Motion Picture Herald (Mar-Apr 1947)

Record Details:

Title:
Motion Picture Herald
Date:
Mar-Apr 1947
Publisher:
[New York, N.Y. : Quigley Pub. Co.]
Volume:
Motion Picture Herald (Mar-Apr 1947)
Leaf #:
00017
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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"Samson's story next' 'I like issues clear' 'Research is fascinating' '/ like heroes' Photos by the Herald CECIL B. DE MILLE, above, Paramount's producerdirector of classic epics, at a 21 Club luncheon in New York last week. VISIT, right. Sale Storm, star of Allied Artists' "It Happened on Fifth Avenue", drops into Monogram's New York exchange. With her are, left, Nat Furst, exchange manager, and, right, Morey Goldstein, general sales manager, and Edward Morey, vice-president. By the Herald SEEING NEW YORK. Max Reinhardt, left, and H. D. Hearn, of Exhibitors' Service, Charlotte, N. C, as they dropped into the Motion Victure Herald office for a chat. Metropolitan Photo SLAINTE! Marna Kennealy, Irish beauty contest winner whom RKO Radio will screen-test, found herself at New York's City Hall the other day, welcomed— and at home. Her Gaelic-speaking welcomers were Mayor William O'Dv/yer, left, and actor Pat O'Brien. EXPLANATION, right. Carol Reed, British director, right, and Martin Quigley, Jr., associate editor of Quigley Publications, at the Universal-International reception tendered Mr. Reed last week at the Hampshire House, New York. Mr. Reed's latest picture is "Odd Man Out". at the By the Herald MOTION PICTURE HERALD, MARCH I, 1947