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 #:
000334
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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78 MOTION PICTURE HERALD July 24, I 943 ROUND TABLE VISITORS MAURICE CREW has been appointed manager of the Tri-States Paramount theatre, at Waterloo, la., replacing Kermit Carr, who goes into the Army. Everett Peterson, formerly manager of the circuit's Uptown, in Des Moines, has replaced Crew at the Strand, in Waterloo, while George W. Lawson, former assistant manager at the Paramount, has gone to the Uptown. MRS. GLENN SCHWARTZ is being transferred to succeed her husband as manager of the State theatre, in Elkhart, Ind. He is going into the Army. JAMES J. KELLY has been named relief manager for the RKO-Paramount-Comerford pool of five houses, in Rochester. He was formerly with the Kellet circuit, in Oneida. RALPH PORTER is the new assistant manager to J. E. M. Curley, at the Ritz theatre, in Albany, N. Y., succeeding Ray Arnold. E. M. OROWITZ, Hollywood publicist who recently joined the Varbalow theatre circuit, has been appointed film booker for the chain, covering a string of houses in Camden and the Southern New Jersey territory. DAVE PERKINS has succeeded Vincent Aldert as manager of the Paramount theatre, in Brattleboro, Vt. The latter has been inducted into the Army. ALFRED SIMON Ts now house and assistant manager of RKO's Boston theatre, Boston. BRUCE GODCHAUX has been made manager of the Ridge theatre, in Chicago. HAPPY BIRTHDAY July 26th David Kaplan Arthur L. Reuter Harry Hofmann David A. Titleman W. F. Borns Edward Ornstein James Estes Juanita Jones Larry Green 27th Waldo Chandler Samuel Goldman Forrest Justus Peter Panagos Harry Margolesky Bud Kornblite 28th Verne E. Mclntyre John J. Madden Leonore Pierce Allen E. Gardner Harold M. Lissner Robert H. Page L. C. Lompo James W. Dooley Paul Frost July 29th George C. Meeser John Heggie Ralph L.Tully Benjamin De Dici Herman Clayton Jack Eugene James S. Taylor 30th Frank S. Mickley C. Ervine Stone Frederick D. King Jack Fields Ralph N. Goodoll Vaughn L. Harmon Jae Rollins 31st Bob Sprowl Herman M.Addison August 1st A. H. Cohen Benjamin Feldman J. G. Haney James Snyder C. Hays Foster David Schaefer Los Pugsley Albert A. Sack All Photos by Staff Photographer Al O'Camp, RKO Pictures Mr. and Mrs. Murray Lafayette enjoy a hearty laugh, field representative in Seattle Murray is with Warner Bros, and manages the Haven and Portland. theatre at Olean, N. Y. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Biederman from Kansas City. Harry is manager at the Fox-Isis theatre, where G. S. Eyssel, director of the Radio City Music Hall, started. Visiting member from Waverly, Mass., is Max Silverwatch of Warners' Strand. Vincent Aldert, an active member from the Paramount, Brattleboro, Vermont, calls to bid adieu as he leaves for service with Uncle Sam. MEL CONHEIM, formerly manager of the Warner Strand theatre, Albany, and recently transferred to the Lincoln theatre, Troy, is now managing Warner's Diana, at Medina, N. Y. JOSEPH KLEIN becomes manager of the Crown theatre, in New London, Conn. BEN SEIGEL is back at the Whalley theatre, in New Haven, after seeing active service in the Pacific. JACK GOLDMAN, former manager of Warner's Keith theatre, in Philadelphia, has been named manager of the circuit's Victoria theatre, also a dowtown house, replacing Mickey Kipple, who left to join a theatre circuit in New York. HENRY KLAUS, former assistant manager at the M & P Paramount theatre, in Boston, has been promoted to manager of the M & P theatre. Burt Sanders, formerly of the M & P Shawmut theatre, Boston, is now manager of the circuit's Humboldt.