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 #:
000350
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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9 he seeks ends in thundering death. °°UGLAS BLACKLEY , >»'s name but does not win We' brings out confessions at fh« poinf of Q menacing gun. WADE BLACKLEY with MacDONALD WALTERS NESTOR PAIVA • VINCE BARNETT Pioduc&i a«d "Directed WILLIAM BERKE DISTRIBUTED BY SCREEN GUILD PRODUCTIONS. INC. Short Product in First Run Houses NEW YORK— Week of March 17 CAPITOL: Calling on Costa Rico MGM Part-Time Pal MGM A Gun in His Hand MGM Feature: It Happened in Brooklyn MGM CRITERION: Cue Tricks Columbia Feature: Song of Scheherazade Univ.-lnt. GLOBE: Vou're on Education . . . Warner Bros. Feature: The Red House United Artists HOUVWOOD: American Album of Sports Warner Bros. Rabbit Transit Warner Bros. Feature: Nora Prentiss Warner Bros. PALACE: Campus Boom RKO Radio Feature: Sinbad the Sailor RKO Radio RIALTO: Queens of the Court ... .Paramount Stork Crazy Paramount Feature: Dangerous Millions 20th Cent.-Fox RIVOLI: G.I. Hobbies Paramount A Scout with the Gout Paramount Sweet and Low Paramount Feature: Blaze of Noon Paramount ROXT: Beanstalk Jack.. 20th Cent.-Fox Fashion Means Business fMOTJ 20th-Fox Historic Capetown 20th Cent.-Fox Feature: Boomerang 20th Cent.-Fox STRAND: Birth of a Notion Warner Bros. Saddle Up Warner Bros. Feature: Pursued Warner Bros. WINTER GARDEN: Miniature Musico/.Universo/ Feature: Stairway to Heaven Univ.-lnt. CHICAGO— Week of March 17 GARRICK: Sure Cures MGM Feature: The Beginning or the End MGM GRAND: Kingdom of Plastics Bondy Feature: Sinbad, the Sailor RKO Radio ORIENTAL: Fowl Brawl Columbia Arrow Magic. Warner Bros. Feature: Apache Rose Republic ROOSEVELT: Knight for a Day . . . RKO-Disney Feature: Pursued Warner Bros. STATE-LAKE: Cat Fishing MGM Feature: The Yearling MGM UNITED ARTISTS: The American Cop (March of Time) 20th Cent.-Fox Feature: The Perfect Marriage Paramount India May Use Coast Facilities Indian film production, stimulated 'by the impending withdrawal of the British from India, may utilize Hollywood studio facilities under a plan announced in New Yorklast week by Vajay Bhatt, president of Prakash Pictures, one of India's leading producers. Mr. Bhatt is going to the coast to seek support for his project. The picture he would like to make deals with the life of Buddha and would be in Technicolor. The script, in blank verse, and set designs are all ready. The main characters would be brought over from India. The film would either be made in a twolanguage version or would be dubbed, depending on advice received by Mr. Bhatt on the coast. Background would be shot in India. Mr. Bhatt brought with him three Indian pictures and now is negotiating for their American distribution. The most important is "Ram Rajya," based on a mythological theme, which ran 87 weeks in Bombay. It is the first Indian picture ever seen by Mahatma Ghandi. The other two films are titled "Bharat Milap," also a mythological theme, and "Vikramaditya," based on an historical event. All will be cut for U. S. showing as they run from 11,000 to 13,000 feet. , India has about 100 film producers who put on an average yearly total of about 300 pictures. HOME OFFICE: 346 S. La Brea, Hollywood, California Foreign Dept., 723 7th Avenue, New York City Fifty-City Premiere Set For RKO's "Trail Street" As the spearhead for a 50-city opening for RKO's "Trail Street," the picture will be given its world premiere at the Tucker and Plaza theatres in Liberal, Kan., March 25. The picture, which star$ Randolph Scott, has Liberal as its locale. "Egg and I" Set for Music Hall Opening Universal-International's "The Egg and I" starring Claudette Colbert and Fred MacMurray, has been scheduled for Radio City Music Hall to follow "The Late George Apley," the next attraction, according to G. S. Eyssell, Music Hall head. Hughes Amends Complaint Howard Hughes, who filed a $5,000,000 triple-damage anti-trust suit against the Motion Picture Association when it withdrew the Production Code Administration seal from "The Outlaw" last Tuesday filed an amended complaint alleging that damages had increased to $7,500,000 since the withdrawal of the seal. WILL PURCHASE Or Lease Individual or Chain of Theatres showing satisfactory operation. Also consider purchase of building in which theatre is located. Financing available. Quick action on first reply. PHILIP LEVIT REALTOR 39 S. LaSALLE STREET CHICAGO 3, ILLINOIS References if desired 56 MOTION PICTURE HERALD, MARCH 22, 1947