Motion Picture Daily (Apr-Jun 1940)

Page scan 000398 from Motion Picture Daily

Record Details:

Title:
Motion Picture Daily
Date:
Apr-Jun 1940
Publisher:
New York [Motion picture daily, inc.]
Volume:
Motion picture daily
Leaf #:
000398
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:
June 13, 2024
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6 Motion Picture Daily Monday, May 27, 1940 Meeting Gets RKO Product Lineup Today RKO's Executives at Convention Here (.Continued from pane 1) and Kay Kamen of the Walt Disney organization; Frank Donovan and Walton Anient of RKO Pathe News, and John Wood, Louis DeRochemont and Al Sindlinger of March of Time. The delegates will attend a beefsteak dinner at the 4Sth Street Music Hall tonight. Tomorrow's session will open with sales discussions, led by Cresson E. Smith, Western and Southern sales manager; A. W. Smith, Eastern and Canadian sales manager, and Herb Maclntyre, sales drive leader, and Walter Branson, leader of last year's drive. Schaefer will make the principal address tomorrow afternoon. Phil Reisman, vice-president and foreign department head, also will address that session. In the evening, the delegates will be guests of March of Time at a reception at the Ambassador Hotel. The sessions will end Wednesday with district manager meetings. RKO Pathe News will be host to the men thereafter and the convention will close with a banquet in the Rainbow Room. Orson Welles, who will produce, direct and act in two pictures for RKO's new season schedule, will be toastmaster at the banquet. He will arrive from the Coast by plane Wednesday. Two Boyer Films On the RKO new season schedule will be the tentatively titled "Ariane Pretends" and "The Pirate," both starring Charles Boyer, which will be produced by Andre Daven and Nat Wachsberger, in association with Harry Brandt. Anatole Litvak will direct the first. There also will be three new "Dr. Christian" pictures, starring Jean Hersholt, from Stephens-Lang Productions. "John Citizen, U.S.A.," will be the first Orson Welles production. A new series of Lum and Abner features, to be produced by Jack Votion and Lou Coslow, also will be on the 1940-'41 release schedule. Votion will arrive from the Coast today by train, bringing with him a print of "Dreaming Out Loud," first of the series. Most of the conventioners arrived yesterday by special train from Chicago. Heading the group were Branson, Midwestern district manager ; Harry Cohen, Western district manager ; L. E. Goldhammer, Prairie district manager ; and E. L. McEvoy, hastern-Central district manager. In addition, Maclntyre, Northeastern district manager; Robert Mochrie, Southern district manager, and Nat Levy, Eastern district manager, also arrived yesterday with their delegations. Representatives From .'iS Branches Representing the 38 U. S. and Canadian exchanges, foreign departments, home office, RKO Theatres and the studio, the following will attend : Albany: B. G. Kranze. branch manager; G. F. Tucker. I.. A. Herman. Atlanta: H. M. Lyons, branch manager; P. W. Salley. P. Harrison, R. C. Price, N. J. Colquhoti. Boston: R. C Cropper, branch manager; GEO. SCHAEFER President of RKO Radio Pictures NED E. DEPINET Vice-President of Distribution J. J. NOLAN Vice-President of Studio PHIL, REISMAN Vice-President, Foreign A. W. SMITH Eastern Sales Manager CRESSON SMITH Western Sales Manager II J. MICHAESON Short Subject Sales Head s. b. Mccormick Director Publicity and Advertising W. H. Gardiner, H. F. Goldstein, F. G. Ross, C. L. De Vizia, M. M. Ames, salesmen; C. McGerigle, office manager. Buffalo: C. Boasberg, branch manager; J. G. Chinell, N. L. Sper, E. Lux, salesmen; F. Maxwell, office manager. Charlotte: J. B. Brecheen, branch manager; R. F. Branon, R. S. Mitchell, F. E. Dyer. Chicago: J. C. Osserman, branch manager; S. Gorelick, J. A. Clark, H. H. Walders, M. J. Kassel, J. Cozzi, salesmen; R. A. O'Brien, office manager. Cincinnati: S. C. Jacques, branch manager; A. L. Sugarman, J. A. McKnight, A. L. Kolitz, R. Williams. Cleveland: G. Lefko, branch manager; A. Goldsmith, J. P. Lefko, G. Becker. Dallas: S. M. Sachs, branch manager; W. V. Adwell, J. E. Huey, V. H. Adams, C. J. Wheeler. Denver: J. H. Ashby, branch manager; F. J. Lee, F. P. Brown. Des Moines: L. Elman. branch manager; W. F. De Frenne, D. D. Matin, M. Godwin. Detroit: J. F. Sharkey, branch manager; F. Bonnem, M. E. Cohen, D. McCarthy, R. T. Renz, salesmen; H. Levinson, office manager. Indianapolis: R. E. Churchill, branch manager; F. L. Brentlinger, E. G. Hancock, P. J. Fortune. Kansas City: T. R. Thompson, branch manager; E. L. Dyson, J. Lewis, A. A. Renfro, K. G. Howe. Los Angeles: N. P. Jacobs, branch manager; S. W. Whitehead, J. Rubenstein, L F. Samuels, L. Fink. Memphis: A. M. Avery, branch manager; R. V. Reagin, W. G. Wray. Milwaukee: A. N. Schmitz, branch manager; M. Anderson, E. Spiers, W. Foley. Minneapolis: C. J. Dressell, branch manager; W. C. Winters. J. E. Loeffler, L. Klein, W. S. Flynn, R. Egner. New Haven: B. Pitkin, branch manager; W. Canelli. New Orleans: P. M. Baker, branch manager; R. E. Pfeiffer, W. E. Woodward. New York: R. S. Wolff, branch manager; P. Hodcs, E. T. Carrol, J. J. Dacey, J. Ellis, L, T. Kntinsky, H. Zeitels, salesmen; F. Drumm, office manager. Oklahoma City: R. B. Williams, branch manager; P. D. Fielding, C. A. Blakely. Omaha: C. W. Allen, branch manager; J. P. Smith, E. Stengel. Philadelphia.: F. L. McNamee, branch manager; S. Lefko, W. H. Tyson, M. Shulman. L. L. McFadden, E. J. Epstein. O. Tischler, salesmen; C. Zagrana, office manager. Pittsburgh: H. H. Greenblatt, branch manager; R. H. Lange, J. Graham, E. Lebby. M. E. Lefko. Portland: M. E. Cory, branch manager; G. M. Engelman, S. S. McFadden. St. Louis: R. V. Nolan, branch manager; M. A. Raymon, L. S. Gruenberg, T. B. Williamson. Salt Lake City: H. C. Fuller, branch manager; G. Davison, A. T. Mabey, A. Shepherd. San Francisco: G. William Wolf, branch manager; G. R. Seach, E. A. Stein, C. J. Crowley. Seattle: E. A. Lamb, branch manager; J. F. Burk, L. L. Goldsmith. Sioux Falls: S. W. Fitch, branch manager; E. J. Frace, C. H. Snyder. Washington: R. J. Fblliard, branch manager; H. E. Kahn, E. W. Grover, C. Knox, A. P. Folliard. Toronto: M. Plottel, branch manager; M. L. Devaney, H. Conway. Montreal: H. F. Taylor, branch manager; H. Decker, H. B. Miller. Calgary: J. McPherson, branch manager; P. Cardell. St. John: L. Plottel, branch manager. Vancouver: W. S. Jones, branch manager. Winnipeg: H. Woolfe, branch manager; N. Nackimson. From the Home Office Home Office Representatives: W. A: Burke, J. E. Cashman, J. A. Downing, J. C. De Waal, J. Wangberg, J. T. Schmitzer, E. Sedin. Home Office (alphabetically arranged and not already listed): R. V. Anderson, manager newsreel department; L. J. Bamberger, sales promotion manager; James Boyle, publicity department; W. H. Clark, treasurer; W. E. Dahler, assistant to Eastern and Canadian sales manager: W. V. Derham, comptroller; John A. Farmer, executive; L. E. Gaudreau, purchasing agent; H. Gittleson, editor Flash; B. Grimm, advertising department; K. Hallam, radio contact; H. Hendee, head of research department; W. H. Horne, circuit contact for sales department; S. Kramer, manager print and negative department; J. Level, publicity department, J. Lewis, publicity department; William Mallard, secretary, general counsel and vice-president; W. J. Merrill, vice-president and treasurer; L. H. Miller, assistant to Western and Southern sales manager. Also E. J. McGuire, claim department; W. J. McShea, assistant manager exchange operations; G. Muchnic, assistant secretary and assistant treasurer; Rutgers Neilson, publicity manager; R. C. Patterson, Tr., chairman of the board; M. G. Poller, man ager playdate department; H. M. Richey, director of exhibitor relations; I. Shiffrin, publicity department; E. J. Smith, Jr., contract department; R. Trado, sales control department; T. Turner, exploitation manager; G. Van Wagner, assistant treasurer; A. Willi, head of talent department; G. E. Youngman, assistant secretary and assistant general counsel; D. Strumpf, art director. RKO Theatres (alphabetically arranged) : J. Becker, assistant film booker; J. Brennan, division manager New Jersey and Washington; W. Cadoret, division manager Rochester; H. R. Emde, division manager Westchester and Newark; Max Fellerman, chief booker. Also, A. Frudenfeld, division manager Midwest; Leon Goldberg, treasurer Keith Albee-Orpheum; Louis Goldberg, division manager Brooklyn; I. Golden, city manager Rochester; T. Gorman, division manager Chicago; N. Holt, division manager Great Lakes; M. Kingsberg, vice-chairman of board and executive vice-president KeithAlbee-Orpheum Corp. Also, G. Lampe, division manager Syracuse; Harry Mandel, national director of advertising and publicity for RKO Theatres; Fred Meyers, film buyer; C. B. McDonald, division manager West Side New York; H. McDonald, division manager New England; J. J. O'Connor, vicepresident and general manager RKO Theatres; M. Polon, assistant film booker. Also, S. A. Schwartz, division manager East Side New York and Bronx; M. Singer; E. Thompson, RKO Theatre Executive; J. H. Walters, general counsel RKO Theatres. Foreign Department: Reginald Armour, general European manager; R. Cammack, assistant to vice-president in charge of foreign distribution; H. Ehrreich, foreign service department manager; N. Ermolieff, studio foreign department publicity manager; A. Frank, assistant to division manager for Latin America and Far East; M. Gomez, manager for Mexico; F. S. Gulbransen, manager for Panama; R. K. Hawkinson, division manager for Latin America and the Far East; M. Hoffay, foreign publicity manager. Also, B. D. Lion, division manager for Europe, United Kingdom and Australasia; A. Rossum, assistant to foreign publicity manager; P. Saenz, manager for Cuba; G. Schaefer, district manager Caribbean countries; N. Seckler, foreign department home office representative; E. Ugast, assistant to division manager for Europe, United Kingdom and Australasia. Walt Disney: Richard Condon, W. Erskine, C. Feitels, J. Finey, B. Lewis, R. Oppel, L. Samuels.