Exhibitors Herald (Jun-Dec 1917)

Record Details:

Title:
Exhibitors Herald
Date:
Jun-Dec 1917
Author:
Exhibitors Herald Co.
Publisher:
Chicago, Exhibitors Herald
Volume:
Exhibitors Herald (Jun-Dec 1917)
Leaf #:
000175
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:
March 14, 2024
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EYES OF FILM WORLD FOCUSED ON CHICAGO EXPOSITION Final Plans for M. P. E. L. Show in Coliseum Finished for Grand Opening July 14; Many Noted Screen Stars to Meet Exhibitors and Public KA11 eyes of the film world arc inrned toward Chicago, the mecca if producers, exchangemen and exhibitors, where the M. P. E. L. exposition opens July 14. |*The final plans for the big expoIfcon have been completed. The Stage is all set for the grand opening pa Saturday in the Coliseum. I Frank O. Lowden, governor of I Hi— hois, is scheduled to officially open |the exposition with an address of welcome to the visitors and something novel has been promised each (day until the closing hour, on July 1Z2. The Coliseum will be open from tt.1 a. m. to 11 p. m. Saturday, Goldwyn Day The opening night will be known is "Mae Marsh Night" when the little Goldwyn star will receive her friends pt the exposition. Other Goldwyn players also will be present at the [opening. Sunday, July 15, will be "Pathe IDay," when Mrs. Vernon Castle. IPearl White, Florence Reed and iother Pathe celebrities will appear Ito greet exhibitors. On Monday, July 16, which wi11 be "Selznick and Exhibitors' Day," Lillian Walker, of the Ogden Pictures Corporation, will greet her friends. Constance Talmadgc and her sister, Norma, will also be present. Delegates to the exposition and convention will report at the Hotel Morrison and receive their official badges. They will meet at the Coliseum at 10 a. m. Bluebird Day, July 17 Violet Mersereau and other Universal stars will be present on Tuesday, July 17, which will be "Blue bird Day," on which date the convention convenes at 10 a. m. Wednesday, July 18, will be "World-Pictures Brady-made Day," when Alice Brady, Ethel Clayton, Evelyn Greeley, Little Madge Evans, Carlyle Blackwell and Montagu Love will be the featured stars. A banquet at the Hotel Morrison will be held this day at 11 p. m Thursday, July 19,' will be "K-E-S-E Day," when Bryant Washburn, Mary McAlister, Lew Fields, Hazel Daly, Taylor Holmes, Marguerite Clayton, Shirley Mason, Ernest Maupain, Bob McKee and Allen Paule will meet exhibitors. Art Dramas Gets a Day "Art Dramas Day" will be Friday, July 20, when the Van Dyke Amusement Company of Chicago will have a galaxy of stars present, including Alma Hanlon and Jean Sothern. Saturday, July 21, "Mutual Day" will present such stars as Charles Chaplin, Mary Miles Minter, Helen Holmes, J. P. McGowan and others. The Reel Follows Club of Chicago will hold a grand ball the evening of July 21, at the Hotel Morrison. "Metro Day" will be Sunday, July 22. Francis X. Bushman, Beverly Bayne, Edith Storey, Viola Dana, Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Drew and Emily Stevens will be present. A special train will bring exhibitors from Virginia and North and South Carolina to Chicago and it is estimated more states will be represented at the exposition and convention this year than ever before. There will be a Red Cross booth in charge of J. W. Champion, the executive head of the Chicago Chap ter of American Red Cross, and many of the film stars have contributed unique gifts which will be auctioned off as the "stars donations" toward the war fund. INJUNCTION OUT AGAINST UNIONS IN CHICAGO ROW As a result of the fire which occurred In the Pathe exchange, in the Consumers Building, Chicago, July 1, Attorney Lewis F. Jacobson, representing the Associated Film Producers and Distributors of Chicago, secured a temporary 'injunction on July 3 restraining certain labor organizations from interferring in any way with the employes of the various exchanges. Concerns Cite Instances The petitioners — Famous Players Film Service, Triangle Distributing Corporation, World Film Corporation, Fox Film Corporation, V-L-S-EVitagraph Company, Mutual Film Corporation, Metro Pictures Service, Central Film Company, Pathe, General Film Company, Laemmle Film Service, Celebrated Players and R. O. Proctor of Art Dramas cite numerous instances of alleged depredations and threats 'against exchanges and theaters, and the injunction restrains the unions from picketing, spying, intimidating or attempting to deal with employes employed about the exchanges or theaters. I. I. MOZJUNKHIN, STAR, AND TWO SCENES FROM PUSHKIN'S "QUEEN OF SPADES" Left to Right — A Tense Scene from Act. 6. The Distinguished Russian Actor as Herman in "Queen of Spades." A dramatic moment in Act 1. (Russian Art Film Corporation.)