Motion Picture Herald (Mar-Apr 1944)

Page scan 000363 from Motion Picture Herald

Record Details:

Title:
Motion Picture Herald
Date:
Mar-Apr 1944
Publisher:
[New York, N.Y. : Quigley Pub. Co.]
Volume:
Motion Picture Herald (Mar-Apr 1944)
Leaf #:
000363
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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March 25, 1944 MOTION PICTURE HERALD 49 February Box Office Champions Victor Fleming, director A GUY NAMED JOE: Metro-GoldwynMayer. Produced by Everett Riskin. Directed by Victor Fleming. Screenplay by Dalton Trumbo. Adaptation by Frederick Hazlitt Brennan, from an original story by Chandler Sprague and David Boehm. Photographers, George Folsey and Karl Freund. Cast: Spencer Tracy, Irene Dunne, Van Johnson, Ward Bond, James Gleason. Release date, March, 1944. < Mitchell Leisen, director NO TIME FOR LOVE: Paramount. Associate producer, Fred Kohlmar. Directed by Mitchell Leisen. Screenplay by Claude Binyon. Adaptation by Warren Duff. From a story by Robert Lees and Fred Rinaldo. Director of photography, Charles Lang, Jr. Cast: Claudette Colbert, Fred MacMurray, Ilka Chase, Richard Haydn, Paul McGrath, June Havoc. Release, Block Two. Alfred Hitchcock, director LIFEBOAT: Twentieth CenturyFox. Produced by Kenneth Macgowan. Directed by Alfred Hitchcock. Screenplay by Jo Swerling. Photography by Glen MacWilliams. Technical advisor, Thomas Fitzsimmons. Special effects by Fred Sersen. Music, Hugo W. Friedhofer. Cast: Tallulah Bankhead, William Bendix, Walter Slezak, Mary Anderson, John Hodiak. Release date, January 28, 1944. Robert Florey, director THE DESERT SONG: Warner Brothers. Produced by Robert Buckner. Directed by Robert Florey. Based on a play by Lawrence Schwab, Otto Harbach, Oscar Hammerstein II, Sigmund Romberg and Frank Mandel. Director of photography, Bert Glennon. Cast: Dennis Morgan, Irene Manning, Bruce Cabot, Lynne Overman, Gene Lockhart. Release date, January 29, 1944. Mervyn LeRoy, director MADAME CURIE: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Produced by Sidney Franklin. Directed by Mervyn LeRoy. Screenplay by Paul Osborn and Paul H. Rameau. Based on the book, "Madame Curie", by Eve Curie. Narration spoken by James Hilton. Director of photography, Joseph Ruttenberg. Cast: Greer Garson, Walter Pidgeon, Henry Travers, Albert Basserman. Release date, January-February, 1944. Henry King, director THE SONG OF BERNADETTE: Twentieth Century-Fox. Produced by William Perlberg. Directed by Henry King. Screenplay by George Seaton. From the novel by Franz Werfel. Director of photography, Arthur Miller. Music, Alfred Newman. Cast: Jennifer Jones, William Eythe, Charles Bickford, Vincent Price, Lee J. Cobb. No release date set.