Motion Picture Daily (Oct-Dec 1951)

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Title:: Motion Picture Daily
Date:: Oct-Dec 1951
Publisher:: New York [Motion picture daily, inc.]
Volume:: Motion picture daily
Leaf #:: 00047
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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Tuesday, October 9, 1951 Motion Picture Daily 5 Colosseum (Continued from page 1) failed to materialize. David Beznor, Colosseum general counsel, reported that the 85 delegates in discussing the bolt of the Chicago loge indicated the "welcome mat" was out for any members who wished to return to the national Colosseum. The Chicago salesmen recently formed a separate union in protest against the terms of the new wage agreement. Continue Lippert Negotiations The convention went on record to offer to United Artists and Monogram a contract identical to the one approved for Columbia, M-G-M, Paramount, RKO Pictures, Republic, 20th Century-Fox, Universal and Warners. Beznor was instructed to continue with Lippert Productions negotiations looking to the setting up of contract arrangements. Beznor will go to New York shortly for contract signings with the eight. Atlanta was selected as the site of the Colosseum's 1952 convention. In addition to Williams, the following were elected to serve as officers for the coming year: Ted Mendenhall, Des Moines, and William Bugie, Albany, first vice-presidents ; Floyd Klingensmith, Pittsburgh, secretary ; Tom McKeen. Oklahoma City, treasurer; Irving Frankel, Pittsburgh, assistant secretary ; Ted Blakely, Oklahoma City, assistant treasurer. Zone Vice-presidents Elected Zone vice-presidents elected were : Eastern, Leonard Appel, Boston; Central, N. Provencher, Milwaukee ; Midwestern, William Wink, Omaha; Southern, T. P. Tidwell, Dallas; Western, H. J. Weaverling, San Francisco. Named committeemen were : Eastern, Keith Godfrey, Philadelphia ; Central, Dave Chapman, Milwaukee ; Midwestern, Robert Carnie, Kansas City ; Southern, Ray Wild, Dallas ; Western, Ed Ashkins, Los Angeles. TESMA-TEDA (Continued from page 1) Herbert, William Gedris and William Stober. Neu will be moderator. The annual banquet will climax the Friday meetings. It will be preceded by a cocktail hour sponsored by National Carbon Co. On Saturday both organizations will hold final board meetings, which will be followed by a "Movie Ranch Party and Chuck Wagon Dinner." SMPTE Meet (Continued from page 1) the National Film Board of Canada, and other civic, educational and cultural organizations. An extensive program for the wives of delegates will run parallel to the general business sessions. An array of social events has been set up also for the delegates. in a SPECIAL TRAILER hurry; To Ship Eidophor Here Next Month Minor technical changes and the problem of crating and booking transportation will delay the shipment here from Zurich, Switzerland, of 20th Century-Fox's Swiss Eidophor CBS color theatre television equipment. It is now expected to arrive around the middle of next month. Public demonstrations, however, are slated to be held before the end of this year as previously scheduled. Skiatron Test (Continued from page 1) New York test in December, for which it still must get the approval of the Federal Communications Com Eisemann Sues Skiatron For $250,000 Here A suit for $250,000 has been instituted by Eisemann Industrial Corp. of this city in the New York Supreme Court here against Skiatron Electric & Television Corp. of America, Skiatron Corp. and Arthur Levy, president of the firm. The suit alleges infringement of patent rights of Adclph H. Rosenthal, an inventor of some of Skiatron's patents. At the same time, Skiatron announced yesterday that it has served papers seeking a dismissal of the suit on the plaintiffs. The papers will be filed in court within a few days, Skiatron attorneys added. 1st 1 327 S.Wabash Chicago, Illinois FILMACK 630 Ninth Ave. New York.N.Y." Reports No Boom in Cleve. Neighborhood Cleveland, Oct. 8. — M. B. Horwitz, head of the Washington Theatre Circuit here, has taken exception to an article in Motion Picture Daily of Oct. 2 which reported on business improvement in Cleveland first-run downtown and out-of-town theatres. Horwitz asserts that the headline on the story and a statement that Cleveland exhibitors are "unanimous" in reporting business improvement are misleading. Horwitz states that his five theatres are typical of the average Cleveland neighborhood theatre and that business in four of the five was off eight to 20 per cent last month, compared with Sept., 1950. Improvement at the fifth house was slightly more than two per cent over a year ago. Horwitz states that since the article was published film terms quoted to him have been "way out of line." Motion Picture Daily's story of Oct. 2 on Cleveland theatre business covered only specific first-run theatres named in the article. It was not represented as a complete survey of all theatres in the city and surrounding territory. Mechanical limitations made it impossible for the headline to so state in the space available. — Editor. Fishbein in TV Frieda Fishbein, New York literary agent and play broker, serving both stage and screen, has added a television department to her organization. The new department will be headed by Orrin Marshall. N.Y. Grosses (Continued from page 1) theatre executives considered as the prevailing strong product. The Music Hall pacer, plus a stage show, is expected to rack up $153,000 for the first stanza, a record for the house for this time of the year. With Josephine Baker on stage, "A Millionaire for Christy," at the Roxy will register an excellent $115,000 for its first week. Another outstanding boxoffice attraction is "A Streetcar Named Desire" at the Warner which is expected to do a robust $65,000 for its fourth week. Holding up strong are "Flying Leathernecks" at the Paramount, which also features Louis Prima and his band on stage, and "A Place in the Sun" at the Capital. A snappy $o2,000 is seen for the third week of "Leathernecks" and a good $45,000 is expected for the sixth week of "A Place in the Sun", compared to the corrected figure of $43,500 for the fifth week. Dropping, but still doing well, is "David and Bathsheba" at the Rivoli where $31,000 is expected for the eighth week. "Here Comes the Groom" at the Astor will do an estimated $25,000 for the third week, considered quite satisfactory. A pick-up in business is noted for the second week of "The Well" at Loew's State where the opening of "Texas Carnival" has been postponed from tomorrow to Friday. The second week of "The Well" is estimated to hit a fair $18,000, equaling the first week gross. Doing well for its third week at the Mayfair is "The Day the Earth Stood Still," which is expected to gross $25,000, while "The River" at the Paris Theatre is seen to hit another smash $14,000 for its fifth stanza. At the Victoria, "Saturday's Hero," which will register a slow $11,000 for its fourth and final week, will bow out for "Whistle At Eaton Falls" tomorrow. A fair opening stanza of $14,500 for "Journey Into Light" is expected to be racked up at the Globe. Receipts at the Criterion, featuring "The Magic Face" for the second and final week, are dropping from a neat $19,000 opener to "a fair $12,500. "Mr. Imperium" bows there on Saturday. Among the consistent good grossers, "Tales of Hoffmann" is doing an excellent $11,500 for its 27th week at the Bijou while "Oliver Twist" at the Park Avenue is expected to hit a fair $8,400 for its tenth week. Under the satisfactory category are "The Medium", at the Sutton, where $5,700 is seen for the fifth week, and "Kind Lady" at the Trans-Lux 52nd Street where $4,500 is estimated for the ninth week. A so-so $4,200 is seen for "Mr. Peek-A-Boo" in its third week at the Trans-Lux 60th Street. Series in Denver (Continued from page 1) fromj "ganging" the theatre, which can only hold 1,500 persons. The image, brought to Denver via the coaxial cable and a special hookup, was nearly perfect on the Broadway's screen last Saturday. New Dougfair Purchase Robert Standish's 1949 best-seller, "Elephant Walk," has been purchased by Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. and Alexander MacDonald for the third film from their unit, Dougfair Corp. RKO RADIO PICTURES, Inc. Revised dates for TRADE SHOWINGS of HOT LEAD" ALBANY Fox Scr. Rm. Wed. 10/17 8:00 P.M. 1052 Broadway ATLANTA RKO Scr. Rm. Wed. 10/17 2:30 P.M. 195 Luckie St., N.W. BOSTON RKO Scr. Rm. Wed. 10/17 2:30 P.M. 122-26 Arlington St. BUFFALO Mo. Pic. Oper. Scr. Rm. 498 Pearl St. Wed. 10/17 2:00 P.M. CHARLOTTE Fox Scr. Rm. Wed. 10/17 2:00 P.M. 308 S. Church St. CHICAGO RKO Scr. Rm. Wed. 10/17 10:30 A.M. 1300 S. Wabash Ave. CINCINNATI RKO Scr. Rm. Wed. 10/17 8:30 P.M. 12 East 6th St. CLEVELAND Fox Scr. Rm. Wed. 10/17 2:30 P.M. 2219 Payne Ave. DALLAS 20th Century-Fox Scr. Rm. 1803 Wood St. Wed. 10/17 10:30 A.M. DENVER Paramount Scr. Rm. 2100 Stout St. Wed. 10/17 3:30 P.M. DES MOINES Fox Scr. Rm. Wed. 10/17 10:30 A.M. 1300 High St. DETROIT Blumenthal's Scr. Rm. 2310 Cass Ave. Wed. 10/17 2.30 P.M. INDIANAPOLIS Universal Scr. Rm. Wed. 10/17 2:30 P.M. 517 N. Illinois St. KANSAS CITY Paramount Scr. Rm. Wed. 10/17 2.30 P.M. 1800 Wyandotte St. LOS ANGELES RKO Scr. Rm. Wed. 10/17 2:00 P.M. 1980 S. Vermont Ave. MEMPHIS Fox Scr. Rm. Wed. 10/17 12:15 P.M. 151 Vance Ave. MILWAUKEE Warner Scr. Rm. Wed. 10/17 2:00 P.M. 212 W. Wisconsin Ave. MINNEAPOLIS Fox Scr. Rm. Wed. 10/17 2:00 P.M. 1015 Currie Ave. NEW HAVEN Fox Scr. Rm. Wed. 10/17 2:00 P.M. 40 Whiting St. NEW ORLEANS Fox Scr. Rm. Wed. 10/17 2:30 P.M. 200 S. Liberty St. NEW YORK RKO Scr. Rm. Wed. 10/17 10:30 A.M. 630 Ninth Ave. OKLAHOMA Fox Scr. Rm. W ed. 10/17 10:30 A.M. 10 North Lee St. OMAHA Fox Scr. Rm. Wed. 10/17 1:00 P.M. 1502 Davenport St. PHILADELPHIA RKO Scr. Rm. Wed. 10/17 2:30 P.M. 250 N. 13th St. PITTSBURGH RKO Scr. Rm. Wed. 10/17 2:30 P.M. 1809-13 Blvd. of Allies PORTLAND Star Scr. Rm. Wed. 10/17 2:00 P.M. 925 N.W. 19th Ave. ST. LOUIS RKO Scr. Rm. Wed. 10/17 2:30 P.M 3143 Olive St. SALT LAKE CITY Fox Scr. Rm. Wed. 10/17 1:30 P.M. 216 East 1st St. South SAN FRANCISCO RKO Scr. Rm. Wed. 10/17 2:00 P.M. 251 Hyde St. SEATTLE Jewel Box Scr. Rm. 2318 2nd Ave. Wed. 10/17 1:30 P.M. SIOUX FALLS Hollywood Thea. Wed. 10/17 10:30 A.M. 212 N. Philips Ave. WASHINGTON Fox Scr. Rm. Wed. 10/17 9:00 P.M. 932 New Jersey Ave.