Motion Picture Herald (Oct-Dec 1955)

Record Details:

Title:
Motion Picture Herald
Date:
Oct-Dec 1955
Publisher:
New York, Quigley Publishing Co.
Volume:
Motion Picture Herald (Oct-Dec 1955)
Leaf #:
000534
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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Danny Kaye as "The Court Jester," center, advises the king, Cecil Parker, left. At right is Basil Rathbone. THE PRODUCT LINE UP FROM PARAMOUNT Bing Crosby and Donald O'Connor in "Anything Goes." Above. Burt Lancaster and Anna Magnani in "The Rose Tattoo." Below. Newcomers Carole Ohmart and Edward Binns in "The Scarlet Hour." The Paramount product schedule for 1956 includes 20 top features, approximately the number released this year. About 80 per cent of them will be in color and all will be distributed as VistaVision prints. Two of the line-up for next year are expected to make motion picture news. They are the massive Cecil B. DeMille production of ' The Ten Commandments," said to be the crowning event of that showman's long and astonishing career; and the PontiDeLa u rentis production of Leo Tolstoy's ' War and Peace," made in Italy with Audrey Hepburn, Henry Fonda and Mel Ferrer. A breakdown of the 1956 Paramount product thus far scheduled shows that exhibitors will be offered at least five com Above. At cards are Mildred Natwick, Shirley MacLaine and Edmund Gwenn in "The Trouble with Harry." Below. Kathryn Grayson and Oreste in "The Vagabond King." edies-with-music, three adventure-dramas, two romantic comedies, two mysterydramas, one comedy-drama, one musical adventure-romance and one mystery-comedy, in addition to the two historical epics. The number in some categories is likely to be increased, and others may be added. Leading off in the new year will be two Hal Wallis productions: "Artists and Models," comedy-with-music in Technicolor, starring Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis, and "The Rose Tattoo," comedy-drama starring Burt Lancaster and Anna Magnani. Following these, but not necessarily in the order named, will be Danny Kaye's medieval comedy-with-music, "The Court Jester," in Technicolor, with Glynis Johns and Angela Lansbury; Rudolph Friml's musical adventure-romance, "The Vagabond King," in Technicolor, starring Kathryn Grayson and screen newcomer Oreste; Alfred Hitchcock's mystery-comedy, "The Trouble With Harry," in Technicolor, topbilling Edmund Gwenn, John Forsythe and Shirley MacLaine, and Michael Curtiz's mystery-drama, "The Scarlet Hour," introducing Carole Ohmart in the lead role. Additional films will include the big Technicolor comedy-with-music, "Anything Goes," starring Bing Crosby, Donald O'Connor, Jeanmaire and Mitzi Gaynor; Perlberg-Seaton's robust adventure-drama, "The Proud and Profane," with the names of William Holden and Deborah Kerr for the marquees; "The Birds and the Bees," Technicolor comedy-with-music in which TV comic George Gobel makes his film debut co-starring with Mitzi Gaynor and Dean Martin-Jerry Lewis' comedy-with-music about the West, "Pardners," in Technicolor. Also, Edward Dmytryk's Technicolor adventure-drama, "The Mountain," starring Spencer Tracy, Robert Wagner and Claire Trevor; Alfred Hitchcock’s mystery-drama in Technicolor, "The Man Who Knew Too Much," starring James Stewart and Doris Day; Panama-Frank's Technicolor romanticcomedy starring Bob Hope, "That Certain Feeling"; Hal Wallis' "The Rainmaker," a romantic-comedy starring William Holden, and "To Tame a Land," Technicolor adventure-drama top-billing Marlon Brando. Below. James Stewart and Doris Day in Alfred Hitchcock's "The Man Who Knew Too Much." 28 MOTION PICTURE HERALD, NOVEMBER 26, 1955