Motion Picture Daily (Apr-Jun 1942)

Page scan 000327 from Motion Picture Daily

Record Details:

Title:
Motion Picture Daily
Date:
Apr-Jun 1942
Publisher:
New York [Motion picture daily, inc.]
Volume:
Motion Picture Daily (Apr-Jun 1942)
Leaf #:
000327
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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Wednesday, April 29, 1942 MOTION PICTURE DAILY 5 'Kings Row' in Philadelphia Gets $16,000 Philadelphia, April 28— "Kings Row," in the third week at the Boyd, -^>red 516,000. At the Earle, "Sulli%'s Travels" for six days with a vaudeville show headed by Johnny 11 Davis' orchestra, took $21,000. Estimated receipts for the week ended April 21-24: "The Remarkable Andrew" (Para) ALDINE— (1,400) (35c-41c-46c-57c-68c) 7 days. Gross: $6,000. (Average, $9,000) "Citizen Kane" (RKO) ARCADIA — (600) (35c-46c-57c) 8 days, 2d run. Gross: $3,500. (Average, $2,600) "Kings Row" (W.B.) BOYD— (2,400) (35c-41c-46c-57c-68c) / days, 3d week. Gross: $16,000. (Average, $13,000) "Sullivan's Travels" (Para) 6 days "The Courtship of Andy Hardy" (M-G-M) 1 day , „ EARLE— (3,000) (35c-41c-46c-57c-68c) 7 days. Vaudeville including Connee Boswell. Johnny Davis' orchestra, Gloria Van, Bob Reynolds, Tony Cabot and Cliff Nazarro. Gross: $21,000. (Average, $14,000) "Blanche's Blessed Event" (Col.) FAY'S — (2,190) (15c-29c-35c-46c-57c) 7 days. Vaudeville including Eddie White. Ben Yost's Singing Models, Haynes & Perry, Judson Cole, Stewart & Lee, Gae Foster's Roxyettes and Billy Klaiss' orchestra. Gross: $4,200. (Average, $6,900) "The Courtship of Andy Hardy" (M-G-M) FOX— (3,00) (35c-41c-46c-57c-68c) 7 days. Gross: $14,500. (Average, $13,000) "Mister V" (U.A.) KARLTOX— (1,000) (35c-41c-46c-57c-68c) 7 days, 2d run. Gross: $5,000. (Average, $3,000) "Seng of the Islands" (20th-Fox) KEITH'S — (2,200) (35c-41c-46c-57c-68c) 7 days, 2d run. Gross: $3,500. (Average, $4,500) "To the Shores of Tripoli" (20th-Fox) STANLEY— (2,700) (35c-41c-46c-57c-68c) 7 days, 2d week. Gross: $15,000. (Average, $14,000) "The Shanghai Gesture" (U.A.) STANTON — (1,700) (35c-41c-46c-57c-68c) " Notes from Hollywood Hollywood, April 28 1"» WENTIETH CENTURY-FOX faces its heaviest location schedule in years, with shooting scheduled tentatively in six states and two foreign countries. With wartime regulations restricting outdoor locations on the Pacific Coastal plains, the studio plans to photograph seven pictures in the locales with which they days, 2d week. $4,500) Gross: $7,000. (Average, Tripoli' at $5,800 In Oklahoma City Oklahoma City, April 28. — "To the Shores of Tripoli" drew §5,800 at the Criterion, and "Kings Row" in a third week, drew $2,000 at the Tower. Estimated receipts for the week ending April 23 : "To the Shores of Tripoli" (20thFox) CRITERION— (1.500) (20c-25c-40c) 7 days. Gross: $5,800. (Average, $4,500) "Confirm or Deny" (20th-Fox) "Sailors on Leave" (Rep.) LIBERTY— (1,200) (20c-25c) 7 days. Gross: $2,400. (Average. $2,400) "We Were Dancing" (M-G-M) MIDWEST— (1,500) (20c-25c-40c) 7 days. Gross: $3,500. (Average, $4,000) "The Invaders" (RKO) STATE— (1,100) (20c-25c-40c) 7 days. Gross: S4.000. (Average, $3,500) "Kings Row" (W. B.) TOWER— (1,000) (20c-25c-40c) 7 days. Moved from two week run at downtown Criterion. Gross: $2,000. (Average. $1,750) W.B. Theatres Staff Holds Meeting Here Joseph Bernhard, vice-president and general manager of Warners, and Harry M. Kalmine, assistant general manager of Warner Theatres, addressed a meeting of the circuit's buyers and bookers yesterday at the home office. The conservation program, economies in operation and extended playing time for important films were discussed. are associated A second unit of "The Black Swan," which will star Tyrone Power and Maureen O'Hara, is already at work in Mexico. The company itself is expected to go below the border in about five weeks, and later go to Florida for other shots. "Springtime in the Rockies," a musical with Betty Grable, Carmen Miranda and Harry James' orchestra, will be shot in part at Lake Louise, Canada. "Sioux City," Technicolor outdoor special, will probably go to the Black Hills of South Dakota. Utah backgrounds will be used in "My Friend Flicka," starring Roddy McDowall, and "Crash Dive," story of submarines, will be made in part at New London, Conn., provided the Navy will permit the use of the submarine base there. Nevada, scene of the action of "The OxBow Incident," will play host to a 20th Century-Fox troupe, with "Coney Island" scenes to be used in the picture of that name. Parts of "Down to the Sea in Ships" will be photographed in Mexico. • • Six literary properties were acquired by Hollywood studios last week. Twentieth Century-Fox purchased two— "This Little Pig Went to Murder," by James O'Hanlan, which W alter Morosco will produce, and "Porcelain Lady," by Edwin Blum, which Milton Sperling will produce. Monogram acquired "The Lady Member," by Damon Runyon, and "Storm Out of the West," by director William K. Howard. Independent producer Edward F. Finney purchased "Wings of Mercy," story by Betty Laidlaw and Robert Lively, based on the work of women ambulance drivers in the war. M-G-M bought "I'd Rather See a Ghost," original mystery yarn by Jack Jungmeyer, Jr., and Maurice Rapf. • • Alexis Smith's next will be "Heaven on 49th Street," at Warners It deals with St. Malachy's Church on 49th Street, New York. Ben Stoloff will produce . . . Archie Mayo replaces the ailing John Brahm on "Orchestra Wife," 20th Century-Fox. Brahm in the meantime has been assigned the forthcoming "Crash Dive" . . . "Mississippi Belle" will be Mark Hellinger's first production assignment on his return to Warners . . . Anna Lee gets the top feminine role in Republic's special, "Flying Tigers." Young Bill Shirley has a supporting part. • • Sol Lesser's first production on his return to United Artists will be "For the Love of Michael," Rose Franken script . . . Ozzie Nelson and his orchestra and William T. Orr join the troupe of Damon Runyon's "The Big Street". . . Lela Rogers, Ginger Rogers' mother, will play her mother in Paramount's "The Major and the Minor" . . . "Junior Generals," based on the activities of the Junior Army being sponsored by the Hearst Newspapers, has been placed on the Columbia production schedule. Freddie Bartholomew probably will play the lead. Jean Negulesco and Dudley Chambers, accompanied by a camera crew, have left for West Point and Annapolis to film two short subjects presenting the academies' bands and glee clubs . . . Production has started on "Tish" at M-G-M, with Marjorie Main, Zasu Pitts, Aline MacMahon, Lee Bowman, and Virginia Grey in the leads. S. Sylvan Simon is directing and O. O. Dull producing. • • Renamed Leslie Brooks, Loraine Gettman, former model, gets a term contract at Columbia. Her first will be the feminine lead in "Overland to Deadwood," opposite Charles Starrett and Russell Hayden . . . Dalton Trumbo, writer, has been loaned bv Paramount to M-G-M for an as India Increases Duty on Pictures London, April 28. — Import duties on films have been increased by the Indian authorities. The increase amounts to 20 per cent. The duty on a feature of 8,000 feet is now approximately £150 (about $600). signment . . . Elinor Troy is the first supporting player to be signed by Samuel Goldwyn for the Bob HopeDorothy Lamour vehicle. • • Warner Bros, signed Paul Lukas to repeat his stage role in "Watch on the Rhine," it was announced today. The film is scheduled to start June 1. • • Sidney Buchman has arrived from New York and reported to Columbia to do the script on "The American Way". . . Ralph Sanford has been given a term acting deal by PineThomas . . . RKO has set Robert Stevenson to direct "China Sky," from the Pearl S. Buck novel, and Edward Sutherland to guide "The Navy Comes Through." The latter will star Pat O'Brien, Randolph Scott and Jackie Cooper . . . Columbia has changed the title of "Valley of the Lawless Men," Charles Starret-Russell Hayden western, to "Bad Men of the Hills." It ill gab"* ***** CTf*J "GA2IN A GOLD MINC!' if IS All ..0A2IH ACTS! Q< Co-starring Ida Lupino! With Claude Rains, Thomas Mitchell. Directed by ARCHIE MAYO Produced by MARK HELLINGER Screen Play by John O'Hara.