Motion Picture Herald (Jul-Aug 1944)

Record Details:

Title:
Motion Picture Herald
Date:
Jul-Aug 1944
Publisher:
[New York, N.Y. : Quigley Pub. Co.]
Volume:
Motion Picture Herald (Jul-Aug 1944)
Leaf #:
00082
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:
December 07, 2023
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THIS WEEK the Camera reports: HONORED. Lieutenant Colonel Joseph McMicking, right, was chief speaker and guest at a Hollywood luncheon tendered last week by the local WAC. An aide to General Douglas MacArthur, ground commander in the Southwest Pacific, he described how much the industry's 16-mm. free films mean to fighting men. Above, with Colonel McMicking, are John C. Flinn, WAC Hollywood coordinator; Mary McCall, Jr., local WAC chairman, and Jesse Lasky, producer. CONVENTION. Paramount's Canadian sales personnel met last week at Toronto. Above are, seated (left to right), Oscar Morgan, Gordon Lightstone, Charles M. Reagan and Robert M. Gillham; back row (left to right), Bill Kelly, manager, Calgary; Win Barron, sales promotion, Toronto; John Casey, salesman, Winnipeg; Harold Pfaff, salesman, Ontario; Bob Murphy, booker, Ontario; W. J. O'Neill, secretary-treasurer of Paramount Film Service; H. Q. Burns, ad sales, Toronto; David Brickman, Winnipeg; Ambrose Theurer, salesman, Ontario; Russell Simpson, branch manager, Vancouver; Pat Hogan, manager, St. Johns; Jack Hunter, manager, Ontario; Tom Dowbiggin, manager, Montreal; Romeo Goudreau, Bill Young, Montreal. "FUZZY WUZZIES" and Jap plane fragments, Southwest Pacific G.I. Joe Oscars, were awarded Sunday night, in Hollywood, on the radio Army Hour, to Greer Garson, "best actress", Humphrey Bogart, "best actor", and to Jack L. Warner, for "Casablanca", "best picture". By Staff Photographer A LIFE MEMBERSHIP gold card is handed, above, to Father John Boland, right, former New York State Labor Relations Board chairman, by Herman Gelber, president of Local 306, New York projectionists' union. The ceremonies, at the Adelphi theatre, last Thursday, accompanied presentation to the Army of an equipped field ambulance, seen in the background. At the far left, seated, is the other gold card recipient, New York License Commissioner Paul Moss. AT PRC'S fifth annual convention, in New York, last week Leo McCarthy, general sales manager; Lieutenant Commander Bert Kulick, New York franchise holder, and Leon Fromkess, vice-president. ic MOTION PICTURE HERALD, JULY 8, 1944