Motion Picture Herald (Jul-Aug 1936)

Page scan 000359 from Motion Picture Herald

Record Details:

Title:
Motion Picture Herald
Date:
Jul-Aug 1936
Publisher:
[New York, N.Y. : Quigley Pub. Co.]
Volume:
Motion Picture Herald (Jul-Aug 1936)
Leaf #:
000359
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:
May 30, 2024
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July 2 5, 19 3 6 MOTION PICTURE HERALD >7 SCHENCKS-OSTRER DEAL AT A GLANCE PRESENT ALIGNMENT Voting Stock of GAUMONT-BRITISH THE NEW PLAN (Agreed Upon in Principle) GAUMONT-BRITISH METROPOLIS AND BRADFORD TRUST (Holding Company) (57%) PUBLIC (43%) NEW HOLDING COMPANY (Succeeding Metropolis and Bradford Trust) (57%) PUBLIC (43%) 20TH CENTURYFOX (49%) OSTRERS (51%) 20TH CENTURY -FOX, MGM, OSTRERS *(49%) Intermediate Stage of New Plan 20TH CENTURYFOX *(I6.3%) PUBLIC (Agreed that Ostrers, Fox and MGM buy none of these shares) *(5I%) OSTRERS *(I6.3%) MGM 20TH CENTURY (24.5%) FOX (24.5%) MGM *(I6.3%) Approximate percentages. HOW THE VARIOUS HOLDINGS IN GAUMONT-BRITISH COMPARE UNDER THE NEW PLAN * r"" MGM d S Participation of the Public in Voting Shares Under the Realignment ury Fox Brothers 3 ^ The two segments at the right represent the public's participation in the new plan for Gaumont-British structure under the agreement-in-principle of Nicholas M. Schenck of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Joseph M. Schenck of 20th Century-Fox, and Isadore Ostrer. The segment farthest to the right is the public's 43 per cent in Gaumont-British. The segment second from the right is the public's holding in the new company to be formed to supplant Metropolis and Bradford Trust, agreement having been made that none of this stock be held by Fox, MGM or the Ostrers. (In New York it was indicated on Wednesday that the final phase of the program in contemplation would find the Ostrer interests ultimately retired from an ownership position — the American companies retaining only about 2 5%, and 65% reposing with the British investing public.)