Exhibitors Herald World (Oct-Dec 1929)

Record Details:

Title:
Exhibitors Herald World
Date:
Oct-Dec 1929
Publisher:
[Chicago, Quigley publishing company]
Volume:
Exhibitors herald world
Leaf #:
000975
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:
July 25, 2024
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December 14, 1929 EXHIBITORS HERALD-WORLD 25 Film News in Pictures PICTORIAL SECTION Stories Told by the Camera Left: Originator of talking newsreel "reporter." Samuel B. Jacobson of the Universal Newspaper Newsreel Organization. A Right: Scion of a fine dramatic talent. Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., First National star whose ability the talkers have emphasized. A fascinating new pose of a player whose personality also deserves the foregoing adjectives. Phyllis Crane is new, relatively, since her first really important role is in a current First National production, "The Forward Pass." Fascinating? As above! Not stepping out of her private igloo, but alighting from the 20th Century Limited after a blizzardy journey. Mae Murray is shown arriving in New York to prepare for the premiere of her first talker, Tiffany's "Peacock Alley." On leave from the London stage production of "Journey's End" to appear in Tiffany's screen version of that play. Colin Clive arriving in New York on the Homeric. Eight years ago Ethel Clayton was working in pictures at F B O, now R K O. Then Dad Spareman was studio gateman. He is now. And she's back there again, having just completed "Hit the Deck."