Motion Picture Daily (Jan-Mar 1941)

Page scan 00078 from Motion Picture Daily

Record Details:

Title:
Motion Picture Daily
Date:
Jan-Mar 1941
Publisher:
New York [Motion picture daily, inc.]
Volume:
Motion picture daily
Leaf #:
00078
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:
May 30, 2024
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2 Motion Picture Daily Wednesday, January 15, 1941 Fine Gesture Pittsburgh, Jan. 14.— Before leaving his post as M-G-M exchange manager here for his new district manager position at Kansas City, Burt Bishop asked that the $500 net profit on a testimonial dinner held for him, be given to Variety Club charities instead of being spent on an extra gift for him. Call Off UA Meeting; To Be Held on Coast The monthly meeting of the United Artists board of directors which was scheduled for yesterday was postponed indifinitely. A meeting is expected to be held in Hollywood late this month instead. Maurice Silverstone, Charles Schwartz and Edward C. Raftery are scheduled to leave for the Coast this weekend. Alexander Korda, who arrived this week, will return to the Coast in the next few days. Arthur W. Kelly, vice-president and general sales manager, will accompany the United Artists contingent West. Shea Promotes Murphy Buffalo, Jan. 14. — Robert Murphy, booking manager for the Shea circuit here for five years, has been named city manager at Niagara Falls, N. Y. Personal Mention EK. O'SHEA, Central division • manager for M-G-M, will leave today for a visit to branches in Kansas City, Memphis, Oklahoma City, St. Louis and Indianapolis. • Leon Netter, Paramount theatre executive, will leave today for Atlanta to confer with Lucas & Jenkins and for Miami to confer with S. A. Lynch. He will return next Tuesday. • James R. Grainger, president of Republic Pictures, has returned from extended trip. Alan Corelli, head of the Theatre Authority, is due back from Florida at the end of the week. • Otto Bolle, manager in South Africa for 20th Century-Fox, leaves Feb. 1 for his headquarters in Johannesburg after a visit here. • Robert Coulter, manager of the Byrd ; Allen Brown, manager of the Brookland, and Robert Eagan, manager of the Park, all Richmond houses, are ill with the grippe. • Edward Gibley, formerly on the service staff of Loew's Capitol, Washington, is now student manager of Loew's in Richmond, succeeding Peter Stainback. • Evelyn Frtedl of the Warner Cleveland office is here on a brief vacation. W AMERICAN'S SOUTHERN SUNSHINE ROUTE * Five American Flagships daily take you along the Southern route across Virginia, Tennessee, and through the sunshine of Texas and Arizona to Los Angeles and the Pacific Coast. Save days of time, enjoy every minute of your trip. For reservations, call your Travel Agent or HAvemeyer 6-5000. Ticket Offices: 18 W. 49th St. at Rockefeller Center and 45 Vanderbilt Ave. at Grand Central. AMERICAN AIRLINES j. ROUTE OF THE FLAGSHIPS DAVE ROSE, Paramount managing director for England, is scheduled to arrive from the Coast next Monday, en route back to London. He will sail from here Jan. 25. • John Boettiger and Mrs. Boettiger of Seattle were visitors at M.P. P.D.A. headquarters yesterday. They are in the East to attend President Roosevelt's inauguration, Jan. 20. • George Weltner of Paramount is confined to his home with a cold. • Maurice Silverstone, J. J. Milstein, Martin Moskowitz and Hal Horne lunching yesterday at Lindy's (51st St.). • Martin Quigley, Joseph Seidelman, Colvin Brown, Sam Shain, Monroe Greenthal and Morris Alin having lunch at the Tavern yesterday. • Sol Edwards, Louis Astor, Max Weisfeldt and Lou Weinberg at Lindy's (next to the Rivoli) yesterday for lunch. • Maurice Bergman, Oscar A. Doob, Toby Gruen, J. J. Unger, Tom Connors, Russell Holman, Max Dreyfus, Leon Netter and Harry Brandt lunching yesterday at Nick's Hunting Room in the Astor. • Stanton Griffis, Morris Ernst, Al Lewin, Sidney Phillips, Arthur Loew, Clayton Bond, Jacob Wilk, Marcus Heiman, Victor Payne Jennings, Robert Nathan, and Dave Blum at Sardi's yesterday for lunch. Sam Coolick Wins Exploitation Prize Sam Coolick, in charge of publicity for Loew's East Bronx theatres, has been awarded first prize for his promotion of "Foreign Correspondent" in an exploitation and publicity contest conducted by United Artists among Metropolitan New York circuits. Judges in the contest were Monroe Greenthal, director of advertising and publicity for U. A. ; Oscar A. Doob, advertising; and publicity director of Loew's Theatres, and Ham' Kosiner, Eastern representative for Walter Wanger. O'Shea Toastmaster At Party for Martin Buffalo, Jan. 14. — W. E. J. Martin, dramatic critic for the Buffalo Courier-Express, will be honored on the evening of Jan. 27, at a testimonial dinner in the Variety Club rooms. E. K. O'Shea. M-G-M Central division manager, will come to Buffalo for the occasion to be toastmaster. O'Shea was president of the club when Martin first was elected secretary. Newsreel Parade — NEW YORK'S FINEST- Edison Motion Picture Studio HAS EVERYTHING! Large and small sound stage — Latest equipment — Rehearsal rooms — Private projection theatre — Executive offices — Conveniently located. MODERATE RATES Phone CHIckering 4-8116-7-8 THE controversial aid-to-Britain bill is most significant of various important subjects in th-e new issues. Paramount and RKO Pathe includ-e the first film account of tlte Greek capture of Koritza. The contents: MOVIETONE NEWS, No. 37— Willkie endorses Roosevelt policy. War munitions ship destroyed off Australia. Knox tells of Navy reorganization. Army ski patrol maneuvers. Rifle production in Connecticut. New California dam takes shape. Motor boat show in New York. Dogsled races in New Hampshire. Billiard exhibition in Chicago. Bob-sledding at Lake Placid. NEWS OF THE DAY, No. 235— Manhattan on reef off Florida. Aid-to-Britain discussed. Shasta Dam under construction. Air show in Miami. Speed production of rifles in Connecticut. Hialeah opens. Billiard experts give demonstration. Ski championships. PARAMOUNT NEWS, No. 40— Track meet in Boston. Billiard exhibition. Motor boat show. Windsor at Miami air show. Fashions for men. Dam project under way in California. Defense bill debate. Greeks take Koritza. RKO PATHE NEWS, No. 49-Greeks capture Koritza. Willkie backs aid-toBritain bill. Manhattan aground off Florida. Huge conveyor belt at Shasta Dam. Farley off to South America. Motor boat show. Windsor at Miami air show. Ski meet in Wisconsin. UNIVERSAL NEWSREEL, No. 945— Knox discusses _ Navy changes. Henry Ford at California plane plant. Air show in Miami. Astoria girls learn defense work. Religious ceremony in Washington. Shasta Dam under construction. Manhattan grounded. Motor boat show. Billiard champions in Chicago. Racing at Hialeah. Loew's Paid Schenck $318,881 for Year Washington, Jan. 14. — Nicholas M. Schenck, president of Loew's, Inc., during the company's fiscal year ended Aug. 31 last, received $318,881.97, according to a report filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission here today. The report also showed that during the company's last fiscal year the aggregate amount payable to directors and officers as a group for services in all capacities was $2,220,730. Stockholders of Loew's will be asked to approve a five-year extension of the present contract with Schenck as president and to reelect the present directorate at a meeting called for Feb. 11. MOTION PICTURE DAILY (Registered V. S. Patent Office) Published daily except Saturday, Sunday and holidays by Quigley Publishing Company, Inc., 1270 Sixth Avenue, Rockefeller Center. New York City. Telephone Circle 7-3100. Cable address, "Quigpubco, New York." Martin Quigley, Editor-in-Chief and Publisher; Colvin Brown, Vice-President and General Manager; Watterson R. Rothacker VicePresident; Sam Shain, Editor; Alfred L. Finestone, Managing Editor; James A. Cron, Advertising Manager; Chicago Bureau. 624 South Michigan Avenue. C. B. O'Neill. Manager; Hollywood Bureau, Postal Union Life Building, William R. Weaver, Editor; London Bureau, 4 Golden Square, London Wl, Hope Williams, Manager, cable address "Quigpubco, London." All contents copyrighted 1941 by Quigley Publishing Company, Inc. Other Quigley publications: Motion Picture Herald, Better Theatres. International Motion Picture Almanac and Fame. Entered as second class matter, Sept. 23, 1938, at the post office at New York. N. Y., under the act of March 3, 1879. Subscription rates per year $6 in the Americas and $12 foreign. Single copies 10c.