Motion Picture Herald (Apr-Jun 1955)

Page scan 000283 from Motion Picture Herald

Record Details:

Title:
Motion Picture Herald
Date:
Apr-Jun 1955
Author:
Quigley Publishing Co.
Publisher:
New York, Quigley Publishing Co.
Volume:
Motion Picture Herald (Apr-Jun 1955)
Leaf #:
000283
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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I I I i ! IT'S THE Tom Tom Award for Pete Smith, shorts producer who began as a press agent in 1914 and never has forgotten it. And the Publicists' Guild, Hollywood, will honor him June 8. Mr. Smith, the Guild feels, has promoted the industry's fame, prestige, importance, and his work is good public relations. "DADDY LONG LEGS." Fred Astaire, with Leslie Caron, in a scene from the 20th-Fox picture which opened its career Thursday evening at the Roxy, New York. The premiere was a March of Dimes benefit. THEY WERE ELECTED. New officers of the Women of the Motion Picture Industry, Toronto: seated Marjorie Wilson, second vice-president; Anne Kaplan, president; Gladys Rawnsley, first vice-president. Standing, May Lavendusky and Marguerite Thompson, directors; Lillian Pooley, treasurer; Florence Long, director, and Marion Hertell, secretary. THE Catholic Institute of the Press presented its Award of the Year to Martin Quigley, below left, at a Communion Breakfast at the Biltmore Hotel, New York, last Sunday. Making the presentation is Richard Reid, editor of the "Catholic News" and chairman of the Awards Committee, and watching is James Egan, Jr., president of the Institute. Previous winners of the Award, given annually to persons in the field of communications who exemplify Christian principles in their work, include H. I. Phillips, Fulton Cursler, Leo McCarey, Dr. James M. C'Neill and Neil MacNeill.