Motion Picture Herald (Mar-Apr 1940)

Record Details:

Title:
Motion Picture Herald
Date:
Mar-Apr 1940
Publisher:
[New York, N.Y. : Quigley Pub. Co.]
Volume:
Motion Picture Herald (Mar-Apr 1940)
Leaf #:
000504
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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0 MOTION PICTURE HERALD April 6, I 940 By Metropolitan RKO EXECUTIVES from the east and west gathered at the Sherry Netherlands in New York Monday to discuss new season plans with the trade press. Above are Harry Edington, in charge of production; Martin Quigley, and Richard C. Patterson, chairman of the board. Story on page 17. EN ROUTE from Hollywood and the Quigley Awards presentation A-Mike Vogel, left, chairman of the Managers' Round Table, stops in Dallas to yarn with John Rosenfield, amusements editor, the Morning News. By Staff Photographer THIS WEEK IN PICTURES ><2> 'V f v7 o " A i PRE-CONVENTION conference at which Walt Disney asks for suggestions for a star to fill the new chair. Present, but not very interested in the proceedings, are Mickey and Minnie Mouse on their creator's right and left hands; Dopey, Snow White, the Blue Fairy, Donald Duck, Pinocchio, Jiminy Cricket, the Little Pigs, Pluto, Ferdinand, Figaro and Cleo. DEPARTURE, right. Samuel Schneider, Warner home office executive, and Gradwell Sears, general sales manager, leave New York for studio conferences in Burbank. FROM BOMBAY, India, M. A. Fazalbhoy, managing director of Messrs. Fazalbhoy, Ltd., visits New York and the Quigley Publications offices, where he is talking with E. A. Rovelstad, managing editor of Motion Picture Herald. TESTIMONIAL DINNER, right. Members of the Empire State Operators Union honored their president, Abraham I. Kindler, center, at the Murray Hill hotel in New York last Saturday morning. Flanking Mr. Kindler are A. J. Burns, public relations director, and Albert A. Hovell, general manager, both of the Century circuit. By Staff Photographer By CosmoSileo