Exhibitors Herald (Dec 1919)

Record Details:

Title:
Exhibitors Herald
Date:
Dec 1919
Author:
Exhibitors Herald Co.
Publisher:
Chicago, Exhibitors Herald
Volume:
Exhibitors Herald (Dec 1919)
Leaf #:
00056
Language:
English
Collection:
Early Cinema and Hollywood Studio System
Format:
Periodicals
Contributor:
Media History Digital Library
Sponsor:
Media History Digital Library
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Description:
Founded in 1915 by a Chicago printing company as a regional trade paper for Midwest exhibitors. In 1916, editor Martin Quigley bought out the owners, and over the next 15 years, he grew EXHIBITORS HERALD into one of the most important national, weekly trade papers in the film business. Quigley acquired MOTOGRAPHY in 1917 and MOVING PICTURE WORLD in 1927. In 1930, he acquired MOTION PICTURE NEWS and the new 'consolidated' publication became MOTION PICTURE HERALD. From the pulpit of his editorial page, Quigley preached the need to improve the motion picture industry and improve the quality of the films. He skillfully served as a mediator in disputes -- between distributors and exhibitors, between the film industry and the Catholic Church (Quigley was one of the architects of the Production Code). Quigley claimed that EXHIBITORS HERALD represented the 'independent exhibitor' and sections like 'What the Picture Did for Me?' certainly provided a forum for theater owners. But plenty of exhibitors viewed Quigley as a servant to the studios and large theater chains. In response, publications such as SHOWMEN'S TRADE REVIEW, INDEPENDENT EXHIBITORS FILM BULLETIN, HARRISON'S REPORTS, and BOX OFFICE were either formed or grew significantly in the years following Quigley's brief moment of consolidation in 1930. -- Eric Hoyt, 2014
Date Added:
September 21, 2023
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TH5 KKW >QF* PUB T UBPARY 689658 A ASTOR, LENOX AN8 MARTIN J-QUIGLEY <T/n 6/1 NEWS OF THE WEEK First National Exhibitors' Circuit Effects Tremendous Expansion 51 Distributors in Keen Competition for Alliance With Noted Directors 53 Jury Favors Mary Pickford in Wilkening Suit for $108,000 56 Film Export Business in Crisis as Foreign Exchange Rate Drops 57 United Picture Theatres Holding Elections in Various Territories 59 Goldwyn Opens National Newspaper Advertising Campaign December 1 60 Fox Entertains Prince of Wales 61 William Le Baron Named Editor of the Cosmopolitan Productions 6.'! Republic Distributing Corporation Absorbs World Branch Exchanges 64 Realart Reports Exhibitors Are Enthusiastic Over Its New Star 66 Taylor Holmes Prepared to Make Comedies for Metro Distribution 67 American Film Company Offers Third of "Flying A Specials" 68 Papamount's British Company Buys Rights to Latest Drury Play 69 Hodkinson's December Offerings Include Kerrigan and Leah Baird 70 Robertson-Cole Producing Units Are Completing Five Features 71 Clark-Cornelius 'Corporation Will Continue Active in Picture Field 72 Six First National Productions to Be Published Before January 26 74 Exhibitors Organize to Exclude Advertising from Their Screens 75 REVIEWS ''Anne of the Green Gables," Realart C-D, six parts, with Mary Miles Minter 79 "A Fugitive from Matrimony," Robertson-Cole C-D, five parts, with H. B. Warner 79 "Lasca," Universal D, six parts, with Edith Roberts and Frank Mayo 79 "The Mystery of the Yellow Room," Realart D, six parts 80 "The Isle of Conquest," Selznick D, six parts, with Norma Talmadge 80 "It Pays to Advertise," Paramount-Artcraft C, five parts, with Bryant Washburn 81 PUBLISHER EDITOR is tjssue "Fighting Cressy," Pathe D, seven parts, with Blanche Sweet 81 "The Steel King," World D, five parts, with Montague Love and June Elvidge 81 "The Tower of Jewels," Vitagraph D, five parts, with Corinne Griffith 82 "Counterfeit," Paramount-Artcraft D, five parts, with Elsie Ferguson 82 DEPARTMENTS Exhibitors Bureau 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94 Whaf the Picture Did For Me 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103 Volplaning Around N'Yawk 95 Doing Denver's White Way 107 Chicago Trade Events 109 Guide to Current Pictures Ill, 112, 113 ADVERTISERS Bee Hive Exchange -i3, 44, 45 Celebrated Players Film Corporation 42 Clark-Cornelius Corporation 40, 41 Committee on Organization for Protection of the Screen .115 DeYry Corporation 114 Educational Film Corporation 48 Famous Players-Lasky Corporation 2, 4, 5 First National Exhibitors Circuit, Inc. .22, 23, 24, 25 Fox Film Corporation 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 Hallmark Pictures Corporation 20, 21 W. W. Hodkinson Corporation 37, 38 Arthur S. Hyman Attractions 103 Louis B. Mayer Productions 6 National Poster & Printing Company 114 Pathe Exchange, Inc 116 Nicholas Power Company 96 Realart Pictures Corporation Insert Ritchey Lithographing Company 50 Robertson-Cole Company 34, 35 Selznick Pictures 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33 and Insert Frank Seaman, Inc 14, 15 Transatlantic Film Company of America, Inc... 36 United Artists Corporation 47 United Picture Theatres of America, Inc 19 Universal Film Manufacturing Company 3 Wholesome Film Company 39 World Pictures 18 Volume IX DECEMBER 6. 1919 Number 24