Motion Picture Daily (Apr-Jun 1948)

Page scan 00031 from Motion Picture Daily

Record Details:

Title:
Motion Picture Daily
Date:
Apr-Jun 1948
Publisher:
New York [Motion picture daily, inc.]
Volume:
Motion picture daily
Leaf #:
00031
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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Tuesday, April 6, 1948 Motion Picture daily # May Postpone M.P.F. Meeting Second meeting of Motion Picture Foundation' s national trustees, tentatively slated for this month in New York, very likely will be postponed to next month because of the National Variety Clubs convention to be held in Miami Beach, April 12-17, MPF headquarters here has indicated. Video Jurisdictional Dispute ^PHILADELPHIA, April 5 — A labor jurisdictional dispute between IATSS and Station WCAU's CIQ-af filiated technicians and cameramen resulted in cancellation of WCAU-TV's telecast of "The Bartered Bride" opera from the Academy of Music here last night. The 'IA' stagehands union refused to work with the CIO workers* Postpone D.C. Building Rules WASHINGTON, April 5 — District of Columbia theatres have succeeded in having postponed until Jan. I the effective date for changes in building regulations proposed last summer by the District Building Commission. The changes were to go into effect originally last Thursday. Canadian Brownout Ended OTTAWA, April 5— An order restricting the use of electricity for theatre marquees and lobbies in Ontario, in force since last November, has been rescinded. 2 More Tax Cut Bills Filed WASHINGTON, April 5— Two more bills to cut the a < o>t\i ssion tax back to the prewar 10 per cent rate have beerv introduced in the house. TWA Const ella Hons set new winter 1 performance record fe| On its roast-to-roast and New 1| York-Chicago routes, TWA'i H Constellations flew 4,377,000 1| miles, carried 117,000 passenw gers— completed 97% of sched§| uled mileage during one of % worst winters in history! For reservations, call your TWA office or your travel agent 1 1 THMMS WOK ID AIMUM H U.S.A. • fUAOPF • AffHCA • ASI Notice MOTION PICTURE DAILY'S normal appearance is being affected by a work stoppage in a dispute between the typographical union and the employing printer* COLUMBIA PICTURES presents HAYVtfORTH • WILIS with Everett SLOANE and Glenn ANDERS -Screenplay and Production by Orson WELLES rom SHANGHAI