Motion Picture Daily (Jan-Jun 1949)

Record Details:

Title:
Motion Picture Daily
Date:
Jan-Jun 1949
Publisher:
New York [Motion picture daily, inc.]
Volume:
Motion picture daily
Leaf #:
000548
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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12 Motion Picture Daily Thursday, April 21, 1949 WARNERS BOOST SCHEDULE, [ ADD TO STUDIO STAR POWER COMPANY HAS 15 PICTURES COMPLETED AND SET FOR RELEASE; 20 OTHERS PREPARING OR IN WORK; RECORD LIST OL41TOP STAR s ! A PROGRAM of expansion of Warner Bros, production resources, in work for the past several months, has been completed by Harry M. Warner, Jack L. Warner and Albert Warner. The program is designed to meet what the company perceives as "a buyer's market in entertainment." "We know," said Jack Warner, "the motion picture market is what the public markes it. We know we cannot meet the public's demand by reducing our resources. So we increased them." The Warner studio, as a result, has: 15 pictures completed and ready, for release 20 pictures in preparation or shooting 38 stars under contract, supplemented by at least 15 others made available through special arrangements 10 active producers and a like number of directors Six individual producing companies whose pictures will be distrib uted by Warners. The greatest possible star value will be given to the largest possible number of films, Harry Warner promised. The studio's goal, he said, is "quality pictures produced in quantity" to meet what he sees as "a greater market than ever before for good pictures. "In this period that demands better pictures than ever before," he added, "we have used the past several months to anticipate the demands." PICTURES COMPLETED AND READY FOR RELEASE "CLAMINGO ROAD," starring Joan Crawford, Zachary Scott and ■ Sydney Greenstreet, and introducing David Brian. This is a Michael Curtiz production, produced by Jerry Wald and directed by Michael Curtiz from a screenplay by Robert Wilder and based on a play by Robert and Sally Wilder. Release date, April 30. "The Fountainhead," starring Gary Cooper, Patricia Neal, Raymond Massey and Robert Douglas. This was produced by Henry Blanke, directed by King Vidor from a screenplay and the novel by Ayn Rand. "Under Capricorn," starring Ingrid Bergman and Joseph Cotten with Michael Wilding. This is a Transatlantic Pictures production directed by Alfred Hitchcock in Technicolor from a screenplay by Jam.es Bridie. Release date, Sept. 24. "My Dream Is Yours," starring Doris Day, Jack Carson, Lee Bowman, Adolphe Menjou, Eve Arden and S. Z. Sakall. This is a Michael Curtiz Technicolor production, directed by Michael Curtiz from a screenplay by Harry Kurnitz and Dane Lussier. Release date, April 16. "The Hasty Heart," starring Ronald Reagan, Patricia Neal and Richard Todd. Directed by Vincent Sherman from a screenplay by Ranald MacDougall, based on the Broadway play by John Patrick. "Happy Times," starring Danny Kaye. Produced in Technicolor by Jerry Wald, directed by Henry Koster from a screenplay by Philip Rapp and Harry Kurnitz. Release date, Dec. 31. "The Girl From Jones Beach," starring Ronald Reagan, Virginia Mayo and Eddie Bracken. Produced by Alex Gottlieb, directed by Peter Godfrey from a screenplay by I. A. L. Diamond, based on a story by Allen Boretz. Release date, July 16. "Look for the Silver Lining," starring June Haver, Ray Bolger, Jack L. Warner Harry M. Warner Albert Warner Gordon MacRae. Produced in Technicolor by William Jacobs, directed by David Butler from a screenplay by Phoebe and Henry Ephron and Marian Spitzer, based on a story by Bert Kalmar and Harry Ruby. Release date, July 30. "Montana," starring Errol Flynn, Alexis Smith and S. Z. Sakall, produced in Technicolor by William Jacobs, directed by Ray Enright from a screenplay by James R. Webb, Borden Chase and Charles O'Neal, based on a story by Ernest Haycox. "Night Unto Night," starring Ronald Reagan, Viveca Lindfors and Broderick Crawford, and produced by Owen Crump, directed by Don Siegel from a screenplay by Kathryn Scola, based on the novel by Philip Wylie. Release date, May 14. "It's a Great Feeling," starring Dennis Morgan, Doris Day, and Jack Carsor and with appearances of all studio's stars. Produced in Technicolor by Alex Gottlieb, directed by David Butler from a screenplay by Jack Rose and Mel Shavelson, based on a story by I. A. L Diamond. Release date, Oct. 8. "Colorado Territory," starring Joel McCrea, Virginia Mayo. A United States Pictures production produced by Anthony Veiller, directed by Raoul Walsh and written by John Twist and Edmund H. North. Release date, Sept. 3. "Backfire," starring Dane Clark, Virginia Mayo, Gordon MacRae, Viveca Lindfors and Edmond O'Brien. Produced by Anthony Veiller, directed by Vincent Sherman from a screenplay by Larry Marcus, Ivan Goff and Ben Roberts, based on a story by Larry Marcus. "The Younger Brothers," starring Wayne Morris, Bruce Bennett, Janis Paige, Geraldine Brooks and Robert Hutton. Produced in Technicolor by Saul Elkins, 'directed by Edwin L. Marin from a screenplay by Edna Anhalt, story by Morfon Grant. Release date, May 28. "Task Force," starring Gary Cooper, Jane Wyatt and Walter Brennan. Jerry Wald, producer; Delmar Daves, author and director. WARNER PICTURES IN PREPARATION OR SHOOTING TWENTY of Warners' most important properties are among those • now in various stages of preparation or before the cameras. They are: "Chain Lightning," starring Humphrey Bogart and Eleanor Parker. Produced by Anthony Veiller, directed by Stuart Heisler, from a screenplay by Liam O'Brien and Vincent Evans, based on a story by J. Redmond Prior. "Rose Moline," starring Bette Davis and Joseph Cotten. Produced by Henry Blanke, directed by King Vidor from a screenplay by Lenore Coffee, based on the novel "Beyond the Forest," by Stuart Engstrand. THE FOUNTAINHEAD ■[A THE HAPPY TIMES (Color l ; _ : MY DREAM IS YOURS (Color) MONTANA (Color)