Motion Picture Herald (Mar-Apr 1947)

Page scan 000640 from Motion Picture Herald

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 #:
000640
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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PLANNING the Warner 13-week •sales drive, which begins April 27 — the Chicago meeting of midwestern sales executives. Roy Haines, seated, led the discussions. Standing around the western division manager are Jack Shumow, Chicago branch manager; Harry Seed, midwest district manager; Nat Marcus, Milwaukee manager; Bob Dunbar, Detroit manager; Art Anderson, Minneapolis manager, and William Brumberg, drive captain and field exploitation chief. TESTIMONIAL AT THE MAYFLOWER, in Washington, for Sam Wheeler, newly appointed sales manager of Film Classics under Joseph Bernhard. At the March 31 affair are shown, among many friends and associates, Nelson Bell, Washington Post drama critic; John Allen, MGM district manager; Mr. Wheeler; David Palfreyman, Motion Picture Association, and J. E. Fontaine, Selznick Releasing Organization mid-Atlantic division manager. ARRIVAL in New York, after a studio visit: Ned E. Depinet. RKO Radio Pictures executive vicepresident, and his wife. SOLITUDE AND MEDITATION, away from film business and secular life, were enjoyed by the group above, recently. Led by Frank McManus of the Mullin & Pinanski circuit, the men above, comprising the Catholic Motion Picture Guild Retreat Group of Boston, spent three days at the Jesuit Retreat House at North Andover, Mass., under the direction of Father Leo Riley, S.J. In the picture are Edward Cuddy, James Lydon, Frank McManus, James Connolly, Frank Lydon, Vincent Smithy, Thomas Duane, William Cuddy, William Sullivan, Maurice Cuddy, William Doyle, James Dempsey, William Mulcahy, Thomas Wall, Cliff Shaw, James Wall, Herbert Lydon, Anthony Zissi, Gerry Lydon, Nat Silver, Thomas Fermoyle, Frank Colburn, James Davis, William Hartnett, Frank Serge, Arthur Kennan, Edward Spellman, John Longo, Leonard Dunn, Patrick Gill, Joseph Haley, Daniel Murphy, Loring Hall, Thomas O'Brien, Frank Rahilly, Joseph Rah Illy and Timothy Sheehan. It is a matter for conjecture whether the discussions ever turned to films. (2 MOTION PICTURE HERALD, APRIL 19, 1947