Motion Picture Herald (Oct-Dec 1956)

Record Details:

Title:
Motion Picture Herald
Date:
Oct-Dec 1956
Publisher:
New York, Quigley Publishing Co.
Volume:
Motion Picture Herald (Oct-Dec 1956)
Leaf #:
000506
Language:
English
Collection:
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:
March 28, 2024
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is wee l ictureS HIS FIRST. Gene Kelly in New York tells of "The Happy Road," MGM-financed comedy he made in France in French and some English for children and he hopes for the family, starring him and Barbara Laage and two ten-year-olds, and without music or even dancing. On his own, he prefers straight comedy; musicals he will continue to make under MGM contract. He starts next week on Sol C. Siegel's "Les Girls". AL FISHER, of United Artists New York office, this week begins supervising field men as assistant exploitation manager, a new title. HERALD picture HERALD picture THE ACCEPTANCE. It is by Harold Klein, last week reelected New York Variety chief barker. With him on the dais, Martin Levine, Robert Shapiro, Phil Cohen, Larry Morris, Jack Hoffberg, and Rich ard Brandt. NATHANIEL LAPKIN, right, now is first vice-president for Stanley Warner Corporation. The board late last week elevated him. He helped the Cinerama, International Latex and other diversification negotiations. HERALD picture HERALD picture EX-NEWSPAPERMAN and press agent: this helps in making pictures; it gives him the news peg, the topical slant needed these days as TV takes over routine entertainment, producer Lindsley Parsons said at Allied Artists in New York the other day, seconded by associate producer John Burrows, left. Mr. Parsons believes in shooting on location, in sequence, and in selling personally. The producer should tell the exhibitor why he made a picture, and show it to him. His probem is costs: "I don't mind that wages have increased four times but I do mind that the crew has increased four times." THE BRIDGE: producer Sam Spiegel, in New York before leaving to make "The Bridge on the River Kwai" in Ceylon, shows a sketch to Columbia vicepresident Paul N. Lazarus, Jr., left.