Motion Picture Herald (Jan-Mar 1956)

Record Details:

Title:
Motion Picture Herald
Date:
Jan-Mar 1956
Publisher:
New York, Quigley Publishing Co.
Volume:
Motion Picture Herald (Jan-Mar 1956)
Leaf #:
00095
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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THIS IS A BIG DEAL. In New York, promoter Mike Todd, who does things in a big way, including these days the big 65mm Todd-AO process, signs with United Artists for release of his "Around the World in Eighty Days." With him are board chairman Robert S. Benjamin and president Arthur B. Krim. THE NEW CREW of New England's Variety Club poses in Boston. Seated, George Roberts, property master; Michael Redstone, assistant chief barker: James Marshall, dough guy. Standing, Kenneth Douglass, assistant chief barker; Philip Smith, THE PRODIGAL AND THE VETERAN. Celebrating his golden wedding in Beverly Hills, 72 year old cartoonist Max Fleisher (remember "Betty Boop," "Popeye," "Out of the Inkwell"?) visited Walt Disney, left, at the latter's Burbank studio. With them is son Richard Fleisher, a director. The senior Fleisher still makes films: for Navy Training, "top secret." CARRY J. HAWKINS is advertising manager at General Precision Equipment Corporation. It is a new position and Mr. Hawkins comes to it after Potter Instrument, Fairchild Camera & Instrument and Sittler Corporation. GPE through 22 subsidiaries manufactures precision equipment for the amusement business and also and mainly for general and defense industries. chief barker; and Walter A. Brown, retiring chief barker, now international canvasman. by the Herald THE FIRST OF MANY parties at which John Wayne will be presiding occurred Tuesday in New York as the star of RKO's "The Conqueror" met the New York press before boarding the liner United States for a month of friendly contacts in Europe. The picture opens internationally and then in Washington. THE RAFFLE, to benefit Toronto's Women of the Motion Picture Industry club. Rube Bolstad, Famous Players Canadian vice-president, draws the winning ticket. With him, WOMPI unit president Anne Kaplan, treasurer Mrs. Lillian Pooley, and director Florence Long. The affair raised $739 for WOMPI's work, including these past holidays Christmas baskets which cheered ten families. A MAN OF DECISIONS and distinction. It's Federal Judge Michael Igoe, below, center, at the party accompanying the "Oklahoma!" Chicago opening, with friends Jack Kirsch, Illinois Allied president, and John Balaban, Balaban and Katz circuit president. The antitrust case judge, as he may be called, comes to a screening, local industry observers will allow, with knowledge and a singular authority.