Motion Picture Daily (Jan-Mar 1955)

Record Details:

Title:
Motion Picture Daily
Date:
Jan-Mar 1955
Publisher:
New York [Motion picture daily, inc.]
Volume:
Motion picture daily
Leaf #:
00033
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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i — MOTION PICTURE THEATRE Celebration / / / ! , I ! I • I \ I I / \ V f " THERE'S MOUE fUN AT THE MOVIES!" NOW THEY'LL BE ASKING FOR YOUR AUTOGRAPH, MR. EXHIBITOR! In our national magazine ads and in countless outlets of publicity we're telling the public about M-G-M's 1955 MOTION PICTURE CELEBRATION. We're reminding them that when there's a community service to perform, the theatres have always been there. Soon you'll hear of many stunts, tours and promotions acquainting the public with the Celebration that salutes you! Press Book, PocketSize "How To Sell" and all accessories available FREE at your Branch. It's up to you, Mr. Exhibitor, to capitalize on M-G-M's nationwide ballyhoo! : (Above) POCKET-SIZE "HOW TO SELL" (Left) THE PRESS BOOK IT'S ROLLING ALONG CELEBRATION RELEASES! Ask your Branch for other fine films available! "BAD DAY AT ( Cinema Scope — Color) BLACK ROCK" (January) > starring Spencer Tracy • Robert Ryan • co-starring Anne Francis • Dean Jagger • Walter Brennan • John Ericson • Ernest Borgnine • Lee Marvin • Russell Collins "GREEN FIRE" (January) (CinemaScope — Color) • starring Stewart Granger • Grace Kelly • Paul Douglas • co-starring John Ericson • with Murvyn Vye "MANY RIVERS TO CROSS" (February) (CinemaScope — Color) • starring Robert Taylor • Eleanor Parker • with Victor McLaglen • Russ Tamblyn • Jeff Richards • James Arness "JUPITER'S DARLING" (February) (CinemaScope — Color) ♦ starring Esther Williams Howard Keel • Marge and Gower Champion • George Sanders • with Richard Haydn • William Demarest "HIT THE DECK" (March) (CinemaScope — Color) • starring Jane Powell • Tony Martin • Debbie Reynolds • Walter Pidgeon • Vic Damone • Gene Raymond • Ann Miller • Russ Tamblyn with Kay Armen • J. Carrol Naish • Richard Anderson Jane Darwell "INTERRUPTED (CinemaScope — Color Parker MELODY'f (March) • starring Glenn Ford • with Roger Moore • Cecil Kellaway Eleanor "THE GLASS SLIPPER" (April) (Color) • starring Leslie Caron • Michael Wilding • with Keenan Wynn • Estelle Winwood • Elsa Lanchester Barry Jones "BEDEVILLED" (Apr/7) (CinemaScope — Color) • starring Anne Baxter • Steve Forrest • with Siriione Renant • Maurice Teynac Robert Christopher • Joseph Tomelty and Victor Francen "THE PRODIGAL" (Date To Be Announced) (CinemaScope — Color) • starring Lana Turner • Edmund Purdom • Louis Calhern • with Audrey Dalton • James Mitchell • Neville Brand • Walter Hampden • Taina Elg • Francis L. Sullivan • Joseph Wiseman • Sandra Descher TO YOUR BOX-OFFICE!