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 #:
00092
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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12 MOTION PICTURE HERALD July 10, 1943 BOMBING BY STARS. Every plane of the RO.A.F. "Lion Squadron," now bombing Germany, bears the name of an MGM star. Above, at the Canadian squadron's English base, Sam Eckman, Jr., MGM's managing director in Great Britain, presents a bronze lion to the squadron. INAUGURATING Philadelphia theatres' intensified copper collection, Mayor Bernard Samuels contributed his personal copper ash tray. Above are George Gomperts, 20th-Fox; Manny Heller, managers' committee; Henry Friedman, drive co-chairman; Mayor Samuels; Mel Koff, Derby Theatre; Warner Heldeman, salvage committee; Bob Lynch, MGM branch manager; Ray Schwartz, drive co-chairman. NEW MANAGER of the RKO Grand, Columbus, Ohio, is Carl Harold Siegel, 14 years with the company. Mr. Siegel started as page boy, has worked in 43 houses, 14 of them in New York. He was graduated from Columbia University's school of architecture. SERVICE. WAAC corporal and WAVE yeoman Margaret Snyder and Ruth McCabe, who were cashiers at the Norshor Theatre, Duluth, pose with manager Earl Long, during furlough visit. R. J. ODONNELL, Variety national chief barker, during his visit to Memphis on the copper salvage drive, poses with E. J. Meeman, editor of the Memphis Press-Sc/mitar, beside the Variety Club Humanitarian Award won last year by the Memphis Tent. TWENTY years ago Roy Tash, Associated Screen News Montreal photographer, used this Bell & Howell camera to photograph Mary Pickford for the newsreels on a visit to Canada. The reunion pictured took place on her last visit.