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

Record Details:

Title:
Exhibitors Herald and Moving Picture World
Date:
Jan-Mar 1928
Publisher:
[Chicago, Quigley publishing company]
Volume:
Exhibitors herald world
Leaf #:
000713
Language:
English
Subjects:
motion pictures, Motion pictures -- Periodicals
Collection:
Early Cinema and Hollywood Studio System
Format:
Periodicals
Contributor:
Library of Congress, MBRS, Moving Image Section
Sponsor:
Library of Congress, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division
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:
August 29, 2022
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February 25, 1928 EXHIBITORS HERALD and MOVING PICTURE WORLD 21 Film News in Pictures PICTORIAL SECTION Stories Told by the Camera From Canton, China, where they are famous actresses at the Mandarin theatre, came the Misses Wong and LeLong to visit America. They are pictured calling on Esther Ralston, Paramount star, at the studio, where, 'tis said, dog and not "Art" was the amazing topic of conversation. What may happen at the HERALDWORLD office! On this occasion. Chief Eaglefeather, probably the only Indian tap dancer in the world, arrived in full feather to visit A. Raymond Gallo, absolutely the only Presentations editor on the HERALDWORLD, during his engagement at the Chicago theatre. Emil Jannings, Ernst Lubitsch, and the latter's cigar warming up for a sequence of Paramount's "The Patriot." Fur-thermore, Lubitsch was Jatmings' director in Germany. China bound — horizontally! Absurd, of course! However, in spite of bum geography, they're a salty crew in M-G-M's "China Bound," calling "aye, aye, sir" to the names of (left to right) Frank Currier, Ramon Novarro (the star), Joan Crawford, and Edward Connelly. W. C. Boothby, financial comptroller of Fir^ National, returning from Europe, where he surveyed the less romantic but oh, so necessary phases of films abroad.