Motion Picture Herald (1954)

Record Details:

Title:
Motion Picture Herald
Date:
1954
Publisher:
New York, Quigley Publishing Co.
Volume:
Motion Picture Herald (Oct-Dec 1954)
Leaf #:
00011
Language:
English
Collection:
Hollywood Studio System
Format:
Periodicals
Contributor:
Media History Digital Library
Sponsor:
Media History Digital Library
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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WALTER WANGER tells of plans and viewpoint. The producer of "The Adventures of Hajji Baba which 20th-Fox opens October 8 in New York, Mr. Wanger in his hotel suite in that city Friday said the same company would release his "Yellow Knife," and that his next two would be "Mother, Sir,' and Tangier Love Song," and that his Allied Artists deal was one picture at a time. See page 37. by the Herald by the Herald EITEL MONACO, president of ANICA, Italian producers' organization, as he spoke Monday morning to trade reporters in New York. Mr. Monaco was in to discuss numerous matters with the Motion Picture Association of America, and officials of Italian Films Export. With him are E. R. Zergniotti, IFE vice-president; Renato Gualino, president; and Jonas Rosenfield, vicepresident. See page 37. MEETING AT THE CONCORD THE PLEASURES of the golf course, the swimming pool, the night club, all of these and many others at the Concord Hotel, Kiamesha Lake, New York gave way last Wednesday to a solid afternoon of agitated discussion of the state of various theatre businesses, the attitude of sales managers, and what's to be done about it all in addition to resolutions of protest. Allied Theatre Owners of New Jersey had had its annual convention. Henry Brown, Lakewood; Wilfred Smith, Ledgewood Jack Unger, Hillside; Lou Levin, Newark. Irving Sherman, Spring Valley, standing; Ben Behnson, Rochester, and Mr. Brown, seated. Herald photos Sidney Stern was members with a suggestions for P. Cohen, Rochester, and S. Gandel, Buffalo, below. Bottom picture, S. P. Slotnick, Syracuse, and Max Fogel, Rochester. one of the number of action. A group from the Connecticut Allied: Matthew H. Kutinsky, Barney Tarantul, Maurice W. Shulman, and David Sherman.