Exhibitors Herald World (Jan-Mar 1929)

Record Details:

Title:
Exhibitors Herald World
Date:
Jan-Mar 1929
Author:
Quigley Publishing Company
Publisher:
Chicago, Quigley Publishing Company
Volume:
Exhibitors Herald World (Jan-Mar 1929)
Leaf #:
000335
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:
March 21, 2024
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January 26, 1929 EXHIBITORS HERALD-WORLD 23 Film News in Pictures PICTORIAL SECTION Stories Told by the Camera * I f Off for the West Coast to begin production of SonoArt audiens. Shown leaving New York are O. E. Goebel, president; George W. Weeks, vice president; Eddie Dowling, star of the first picture, "Broadway Bound"; and Thomas A. Lynn, secretary and treasurer. Darryl Francis Zanuck, for some time studio supervisor for Warner Brothers, who has been appointed associate executive. Joseph I. Schnitzer, president of R K O Productions, receiving the signatures of Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur, co-authors of "The Front Page," stage hit now running in New York and Chicago, to contracts to write for the 1929-30 program. Vice presidents all. Lee Marcus, former general sales manager for F B O and newly appointed vice president in charge of distribution, is shown while on his recent visit to the Coast, in front of the studio with William Le Baron, vice president in charge of production, and Vice President C. E. Sullivan. M P T O A persident honored by motion picture advertising men. James Beecroft, chairman of the ticket committee for the A M P A "Hollywood Masque Ball," presenting ticket to Pete Woodhull after he was made an honorary member of the AMPA. At right, M. E. Cometford of the Comet-ford circuit.