Motion Picture Daily (Apr-Jun 1946)

Page scan 00034 from Motion Picture Daily

Record Details:

Title:
Motion Picture Daily
Date:
Apr-Jun 1946
Publisher:
New York [Motion picture daily, inc.]
Volume:
Motion picture daily
Leaf #:
00034
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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6 Motion Picture Daily Wednesday, April 3, 1946 Substitute Sunday Receipts for Tax Winder, Ga., April 2. — Half of Sunday theatre receipts will be given each week to this city for the operation of city schools, in accordance with an agreement reached between theatres here and city officials which led to final approval of Sunday films by the City Council here. The Council, which had previously proposed a city tax of three cents per ticket, asserts the proceeds from Sunday shows will eliminate the necessity of the tax. On March 26th Motion Picture Daily reported that R. E. Martin, veteran Southern theatre operator, had threatened to close the community's two theatres if the council passed the tax. Key City Grosses JJ* OLLOWING are estimated picture grosses for current enIP gagements in key cities as reported by Motion Picture Daily correspondents. Charles Curran with Young Productions Charles W. Curran, advertising and screen writer, has joined Harold Young Productions, as vice-president and associate producer. For 10 years in the advertising agency field, Curran was identified with many national campaigns. Price's Plan (Continued from page 1) said the Price proposal is continuously under study, with the likelihood that a decision on whether to accept or reject it will not be reached for some time. The plan, submitted to all unions as subject to revision, would entail an agreement to refer all jurisdictional questions to an arbitrator during a five-year period, with compliance pledged in advance. Yates Reelected (Continued from page 1) Rodgers and Robert V. Newman ; secretary Joseph E. McMahon ; assistant secretaries Albert E. Schiller, Nathan K. Loder, Ira M. Johnson and Robert V. Newman. Directors William J. German, James E. MacPherson, Arthur J. Miller and Edward L. Walton, whose terms of office expired yesterday, were reelecter for a term of three years at the annual meeting of Republic stockholders, which was also held yesterday. End Red Cross Work Charles Schlaifer, national publicity director of the industry's Red Cross Week, and associates marked the conclusion of their Red Cross work witl\ a luncheon at the St. Moritz Hotel, here, on Monday. Also attending were: Morris Kinzler, Rodney Bush, Christy Wilbert, Stirling Silliphant, Abe Goodman, Harry Hochfeld, Lou Frick, Virginia Morris, Jerry Novat, Dan Polier, Vic Sedlow, Irving Kahn, Eddie Solomon, Sam Shain and Bernard J. Hynes. CLEVELAND The Hippodrome is far and away the leader of the week here. Weather has been helpful. Estimated receipts for the week ending April 5 : TARZAN AND THE LEOPARD WOMAN (RICO Radio)— RKO ALLEN (3,000) (45c55c-65c) 7 days. Gross: $12,500. Average: $10,000) SARATOGA TRUNK (WB)— WARNERS' HIPPODROME (3,500) (45c-55c-65c) 7 days. Gross: $35,000. (Average: $20,800). THE BANDIT OF SHERWOOD FOREST (Col.)— WARNERS' LAKE (714) (45c-55c65c) 7 days, 4th week. Gross: $3,500. (Average: $3,270) SAILOR TAKES A WIFE (M-G-M)— LOEWS OHIO (1,268) (45c-65c) 7 days, 3rd week. Gross: $7,000. (Average: $6,200) A WALK IN THE SUN (20th-Fox) — RKO PALACE (3,300) (45c-55c-65c) 7 days. Gross: $15,000. (Average: $20,000) ADVENTURE (M-G-M)— LOEWS STATE (3,300) (45c-65c) 7 days, 2nd week. Gross: $20,000. (Average: $20,700) MISS SUSIE SLAGLE'S (Para.)— LOEWS STILLMAN (1,900) (45c-65c) 7 days. Gross: $10,500. (Average: $11,000) BALTIMORE Important new pictures are attracting crowds, less pretentious ones are barely striking average at box-offices. Film fans, for the present, seem to be "shopping" for their screen fare. Estimated receipts for the week ending April 4: THE SAILOR TAKES A WIFE (M-G-M) —CENTURY (3,000) (35c-44c-55c-60c) 7 days. Gross: $17,500. (Average: $15,500) THE MAN IN GREY (U) — KEITH'S (2,406) (35c-40c-50c-60c) 7 days. Gross: $7,500. (Average: $12,000) MISS SUSIE SLAGLE'S (Para.)— STANLEY (3,230) (35c-44c-55c-65c) 7 days. Gross:' $20,000. (Average: $17,000) THE BANDIT OF SHERWOOD FOREST (Col.) — (2,205) (35c-44c-55c-65c) 7 days. Stage show. Gross: $20,500. (Average: $18,000) BLACK MARKET BABIES (Mono.) — MAYFAIR (1,000) (25c-35c-54c) 7 days. Gross $4,500. (Average: $6,000) SENTIMENTAL JOURNEY (20th-Fox)— NEW (1,800) (35c-44c-60c) 7 days, 3rd week. Gross: $8,500. (Average: $10,500) THE MASK OF DIIJON (PRC) and MOON OVER MONTANA (Mono.) — MARYLAND (1,400) (25c-44c) 7 days. Gross: $6,000. (Average: $7,000) BUFFALO Two Buffalo first-runs are well above par for the week while others are around the average mark. Estimated receipts for the week ending April 6: SENTIMENTAL JOURNEY (20th-Fox) — BUFFALO (3,489) (40c -50c -60c -70c) 7 days. Gross: $17,800. (Average: $18,500) SARATOGA TRUNK ( WB) — GREAT LAKES (3,000) (40c -50c -60c -70c) 7 days. Gross: $25,000. (Average: $17,500) ADVENTURE (M-G-M) — HIPPODROME (2,100) (40c-50c-60c-70c) 7 days, 3rd week, on a moveover. Gross: $8,000. (Average: $9,500) ROAD TO UTOPIA (Para.)— TECK (1,500) (40c-50c-60c-70c) 7 days, 4th week, on a moveover. Gross: $7,000. (Average: $7,000) THE SPIRAL STAIRCASE (RKO Radio) and RIVERBOAT RHYTHM (RKO Radio) —TWENTIETH CENTURY (3,000) (40c50c-60c-70c) 7 days. Gross: $18,000. (Average: $13,000). BECAUSE OF HIM (U) and STRANGE CONFESSION (U)— LAFAYETTE (3,000) (40c -50c -60c -70c) 7 days, 2nd week. Gross: $13,000. (Average: $13,000) ST. LOUIS First-run grosses in the main here are good. Weather has been extremely warm. Estimated receipts for the week ending April 3 : ABILENE TOWN (UA) and CAPTAIN KIDD (UA)-LOEW'S STATE (3,154) (40c-50c-65c). Gross: $21,000. (Average: $17,000) ADVENTURE (M-G-M)— LOEWS ORPHEUM (1,900) (40c-50c-65c). Gross: $8,000. (Average: $7,100) BANDIT OF SHERWOOD FOREST (Col.) — AMBASSADOR (3,154) (45c-55c-65c). Gross: $17,500 (Average: $17,200) A WALK IN THE SUN (20th-Fox) and SWING PARADE OF 194fi (Mono.)— FOX (5,038) (45c-55c-65c). Gross: $18,500. (Average: $17,000) SENTIMENTAL JOURNEY (20th-Fox) and SCARLET STREET (U)-MISSOURI (3,514) (45c-55c-65c). Gross: $12,500. (Average: $11,100) FRONTIER GAL (U) and THE DALTONS RIDE AGAIN (U)— ST. LOUIS (4,000) (45c-55c-65c). Gross: $6,500. (Average: $6,200) BELLS OF ST. MARY'S (RKO-Radio)— SHU BERT (1,900) (45c -55c -65c). Gross: $5,000. (Average: $6,200) TORONTO A return of snappy weather sent the Toronto public back to theatres. Grosses are good. Estimated receipts for the week ending April 5 : MISS SUSIE SLAGLE'S (Para.) and TOKYO ROSE (Para.)— EGLINTON (1,086) (18c-48c-60c) 6 days. Gross: $6,000. (Average: $4,500) SAN ANTONIO (WB)— IMPERIAL (3.473) (18c-30c-42c-60c-90c) 6 days, 2nd week. Gross: $13,300. (Average: $13,300). THE HARVEY GIRLS (M-G-M)— LOEWS (2,074) (18c-30c-40c-60c-78c) 6 days, 2nd week. Gross: $13,700. (Average: $13,200) THE ROAD TO UTOPIA (Para.)-SHEA'S (2,480) (18c-30c-42c-60c-90c) 6 days. Gross: ■•20,600. (Average: $14,600) GETTING GERTIE'S GARTER (UA) and PURSUIT TO ALGIERS (U)— UPTOWN (2,761) (18c-30c-42c-60c-90c) 6 days. Gross: $10,400. (Average: $9,900) MISS SUSIE SLAGLE'S (Para.) and TOKYO ROSE (Para.)— VICTORIA (1,270) (12c-30c-48c) 6 days. Gross: $7,500. (Average: $7,000) MILWAUKEE Unseasonably balmy weather proved no aid to theatre business here, which was spotty at some houses. Estimated receipts for the week ending April 3 : BLACK MARKET BABIES (Mono.)— ALHAMBRA (1,600) (50c-80c) 7 days. Gross: $5,000. (Average: $5,000) SARATOGA TRUNK (WB)— WARNER (2,400) (50c -80c) 7 days, 2nd week. Gross: $18,000. (Average: $16,000) TOMORROW IS FOREVER (RKO-Radio) —RIVERSIDE (2,600) (50c-80c) 7 days. Gross: $16,500. (Average: $17,000) SENTIMENTAL JOURNEY (20th-Fox)— PALACE (2,275) (55c-85c) 7 days. Gross: $13,000. (Average: $13,500) ADVENTURE (M-G-M) — WISCONSIN (2,800) (55c-85c) 7 days. Gross: $17,000. (Average: $14,500) BANDIT OF SHERWOOD FOREST (Col.) and ONE WAY TO LOVE (Col.)— STRAND (1,200) (55c-85c) 7 days, 3rd week. Gross: $6,250. (Average: $6,250) SALT LAKE CITY All seven first-runs here are drawing over-average business. Estimated receipts for the week ending April 7: THE VIRGINIAN (Para.) — C E N T R E (1,700) (14c-45c-65c) 7 days. Gross: $14,000. (Average: $13,900) SMPE Spring Meet Here on May 6-10 Described as "reflecting an upward surge of interest and activity in new technical advances in the industry," the 50th semi-annual technical conference of the Society of Motion Picture Engineers will be held for an extended period of five days, from May 6 to 10, at the Hotel Pennsylvania, in New York, with "the longest program Ju" society has ever conducted on the L , lantic Coast." Reports and discussions scheduled for the sessions, together with resumption of social features which were omitted at wartime conferences, are expected to bring together one of the largest_ gatherings of film engineers and scientists ever assembled. For the first time at an East Coast meeting, the SMPE has scheduled most of the technical papers and demonstrations for afternoon and evening sessions, leaving mornings free except for Tuesday, May 7, and Friday, May 10. This will allow for morning committee meetings and permit out-oftown members and guests to make business contacts while in New York. RCA and RKO Sign New Recording Pact A new 10-year film recording agreement providing for the continued use of RCA film recording for RKO Radio's Hollywood productions, and also specifically licensing RKO Radio to record and distribute sound films for use in television broadcasting, has been signed by RCA and RKO Radio, according to Meade Brunet, RCA Victor vice-president in charge of engineering products and activities. ROAD TO UTOPIA (Para.) — CAPITOL (1,878) (14c-45c-65c) 2nd week, on a moveover. Gross: $18,000. (Average: $7,300) ROMANCE OF THE WEST (PRC) and A GUY COULD CHANGE (Rep.)— LYRIC (1,500) (14c-j5c-45c-65c) 7 days. Stage show. Gross: $4,000. (Average: $3,500) TARZAN AND THE LEOPARD WOMAN (RKO Radio)— RIALTO (800) (14c-45c-65c) 7 days. Gross: $5,000. (Average: $3,500) VACATION FROM MARRIAGE (M-G-M) —STUDIO (800) (14c-45c-65c) 7 days. Gross: $5,600. (Average: $4,500) DEADLINE AT DAWN (RKO Radio)— UPTOWN (1,300) (14c-45c-65c) 7 days. Gross: $7,100. (Average: $5,500) DIARY OF A CHAMBERMAID (UA) and MEET ME ON BROADWAY (Col.)— UTAH (1,700) (14c-45c-65c) 7 days. Gross: $13,400. (Average: $11,000) KANSAS CITY Warm weather took thousands to parks, and theatre attendance is off markedly. Estimated receipts for the week ended April 2 : HOUSE OF DRACULA (U) and PILLOW OF DEATH (U)— ESQUIRE (800) (45c-65c) 7 days. Gross: $6,000. (Average: $8,000) ADVENTURE (M-G-M) — MIDLAND (3,500) (45c-65c) 7 days. Gross: $23,000. (Average: $15,000) MY REPUTATION (WB) — NEWMAN (1,900) (45c-65c) 7 days, 2nd week. Gross: $11,000. (Average: $12,000) SARATOGA TRUNK (WB) — ORPHEUM «1,900) (45c-65c) 7 days, 2nd week. Gross: $14,000. (Average: $10,000) SWING PARADE OF 1946 (Mono.) and HOW DO YOU DO (PRC)— TOWER (2.100) (39c-60c) Stage show. Gross: $8,500. (Average: $9,400). HOUSE OF DRACULA (U) and PILLOW OF DEATH (U)— UPTOWN (2,000) (45c65c) 7 days. Gross: $3,500. (Average: $6,000) HOUSE OF DRACULA (U) and PILLOW OF DEATH (U)— FAIRWAY (700) (45c65c) 7 days. Gross: $1,000. (Average: $1,750)