Motion Picture Daily (Apr-Jun 1955)

Page scan 000481 from Motion Picture Daily

Record Details:

Title:
Motion Picture Daily
Date:
Apr-Jun 1955
Publisher:
New York [Motion picture daily, inc.]
Volume:
Motion picture daily
Leaf #:
000481
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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A GALA turnout of stars, civic dignitaries and exhibition leaders was at the Capitol Theatre on Broadway last evening for the plush preview of Stanley Kramer's "Not As A Stranger," United Artists release starring Olivia de Havilland, Robert Mitchunt, Frank Sinatra, Gloria Grahame, Broderick Crawford and Charles Bickford. The widely-heralded production, fanfared by a jumbo $1,200,000 campaign, will be premiered at the Warner Beverly in Los Angeles tonight in a colorful opening beamed to millions across the country via a 76station NBC-TV network. At the right are shown, left to right, Mrs. George Schaefer, Jr.; George J. Schaefer, producers' representative; Silas F. Seadler, M-G-M advertising manager; Mrs. Ingrid Seadler, and Joseph R. Vogel, vice-president of Loew's, Inc. Dave Garroway, whose NBC-TV program, "Today," will broadcast films of the Hollywood premiere of "Not As a Stranger," arrives with Betty Furness. Randforce Theatres executive Emanuel Frisch, with Mrs. Frisch, was among exhibitor leaders at the advance showing of the long-awaited Kramer production. Gloria Grahame, who co-stars in "Not As a Stranger," is greeted by Arthur B. Krim, president of United Artists. Miss Grahame served as hostess to the celebrity-studded preview audience. Broadway crowds jam the front of the Capitol to glimpse the arrival of stars and celebrities attending the preview. The glittering film event drew blanket television, radio and news coverage. (Advt.)