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 #:
000891
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 6, 1930 EXHIBITORS HERALD-WORLD 21 w Film News in Pictures PICTORIAL SECTION Stories Told by the Camera Anita Louise, Tiffany "find," who plays a prominent role in "The Third Alarm." Below, Kent Douglass, who plays opposite Joan Crawford in MGM's "Within the Law." High upon a hill-top sits Bill Boyd, astride Ghost, the #12,000 equine star, looking down upon the locations in Arizona where he enacted scenes for Pathe's "The Painted Desert," where he, and a hundred players, spent weeks. If it weren't that Joan Marsh was a decided blonde and Conchita Montenegro an emphatic brunette, they might be mistaken for each other in their twin evening dresses which they, girllike, decided to wear. They are M G M players. An interesting study in expression, and also of shadows. The two here pictured hardly need an introduction, but as it is customary, they are Robert Armstrong and Louis Wolheim, the featured players in Radio Pictures' drama of railroad life, entitled "Danger Lights," a tribute to railroading. Now and then, but rarely, a camera catches the busy James Cruze while on the lot directing, the famous cap always tilted at exactly the right angle. The "location" in this particular picture is a railroad station, where shots were being made for the James Cruze production, under the title of "She Got What She Wanted."