Exhibitors Herald (Oct-Dec 1920)

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Record Details:

Title:
Exhibitors Herald
Date:
Oct-Dec 1920
Author:
Exhibitors Herald Co.
Publisher:
Chicago, Exhibitors Herald
Volume:
Exhibitors Herald (Oct-Dec 1920)
Leaf #:
000301
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:
July 25, 2024
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October lb. 1920 KXHIBITORS HERALD 23 * It all happens on a trolley trip ! The Skipper gets all het up when he nicks his teeth on a bum nickel. He stops the trolley to pull an aching tooth with the trolley rop?. He busts the 18th amendment and feels better. The powerful Katrinka tears up a rail to kill a snake that comes out of the Skipper's 2.75. She halts traffic to dig up her fare from the lisle thread bank. The passengers get an eyefull. Little Jimmy lets loose the hornets on a picnic party. Tom Boy gets away with the pie. and takes a bath in the altogether. Mr. Bangs lets loose his terrible temper on an offending baby carriage. A pair of lovers get into a terrible tangle. The Skipper unscrambles the eggs by performing a marriage ceremony and gets a regular honest-to-goodness "smack. Just a few of the big laughs in THE T00NERVILLE TROLLEY THAT MEETS ALL TRAINS The first of a series of 2-Reel Mirth Makers Presented by Betzwood Film Company A Fontaine Fox Comedy Story by Fontaine Fox, and the famous cartoonist's characters brought to life by real comedians Not Animated Cartoons Directed by Ira Lowry A First National Attraction Foreign Representative, David P. Howells, Inc. 729 Seventh Avenue, New York City There'll be a Franchise everywhere