Motion Picture Herald (Nov-Dec 1948)

Record Details:

Title:
Motion Picture Herald
Date:
Nov-Dec 1948
Publisher:
[New York, N.Y. : Quigley Pub. Co.]
Volume:
Motion Picture Herald (Nov-Dec 1948)
Leaf #:
000113
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
Something wrong or inaccurate about this page? Let us Know!

Thanks for helping us continually improve the quality of the Lantern search engine for all of our users! We have millions of scanned pages, so user reports are incredibly helpful for us to identify places where we can improve and update the metadata.

Please describe the issue below, and click "Submit" to send your comments to our team! If you'd prefer, you can also send us an email to mhdl@commarts.wisc.edu with your comments.




We use Optical Character Recognition (OCR) during our scanning and processing workflow to make the content of each page searchable. You can view the automatically generated text below as well as copy and paste individual pieces of text to quote in your own work.

Text recognition is never 100% accurate. Many parts of the scanned page may not be reflected in the OCR text output, including: images, page layout, certain fonts or handwriting.

FOR GREAT BOX OFFICE THE WORLD OVER, Walter Wanger's Tremendous saga of the Southwest's black gold empire! TULSA Co/or by TECHNICOLOR Sforrmg SUSAN HAYWARD, ROBERT PRESTON & PEDRO ARMENDARIZ ii RICHARD BASEHART & SCOTT BRADY HE WALKED BY NIGHT Savage TRUTH . . . Stronger than Fiction! • PAUL HENREID & JOAN BENNETT in the thrilling romantic drama "HOLLOW TRIUMPH" The raw, naked, terrifyingly true story of a prison break! "CANON CITY" • HEDY LAMARR & ROBERT CUMMINGS in the riotous comedy "LET'S LIVE A LITTLE" A United California production II Walter Wanger's Colossal spectacle of French Bastille days! REIGN OF TERROR Starring ROBERT CUMMINGS RICHARD BASEHART & ARLENE DAHL ii THE BIG CAT ii ii Color by TECHNICOLOR Great outdoors drama with PEGGY ANN GARNER, LON McCALLISTER, PRESTON FOSTER & SKIP HOMEIER • JOAN LESLIE, JAMES CRAIG & JACK OAKIE NORTHWEST STAMPEDE Tremendous outdoors spectacle in glowing CINECOLOR 91 II RED STALLION in the ROCKIES in glov/ing CINECOLOR GREAT PRODUCTIONS FROM THE J. ARTHUR RANK ORGANISATION FOR FOREIGN DISTRIBUTION IN LATIN AMERICA ONLY: 'OLYMPIC GAMES OF 1948' Color by TECHNICOLOR "BLANCHE FURY" Color by TECHNICOLOR "SARABAND" Color by TECHNICOLOR "THE RED SHOES" Color by TECHNICOLOR 'ALICE IN WONDERLAND' In ANSCO color "SCOTT OF THE ANTARCTIC" Color by TECHNICOLOR Charles Dickens' Classical Masterpiece "OLIVER TWIST" 31 A by the production team that gave you "T-Men"... Walter Wanger's MM Ci with JOAN BENNETT . . . Cavalier's : OlSl W&C&l' & HiUUlAG lMM;:i with ROBERT YOUNG & JUNE LOCKHART . . . Cavalier's with ROBERT YOUNG \GLE LION FILMS. INC. • 165 WEST 46th ST.. NEW YORK 19. N. Y. • Cobfe address: EAGLION. New York