Motion Picture Herald (Mar-Apr 1945)

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 #:
000368
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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FIRST LIEUTENANT L Ward Farrar, former showman and publicist, is now supervising the photo section at headquarters of the 13th Air Force, Philippines. He was formerly a Loew's theatre manager and Twentieth CenturyFox publicist. THIRTY SIX YEARS in production were marked last month by Irving Cummings, right. Currently director of "The Dolly Sisters", Mr. Cummings can cast back to the days of 1909 when, after being a juvenile and then a star on Broadway, he made his film debut as leading man in the Pat Powers one-reel thriller, "At the Window". Some of his bigger pictures, as a director: "My Gal Sal", "Sweet Rosie O'Grady", "Lillian Russell". By Staff Photographer PARTY. Gertrude Merriam, Managers' Round Table associate editor, and Howard Ernstthal, cotton merchant, at the party given them by film industry associates the evening of March 21, at the New Amsterdam theatre, New York. They were married Sunday. SCREENING. Among the prominent exhibitors and circuit heads who attended the recent screening of Columbia's "A Song to Remember" at the Embassy theatre, Johnstown, Pa., were, left to right: Thomas Bello and his son, Capitol theatre, Nanty Glo, Pa.; Harry Finney, Hollywood theatre, Johnstown; Lee Conrad, Embassy theatre, Johnstown; Adolph Farkas, Rialto and Lyric theatres, Johnstown; Leonard Allis Rivoli theatre, Ebensburg; Bud Allison, Rivoli theatre, Altoona; R. M. Wolheim, Columbia salesman; Ray Allison, president and general manager, Allison Circuit. PRESENTATION. James O. Cherry, Interstate Circuit Dallas manager, and local March of Dimes chairman, presents a check to Fred Florence, National Foundation for Infant Paralysis county chairman, for $13,941, representing theatre collections. By Staff Photographer COLONEL Augustin G. Rudd, back at his desk in Newsreel Theatres, Inc., New York. Colonel Rudd has been released, with a Certificate of Commendation for "meritorious conduct". He is executive vice-president of the newsreel circuit. CONCLUDING THE DEAL. Charles Julian, RKO Radio Pictures manager for India, and Keki Modi, managing director of Western India Theatres, Ltd., as they agree on the contract covering the film company's entire 1945 product. Mr. Julian is holding the contract. 12 MOTION PICTURE HERALD, MARCH 31, 19'