Motion Picture Daily (Oct-Dec 1955)

Record Details:

Title:
Motion Picture Daily
Date:
Oct-Dec 1955
Publisher:
New York [Motion picture daily, inc.]
Volume:
Motion picture daily
Leaf #:
000233
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:
November 10, 2022
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VOL. 78. NO. 89. MOTION PICTURE DAILY NEW YORK, U. S. A., MONDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1955 TEN CENTS Report to Board Toll TV 'War Chest' Urged By Rembusch Tells Proponents Jt's a 'One-armed Bandit Idea' From THE DAILY Bureau CHICAGO, Nov. 6. In his report o the board of directors of Allied States Association here today, Truenan T. Rembusch, co-chairman of the Committee Against Pay-AsYou-See TV, pulled no punches in blasting the proponents o 1 what he termed the "one-armed bandit idea." Without mincing words, Rembusch flatly stated that all of the arguments for the ase of the free air waves by the ad( Continued on page 14 ) T. T. Rembusch Hoyts' Turnbull Hits 'Self-appointed' Emissaries to UK An attack on "self-appointed" emis;aries who go to England and promise Britsh producers "the earth" il Britain would tailor its product to the American market, was delivered here it the weekend by Ernest Turnbull, nanaging director of Hoyts Theatres it Australia. Turnbull, saying he was familiar ( Continued on page 10 ) Selznick Gen. Mgr. Post to Briskin From THE DAILY Bureau HOLLYWOOD, Nov. 6.-Barney Briskin, former general manager for he production of "Oklahoma!", has :>een named general manager for proluction of the Selznick Company, inc., it was announced by David O. Selznick. Briskin will be general manager of (Continued on page 10) Vital Issues Facing Allied As Conclave Opens Today Allied Attendance High CHICAGO, Nov. 6-Over 1,000 industry figures, representing all facets of motion pictures, are expected to be in attendance at the 1955 Allied States Association convention and TESMA-IPA-TEDA trade show to be held at the Hotel Morrison here this week. 400 Honor Herman Robbins As Af.P. Pioneer of Year at Annual Dinner Spotlight Centered on Film Clinics, EDC And Intra-Industry Relations; Leaders Say This Will he a 'Do Something' Meet By AL STEEN CHICAGO, Nov. 6. -If the promised fireworks materialize at the Allied States Association convention here during the next three days, the guests in — — — — — — ===^ — —== the Morrison By LESTER A capacity crowd of approximately turned out to honor Herman Robbins, Screen Service, as Pioneer of the Year at the 17th annual dinner of the Motion Picture Pioneers at the Star For complete picture and story report of the Motion Picture Pioneers dinner turn to Pages 8, 9 and 10 of this issue. light Roof of the Hotel WaldorfAstoria here on Friday evening. With Ned E. Depinet, dinner committee chairman, presiding alongside the guest of honor and Jack Cohn, president of the Pioneers, the assemblage heard a warmly earnest appeal DINOFF 400 leading figures of the industry chairman of the board of National by Robbins for aid by those in a position to afford it for the M. P. Pioneers Foundation, an unpublicized activity of the Pioneers which provides assistance to industry veterans in genuine need. The honor guest also recounted the circumstances of the beginning of the Pioneers and expressed some of the pleasures and satisfaction the annual get-togethers have afforded so many over the years. Robbins, who prior to his 32 years with National Screen was with the (Continued on page 9) Hotel will think it's the Fourth of July. That's the way one Allied leader summed up his predictions today on the eve of the curtain-rise on Allied's annual conclave which, this Ruben Shor Television Today IN THIS ISSUE PAGE 17 * "Home office" promotional help at the local level comes to TV finally, as practiced smartly via contest by Screen Cems, Columbia Pictures' TV subsidiary. * NBC, with a top-echelon team carrying the ball, makes color TV news in a big way. . . . Robert E. Kintner of ABC has some pungent observations on the status of TV. ► Names Making News in Television Today. year, is combined with the conventions and trade shows of the equipment and concessions organizations. Allied executives appear to be determined to make this a "do-something" rally. They insist that the topics on the agenda of the board of directors, which has been in session for the last two days, were not dreamed up to kill time. It is promised that definite action will be taken on the film rentals situation, on circuit expansion and, ol (Continued on page 14) No New Post Offered Johnston, Says Clark From THE DAILY Bureau WASHINGTON, Nov. 6. No new job, diplomatic or otherwise, has been offered Eric Johnston, president of the Motion Picture Association of America, it was stated on Friday by Kenneth Clark, MPAA director of information, in denying to Motion Picture Daily a report that Johnston was to be given a high diplomatic assignment in Europe, possibly Italy. "There is absolutely nothing to the report," said Clark.