Motion Picture Herald (Jul-Aug 1938)

Record Details:

Title:
Motion Picture Herald
Date:
Jul-Aug 1938
Publisher:
[New York, N.Y. : Quigley Pub. Co.]
Volume:
Motion Picture Herald (Jul-Aug 1938)
Leaf #:
000768
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:
November 10, 2022
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MOTION PICTURE HERALD August 27, 1938 This Week n P ict u r e s m /NTERNATIONAL cooperation in the "Motion Pictures Are Your Best Entertainment" campaign for ivhich the industry's showmanship resources have been assembled, coordinated and set in pleasing array for release to the public starting next Thursday is exemplified pictorially left and below by Canadian and Georgian exhibitors. At an organization meeting in the Mount Royal Hotel, Quebec, left, are Leo M. Devaney, RKO general manager; D. A Burpee, secretary of Allied Theatrical Industries, chairman; Haskell Masters, VA general manager; J. J. Fitzgibbons, Famous Players vice-president, and George Ganatekos, United Amusement. Four of the 25 Q exhibitors who attended a meeting in Atlanta, Ga., below, are O C Lam Rome; W. M. Karrh, Swainsboro; William K. Jenkins, Atlanta, chairman, and Nat Williams, Thomasville. Spyros Skouras, left above, head of National Theatres and Darryl F. Zanuck, production chief of Twentieth Century-Fox, guest and host at a Hollywood dinner given by the studio executive and his staff to officials and theatre managers of the affiliated circuits during the Fox West Coast regional convention. The importance of and need for shoxumanship of outstanding calibre in the industry today was stressed by Mr. Zanuck in the leading address of the function. The group of guests at right are W H Lollier, Frank L. Newman, Harry Brand, A. M. Bowles Tom Collins and Charles Skouras. Story on page 3 5