Motion Picture Daily (Oct-Dec 1948)

Page scan 00071 from Motion Picture Daily

Record Details:

Title:
Motion Picture Daily
Date:
Oct-Dec 1948
Publisher:
New York [Motion picture daily, inc.]
Volume:
Motion picture daily
Leaf #:
00071
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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JOHNNY BELINDA' BRILLIANT; K~ Fine Work Results In Memorable Film ^"JOHNNY BELINDA" (WB) Producer Jerry Wald Direction Jean Negulesco Screenplay trmgard von Cube and Allen Vincent Based on the stage play by ....Elmer Harris Photography Ted McCord Art direction Robert Haas Musical score Max Steiner Musical direction Leo F. Forbstein Edited by David Weisbart Cast: Jane Wyman, Lew Ayres, Charles Bickford, Agnes Moorehead, Stephen McNally, Jan Sterling, Rosalind Ivan, Dan Seymour, Mabel Paige, Ida Moore, Alan Napier, Monte Blue, Douglas Kennedy, James Craven, Richard Taylor, Richard Walsh, Joan Winfield. Ian Wolfe, Holmes Herbert, Jonathan Hale, Ray Montgomery. (Running time — 101 minutes) Great is a word to be used cautiously in motion picture reviews, but great is the only word applicable to "Johnny Belinda" — a film that will take a place high in the roster of memorable screen dramas. Its poignant story has the dual advantages of being unique and compelling. It fascinates the spectator with its audacious originality and grips him with its stark realistic situations. There is nothing phoney of contrived about "Johnny Belinda" — rather, it is a sincerely moving example of celluloid craftsmanship reflecting the integrity of producer Jerry Wald. He allows no detail of supervision to obscure the beauty of the story. The Nova Scotia background complements its simplicity and a superb cast make real, vivid characters of the rural types. As a boxoffice attraction "Johnny Belinda" is bound to be the substantial hit its magnificent entertainment values warrant. The film, clearly, will benefit as much from word of mouth advertising as by critical acclaim, interest in the superlative performance of Jane Wyman will be a decided factor in getting the show across. For feminine audiences it is a natural. Jean Negulesco's direction combines dramatic emphasis and pace with the required sensitivity. His artistry, and that of Jane Wyman who undertakes the difficult acting taste of portraying a deaf mute, give the picture some rare moments which linger long in the memory. It is a hard man, indeed, who does not hold back a tear as the girl says the' Lord's Prayer in sign language. "Johnny Belinda" is the story of a young doctor who comes to a Nova Scotia fishing village after a short practice in the city. Among the people he meets is Belinda, the deaf and dumb daughter of plain-spoken but warm-hearted Charles Bickford, the village 'miller. He recognizes her intelligence and begins to teach her sign language. With her education comes the enhancing of her beauty. Stephen McNally seduces her in a drunken moment and the girl becomes pregnant, A scandal inevitably arises and Lew Ayres, the doctor, figures prominently in the gossip. He is forced to leave si; Ejj ye tta§ t« rie ofl thl fol vel th| saJ hi^ sol do| sell chi Chi fat) unJ nofl an<j ac\\ eel Mcl Ros Pail spH so tov "Jo to ert mc\ F. I ited WHEREVER MOTION PICTURES ARE REVIEWED YOU'LL BE READING A RAVE FOR WARNER BROS: e lind a JANE WYMAN; AYRES "Johnny Belinda" AGNES MOOREHEAD • STEPHEN MCNALLY directed by produced by JEAN NEGULESCO ■ JERRY WALD Screen Play by IRMGARO VON CUBE .no ALLEN VINCENT From the Stage Pl.y by Elmer Harris • Produced by Harry Wagslart Gribble • Music by MAX STEINER