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 #:
000358
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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"Houses in France are doing capacity business," he observed, and that includes American films as well as French and others. As a power-conservation measure, theatres have to keep closed two days a week, he said. The industry there is producing about 70 films a year as compared with 100 before the war, he said. Mr. Siritzky said he was assured by the Ministry of Justice that his claim to recover the remaining 45 theatres of his 63-house circuit would be settled by June. Eighteen of the former enemy-held houses have already been restored. Mr. Siritzky said he would bring Marcel Carne, French producer, here in 1948 to make a film in Hollywood. Lord Tyrrell, Head of British Censors; Dies Lord Tyrrell of Avon, 80, president of the British Board of Film Censors and a former diplomat, died at his home in London March 14 from bronchial pneumonia. Before retiring from diplomatic service in 1934 he was Ambassador to France. Lord Tyrrell viewed the industry as a powerful educational medium as well as a popular form of entertainment. Soon after his appointment to the censor board in 1935 he warned against the introduction into films of political or religious issues. Bernard Hirsh, 48, Head Of Philadelphia Circuit Bernard Hirsh, 48, acting president of the Hirsh Amusement Company, died March 14 in the Jewish Hospital in that city. He was active in the industry for 35 years, directing a circuit of 23 houses in Arizona before coming to Philadelphia where he and his three brothers operate an independent circuit including the Century and Fairmont theatres. In addition to his three brothers, Harry, Charles and David, he is survived by his wife, Helen; a son and daughter, and four sisters. Funeral services were held in Philadelphia March 17. Howard Wyndham Howard Wyndham, 82, owner of three legitimate stage theatres in London, died at his home Sunday at Welwyn, Hertfordshire, England. 64 MOTION PICTURE HERALD, MARCH 22, 1947