Motion Picture Herald (Sep-Oct 1939)

Page scan 000496 from Motion Picture Herald

Record Details:

Title:
Motion Picture Herald
Date:
Sep-Oct 1939
Publisher:
[New York, N.Y. : Quigley Pub. Co.]
Volume:
Motion Picture Herald (Sep-Oct 1939)
Leaf #:
000496
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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10 MOTION PICTURE HERALD October 7, 1939 THIS WEEK EYES SOUTH. Paul M. Wir, above, has been named divisional sales manager for Republic in Central America, replacing Harry Davis, who will open two new branches in South America. WHERE IT STARTED. Will H. Hays and Mrs. Mina M. Edison Hughes, widow of the builder of the Kinetoscope, examine one of the original models in the library of the Edison Laboratories at West Orange, N. J., during Mr. Hays' pilgrimage to the Edison plant in observance of the industry's fiftieth anniversary. EXHIBITOR AND PRODUCER meet at a Hollywood premiere. Harry M. Warner greets Charles Skouras at the opening of Warners' "The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex" at the Warner Beverly Hills Theatre. FISTIC INTERLUDE at a cocktail party in Chicago's Hotel Sherman for Jack Benny, of radio and screen. Left to right, Walter Immerman, B & K general manager; Louis Lipstone, Paramount studio musical director; Jack Benny, Joe Louis, champion, and ^lohn and Dave Balaban. EXPANSION IN HAWAII, below. Lowell B. Gist, manager of the Hilo division of the Consolidated Amusement Company, breaks ground for the new Hilo theatre on Kamehameha Avenue, with C. M. Maier, assistant manager, left. To cost $100,000, the house will seat 1 ,000. THUNDER IN CONGRESS and "Thunder Afloat" at the Capitol in Washington. Carter Barron, district manager of Loew's eastern division, is host to Col. Edwin A. Halsey, secretary of the Senate, and Mrs. Halsey at the premiere of the MGM picture. CONFERENCES, right. George Kaliman, RKO general manager for Chile, By Staff Photographer arrives in New home ofRce. York to report at the