Motion Picture Daily (Jan-Mar 1944)

Page scan 000513 from Motion Picture Daily

Record Details:

Title:
Motion Picture Daily
Date:
Jan-Mar 1944
Publisher:
New York [Motion picture daily, inc.]
Volume:
Motion picture daily
Leaf #:
000513
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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Motion Picture Daily At Showmanship Awards Luncheon Staff Photo Among those at the speakers' table at the luncheon which followed the judging yesterday of campaigns entered in the 10th annual Quigley Showmanship Awards and the second annual War Showmanship Award, were, from left to right: Joseph R. Vogel, Martin Quigley, Arthur Mayer, Malcolm Kingsberg. Tuesday, February 29, 1944 Four-City Rallies of Exhibitors for Drive (Continued from page 1) cipal speakers at the Washington rally in the Statler Hotel before 500 persons representing 450 theatres. Speakers also included John J. Payette and Carter Barron, local exhibitor chairmen, and J. B. Brecheen, distributor . chairman. /Igfi Detroit, two meetings were held, rwpl in the Fort Shelby Hotel with a theatre representation of 500, and the other at the Variety Club, with exchange personnel making up most of ^the attendance of more than 150. Ben Kalmenson, in a last-minute switch, was added over the weekend to the executives' unit v/hich started its speaking tour in Detroit. Others of this group include E. L. Alperson and Ben Shlyen. The Detroit meeting also was addressed by Earl J. Hudson, local exhibitor chairman; M. Dudel| son, distributor chairman, and two ; war heroes, Lt. J. P. Gilbert, field director for the Red Cross and vetj eran of South Pacific action, and Lt. | Allen Simpson, winner of the Air Medal, Purple Heart and Distinguished Flying Cross. Depinet, Brandt at Denver The Denver rally had a representation of 300 theatres. Ned E. Depinet and Harry Brandt arrived there from New York to address the gathering with "Rick" Ricketson, local exhibitor chairman, and Tom Bailey, distributor I chairman. In New Haven, a gathering representing more than 250 theatres was addressed by Robert Mochrie, Francis S. Harmon and Harry M. Kalmine. Mochrie will also address meetings in Cleveland and Cincinnati next week. Two meetings were added to the schedule over the weekend : Indianapolis, where the Kalmenson-Alperson-Shlyen unit will speak today, and Chicago to be covered by the same group tomorrow. Abe Montague, newly added to the list of touring speakers, will be in Boston today. Carolinas Rally Set for Today Charlotte, Feb. 28. — Theatre owners of North and South Carolina will attend a rally at the Hotel Charlotte here tomorrow in conjunction with the launching of the 1944 Red Cross drive. The Charlotte Variety Club will sponsor the meeting. Speakers for the occasion will be Joseph Bernhard, national chairman for the industry's drive; Robert Mochrie and Sam Dembow. Roy L. Smart of Charlotte, WAC co-ordinator for the Carolinas, will preside. Variety Club committeemen in charge of arrangements include : Chief barker Lester C. Sipe, general chairman, and John A. Bachman, vicechairman ; H. H. Everett, George Roscoe, Rovy Branon, Scott Lett, Max Bryant, J. Schraeder, John Ward, Jack Austin, and H. L. Hardy. Ban Midnight Shows Ashland, O., Feb. 28. — City council here has prohibited midnight shows as a result of pressure by the Ashland Ministerial Association, which alleged that young people were subjected to "demoralizing influences" in attending late shows. Ordinance, which will become effective in 30 days, provides for a $300 fine for violations, with each show a separate offense. Isadore Bier, Schine city manager, has protested. Legion Rates 10, All Are Acceptable Legion of Decency rated 10 films here this week, none of which were objectionable. Accorded ratings of Class A-l for general patronage were : "Action in Arabia," RKO ; "My Best Girl," Republic ; "See Here, Private Hargrove," M-G-M ; "Thundering Gun Slingers," PRC. In Class A-2, unobjectionable for adults were : "The Lady and the Monster," Republic ; "Million Dollar Kid," Monogram ; "Nine Girls," Columbia ; "Rosie the Riveter," Republic ; "Up in Arms," RKO, and "The Voodoo Man," Monogram. Cohen Aiding Red Cross Charles Cohen, feature publicity writer for 20th Century-Fox here, has been loaned by Hal Home, 20th's advertising-publicity director, to the War Activities Committee's Red Cross campaign committee to handle trade press relations on the WAC drive staff of Charles Smakwitz. Press Book Ready For Theatre Drive A War Activities Committee press book for the industry's Red Cross Drive, March 23-29, is being mailed to all theatres. The book was prepared by Harry Goldberg, campaign manager, and Charles A. Smakwitz, publicity director for the drive, with aid of Sid Rechetnik, Joe Tisman and Jess Gourley of Warner Bros, under supervision of Mort Blumenstock. Gil Golden did the cover. It is a three-color job, 11x17 inches, with 12 pages, and includes President Roosevelt's proclamation, description of the free kits available to theatres, photographs of National Screen Service accessories, mats, stories, contests, quotations from Army and Navy heads, publicity and exploitation material, Red Cross assisting posters and other aids. Honor Skouras at Coast Lunch Today (Continued from page 1) Marco Wolff, Robert Poole, president of the Independent Theatre Owners of Southern California; D. D. Durr, president of the Newspapers Association in Southern California ; R. H. Molton of the War Finance Department ; Mayor Fletcher Bowron and Rabbi Edgar Magnin. Others on the dais will be : Darryl F. Zanuck, William Goetz, Leo Spitz, Charles W. Koerner, N. Peter Rathvon, Samuel Goldwyn, Sam Katz, Henry Ginsberg, Lou Anger, Hunt Stromberg, U. S. District Attorney Charles Carr and Joseph Rosenberg, vice-president of the Bank of America. Sherill Corwin and Bill Srore are chairmen of the arrangement committee, assisted by Dave Bershon, Henry Pines, Ben Wallenstein, Rodney Pantages, Jack Bermant Al Galston, Gus Metzger, Wayne Ball, Anger, Wolff and Poole. Graetz Made Ealing V. 5. Representative (Continued from page 1) will be "San Demetrio London," dramatization of the "suicide" of the Port Jervis in blocking the Scharnhorst from action against a British convoy, to be followed by "Went the Day Well," a story of a supposed invasion of England by the Nazis ; "Nine Men," which details the adventures of soldiers stranded in the Libyan desert; "HalfWay House," adapted from Dennis Ogden's play, "The Peaceful Inn," and "Johnny Frenchman," starring Francoise Rosay. Sturdivant Named San Francisco, Feb. 28.— B. V. Sturdivant, northern California division chief of Fox-West Coast Theatres, has been named to the national budget and quota committee of the National War Fund. Sturdivant is also vice-president of the California War Chest. 7 Cite Value of Showmen's AnnualAwards (Continued from page 1) those who have displayed their interest in theatre operation by repeatedly participating in the Showmanship Awards competition. He expressed the hope that reduced paper supplies would not lead to the suspension of Motion Picture Herald's Managers Round Table section, which sponsors the annual contest. Martin Quigley, president of Quigley Publications, stated that the annual awards "have accomplished certain definite and desirable results." "The undertaking has heightened interest and increased activity in this vital function of promoting and exploiting pictures at the theatres," Quigley said. "It also has contributed a useful service in bringing recognition to persons in that work who have successfully and industriously applied themselves." Second Annual War Award The judging yesterday also embraced the second annual competition for the War Showmanship Award, presented to the theatre campaign adjudged to be the best on a theatre war endeavor. Arthur Mayer, operator of the Times Square Rialto Theatre and now on special service with the War Department, also spoke. Those who attended, in addition to those mentioneed, were : Mort Blumenstock, Jack Cohn, Bernard Kreisler, George Dembow, Oscar Doob, Russell Emde, Thomas Gerrity, Lt. (j. g.) Douglas George, Harry Goldberg, Lou Goldberg, Leonard Goldenson. Ben Grimm, Charles Reed Jones, Don Jacocks, Malcolm Kinsberg, Paul Lazarus, Jr., Henry Linet, Lawrence Lipskin, Irving Lesser, Leon Bamberger, S. Barret McCormick, Frank McCarthy, Charles MaeDonald, Harry Mandel, Arthur Mayer, A. Montague, Charles C. Moscowitz, Lou Pollock, Lou Preston, Maurice Maurer, Henderson Richey, Herman Robbins, Frank Rosenberg, William R. Ferguson. Also : Charles Schlaifer, Gradwell Sears, Charles Smakwitz, Joseph Springer, Arnold Stoltz, Vincent Trotta, William White, Phil Williams, Gus Eyssell, Colvin Brown, Sherwin Kane, James Cunningham, James Ivers, Herbert Fecke. Chester Friedman, Rav Gallagher, Ray Gallo, Gertrude Merriam, Martin Quigley. Terry Ramsave, George Schutz, Floyd Stone and Theodore Sullivan. New Skouras Air Program on WINS Skouras Theatres' war effort department will present a new radio program over station WINS starting tomorrow. Called "You Judge the News." it will consist of background news analysis and a family radio news forum, with Foster Williams as moderator and Nick John Matsoukas of Skouras producing. The program will be presented every Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday between 6:15 and 6:30 p.m.