Exhibitors Herald (1926)

Record Details:

Title:
Exhibitors Herald
Date:
1926
Volume:
Exhibitors Herald (Mar-Jun 1926)
Leaf #:
000414
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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(? EXHIBITORS ^ H 1 Qke independent ^Im Qrade ^aper Martin J. Quigley, Publisher Editor i Theatre Business Booms After Storm Lands Blow; Loss of $4,000,000 Averted Only by Fact Blizzard Came in Holy Week, When Business Is Normally Light; Mississippi Valley Especially Hard Hit. Martin J. Quigley Honor Guest at Luncheon in Rome; Gathering Arranged by Committee of Italian Industry; Quigley Praises Italo-American Collaboration. Paramount to Make 75 Pictures for Fifteenth Anniversary Release; Number of Specials to Reflect Latest Policy — Thousands Mourn Death of Snowdon H. Summers of U. A. Staff. Stanley-Crandall Holdings Rise to $12,000,000 at Capital; Early Completion of Colony to Give Washington Circuit Even Dozen Big Theatres — N. Y. Censorship Bill Is Amended with Newsreels Exempt. Fox, Warner, Educational and Pathe Conventions Near; Grainger Heads Fox Delegation on Way to Los Angeles; Warner Forces Gather; Educational Opening Sectionals; Pathe April 19. Eight State Right Companies Organize and Join M. P. P. D. A,; Regional Distributors Association’s Application Accepted; Hays and Milliken Re-elected President and Secretary; F. B. 0. Becomes Member with Kennedy on Board. F. B. 0. Delegates Greeted at Los Angeles and Hold Instructive Convention — ^Three Firms Jointly to Operate European Exchange Group; Fanamet, New Organization of Famous, Metro and First National, Will Distribute These Companies Best Product. SECTIONS Box Office Record and Equipment Index — ..Section II DEPARTMENTS Short Features 35 Presentation Acts 38 The Theatre 47 Service Talks on Pictures — 53 The Box Office Record . . . Memory Lane . . . Universal Announces . . . School for Caption Writers • . . A Social Celebrity . . . Dog Shy . . . Morals for Men. New Pictures — 55 The Barrier . . . The Escape . . . The Blackguard Ladies of Leisure . . . Other Women’s Husbands . . . Bride of the Storm . . . Newspictures. The Film Mart 57 Vol. XXV April 10, 1926 No. 4 Letters From Readers 62 What the Picture Did For Me 63 Classified Advertising 72 Theatre Betterment ^3 New Picture Publication Dates 56 FEATURES The Pictorial Section 27 Hollywood, by Ray Murray 26 New York, by John S. Spargo 32 Chicago, by Douglas Hodges 74 Purely Personal ^9 Broad^vay Re-Takes — 25 Published Every Wednesday by EXHIBITORS HERALD COMPANY Publication Office: 407 So. Dearborn St., CHICAGO, U. S. A., Telephone Harrison 9248. Cable Address: Quigpubco Martik J. Quigley, President Edwin S. Clifford, Secretary George Clifford, Asst. Tourer .All editorial and business correspondence should be addressed to the Chicago office. Edwm S. Difford, managing editor; George Cli or , busitKss manager; William R. Weaver, associate editor; John S. Spargo, New York news editor. .... ,j nn .Subscription price; United States and its possessions, $3.00 a year; Canada, $4.50 a year; other parts of the world, $6.00 a y . g copies, 25 cents. Other publications: The Box Office Record, published semi-annually and Better Theatres published monthly as supplements fo Exhibitors Herald. Member Audit Board of Circulation. Copyright, 1926, by Exhibitors Herald Company. KFW VftBT OFPirp ANCELES OFFICE S6S Fifth Ave. (Tel. Vanderbilt 3612-3613) S617 Hollywood Gladstone 3754) James Beecroft, Manager Murray, Manager