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 #:
000736
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: ON THE SET of producer Hunt Stromberg's "Personal Column" — United Artists sales, advertising, and publicity executives, and their host, during their recent Hollywood visit. Standing are Moe Dudelson, J. J. Unger, Mr. Stromberg, Clayton Eastman, Fred Jack, George Ornstein, Rud Lohrenz, W. E. Callaway, Tom Waller, Paul N. Lazarus, Jr., and Maury Orr. Kneeling and seated, Robert Goldfarb, Howard LeSieur, Jack Ellis, Mori Krushen, Edward M. Schnitzer, Lucille Ball, Charles S. Chaplin, George Sanders C. W. Allen, T. E, Laird. Metropolitan Photo IN NEW YORK, at the luncheon for Michael Hoffay, former RKO foreign publicity director: Alex Faulkner, London Daily Telegraph; William Albert, Sidney Bulletin; Mr. Hoffay; Randal Haymanson, Australian Newspaper Service; Henry Currie, Sydney Mirror; E. J. Tait, Tait Enterprises. Harold Stein ROBERT S. TAPLINGER has succeeded B. P. Schulberg as vice-president in charge of advertising and publicity for Enterprise Pictures. Mr. Taplinger has been Warner studio publicity director, Columbia Pictures executive assistant to the president, and public relations counsel. IN OKLAHOMA CITY, some visitors to the Motion Picture Theatre Owners of Oklahoma convention at the Skirvin Hotel last week: standing, C. E. ("Doc") Cook, KansasMissouri Theatres Association secretary; George Baker, a member; R. ("Dick") Biechele, a director; Leon Bamberger, of RKO Radio Pictures, and, seated, Homer Strowig, KMTA president, and Fred Wehrenberg, president of the MPTOA. SWEARING IN, left. As William T. Powers, Twentieth CenturyFox general attorney, was sworn in Tuesday in New York as Supreme Court Judge, Second District. Watching are Spyros Skouras, 20th-Fox head, and Mrs. Powers. Newsplctures 10 MOTION PICTURE HERALD, DECEMBER 21, 1946