Motion Picture Daily (Jan-Mar 1956)

Record Details:

Title:
Motion Picture Daily
Date:
Jan-Mar 1956
Publisher:
New York [Motion picture daily, inc.]
Volume:
Motion picture daily
Leaf #:
00061
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:
October 27, 2022
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on Picture Daily Monday, January 9, 1956 Teleumon Joday The Roster of "Fame" Television Winners NETWORK PROGRAM mpion of Champions") ie Ed Sullivan Show (Lincolnjercury, CBS TV, Sundays, JOO-9:00 P.M., EST, Kenyon Eckhardt) joducers' Showcase (NBC V) Lnibus (CBS-TV) | TELEVISION PERFORMER hmpion of Champions") lil Silvers (You'll Never Get ich, Amana Refrigeration J. Reynolds Tobacco Co., 3S-TV, Tuesdays, 8:00-8:30 lM., Maury, Lee & Marshall[illiam Esty Co.) f:orge Gobel (NBC-TV) |eve Allen (NBC-TV) r PROMISING NEW h STAR Shnny Carson (CBS-TV) Jnathan Winters (NBC-TV) |ck Shawn (NBC-TV, CBS 7) |r PROMISING NEW \\LE STAR [annie Carson (NBC-TV) l.ggy King (NBC-TV) Wtte Fabray (NBC-TV) W MAKING MOST VCTIVE USE OF COLOR lax Liebman Presents (Oldstobile Division, General Motors lap., NBC-TV, 9:00-10:30 |M., every 4th Saturday, D. P. pothers & Co.) ijroducers' Showcase NBC-TV) ford Star Jubilee (CBS-TV) t COMEDIAN tborge Gobel (The George GoM Show, Armour Co. Pet ' ilk, NBC TV, Saturdays, il:00-10:30 P.M., Gardner Adlirtising-Foote, Cone & Beld Ibil Silvers (CBS-TV) Id Caesar (NBC-TV) i\" COMEDIENNE ueille Ball (I Love Lucy, GenHal Foods Procter & Gamble, iBS-TV, Mondays, 9:00-9:30 ! M., Young & Rubicam-Biow, pirn, Toigo) fartha Raye (NBC-TV) anette Fabray (NBC-TV) Rr COMEDY TEAM eorge Burns & Grade Allen (Carnation Co. General Mills, |BS-TV, alternate Mondays, (:00-8:30 P.M., Erwin, Wasey ) Co. B.B.D.O.) ueille Ball & Desi Arnaz CBS-TV) ean Martin & Jerry Lewis NBC-TV) f COMEDY SHOW ou'll Never Get Rich (CBS V, see Best Performers) THE ELITE ON TV SCREEN A glance at the archives containing the results of the six previous "Fame" polls on the best in Television reveal some startling instances of longevity, both in program and personality. No less than 10 shows and/or performers have won top position in their respective categories for three or more consecutive times. The leader of them all is Studio One, which has taken a top spot for each of the seven years the poll has been in existence. Winners for no less than six times are The Voice of Firestone, John Cameron Swayze and Meet The Press. Four-time winners include Perry Como, Dinah Shore, Your Hit Parade, What's My Line? and Mel Allen. This year's Champion of Champions, Ed Sullivan, has been tops in his set for three consecutive years, and appears at present good for another 30. 2. George Gobel Show (NBC-TV) 3. I Love Lucy (CBS-TV) BEST VARIETY PROGRAM 1. The Ed Sullivan Show (CBSTV, see Best Network Program ) 2. The Perry Como Show (NBC-TV) 3. The Colgate Variety Hour (NBC-TV) BEST PANEL DISCUSSION PROGRAM 1. Meet the Press (Pan AmericanJohns Manville Corp., NBCTV, Sundays, 6:00-6:30 P.M., J. Walter Thompson) 2. Face the Nation (CBS-TV) 3. The American Forum of the Air (NBC-TV) BEST NEW DRAMATIC PROGRAM (Introduced This Season) 1. Playwrights '56 (Pontiac Motor Division, NBC-TV, alternate Tuesdays, 9:30 10:30 P.M., MacManus, John & Adams) 2. Alfred Hitchcock Presents (CBS-TV) 3. NBC Matinee Theatre (NBC-TV) MOST UNIQUE NEW PROGRAM (Other Than Drama) 1. Wide Wide World (Multiple sponsors and agencies, NBCTV, Sundays, 4-5:40 P.M.) 2. The $64,000 Question (CBS-TV) 3. You'll Never Get Rich (CBS-TV) BEST DRAMATIC PROGRAM 1. Studio One ( Westinghouse Electric, CBS TV, Mondays, 10:00 11:00 P.M., McCann Erickson) 2. Robert Montgomery Presents (NBC-TV) 3. Climax (CBS-TV) BEST MYSTERY PROGRAM 1. Alfred Hitchcock Presents (Bristol Myers, CBS-TV, Sundays, 9:30-10:00 P.M., Young & Rubicam) 2. Dragnet (NBC-TV) 3. The Lineup (CBS-TV) BEST VOCALIST (Male) 1. Perry Como (The Perry Como Show, NBC TV, Saturdays, 8:00-9:00 P.M., multiple sponsors & agencies) 2. Eddie Fisher (NBC-TV) 3. Harry Belafonte (All nets) BEST VOCALIST (Female) 1. Dinah Shore (The Dinah Shore Show, Chevrolet Motor Div., General Motors Corp., NBC-TV, Tuesdays & Thursdays, 7:307:45 P.M., Campbell Ewald Co.) 2. Patti Page (All networks) 3. Gisele Mackenzie (NBC-TV) BEST CLASSICAL MUSIC SHOW 1. Voice of Firestone (Firestone Tire & Rubber Co., ABC-TV, Mondays, 8:30 9:00 P.M., Sweeney & James Co.) 2. NBC Opera Theatre (NBC-TV) 3. Liberace BEST POPULAR MUSICAL SHOW 1. Your Hit Parade (American Tobacco-Warner Hudnut, NBCTV, Saturdays, 10:30-11:00 P.M., B.B.D.O.-Kenyon & Eckhardt) 2. The Perry Como Show (NBC-TV) 3. The Lawrence Welk Show (ABC-TV) {Continued on follozving page) A GALLERY OF MORE WINNERS John C. Swayze Mel Allen Garry Moore George Fenneman Hal March John Daly ( $64,000 Question) ( What's My Line ) Albert McCleery (NBC Matinee Theatre) Lawrence Spivaic (Meet the Press) Walt Disney 9