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 #:
000836
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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24 EXHIBITORS HERALD -WORLD November 29, 1930 Explanations and more explanations, but — no amount of explaining will bring back a life that's been frightened away by a piece of lead. Who did it, and why? This is one of the tense scenes in the Big 4 production, entitled, "The Breed of the West," which is soon to be released. In this picture, which has for a background for its rugged, outdoor action, the "old" West, is starred Wally Wales and Virginia Browne Faire. Walter Huston, genial star of David Wark Griffith's, "Abraham Lincoln," a United Artists picture, arrives in New York enroute to Europe, where he plans to visit his friend, Eugene O'Neill, at his French castle. Each camera study seems like a new and more charming Joan (if that is possible.) The lovely MGM star will be seen next in "Within the Law" under the direction of Sam Wood. It marks her dramatic debut. $500 reward for — can't be these two happy gentlemen that the sheriff is apparendy soi eager to apprehend? The smiles look familiar, and so do the figures, but the change of heart, or rather, color, leaves us in some doubt. And so is the sheriff, from all appearances. Laurel and Hardy do a "bit of blackface" in the final reel of their first feature length Hal Roach-M G M comedy, entitled, "Their First Mistake-."