Motion Picture Daily (Jul-Sep 1957)

Page scan 000285 from Motion Picture Daily

Record Details:

Title:
Motion Picture Daily
Date:
Jul-Sep 1957
Publisher:
New York [Motion picture daily, inc.]
Volume:
Motion picture daily
Leaf #:
000285
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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MOTION PICTURE DAILY NEW YORK, U.S.A., WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 21, 1957 TEN CENTS Block Tomlinson Move To Convene Loew's Board jlyman Heads |L4P; Sees Big Potential ihesler Board Chairman; ialf Year Net $1,237,628 Associated Artists the first six lonths this year made more than one illion dollars. The company which, Ath the help f Canadian i n a n c i e r s f I) o u g h t the jJVarner library o r television Ind paid $21,I) 0 0 , 0 0 0, in m. p r i 1 owed S14,000,000 in i consolidated llebt, but now |)wes $9,620,)00. It also !|:lected as president to succeed financier Louis Chester AAP founder Eliot Hyman. All these pieces of news were made Known yesterday by the company and Its financial public relations agent, (Continued on page 2) Eliot Hyman Exhibitors Invited to See Todd 35mm. System More than 100 exhibitors from all wits of the country will be guests of Vlike Todd at Asbury Park, N. J., tomorrow and Friday for demonstrations of his 35mm. version of 'Around the World in 80 Days" in use at the Paramount Theatre there. Todd feels the standard version, with eight-track sound, is the equivalent of the Todd-AO versions presently in use for most of the "80 Days" engagements in this country. The exhibitor guests will be given an (Continued on page 3) Television Today *y Golden Jubilee Starts October 15 Hollywood's Golden Jubilee, one of the industry's steps in the program to build business, will be launched on October 15, it was announced yesterday by Eric Johnston, president of the Motion Picture Association of America, in a release to newspapers launching the celebration. The first event will consist of an airline tour of some 15 or 20 screen personalities to a score or more cities, with the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce sponsoring the take-off. Richard C. Patterson, Jr. is honorary chairman of the Jubilee Committee which includes distribution and exhibition representatives. List Industries Net $9 16,650 in Six Months During the six months ended June 30, 1957, the consolidated earnings of List Industries Corporation ( formerly RKO Theatres Corp. ) and subsidiaries were $916,650, including gain of $411,868 on disposal of properties, amounting to 21 cents per share. Earnings during the first six months of 1956 were 10 cents per share based on the number of shares outstanding at beginning of 1956. At June 30, 1957, cash and Gov(Continued on page 2) Sought Meeting in Delaware to Oust V o gel , Other Officers; Seeks Intervention in IV. Y. Case By JAMES M. JERAULD Joseph Tomlinson and his supporters staged a blitz yesterday that held the attention of three courts, two in New York and one in Delaware that resulted in one injunction in Delaware and two reserved decisions in New York. Tomlinson wrote to Irving L. f *fU*j C*l HM J Greenfield, secretary of Loew's, Inc., COUflCfl hltS FllmS NlOOe Monday asking that a special meeting I •l#nl/a«l °^ directors be held in Delaware AhrOad With Red Aid Monday (26) for the purpose of removing Joseph R. Vogel from the From THE DAILY Bureau ( Continued on page 3) HOLLYWOOD, Aug. 20 Following a report by Pat Somerset, representative of the Screen Actors Guild, on his investigation of foreign film production during his recent visit to Europe, the AFL Film Council todav resolved to implement the re(Continued on page 2) Criticism of Toll TV Clarified by Rhoden Special to THE DAILY SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 20 mer C. Rhoden modified his opinions of closed circuit toll television today following yesterday's exclusive interview with the Motion Picture Daily in which the president of National (Continued on page 2) El REVIEW: The Three Faces of Eve 20th Century-Fox — CinemciScope Wide Campaign Set On 'Sun Also Rises' With more than 100 key city engagements following within two weeks after the Friday (23) opening of Darryl F. Zanuck's "The Sun Also Rises," Charles Einfeld, 20th Century Fox vice president, and his publicity and proraoti onal staffs find themselves at the peak of a campaign that has been building for months. Nearly 5 00 bookings are scheduled for September, a record for such a large-scale (Continued on page 6) Charles Einfeld Twentieth Century-Fox's search for new acting talent has paid off with terrific results in the case of Joanne Woodward, whom they have made a star— virtually overnight— in "The Three Faces of Eve." Seen previously onlv in minor films, the impression she created was slight. Under the tutelage of Nunnallv Johnson, who wrote, produced, and directed this picture, she blossoms forth as one of the most exciting personalities to appear on the screen in years. The part that Fox has given Miss Woodward is a difficult and de(Continued on page 6) N. E. Theatres Pledge Will Rogers Drive Special to THE DAILY BOSTON, Aug. 20.-Abe Montague made a stirring appeal for New England theatres to back a concerted drive for funds for the Will Rogers Memorial Hospital at a luncheon meeting co-chairmaned by Charles E. (Continued on page 3)