Motion Picture Herald (Oct-Dec 1956)

Record Details:

Title:
Motion Picture Herald
Date:
Oct-Dec 1956
Publisher:
New York, Quigley Publishing Co.
Volume:
Motion Picture Herald (Oct-Dec 1956)
Leaf #:
000159
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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FILM BUYERS RATING Film buyers of independent circuits in the U. S. rate current product on the basis of its performance in their theatres. This report covers 117 attractions, 3,623 play dates. Titles run alphabetically. Numerals refer to the number of engagements on each attraction reported. The tabulation is cumulative. Dagger (f) denotes attractions published for the first time. Asterisk (*) indicates attractions which are listed for the last time. EX means Excellent; A A — Above Average; AV — Average; BA — Below Average PR — Poor. Alexander the Great (U.A.) EX 2 AA AV 1 1 BA 1 1 PR 8 Ambassador's Daughter, The (U.A.) — 3 6 6 10 Animal World, The (W.B.) — 5 8 17 3 Anything Goes (Par.) 3 3 4 16 16 Autumn Leaves (Col.) — 4 8 2 4 Away All Boats (U-l) 24 24 12 3 1 Backlash (U-l) 18 4 23 7 Bad Seed, The (W.B.) 4 — 1 — 3 Bandido (U.A.) — — 5 3 2 (Beyond a Reasonable Doubt (RKO) — — — 4 2 Bhowani Junction (MGM) 1 7 6 13 6 Bigger Than Life ( 20thFox ) — — 1 3 6 Birds and the Bees (Par.) 2 13 19 5 12 Blackjack Ketchum Desperado (Col.) — 3 1 1 5 Bold and the Brave (RKO) 1 3 16 12 1 Burning Hills, The (W.B.) — 1 4 13 — Bus Stop ( 20thFox ) 27 10 5 2 — Carousel ( 20thFox ) 1 17 5 31 22 Catered Affair, The (MGM) — 3 12 9 9 Cockleshell Heroes (Col.) — 1 9 7 — Comanche (U.A.) — 1 7 15 21 Come Next Spring (Rep.) — 1 6 27 6 Come On, The (A.A.) — — — 1 4 Congo Crossing (U-l) — 1 14 4 7 Conqueror, The (RKO) 17 13 14 14 12 Court Jester The (Par.) — 10 9 13 10 Crashing Las Vegas (A.A.) 1 3 1 1 — Creature Walks Among Us (U-l) 1 5 5 3 1 Creeping Unknown, The (U.A.) — — 4 1 — Crime in the Streets (A.A.) — 4 9 5 1 D-Day the Sixth of June ( 20thFox ) 9 27 3 3 Dakota Incident (Rep.) — 1 4 5 2 Davy Crockett and the River Pirates (B.V.) — — 3 9 10 Day of Fury (U-l) — — 5 1 1 5 Earth vs. Flying Saucers (Col.) 17 9 3 1 Eddy Duchin Story, The (Col.) 2 24 23 3 — Fastest Gun Alive (MGM) 3 21 16 3 First Texan, The (A.A.) — 2 3 7 1 First Traveling Saleslady (RKO) — — — 5 1 Forbidden Planet (MGM) 1 18 15 4 6 Foreign Intrigue (U.A.) — — 3 1 3 Francis in the Haunted House (U-l) — 12 14 3 2 Gaby ( MGM ) 1 13 15 6 Girls in Prison (A.I.P.) . — 7 1 1 — Godzilla, King of the Monsters (Trans.) — 4 3 5 2 Goodbye, My Lady (W.B.) — 4 1 1 1 1 7 Great Day in the Morning (RKO) — 1 9 5 2 Great Locomotive Chase, The (B.V.) — 14 14 13 7 Guys and Dolls (MGM) 20 1 1 10 6 9 Harder They Fall, The (Col.) 5 4 27 23 High Society (MGM) 14 5 4 — — Hilda Crane ( 20thFox ) — — 9 9 9 Hot Blood (Col.) 5 15 15 7 Hot Rod Girl (A.I.P.) .... — 8 1 1 — I'll Cry Tomorrow (MGM) 1 1 37 1 1 1 1 Johnny Concho (U.A.) Jubal (Col.) Kettles in the Ozarks (U-l) King and I, The ( 20thFox ) Last Wagon, The (20th-Fox) Leather Saint (Par.) Lisbon (Rep.) Magnificent Roughnecks (A. A.) Man in the Gray Flannel Suit (20th-Fox) Man Who Knew Too Much (Par.) Man Who Never Was (20th-Fox) (Massacre ( 20thFox ) Maverick Queen, The (Rep.) Meet Me in Las Vegas (MGM) Miracle in the Rain (W.B.) . Moby Dick (W.B.) Mohawk (20thFox) (Naked Hills (A. A.) (Navy Wife (A. A.) Never Say Goodbye (U-l) On the Threshold of Space ( 20thFox ) Our Miss Brooks (W.B.) Pardners (Par.) Patterns (U.A.) Picnic (Col.) Pillars of the Sky (U-l) Price of Fear (U-l) Proud and Profane, The (Par.) Proud Ones, The ( 20thFox ) Quincannon, Frontier Scout (U.A.) Rawhide Years, The (U-l) Red Sundown (U-l) Revolt of Mamie Stover ( 20thFox ) Rock Around the Clock (Col.) Run for the Sun (U.A.) Safari (Col.) Santiago (W.B.) Scarlet Hour (Par.) Screaming Eagles (A. A.) Searchers, The (W.B.) Serenade (W.B.) Seven Men From Now (W.B.) Somebody Up There Likes Me (MGM) Star in the Du't ( U-l ) Star of India ( U.A.) Storm Over the Nile (Col.) Stranger at My Door (Rep.) Swan, The (MGM) That Certain Feeling (Par.) These Wilder Years (MGM) Timetable (U.A.) Toy Tiger (U-l) Trapeze (U.A.) Tribute to a Bad Man (MGM) 23 Paces to Baker Street ( 20thFox ) Uranium Boom (Col.) Vagabond King (Par.) Walk the Proud Land (U-l) Werewolf, The (Col.) While the City Sleeps (RKO) World in My Corner (U-l) World Without End (A. A.) EX AA AV BA PR 1 4 2 16 1 1 3 23 30 2 2 18 13 16 3 29 13 17 1 1 1 6 9 1 — 3 3 5 5 — 1 — 25 2 21 29 6 13 8 1 8 1 15 20 5 2 — 2 20 15 15 — 1 2 — 4 — 4 2 7 2 6 9 23 17 16 — 6 10 20 26 6 5 16 7 2 — 4 8 4 1 — 1 1 — 2 1 2 7 — 1 12 27 1 23 j 16 _ 9 7 13 16 — — 9 1 1 12 7 28 1 1 2 10 24 46 15 2 — 1 6 6 1 1 7 16 12 1 4 3 — 25 16 13 10 — 2 2 6 2 _ 4 21 7 7 — 1 1 8 9 5 — 1 1 26 10 1 22 17 13 1 1 — 2 4 3 2 _ 6 18 10 1 — 1 16 8 9 7 2 5 7 3 6 17 13 1 — — 1 4 8 18 — 5 10 1 1 2 3 9 21 2 — 1 7 I 16 C — 1 2 D 4 3 — 2 2 6 3 3 12 17 14 7 _ 1 1 13 21 12 — 3 4 5 O 2 A 1 1 12 20 J 9 1 8 26 33 3 — — 2 13 14 14 1 3 12 9 18 — — — 4 5 — — 4 3 4 3 4 8 . — 1 1 5 1 — — 1 4 18 6 — — 5 15 29 1 — 4 1 2