Motion Picture Daily (Oct-Dec 1946)

Record Details:

Title:
Motion Picture Daily
Date:
Oct-Dec 1946
Publisher:
New York [Motion picture daily, inc.]
Volume:
Motion picture daily
Leaf #:
000328
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:
November 03, 2022
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E T Accurate \^ ! i < . j Y ^ Concise and Impartial TEN GENTS FILMS or's Edge* Tops Quality of Product Climaxing 'Skouras Sales Drive' 3MING down the homestretch in the "Spyros Skouras Sales Drive," 20th Century-Fox declares it will le most impressive group of pictures listory ready for release. The cornsales executives look for the book:ords that already have been set to exceeded in the final weeks of the vhich closes on Dec. 28. unprecedented drive, which has n progress since Aug. 25, will end le release of Darryl F. Zanuck's proi of "The Razor's Edge." The pic'aimed to be the most important proi ever to come from the company's ,, goes into general release during nas Week, and will have behind it prestige generated by the world preto be held at the Roxy in New York v. 19. Other Releases imultaneous release will be the corntop musical of the year, "The ing Miss Pilgrim," filmed in Tech•, with Betty Grable and Dick es as the stars, and a score written ; late George Gershwin. William rg produced the musical, while e Seaton directed and wrote the play. j in release during the climactic of the drive will be John Ford's Darling Clementine," a tale of the /est, starring Henry Fonda, Linda il and Victor Mature, and "Margie," '.chnicolor, starring Jeanne Crain. attractions have been setting box-ofpcords over the country in pre-reJ it is stated. (ree Little Girls in Blue," a light'd musical romance in Technicolor, ;g June Haver, George Montgomery, ft Blaine, Celeste Holm, Vera-Ellen, 'rank Latimore also will be playing ^sequent runs. ° studio, anticipating the demand ior ictures during the Skouras Drive, (Continued on paae 21) Picture Daily Thursday, November 14, 1946 Seeing These n's Billboards BETTY GRABLE DICK HAYMES TjSlls PILGRIM ectinicolor .ASUK ARTHUR CMA. SDON" SHIELDS.' M< 3E0RGE SEATON * WILUAM PE'RLBERG Best Sellers Added to 20-Fox List WITH the recent purchases of "The Snake Pit," "Nightmare Alley," "Britannia Mews," "Lydia Blake-, ly," and "Moss Rose," 20th Century-Fr is continuing its boxomce-tested policy^ adapting the nation's top best-sellers to production. The company reports it has the largest stockpile of unproduced story properties in its history, with 14 producers readying 55 scripts for future production. This backlog contains many recent bestsellers, two of which, "Forever Amber" and "The Captain from Castile," are now in production. Among others undergoing advance preparation for future production are : "The Foxes of Harrow," based on the novel by Frank Yerby, which has sold a 1,000,000 copies to date. "Green Grass of Wyoming," by Mary O'Hara, author of "My Friend Flicka" and "Thunderhead." "The Black Rose," from the adventure novel by Thomas Costain, to star Cornel Wilde. "Daisy Kenyon," based on the novel by Elizabeth Janeway, in which Gene Tierney will play the title role. "Chicken Every Sunday," by Rosemary Taylor, to star Jeanne Crain, Henry Fonda and Maureen O'Hara. "The Dark Wood," by Christine Weston, one of the season's most widely read novels. "The Turn of the Screw," by Henry James, based on the horror classic. "Escape," from the theatrical success by John Galsworthy. "The Walls of Jericho," based on Paul Wellman's new novel, which is the Literary Guild selection for February. "Scudda Hoo ! Scudda Hay !", from the novel by George Agnew Chamberlain, author of "In Old Indiana." "The Gay Illiterate," from the book by (Continued on page 21) -&LIH ,1.1 AS3AHVH