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 #:
000638
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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THIS WEEK the Camera reports: MARY PICKFORD. CHARLES CHAPLIN, MRS. CHAPLIN TOP BILLING FOR CHARLIE. The comedian, turned philosopher, opened his latest, "Monsieur Verdoux", at the Broadway theatre, New York, the evening of April II. Hollywood fanfare accompanied. Some scenes are above. Mr. Chaplin parried the press Monday afternoon in a free-for-all, the details of which are on page 15. Writer, director, star and producer and, through United MRS. GRADWELL SEARS. MR. SEARS. MRS. PAUL N. LAZARUS. JR. Artists partnership, a distributor, Charlie asked special sound for the opening: Altec Lansing's "Voice of the Theatre". Told March 31, the company had the sound system working April 4, shipping projectors from New Jersey, pedestals' from St. Louis and lampho uses and a ton of speakers by air from Hollywood. With Altec operation at peak efficiency, the job was completed on time. WILLIAM GERMAN, of Jules Brulatour, Edward P. Curtis, vice-president of Eastman Kodak, Adolph Zukor and Paul Raibourn, of Paramount, at the motion picture executives luncheon in New York last week, called by Mr. Curtis to plan industry aid for a $2,590,000 Thomas Alva Edison Foundation. Story on page 46. BIRTHDAYS TOGETHER. Mrs. Jack Cohn, left, wife of the Columbia Pictures executive vice-president, and Mary Pickford, partner in United Artists, celebrated birthdays the same day and together in New York last week. Mr. Cohn sits between them at a dinner party in which friends and business associates joined the observance. 10 MOTION PICTURE HERALD, APRIL 19, 1947