Motion Picture Daily (Jan-Mar 1950)

Record Details:

Title:
Motion Picture Daily
Date:
Jan-Mar 1950
Publisher:
New York [Motion picture daily, inc.]
Volume:
Motion picture daily
Leaf #:
000296
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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The Prize Baby's TEN COMMANDMENTS 1. THE EXHIBITOR is the vital bond between the motion picture industry and the public. 2. THE EXHIBITOR is the person on whom we depend for funds to pay our salaries and all the other costs of our business. 3. THE EXHIBITOR supplies bookings; it is our job to supply his service— promptly, efficiently, accurately. 4. THE EXHIBITOR merits the utmost in considerate attention and courteous treatment. 5. THE EXHIBITOR is not a mere account number; he is a human being with likes and dislikes, just as ourselves. 6. THE EXHIBITOR is not a hindrance in our day's work; he is the reason for it. 7. THE EXHIBITOR may make an occasional error, the same as we do; to correct it swiftly is more important than to worry about placing the blame. 8. THE EXHIBITOR has a multitude of duties apart from N.S.S.; we should avoid adding to his problems. 9. THE EXHIBITOR is not someone to quibble or find fault with. 10. THE EXHIBITOR is the person most essential to our business — our customer.