Motion Picture Herald (Nov-Dec 1946)

Record Details:

Title:
Motion Picture Herald
Date:
Nov-Dec 1946
Publisher:
[New York, N.Y. : Quigley Pub. Co.]
Volume:
Motion Picture Herald (Nov-Dec 1946)
Leaf #:
000518
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 03, 2022
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THIS WEEK the Camera reports: Gaston Longet WITH THE SIAMESE IN HOLLYWOOD: The ex-regent of Siam, Nai Pridi Banomyong, and his wife are welcomed to the RKO studio. Left to right, foreground, Jimmy Stewart, Mrs. Banomyong, the ex-regent, and Robert Riskin, producer. It was the Siamese's first visit to a picture studio. He is his country's "Senior Statesman". PLANNING THE CAMPAIGN which will enable the product of this country to play more foreign screens and particularly those which lately have been "difficult" — the scene at the six-day conference in the Hotel George Fifth, Paris, as managers and delegates from five countries where the Motion Picture Export Association operates met. Left to right around the table are Louis Kanturek, European supervisor; Gerald Mayer, Motion Picture Association associate manager; Harold Smith, MPA associate manager in Europe; Irving Maas, MPEA vice-president and general manager; Dr. Nicholas Palugyay, Hungary; Morris Goodman, Germany; Wolfgang Wolf, Austria; Arnold C. Childhouse, Holland. The Export Association executives from the United States, after concluding deliberations in Paris, undertook a tour of the important capitals of Europe, seeking first-hand information on the problems facing the American industry. IT RAINED when they came to Great Britain. Mr. and Mrs. Walt Disney, on the first leg of a visit which included Eire. Mr. Disney will produce a picture about Leprechauns. Marcel Stemberger ARTHUR LOEW, Loew's International Corporation president, has returned to New York headquarters after a European tour. In Paris, before leaving, he was promoted from Chevalier to Officer of the Legion of Honor. JACK OSSERMAN, left, returned last week to New York from Latin-America, where he is RKO sales supervisor. By The Herald 10 MOTION PICTURE HERALD, DECEMBER 7, 1946