Motion Picture Herald (Mar-Apr 1944)

Page scan 000750 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 #:
000750
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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Box Office Champions for March Victor Fleming, director A GUY NAMED JOE. Metro-GoldwynMayer. Produced by Everett Riskin. Directed by Victor Fleming. Screenplay by Dalton Tnjmbo. 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, Ward Bond, Van Johnson. Release date, March, 1944. Ray Enrigbt, director GUNG HO! Universal. Produced by Walter Wanger. Directed by Ray Enright. Screenplay by Lucien Hubbard. Based on the story by Lt. W. S. LeFrancois. Additional dialogue by Joseph Hoffman. Director of photography, Milton Krasner. Film editor, Milton Carruth. Cast: Randolph Scott, Grace McDonald, Alan Curtis, Noah Beery, Jr., J. Carrol Naish. Release date, December 31, 1943. Michael Curtiz, director PASSAGE TO MARSEILLE. Warner Brothers. A Hal B. Wallis production. Directed by Michael Curtiz. Screenplay by Casey Robinson and Jack Moffitt. From a novel by Charles Nordhoff and James Norman Hall. Photographed by James Wong Howe. Cast: Humphrey Bogart, Claude Rains, Michele Morgan, Philip Dorn, Sydney Greenstreet, Peter Lorre. Release date, March II, 1944. Edward Ludwig, director THE FIGHTING SEABEES. Republic Pictures. Associate producer, Albert J. Cohen. Directed by Edward Ludwig. Screenplay by Borden Chase and Aeneas MacKenzie. From an original story by Borden Chase. Photographed by William Bradford. Musical score by Walter Scharf. Cast: John Wayne, Susan Hayward, Dennis O'Keefe, William Frawley, Leonid Kinsky. Release date, March 10, 1944. Preston Sturges, director THE MIRACLE OF MORGAN'S CREEK. Paramount. Produced by Preston Sturges. Directed by Preston Sturges from his own adaptation and original story. Cast: Eddie Bracken, Betty Hutton, Diana Lynn, William Demarest, Porter Hall, Emory Parnell, Alan Bridge, Julius Tannen, Victor Potel, Almira Sessions. Release date, Block Three, 1943-44 season. r ■ 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. Musical score prepared by Alfred Newman. Cast: Jennifer Jones, William Eythe, Charles Bickford, Vincent Price, Leej J. Cobb. No release date set. 44 MOTION) PICTURE HERALD, APRIL £9, 1 944