Exhibitors Herald (1927)

Record Details:

Title:
Exhibitors Herald
Date:
1927
Volume:
Exhibitors Herald (Mar-Jun 1927)
Leaf #:
00064
Language:
English
Collection:
Early Cinema and Hollywood Studio System
Format:
Periodicals
Contributor:
The Museum of Modern Art Library, New York
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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58 EXHIBITORS HERALD March 19, 1927 CHICAGO PERSONALITIES ~ By D. H. ■ — = CHICAGO’S stage censorship problem was carried to Springfield last week where Representative Emil A. W. Johnson introduced a bill which would create a state bureau to bar from the speaking stage all productions that overstep “boundsi of decency.” The representative’s bill calls for the establishment of a theatrical and stage division in the department of registration and education and the appointment of a superintendent with power to eliminate from the public showing stage offerings that offend in plot, lines, action, stage direction and costuming. No drama, play, comedy, musical comedy, minstrel show or stage entertainment may be given until a permit for which a fee of $50 is required shall have been obtained. =K * * Ray Nolan, Milwaukee manager of Pathe, has returned to Chicago to enter upon his duties provided for by his promotion a few days ago. Nolan is nowassistant manager with headquarters in the Chicago office. ^ ^ Osrnr Florine, fine fellow and dapper dresser, is the kind of man who takes his vacation in the winter (at least). He returned March 7 from Biloxi, the town that thanks the golf ball for its reputation. 5{! * Jj:; I said, “I don’t know you stranger.” Then he stroked his black and grey beard and smiled. Then I said, ‘‘Why it’s Jack IVillis! Lord you look severe with those whiskers.” Jack is back at the office. And he’s lost a little weight from the long illness which kept him at home since last September. But he looks fit as a fiddle. (And we’re glad to see him up and at ’em.) ^ I don’t know why people are sending me money for that May Fourth Exhibitors* Ball. I’m not on any committee and I haven’t any tickets to sell. However, I got five dollars from an exhibitor from a small town in Illinois last week requesting a ticket. The price has not been set so I had to return the money. * * * Al Sober, who was formerly publicity representative for B. & K. Midwest, is now operating his own publicity agency in Chicago. In fact Al is operating a number of enterprises. His big one of course is the Sobler Publicity Service at 746 South Wabash Avenue. Aside from that he is supervising publicity for the Ascher Brothers circuit'with attention chiefly to the Sheridan theatre. He guides the destinies of the printed word also for the Gregory and Bernasek company which opens the new Palace in Cicero March 24. One of his enterprises is the Sobler Trailer Service. * * William Wittneben said last week he will open the Admiral theatre soon. It is at Lawncrest and Harding Avenue. * * * D. I. Goldman took up his duties in Milwaukee March 13 as manager of the Downer theatre. He was formerly at the Parthenon theatre, Berwyn, and at the La Grange theatre. La Grange. The Official Dempsey-T unney Fight Pictures are being Shown in Chicago theatres some of which are as follows: Rose Theatre, Beck Enterprises, Tower Theatre, Orpheum Circuit, Pantheon Theatre, Lubliner & Trinz, American Theatre, Orpheum Circuit, Peoples Theatre, Ashland Avenue, Linden Theatre, Coston Circuit, Congress Theatre, Lubliner & Trinz, U. S. Theatre, Sol Fitchenberg, Central Park Theatre, Balaban & Katz, E. A. R. Theatre, Coston Circuit, Drexel Theatre, Coston Circuit, Milo Theatre, Earl Johnson Circuit, Highland Theatre, Cooney Brothers, Harvard Theatre, Coston Circuit, Colony Theatre, Cooney Brothers, Academy Theatre, Joe Pilgrim, Grove Theatre, Cooney Brothers, Lakeside Theatre, Lubliner & Trinz, Jeffery Theatre, Cooney Brothers, Lexington Theatre, Coston Circuit, Cosmo Theatre, Cooney Brothers, Tiffin Theatre, Lynch Circuit, Crystal Theatre, Lynch Circuit, Mid West Theatre, Ascher Brothers, Parkway Theatre, Roseland, Illinois, Levine Circuit, Commercial Theatre, Ascher Brothers, Jackson Pk. Theatre, Dave Rice, Vitagraph Theatre, Lubliner & Trinz, West End Theatre, Lubliner & Trinz, State Theatre, Lubliner & Trinz, Terminal Theatre, Ascher Brothers, Manor Theatre, Lynch Circuit, Alamo Theatre, Lynch Circuit, Belpark Theatre, Lubliner and Trinz, Chateau Theatre, Edward Trinz, Crown Theatre, Johnson Circuit, Knickerbocker Theatre, Lubliner & Trinz, Frolic Theatre, Ascher Brothers, Michigan Theatre, Lubliner & Trinz, Wonderland Theatre, Paul Rutishauser, Oakland Square Theatre, Ascher Brothers, Portage Pk. Theatre, Ascher Bros., West Englewood Theatre, Coston Circuit, Rivoli Theatre, Coston Circuit, Covent Garden Theatre, Lubliner & Trinz, Ellantee Theatre, Lubliner & Trinz, Metropolitan Theatre, Ascher Brothers, Pershing Theatre, Lubliner & Trinz, Vista Theatre, Ascher Brothers, Julian Theatre, Coston Circuit, Karlov Theatre, Mr. Frickie, Windsor Theatre, Lubliner & Trinz, Vision Theatre, Maurice Reingold, Vernon Theatre, Alma Theatre, Cecil Vigdor, Bell Theatre, Coston Circuit, Blaine Theatre, Jim Best, Dearborn Theatre, Lubliner & Trinz, Commodore Theatre, Nathan Gumbiner Kedzie Theatre, Mr. Roth, Iris Theatre, Mr. Scott, Plaisance Theatre, Frank Sime, Paramount Theatre, Lubliner & Trinz, Crawford Theatre, Lubliner & Trinz, Biograph Theatre, Lubliner & Trinz, Wilson Theatre, Lubliner & Trinz, Crown Theatre, Division St., Ascher Brothers, Sittner’s Criterion, Paul Sittner, Milford Theatre, Lynch Circuit, Oak Park Theatre, Lubliner & Trinz, Forest Park Theatre, Ascher Bros., Lane Court Theatre, Ascher Bros., Monogram Theatre, Louis Laemmle, Schindler Theatre, Mr. Abe Platinski, New Home Theatre, Jim Best, Avon Theatre, Coston Circuit, Hamlin Theatre, Mr. Lutz, Standard Theatre, Mr. Jim Spotz, Liberty Theatre, Coston Circuit, Stanley Theatre, Frank Sime, Palace Theatre, Cicero, 111., S. J. Gregory, States Theatre, 35th St., Nate Joseph, Lincoln Theatre, George Paul, Charm Theatre, Stim Coston, Pastime 79th St., Sam Coston, Francis Theatre, Jim Best. YOU’LL NEED NO BALLYHOO We Now Offer It Exclusively to Illinois Theatres for the Entire State from Waukegan to Cairo. GREIVER PRODUCTIONS 831 So. Wabash Ave., Chicago Phone Harrison 7971 NOW BOOKING IN THE ENTIRE STATE OF ILLINOIS ONLY A Picture Brimming with Action, Adventure, Emotion, and Acted to the Queen s Taste by a Memorable Cast Including BARBARA BEDFORD, ROBERT ELLIS, JOSEF SWICKARD and TOM FORMAN. “DEVIL’S DICE” A Sterling Production “Trapped in a Flooding Mine, Nothing Could Save Them but the Pumps Which Had Been Tampered with by the Scheming Foreman. For Illinois For Indiana