Exhibitors Herald (Dec 1924-Mar 1925)

Record Details:

Title:
Exhibitors Herald
Date:
Dec 1924-Mar 1925
Volume:
Exhibitors Herald (Dec 1924-Mar 1925)
Leaf #:
000271
Language:
English
Collection:
Hollywood Studio System and Early Cinema
Format:
Periodicals
Contributor:
The Museum of Modern Art Library, New York
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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January 3, 1925 EXHIBITORS HERALD 45 The “Never The Twain Shall Meet” Cosmopolitan company at the Papeete, Tahiti studio. Left to right — Scott Beal, J. Shackelford, Rose Tapley, George Seigman, Lionel Belmore, Anita Stewart, Mrs. Stewart, Frederick Gaus, Maurice Tourneur, director, Bert Lytell, Huntley Gordon, Ira Morgan, Robert Lander, A. DeBeuris, E. Butterworth and J. Tourneur. One of the unique invitations used to invite the press and friends of Betty Bronson to a “Peter Pan” Luncheon which was given at the Famous Players-Lasky studios,. Hollywood, on December 15. Miss Bronson is seen in. the costume she wears in the adapted Barrie story. Helene D’Algy, beautiful Spanish newcomer to the American screen, who has joined the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer stock company on the Coast. Ernest Hilliard, who has one of the principal roles in Pathe serial “Galloping Hoofs,” starring Allene Ray and Johnny Walker. Prize fights are not a modem invention. Tom Mix shows what one looked like years and years ago, in a scene for “Dick Turpin” a thrilling film romance, written by Charles Kenyon and directed for William Fox by A. J. G. Blystone. Madeline Hurlock, Mack Sennett’s comedy vamp, who arrived in New York Sunday, December 14 for a week’s stay en route to her Maryland home, where she will spend the holidays.