Motion Picture Daily (Jan-Mar 1951)

Record Details:

Title:
Motion Picture Daily
Date:
Jan-Mar 1951
Publisher:
New York [Motion picture daily, inc.]
Volume:
Motion picture daily
Leaf #:
000188
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:
November 10, 2022
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4 Motion Picture Daily Monday, January 29, 1951 RKO RADIO PICTURES, Inc. TRADE SHOWINGS of OLYMPIC PRODUCTIONS, INC. Presentation of CRY ALBANY FoxScr. Rm. Tues. 1/30 7:30 P.M. 1052 Broadway ATLANTA RKOSer. Rm. Tues. 1/30 2 :30 P.M. 195 Luckie St., N.W. BOSTON RKO Scr. Rm. Tues. 1/30 10 :30 A.M. 122-28 Arlington St. BUFFALO Mo. Pie. Oper. Ser. Rm. Tues. 1/30 2:30 P.M. 498 Pearl St. CHARLOTTE Fox Ser. Rm. Tues. 1/30 2 :00 P.M. 308 S. Chureh St. CHICAGO RKOSer. Rm. Tues. 1/30 2 :00 P.M. 1300 S. Wabash Ave. CINCINNATI RKOSer. Rm. Tues. 1/30 8:15 P.M. 12 E. 6th St. CLEVELAND Fox Ser. Rm. Tues. 1/30 2:30 P.M. 2219 Payne Ave. DALLAS Para. Scr. Rm. Tues. 1/30 2 :30 P.M. 412 South Harwood St. DENVER Para. Scr. Rm. Tues. 1/30 2:00 P.M. 2100 Stout St. DES MOINES FoxScr. Rm. Tues. 1/30 1:00 P.M. 1300 High St. DETROIT Blumenthal's Scr. Rm. Tues. 1/30 2:30 P.M. 2310 Cass Ave. INDIANAPOLIS Universal Scr. Rm. Tues. 1/30 1 :00 P.M. 517 N. Illinois St. KANSAS CITY Para. Scr. Rm. Tues. 1/30 10 :30 A.M. 1800 Wyandotte St. LOS ANGELES RKO Scr. Rm. Tues. 1/30 2:00 P.M. 1980 S. Vermont Ave. MEMPHIS FoxScr. Rm. Tues. 1/30 2:00 P.M. 151 Vance Ave. MILWAUKEE Warner Scr. Rm. Tues. 1/30 2:00 P.M. 212 W. Wisconsin Ave. MINNEAPOLIS Fox Scr. Rm. Tues. 1/30 2:00 P.M. 1015 Currie Ave. NEW HAVEN Fox Scr. Rm. Tues. 1/30 2:00 P.M. 40 Whiting St. NEW ORLEANS FoxScr. Rm. Tues. 1/30 2 :30 P.M. 200 S. Liberty St. NEW YORK RKO Scr. Rm. Tues. 1/30 11 :30 A.M. 1270 Sixth Ave. Preview Rm. B— 7th Fl. OKLAHOMA Fox Scr. Rm. Tues. 1/30 10 :30 A.M. 10 North Lee St. OMAHA Fox Scr. Rm. Tues. 1/30 1:00 P.M. 1502 Davenport St. PHILADELPHIA RKO Scr. Rm. Tues. 1/30 2 :30 P.M. 250 N. 13th St. PITTSBURGH RKO Scr. Rm. Tues. 1/30 1:30 P.M. 1809-13 Blvd. of Allies PORTLAND Star Scr. Rm. Tues. 1/30 2:00 P.M. 925 N.W. 19th Ave. ST. LOUIS RKO Scr. Rm. Tues. 1/30 11 :30 A.M. 3143 Olive St. SALT LAKE CITY Fox Scr. Rm. Tues. 1/30 3:00 P.M. 216 E. 1st St. South SAN FRANCISCO RKO Scr. Rm. Tues. 1/30 2 :00 P.M. 251 Hyde St. SEATTLE Jewel Box Scr. Rm. Tues. 1/30 2:00 P.M. 2318 2nd Ave. SIOUX FALLS Hollvwood Thea. Tues. 1/30 10:00 A.M. 212 N. Philips Ave. WASHINGTON Film Center Scr. Rm. Tues. 1/30 10:30 A.M. 932 New Jersey Ave. INDUSTR Y GROUPS IN THE FIELD SET BROTHERHOOD9 PLANS Motion picture industry field groups promoting "Brotherhood Week," Feb. 18-25, as sponsored by the National Council of Christians and Jews, are concluding their programs for area participation in the promotion of racial and religious tolerance, which is the basic spirit of the annual "Brotherhood" campaign. In Philadelphia, a mass meeting will be held today at Warner Brother's Aldine Theatre. At a recent meet in RKO's screening room and attended by all branch managers of Philadelphia exchanges, area chairman Norman Silverman, Republic branch manager, appointed Charles Zagrans of RKO and William Mansell of Warner to assist in arranging the program for the mass meeting. Publicity chairman Everett Callow of Warner set the wheels in motion with the printing of 100 22x28 two-color window cards announcing the meeting and the fact that all exchanges will be closed from 11 A.M. to 12:30 P.M. today so that all exchange employes and exhibitors could attend the meeting. To help spread the idea of "Brotherhood Week" to exhibitors in the New York-New Jersey area, a special meeting for personnel of New York exchanges has been called for this morning at the Biltmore Theatre. Ben Abner is district chairman. Louis Nizer is expected to be a guest speaker. All local branch managers will attend the meeting. Spyros Skouras, Jr., is exhibitor chairman, while Harry Mandel is publicity chairman for the area. In Cleveland, Irwin Pollard, local industry "Brotherhood" chairman, announced a general meeting of all exchange employes and salesmen, and top exhibitors in the territory, to be held today, in WHK's new radio station. Martin G. Smith, Toledo, and Nes Auth, Akron, are exhibitor co-chairmen. All circuits and independent theatres will have their district managers and managers at the meeting, as well as OCD Policy (Continued from page 1) all office help. A special notice has been mailed to all Philadelphia Variety Club members asking them to attend. Branch managers have pledged the support of their publicity men who will personally contact newspaper, radio and television leaders in the exchange area. In Los Angeles, Dr. William Young, regional director of the National Conference of Christians and Jews, will address a mass meeting of Film Row employes there today on plans for "Brotherhood Week." Buffalo's pre-drive participation will be spearheaded at a mass meetingcalled for this morning at the local Variety Club by Dave Miller, Universal-International branch manager and "Brotherhood" distributor chairman, and James H. Eshelman, local exhibitor chairman. Scheduled to attend the Buffalo meeting are all employes of Buffalo distribution companies and local theatres. Exchanges will be closed from 11 A.M. to one P.M. so that all workers can attend the meeting. Representatives from each religious faith will speak. Peter R. DeFazzio, Warner exchange head, is co-distributor chairman. In Boston, 300 employes of local film exchanges will gather at the Hotel Bradford this morning to hear plans for the industry's participation there in "Brotherhood Week." Chairman of the meeting will be Hatton F. Taylor, Boston branch manager for RKO Pictures, who heads the New England film distribution committee for "Brotherhood." John C. Dowd, regional chairman for "Brotherhood Week," will be the principal speaker. The Northern Ohio territory has been divided into four groups, captained by Justin Spiegle, Eagle Lion Classics ; Sam Lichter, 20th-Fox ; J. J. Bruckner, Columbia, and Bill Twigg, Warner. Each captain has eight salesmen working to contact every exhibitor in the territory. All branches will be closed part-day. stress the positive role that the industry and exhibitors can play in the civil defense effort — theatres as supply storehouses, first-aid stations and similar uses, and above all the importance of the industry as a medium for informing the public on civil defense programs. It is also expected that this statement will either flatly say or strongly imply that theatre owners have no cause for alarm that the government is about to put them out of business. Government officials put it this way : It is true that many theatres are very poor from a bombproof shelter point of view, but so is the average office building. if the government has positive intelligence that attack is imminent in a particular area, it may ask people not to gather in public places. In the absence of such definite information, these officials continue, you just can't ask people not to congregate for an indefinite emergency period of days, weeks, months or years. Finally, they say, many theatres are extremely strongly constructed. Study Conservation (Continued from page 1) 20th Sales Meet (Continued from page 1) ritorial plans for the 1951 line-up, while advertising and publicity plans will be outlined by Einfeld with department heads Rodney Bush, exploitation manager ; Jonas Rosenfield, Jr., advertising manager ; Stirling Silliphant, promotion manager, and David Golding, publicity manager discussing specific campaigns. Division managers are : Herman Wobber, West; Harry Ballance, South; Arthur Silverstone, Canada; Martin Moskowitz, Empire State ; E. X. Callahan, New England; Ray Moon, Central ; Edwin W. Aaron, Midwest. Also present will be assistant division sales managers Bryan D. Stoner and Paul Wilson of the West and South, respectively. Numerous other home office executives will join in the discussions. George Miner, 63 Omaha, Jan. 28. — George Miner, pioneer Wisconsin circuit operator, died at his home at Rice Lake, Wise, last Wednesday at the age of 63, according to word received here at the weekend. Star-Pool Proposal (Continued from page 1) which, he said, has come from theatre and circuit executives including Robert M. Weitman of United Paramount Theatres, who conclude that one sure way to circumvent television competition and reinvigorate theatre business is by having stars make frequent personal appearances. Reminded that many stars have indicated reluctance to make personal appearance tours, Lachman replied that every star's contract should require that the performer be made available three months of each year for visits to small-town theatres. Briskin (Continued from page 1) from the Coast by plane on Saturday for home office conferences, which will cover realignment of his studio executive staff in the event Briskin's requested release is granted. Reached in Hollywood, Briskin said he has no wish to leave Paramount altogether, but hopes to be assigned to less pressing responsibilities than he has been carrying. from each industry branch is to make recommendations to NPA on plans and programs which the industry could put into effect to conserve, simplify, standardize, substitute and salvage scarce materials used by its companies. The conservation task group from the photographic apparatus industry will consist of E. S. Lindfors, Bell and Howell, chairman ; Dudley Scholten, Argus Cameras ; H. A. Schumacher, Graflex ; S. J. Zagel, Compco Corp. ; H. L. Olesen, Weston Electrical Instrument Corp., and Hy Schwartz, Kalart Co. The conservation group from the silver sensitized goods industry consists of Harold Harsh, Ansco, chairman ; C. H. Jordan, Kilborn Corp., and E. M. Melton of Bell and Howell. The other task groups are to make suggestions for limitation orders similar to World War II, orders for use if and when such an order becomes necessary. The photographic apparatus group on this subject will be headed by E. A. Springer, Wollensak Optical Co.; members are: N. B. Green, Eastman Kodak; Albert Drucker, Burke and James; Oscar Fisher, O'scar Fisher Co. ; L. W. Munchmeyer, Ansco, and Fred Simmon, Simmon Bros. The silver sensitized goods group on limitation will be J. C. Wilson, Haloid Co., chairman; A. H. Robinson, Kodak; J. M. Clark, E. I. duPont de Nemours, and L. P. Ratti, Anken Chemical and Film Corp. The equipment manufacturers' task forces set up at a meeting here on Jan. 11 are to deal with conservation methods and suggestions for a limitation order, in case it is necessary. The first is headed by Rutledge B. Tompkins, International Projector, with the following members: O. B. Rendahl, National Carbon; Fred C. Matthews, Motiograph; E. J. Vallen, Vallen, Inc.; Leonard Satz, Raytone Screen Corp., and J. K. Elderkin, Forest Manufacturing Co. The group working on a limitation order is composed of the following: Henry M. Fisher, DeVry Corp., chairman; P. F. Thomas, Altec-Lansing; C. S. Ashcraft, Ashcraft Manufacturing Co.; W. D. Hausler, Century Projector Corp. ; H. B. Engel, GoldE Manufacturing Co., and R. H. Heacock, RCA Victor. 3 M-G-M Stars to Boston Boston, Jan. 28. — Three M-G-M stars are slated to arrive in Boston tomorrow for the New England premiere of the "Magnificent Yankee," to be held at Loew's State Theatre Tuesday evening. They are Arlene Dahl, James Whittimore and Phillis Kirk.