount. + Story Buys and Writers — Monogram has purchased two originals, "Skipper McCoy, Gent," by Brenda Weisberg, and "First Assignment," by Jack K. Leonard and Monte Collins. The latter will be used as a vehicle for Frankie Darro. . . . Marion Orth is writing the script of Monogram's "The Dollar Chasers," a novel by Earl Derr Biggers. . . . Olive Cooper is writing Paramount' s "The Arkansas Traveler," which will star Bob Burns. + Director — Howard Bretherton has been signed by Monogram to direct "Wanted by the Police." + Contract — Ann Sheridan has had her Warner contract extended. Washauer, Ryman in NY San Frinctsco, July 5. — Al Washauer, manager of the Paramount, Fox West Coast house here, and Jack Ryman, manager of the Vallejo, Vallejo, left together for a three-week vacation in New York. Also vacationing in the east is Jim Chapman, Fox West Coast booker. Talk of "Recession" Hit by Schlesinger Hollywood, July 5. — Leon Schlesinger today denounced exhibitor and other spokesmen recently in print with explanations of alleged box-office recessions, declaring : "All this business needs is a few lessons on what constitutes a good meal of entertainment. Give a child too much and it makes him sick. Giving the public 4 and 5 hour shows has the same effect. When we return to a newsreel cartoon, a novelty and a good single feature, all this squawking, boxoffice depression and confusion will do a fadeout." Schlesinger has annonuced 42 short subjects for the 1938-39 season. Takes Over G. N. Branch Seattle, July 5. — L. K. Brin has arrived here to take over the management of the Grand National exchange. He succeeds Danny Matin, resigned. Brin was branch manager for First National in this city about 10 years ago, and later operated the Egyptian here. Reopen at Rutherfordton Charlotte, July 5. — The Sylvan of Rutherfordton, N. C, reopened July 1 after having been closed several weeks for remodeling. Morris Littman is the new manager. "Hunted Men" And Miss Rand Denver Smash Denver, July 5. — "Hunted Men," with Sally Rand on the stage, was a sensation at the Denham. The $10,000 gross was $4,500 over normal. "Blockade," with "Nurse from Brooklyn," pulled a strong $5,500 at the Paramount. This was $2,000 into the profit column. Total first run business was $40,000. Average is $32,750. Estimated takings for the week ending June 29: "HOLIDAY" (Col.) ALADDIN— (1,400), 25c-40c, 7 days, following a week at the Denver. Gross: $3,500. Average, $3,500) "MAN'S CASTLE" (Col.) "SAINT IN NEW YORK" (RKO) BROADWAY— (1,100), 25c-40c, 7 days. "Mans Castle" following a week at the Paramount, and "Saint in New York" following a week at th Orpheum. Gross: $2,500. (Average, $2,500) "HUN 1 ED MEN" (Para.) DENHAM— (1,750), 25c-35c-40c, 7 days. Stage: Sally Rand and show. Gross: $10,000. (Average, $5,500) "THREE BLIND MICE" (20th-Fox) DENVER— (2,525), 25c-35c-50c, 7 days. Gross: $9,000. (Average, $8,500) "SWISS MISS" (M-G-M) "BLIND ALIBI" (RKO) ORPHEUM— (2,600), 25c-35c-40c, 7 days. Gross: $8,000. (Average, $7,500) "BLOCKADE" (U. A.) "NURSE FROM BROOKLYN" (Univ.) PARAMOUNT— (2,200), 25c-40c, 7 days. Gross: $5,500. (Average, $3,500) "KIDNAPPED" (20th-Fox) "INVISIBLE MENACE" (W. B.) RIALTO — (878), 25c-40c, 7 days. "Kidnapped" following a week each at the Denver and Aladdin. Gross: $2,000. (Average, $1,750) f