Exhibitors Herald and Moving Picture World (Oct-Dec 1928)

Record Details:

Title:
Exhibitors Herald and Moving Picture World
Date:
Oct-Dec 1928
Author:
Quigley Publishing Company
Publisher:
Chicago, Quigley Publishing Company
Volume:
Exhibitors Herald and Moving Picture World (Oct-Dec 1928)
Leaf #:
000167
Language:
English
Collection:
Early Cinema and Hollywood Studio System
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:
September 21, 2023
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October 20, 1928 EXHIBITORS HERALD and MOVING PICTURE WORLD 23 Canada and States Allied in Sounding the Future [All photos by Herald-World staff photographers] Not exactly exhibitors, but three men who find enough in the film business to make them more than innocent bystanders. They are George De Kruij of the National Theatre Supply Company, Chicago; William Harper of William Harper. Ltd, customs brokers of Toronto; and J. M. Wolfe of Westinghouse Electric. Chicago's first delegation arriving at the Union station, Toronto — ■ Aaron Saperslein, Garfield and Lexington theatres; Joe Pastor, Bryn Mawr; Ludwig Siegel, secretary, Illinois Exhibitors Association; Miss Tess Heraty, secretary to Jack Miller; Sid Selig, Gem and Kozy; Jack Miller. Illinois president; Lester Retchin, Howard. From faraway Pinehurst, N. C, home of good showmanship and polo, came Frank G. Conklin, MPT O A organization man ; and Charles W. Picquet, president of the state body and national executive chairman. What would a convention be without E. M. Fay of Rliode Island? For that matter, that's true also of H. K. Allard. Fay, it will be readily recalled, is a member of the organization's board of directors Herman Blum of Baltimore, a regional vice president, puts in an early appearance. His camera-partner is A. Julian Brylawski, chairman of the board of directors, who called the board in a pre-convention meeting. Association leaders. I. Weinburg. president of the Virginia theatre owners, who is a member of the board of directors of the MPT OA; and Nathan Yamins of Fall River, Mass., who is on the board also. J. I. Foy of British Gaumont in Toronto, and H. Ginsler of the Iola theatre, Toronto, the "long and short of it." Ginsler was chairman of the entertainment committee, and what a busy man that made him! Here we have R. D. Rundell of Waverly, N. Y., who runs five theatres in New York state and Pennsylvania, and W. A. Dillon of Ithaca, N. Y. The New York delegation was the first on the scene