Motion Picture Daily (Jul-Sep 1957)

Record Details:

Title:
Motion Picture Daily
Date:
Jul-Sep 1957
Publisher:
New York [Motion picture daily, inc.]
Volume:
Motion picture daily
Leaf #:
000155
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:
December 02, 2023
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MOTION PICTURE DAILY %OL. 82, NO. 19 NEW YORK, U.S.A., MONDAY, JULY 29, 1957 TEN CENTS to-. Telemeter Currently in Talks with City Heads 'Snooty' Critics Attacked for 'Unfair' Reviews of Pictures Bertero Says: FWC Studies San Francisco S„„W(; IHEBAILY WASHINGTON, July 28— "Unfair" reviews of motion pictures which reflect I g~K I ; I \l l-t i |-J a "disdainful attitude" on the part of the reviewers "out to establish their ■P "^"^ own superiority by snooting the movies" are scored in the official bulletin of . ^ — — — — — Allied States Association issued at the Palmieri Acts Deny Petition For National's New Theatre Special to THE DAILY SAN FRANCISCO, July 28.-If tollTV is to be an actuality in the near future in this territory Fox West Coast Theatres "most definitely wants to be in on the ground floor." In an exclusive interview with Motion Picture Daily at the weekend, John B. Bertero, president of FWC, said at present the situation is unclear (Continued on page 5) Columbia Readies Its 'Fabulous 5' Special plans for promoting five of Columbia's top new films under the campaign slogan of the "Fabulous Five" were announced here at the weekend by general sales manager Rube Jackter. The announcement followed a three-day meeting of the com(Continued on page 2) Start Local Promotion for Telemovies Test Special to THE DAILY PHILADELPHIA, July 28.-Local advertising and promotion for Video Independent Circuit's telemovies test in Bartlesville, Okla., next month has ( Continued on page 5 ) Television Today Page Allied Board Meet, EDC Switched to Pittsburgh Allied States Association's regular summer board meeting will be held Aug. 14 and 15 at the Penn Sheraton Hotel, Pittsburgh, instead of in New York as previously reported. The board sessions will be preceded by a meeting of Allied's Emergency Defense Committee in the same hotel on Aug. 13. Technicolor Earnings $710,000 for 6 Months The consolidated net earnings of Technicolor, Inc., and its wholly owned subsidiaries for the first six months of 1957, after taxes, amounted to approximately $710,000 or 35c a share on the 2,032,236 shares of stock outstanding, it was announced at the (Continued on page 5) weekend by Abram F. Myers, general counsel and chairman of the board of directors. The bulletin refers in particular to the reviewer "on a certain weekly periodical with a large circulation" as a "conspicuous example of the supercilious school of criticism." "His remarks," it is stated, "abound with wise cracks, doubtful puns and (Continued on page 2) Five Theatres Reopen In Upper Midwest Special to THE DAILY MINNEAPOLIS, July 28.-The upper midwest exhibition picture is bullish this week with four small town houses announcing reopenings. In addition the Minnesota Amusement Company last week reopened its Grand Theatre in Mankato as its top house in that city. In Scranton, la., the local VFW post authorized the purchase of the ( Continued on page 5 ) Claims Circuit Would 'Unduly Restrain Trade' New York Federal Judge Edmund L. Palmieri Friday denied a petition filed by National Theatres to construct a new theatre in Garden Grove, Calif. The circuit told the judge it had considered the new theatre a "pilot" which would enable it to determine whether or not NT should continue to build additional theatres or divert its money into other channels. In his opinion Judge Palmieri said (Continued on page 2) EDITORIAL Unconventional Sales Methods Are Paying Off Wisconsin Allied in Vogel's Proxy Corner Special to THE DAILY MILWAUKEE, July 28.-A pledge to vote all Loew's stock held by members of Allied Independent Theatre Owners of Wisconsin and to solicit proxies within the state for management for the special meeting of stockholders called for Sept. 12 was forwarded to Joseph R. Vogel, Loew's president, at the weekend by Ben D. (Continued on page 5) _ _ _________________________ ______________ _____ By Sherwin Kane TRADITIONAL selling methods are being ignored more and more of late and the departures from the long-established pattern are not limited to the big special productions. They encompass modest exploitation pictures and good, top program pictures, as well. The new sales plans are almost as varied as the product to which they are applied. Almost the only thing uniform in the broad, shifting scene is the financial success which the new policies are meeting. MOTION PICTURE DAILY's news columns of late have reported (Continued on page 3) To Hear Pirosh, Hairy In Goldwyn 'Trust' Case Special to THE DAILY SAN FRANCISCO, July 28-Samuel Goldwyn's charges that Fox West Coast Theatres eliminated competitive film bidding by independent exhibitors up and down the Pacific coast through product-dividing deals will be explored tomorrow in Goldwyn's anti(Continued on page 5) What Pushed KHRUSHCHEV On To The Back Page?