Motion Picture Daily (Apr-June 1956)

Page scan 00069 from Motion Picture Daily

Record Details:

Title:
Motion Picture Daily
Date:
Apr-June 1956
Publisher:
New York [Motion picture daily, inc.]
Volume:
Motion picture daily
Leaf #:
00069
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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* Vagabond King" Thrills London aqpHE VAGABOND KING," Paramount VistaVision Technicolor production introducing Oreste, the new singing sensation, performing opposite Kathryn Grayson, had its world premiere at the weekend at London's huge Plaza Theatre. A distinguished audience of government officials, diplomats and stage and screen stars, as well as industry leaders, filled the theatre to capacity. Oreste went to London from Hollywood to attend the gala opening, and thrilled the first-night audience with renderings of operatic arias in a stage appearance prior to the start of the picture. The film was an immediate hit, drawing rounds of applause from time to time throughout its premiere showing. One of the features of the lobby activity preceding the showing was a BBC broadcast direct to Malta, Oresta's native land. Photo at right shows the opening night scene in front of the Plaza. "ed Hutchinson (left), Paramount managing director of sales in England, greets in the %za lobby Sir Hubert and Lady Ranee. Sir Hubert, former Governor of Trinidad, is among the hundreds from British officialdom who attended the gala premiere of )»ie Vagabond King." Oreste is seen here on the Plaza stage as he sang operatic selections for the enthusiastic premiere audience. He has been a long-time singing favorite of the British. bby activities at the Plaza prior to the world premiere of Oreste's st motion picture included a special BBC broadcast of the event ect from the theatre to Malta, the singing star's native land. Oreste, ht, is seen at the microphone. Among the large number of distinguished persons who attended the gala world premiere of "The Vagabond King" were Edward Ellul (left), Britain's Commissioner General for Malta, and Lord Listowel. The opening was regarded in London as one of the most spectacular and successful of its kind at the Plaza. {Advt.)