Motion Picture Herald (Mar-Apr 1941)

Page scan 000242 from Motion Picture Herald

Record Details:

Title:
Motion Picture Herald
Date:
Mar-Apr 1941
Publisher:
[New York, N.Y. : Quigley Pub. Co.]
Volume:
Motion Picture Herald (Mar-Apr 1941)
Leaf #:
000242
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 March 15, 1941 THIS WEEK IN PICTURES By Staff Photographer By Staff Photographer EARLE W. HAMMONS, former head of Educational and Grand National, in New York this week prepared to reenter production with three features a year, probably of eastern manufacture, with unnamed financial backing. He has taken an option on Nell Shipman's "Tomorrow For Sale" and, immediately, will produce a new short subject series, "Hands of Destiny", directed by Al Christie. CIRCUIT TRANSFER. Laurence Bolognino, seller, explains operating details of his 21 Consolidated circuit theatres in Manhattan and the Bronx to Julius Joelson, buyer, this week, of the houses. Mr. Joelson is the former operator of a Massachusetts circuit which he sold to Mullin & Pinanski. By Staff Photographer M. A. LISHTMAN, independent operator and Paramount circuit partner, in New York this week reiterated the Paramount partners' attack on the Consent Decree provisions. (See page 12.) By Staff Photographer UNITY in the industry, especially now under the Consent Decree, was urged by William F. Rodgers, left, at an AMPA luncheon in New York at which he was honored, also sharing the dais and microphone with Howard Dietz, right, who: I. Offered some of his house furnishings for sale; 2. Thought he was addressing an MGM convention; 3. Predicted MGM soon would be known as the "positively affectionate company"; 4. Attacked the sales department of which Mr. Rodgers is the head as a useless appendage.