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 #:
000447
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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MUSIC HALL WELCOME, above. Richard Rodgers, left, writer of music and one of the story subjects in M-G-M's "Words and Music", visits the Radio City Music Hall, New York, with Arthur Freed, the producer. Their host, center, is Russell V. Downing, executive vice-president. The film is the Christmas attraction. CELEBRATING 15 YEARS of operating theatres independently around Philadelphia. A. M. Ellis, head of the A. M. Ellis Theatres, and his wife, cut the cake at a managers' testimonial in Philadelphia. The testimonial began the circuit's public observance. Each manager got behind a campaign for the week of December 5 to 12. DUBLIN sees the Eire premiere of "Spring in Park Lane" at the Adelphi Cinema. The occasion was the annual "bests" for cinema, radio, theatre and music awarded by the Catholic Stage Guild of Ireland. Sponsors were the Motion Picture Association and the British Film Producers Association. Above, Fr. Cormac O'Daly, O.F.M.; Norman Barfield, Paramount manager; Joan Caulfield, Paramount star, and Tom Sheehy, Quigley Publications correspondent. A 1906 PATHE rear crank camera is presented to Jean Hersholt, right, president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, by Jack Geller, of the Geller Theatre Workshop, Hollywood. It will augment the Academy collection of the early production and exhibition tools of the motion picture industry. MOTION PICTURE HERALD, DECEMBER 18, 1948 I I