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Exhibitors Herald and Moving Picture World (Jan-Mar 1928)

Record Details:

Title:
Exhibitors Herald and Moving Picture World
Date:
Jan-Mar 1928
Author:
Quigley Publishing Company
Publisher:
Chicago, Quigley Publishing Company
Volume:
Exhibitors Herald and Moving Picture World (Jan-Mar 1928)
Leaf #:
000729
Language:
English
Collection:
Hollywood Studio System and Early Cinema
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:
July 25, 2024
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March 10, 1928 EXHIBITORS HERALD and MOVING PICTURE WORLD 31 Film Neivs in Pictures PICTORIAL SECTION Stories Told by the Camera m v Carl H. Mett of the Broadway, Portland, Ore., and Ruth Taylor, who recalled school days together when Paramount's blonde arrived for personal appearances. Such curiosity in Hollywood! Can it be a new type of h f that so interests Jean Hersholt (left) and George Sidney (right), featured players in Universal's "Give and Take," and Director William Beaudine? (HeraldWorld photo.) RIGHT — The first news reel camerawoman, according to Educational. She is Angela Murray Gibson of Cassleton, No. Dak., whose pictures of a local rodeo, which she took as an amateur and sent to Kinograms, proved so sensational that she was given a position with that organization. Get camera a great ABOVE ting the range on 1 1 a 1 o American songbird, B e n i amino Gigli (left), famous tenor of the New York opera company. Fred Niblo, United Artists director, is his fellow-poseur. LEFT — Thomas A. Edison receiving on his 81st birthday, a life pass to all Universal theatres, the gift of Carl L a e m m 1 e, head of Universal. Mayor Bolick of Ft. Myers, Fla. (in grey suit) , made the presentation. Mrs. Edison is seated beside the inventor. A star, a director, and a mother succumbed to the persistence of a HeraldWorld cameraman to produce this triple portrait. From left to right are Martha Sleeper, Leo Meehan, and Mrs. Sleeper, snapped at the F B O studio, where Miss Sleeper was working in the lead of "The Little Yellow Home," under Meehan's direction.