Exhibitors Herald (1926)

Record Details:

Title:
Exhibitors Herald
Date:
1926
Volume:
Exhibitors Herald (Mar-Jun 1926)
Leaf #:
000454
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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r April iO, 1926 EXHIBITORS HERALD 55 Storm scene in M-G-M’s “Tne Barrier," featuring Lionel Barrymore, Norman Kerry, Marcsline Day, Henry B. Walthall. The Barrier Distributor: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Producer: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Length: 6,480 feet DIRECTOH GEORGE HILL Author Rex Beach Adaptor Harvey Gates PLAYERS Meade Burrell Norman Kerry Gale Henry Walthall Stark Bennett Lionel Barrymore Necia Marceline Day Poleon Mario Carillo Sergeant Murphy George Cooper Alluna Princess Neola TYPE: Melodrama, THEME: White love of Indian. LOCALE: Alaska. TIME: Gold rush days. STORY: Indian mother dies aboard ship and her baby daughter, saved from her brutal father by a seaman, is brought up unaware of her half -Indian parentage. She learns the tinith when about to marry an American army officer and decides to return to her father. She is rescued this time by her lover and he marries her. HIGHLIGHTS: Lionel Barrymore’s acting. . . . The storm. The Escape Distributor: Universal Producer: Universal Breen, The latter, secret head of bandits, plots stage robbery. Johnny, jailed on freak charge, escapes and prevents the stage holdup, but the bandite rob the bank and Breen is killed. Johnny marries Evelyn. HIGHLIGHTS: The Sight on the cliS. . . . Photography of mountain and plain. The Blackguard Distributor: Lee-Bradford Producer: Lee-Bradford Length: 6,937 feet DIRECTOR GRAHAM CUTTS Author Raymond Patton PLAYERS Princess Idourska Jane Novak Michael Caviol Walter Rilla Adrian Levenski and Maliol Bernhardt Goetzke Pomponard Prank Stanmore TYPE; Melodrama. THEME; Artists and love. LOCALE: Russia. TIME: The Russian Revolution. STORY: Michael, a violinist, has visions of a godlike creature, Maliol, who promises him fortune if he’ll love only his art. Ke falls in love with Princess Marie Idourska. Michael finds the Revolution leader is his former _ teacher, Levenski. They fight and Michael is thrown into a burning building. While he is praying in a church Marie kneels beside him, now his love and no longer a princess. HIGHLIGHTS : Mob scenes. . . . The Sght. . . . The hero’s escape from the Sames. Kinograms No. S174 FEENCHMAN AT PARIS HOPES TO FLY TO U. S. IN AIRCRAFT LOOKING LIKE BEETLE AND CRANKED LIKE AN AUTOMOBILE. Pathe News No. 27 BLAZING AIR TRAIL TO CHINA — PICTURES OF FLIGHT ACROSS ASIA FROM MOSCOW, LINKING ANCIENT CAPITALS. Length: 4,500 feet DIRECTOR....MELBOURNE MORANTE Author Frank Beresford PLAYERS Johnny Bowers Pete Morrison Evelyn Grant Barbara Starr Jeremiah Grant Frank Norcross Howard Breen Bruce Gordon Silas Peels E. S. Dewey Flossie Lane Jane Arden Manuel Estranda Tex Young TYPE: Western melodrama. _ THEME: Outwitting crooked rival lover. LOCALE: The West. TIME; The present. STORY : Evelyn Grant, daughter of the bank owner, is loved by Johnny and Pathe News No. 28 FFICERS TRAINING CORPS STUDENTS AT AUGUSTA, GA., GIVE PROOF OF DARING TACTICS IN CAVALRY PRACTICE TACTICS. * International News No. 26 BREAKUP IN NORTH SEA OFF •NABLES RESCUE BOAT TO REACH MAROONED KEEPER OF LIGHTHOUSE AFTER FOUR MONTHS. * International News No. 27 HOUSANDS OF EGGS DiS^RmUTED FREE TO HAPPY YOUNGSTERS AT PETALUMA, CAL., AS PART OF EASTER GREETING CEREMONIES. * Fox News No. 52 CE JAM AND HIOH WATER CAUSE SS, 000.000 LOSS at OIL CITY. PA.. CARRYING AWAY BRIDGE AND FLOODING WIDE AREA. Lionel Barrymore, Norman Kerry, Marceline Day and Henry E. Walthall in Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer’s “The Barrier.” Ladies of Leisure Distributor: Columbia Pro ducer : C olumb ia Length: 5,257 feet DIRECTOR ....THOMAS BUCKINGHAM Author Albert Lewin Cameraman Dewey Wrigley PLAYERS Mamie Taylor Elaine Hammerstein Eric Van Norden T. Roy Barnes Jack Forrest Robert Ellis Marian Forrest Gertrude Short Wadleigh Thomas Ricketts Eddie Lannigan James Mason Detective Joseph W. Girard TYPE: Drama. THEME; Love mixup. LOCALE; An American city. TIME: The present. STORY: Mamie, Marian’s companion, loves the latter’s brother, Jack. Marian loves Van Norden, wealthy bachelor. Lannigan threatens to expose Mamie’s past. She tries to commit suicide but is rescued by Van Norden, who takes her to his home. Jack accuses the bachelor of disloyalty, but Marian appears and tells Jack she is the wife of Van Norden. Jack and Mamie marry. HIGHLIGHTS: Scene where Lannigan terriSes Mamie. . . . Norden preventing Mamie from suicide. Other Womens Husbands Distributor: Warner Brothers Producer: Warner Brothers Length: Seven reels DIRECTOR ERLE C. KENTON Author E. T. Lowe, Jr. Cameraman Charles Van Enger PLAYERS Lambert his wife Harding Roxana Roxana’s friend Dick’s chum TYPE: Modern comedy drama. THEME; Curing Husband of mfiatuatioE for another. Dick Kay, Jack Monte Blue arie Prevost itly Gordon lyllis Haver