Motion Picture Herald (May-Jun 1947)

Record Details:

Title:
Motion Picture Herald
Date:
May-Jun 1947
Publisher:
[New York, N.Y. : Quigley Pub. Co.]
Volume:
Motion Picture Herald (May-Jun 1947)
Leaf #:
000658
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:
August 29, 2022
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Studios Honor McClafferty for Legion Service Hollywood Bureau The Very Reverend Monsignor John J. McClafferty was guest of honor at an industry luncheon at the MGM studios in Culver City, Cal., Monday in appreciation of his eleven years of service as national executive secretary of the Legion of Decency. Sunday the degree of Honorary Doctor of Laws was conferred upon him by Loyola Universtiy at the graduation exercises in Los Angeles. The exercises also signalized Msgr. McClafferty's appointment as dean of the National School of Social Service at Catholic University in Washington, D. C, and were followed by a receptoin in his honor by the Loyola faculty. Reverend John Devlin, west coast executive secretary of the Legion, and Reverend Edward J. Whelan, president of Loyola, were hosts. Honored by Industry Leaders The MGM studio luncheon was attended by more than 300 industry leaders and screen stars. Singling out Martin Quigley for "special thanks," the Monsignor praised the cooperative attitude of industry, church leaders and the Legoin's Catholic, Protestant and Jewish constituency in the course of his llj^ years as the Legion's executive secretary. Addressing the luncheon gathering and citing the. cooperation accorded the Legion by the press, Msgr. McClafferty said: "In this connection I wish to single out for my special thanks for his professionally journalistic and unique contributions to the problem of morality and decency in pictures Mr. Martin Quigley. He has known our problem at first hand, and he has a keen, sensitive perception of objective morality and of the moral effects of motion pictures. "There has been a distinct improvement since motion pictures began observing the Production Code," the Monsignor said. "The film industry is now thoroughly aware of its responsibility as a medium touching the lives of people everywhere, and we can be sure the highest moral and social standards will be observed in the production of pictures." "Affects All Mankind" In defining decency as signifying "more than mere propriety in manner, dress and conduct," Msgr. McClafferty continued : "That which is truly decent is that which becomes, befits and is suited to the dignity of the human person. "Like atomic energy which affects the race for generations, the light of the motion picture, with its great persuasive power, also affects mankind for generations. Therefore, we must control the light of the mo Box Office Champions for The Month of May DUEL IN THE SUN (Selznick Releasing Organization) Produced by David O. Selznick. Directed by King Vidor. Screenplay by Mr. Selznick. Suggested by a novel by Niven Busch. Technicolor director, Natalie Kalmus. Music written and conducted by Dimitri Tiomkin. Cast: Jennifer Jones, Joseph Cotten, Gregory Peck, Lionel Barrymore, Lillian Gish, Walter Huston, Herbert Marshall, Charles Bickford. Release date, April 17, 1947. THE EGG AND I (U niver sal-Inter national ) Produced and written for the screen by Chester Erskine and Fred F. Finklehoffe. Adapted from the novel by Betty MacDonald. Directed by Chester Erskine. Photography, Milton Krasner. Music by Fred Skinner. Orchestrations, David Tamkin. Cast: Claudette Colbert, Fred MacMurray, Marjorie Main, Louise Allbritton, Percy Kilbride, Richard Long, Billy House. Release date not set, but playing pre-release engagements. THE FARMER'S DAUGHTER (RKO Radio) Produced by Dore Schary. Directed by H. C. Potter. Written for the screen by Allen Rivkin and Laura Kerr. Suggested from a play by Juhni Tervatae. Photography, Milton Krasner. Music by Leigh Harline. Musical director, C. Bakaleinikoff. Cast: Loretta Young, Joseph Cotten, Ethel Barrymore, Charles Bickford, Rose Hobart, Rhys Williams. Release date, February 18, 1947. THE JOLSON STORY C Columbia ) Produced by Sidney Skolsky. Directed by Alfred E. Green. Associate producer, Gordon Griffith. Screenplay by Stephen Longstreet; adaptation by Harry Chandler and Andrew Solt. Musical director, M. W. Stoloff. Director of photography, Joseph Walker. Technicolor director, Natalie Kalmus. Cast: Larry Parks, Evelyn Keyes, William Demarest, Bill Goodwin, Ludwig Donath. Release date, January, 1947. [Champion for the fourth month."] THE MACOMBER AFFAIR (United Artists) Produced by Benedict Bogeaus and Casey Robinson. Directed by Zoltan Korda. Screenplay by Casey Robinson and Seymour Bennett. Adapted from Ernest Hemingway's "The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber." Photography, Karl Struss. Cast: Gregory Peck, Joan Bennett, Robert Preston, Reginald Denny, Carl Harbord. Release date, March 21, 1947. THE YEARLING ( Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ) Produced by Sidney Franklin. Directed by Clarence Brown. Screenplay by Paul Osborn. Adapted from Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings' Pulitzer Prize novel. Photography by Charles Rosher, Leonard Smith and Arthur Arling. Technicolor director, Natalie Kalmus. Cast: Gregory Peck, Jane Wyman, Claude Jarman, Jr., Chill Wills, Clem Bevans. Release date, May, 1947. tion picture ... so that its effects will be beneficial instead of destructive to the minds, souls and bodies of the people of the world," he said. Attending the luncheon were Father Devlin, Father Whelan, Louis B. Mayer, the host, Donald Nelson, Harry Warner, Samuel Goldwyn, Y. Frank Freeman, Henry Ginsberg, Dore Schary, Ben Thau, Edward Mannix, Sam Katz, Al Lichtman, James K. McGuinness, J. J. Cohn, Joseph Pasternak, Arthur Hornblow, Sidney Franklin, Edward Arnold and others. Acquires Virginia Theatre The Pitts-Roth Theatre Corporation, Fredericksburg, Va., and Washington, D. C., has added the Shannon theatre, formerly the Bryant, North Emporia, Va.. to its circuit. Schoenstadt Suit Hearing Set for Chicago July 10 Hearing of the $6,750,000 suit filed by the Schoenstadt circuit on behalf of the Piccadilly theatre has been set for July 10 before Master in Chancery C. A. McDonald in Chicago. The major distributors and Balaban and Katz and Warners Theatres are defendants. Club Tournament Held More than 100 participated Monday in the annual golf tournament sponsored by the Albany, N. Y., Variety Club at the Colonie Country Club. Henry Blatner, theatre architect, won low gross, and Ralph Ripps, MGM salesman, was runner up. Irwin Ullman, son of Saul Ullman, general upstate manager for Fabian, won the driving contest. 26 MOTION PICTURE HERALD, JUNE 21, 1947