Motion Picture Daily (Oct-Dec 1960)

Record Details:

Title:
Motion Picture Daily
Date:
Oct-Dec 1960
Publisher:
New York [Motion picture daily, inc.]
Volume:
Motion picture daily
Leaf #:
000221
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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Hew Bergman The Virgin Spring | HE arrival of a new Ingmar Bergman film to these shores has become a motion picture industry event. The same held true last night I mndreds of industry notables, show business p ionalities and members of the diplomatic J ,s turned out for the American premiere of I famed director's provocative new film, "The ■ gin Spring," at New York's Beekman Thea| Lovely Swedish actress Gunnel Lindblom, J ) appeared in Bergman's triumphant "Wild iwberries" and "The Seventh Seal," and who liters with Max von Sydow in "The Virgin t ing," was on hand to spark the opening night .I ceedings. A special reception at the Swedish jj lding in her honor followed the premiere, ij duced by Svensk Filmindustri, "The Virgin ftag" is being released in this country by Janus Acclaimed in U.S. Debut Premieres at the Beekman Theatre Crowds converge on the Beekman Theatre, scene of the American premiere of Bergman's "The Virgin Spring." Lines began forming at 3:30 in the afternoon and extended around East 66th Street from Second Avenue. aus Films executives are on hand to greet the celebnty-studded audience, om left, Bryan N. Haliday, Janus president; Cy Harvey, Janus treasurer; wry Morris, vice-president B. S. Moss Theatres, and Ira Michaels, Janus ptince-president. Swedish actress Gunnel Lindblom provides an eye-arresting center of attraction flanked by, from left, playwright Tennessee Williams, director Frank Corsaro, Swedish foreign Minister Osten Unden and the actress s husband Dr. Sture Helander. Among the industryites attending the premiere are Robert S. Ferguson, national director of advertising, publicity and exploitation for Columbia Pictures, and Mrs. Ferguson. Autograph hunters surround lovely Miss Lindblom, as she arrives at the Beekman for the premiere of the latest of Bergman's unusual films. With the Swedish star is her husband Dr. Helander. Eugene Picker, president of Loew's Theatres, and Mrs. Picker are among the notables attending. (Advt.)