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 #:
000567
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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FIRST FILM NEWS MOTION PICTURE DAILY Accurate Concise Impartial VOL. 69. NO. 62 NEW YORK, U. S. A., FRIDAY, MARCH 30, 1951 TEN CENTS 20th Reports $9i-Million Net for 1950 Rental Receipts Down $4-Million from '49 Twentieth Century-Fox and its subsidiaries, including National Theatres and the Roxy Theatres, Inc., yesterday reported consolidated net earnings of $9,553,260, after all charges for the 52 weeks ended Dec. 30, 1950. Of the total income, $2,262,988 is income of prior years from countries with currency restrictions, which is now dollar income, and $1,183,985 is a net gain from an exchange of theatre stocks and properties resulting from compliance with the court order relating to divestiture of ownership in non-controlled theatres. Consolidated net earnings after all changes reported by the corporation for 1949 were $12,415,146. A comparison of the 52 weeks of 1950 with 53 -weeks of 1949 shows film rentals in 1949 reached an alltime high of $94,313,808. The decline in 1950 to $90,841,764 may be attrib (Continued on page 4) 4 Aid' to TV Affects IndustryStationBids Washington, March 29. — The Fed eral Communications Commission today warned motion picture companies that whether they make films and talent freely available to television would count heavily when they apply for television stations. At the same time, the Commission announced that it would not adopt a blanket policy on denying station li(Contintied on page 4) Hold US-Italian Parley Here Today Since their arrival here Tuesday the Italian film industry delegates have been conferring from time to time with John G. McCarthy, chief of the Motion Picture Association of America foreign department, and William Levy, representing the Society of Independent Motion Picture Producers, it was reported yesterday at a reception for the visitors at the Radio City Music Hall studio. The conferees will meet again today. The visitors, whose task is to ex( Continued on page 4) Academy Awards for 1950 BEST PICTURE "All About Eve," 20th Century-Fox. BEST PERFORMANCES Actor— Jose Ferrer in "Cyrano de Bergerac," Stanley Kramer Production, United Artists. Actress— Judy Holliday in "Born Yesterday," Columbia. Supporting Actor— George Sanders in "All About Eve," 20th Century-Fox. . ". ' Supporting Actress— Josephine Hull in "Harvey," Universal-International. BEST DIRECTION "All About Eve," 20th Century-Fox, Joseph L. Mankiewicz. BEST WRITING Story— "Panic In the Streets," 20th Century-Fox, Edna and Eward Anhalt. , r , , Screenplay— 'AM About Eve," 20th Century-Fox, Joseph L. Man kie\vicz. Story and Screenplay— "Sunset Boulevard," Paramount, Charles Braekett, Billy Wilder and D. H. Marshman, Jr. BEST ART DIRECTION Black-and-WMte— "Sunset Boulevard," Paramount, Hans Dreier and John Meehan. TT Color— "Samson and Delilah," Cecil B. DeMille, Paramount, Hans Dreier and Walter Tyler. BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY Black-and-White— "The Third Man,"Selznick Enterprises in association with London Films Prod., Ltd., Robert Krasker. Color— "King Solomon's Mines," M-G-M, Robert Surtees. BEST COSTUME DESIGNS Black-and-White— "All About Eve," 20th Century-Fox, Edith Head and Chales LeMaire. Color— "Samson and Delilah," Cecil B. DeMille, Paramount, Edith Head, Dorothy Jeakins, Elois Jenssen, Gile Steel, and Gwen Wakeling. BEST FILM EDITING "King Solomon's Mines," M-G-M, Ralph E. Winters, and Conrad A. Nervig. BEST SOUND "All About Eve," 20th Century-Fox. BEST SPECIAL EFFECTS "Destination Moon," George Pal Productions, Eagle Lion Classics. BEST MUSICAL ACHIEVEMENTS Scoring of a Musical— "Annie Get Your Gun," M-G-M, Adolph Deutsch and Roger Edens. Dramatic or Comedy Film Score— "Sunset Boulevard, Paramount, Franz Waxman. ' A ^ Sdng— "Mona Lisa," from "Captain Carey, USA," Paramount, Ray Evans and Jay Livingston. BEST SHORT SUBJECTS Cartoon— "Gerald McBoing-Boing," United Productions of America, Columbia, Stephen Bosustow, executive producer. One-Reel— "Grandad of Races," Warner Brothers, Gordon Hollmgs head, producer. Two-Reel— "In Beaver Valley," Walt Disney, RKO Pictures, Walt Disney, producer. BEST DOCUMENTARIES Short Subjects— "Why Korea?" 20th Century-Fox Movietone, Edmund Reek, producer. „,„.,, , „ ,,. . , , n Feature— "The Titan: Story of Michelangelo,' Michelangelo Co., Classics Pictures, Inc., Robert Snyder, Producer. SPECIAL AWARDS Irving G Thalberg Memorial Award: To Darryl F. Zanuck. Best Foreign Film: "Walls of Malapaga," (Italian), Alfred Guarina, producer. .'.■„. * , , ,. • Louis B. Mayer of M-G-M for his 44 years of leadership in the industry. George Murphy for his goodwill ambassadorship. Para. Earns $6,565,041 In First Year Viewed as Highest for Producer-Distributor Earnings of Paramount Pictures in its first year after the separation of its theatre interests totaled $6,565,041 after provision for income taxes, the company reported yesterday. The figure is considered to be the highest for 1950 of any company exclusively engaged in picture production and distribution. The earnings, which include Paramount's consolidated domestic and Canadian subsidiaries but do not include $1,269,000 net interest from undistributed earnings of partially owned non-consolidated companies, principally Allen B. DuMont Laboratories, represent $2.67 per share on the 2,455,200 shares outstanding for the period ending Dec. 30, 1950. Earnings for the fourth quarter of 1950 on the same basis were $1,993, (Continued on page 4) Claims Right of Customer Selection Washington, March 29.— The right of a distributor to select his own customers "is still both a valuable right and a lawful one," the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals was told today. This statement was made by attorneys for the Walbrook Amusement Co. The Windsor Theatre is appealing a decision of the Maryland District Court throwing out its anti-trust suit against the Walbrook. N, Y. Exchangemen To Aid JDA Drive With the appointment of representatives from major exchanges in this city, the film exchange committee of the Joint Defense Appeal is now complete for the JDA campaign of Greater New York, it was announced by Saul Trauner, manager of Columbia, and committee chairman. The committee includes Ben Abner, Warner; Lou Allerhand, MG-M; Abe Dickstein, 20th-century Fox; Nat Goldberg, Universal; Edward Mullen, United Artists; and William Murphy, Republic.