Motion Picture Herald (Jan-Feb 1936)

Record Details:

Title:
Motion Picture Herald
Date:
Jan-Feb 1936
Publisher:
[New York, N.Y. : Quigley Pub. Co.]
Volume:
Motion Picture Herald (Jan-Feb 1936)
Leaf #:
000110
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:
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:
November 03, 2022
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10 MOTION PICTURE HERALD January II, 1936 This IV %h in Pictures WITHOUT STOOGES. On her own, Marcia Healy, sister of comedian Ted, won a part in MSM's "The Great Ziegfeld," which Robert Z. Leonard has near completion. Heading the cast are William Powell, Myrna Loy and Luise Rainer. INQUIRING REPORTER. Shirley Temple, on the return of Jean Hersholt and Dorothy Peterson from Callander, Ontario, asks the principals all about the Dionne quintuplets in the forthcoming "The Country Doctor" of Twentieth Century-Fox. TWO GOVERNORS AND A STAR. Governor James Allred of Texas (right) presents an honorary commission in the Texas navy to Ginger Rogers at the state's centennial anniversary, with Governor Frank F. Merriam as a guest. John Boles, who stars with Miss Rogers in "Follow the Fleet," was toastmaster at the dinner of the California Texas Society. Miss Rogers, a native of Texas, was the center of attention of the autograph-hunters after the festivities. LOOKS ALL RIGHT, but the man at the receiving end of Al Jolson's right seems to be taking it without any particular difficulty. He would. He's James J. Braddock, world's heavyweight champion. But perhaps they're talking about Joe Louis. Jolson is now making "The Singing Kid" at the Warner studio out in Burbank.