Exhibitors Herald (Dec 1924-Mar 1925)

Page scan 000407 from Exhibitors Herald

Record Details:

Title:
Exhibitors Herald
Date:
Dec 1924-Mar 1925
Volume:
Exhibitors Herald (Dec 1924-Mar 1925)
Leaf #:
000407
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 10, 1925 EXHIBITORS HERALD 47 So Big Distributor: First National Pictures, Inc. Producer: First National Productions, Inc. Length: 9 reels DIRECTOR CHARLES BRABIN Author Edna Ferber Adaptor Adelaide Heilbron Cameraman T. D. McCord PLAYERS Selina Peake Colleen Moore Klaas Pool Wallace Beery “So Big” — the son Ben Lyon Pervis de Jong John Bowers Widow Paarlenberg Dot Farley August Hempel Jean Hersholt Maartje Pool Gladys Brockwell Hogendunk Ford Sterling Julie Hempel Charlotte Merriam Simeon Peake Sam de Grasse Dallas Phyllis Haver TYPE : A comedy drama of life on a truck garden in a Dutch farming section near Chicago. HIGHLIGHTS: The death of Selina’s father. Her arrival in the Dutch settlement as the school teacher. Her meeting with Pervis de Jong and his courtship. Her companionship with her son, “So Big.” Her visit to the Chicago vegetable market, and finding Julie Hempel again. The love affair between “So Big,” now grown, and Dallas. Story: Her father, the gambler, having been shot by mistake in a brawl, Selina Peake goes to the Dutch truckfarming section near Chicago as the school teacher. She falls in love with Pervis de Jong, a farmer in hard luck, and, after his death, runs the truck garden herself. She is devoted to their boy, “So Big,” and works hard to give him an education. When he is grown, he is content to sell bonds and make money, letting his artistic impulses — he had started out to be an architect — run to waste. He falls in love with Dallas, a young artist, to whom his mother takes whole-heartedly, and ambition is awakened in him again. Fighting Sheriff Distributor: Independent Pictures Corp. Producer: Independent Pictures Length: 4,985 feet DIRECTOR J. P. McGOWAN Author George W. Pyper Cameraman A1 Zeigler PLAYERS Madge Blair Hazel Holt Jeff Bains Frank Ellis G. Smiley Walter Shumway Larry O’Donnell Bill Cody TYPE: Stunt Western with rob beries, fights and usual exciting finish. HIGHLIGHTS: The mine hold-up. . . . Robbery in the sheriff’s office. . . . fist fight under water. . . . Harry Langdon in two scenes from “The Sea Squawk,” a Sennett comedy made for Pathe. Recovery of the stolen mailbag. . . . The reinstatement of the Fighting Sheriff by the governor’s representor tive. Story: While trying to defend the recovered shipment which had been stolen from the platinum mines, the Fighting Sheriff is knocked insensible, causing him to lose his memory. During this lapse he is accused of the theft and the guilty parties are appointed to replace him and his staff. He finally escapes from jail, having recovered his memory, and through the aid of the postmistress, whom he loves, he establishes his innocence and gets the others with the goods. The Lost Chord Distributor: Arrow Film Corp. Producer: Whitman Bennett Length : 6,300 feet DIRECTOR WILFRED NOY Author Not given Adaptor Not credited PLAYERS Arnold Grahme David Powell Countess Zara Alice Lake Pauline Zara Dagmar Godowsky Count Zara Henry Sedley Joan Faire Binney Phyllis Louis Carter Jack Brown Charles Mack Helene Brown Dorothy Kingdon Arthur Ames Sam Hines Levina Signor Salerno Baby Joan Rita Maurice TYPE : Sentimental story based on Sir Arthur Sullivan’s famous song and poem by Adelaide Proctor. HIGHLIGHTS: Beautiful settings and artistic handling of story. Beautiful love story. Work of David Powell and Alice Lake. Story: Arnold Grahme, noted musician, returning from abroad finds his sweetheart Madeline married to another. Count Zara, who ill-treats her. In a duel with Zara the Italian is killed by Arnold. Madeline enters a convent, but he persuades her through his music to marry him. She dies, however, before they are married. He then falls in love with another, and finds it is Madeline’s child. His nephew Jack is also in love with her and Arnold sacrifices his own love for the happiness of the young couple. The No-Gun Man Distributor: F. B. 0. Producer: Harry Garson Productions Length: 4,522 feet DIRECTOR HARRY GARSON Author Dorothy Arzner and Paul Gangelin Adaptor Dorothy Arzner and Paul Gangelin Cameraman Louis Physioc PLAYERS Robert Jerome Vincent... .“Lefty” Flynn Bill Klilgore William J. Quinn Carmen Harroway Gloria Grey Obediah Abraham Lincoln Brown.... -.Raymond Turner Tom West James Gordon Russell Oklahoma George Bob Reeves Snooper Harry McCabe TYPE: A Western with hero tied to railroad track and saved by sweetheart. HIGHLIGHTS: Fights. ... A Western in which fists, instead of guns, are used. . . . Thrilling climax when train is about to run over hero tied to tracks. Story: Robert Jerome Vincent plans to round up a gang of robbers in small town. With the aid of local girl he wins their confidence. When they discover that he is not on the level, they tie him to tracks. He is saved by girl in the nick of time. Rough Going Distributor: Independent Pictures Corp. Producer: Independent Pictures Length: 4,885 feet DIRECTOR WALLY VAN Author Ruth Stonehouse Adaptor William Lester Cameraman A1 Zeigler PLAYERS Patricia Burke Marion Harlan Franklyn Famum By Himself Jim Benton Vesta Peg “La Rosita” Alys Murrell Mother Burke Dora Baker Mickey Buck Black TYPE : Comedy drama in Western IOC3jl0 HIGHLIGHTS: “Pat” loses her