Exhibitors Herald (Dec 1925-Mar 1926)

Record Details:

Title:
Exhibitors Herald
Date:
Dec 1925-Mar 1926
Volume:
Exhibitors Herald (Dec 1925-Mar 1926)
Leaf #:
0001324
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:
September 21, 2023
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92 EXHIBITORS HERALD February 20, 1926 Irene Distributor : First National Producer: First National Length: Undetermined DIRECTOR ALFRED E. GREEN Scenarist June Mathis PLAYERS Irene O’Dare Colleen Moore Donald Marshal Lloyd Hughes “Madame Lucy” George K. Arthur Pa O’Dare..... Charles Murray Ma O’Dare Kate Price Mrs. Warren Marshall Ida Darling Eleanor Hadley Eva Novak Larry Hadley Edward Earle Bob Harrison Lawrence Wheat Helen Cheston Maryon Aye Jane Gilmour Bess Flowers Mrs. Cheston Lydia Yeamans Titus Mrs. Gilmour Cora Macey TYPE: Society comedy-drama. THEME: Romantic love. LOCALE: An American city. TIME: The present. STORY : An Irish lass loses her job, and through the kindness of the son of a wealthy family obtains employment as a model to a costumer, who accepts her in return for the hero’s patronage. When the models are brought to the man’s home the young girl is left behind, being considered impossible as a mannikin. The young man has her array herself modishly and takes her to the affair, where she is a sensation. The mother is dubious of her son’s friend and discovers the girl’s shopgirl past and denounces her. The girl runs from the house. After convincing the girl’s mother of his affection for her daughter, the young man follows her and finds her on the fire-escape of her home. He convinces her there is no escape from love. HIGHLIGHTS: The fashion show. . . . Colored photography. . . . Whippet race. Colleen Moore and George K. Arthur in a scene from “Irene,” produced by First National. For Woman s Favor Distributor : State Right Producer: Lund Productions, Inc. Length: Undetermined DIRECTOR OSCAR LUND PLAYERS The Man Elliott Dexter The Girl Seena Owen “The Shark” Wilton Lackaye “The Lamb” Irma Harrison “The Fool” Henry Hull “The Wolf” Paul McAllister The Brother Arthur Donaldson TYPE: Society drama. THEME: Romantic love. LOCALE: New York City. TIME: The present. STORY: A young man finds himself penniless and disillusioned and deserted by the girl he loves. His friend turns wolf and hounds him for money, demanding he blackmail the girl. The young man happens to read “The Falcon,” whose plot resembles his life, and reads how the lover sacrifices all for the woman he loves. When the girl comes to obtain her letters, the hero gives them to her despite the remonstrances of his friend. The girl realizes the bigness of his nature and that she loves him. HIGHLIGHTS : Scene in which villain suggests blackmail. . . . Scene in which heroine asks for her letters. . . . The villain’s demand lor money. . . . Final love scene. 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T he Blind Goddess Distributor: Paramount Producer: Famous Players-Lasky Length: Undetermined DIRECTOR VICTOR FLEMING Adaptors .' Hope Laring and Louis D. Lighton PLAYERS William Devens Ernest Torrence Hugh Dillon Jack Holt Moira Devens Esther Ralston Aileen Clayton Louise Dresser TYPE: Domestic drama. THEME: Maternal love. LOCALE: New York City. TIME: The present. STORY : The daughter of a politician is in love with a young attorney. The father’s happiness ends with the appearance of his wife, who had deserted him, but returns to see her daughter. The father pleads with her to go, as he has built up an ideal of her for his daughter. The wife leaves and is seen by the daughter, who does not know her. Immediately after this the father’s partner comes in and admits being mixed in several crooked deals in which he has implicated both — and during a quarrel kills him. The daughter believes the woman guilty and she is arrested. She does not reveal her identity, but tells her story to the young lawyer, who originally was the prosecuting attorney, and who, while reconstructing the murder, turns on the dictaphone, into which the father spoke before he died. The lawyer changes to the defense and wins an acquittal. Mother and daughter are reunited. HIGHLIGHTS : Appearance of wife. . . . Fight between partners. . . . Court scene. . . . Reunion of mother and daughter. Colleen Moore and Kate Price in “Irene,” First National production directed by Alfred E. Green. When Love Grows Cold Distributor : F. B. 0. Producer: F. B. O. Length: Undetermined DIRECTOR HARRY O. HOYT Author Laura Jean Libbey PLAYERS Margaret Benson Natacha Rambova Jerry Benson Clive Brook Jerry Jr Russell Griffin Alec Clark Johnny Gough Vera Clark Kathlene Martin William Graves Sam Hardy Gloria Trevor Kathryn Hill TYPE: Domestic drama. THEME: Triumph of loyalty. LOCALE: New York City. TIME: The present. STORY : A young inventor and his wife become wealthy through the wife’s ability to convince influential persons of the worth of one of her husband’s inventions. After their rise in fortune the inventor develops into a neglectful, uninteresting man-about-town and his wife lives apart with their son. Through a complication arising out of a wealthy man’s attempt to win the inventor’s wife the wayward husband is brought to realization of his wife’s loyalty and a reunion is effected. HIGHLIGHTS: The scene in the committee-room. . . . The dinner party. . . . The attempt to compromise Jerry. . . . The hero’s attempt on the villain’s life. . . . The hero’s rescue of his son. . . . The reunion.