Motion Picture Daily (Jul-Sep 1948)

Record Details:

Title:
Motion Picture Daily
Date:
Jul-Sep 1948
Publisher:
New York [Motion picture daily, inc.]
Volume:
Motion picture daily
Leaf #:
00045
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:
December 02, 2023
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Wednesday, July 7, 1948 Motion Picture daily 7 Top Industry Salaries Listed by U. S. Treasury Washington, July 6. — Charles P. Skouras, president of National Theatres Amusement Co. and Fox West Coast Agency Corp., drew $985,300 in salary and bonuses in 1946, to lead ''_ first installment of the Treasury ■ 2>i"tment's ijst Gf top U. S. wage ttts. His income compared with $568,143 for the previous year. Salaries listed are gross and do not give effect to large Federal and state income taxes. Film producer William Wyler drew $432,000 from Samuel Goldwyn Productions to rank second on today's list, while Bing Crosby, with $325,000 from Paramount, ranked eighth. Betty Grable, with $299,300 from 20th Century-Fox, ranked ninth nationally and was top-salaried woman on the current list. Other highly-paid film figures on the list were Hedy Lamarr, with $279,800 from Mars Film Corp. ; Cary Grant, with $278,125 from Goldwyn; Bob Hope, with $275,000 from Paramount, and Darryl F. Zanuck, with $260,000 from 20th Century-Fox. Four Companies Missing The figures do not cover dividends and other income outside salary, all bonuses and certain extra compensation. The list did not include Metro, Warners, RKO and Universal, which have contributed many top wage earners in past years. Many film figures on the list may also boost their total take when these and other film firms are listed. Skouras received $130,000 from Fox West Coast, and $855,300 from National. The million-a-year mark has not been cracked since Leo McCarey received $1,113,035 for 1944. Here are the company-by-company listings of their over $75,000 wageearners : $159,000 for Balaban Paramount: Lewis A. Allen, $79,500; Barney Balaban, $159,000; Edmund Beloin, $85,750; Claude Binyon, $122,500; Edward V. Bracken, $96,249; Charles Brackett, $116,791; Frank R. Butler, $102,625; Bing Crosby, $325,000; Roland Culver, $84,270; Marlene Dietrich, $100,000; John V. Farrow, $122,791; Y. Frank Freeman, $132,500; Tav Garnett, $150,000; Henry Ginsberg, $220,000; Paulette Goddard, $118,589; Leonard H. Goldenson, $85,000; Bob Hope, $275,000; Paul M. Jones, $92,900; Austin C. Keough, $85,000; Milton Krims, $84,708; Alan W. Ladd, $212,000; Dorothy Lamour, $175,083; Sidney Lanfield, $117,812; Mitchell Leisen, $192,737; Kenneth McGowan, $89,416; Fred MacMurray, $150,000; George Marshall, $159,000; Ray Milland, $229,166; Charles M. Reagan, $81,482; Sol C. Siegel, $77,083; Betty Hutton, $164,500; Sonny Tufts, $90,666; Harry Tugend, $153,000; Billy Wilder, $166,083; Dwight M. Wiley, $76,416; P. J. Wolfson, $96,000; Victor Young, $79,500; Adolph Zukor, $136,400. 20th Century-Fox: William Bacher, $91,166; Lloyd Bacon, $177,958; Anne Baxter, $86,041; Ronald Colman, $75,824; Thomas J. Connors, $110,400; Linda Darnell, $111,333; Richard W. Day, $78,000; Philip Dunne, $83,810; Mack Gordon, $104,000; Edmund Goulding, $178,333; Betty Grable, $299,333; Rex Harrison, $174,750; Henry Hathaway, $135,666; June Haver, $80,708; Dick Haymes, $95,000; Frederick Herbert, $134.125; Samuel Hoffenstein, $92,325; H. Bruce Humberstone, $99,583; Harry James, $100, Increase in Studio Labor Employment Hollywood, July 6. — The film production employment index rose to 83.3 per cent in May from April's 79.5, according to the California Labor Statistics Bureau, which uses 1940 level as 100. May a year ago hit 101.6. Average weekly earnings for May, 1948, were $97.94, compared with $96.69 in April. 036; George Jessel, $117,666; Henry King, $165,000; Fred Kohlmar, $91,000; Walter R. Lang, $185,000; Louis D. Lighten, $140,000; Ernst Lubitsch, $120,000; Joseph Mankiewicz, $190,333; Gene Markey, $109,825; Mary C. McCall, Jr., $106,000; William C. Michel. $84,800; Thomas Mitchell, $121,875; George Montgomery, $84,916; Joseph Moskowitz. $104,000; Alfred Newman, $104,333; Lloyd Nolan, $76,300; Maureen O'Hara, $199,333; John Payne, $96,875; William Perlberg, $182,000; Tyrone Power, $189,500; Otto L. Preminger, $206,750; Vincent Price, Jr., $79,400; Gregory Ratoff, $182,000; Cesar Romero, $89,250; Lew Schreiber, $130,000; George E. Seaton, $156,000; Spyros P. Skouras, $201,899; John M. Stahl, $195,000; Gene Tierney, $195,000; Lamar Trotti, $149,520; Clifton Webb, $97,000; Cornel L. Wilde, $130,000; Robert G. Young, $100,000; Darryl F. Zanuck, $260,000. _ Samuel Goldwyn Productions : Dana Andrews, $182,233; Sylvia Fine, $133,928; Cary Grant, $278,125; Howard Hawks, $250,000; Danny Kaye, $133,928; Henry Roster, $125,000; David Niven, $194,000; Robert E. Sherwood, $208,000;. Harry Tugend, $100,000; William Wyler, $432,000; Loretta Young, $186,666. $279,800 for Hedy Lamarr Mars Film Corp.: Jack Chertok, $153,200; Louis Hayward, $86,250; Hedy Lamarr, $279,800; George Sanders, $85,333. The Treasury pointed out that a large part of these individuals' income was not paid in 1946, but will come out of profits of "Dishonored Lady" and "The Strange Woman." Phil Berg-Bert Allenberg, Inc.: Bert Allenberg, $112,741; Phil Berg, $112,661. Chaplin Studios, Inc.: Charles Chaplin, $119,000. Empire Productions, Inc.: Hunt Stromberg, $150,000. (Paid $75,000 in 1946 and $75X00 in 1947 prior to March 15, 1947.) Enterprise Productions, Inc.: S. Charles Einfeld, $78,000. Famous Artists Corp.: Charles K. Feldman, $126,941. Fox Inter-Mountain Amusement Corp.: F. H. Ricketson, Jr., $119,296. Fox MidWest Amusement Corp.: Elmer C. Rhoden, $119,445. Lexington Productions, Inc.: Barbara Stanwyck, $100,000. Mark Productions, Inc.: Jules Dassin, $85,000; Barry Fitzgerald, $83,333; Mark Hellinger, $156,000. Cakmont Pictures, Inc.: Charles Coburn, $100,000; George Sanders, $100,000. Hal Roach Studios: William Bendix, $163,811. Andy Russell, Inc.: Andy Russell, $121,437. United States Pictures, Inc.: Gary Cooper, $199,999; Fritz Lang, $178,124. Vanguard Films, Inc.: Neil F. Agnew, $131,658; Joseph Gotten, $121,103; William Dieterle, $204,375; Mervyn LeRoy, $118,333; Ginger Rogers, $84,478; Allan Scott, $145,291; Shirley Temple, $135,541. B. and K. Management Corp.: John Balaban, $111,890. Schine Chain Theatres, Inc.: J. M. Schine, $102,200. 20th Century-Fox International Corp.: Murray Silverstone, $91,283. United) Artists Corp.: Gradwell L. Sears, $130,000. Three More Theatres Under Way in Cal. San Francisco, July 6. — Plans for two new theatres, a drive-in on a site recently acquired by Joseph Blumenfeld and Louis Kaliski and the other to be built by T. and D. circuit in Susanville, have been announced here. Meanwhile, construction is under way at Willow Glen on a 1,200-seat house to be operated by J. B. Lima, Walter Preddy and Ben Levin. wmmmmmmmmmmm JEAN ARTHUR VIETRICH JOHN WND MILLARD MITCHELL Produced by CHARLES BRACKETT Directed by BILLY WILDER Screenplay by Charles Brackett, Billy Wilder, and Richard L. Breen « Adaptation by Robert Horari A Paramount Picture 'When Miss Phoebe Frost gets detfrosted, the N.Y. World-Telegram i says "it stirs up more mirth than nany movie this year."