Motion Picture Daily (Oct-Dec 1951)

Page scan 000140 from Motion Picture Daily

Record Details:

Title:
Motion Picture Daily
Date:
Oct-Dec 1951
Publisher:
New York [Motion picture daily, inc.]
Volume:
Motion picture daily
Leaf #:
000140
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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4 Motion Picture Daily Friday, October 26, 1951 Dec. 4 Hearing of Action vs. U, UA Washington, Oct. 25. — A hearing has been set for Dec. 4 before the three-judge Statutory Court in New York on the Justice Department's motions against United Artists and Universal. The D. of J. seeks to force United Artists to put up for sale the distribution rights it acquired from Eagle-Lion, and to prohibit any officer or agent of either UA or Universal from serving as an agent for a competing firm. 'U' Stock Sale (Continued from page 1) berg-Milton R. Rackmil pool is not on the agenda. Whether it will be the subject of informal discussions remains a matter of speculation. Rank is not disposed to sell, either at this time or at the offering price of $15 per share, it is reported, but presumably might be interested if the bid were to be raised sufficiently. Meanwhile, official circles are deprecating widely circulated reports that Leo Spitz will resign his Universal studio executive post on transfer of his and William Goetz's large block of Universal stock to Blumberg-Rackmil next week. Spitz's contract with Universal has several years to run and sale of his stock holdings is regarded as having no bearing on this matter. Skouras on TV Color (Continued from page 1) Los Angeles to feed the TV needs of about 450 NT theatres, which the company will have after divorcement. Regarding the color aspect, Skouras said NT would not go ahead with its plans to install TV in virtually every one of its theatres unless the telecast could be in color. "You cannot produce stage shows in black-andwhite," Skouras declared, inferring that if there is any government clampdown on production on theatre color TV sets during the national emergency, NT's TV plans would be curbed. As to NT's TV production plans, Skouras said they would be "big, colorful shows," with local flavor introduced in each region. He compared the TV shows, which would be an adjunct to the regular film fare, with old-time vaudeville troupes, a talent group making a regular tour of the theatre studios. "Theatres," he emphasized, "must create their own entertainment," not depending on commercial television programs, or shows designed for home TV. Sporting events would also be included, Skouras said, with the theatres organizing fights and wrestling matches, for example. Skouras saw no room for commercial advertising in theatre TV. He said he expects to be abroad from four to five weeks, meeting with Spyros P. Skouras, 20th-Fox president, in Zurich on Nov. 12 for the Eidophor demonstration. Returning to the color theme, Skouras predicted that as far as1 motion pictures, they would all be made in color within the next couple of years. Regarding his projected new seven-year contract as president of NT after divorcement, Skouras said it was still in the stage of negotiation. Frank H. Ricketson, president of Fox Inter-Mountain Theatres, with headquarters in Denver, and Elmer Rhoden, head of Fox-Midwest, Kansas City, will leave with Skouras for Zurich today. Ricketson commented that theatres now need special, quality pictures that can effectively compete with the wide range of entertainment offered to the public today. Wald, Krasna to Be Cited at Premiere RKO producers Jerry Wald and Norman Krasna will be cited tonight by New York University, their alma mater. The presentation will be made by NYU's Professor Robert Gessner at the world premiere of the producers' "The Blue Veil" here. THIS IS A TEASER YVONNE DE CARLO stars in Hotel Sahara And she's got the figure for those top B.O. figures thru UA NT Would Remodel First -run Roxy Plans for refurnishing and remodeling Broadway's first-run Roxy Theatre here when negotiations for the take-over of the house by National Theatres are completed, were disclosed yesterday by Charles P. Skouras, NT president. He said NT would close the theatre for about four weeks to do the job. The change in ownership would take place if talks are successful, Skouras added, at the same time as the divorcement of 20th Century-Fox, present owners of the Roxy and the parent company of NT. Questioned about whom he expects to appoint to replace A. J. Balaban, who announced his intention of resigning as general manager of the theatre in December, Skouras declined to comment. Says NFL Suit Vital (Continued from page 1) thought the NFL decision "will probably settle the NCAA question one way or the other." The NCAA not only restricts home telecasting of football games but also encourages theatre telecasts. Morrison said he expected a "relatively quick" decision in the pro football suit. He said the government would move for trial just as soon as the league files its answer to the government petition. TV Color Experiment (Continued from page 1) any event, they made clear that experimentation would never be stopped. The only thing that might be stopped would be large-scale output of receivers and sending equipment. The home-set makers promised not to make sets again until they got a go-ahead from the government, and that probably will not be before late 1952 or mid-1953. However, experimentation on new home color systems can continue, it was emphasized by both industry and government officials. Skouras Ridicules Subscription TV Subscription home television was ridiculed yesterday by Charles P. Skouras, president of National Theatres, who was asked what effect it would have on theatre operations. Replying obliquely, Skouras commented that "what the American people can get for nothing they don't pay for," inferring that the bill on subscription TV will not be much better than the fare on free home TV. O'Brien, Raibourn (Continued from page 1) sion, predicted that it will bring into American homes programs now not possible to be shown on free home television. In his address O'Brien categorized the programs adaptable for theatre TV as sports, entertainment, and nonentertainment and envisioned the wide application of theatre TV in the last category, citing the success of the recent Civil Defense theatre televised event. As to sports, he saw only from six to 24 events a year with sufficient public interest to pay off at the boxoffice. 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