Motion Picture Herald (Apr-Jun 1931)

Record Details:

Title:
Motion Picture Herald
Date:
Apr-Jun 1931
Publisher:
[New York, N.Y. : Quigley Pub. Co.]
Volume:
Motion Picture Herald (Apr-Jun 1931)
Leaf #:
000332
Language:
English
Subjects:
motion pictures, Motion pictures -- Periodicals
Collection:
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:
August 29, 2022
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142 Better Theatres Section April 11, 1931 i>x. 1.0U1S, ivio., 118 Horn Ave., Radio Amplifiers, Inc. Warsaw, N. Y., 18 E. Court St., F. A. Rice. Montreal, Canada, 2027 Bleury St., National Theatre Supply Co. A Walter G. Preddey 187 Golden Gate Avenue, San Francisco, Cal. Manufacturer of mirror arc, Preddey mirror dissolve, re-zvind cabinet, heavy duty spotlamp, pro'jectophone , baby spotlamp and reel end alarm. Proprietor Walter G. Preddey Manager Robert Bemis Secretary Chas. Anderson Superintendent of Shop M. Lewis BRANCHES Omaha, Neb., Quality Theatre Supply Company. Los Angeles, Breck Photoplay Supply Company. Seattle, Wash., Great Western Theatre Equipment Company. Fargo, N. D., McCarthy Theatre Supply Company. Salt Lake City, Utah, Service Theatre Supply Company. Theatre Equipment Exchange, Portland. Theatre Equipment Supply Co., Vancouver, B.C. A Projection Optics Co., Inc. 330 Lyell Avenue, Rochester, N. Y. Manufacturer of motion picture projection lenses. President William Fouquet Vice President Frank Kirchgessner Secretary William H. Repp Treasurer Bernard Rose A The Prometheus Electric Corporation 360 W. 13th Street, New York City Manufacturers of organ heaters, ticket booth heaters. President A. M. Hess Vice President B. F. Herman Secretary A. Haussmann Treasurer W. G. Bunzl A Pyrene Manufacturing Co. 560 Belmont Avenue, Newark, N. J. Manufacturer of special automatic projector fire extinguisher and electric cut off. All types of hand fire extinguishers. President and Treasurer. .Edward A. Clapp Vice President and General Manager .... Edward J. Waring Vice President and Secretary Edward G. Weed BRANCHES Atlanta, Ga., 242 Spring Street, N. W. Chicago, 444 West Grand Avenue. Kansas City, Mo., 2010 Grand Avenue. San Francisco, Cal., 977 Mission Street. Pyrene Manufacturing Company of Canada, Ltd., 1197-1207 King Street West, Toronto, Ont., Canada. FACTORIES 560 Belmont Avenue, Newark, N. J. Meeker Avenue, Newark, N. J. Q R S-DeVry Corporation 333 N. Michigan Avenue, Chicago, 111. Manufacturer of motion picture cameras and projectors , talking-movie equipment , Neon tubes, phonographs and music rolls. President T. M. Fletcher Vice President and Treasurer. .A. N. Page Vice President H. A. DeVry Vice President Geo. H. Bliss Secretary and Assistant Treasurer C. Sundberg Assistant Secretary J. Sweaf BRANCHES New York San Francisco A Quality Slide Connpany 6 E. Lake Street, Chicago, III. Manufacturer of slides, flashagraphs and trailers. President and General Manager Secretary-Treasurer . . .Harry S. Block .H. C. Lahann R Racon Electric Company, Inc. 18 Washington Place, New York, N. Y. Manufacturer of horns, dynamic horn units. President A. I. Abrahams PLANTS New York, N. Y., 18 Washington Place. England. Canada A RCA Photophone, Inc. 411 Fifth Avenue, New York City Manufacturer of sound recording equipment for motion picture producers ; combined sound and picture projection equipment for theatres. President David Sarnoff E,xecutive Vice President .... A. E. Reoch General Sales Manager S. E. Abel FACTORY Product of this company is manufactured by the RCA Victor Company, Camden, N. J., and the RCA Victor Company of Massachusetts, Jamaica Plains, Mass. A Radio Industries of Canada, Ltd. 120 Fort Street, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada Distributors of sound equipment, amplifiers, horns, speakers, accessories for sound devices, talking picture Screens and service on all makes of sound equipment. Also manufacturers of "Ritone" Radio parts and "Talkietone" sound equipment. General Manager E. F. Hutchings A Ransley Studios 308 West Randolph Street, Chicago Manufacturer of slides, transparencies and special trailers. J. F. Ransley A The Rapid Film Company 1706 Central Parkway, Cincinnati Ohio Manufacturer of " W onderpho?ie" sound equipment. President G. W . Kaufmaiin A Raven Screen Corporation 147 E. 24th Street, New York City Manufacturer of motion picture screens. Transtone for sound pictures. Halftone for silent pictures. President A. L. Raven Vice-President F. A. Raven Secretary-Treasurer E. D. Reif FACTORIES College Point, L. I. 147 E. 24th Street New York City. A Reynolds Electri.c Company 2650 W. Congress Street, Chicago Manufacturers of color lighting and electric control equipment ; Reco Color Hoods for coves, footlights, strip lights, signal lights, exit lights, electric signs, canopies, marquees; Reco Color Plates for spots, floodlights, olivets, etc.; Reco Flashers for electris signs, for mobile color cove lighting, etc.; Reco Dimmer Flashers; Reco Controls for operating call signals, starting, stopping and reversing motors, such as curtain control, sirens, etc.; Reynolds Fractional H.F. Motors. President O. D. Ziegler Vice President and Treasurer. . .W. L. Laib Secretary E. J. Whitman BRANCH New York Citv, 256 W. 31st St. A Richards-Wilcox Manufacturing Company 174 Third Street, Aurora, III. Manufacture of theatre curtain operators. President and General Manager W. H. Fitch Secretary-Treasurer Milton D. Jones Superintendent P. L. Hoffman BRANCHES New York City, 79 Walker Street. Chicago, 166-168 West Lake Street. Detroit, Mich., 505 Donovan Building. Philadelphia, Pa., 507 Arch Street. Cleveland, O., 1517 Builder's Exchange Building. St. Louis, Mo., 2665 Washington Ave. Boston, Mass., 124-126 Pearl Street. Los Angeles, Cal., California Reserve Building. Des Moines, la., 422 Hubbel BIdg. San Francisco, Cal., 557 Market Street. Minneapolis, Minn., 321 Plymouth Building. Cincinnati, O., 512 Provident Bank Building. New Orleans, La., 528 Canal Bank Building. Kansas City, Mo., 206 Reliance Building. Indianapolis, Ind., 1939 North Meridian Street. Seattle, Wash., 1214 Hoge Building. Omaha, Neb., City National Bank. Milwaukee, Wis., 445 Milwaukee Street. Atlanta, Ga., 406 Southeastern Trust Building. A Rockbestos Products Corporation Nicoll and Caiiner Sts., New Haven, Conn. Manufacturer of Rockbestos motion picture cable for projectors, arc, spots, etc., Rockbestos siuitchboard vjire, Rockbestos fixture luire, and Rockbestos rheostat icire. President A. G. Newton Treasurer W. C. Armstrong, Jr. General Manager B. H. Reeves BRANCHES New York City, 5942 Grand Central Terminal. BIdg. Chicago, 718 Madison Terminal BIdg. Pittsburgh, Pa., 903 Clark Building. St. Louis, 2019 Railway Exchange Building. Buffalo, J. Leo Scanlon Company, 487 Ellicott Square Building. On the Pacifis Coast, Los Angeles, 430 Colyton Street; San Francisco, 360 Ninth Street, Seattle, 914 1st Avenue, So. A Roth Brothers & Company 1400 West Adams Street, Chicago, III. (Division of Century Electric Co.) Manufacturer of Actodectors, emergency lighting plants, motors, generators and motor generators. "President C. H. Roth Vice-President and Treasurer .. G. A. Roth Sales Manager M. L. Robinson BRANCHES .•\tlanta, Ga., Room 1312, 31 Broad St., N. E. Baltimore, Md., 400 Light St. (address correspondence and orders to Philadelphia office). Birmingham, Ala., 1700 Second Ave. S. (address correspondence and orders to Atlanta office). Boston, Mass., Room 520, 10 High St. Buffalo, N. Y., Van Renssalaer, Carrol and Exchange Sts. (address correspondence and orders to Rochester office). Charlotte, N. C, 930 W. Morehead St. (address correspondence and orders to Atlanta office). Chicago, III., Room 2338, 400 W. Madison St. Cincinnati, O., Room 312, 138 E. Court St. Cleveland, O., Room 958, Hanna BIdg., E. 14th St. and Euclid Ave. Columbus, O., 277-291 Nielston St. (address correspondence and orders to Cleveland office) . Dallas, Texas, Room 622, 810 Main St. Davenport, la.. Room 403, 326 W. 3rd St. Denver, Colo., 1700 Sixteenth St. Des Moines, la., 3rd and Elm Sts. (address correspondence and orders to Davenport office) . Detroit, Mich., Room 1338, 719 Griswold St. El Paso, Texas, Mills and Campbell Sts. (address correspondence and ord(:rs to Dallas office). Houston, Texas, Room 931, Merchants and Manufacturers BIdg. Indianapolis, Ind., Room 718, 17 N. Meridian St. Kansas Citv, Mo., Room 503, 417 E. 13th St. Los Angeles, Cal, Room 822, 605 W. 10th St. Memphis, Tenn., Concord and Winchester Ave. (address correspondence and orders to St. Louis office). Milwaukee, Wis., Room 947, Empire Bi'ildi g.