Motion Picture Herald (May-Jun 1944)

Page scan 00095 from Motion Picture Herald

Record Details:

Title:
Motion Picture Herald
Date:
May-Jun 1944
Publisher:
[New York, N.Y. : Quigley Pub. Co.]
Volume:
Motion Picture Herald (May-Jun 1944)
Leaf #:
00095
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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PREMIERE of W. R. Frank's "The Private Life of Dr. Paul Joseph Goebbels" was in Mr. Frank's Orpheum theatre, Minneapolis. The trade must wait for showings elsewhere. Above, in the lobby, are: Paul Andor, who plays the star role; Lou Golden, theatre manager; Claudia Drake, feminine lead; Mr. Frank. Dr. Goebbels was unable to attend because of business pressure. JACK CHALMAN, publicity (director for the Interstate Circuit |n San Antonio, has been inducted I'nto the Navy. He was in oublicity 23 years. THE ASSOCIATED Motion Picture Advertisers, New York, has elected new officers. At the right, David Bader, secretary; Jacques Kopfstein, treasurer; Martin Starr, president; Vincent Trotta, retiring president; James Zabin, reelected vicepresident. The elections were at the Hotel Piccadilly. • , * ' By Staff Photographer A CHECK for $536,918, from New York theatres for the March of Dimes, was presented Tuesday to Basil O'Connor, National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis president, by Fred Schwartz. The watchers are David Weinstock, Samuel Rinzler, Oscar Doob, Commissioner D. Walker Wear, Max A. Cohen, Charles C. Moskdwitz, Harry Brandt, and Leo Brecher. IN HOLLYWOOD, at the motion picture industry advance gifts dinner of the United Jewish Welfare Fund, are: Charles Brown, chairman; Walter Wanger, chairman, film division; Rabbi Barnett Brickner, Mrs. Waitstill Sharp, David O. Selznick, United Artists producer-partner and head of Vanguard Films, Inc., and Harry Cohn, president of Columbia Pictures. MOTION PICTURE HERALD, MAY 13, 1944