Motion Picture Daily (Apr-Jun 1959)

Record Details:

Title:
Motion Picture Daily
Date:
Apr-Jun 1959
Publisher:
New York [Motion picture daily, inc.]
Volume:
Motion picture daily
Leaf #:
000161
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:
November 10, 2022
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s messc I wanf\ Class of Service This is a fast message unless its deferred character is indicared bv the proper symbol. WESTERN UNION V 1201 f SYMBOLS DL = Day Letter NIL = Night Letter I LT international ""Letter Telegram W. P. MARSHALL, president The fil.ng nrne shown in the date line on domestic telegrams is STANDARD TIME at point of origin. Time of receipt is STANDARD TIME at point of destination NA034 PD HOLLYWOOD CALIF APRIL 20 1959 SPYROS SKOURAS 20TH CENTURY -FOX MYK DEAR SPYROS: I AM SORRY I CANNOT DELIVER THIS MESSAGE ABOUT OUR PRODUCT AND PLANS FOR THE ENTIRE YEAR TO THE SALES FORCE PERSONALLY, BUT INSTEAD OF MAKING SPEECHES I AM MAKING PICTURES — BOTH SPEECHES AND PICTURES ARE NECESSARY IN OUR BUSINESS, BUT I BELIEVE MY TALENT IS FOR THE LATTER, NEVERTHELESS, I WOULD APPRECIATE IT IF YOU WILL DELIVER THIS MESSAGE TO YOUR GREAT SALES ORGANIZATION AND EXHIBITORS BECAUSE I WOULD LIKE TO SHARE WITH THEM AS WELL AS WITH YOU THE GREAT NEWS ABOUT WHAT THE STUDIO DEFINITELY CAN AND WILL DELIVER IN THE NEXT TWELVE MONTHS. I WILL NOT DWELL ON SUCH CURRENT RELEASES AS "THE INN OF THE SIXTH HAPPINESS" , "RALLY ROUND THE FLAG BOYS", "COMPULSION", "THE SOUND AND THE FURY", AND "WARLOCK" • LIKEWISE NO FURTHER COMMENT IS NECESSARY ON GEORGE STEVENS' PRODUCTION OF "THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK" WHICH IS HAILED TODAY AS ONE OF THE GREATEST MOTION PICTURES OF ALL TIME. WE ARE WORKING AROUND THE CLOCK TO CONTINUE THE GREAT STANDARD SET BY THESE PRODUCTIONS. YOU WILL SOON HAVE A POWERFUL DRAMATIC ACTION PICTURE IN WOMAN OBSESSED STARRING SUSAN HAY WARD AND STEPHEN BOYD OF BEN HUR. THIS PICTURE WILL REACH YOU FOLLOWING MISS HAY WARD'S TRIUMPH IN I WANT TO LIVE WHICH WON HER NOT ONLY THE NEW YORK CRITICS AND FOREIGN PRESS AWARDS BUT ALSO THE ACADEMY OSCAR. WE HAVE JUST FINISHED SHOOTING ONE OF THE GREATEST ENTERTAINMENT