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 #:
000438
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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THIS WEEK the Camera reports 20TH CENTURY-FOX TO CELEBRATE THIRTY YEARS old in April. Twentieth CenturyFox will celebrate the birthday with International ceremonies and a sales drive. The celebration was announced Monday by Tom Connors, vice-president in charge of sales. He has named Herman Wobber, coast division manager, drive leader. In the picture above, at the New York exchange, Mr. Wobber, meeting with local personnel, is seen, at the table, with top executives. Left to right, William Kupper, general sales manager; A. W. Smith, Jr., eastern sales manager, and Mr. Connors. The Fox Corporation began producing in 1915, at the Fort Lee studio; then opened a second studio in New York; later, it shifted production to California. It merged with 20th Century Productions in 1935; Joseph M. Schenck and Darryl F. Zanuck took the reins, and many new stars arrived. EXHIBITORS HONORED by Governor. Governor Ellis Arnall, of Georgia, center, with four of the 75 showmen to whom he presented "medals of honor" for Sixth War Loan effort. R. E. Martin, Oscar C. Lam, J. H. Thompson, and Willis Davis flank the Governor. Mr. Thompson was Sixth War Loan chairman for the state of Georgia during the most recent of the Bond drives. FRANK BORZAGE, who will direct and produce for Republic Productions, under a long term contract signed last we« He will have his own unit, for "de luxe productions", and in it will have complete authority. He is now directing for RKO Radio. By Staff Photogra COLONEL KENNETH CLARK, fo rmer MPPDA information director, now with General M. Clark's press relations staff in the Mediterranean. Colonel Clark visited New York last we CELEBRATING the Motion Picture HERALD-Fam^ poll's selection of James Mason as the British exhibitors' top 1944 money-making star: Robert Graham, Peter Burnup, Mrs. Sydney Box, Hope Burnup, Sydn Box, producer; Mr. Mason, Mrs. Mason. The party was at the Riverside studio, Hammersmith. 10 MOTION PICTURE HERALD, FEBRUARY 10, l<