Motion Picture Daily (Jul-Sep 1959)

Record Details:

Title:
Motion Picture Daily
Date:
Jul-Sep 1959
Publisher:
New York [Motion picture daily, inc.]
Volume:
Motion picture daily
Leaf #:
000448
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 Exhibitors Attending 'M. P. Herald' Product Merchandising Conferences MuRR-4Y Alper, Randforce Amusement Corp. Paul Bazse. Walter Reade Theatres. Sam Bendhei-M, hi, Xeigliborliood Theatres, Inc., Richmond, \'a. Irving Berxax, Randforce Co. RiCH_\RD Berxer, Interhoro Circuit. George Birkxer, Stanley Warner Fabian Theatre, Paterson, X. J. Lou Brown, Loew's Theatres, Boston. Myron Blank, Central States Theatres, Des Moines, la. Richard Br.ax-dt, Trans-Lux. Edw.ard Brl-nner, Loew's Valencia. Henry Capogna. Ken Carter, Schine Theatres, Richmond, Ky. William Copley, Schine Circuit. J. Daniels, Stanley Warner, Stanley Theatre, Jersey City, N. J. Harry Da\-ey, Randforce Amusement Corp. Bernie Dl4moxt3, Schine Theatres. M. DoRso, Walter Reade Theatres. Earl Douglass, Commonwealth Theatres, Colombia, Mo. DuRWARD Duty, Shea Theatre, Ashtabula, Ohio. Sy Evans, Schine Circuit, Inc. Harold Field, Pioneer Theatre Corp., Minneapolis. Jerry Fowler, Schine Cireuit. Jack Foxe, Loew's Theatres; ^^'ashington, D. C. Leopold Friedman, Eugene Picker, John Murphy and Ernest EmerLiNG, Loew's Theatres. .\Lartin Friedman, AB-PT. Manny Frisch, Randforce Amusement Co. J. Clyt>e Fuller, Jr., Loew's Theatres. Ben Ge.ary, Schine Circuit. Athens Ohio. Morton Gerber, District Theatres Corp., Washington, D. C. Erutn Gold, Randforce Amusement Corp. L. R. Goldixg, Fabian Theatres. Edgar Goth, Stanley Warner, Newark, N. J. Charles L Gr,\ce, Randforce Amusement Corp. Russ Grant, Loew's Theatres. Harry Greene, Welworth Theatres. Pat J. Grosso, RKO Theatres. Charles Hacker, Music Hall. Paul Hanner, Odeon Theatres, Toronto, Canada. Lou S. Hart, Schine Theatres, Auburn, N. Y. Fred Herkowitz, RKO Theatres. Bernie Hickey, Shea Theatres. Robert E. Hosse, Crescent Amusement, Nashville. Dave Jones, Kerasotes Theatres, Springfield, HI. George Kemp, Stanley Warner, Passaic, N. J. Frank V. King, Jamestown Amusement Co. Herman Kopf, Schine Circuit. Ray La Bounty, Schine Circuit, Salisbury, Md. George Langbart, Randforce Amusement Co. How.ARD Lesser, Valley Theatre, Spring \'alley, N. Y. Dougl.^s J. Lightner, Commonwealth Theatres, Kansas Citv, Mo. Blanche Livingston, RKO Theatres. Clifford Loth, Interhoro Circuit, Inc. Mrs. Edith Bolte NLarshall, John C. Bolte Circuit, Bronx, N. Y. Bob Mosean, Atlanta, Ga. WiLLARD Matthews, Comerford Circuit, Scranton, Pa. Edward Meade, Shea's Buffalo Theatre. Curtis Mees, Skouras Theatres. Jack Mitchell, Schine Theatres Glens Falls, N. Y. Edw.ard Molten, Stanley Warner Corp., Newark, N. J. Seymour L. Morris, Schine Theatres. RrciLARD Orear, Commonwealth Theatres, Kansas City, Mo. Sperie p. Perakos, Perakos Theatres, New Britain, Conn. James V. Pisapios, Interhoro Circuit. Darrel D. Presnell, National Theatres, Kansas City, Mo. Bob Rappapor't, RF Theatres. Fay S. Reeder, National Theatres, Fox W. Coast Theatre, Los Angeles. Samuel Rixzler, Randforce Amusement Co. _ Tom Rodgers, Trans-Lux Theatre. New York. ^ Bob Shapiro, Paramount Theatre, New York. Gerald Shea, Shea Circuit. Donald Schine, Schine Circuit. Sol Schwartz, Harry Mandel and John Cassidy, RKO Theatres Samuel Seletsky, Smith Management Co., Boston. James Sh.\nahan, Loew's Theatres. Gerald Shea, Jamestown Amusement Co. Harold Sliter, Schine Circuit, Lexington, Ky. Raymon-d E. Smith, Jamestown Amusement Company. ^\'ILBU-R Snaper, Snaper Theatres. Dorothy Solomon, Loew's Theatres, N. Y. C. Jay Solomon, Independent Theatres, Inc., Chattanooga, Tenn. Henry Spiegel, American Broadcasting-Paramount Theatres. John Stanek, Branford Theatre, Newark, N. J. Mike Stern, Joseph Stern Theatres, Chicago. H. E. Stuckey, W. S. Butterfield Theatres, Detroit. Morton Thalhlmer, Jr., Neighborhood Theatres, Inc. Joseph Tolve, Skouras Theatres. E. C. Tompkins, Crescent Amusement, Nashville. George Trillixg, Fabian Theatres. H. H. Unterfort, Schine Circuit, Paramount Theatre, Syracuse, N. Y. Joe Vleck, Fox ' Inter-Mountain Theatre, Denver. Thomas Willl^ms, Schine Circuit. Lee \\'illis, Schine Circuit. I.T.O.A. Members Laud 'Herald' Forum Values A number of LT.O.A. members took the floor at their meeting here yesterday to speak in glowing terms of the "Motion Picture Herald" Merchandising Forum which is being concluded today. The tenor of the exhibitors' remarks was that the forums are very much worthwhile, to small as well as large theatres and more subsequent run exhibitors should attend them. Several spoke of specific benefits they had received from the current and earlier "Herald" Forums and termed them "very constructive, venuseful and a good thing for the industrv." Friday, September 25, U. 'RoundTable ( Continued from page 1 ) cussion of United Artists' "Oci, Against Tomorrow." In the product discussions so i; the question of television advertisi' has cropped up a number of timr and exhibitors ha\-e indicated this one of the topics they «-ould Uke go into thoroughly 'at the Rou3i Table meeting todav. Some feel t impact of T\' promotion to be u usually strong and productive; othe think the costs outweigh tlie ad\-a tages. In addition newspaper advertisim its ^'alue and the qnaMw of curre copy supplied by the fih^ companif has come in for criticism. Other su jects mentioned for exploration tod^ include industry pubHc relations ar censorship. Coreer CONTINUED FROM PAGE fails to make them come true. Frustration and disappointment are h lot over the long. long \-ears. In a bittersweet ending he finally gets his name in lights on Broac disillusioned. There is no guarantee that he has reallv and finally got Based on an ofl^-Broadway play a few seasons ago that enioved critic^ applause and box office success. "Career" is a "strong drama that abundan with some fascinating characters and tense emotional cene^ Hal \UIhs has given the hterate James Lee original (which the authc also adapted for the screen) a careful, polished production. He has ca' ^rlndosa 1 xT^^f '''""''1 " ^^^^^ todav-Anthon Sfbl Sedn \f The alreadv firm! Blackr an b " u'' r P'''' newcomer named Joa, Blackman holds her own m this fast compan^ eal patho as Franciosa, the hero, tries to make his voung wife, as plavec ^ iss Blackman, understand his consuming urge to become a big star She cannot comprehend ho^^-ever. and begs him^o give it up and'settl. for an ordinary job. ^^ hen he refuses, she leaves hSn, and this is onl 7s:LtK— "'^^^ ^^^^^^^ '--^ -^-ds over a JeriS The hero's best friend, a stmggling director plaved bv Martin, become' a success "1 Hollpvood but refuses to help his old buddv get eve, a small part. Told he hasn't been "opportunistic" enough' Francios. changes his tactics and seduces the daughter (Miss^MacLai^e u itbTf ^ ^^f Pu™"^"""' ^"'^ "^^"^^ She is actually in Ion P 1-^^^'*^" becoming pregnant bv the latter, wants to diyorce rectiuT''' ""''^"^ ^^'^ Broadway show Martin is di donbllr" ^T'-k out for the long-suffering hero; Martin double-crosses hini and replaces him with an established star. The hero next does a stretch in the Korean W.r, returns to New York, and los^ tL'^FfT job because of past association with a Communist 3 last r^in^t°T>, ; 1 ^"'^''"^^ becoming a waiter untH at the^ last minute that big break comes through nn^^nT^ '^^^''^ P^^^^ou u'ho kuds a helping hand to ttei, ZrZuT ui''°A !f ^l'^''\^Sent who had been on the stage briefly; j herself and then failed. This role is dynamicaUv interpreted hv Miss Jone? in the best performance in the film. What an'actresi she is!' Ihroughout Franciosa strives valiantly to make the spectator belie^■e in and sympathize with the ardor of the hero to reach his goal. Miss MacLaine is amusing as his dipsomaniac second wife, and Martin pla^■s his treacherous friend competentK-. As the first w^fe of Franciosa. Miss Blackman makes extremely appealing a part that could have been unbearably saccharine. "Career" is intriguing and xigorous dramatic fare. Running time, 105 minutes. Adult classification. Pre-release, in October. Richard Gertxir