Motion Picture Daily (Jan-Mar 1952)

Record Details:

Title:
Motion Picture Daily
Date:
Jan-Mar 1952
Publisher:
New York [Motion picture daily, inc.]
Volume:
Motion picture daily
Leaf #:
000412
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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8 Motion Picture Daily Tuesday, March 18, 1952 RKO RADIO PICTURES. Inc. TRADE SHOWINGS TWO PRODUCTIONS ALBANY Fox Screening Room 1052 Broadway ATLANTA RKO Screening Room 195 Luckie St., N.W. BOSTON RKO Screening Room 122-28 Arlington St. BUFFALO Mo. Pic. Oper. Scr. Rm. 498 Pearl St. CHARLOTTE Fox Screening Room 308 S. Church St. CHICAGO RKO Screening Room 1300 S. Wabash Ave. CINCINNATI RKO Screening Room 12 East 6th St. CLEVELAND Fox Screening Room 2219 Payne Ave. DALLAS Republic Screening Room 412 S. Harwood St. DENVER Paramount Screen. Room 2100 Stout St. DES MOINES Fox Screening Room 1300 High St. DETROIT Blumenthals Screen. Rm. 2310 Cass Ave. INDIANAPOLIS Universal Screen. Room 517 N. Illinois St. KANSAS CITY Paramount Screen. Room 1800 Wyandotte St. LOS ANGELES RKO Screening Room 1980 S. Vermont Ave. MEMPHIS Fox Screening Room 151 Vance Ave. MILWAUKEE Warner Screening Room 212 W. Wisconsin Ave. MINNEAPOLIS Fox Screening Room 1015 Currie Ave. NEW HAVEN Fox Screening Room 40 Whiting St. NEW ORLEANS Fox Screening Room 200 S. Liberty St. NEW YORK RKO Screening Room 630 Ninth Ave. OKLAHOMA Fox Screening Room 10 North Lee St. OMAHA Fox Screening Room 1502 Davenport St. PHILADELPHIA RKO Screening Room 2.5(J N. 13th St. PITTSBURGH RKO Screening Room 1809-13 Blvd. of Allies PORTLAND Star Screening Room 925 N.W. 19th Ave. ST. LOUIS RKO Screening Room 3143 Olive St. SALT LAKE CITY Fox Screening Room 216 East 1st St. South SAN FRANCISCO RKO Screening Room 251 Hyde St. SEATTLE Jewel Box Screen. Room 2318 Second Ave. SIOUX FALLS Hollywood Theatre 212 N. Philips Ave. WASHINGTON Film Center Screen. Rm. 9.32 New .(ersey Ave. THE NARROW MARGIN Tues. 3/25 2:00 P.M. Tues. 3/25 2:30 P.M. Tues. 3/25 10:30 A.M. Tues. 3/25 2:00 P.M. Tues. 3/25 2:00 P.M. Tues. 3/25 2:00 P.M. Tues. 3/25 8:00 P.M. Tues. 3/25 2:30 P.M. Tues. 3/25 10:30 A.M. Tues. 3/25 2:00 P.M. Tues. 3/25 10:30 A.M. 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Tues. 3/25 10:30 A.M. Tues. 3/25 1:00 P.M. Tues. 3/25 1:00 P.M. Wed. 3/26 10:30 A.M. Tues. 3/25 2:30 P.M. Tues. 3/25 9:00 A.M. Tues. 3/25 1 1:30 A.M. O'Connor Names 50 To Charity Group A film industry committee of 50 to serve as part of Cardinal Spellman's Committee of the Laity in the 19S2 Catholic Charities Drive of the Archdiocese of New York which seeks $2,500,000 in gifts through 40 different business committees, was announced here yesterday by John J. O'Connor, vice-president of Universal Pictures, who is chairman of the motion picture committee. George J. Schaefer is treasurer of the 1952 drive and Bert Sanford is vice-chairman. The committee includes the following : Frank J Alford, MPEA ; Charles A and John W Alicoate, Film Daily; William E. Bary, Shea Enterprises ; Frank E. Cahill, Jr., Warner Theatres ; F. X. Carroll, 20th CenturyFox; Patrick Casey, Casey Enterprises ; T. J. Connors ; Robert W. Coyne, COMPO; Thomas Crehan, RKO Theatres ; William Cronin, Comerford Theatres ; J. F. Dailey ; John Dervin, Monogram Pictures ; Russell V. Downing, Radio City Music Hall ; Joseph Eagan and Si Fabian, Fabian Theatres ; James M. Franey, United World Films; J. M. Geoghan, Century Theatres ; E. C. Grainger; James R. Grainger, Republic Pictures ; William J. Heineman, United Artists ; Walter F. J. Higgins, Prudential Theatres ; Al Hovell, Century Theatres ; William W. Howard, RKO Theatres ; John Hughes, United Artists ; John Kane, Columbia ; Shervvin Kane, Motion Picture Daily ; Austin C. Keough, Paramount. Also, T. J. Martin, Warner Pictures ; Joseph A. McConville, Columbia ; Joseph E. McMahon, Republic ; William J. McShea, RKO Pictures; Paul C. Mooney, Sr. National Screen Service ; Peter J. Mooney, Audio Productions ; John F. Murphy, Loew's ; William P. Murphy, Republic ; L. D. Netter, Jr., Altec Service; Paul D. O'Brien, O'Brien Driscoll and Raftery ; Robert H. O'Brien, United Paramount Theatres ; Thomas F. O'Connor, RKO Theatres ; Joyce O'Hara, MPAA; Charles L. O'Reilly, A.B.C. Vending Corp. ; E. K. O'Shea, Paramount ; Martin Quigley ; Charles M. Reagan, M-G-M ; Phil Reisman, RKO Pictures ; Herman Robbins, National Screen Service ; George J. Schaefer ; George Skouras, Skouras Theatres ; Spyros Skouras, 20th Centurv-Fox ; E. J. Smith, Jr., RKO Pictures; Gael Sullivan, TOA ; Frank C. Walker, Comerford Theatres ; Richard F. Walsh, lATSE; William A. \Yhite, Skouras Theatres; J. L. Wolcott, Pathe Laboratories. To See 'Pride of St Louis' A special tribute will be paid to Dizzy Dean at the first annual "Dinner of Champions" of the American Baseball Academy at the Waldorf Astoria here on April 12, 1952. The hundreds of notables expected at the dinner will see a special preview of 20th Century-Fox's screen biography of Dizzy, "Pride of St. Louis," in which the pitcher is played by Dan Dailey. Paramount Rides 'Tide' Paramount has placed in the current issue of Tide, magazine of advertising and sales, a two-thirds page ad promoting George Stevens' "Something to Live For," starring Joan Fontaine and Ray Milland. The ad, written in gag text, offers "a really terrific opportunity for a top account executive." Wis. Allied Approves Marcus BiddingPlan Milwaukee, March 17.— S. J. Goldberg, president of Allied Independent Theatre Owners of Wisconsin, announced that the board of directors, has endorsed a plan to overcome the competitive bidding problem, as submitted by Ben Marcus, Wisconsin's national Allied director. Marcus' plan suggests that if an exhibitor feels he can qualify for the run in question, rather than go through a bidding proposition and pay "exorbitant" film rentals, distributors give him a chance to prove what he can do with their product. As an example, the plan says, let the companies give him 50 per cent of their product for a given period. At the end of that period, if the exhibitor can qualify and give them the same approximate earnings as another account, he would then be eligible to continue the run on a split product basis. If he cannot qualify, he would go back to his original run and a competitive exhibitor would continue on his original run. If the exhibitor, now enjoying a certain run, refuses to share it with his competitor and insists upon bidding, the distributor, according to the plan, must insist that the exhibitor accept one-half of the product. Team Hornhlow, LeRoy Hollywood, March 17. — M-G-M is teaming producer Arthur Hornhlow and director Mervyn LeRoy again for "Rose Marie," which will follow their currently shooting "The One Piece Bathing Suit." Hornhlow and LeRoy will fly to Canada to scout location sites for "Rose Marie," which was made some years ago with Jeannette MacDonald. Set New Crosby Film Bing Crosby will star in a new Paramount film, "Little Boy Lost," which will be produced in France next fall by William Perlberg and George Seaton. Seaton will also direct and write the screenplay, to be based on the novel by Marghanita Laski. Fly to fun and relaxation on a in the Sun Country You're only hours away, by TWA, from Phoenix, Las Vegas, Southern California. Big savings with TWA's Family HalfFare Pla n and Sky Tourist flights. See vour travel agent or call TWA. ra/m/s worid airuncs U.S.A. • EUROPE ' AFRICA • ASIA