Motion Picture Daily (Jul-Sep 1960)

Record Details:

Title:
Motion Picture Daily
Date:
Jul-Sep 1960
Publisher:
New York [Motion picture daily, inc.]
Volume:
Motion picture daily
Leaf #:
000201
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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( . 88, NO. 29 MOTION PICTURE DAILY NEW YORK, U.S.A., THURSDAY, AUGUST 11, 1960 TEN CENTS le This Week Jsney Deal fith NBC Is en Imminent I d to Include Rights I Large Part of Backlog deal which will include rights to •ge portion of Walt Disney's film a log from 1931 up to and includi; recent years' releases is expected • 3 closed here this week with Nacjtl Broadcasting Co., according to i spread trade reports for which jlrmation still is lacking, 'isney, who arrived here from the c t at the weekend, has had resed meetings with Robert Kintner, i ' president, and postponed his ilJuled departure on a European i indefinitely, pending conclusion ■ he negotiations. That could be iy or tomorrow, according to re eanwhile, the stock market has j Continued on page 5 ) tmch to Speak at 4 Convention Lunch alter Mirisch, president of the *.n Producers Guild, will be the :ipal speaker at one of the four ieon sessions of Theatre Owners merica's 13th annual convention :|ie Hotel Ambassador in Los Ani next month, it was announced Jbert M. Pickus, TOA president, irisch, who is a partner with his E|iers, Harold and Marvin, in the (Continued on page 2) Hares of NTA Stock I as NT&T Dividend ' From THE DAILY Bureau [DLLYWOOD, Aug. 10. The » 1 of directors of National Theaje 5c Television, Inc. today voted to Isbute as a dividend to its stackers a portion of the company's lytment in National Telefilm As!<| tes, Inc. Gerald Cantor, NT&T presi(Continued on page 5) Report Allied Voted Myers Life-Time Pension; Alex Harrison Among Those Eyed for New Post Special to THE DAILY CHICAGO, Aug. 10.— A life-time pension for Abram F. Myers, former board chairman and general counsel of Allied States, was voted by the organization's board of directors at the meeting here last weekend, it was learned today. The amount of the pension was not disclosed but was said to be "very substantial." Myers resigned the posts July 1 after 31 years with Allied, but was continued as special counsel on an advisory basis and was made an honorary, life-time member of the board. Allied plans to establish new national headquarters, probably in New York, in the near future. The decision awaits the outcome of talks being held for selection of someone to fill the newly created post of executive director. Talks reportedly have been held with Alex Harrison, former 20th Century-Fox general sales manager, now retired and living in California, and with A. W. Schwalbere, former Paramount Pictures general sales manager, now head of Citation Films, an independent distributor. More Circuits Bid for Telemeter Franchises Many new applications from theatre circuits and other sources for Telemeter pay-TV franchises have been received in recent weeks, Louis A. Novins, president of International Telemeter Co., said yesterday. Novins, recently returned from several weeks of negotiations in London with principals interested in obtaining Telemeter franchises for Great Britain, said that four new applications from American circuits had been made during his absence abroad. The Telemeter executive said the company now is in process of evolving policv on franchises and pending ( Continued on page 5 ) Children's Playgrounds Project of VX. Division Playgrounds for handicapped children will be the project of the sports division of New York's Variety Club Tent No. 35. This was decided at a meeting of the sports division representatives and members of the New York Crew. Further discussions of the project and of the "Night at the Races" event on Oct. 4 will be held at a special membership meeting of the tent on Monday at the Hotel Astor. Meanwhile, Dan Daniel of the New York World Telegram & Sun, chairman of the sports unit, has appointed committees for his division. The executive committee consists of ( Continued on page 4 ) 20th-Fox's Production in High Gear; Ten Films Shooting; Nine Ready to Go From THE DAILY Bureau HOLLYWOOD, Aug. 10. Robert Goldstein, studio head of 20th CenturvFox, has his production program in high gear, with five pictures before the cameras and a sixth starting on location next week. In addition, there are five films being made abroad for the company's IEVISION TODAY— page 5 release. Goldstein asserts that this pace will be maintained, with eight other pictures set to start shooting during September and October. Now in production are the following five pictures: "Marriage-GoRound," starring Susan Hayward, James Mason and Julie Newmar, produced by Leslie Stevens and directed by Walter Lang: "Sanctuary," starring Lee Remick, Yves Montand and Bradford Dillman, produced by Rich ard Zanuck and directed bv Tony Richardson; "The Wizard of Baghdad," starring Dick Shawn, Barry Coe and Diane Baker, produced by Sam Katzman and directed by George Sherman; "The Schnook," starring Tommy Noonan and Pete Marshall, Jack Leewood producing and Charles Barton directing, and "Black Star," which has been on the recording stages with Elvis Presley, Dolores (Continued on page 2) In Next Session Warns of New Pa. Censorship Law Attempt Theatres Told Not to Aid Move By Films Booked Special to THE DAILY PITTSBURGH, Aug. 10,-Warning that there is already pressure for the enactment of a new censorship bill in Pennsylvania, Lester Krieger, secretary of the Pennsylvania Association of Amusement Industries, urged Pennsylvania exhibitors to be "more circumspect than ever in their bookings for the next six months." In a wire to Harry Hendel, chairman of the board of Allied Theatre Owners of Western Pennsylvania, Krieger wrote: "The decision of the court in the censorship case should not be regarded as final victory and a signal to dispense with any restraint on the ( Continued on page 4 ) Pay-Floor Is Debated} Kennedy Pleads for Bill By E. H. KAHN WASHINGTON, Aug. 10. The Senate tonight began debate on the minimum wage bill sponsored by the Democratic presidential candidate, Sen. John Kennedy (Mass.). Making an explanatory statement on the measure, Kennedy stated that "conscience and good business sense join in demanding" enactment. The bill continues exemption of motion picture exhibition. Kennedy asserted that the increases (Continued on page 2) Senate to Re-Draft Broadcasting Measure From THE DAILY Bureau WASHINGTON, Aug. 10. Sen. John Pastore (D, R.I.) indicated today that the House-passed bill designed to curb broadcasters that engage in malpractices is going to be re-drafted before it is presented to the Senate. Presiding over a Senate commerce (Continued on page 5)