Motion Picture Daily (Jul-Sep 1959)

Page scan 000455 from Motion Picture Daily

Record Details:

Title:
Motion Picture Daily
Date:
Jul-Sep 1959
Publisher:
New York [Motion picture daily, inc.]
Volume:
Motion picture daily
Leaf #:
000455
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 5 Exhibitors Who Attended 'Herald' Product Merchandising Conferences Murray Alper, Randforce Amusement Corp. Paul Baise, Walter Reade Thentres. Sam Bendheim, hi, Neighborhood Theatres, Inc., Richmond, Va. Irving Bernan, Randforce Co. Richard Berner, Interboro Circuit. George Birkner, Stanley Warner Lou Brown, Loew's Theatres, Boston. Myron Blank, Central States Theatres, Des Moines, la. Richard Brandt, Trans-Lux. Edward Brunner, Loew's Valencia. Henry Capogna, Butterfield Circuit. Ken Carter, Schine Theatres, Richmond, Ky. John Cassidy, RKO Theatres. William Copley, Schine Circuii. ]. Daniels, Stanley Warner. Harry DA^'EY, Randforce Amusement Corp. Bernie Diamond, Schine Theatres. M. DoRSO, Walter Reade Theatres. Earl Douglass, Commonwealth Theatres, Colombia, Mo. Durward Duty, Shea Theatre, Ashtabula, Ohio. Ernest Emerling, Loew's Theatres. Sy Evans, Schine Circuit. Harold Field, Pioneer Theatre Corp., Minneapolis. Jerry Fowler, Schine Circuit. Jack Foxe, Loew's Theatres, Washington, D. C. Leopold Friedman, Loew's Theatres. Martin Friedman, AB-FT. Manny Frisch, Randforce Amusement Corp. J. Clyde Fuller, Jr., Loew's Theatres. Ben Geary, Schine Circuit, Athens, Ohio. Morton Gerber, District Theatres Corp., Washington, D. C. Erwin Gold, Randforce Amusement Corp. L. R. GoLDiNG, Fabian Theatres. Edgar Goth, Stanley Warner. Charles L Grace, Randforce Amusement Corp. Russ Grant, Loew's Theatres. Harry' Greene, Welworth Theatres. Pat J. Grosso, RKO Theatres. Charles Hacker, Radio City Music Hall. Paul Hanner, Odeon Theatres, Toronto, Canada. Lou S. Hart, Schine Theatres, Auburn, N. Y. Feed Herkowitz, RKO Theatres. Bernie Hickey, Shea Theatres. Robert E. Hosse, Crescent Amusement, Nashville. Dave Jones, Kerasotes Theatres, Springfield, lU. George Kemp, Stanley Warner. Frank V. King, Jamestown Amusement Co. Herman Kopf, Schine Circuit. Ray La Bounty, Schine Circuit, Salisbury, Md. George Langbart, Randforce Amusement Corp. Howard Lesser, Valley Theatre, Spring Valley, N. Y. Douglas J. Lightner, Commonwealth Theatres, Kansas City, Mo. Blanche Livingston, RKO Theatres. Clifford Loth, Interboro Circuit, Inc. Harry Mandel, RKO Theatres. Mrs. Edith Bolte Marshall, ]ohn C. Bolte Circuit. Willard Matthews, Comerford Circuit, Scranton, Pa. Edward Meade, Shea's Buffalo Theatre. Curtis Mees, Skouras Theatres. Jack Mitchell, Schine Theatres, Glens Falls, N. Y. Edward Molten, Stanley Warner Seymour L. Morris, Schine Circuit. Bob Mosean, Atlanta, Ga. John Murphy, Loew's Theatres. Richard Orear, Commonwealth Theatres, Kansas City, Mo. Sperie p. Perakos, Perakos Theatres, New Britain, Conn. Eugene Picker, Loew's Theatres. James V. Pisapia, Interboro Circuit. Darrel D. Presnell, National Theatres, Kansas City, Mo. Bob Rappaport, RF Theatres. Fay S. Reeder, National Theatres, Fox W. Coast Theatre, Los Angeles. Samuel Rinzler, Randforce Amusement Corp. Tom Rodgers, Tram-Lux Theatre. Donald Schine, Schine Circuit. Sol Schwartz, RKO Theatres. Samuel Seletsky, Smith Management Co., Boston. James Shanahan, Loew's Theatres. Bob Shapiro, N. Y. Paramount Theatre. Gerald Shea, Jamestown Amusement Co. Harold Sliter, Schine Circuit, Lexington, Ky. Raymond E. Smith, Jamestown Amusement Company. Wilbur Snaper, David Snaper Theatres. Dorothy Solomon, Loew's Theatres. Jay Solomon, Independent Theatres, Inc., Chattanooga, Tenn. Henry Spiegel, American Broadcasting-Paramount Theatres. John Stanek, Branford Theatre. Mike Stern, Joseph Stern Theatres, Chicago. H. E. Stuckey, W. S. Butterfield Theatres, Detroit. Morton Thalhimer, Jr., Neighborhood Theatres, Inc., Richmond. Joseph Tolve, Skouras Theatres. E. C. Tompkins, Crescent Amusement, Nashville. George Trilling, Fabian Theatres. H. H. Unterfort, Schine Circuit, Syracuse, N. Y. Joe Vleck, Fox Inter-Mountain Theatre, Denver. Thomas Williams, Schine Circuit. Lee Willis, Schine Circuit. Babette Test' ( Continued from page 1 ) pointed out that Bardot became a sensation overnight because she created curiosity in one film. "However, the majority of moviegoers, the young teenagers, have never seen her," he said, because of "adults only" tags and limited release. He believes that this situation will be remedied by "Babette," which will be given general release with no censorship problems or restrictions. Robert S. Ferguson, Columbia's national director of advertising, pubhcity and exploitation, noted that "Babette" would be released in this country early next year. Marks Set in France The film is already setting boxoffice records in its opening engagements in France, grossing some $70,000 in its first week in Paris. Levy said that this gross was achieved on an advertising bulget of $800 and opined, "You don't have to spend money to get publicity." The French producer recently returned from a tour of Russia and India, where he screened "Babette" for the people and government officials there. While in Russia, he discussed the possibility of a co-producttion deal on "Marco Polo." If arrangements can be made, he will film in Russia, China and other locations in the Far East. But, he said, that will be about two years hence. In the meantime, he will make at least four more films for Columbia after "Babette," as part of his production deal. Next picture will be the almost-completed "End of Innocence," starring Danielle Gaubert, a 15-yearold girl, whom he calls "the greatest find since Bardot." Three More on Slate Also on his slate are: "The Truth," to be directed by Henri Clouzot and scheduled to start production next April; "The Camp Followers"; and "The Sorga Story." He said that Columbia has pre-emptive rights on all his films. Levy will remain in New York for two or three weeks before returning to Paris. Correction That gremlin that every now and then works havoc with the labors of the best intentioned printers switched captions on pictures in last Friday's Motion Picture Daily with the result that Jerome Pickman, Paramount advertising publicity vice-president, was incorrectly identified as Robert S. Ferguson, Columbia's national director of advertising, publicity, exploitation, and vice-versa. The Daily offers its humble apologies to both for the occurrence of the inadvertent error. LA. Board Meet Set The I.A.T.S.E. general executive board will hold its next regular meeting at the Hotel Carillon, Miami Beach, beginning Oct. 12, Richard F. Walsh, president, has announced.