Motion Picture Herald (Mar-Apr 1945)

Page scan 000205 from Motion Picture Herald

Record Details:

Title:
Motion Picture Herald
Date:
Mar-Apr 1945
Publisher:
[New York, N.Y. : Quigley Pub. Co.]
Volume:
Motion Picture Herald (Mar–Apr 1945)
Leaf #:
000205
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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ATLANTA, right, Paramount last week host to southern showmen, at a DaVill luncheon. The affair was in conjunction . n one of a series of company regional r'nfes meetings. In the picture are rles M. Reagan, distribution vice-president; Hairison, Wilby & Kincey circuit neral manager; Gordon Bradley, salesman; | P. Rhodes, Lucas & Jenkins circuit ief booker, and State Senator Mack Jackson, ;> is also the owner and operator of the tend theatre at Alexander City, Alabama. by Staff Photographer RESENTATION. Betty Lou Bandlow, second prize winner i MGM's National Bathing Beauty Contest, is presented 300 in War Bonds by William Ferguson, /GM exploitation director, at ceremonies in the /otion Picture Herald New York office. CONTINUED PRODUCTION, left. Two pictures per year were promised last week, in New York, by Andrew Stone, right, independent producer with United Artists. He is shown at the hotel interview, with Seymour Poe, his eastern representative. Mr. Stone's first in 1945 will be "Petticoat Lane", at approximately $900,000, based on a two-reeler he produced in 1926. His second will be "Panamerican Sensations of 1946", at $1,500,000. Mr. Stone saw many plays in' New York, dickering for some. If the "Panamerican" idea succeeds, and the war ends, there will be "International Sensations" on a yearly basis, according to the producer. CHAMPION box office prod ucer of 1943-44, according to the annual Motion Picture Herald-Fame poll of exhibitors, Henry King, above, examines the special award scroll significant of the honor. Mr. King produces for Twentieth CenturyFox. DIPLOMA OF HONOUR, left. The Award, from Quigley Publications, for the best theatre campaign, during the recent Sixth War Loan, is presented to Lige Brien, right, manager of the Warner Enright theatre in Pittsburgh, by Robert McClintic, Pennsylvania War Finance Committee vice-chairman. Mr. Brien won the 1944 Quigley Grand Award for showmanship, the Silver Plaque. MOTION PICTURE HERALD, MARCH 17, 1945