Motion Picture Herald (Jul-Aug 1943)

Record Details:

Title:
Motion Picture Herald
Date:
Jul-Aug 1943
Publisher:
[New York, N.Y. : Quigley Pub. Co.]
Volume:
Motion Picture Herald (Jul-Aug 1943)
Leaf #:
00063
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 17, 2022
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July 3 , 1943 MANAGERS' R MATLACK W QUARTER QUI' The Female Contingent Earns Its Laurels as Scroll Winners Jack Matlack at the J.J. Parker Broadway theatre, in Portland, Ore., takes down top honors in the Second Quarter of the Judging and thus becomes the winner of the Quigley Awards Plaque for that period. Round Tablers will doubtless recall that Matlack last year was voted tops in the Quigley War Showmanship competitions, having earned his spurs for his outstanding work while at the Hunt Theatres, in Medford, Ore. Women Again Merit Recognition The following contestants for the Quigley Awards were voted Scrolls of Honor by the Judges for the excellence of their promotions in the Second Quarter: Vincent Aldert, Paramount theatre, Brattleboro, Vt. Gertrude Bunchez, Loew's Century theatre, Baltimore, Md. William Galligan, Commercial theatre, Chicago, III. Arthur Groom, Loew's State, Memphis, Tenn. James King, Keith's Boston, Boston, Mass. Louis Mayer, Palace theatre, Cleveland, Ohio. Rita Morton, RKO Albee, Providence, R. I. Of interest to the judges was the excellent job done by the women this quarter, particularly noteworthy being the material submitted by Gertrude Bunchez at the Century theatre, in Baltimore, Md., Rita Morton at the RKO Albee, in Providence, R. I., and Mollie Stickles at the Poli Strand, in Waterbury, Conn. Miss Stickles, incidentally, was the first woman to have won a Quigley Awards Plaque, having accomplished this in the First Quarter of the 1943 Competitions. The judges for the Second Quarter were: David A. Lipton, Advertising and Publicity Director for Columbia Pictures; Lou Preston, Interboro Circuit, Brooklyn, N. Y., and Harry Mandel, Advertising and Publicity Director for RKO Theatres. The material of these seven runners-up, together with that of Jack Matlack's, will be among those considered for the Grand Awards competition. All of their material submitted for the balance of this year will be entered for the Grand Awards and considered at that time. David i Pictures' vertising in the Secc Second Quarter ^ifat*w. Listed below are those who have submitted entries of merit in the Seconu Y . of the Quigley Awards. These Round Tablers will be awarded Sheepskin Citations in recognition of their efforts. ELMER ADAMS, JR. Yucca, Midland, Tex. RUSSELL A. BOVIM Ohio, Columbus, Ohio LOUIS BREYER Strand, Holyoke, Mass. LIGE BRIEN Kenyon, Pittsburgh, Pa. LOUIS CHARNINSKY Capitol, Dallas, Tex. CLAYTON CORNELL Pontiac, Saranac Lake, N. Y. DAVID DALLAS Griffith, Manhattan, Kans. FRANCIS DEERING Loew's State, Houston, Tex. TOM DELBRIDGE Loew's, Nashville, Tenn. BILL ELDER Loew's, Indianapolis, Ind. DICK FELDMAN Paramount, Syracuse, N. Y. JACK FLEX Keith, Syracuse, N. Y. SAM GILMAN Regent, Harrisburg, Pa. A. J. KALBERER Switow's Indiana Washington, Ind. SIDNEY KLEPER Bijou, New Haven, Conn. GEORGE LABY Palace, Pittsfield, Mass. JOE LONGO Loew's, Boston, Mass. R. E. MAYNARD Tivoli, Saskatoon, Sask., Canada MAX PHILLIPS Regent, Sudbury, Ont., Canada LESTER POLLOCK Loew's, Rochester, N. Y. HARRY ROSE Globe, Bridgeport, Conn. JOE SAMARTANO Poli, Meriden, Conn. boyd scon Granada, Springfield, Mo. JIMMIE REDMOND Rivoli, Falls City, Neb. MORRIS ROSENTHAL Majestic, Bridgeport, Conn. H. W. REISINGER Loew's, Dayton, Ohio HARRY D. STEARN Manring, Middlesboro, Ky. MOLLIE STICKLES Strand, Waterbury, Conn. CHARLES B. TAYLOR Shea Theatres, Buffalo, N. Y. TED TESCHNER Colony, Toledo, Ohio FRED TICKELL Capitol, Fort William, Ont., Can. T. O. TABOR, JR. Palace, Athens, Ga.