Motion Picture Herald (May-Jun 1946)

Page scan 000160 from Motion Picture Herald

Record Details:

Title:
Motion Picture Herald
Date:
May-Jun 1946
Publisher:
[New York, N.Y. : Quigley Pub. Co.]
Volume:
Motion Picture Herald (May-Jun 1946)
Leaf #:
000160
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
Something wrong or inaccurate about this page? Let us Know!

Thanks for helping us continually improve the quality of the Lantern search engine for all of our users! We have millions of scanned pages, so user reports are incredibly helpful for us to identify places where we can improve and update the metadata.

Please describe the issue below, and click "Submit" to send your comments to our team! If you'd prefer, you can also send us an email to mhdl@commarts.wisc.edu with your comments.




We use Optical Character Recognition (OCR) during our scanning and processing workflow to make the content of each page searchable. You can view the automatically generated text below as well as copy and paste individual pieces of text to quote in your own work.

Text recognition is never 100% accurate. Many parts of the scanned page may not be reflected in the OCR text output, including: images, page layout, certain fonts or handwriting.

\ / WANT YOU TO MEET A BEAUTIFUL MUSICAL! "DO YOU LOVE ME" is one of the biggest of the big attractions that have made 20th CenturyFox musicals an industry tradition. It has youth, beauty and comedy. Its songs-"Do You Love Me," "I Didn't Mean A Word I Said," ''Moonhght Propaganda" and "As If I Didn't Have Enough On My Mind"— will be hits by the time the picture opens in the key runs. Maureen O'Hara has never been more beautiful — and her performance is outstanding. Dick Haymes' singing and romancing surpass his work in ''State Fair." And Harry James and his orchestra give a surprise performance that will attract many new followers. The extravagant predictions I made for "Leave Her To Heaven"— which have all come true— I now unhesitatingly repeat for this picture which will unquestionably rank with 20th's top Technicolor musical hits. (7 TOM CONNORS Vice-President in Charge of Sales MAUREEN O'HARA • DICK HAYMES • HARRY JAMES in "DO YOU LOVE ME" In TECHNICOLOR with Reginald Gardiner, Richard Gaines, Stanley Prager and Horry James' Music Makers • Directed by GREGORY RATOFF Produced by GEORGE JESSEL • Screen Play by Robert Eflis and Helen Logan • Based on a Story by Bert Granet Dances Staged by Seymour Felix • Additional Dialogue by Dorothy Bennett • Music and Lyrics by: Jimmy McHugh, Harold Adamson; Herbert Magidson, Matty Malneck; Horry Ruby; Harry James; Lionel Newman and Charles Henderson