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 #:
000639
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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DEMONSTRATION, at Philadelphia, of rapid film processing for television. Some guests, above, were Emerson Yorke, producer; Donald Hyndman, Eastman Kodak eastern film division manager; Paul Mowrey, American Broadcasting Co. television director; R. V. Tooke, Philco; Robert O'Connor, United Air Lines. PRIZE, at the annual Texas Variety Club golf tournament, at Brook Hollow Country Club, Dallas. It is presented by chief barker William O'Donnell, left, and dough guy Harold Schwartz, right, to Raymond Willie. SO THERE WOULD BE NO MISTAKE about the subject under discussion, the scene at the right was contrived last week, in New York, as Loew circuit and Selznick Releasing Organization publicity and exploitation representatives put heads together. Seated are Ted Baldwin and Robert Gilham, SRO, and Edward Dowden, Ernest Emerling and Anna Elmer of Loew's. Standing are Frank McNamara, SRO, and Jerry Sager, Ann Bontempo, Bob Nashwick, Peter McCarty, Saul Handwerger, Dan Terrell, Carl Fishman, Teddy Arnow, Howard Kurtz, Russ Grant, Leroy Rubin, Paula Gould, Bob O'Brien, Jerry Levine, of Loew's. THE SUBJECT was advertising, as Universal-International and J. Arthur Rank advertising and sales executives met in the Hotel Astor, New York, last week to plan coming campaigns. Above, Maurice Bergman, third from left, eastern advertising and publicity director, is shown with Fred Meyers, William A. Scully, vice-president, and C. J. Feldman, A. J. OKeefe, Al Horwits, Henry Linet. At the right, Mr. Bergman is seen with Jock Lawrence, Bernard Kranze and William Heineman, representing Rank distribution. CONGRATULATIONS, right, from Jennifer Jones, star of "Duel in the Sun", to Edward E. Watts, right, new president of the Travelers' Aid Society, elected last week at the 42nd annual meeting in New York. David W. Haynes, a director of the society, looks on. Miss Jones was guest of honor at the meeting. UEL IN THE SUN By the Herald ID** / «'H T>ufi • 9' >~ MOTION PICTURE HERALD, APRIL 19, 1947