Motion Picture Daily (Apr-Jun 1952)

Page scan 000230 from Motion Picture Daily

Record Details:

Title:
Motion Picture Daily
Date:
Apr-Jun 1952
Publisher:
New York [Motion picture daily, inc.]
Volume:
Motion picture daily
Leaf #:
000230
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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WILLIAM FOX Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation bows in grieving tribute to one of the outstanding pioneers of the industry — WILLIAM FOX — and the early founder of the company which still bears his name. William FOX was one of the creative influences in this industry in the fields of production and exhibition, in helping to bring sound on film to the motion picture theatres and in establishing the newsreel with sound. His daring, initiative and courage enabled him to make a signal contribution to the growth and development of the motion picture industry. Prom the beginning of his career he engaged in the production of films of magnitude and scope and blazed a trail for the industry in providing boxoffice attractions of wide popular appeal. He was truly a pioneer in foreseeing the present status of the screen as a medium of public entertainment. Those who knew him best will long mourn his passing.