Motion Picture Daily (Jan-Mar 1942)

Record Details:

Title:
Motion Picture Daily
Date:
Jan-Mar 1942
Publisher:
New York [Motion picture daily, inc.]
Volume:
Motion picture daily
Leaf #:
00035
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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"Vednesday. January 7, 1942 Motion Picture Daily 5,115 Houses in 1939 Drew 673,045,000: U. S. Census I Washington, Jan. 6. — The 15,115 lotion picture theatres listed in the J39 census of amusements had a total bating capacity of 10,029,009 in that fear and had a revenue of $13,600,000 fam sales of merchandise and other purees which, with their admissions ■fcfees of §059,445,000, gave them a W~L income of $673,045,000, it is own by final figures just compiled the Census Bureau There were 231 legitimate stage Ipd opera houses and theatrical productions with a total revenue of $32,S 1,000, of which $31,945,000 was -om admissions and $443,000 from ther sources, it was reported. Reports issued last year by the bu MOTION PICTURE THEATRES reau showed that the 15,115 motion picture theatres compared with 12,024 in 1935 and their receipts of $673,045.000 with $508,196,000. The number of legitimate theatres showed an increase of 73 over 1935 in number and $12,831,000 in revenue. Details of only 183 such theatres were disclosed, however, to avoid publishing details of specific establishments in states where there are only one or two. The following table shows the number, seating capacity and total revenue of motion picture theatres by states, and number and receipts of legitimate theatres which have been made availability : OTHER THEATRES labama rizona rkansas ilifornia dorado ...... _>nnecticut . . . tlaware C lorida ,eorgia Tlaho jlinois liana »\va :msas tntucky jouisiana "aine aryland Massachusetts ichigan innesota Tississippi iissouri Tontana cbraska evada J{ew Hampshire ew Jersey jew Mexico (ew York Forth Carolina . orth Dakota . . •liio klahoma i-egon innsylvania hode Island jouth Carolina . outh Dakota . . 1 ennessee fexas 'tah ermont I'irginia (, ashington A'est Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming Seating Receipts M 1 1 mV\f»" 11 Villi U*ri Capacity Receipts V umber 302 106.629 75 40,231 2,686,000 202 86,357 3,820,000 S 1 .104 noo 891 747,715 T Affi AAA 33,497,000 17 182 90,070 ( 0£.0 AAA 4,8oiv.JU0 163 163,350 12,180,000 30 23,106 1,349,000 59 49,936 7,601 ,000 242 154,442 8,743,000 267 152,197 8,107,000 139 7 rvlQ oca 810 646.051 50.456.000 9 2,964,000 425 276,278 16,927,000 519 214,851 11,763,000 in 166,801 6,325,000 237 128,060 6,787,000 251 146,805 8,703,000 141 78,952 4.137.0OO 4 66,000 193 138,249 9,369,000 345 " 357,644 27,237,000 8 1,106,000 528 383,123 24,625,000 5 540,000 447 217,248 12,087,000 178 84,701 3,838,000 446 287.164 15,312,000 S 900.000 149 58,729 2,945,000 284 121,305 4,758,000 34 14.041 868,000 66 43.113 2,704,000 320 349,185 28,467,000 4 351,000 71 35,192 2,391,000 1,153 1,201,156 114,129,000 94 i 21,716.000 344 171,696 9,398,000 153 47,943 1,941,000 776 531,773 35,649,000 10 898,000 381 186,848 7.764.000 192 107,433 6,029,000 1,010 52 779,734 55,121,000 10 763,000 52,088 4,283,000 154 72.276 3,908,000 153 53,720 2,153,000 215 128,290 7,661,000 923 490,200 26,503,000 8 174.000 118 59,518 3,115,000 59 33,489 1,699,000 279 158,580 9,577,000 273 153,392 9,394,000 6 115,000 246 121,199 6,814,000 351 232,278 13,262,000 56 26,330 1,644,000 Corsican9 $16,500 Gross in Baltimore Baltimore, Jan. 6. — Holiday week rought out the patrons. The "Corsian Brothers" took $16,500 at the I'entury while the New scored $12,:W with "How Green Was My Val for the week days. Estimated receipts nding Dec. 31 : The Corsican Brothers" (U. A.) CENTURY — (3.000) (28c-44c) Iross: $16,500. (Average. $10,000) Birth of the Blues" (Para.) KEITH— (2.406) (15c-28c-33c-44c) 8 days. ross: $13,500. (Average. $8,000) How Green Was My Valiey" (ZOth-Fox) NEW — (1.581) (15c-28c-35c-55c) 7 days. ross: $12,000. (Average, $7,000) You're in the Army Now" (W.B.) STANLEY— (3.280) (15c-28c-39c-44c-55c) 7 lays. Gross: $8,500. (Average, $12,000) Dumbo" (RKO) HIPPODROME — (2,205) (15c-28c-39c-44cic-66c) 6 days. Stage show featuring Le tin Sisters, Gautiers Bricklayers, and thers. Gross: $15,500. (Average, $14,000) 1941 Tax Revenue in Ohio Hits $1,820,904 Columbus, O., Jan. 6. — Admission tax collections in Ohio for 1941, based on three per cent of gross receipts, amounted to $1,820,904, compared with $1,694,120 in 1940, $1,645,147 in 1937, according to figures released by Don H. Ebright, State Treasurer. The state collected $194,624 for censorship fees in 1941, while in 1940 the collections were $190,710 and $195,083 in 1939. Ice Show in Phila. Philadelphia, Jan. 6. — "Ice Follies of 1942," opening a 10-day engagement tomorrow at the Philadelphia Arena, again promises to offer major competition to the downtown film houses. BlUEBOOKof PROJECTION mm CMI«so.LOHOON $7.25 POSTPAID MOST ADVANCED TEXTBOOK ON MODERN SOUND REPRODUCTION AND PROJECTION SECOND REVISION SIXTH EDITION — SUPPLEMENTED WITH SOUND TROUBLE CHARTS and ALPHABETICAL INDEX ■ You will find this revised edition of F. H. 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