Motion Picture Daily (Jan-Mar 1947)

Record Details:

Title:
Motion Picture Daily
Date:
Jan-Mar 1947
Publisher:
New York [Motion picture daily, inc.]
Volume:
Motion picture daily
Leaf #:
000197
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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Wednesday, January 29, 1947 Motion Picture Daily 11 Estimates of Key City Grosses {Continued from page 10) week ending Jan. 31 : WAKE UP AND DREAM (20th-Fox)— FULTON (1,700) (40c-55c-70c) 7 days. Gross: $9,500. (Average: $9,700) MAGNIFICENT DOLL (U)— J. P. HARRIS (2,000) (40c-S5c-70c) 7 days. Gross: $12,500. (Average: $11,000) THE STRANGE WOMAN (UA)— PENN (3,400) (40c-55c-70c) 7 days. Gross: $22,500. (Average: $25,000) LUE SKIES (Para.)— RITZ (1,100) (40c J;-70c) 7 days, 4th week on moveover from T/enn. Gross: $6,000. (Average: $3,500) THE RAZOR'S EDGE (20th-Fox)— SENATOR (1,700) (40c-55c-70c) 7 days, 4th week on moveover from J. P. Harris. Gross: $5,000. (Average: $3,200) NOTORIOUS (RKO Radio) — STANLEY (3,800) (40c-55c-70c) 7 days, 2nd week. Gross: $20,000. (Average: $25,000) THE BEAST WITH FIVE FINGERS (WB)— WARNER (2,000) (40c-55c-70c) 7 days. Gross: $11,500. (Average: $8,000) OMAHA All four first-runs are registering over par in a solid business week. Spring-like weather continues. Estimated receipts for the week ending Jan. 29-30: CAESAR AND CLEOPATRA (UA)— OMAHA (2,000) (50c-65c) 7 days. Gross: $9,000. (Average: $8,600) SWEETHEART OF SIGMA CHI (Mono.) — ORPHEUM (3,000) (55c-80c) 7 days. Bob Crosby's Orchestra on stage. Gross: $21,900. (Average: $19,900) TILL THE CLOUDS ROLL BY (M-G-M) —PARAMOUNT (2,900) (50c-65c) 7 days. Gross: $15,100. (Average: $11,000) THE JOLSON STORY (Col.)— RKO BRANDEIS (1,200) (50c-65c) 7 days, 3rd week. Gross: $7,400. (Average: $6,800) BUFFALO Spring-like weather and good product, coupled with a stage show, resulted in one of the best weeks of this year or last. Estimated receipts for the week ending Feb. 1 : THE BACHELORS DAUGHTERS (UA)BUFFALO (3,489) (40c-50c-60c-70c) 7 days. Vaughn Monroe and his orchestra on stage in anniversary revue. Gross: $35,700. (Average: $19,000) THE TIME, THE PLACE AND THE GIRL (WB)— GREAT LAKES (3,000) (40c50c-60c-70c) 7 days, 2nd week. Gross: $18,000. (Average: $18,000) THE WICKED LADY (U) and SPOOK BUSTERS (Mono.) — (HIPPODROME (2,100)) (40c-50c-60c-70c) 7 days. Gross: $12,000. (Average: $10,000) TEMPTATION (Univ.) and BLONDIE'S BIG MOMENT (Col.)— LAFAYETTE (3, 000) (40c-50c-60c-70c) 7 days. Gross: $17,400. (Average: $15,000) TILL THE CLOUDS ROLL BY (M-G-M) -TECK (1,500) (40c-50c-60c-70c) 7 days, 4th week on a moveover. Gross: $6,000. (Average: $6,000) SONG OF THE SOUTH (RKO Radio) and GENTLEMAN JOE PALOOKA (Mono.)— TWENTIETH CENTURY (3,000) (40c-50c-60c-70c) 7 days. Gross: $25,000. (Average: $16,000) KANSAS CITY Although "The Jolson Story" is drawing well, business for other films has been spotty. Temperatures have been falling slightly. Estimated receipts for the week ending Jan. 28-30 : THE DARK MIRROR (International)— ESQUIRE (800) (45c-65c) 7 days, 2nd week. Gross: $7,200. (Average: $8,000) THE DARK MIRROR (International)— FAIRWAY (700) (45c-65c) 7 days, 2nd week. Gross: $1,300. (Average: $1,750) THE JOLSON STORY (Col.) — MIDLAND (3,500) (45c-65c) 7 days. Gross: $25,000. (Average: $15,000) BLUE SKIES (Para.)— NEWMAN 0,900) (45c-6Sc) 7 days, 5th week. Gross: $9,000. (Average: $11,000) IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE (RKO Radio) -ORPHEUM (1,900) (45c-65c) 7 days, 5th week. Gross: $7,500. (Average: $10,000) THE PLAINSMAN AND THE LADY (Rep.) and DANGEROUS MILLIONS (20th-Fox)— TOWER (2,100) (45c-65c) 7 days. Stage show. Gross: $10,000. (Average: $9,000) THE DARK MIRROR (International)— UPTOWN (2,000) (45c-65c) 7 days, 2nd week. Gross: $5,000. (Average: $6,000) INDIANAPOLIS Business has been moderately good, aided by mild weather. Estimated receipts for the week ending Jan. 28-29 : DECEPTION (WB)— CIRCLE (2,800) (40c60c) 7 days. Gross: $12,000. (Average: $11,700) NOTORIOUS (RKO Radio) — INDIANA (3,200) (40c-60c) 7 days, 2nd week. Gross: $11,500. (Average: $15,800) SWELL GUY (U)— KEITH'S (1,300) (40c 60c) 7 days. Gross: $9,000. (Average: $9,000) THE SECRET HEART (M-G-M) LOEWS (2,450) (40c-60c) 7 days, 2nd week. Gross: $9,500. (Average: $14,000) THE CAT CREEPS (U) and SHE WOLF OF LONDON (U)— LYRIC (1,600) (40c-60c) 7 days. Gross: $7,500. (Average: $6,700) CLEVELAND A big weekend compensated for losses during a blizzard as the week opened. "Blue Skies," "The Jolson Story" and "13 Rue Madeleine" are doing outstanding business. Estimated receipts for the week ending Jan. 29-30 : TILL THE CLOUDS ROLL BY (M-G-M) —LOEWS OHIO (1,268) (50c-70c-75c) 7 days, 4th week. Gross: $7,000. (Average: $7,000) BLUE SKIES (Para.) — LOEWS STATE (3,300) (50c-70c-75c) 7 days. Gross: $32,000. (Average: $23,800) SECRET HEART (M-G-M) — LOEWS STILLMAN (1,900) (S0c-70c-75c) 7 days, 2nd week. Gross: $10,000. (Average: $11,000) HENRY V (UA)-LOWER MALL (500) ($1.25-$2.50) 7 days, 5th week. Two-a-day. Gross: $9,000. (Average: $9,750) THE RAZOR'S EDGE (Zflth-Fox)— RKO ALLEN (3,000) (55c-70c-75c) 7 days, 5th week. Gross: $10,000. (Average: $12,000) 13 RUE MADELEINE (ZOth-Fox) — RKO PALACE (3,300) (55c-70c-75c) 7 days. Gross: $26,000. (Average: $21,400) THE JOLSON STORY (Col.)— WARNERS' HIPPODROME (3,500) (55c-70c-75c) 7 days. Gross: $30,000. (Average: $22,600) THE DARK MIRROR (International) WARNERS' LAKE (714) (55c-70c-75c) 7 days, 3rd week. Gross: $3,600. (Average: $3,650) ATLANTA Theatre business is holding steady. The weather has been clear and warm. Estimated receipts for the week ending Jan. 29 : THE RUNAROUND (U) FOX (5,661) (55c-60c) With stage show. Gross: $24,000. (Average: ($13,000) MAKE MINE MUSIC (RKO Radio)— PAR AMOUNT (2,447) (55c-60c) Gross: $8,400. (Average: $8,200) MY DARLING CLEMENTINE (20th-Fox) -ROXY (2,446) (55c-60c) 2nd week, on moveover from Fox. Gross: $5,900. (Average: $5,500) FOOL'S GOLD (UA) and DING DONG WILLIAMS (RKO Radio) — CAPITA), (2,446) (44c-50c) Gross: $5,000. (Average: $4,200) THE SECRET HEART — (M G M) LOEWS GRAND (2.554) (50c-60c) Gross: $14,500. (Average: $15,000) MINNEAPOLIS A spell of unseasonable weather helped business hold a shade above average. _ Estimated receipts for the week ending Jan. 30 : BLUE SKIES (Para.)— CENTURY (1,600) (50c-70c) 7 days, 4th week. Gross: $8,500. (Average: $7,500) BRINGING UP FATHER (Mono.)— GOPHER (1.000) (44c-50c) 7 days. Gross: $4,000. (Average: $3,400) THE PERFECT MARRIAGE (Para.)— LYRIC (1,100) (50c-70c) 7 days, 2nd week on moveover from Radio City. Gross: $5,500. (Average: $6,000) SONG OF THE SOUTH (RKO Radio)— ORPHEUM (2,800) (50c-70c) 7 days, 2nd week. Gross: $12,000. (Average: $11,500) TILL THE CLOUDS ROLL BY (M-G-M) -RADIO CITY (4,000) (50c-70c) 5 days. Gross: $16,000. (Average: $18,000) IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE (RKO Radio) —RKO PAN (1,500) (50c-70c) 7 days, 5th week. Gross: $8,500. (Average: $8,000) THE MIGHTY McGURK (M-G-M)— STATE (2,300) (50c-70c) 7 days. Gross: $12,000. (Average: $13,500) ST. LOUIS "The Secret Heart" is in the lead dflring a week of June weather in January. Estimated receipts for the week ending Jan. 29 : HUMORESQUE (WB) — AMBASSADOR (3,15.4) (50c-60c-75c) 2nd week. Gross: $17,000. (Average: $18,000) DARK COMMAND (Rep. reissue) and MAN OF CONQUEST (Rep, reissue) — FOX (5,038) (50c-60c-75c) Gross: $26,000. (Average: $20,000) THE SHOCKING MISS PILGRIM (ZOthFox) and DANGEROUS MILUONS (20ihFox) — MISSOURI (3,514) (50c 60c 75c) Gross: $22,000. (Average: $12,500) THE SECRET HEART (M-G-M) LOEWS STATE (3,154) (50c-60c-70c) Gross: $28,000. (Average: $20,000) TILL THE CLOUDS ROLL BY (M-G-M) —LOEWS ORPHEUM (1,900) (50c-60c-75c) Gross: $10,000. (Average: $9,000) THE TIME, THE PLACE AND THE GIRL (WB)— ST. LOUIS (4,000) (50c-60c75c) Gross: $9,500. (Average: $6,000) N.Y. Grosses (Continued from page 10) ^79,000 during the five days ending Sunday evening ; it should wind up a second week in the neighborhood of $100,000. "Best Years," at the Astor, still is showing strength aplenty with $50,000 in sight for a 10th week. "California" is luring attractive business to the Rivoli where a second week's total of $40,000 is expected. 'Stairway to Heaven" at the Park is holding up nicely with an estimated : 16,000 apparent for the fifth week. Humoresque" should do a profitable 24,000 in a fifth week at the Hollywood. "It's a Wonderful Life" is falling off some but is still good at the Globe, where the sixth week's business should be around $23,000 which is ;4,50O under the previous week's take. "The Perfect Marriage" with the Mills Brothers heading the stage show probably will bring in about $60,000. vhich is close to average, in a second week at the Paramount ; the show go a third week with "Easy Come, Easy Go" scheduled to follow on Feb. 5. "Henry V" is good for $12,000 in 'ts 22nd week of a moveover run at the John Golden Theatre. Stage Shows Abandoned Cincinnati, Jan. 28.— The RKO Albee, playing stage shows and pictures, has _ temporarily reverted to a straight picture policy, and will resume stage shows as soon as it is possible to secure additional shows of a higher caliber that have been playing the house. THE WORD IS AROUND Today! WORLD PREMIERES at Pennsylvania's Stat*. Capital, Senate Theatre, Harrisburg, and Astor Theatre, Reading,