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 #:
000595
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 18, 2024
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SING YOU SINNERS 3 tremendous weeks at New York Paramount Theatre. Third week bigger than second, topping anything at the Paramount in the last six months. Utah Theatre, Salt Lake City, Outgrosses anything that has played there in last six months. Lyceum Theatre, Duluth — topping "Wells Fargo" by 60% U. S. Theatre, Paterson, N. J. — 134% Jacksonville, Fla. — 133% Aztec Theatre, San Antonio, Tex. — 170% Malco Theatre, Memphis — best business in the last seven months. State Theatre, Detroit, Mich. — continued first run. Week's business in three days. SPAWN OF THE NORTH New York Paramount Theatre, opened bigger than "Sing You Sinners." Biggest opening business in last 26 weeks. Great Lakes Theatre, Buffalo, N. Y— 130% Newman Theatre, Kansas City, Mo. — 133% Center Theatre, Salt Lake City, Utah— 135% Fox Theatre, Atlanta, Ga. — 136% Paramount Theatre, Des Moines, la. — 140% Paramount Theatre, Cedar Rapids, tops "Wells Fargo"! Majestic Theatre, Dallas, tops "Wells Fargo." Capitol Theatre, Davenport, la. — 139%, beats everything except "Wells Fargo." Capitol Theatre, Sioux City, la. — 161% Hollywood Theatre, Fort Worth, Tex. — 138% Majestic Theatre, Houston, Tex.— 140% Metropolitan Theatre, Boston, Mass. — 130% Capitol Theatre, Worcester, Mass. — 160% Paramount Theatre, New Haven, Conn.— 1 40% Allyn Theatre, Hartford, Conn. — 132% State Theatre, Minneapolis, Minn. — 129% Colfax Theatre, South Bend, Ind. — 130%