Exhibitors Herald (Jan-Mar 1920)

Record Details:

Title:
Exhibitors Herald
Date:
Jan-Mar 1920
Author:
Exhibitors Herald Co.
Publisher:
Chicago, Exhibitors Herald
Volume:
Exhibitors Herald (Jan-Mar 1920)
Leaf #:
000628
Language:
English
Collection:
Early Cinema and 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:
July 04, 2024
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K.\ II I 111 TORS II KKALD Cameragraph Club Honors Uhleman Nicholas Power Executives Hold Annual Election and Plan Dinner The semi-annual meeting of the Cameragraph Club composed of officers and employees of the Nicholas Power Company, was held at the offices of the company recently, with T. F. Uhlemann in the chair. The officers of the Club arc as follows: President, Theo. F. Uhlemann, works manager; Vice President, Raymond Dengel, milling dept.; Secy, and Treas., Bennet Goldsmith, factory accountant. The honorary members are Edward Earl, president, Alfred D. Hell, treasurer, Will C. Smith, general manager and S. S. Cassard, sales manager. A motion that a theatre party be given at the Century Opera House to see "Aphrodite" and hold a dinner afterwards at Keisenwehers was passed with great enthusiasm. A second motion that the wives of the members should also attend was passed by a narrow margin. Among the members of this Club are: Louis Merkin, production manager; James Stillman, purchasing agent; Chas. Linderer, shipping dept.; Thomas Uhlemann. machine dept.; Max Bauer, screw machine dept.; VVm. Ellwood, master mechanic; Ferd. Elsbeck, cam and pin cross dept.; Chas. W'ickerscheimer, projection inspection; Gabriel Rigger, filing dept.: Joseph Koch, lamp dept. and Joseph Abrams. projection expert. Some of the members of the Cameragraph Club have been with the Nicholas Power Company for nearly twenty years, which by the way is a long time in the motion picture industry. The Cameragraph Club is evidence of the good will existing between the officers and employees of the Nicholas Power Company, and bears out the statement made sometime ago by this company that "Good will and good work are built into the Cameragraph." League to Aid Censors PHILADELPHIA, PA — P o w e r f u 1 support is promised the state board of censors by the newly organized social purity committee of the Interchurch Federation of Philadelphia. Twenty-five men and six women have been named as members of this committee and have stated that the motion picture will be the first matter to receive their attcnion. HIGH SPOTS FROM FOX'S FIVE-REEL SUNSHINE COMEDY Besides the Singer Midgets, consisting of nineteen tiny men and women, Hampton Del Ruth used two hundred Sunshine Comedy players, four elephants, sixteen ponies, a donkey, a deer, twenty-two dogs, a monkey, three goats, a lion and several hundred "extras" to make his first five-part comedy production for Fox. Alta Allen (top centre) has the leading role. 46