Motion Picture Daily (Jul-Sep 1948)

Page scan 00078 from Motion Picture Daily

Record Details:

Title:
Motion Picture Daily
Date:
Jul-Sep 1948
Publisher:
New York [Motion picture daily, inc.]
Volume:
Motion picture daily
Leaf #:
00078
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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NEW YORK'S CELEBRATED CRITICS DELIVER STRAIGHT-FROM-THE-SHOULDER PRAISE For Paramount^ STRAIGHT-FROM-THE-SHOULDER PICTURE "CRONIN'S MOST HONEST AND SAVAGE NOVEL. Talent of excellent screen performers is evident . . . the acting compelling. The sequence in which Newton discovers his assistant in his mistress's flat and learns that the blackguard has got his daughter with child is a terrifying bit of motion picture melodrama. Miss Kerr is always right as the unfortunate victim; Mason fine as an understanding but thwarted suitor and Emlyn Williams particularly villainous." — Howard Barnes, Herald Tribune • • • "VIOLENT ENTERTAINMENT . . . WELL PLAYED. 'Hatter's Castle' is graphic . . . and it follows Mr. Cronin's book. Newton is probably one of the frankest villains the screen has ever shown. Miss Kerr is most touching. Beatrice Varley is extremely affecting. The production is picturesque." —Bosley Crowther, N. Y. Times • • • "WE RECOMMEND IT. Colder than Scrooge, evil as Hitler, cunning as Machiavelli is the middleclass tradesman whose volcanic life is unfolded in 'Hatter's Castle.' This movie adaptation of A. J. Cronin's best-seller has an excellent cast. Newton portrays the megalomaniac hatter with force, at times injecting a note of pure horror into his characterization. The picture is more or less a one-man performance since every scene is dominated by either the hatter's presence or fear of it. This in no way, however, belittles the other performers. The picture 'comes off'." — Justin Gilbert, N. Y. Mirror • • • "VIGOROUS EMOTION. EVERYTHING IS THERE. The cast is capable. The settings are interesting, and the atmosphere." • —Eileen Creelman, The Sun STRONGLY FASHIONED ... the performances good. Newton dedicated to portrayal of hypocritical tyrant, lets go with both barrels of the bravura actor's spirit that is his." — Archer Winsten, Post •A "BURSTING WITH VOLCANIC PERFORMANCES by James Mason, Robert Newton and Emlyn Williams." — Alton Cook, World-Telegram