Motion Picture Herald (Jan-Mar 1932)

Page scan 0001224 from Motion Picture Herald

Record Details:

Title:
Motion Picture Herald
Date:
Jan-Mar 1932
Publisher:
[New York, N.Y. : Quigley Pub. Co.]
Volume:
Motion Picture Herald (Jan-Mar 1932)
Leaf #:
0001224
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 14, 2025
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54 Better Theatres Section March 12, 1932 M©W InVSntlOnS • • • illustrated descriptions of devices related to motion pictures and allied crafts, recently published by the U. S. government and selected for Better Theatres by William N. Moore, patent specialist of Washington, D. C. 1,799.789. STAGE lilGHTING SYSTEM. Walter C. Gwynne, HolHs, N. Y., assignor to Metropolitan Electric Mfgr. Co.. a Corporation of New Jersey. Filed Jan. 7. 1928. Serial No. 245,133. 5 Claims. (CI. 171—97.) 1. In a stage lighting system, an assembly of lighting circuits, a master switch for selecting and energizing any two or more of said circuits, and safety means including a contact on said switch functioning with said master switch to prevent the closing of said circuits. 1,709 646. SOUND-EMITTING APPAKATCS. Samuel Knben, New York, N. Y. Filed Aug. 16, 1929. Serial No. 386,476. 7 Claims. (CI. 179—113.) 1. An apparatus for reproducing sound waves in a gas comprising an aspirator having no moving part and a member of which is conical in form, a sound directing body, a wall of the aspirator being employed as an anode, a cooperating cathode extending within tlie space surrounded by said anode, means for Ionizing the gas between said electrodes l)y the discharge of a current through the cathode, and means for varying the volume ot the gas between the electrodes by potential variations of a current at audio frequency impressed npon the circuit of the electrodes. 1,799,799. SOUND fiEPRODUCEK. Warren C. Jones, Flushing, N. Y.. assignor to Bell Telephone Laboratories. Incorporated, New York, N. Y., a Corporation of New York. Filed Oct. 4. 1928. Serial No. 310,245, 4 Claims. (CI. 179 — 100.41.) 4. In a sound reproducer a casing containing viscous matter, a magnetic circuit carrying flux, a diaphragm forming a closure for the casing, a coil attached to the diaphragm luid disposed in the flux antf a stylus adapted to flex the diaphragm about a diameter. 1,799,795. SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING. Joseph W. Horton, Millburn, N. J., assignor to Bell Telephone Laboratories, Incorporated, New York, N. Y., a Corporation of New York. Filed May 5, 1928. Serial No. 275,409. 10 Claims. (CI. 179 — 100.4.) 2. A method of recording and reprodncing a band of frequencies extending down to zero frequency which consists iri translating said band into other frequencies representative of said band, recording said other frequencies, reproducing said other frequencies and retranslating said other frequencies into said band. 1.799,942. SOUND TRANSFOBIVONG AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS. Gunther Wurdel and Fritz Spiegel, Berlin, Germany, assignors to Walter Vollmann, Berlin, Germany. Filed Sept. 5, 1928, Serial No. 304,000. and in Germany May 5, 1928. 12 Claims. (CI. 181—31.) 1. Sound transforming and reproducing apparatus, comprising a box, and a diaphragm of large area mounted on said box and composed of a plurality of sections having independent movement, said sections being separated from each other at their adjacent margins and connected with each other at their median parts, and flexible members covering the gaps provided between the adjacent edcea ot said sections. 1,799,748. FILM REEL. Arthur C. Hayden, Brockton. Mass. Fi'ed Oct. 3, 1927. Serial No. 223,501. 5 Claims. (CI. 242-74.) 1. A film reel for motion picture apparatus comprising a pair of plates, a hub between the plates adapted to have a film wound thereon, and a spring member located tangentially on the hub and secured thereto, said spring member having a free end with a pair of spurs thereon adapted to enter feed_ holes in the film, the free end of said member normally being a substantial distance from the hub to facilitate the spurs catching into holes of the film when the film is dropped between the plates toward the hub. 1,808.603. MOVING PICTURE RECORDING AND PROJECTION APPARATUS. Marcel Remy Hue, Toulouse, France. Filed Mar. 19, 1927, Sarial No. 176,742, and in Belgium Mar. 23, 1926. 7 Claims. (CI. 88 — 16.8.) 1. A film manipulating apparatus comprising in combination a fixed cylindrical film guiding surface having an aperture formed therethrough, a film storage reel, a film windup reel, a rotatable shaft located intermediate said reels, a cam mounted on said sliaft, a