Motion Picture Herald (Jan-Feb 1945)

Record Details:

Title:
Motion Picture Herald
Date:
Jan-Feb 1945
Publisher:
[New York, N.Y. : Quigley Pub. Co.]
Volume:
Motion Picture Herald (Jan-Feb 1945)
Leaf #:
000344
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:
November 10, 2022
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THIS WEEK the Camera reports CROSSROADS in the Pacific — a pleasant reminiscence for Stanton GrifRs, Red Cross Pacific area commissioner, and Arthur Mayer, deputy commissioner. By coincidence, fortuitous or promotional, the signpost reminds of the Madison Square Garden, of which Mr. Griffis is board chairman, and the Hudson River Boathouse, a reminder redolent of his yachting days. No mention, however, of Paramount, nor of Mr. Mayer's Rialto theatre! By Staff Photogiapli^ MACHINE, for voting. Dr. George Gallup, standing, displayed his Hopkins Electrical Voting Tabulator Monday, i New York. Left, Albert Sindlinger, vice-president of Dr. Gallup's Audience Research Institute, and, right, Joseph Lucas, ARI. FRANK L. McNAMEE, former exhibitor and distributor, lately appointed deputy chairman of the national War Manpower Commission. Mr. McNamee since July, 1943, has been regional director for the WMC, in Philadelphia. Before that he was branch manager for Universal and RKO and a circuit theatre manager. In his new post Mr. McNamee will be second in command to Paul V. McNutt, chairman of the WMC. HARRY HUFFMAN, Denver city manager for Fox Intermountain Theatres, has been named executive vice-chairman of the state's post-war planning commission. He entered the industry 30 years ago. HOLLYWOOD luncheon, right. The screen should become the "living literature" of world planning. Dr. James Shotwell, State Department consultant, told a WAC luncheon in Hollywood. Left to right, Tom Baily, Francis Harmon, Irene Francis, Gladys Percey, Dr. Shotwell, Anne Harvis, Frances Richardson, Miss Shotwell, Thelma Hoover, Dr. Herman Lissauer. Dr. Shotwell will spend a month in Hollywood advising on production of pictures planned for this year for the office of War Information, arranged for by the War Activities Committee. 10 MOTION PICTURE HERALD, FEBRUARY 3, 19