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 #:
000104
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:
March 28, 2024
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7/, i id wee in pictured OPENINGS at the Pantages theatre, Warners' "A Star Is Born" opened to the world. Another big, twotheatre premiere occurs Monday evening in New York. Announced as "the biggest ever" for New York, it will have to beat the Hollywood affair for impressiveness. — in Hollywood Top picture: Mrs. L. K. Shapiro, Joseph Olson, Mrs. Olson, Mr. and Mrs. H. M. Warner. Above: Judy Garland and Sidney Luft; rear, Mort Blumenstock. Left: Jack Warner, Miss Garland, Mr. Luft, George Fisher. OTTO Preminger, who produced and directed "Carmen Jones" which 20th-Fox is releasing, said in a New York interview Monday preceding the trade screening, that he feels talent should work in television and films, improving both; that mutual competition already has improved them; and that subscriber TV affords a ready poll of opinion, and rapid returns for the producer. by the Herald — in New Orleans at the Joy theatre, Allied Artists showed its "The Human Jungle." In the lobby, right, performers Jan Sterling and Gary Merrill greet Inspector Albert Fabian of Scotland Yard, Mrs. Fabian, and Los Angeles Police Chief W. H. Parker. at the Capitol theatre, United Artists introduced "The Barefoot Contessa." Police lines held back thousands as notables from public life and the entertainment and social worlds attended. Above, right, writer-director Joseph Mankiewicz and his wife. In its first four days, the picture drew $64,700.