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 #:
000114
Language:
English
Subjects:
motion pictures, Motion pictures -- Periodicals
Collection:
Hollywood Studio System and Early Cinema
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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48 EXHIBITORS HERALD-WORLD October 11, 1930 With Richardson The Rivoli theatre, Havana, Cuba, recently installed with sound, displays prominently that it exhibits talking pictures by Pacent equipment. 104 DeForest Sets Installed in Two Months by Chicago Office The Chicago branch of General Talking Pictures has reported a total of 104 installations and sales of DeForest sound equipment during August and September. Bert Rosenberg is general manager for General Talking Pictures in Chicago. The DeForest sales include theatres in practically all large cities of the Midwest and as far west as Utah and Colorado. The installations and contracts follow: Theatre City State Ideal Lemont Illinois Arlington Arlington Heights Illinois Paramount Logansport Indiana Star Quincy ..Illinois Paradise Minneapolis Minnesota Dreamland Dubuque Iowa Woodlawn Evansville Indiana Lincoln Chicago Illinois St. Clair East St. Louis Illinois Door Sturgeon Bay Wisconsin Rex Spokane Washington Cozy Chanderville Illinois Grand Newberry Michigan Summitt St. Paul Minnesota Avaloe Bridgeport Illinois Rex Fairfield Iowa Empire Storm Lake Iowa Capitol Litchfield Illinois Temple Chicago Illinois GleH Glen Ellyn Illinois Rex Beloit * Wisconsin New Geneseo Geneseo Illinois Picadilly Columbus Ohio Grand St. Marys..— Ohio Strand Marysville Ohio Lyons. ..Lyons Illinois Grandale Chicago Illinois Princess _ Portland Indiana Garden Lansing Michigan Majestic Madison Wisconsin DeLuxe St. Paul Minnesota Windsor Park .Chicago Illinois New Grand Bluffton Indiana Wallace .Chicago .Illinois Parkway Milwaukee Wisconsin Lindy Chicago Illinois Fashion -Chicago Illinois Halsted Chicago Illinois Famous Chicago Illinois White Eagle South Bend Indiana Avon Decatur Illinois Pueblo Pueblo Colorado Columbia East St. Louis Illinois Loomis Chicago Illinois Eastwood Madison Wisconsin Auditorium Red Cloud Nebraska Southern Minneapolis Minnesota Varsity Champaign Illinois Columbia. Granite City Illinois Grand Lincoln Illinois Empress Springfield Illinois Erie Chicago Illinois Theatre Lyric Center Garden University.. City State .Price Utah .Chicago Illinois .. St. Paul Minnesota .Minneapolis Minnesota Ritz Minneapolis Minnesota Park. „ Painesville Ohio Pythian. Dolores Colorado Franklin Chicago Illinois Strand— Tuscola Illinois Kine. Belle Plaine Iowa Opera House Hartford Wisconsin Regent Cedar Falls Iowa Bluebird St. Paul Minnesota * * # Strand St. Louis Missouri Agate Minneapolis Minnesota Family Grand Rapids Michigan Wealthy Grand Rapids Michigan Grand New London Wisconsin Jackson Milwaukee Wisconsin Trail Bridgeport, Nebraska Richland Richland Center Wisconsin Ritz Dunkirk Indiana Ritz Kennett Missouri Bettendorf Bettendorf Iowa North West Davenport Iowa Premier Grayville Illinois Bijou Carrollton Illinois Calumet. Hammond Indiana Adams Chicago -..Illinois Myers Francesville Indiana Brown Wapakonita Ohio Whitehouse Milwaukee Wisconsin Music Hall Newport Kentucky Illinois Metropolis Illinois Harmony Chicago Illinois Bonaparte Bonaparte Iowa Broadway Mt. Pleasant Michigan Waumee ..Ft. Wayne Indiana Regent _ Anderson Indiana Colonial -Oglesby Illinois Peru Peru Illinois Princess Urbana Illinois State Roodhouse Illinois Rex Steuben ville Illinois Crumps Columbus Indiana Leola Minneapolis Minnesota Columbia — Peoria Illinois Elk Olney Illinois Grace Milwaukee Wisconsin Opera House Aledo Illinois Palace Chicago Illinois Queen Chicago Illinois In Far Northwest (Continued from page 45, column 3) him was us, and he got his buggy going fast enough to catch up, we were awaydowntown and it was too late. In the evening I dropped in at the RKO Orpheum and had a talk with its manager, J. F. Rogers, and his assistant, W. L. Skelly. I also went up to the projection room and met Projectionists C. A. Ellis and H. M. Lennord. The room was very neat, though small. I did not make any particular examination of the equipment, but the sound was good, as was also the picture. Manager Rogers reports business very poor, due, he believes, to present slackness in the lumber business. I also dropped in for a moment at the Fox Broadway theatre and met A. V. Albertson and Wesley Bews. This projection room also was small, but in excellent condition. The sound was good, but in my opinion more light might well be used on the screen. The Broadway is a mighty nice theatre, as is also the RKO Orpheum. During the late evening. Projectionists W. H. Jarmon and L. Craig came in and we had quite a little visit. Brother Craig is business agent of local 175. Tacoma has ten suburban theatres and six downtown theatres. I have found Tacoma projectionists always progressive and up-to-date. That city was represented in the projection department of the former Moving Picture World many times. Oh, yes, by the way, I had a most pleasant surprise in Tacoma. One of my callers was Mr. W. Wolstead (at least, that is as nearly as I can remember the name), who years ago invented a very practical projector table, by means of which both projectors were operated by one motor. This device was very practical but of course changing conditions in projection equipment made its use unnecessary. I might add that several projectionists from the city of Olympia, the capital of Washington, were at the lecture, which was attended by all the projectionists and some of the managers of Tacoma. ABERDEEN, WASH. TOCAL 429, which includes the cities of -*-' Aberdeen and Hoquiam, had invited us to visit them, so we pulled out of Tacoma next morning, and something like a twohour run on excellent pavement landed us in Aberdeen, which in former days was the center of huge logging operations. All along the road we saw what to me seemed monuments — dead stumps of gigantic trees which, before the advent of the lumber men, towered heavenward everywhere. Today they are gone, all but the sun-whitened or fire-blackened stumps, thousands upon thousands of which tell the story of the past. We were met by Secretary J. E. Newell, who is just what he looks like, a clean-cut man and motion picture-sound projectionist. We accepted the invitation of himself and Mrs. Newell to take dinner at their home, and believe you me, it was some considerable dinner. I quite fell in love with his daughter — age four. Incidentally, Mrs. Newell was born in that far off northern country, Iceland. The meeting at Aberdeen was, of course, a small one. The men from Centralia were coming up but it wras a 60-mile drive, and the weather looked none too promising, so at the last minute they telephoned telling us that due to the weather they had concluded that discretion was the better part of valor. The meeting was attended by all the Aberdeen and Hoquiam projectionists, plus some of the managers.