Motion Picture Daily (Jan-Mar 1959)

Page scan 000234 from Motion Picture Daily

Record Details:

Title:
Motion Picture Daily
Date:
Jan-Mar 1959
Publisher:
New York [Motion picture daily, inc.]
Volume:
Motion picture daily
Leaf #:
000234
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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6 Motion Picture Daily Friday, February 13. U A Celebrates Its 40th Anniversa United Artists, which is marking its 40th anniversary this year, is celebrating by releasing the largest number of top quality films in its history. Total for the year will be 29 pictures, representing an investment of more than $65,000,000. The films will be released at the rate of seven per quarter. Scenes from ten of the UA blockbusters for 1959 are shown on these pages. THE HORSE SOLDIERS is a Civil War drama in ( and William Holden. John Ford directed the Mi ing John Wayne ac presentation. SOLOMON AND SHEBA is a Biblical spectacle from Edward Sm Technicolor and Technirama. It stars Yul Brynner and Gina Lollobr United Artists' 29 films for 1959, as announced by president Art! Krim, will represent the combined efforts and talents of more tha leading independent film makers who comprise UA's family of prod and star-producers. This policy of continually broadening commitments with indepe producers is credited with enabling UA to register successively h grosses over each of the past seven years. To back the expanded program the company is alloting a record budget of $9,500,00 promotion under the supervision of Roger H. Lewis, UA national director of advertising. Broken down by quarters, UA will release the following double "A" attractions in 1959 January-February-March: "Pork Chop Hill," "Anna Lucasta," "Lonelyhearts," "Escort V "The Rabbit Trap," "The Last Mile," and "The Naked Maja." April-May-June: "Ten Seconds to Hell," "The Man in the Net," "Some Like It Hot," Tough," "The Devil's Disciple," "Timbuktu" and "Alias Jesse James." June-August-September: "Shake Hands With the Devil," "The Horse Soldiers," "Cast a Shadow," "The Woman and the Puppet," "The Summer of the 17th Doll," "The Wonc Country" and "Day of the Outlaw." October-November-December: "The Unforgiven," "A Hole in the Head," "Solomon and Sh: "Anniversary Waltz," "Odds Against Tomorrow," "Orpheus Descending" and "On the Beach SOME LIKE IT HOT returns Marilyn Monroe to the screen after two years. SHAKE HANDS V THE DEVIL is a rc tic drama of theRebellion starring I Cagney and Don M (left). It was mac Ireland by Tony Fil association with Pj baker, Inc.