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 #:
000242
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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A ☆ & . 1/SqlA B C, -G-M PICTURES HAVE HOLIDAY LOOK! £ouA%est^. “BRIGADOON ( CinemaScope Color ) M-G-M presents in CinemaScope “BRIGADOON” • starring Gene Kelly • Van Johnson • Cyd Charisse • with Elaine Stewart Barry Jones • Albert Sharpe . Screen Play, Book and Lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner • Music by Frederick Loewe • Color by Ansco Directed by Vincente Minnelli • Produced by Arthur Freed “BEAU BRUMMELL” ( Color, ) M-G-M presents “BEAU BRUMMELL” starring Stewart Granger • Elizabeth Taylor . Peter Ustinov . with Robert Morley • Screen Play by Karl Tunberg • Based on the Play written for Richard Mansfield by Clyde Fitch . Photographed in Eastman Color . Print by Technicolor • Directed by Curtis Bernhardt • Produced by Sam Zimbalist “ATHENA” (CoU) M-G-M presents “ATHENA” starring Jane Powell . Edmund Purdom • Debbie Reynolds • Vic Damone • Louis Calhern with Linda Christian . Evelyn Varden . Ray Collins . Written by William Ludwig and Leonard Spigelgass • Songs: Hugh Martin and Ralph Blane . Photographed in Eastman Color Print by Technicolor . Directed by Richard Thorpe • Produced by Joe Pasternak “BAD DAY AT BLACK ROCK” (CinemaScope • Color) M-G-M presents in CinemaScope • Spencer Tracy • Robert Ryan in “BAD DAY AT BLACK ROCK” co-starring Anne Francis . Dean Jagger . Walter Brennan . John Ericson . Ernest Borgnine . Lee Marvin . Russell Collins . Screen Play by Millard Kaufman . Adaptation by Don McGuire • Based on a story by Howard Breslin . Photographed in Eastman Color Directed by John Sturges • Produced by Dore Schary “JUPITER’S DARLING (CinemaScope -Color) M-G-M presents in CinemaScope • “JUPITER’S DARLING” starring Esther Williams • Howard Keel . Marge and Gower Champion . George Sanders . with Richard Haydn . William Demarest . Screen Play by Dorothy Kingsley . Based on the Play “Road to Rome” by Robert E. Sherwood . Songs: Burton Lane and Harold Adamson . Choreography by Hermes Pan Photographed in Eastman Color . Directed by George Sidney Produced by George Wells “GREEN EIRE (CinemaScope -Color) M-G-M presents in CinemaScope • Stewart Granger . Grace Kelly . Paul Douglas in “GREEN FIRE” co-starring John Ericson . with Murvyn Vye • Written for the Screen by Ivan Goff and Ben Roberts • Photographed in Eastman Color Directed by Andrew Marton • Produced by Armand Deutsch “THE GLASS SLIPPER” (Color) M-G-M presents “THE GLASS SLIPPER” starring Leslie CaronMichael Wilding. with Keenan WynnElsa Lanchester Barry Jones • Ballet Librettos, Lyrics and Screen Play by Helen Deutsch Ballets by Roland Petit Featuring Ballet de Paris • Photographed in Eastman Color . Directed by Charles Walters • Produced by Edwin H. Knopf “MANY RIVERS TO CROSS” ( CinemaScope Color) M-G-M presents in CinemaScope • “MANY RIVERS TO CROSS” starring Robert Taylor Eleanor Parker . with Victor McLaglen .-Russ Tamblyn . Jeff Richards • James Arness Screen Play by Harry Brown and Guy Trosper • Based on a Story by Steve Frazee • Photographed in Eastman Color Directed by Roy Rowland • Produced by Jack Cummings “AllOONTLEET [CinemaScope Color) M-G-M presents in CinemaScope • “MOONFLEET” starring Stewart Granger • Viveca Lindfors • George Sanders • Joan Greenwood • with Jon Whiteley • Melville Cooper • Play by Jan Lustig and Margaret Fitts • Based on the Novel by J. Meade Falkner • Photographed in Eastman Color • Directed by Fritz Lang • Produced by John Houseman “HIT THE HECK [CinemaScope -Color) M-G-M presents in CinemaScope . “HIT THE DECK” starring Jane Powell . Tony Martin • Debbie Reynolds . Walter Pidgeon Vic Damone • Gene Raymond • Ann Miller • Russ Tamblyn with Kay Armen • J. Carrol Naish . Richard Anderson • Jane Darwell . Written by Sonya Levien and William Ludwig Based on the Musical Play “Hit The Deck” by Herbert Fields Presented on the stage by Vincent Youmans From “Shore Leave” by Hubert Osborne . Music by Vincent Youmans Lyrics by Leo Robin, Clifford Grey and Irving Caesar • Choreography by Hermes Pan Photographed in Eastman Color • Directed by Roy Rowland • Produced by Joe Pasternak “IT S ALWAYS FAIR WEATHER” [CinemaScope Color) M-G-M presents “IT’S ALWAYS FAIR WEATHER” in CinemaScope starring Gene Kelly. Dan Dailey -Cyd Charisse Dolores Gray • Michael Kidd • Directed by Gene Kelly and Stanley Donen Produced by Arthur Freed Written by Betty Comden and Adolph Green Photographed in Eastman Color “INTERRUPTED MELODY” [ CinemaScope Color) M-G-M presents in CinemaScope • “INTERRUPTED MELODY” starring Glenn Ford • Eleanor Parker • with Roger Moore Cecil Kellaway • Screen Play by William Ludwig and Sonya Levien Based on her life story by Marjorie Lawrence Photographed in Eastman Color Directed by Curtis Reinhardt Produced by Jack Cummings “THE PRODIGAL” (c; ncmaScope Color) M-G-M presents in CinemaScope . “THE PRODIGAL” starring Lana Turner Edmund Purdom Louis Calhern . with Audrey Dalton . James Mitchell Neville Brand . Walter Hampden Taina Elg . Francis L. Sullivan . Joseph Wiseman Sandra Descher . Screen Play by Maurice Zimm . Adaptation from the Bible story by Joe Breen, Jr. and Samuel James Larsen . Photographed in Eastman Color Directed by Richard Thorpe . Produced by Charles Schnee Pp'NTef MOTION PICTURE HERALD— OCT. 30, 1954