Exhibitors Herald and Moving Picture World (Jan-Mar 1928)

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Record Details:

Title:
Exhibitors Herald and Moving Picture World
Date:
Jan-Mar 1928
Author:
Quigley Publishing Company
Publisher:
Chicago, Quigley Publishing Company
Volume:
Exhibitors Herald and Moving Picture World (Jan-Mar 1928)
Leaf #:
000665
Language:
English
Collection:
Hollywood Studio System and Early Cinema
Format:
Periodicals
Contributor:
Media History Digital Library
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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March 3, 1928 EXHIBITORS HERALD and MOVING PICTURE W ORLD 27 w Film News in Pictures PICTORIAL SECTION Stories Told by the Camera Adolphe Mcnjou, the dapper sophisticate, and Katherine Carver, several times his leading woman, at Menjou's home in the Hollywood Hills. Menjou's latest Paramount picture is "The Code of Honor." La Jana, in whom a First National-Defu contract confirms a great deal of thespian promise — her beauty needing no special recognition. Her first role will be in "The Beaver Coat." Arriving only to leave again. Irving Thalberg, M-G-M production supervisor, and Mrs. Thalberg (is it necessary to add Norma Shearer?) detraining in New York, where they sailed for Europe. Time was when photographers had all their subjects swell out pridefully, almost always, of course, without reason. Above, however, old-fashioned posing is not amiss, since the picture is of Chester Conklin, Director Allan Dwan, and Bodil Rosing, makers of "The Big Noise" for First National. (The swelling of the megaphone is but indirectly associated with pride.) Cecil B. De Mille, Will H. Hays, and a delegation of California women who, seeking to establish a model women's prison, were interested in the Pathe director's photographs of reformatories, compiled for "The Godless Girl." Left to right, Mesdames Ernest Wallace, John Buwalda, and I. B. Slocum; Hays, De Mille, and Mrs. C. H. Johnston.