Motion Picture Herald (Jul-Aug 1944)

Page scan 000588 from Motion Picture Herald

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 #:
000588
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 Jul Robert Siodmak, director CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY: Universal. Produced by Felix Jackson. Associate producer, Frank Shaw. Directed by Robert Siodmak. From the novel by Somerset Maugham. Written for the screen by Herman Mankiewicz. Director of photography, Woody Bredell. Cast: Deanna Durbin, Gene Kelly, Richard Whorf, Dean Harens, Gladys George, Gale Sondergaard. Release date, June 30, 1944. Leo McCarey, producer-director GOING MY WAY: Paramount. Produced by Leo McCarey. Directed by Leo McCarey. Screenplay by Frank Butler and Frank Cavett. Story by Leo McCarey. Director of photography, Lionel Lindon. Art direction, Hans Dreier and William Flannery. Cast: Bing Crosby, Rise Stevens, Barry Fitzgerald, James Brown, Jean Heather. Release date: special release, no date set. MR. SKEFFINGTON: Warner Bros. Produc by Philip G. and Julius J. Epstein. Dired by Vincent Sherman. Screenplay by Julius and Philip G. Epstein, from a story by "Eli beth". Music by Franz Waxman. Pho graphed by Ernest Haller. Film editor, Rai Dawson. Cast: Bette Davis, Claude Rai Walter Abel, Richard Waring, George C< louris. Release date, August 12, 1944. t tit Hi Ijic as k Cecil B. DeMille, producer-director THE STORY OF DR. WASSELL: Paramount. Produced by Cecil B. DeMille. Directed by Cecil B. DeMille. Directors of photography, Victor Milner and William Snyder. Technicolor director, Natalie Kalmus. Special photographic effects, Gordon Jennings. Music score, Victor Young. Cast: Gary Cooper, Laraine Day, Signe Hasso, Dennis O'Keefe, Carol Thurston, Carl Esmond. Release date, December 22, 1944. Richard Thorpe, director TWO GIRLS AND A SAILOR: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Produced by Joe Pasternak. Directed by Richard Thorpe. Original screenplay by Richard Connell and Gladys Lehman. Musical direction, Georgie Stoll. Vocal arrangements, Kay Thompson. Dance direction, Sammy Lee. Director of photography, Robert Surtees. Cast: Van Johnson, June Allyson, Gloria De Haven. Release date, 4th week in June, 1944. THE WHITE CLIFFS OF DOVER: Me Goldwyn-Mayer. Produced by Sidney Frar lin. Directed by Clarence Brown. Screenpl by Claudine West, Jan Lustig, Geof> Froeschel. Based on the poem, "The Whi Cliffs", by Alice Duer Miller. Additior poetry for picture by Robert Nathan. Dire tor of photography, George Folsey. Ca Irene Dunne, Alan Marshal, Roddy McDow Release date, June, 1944. 44 MOTION PICTURE HERALD, AUGUST 19,