Motion Picture Daily (Oct-Dec 1941)

Record Details:

Title:
Motion Picture Daily
Date:
Oct-Dec 1941
Publisher:
New York [Motion picture daily, inc.]
Volume:
Motion picture daily
Leaf #:
00063
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 29, 2022
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§sday, October 9. 1941 Motion Picture Daily . leview angle Man \-oduccrs Releasing) HIS is a stereotyped jungle story presented with a number of library shots of wild life. A fairly commendable job of piecing together the ic yarn and the tile material is apparent. rincipal of the cast is Buster Crabbe, seen as a doctor who spends his in the jungle working on a serum for the benefit of the natives, ending lady is Sheila Darcy, one of a group seeking the "City of the Charles Middleton and Vince Barnett also are in support. T. chmond produced. Harry Fraser directed, and George R. Batchelj was in charge of production. Running time, 63 minutes. "G."* Eugene Arxeel 'G" denotes general classification. arachute' Newark Winner With $15,100 ewark, Oct. 8. — In a week marked little activity over normal. "Parade Battalion" and "Father Takes a Ee" scored $15,100 at RKO Procs. Estimated receipts for the week endSept. 30-Oct. 2 : .vy Blues" (W. B.) e Officer and the Lady" (W. B.) ARXER'S BRAXFORD-(2.840) (28cM4c55c -66c -75c) 7 days. Gross: $13,700. erage. $14,000) hen Ladies Meet" (M-G-M) ild Man of Borneo" (M-G-M) DEW'S STATE (2.589) (28c-33c-44c '65c-75c) 7 days. Gross: $13,801. (Aver Sl 3,500) -•-Capades" (Rep.) wwery Blitzkreig" (Mono.) A RA MOUNT N E W A RK — (2.200) (28c•44c-55c-65c-75c). 6 days, 2nd week, iss: $11,200. (Average. $13,750) u-achute Battalion" (RKO) .ther Takes a Wife" (RKO) KO PROCTOR'S— (3,389) (28c-33c-44ci6n:-75c) 7 days. Gross: $15,100. (Aver. $14,500) i Greater Sin" (University) ITTLE-(299) (33c-44c-55c) 7 days. 2nd He. Gross: $1,300. (Average. $1,800) lonky Tonk' Big $21,000, Cleveland Jlevelaxd. Oct. 8. — "Honky Tonk" g up a smash $21,000 at Loew's te, "'Citizen Kane," aided bv a stage »w at the RKO Palace, took ,500. estimated receipts for the week endOct. 2-3: in Va'ley Serenade" (20th -Fox) 1. LEX— (3,000) (33c-39c-47c) 7 days. 2nd He. Gross: $5,000. (Average. $4,000) iere Comes Mr. Jordan" (Col.) ARXERS' HIPPODROME — (3,800) 39c-47c) 7 days. Gross: $8,000. (Aver$11,000) ftizea Kane" (RKO) KO PALACE— (3,100) (33c-47c-55c) « s. Tony Pastor's Orchestra on stage »^s: $17,500. (Average. $13,500) onky Tonk" (M-G-M) OEW'S STATE-O.500) (33c-39c-47c) ', ^. Gross: $21,000. (Average. $11,000) Tier Ladies Meet" (M-G-M) OEW'S STILLMAX-O.900) (33c-39c> 7 days. 2nd week. Gross: $4.=W>. • rrage. £1.000) 000 Soldiers Were reedom Show Guests More than 2,000 soldiers attended \: Fight for Freedom show held nday night at Madison Square rden, it has been revealed. About 00 of the men were from Fort 3nmouth and 500 from Mitchell Sid and Fort Dix. The men were the .ests of the committee in charge and -ir presence at the show was ariged by Mrs. Leo Spitz, chairman the ticket committee. 'Dawn' Takes Good $9,800, Providence Providexce, Oct. 8. — "Hold Back the Dawn" and "Doctor's Don't Tell" drew S9.800 at the Strand, and a like amount was taken in by the Majestic witli "Navy Blues" and "Bad Men of Missouri." Estimated receipts for the week ending Oct. 1-2: "Citizen Kane" (RKO) "San Antonio Rose" (Univ.) RKO-ALBEE— (2,239) (28c-39c-50c) 7 days, 2nd week. Gross: $7,000. (Average, $6.C00) •Ycu'll Never Get Rich" (Col.) 3 days) "Harmon of Michigan" (Col.) (3 days) "Honky Tonk" (M-G-M) (4 days) "Niagara Falls" (U. A.) (4 days) LOEW'S STATE — (3,232) (28c-39c-50c) Gross: $13,000. (Average, $11,000) "Navy Blues" (W. B-) "Bad Men of Missouri" (W. B.) MAJESTIC— (2,250) (28c-39c-50c) 7 days. Gross: $9,800. (Average, $7,000) "Hold Back the Dawn" (Para.) "Doctors Don't Tell" (Rep.) STRAND — (2,200) (28c-39c-50c) Gross: $9,800. (Average, $6,000) "Petticoat Politics" (Rep.) METROPOLITAN— (3,045) (30c-39c-55c) 3 days. Stage show with Ix>u Breese and Orchestra; Henry Armetta: Roy Smeck; The Colstons, and The Three Arnolds. Gross: $5,900. (Average. $5,000) "Highway West" (W. B.) "Cyclone on Horseback" (RKO) FAY'S — (1,800) (15c-25c-35c) 7 Gross: $2,000. (Average, $2,800) "Dive Bomber" (W. B.) "Accent on Love" (ZOth-Fox) CARLTON— (1,526) (28c-39c-50c) Jnd week. Gross: $2,700. (Average, $3,500) "The Parson of Panamint" (Para.) (3 days) "Three Sons o' Guns" (W. B.) (3 days) "Life Begins for Andy Hardy" (M-G-M) (4 days) "Wi'd Geese Calling" (20th-Fox) 4 days) EMPIRE— (1,200) (20c-28c) 2nd run. Gross: $1,700. (Average, $1,700) 'Yank' Is Toronto Hit, Taking $16,500 Tokoxto, Oct. 8. — "A Yank in the R.A.F." at Shea's drew $16,500. "New Wine" grossed $11,500 at the Uptown. Estimated receipts for the week ending Oct. 4: "Wild Geese Calling" (20th-Fox) EGLINTON — (18c-30c-48c-60c) 6 days. Gross: $5,000. (Average, $4,500). "Navy Blues" (W. B.) IMPERIAL— (3,373) (18c-30c-42c-60c-90c) 6 days. Gross: $9,800. (Average, $9,000) "When Ladies Meet" (M-G-M) "Dr. Kildare's Wedding Day" (M-G-M) LOEW'S — (2,074) (18c-30c-42c-60c-78c) days. Gross: $9,500. (Average, $9,000) "A Yank in the R. A. F." (20th-Fox) SHEA'S — (2.480) (18c-30c-42c-60c-90c) days. Gross: $16,500. (Average, $9,000) "Kiss the Boys Goodbye" (Para.) "Bad Men of Missouri" (W. B.) TR'OLI— (1,434) (12c-18c-30c-48c) 6 days. Gross: $3,500. (Average, $9,000) "New Wine" (U. A.) UPTOWN— (2,761) (18c-30c-42c-60c-90c) 6 days. Gross: $11,500. (Average. $9,000)