Motion Picture Herald (Sep-Oct 1946)

Record Details:

Title:
Motion Picture Herald
Date:
Sep-Oct 1946
Publisher:
[New York, N.Y. : Quigley Pub. Co.]
Volume:
Motion Picture Herald (Sep-Oct 1946)
Leaf #:
000142
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:
October 27, 2022
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SHOWMEN PERSONALS In New Posts: James Randall, Met., Providence, R. I. Roy Zermain, Outdoor theatre, Chicago. Harry H. Gleaves, Fredericksburg Road Drive-In, San Antonio, Texas. James Reeser, Alpine, Denver, Colo. Jack L. Ball, Port Lavaca theatres, Port Lavaca, Texas. Harold Strassman, Ft. Edward theatre, Ft. Edward, N. Y. Gordon Clemmons, Texan, Houston, Texas. Emma Ridinger, manager, Star theatre, Hamtramck, Mich. Ray Brown, Jr., Falls theatre, Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio. Joe Summers, Haltnorth, Cleveland. Gilbert Giebel, Fowler, Fowler. Ind. Joe Holleran, Beechwold, Columbus, Ohio. J. Cox, Trail Drive-in, San Antonio, Texas. Wilfred Allaire, Capitol, Providence, R. I. Phil Garside, Olympia, Providence. John A. Reilly, Metropolitan, Bloomfield, Pa. Assistant Managers: Joseph Krause, New Bijou, Detroit. Bill Nelson, RKO Grand, Chicago. A. W. Sher, B & K Uptown, Chicago. John McGann, Strand, Providence. Returned Servicemen: Lewis Stavale, manager, Parkside theatre, Detroit, Mich. Brock Stone, manager, Worth, Lake Worth, Fla. Junior Showmen: Michael Joseph, born recently to Mr. and Mrs. Fred Rousee in Bath, Me. Father is manager of the Bath theatre. Mr. and Mrs. Reginald Caufield are re ceiving congratulations on the birth of a son, Reginald, Jr. Senior is manager of the Newsreel theatre in Newark, N. J. Birthday Greetings: Robert J. Rydeen, J. Alan Peters, Ben W. Blackmon, Frank Boucher, William C. Miller, Robert Duberstein, J. Sidney Grill, Clifford Mowry, Herbert Graefe, Budd Guttman, Perry Reavis, Clifford H. Reid, Harold Turner. Leonard C. Herbert, Mike Guttman, Wesley R. Griffith, Vincent F. O'Leary, Paul J. Montavon, Charles Brown, W. H. Hall, L. O. Daniel, Irvin A. Moffitt, Harry Sayer, George E. Livingston, Samuel Stepanian, Teddy Peck. Thomas R. King, Robert Menches, Harry Beencken, Al Bartolot, R. H. Hightower, Jimmy L. Redmond, John L. Link, Jerome Greenebaum, Ralph L. Trathen, Ralph M. Wilson, William Truesdell, Lee Naify, H. B. McFarling, Reid L. Crow. Joseph Feldman, John Alford Mier, James H. Nicholson, Paul G. Schoonmaker, J. Ramos Defontaine, J. H. Berlinger, G. _ O. Romine, Leonard Goldberg, Irving Levine, Martin Simpson, Harold Goldman, Jarrell B. Rhea, J. Gordon Bason, Jack Huwig. Thomas B. Shannon, William A. Bowers, Edmund B. Noonan, Leroy J. Boudreau, Robert O. Robison, A. G. Buchanon, Harry Sanders, George M. Aurelius, W. A. Gallemore, Norman T. Cohen, Dozier B. Roberts. Profitable Tieup Arranged For Buffalo Theatre A neat piece of booking and exploitation was engineered over the Labor Day weekend by manager George H. Mackenna and publicist Bill Brereton for the Abbott and Costello picture, "The Time of Their Lives," at Basil's Lafayette theatre, Buffalo, N. Y. Learning that Abbott and Costello would be in Buffalo for a benefit performance under the auspices of the American Legion, Mackenna and Brereton booked the picture to run simultaneously with the personal appearance. To further exploit the tieup a jeep was used for street ballyhoo. The jeep was decorated with adequate Abbott and Costello copy and driven through the streets and in the Legion Parade. Century Zone Managers Get New Assignments Joseph R. Springer, general manager for the Century circuit, New York City, has announced the setting up of new territories under the supervision of five zone managers. Under the new set-up, Jack LaReaux will handle Suffolk county operations, Emanuel Friedman takes charge of Nassau county, William Applegate, Queens county. Leonard Freund and Jack Weinstein will supervise the circuit's Brooklyn houses. By THE HERALD NEW YORK VACATIONISTS visit at the Round Table. Above, George Daransoll, manager of the Granby theatre, Norfolk, Va., and Mrs. Daransoll. At left, Julius Lamm, manager of the Warmr Uptown theatre in Cleveland , Ohio. Mr. Lamm, accompanied by Mrs. Lamm, is an annual visitor to New York. ROUND TABLE VISITORS last week were George A. Delis, general manager of the A. G. Constant theatres in Ohio, and Kate Deligiannis, niece of Mr. A. G. Constant, just arrived from Europe. Canadian Fought for U. S. and Works in South America Carl Flint, supervising manager of MGM's theatres in Colombia, South America, started in show business with Orson Welles as actor, technical advisor and publicist with the Mercury theatre. After concluding some miscellaneous public relations assignments, he joined the Army as an instructor, teaching airplane mechanics. In 1943, he was commissioned, later serving as manager of three Army theat Langley Field, Va. He joined Loew's International in 1945, taking up his present assignment supervising the Cine Metro Avenida in Medellin and the Cine Metro, Barranquilla. Carl was born in Ottawa, Canada, September 8, 1915. He is married and quite proud of his two year old son. Carl Flint HENRY R. ARIAS PURCHASING AGENT Foreign and Domestic Film Distribution 729 Seventh Ave., N. Y. 19, N.Y.. LO.3-1510 Serving the Industry Since 1913. Negotiations in Any Language CABLE: H EN ARIAS. N. Y. Promotes 15 Window Tieups A total of 15 window displays were promoted by manager Sol L. Sorkin to exploit his playdate on "Make Mine Music"' at the RKO Keith's theatre, Washington, D. C. The displays included a variety of tieins with the accent being placed on the music. 5o MOTION PICTURE HERALD, SEPTEMBER 14, 1946