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 #:
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:
November 10, 2022
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4 Motion Picture Daily Monday, December 5, 195! Pinanski (Continued from page 1) Corp. said in his judgment it would serve "no beneficial purpose at this time to give the industry any detailed report" on the discussion held. He added only that "My reception by the Attorney General and his staff in Washington was most cordial and my presentation was received with sympathetic understanding. There is much to be done before I feel it proper to make any further utterances," EFFG was conceived by TOA leaders as a means of stimulating new production to relieve the product shortage but in more than a year's time exhibitors subscribed less than $300,000, whereas at least $3,000,000 was desired. The TOA convention directed Pinanski to endeavor to have conditions imposed by the Justice Department on the participation of divorced circuits relaxed. Without their participation, it was conceded, EFFG will be unable to function. L,A. Catholics to Renew Legion Oath From THE DAILY Bin-can HOLLYWOOD, Dec. 4.-James Francis Cardinal Mclntyre, Archbishop of Los Angeles, in an article in "Tidings," wrote that the Legion of Decency pledge will be presented for renewal in all Catholic churches here on Dec. 11. Cardinal Mclntyre said that the "clergy is particularly urged to comply with the recommendations of the Bishop's committee and make a crusade for patronage of only the good pictures a real apostolate." He said that while the motion picture Production Code "has been helpful and cooperative in many ways, another large sector of the industry is not under the Code's influence" and the clergy is "urged to bring the dangers present to the attention of the individual, as the occasion arises." MGM Announces 8 For '56 1st Quarter Plus Four Reprints M-G-M will have eight new pic tures and four reprints for releas during the first four months < 1956, according to a tentativ schedule. During January, there will I "Diane," in CinemaScope an Eastman Color, to be followed 1: "Ransom!" For February, there will 1 "Forever Darling," the second Li cille Ball-Desi Arnaz starring a traction for M-G-M in Eastma color and wide screen. This wi be followed by "The Last Hunt, in CinemaScope and Eastman co or. Supplementing the new rc leases will be a "Masterpiece Fit print" combination comprisin "The Three Musketeers" and "Th Stratton Story." 'Las Vegas' in March The March releases will b headed by "Meet Me in La Vegas," in CinemaScope and East man color. In addition to the tw> new features, there will be reprint of "Northwest Passage," in Techni color and wide screen, and "Th Yearling," in Technicolor and wid screen. For April, there will be "Tributi to a Bad Man," in CinemaScopi and Eastman color, and "Gaby, in CinemaScope and Eastman col or. "It's a Dog's Life," formerh "The Bar Sinsiter," and "Wild fire," will be available for booking after Dec. 23. Previously sched uled for release in September, th( former picture was withdrawn un til a final title was selected. Mindlin Returns Publicist Michael Mindlin, Jr will return today from Europ where during the past sevei months he handled the world pre miere in Venice of Lopert Film "Summertime" and served as uni publicity director of Hecht-Lar caster's "Trapeze," recently conJ pleted in Paris. 1 Last owering epic o \ii,< .'i