Exhibitors Herald World (Oct-Dec 1930)

Record Details:

Title:
Exhibitors Herald World
Date:
Oct-Dec 1930
Publisher:
[Chicago, Quigley publishing company]
Volume:
Exhibitors herald world
Leaf #:
00087
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:
November 03, 2022
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w The Independent Film Trade Paper EXH IBITO RS HERALD WORLD Home Office: 407 So. Dearborn St, Chicago In This Issue ALLIED STATES— Michigan Exhibitor Convention Takes on National Significance as Abram F. Myers and Senator Brookhart Demand Curb on "Big Interests" of Industry; State Action Taken Against Protection and for Massing of Organization Forces — Injunction Threat Voiced at Illinois Allied Meeting. NORMALCY ON WAY, But Waste Must Never Return, Says Sam Katz — Optimism Is Fully Justified by Business Facts, Declares Head of Publix Theatres — Methods Permitted Under Expansion Must Be Eliminated, Paramount Personnel Told — Period Seen as One of Changing Values. COMPLETE INDEX TO CONTENTS NEWS Runs 75 theatres — and doesn't seek profit! That's anamoly of United States Army Motion Picture Service — 58 equipped with sound. See uniform projection with new standard release print — Expect to eliminate waste and mutilation of films. Erpi Engineering is reorganized into three units to meet sound need — Fox will build four big houses in Texas, is report at Dallas. Cincinnati union says theatres were sold to avoid contract; sues for $26,000— Tri-State MPTO meets in Memphis November 30 and December 1. DEPARTMENTS The Short Feature 58 Music and Talent 59 Box Office Promotion. 50 Classified Advertising 64 Chicago Personalities, by Jim Little 68 FEATURES New Product 37 The Voice of the Industry (Letters from Readers) 66 Securities Price Range 30 Hollywood, by Douglas Hodges 41 Broadway 24 Sound Reproduction 45 Pictorial Section 31 J. C Jenkins — His Colyum 40 ADVERTISEMENTS FILM, SOUND AND EQUIPMENT— Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Big 4 Film Corporation, Educational, Paramount, Pathe, RKO Radio Pictures, First National, Fox, Universal, Chicago Show Printing Company, Chalmers Publishing Company, Economy Novelty and Printing Company, Whitney Goit & Co., Weber Machine Corporation, M. E. Moss Publishing Company. MUSIC AND TALENT— Arlo Hultz, De Sylva, Brown and Henderson, Brooks Costumes, Quality Slides. CHICAGO 407 South Dearborn St. Telephone Harrison 0036-37-38 Cable Address : Quigpubco EDWIN S. CLIFFORD, General Manager ERNEST A. ROVELSTAD, Managing Editor GEORGE CLIFFORD, Business Manager HOLLYWOOD 160S North Cahuenga St. Telephone Gladstone 2118 2119 DOUGLAS HODGES West Coast Manager EDITORIAL AND ADVERTISING OFFICES NEW YORK 565 Fifth Avenue Telephone Wickersham 2366-236T JAY M. SHRECK, Neu> York Editor HERBERT FECKE and RAYMOND GALLO Advertising Representatives LONDON THE BIOSCOPE Faraday House 8-10 Charing Cross Rd., W. C. 2 SUBSCRIPTION RATES: United States and its possessions, Canada and all eoun tries of the Americas $3.00 per year; Great Britain and Its colonies fl per year Other foreign countries $5.00 per year. Single copies 25 cents. Advertising rate cards and Audit Bureau of Circulations statements furnished upon applicat go. The HERALD-WORLD assumes no responsibility for the return of unsollc lied manuscripts. No manuscripts are returned unless authors so request.