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 #:
000274
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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wee L A NOTATION on the Motion Picture Exhibitors of Florida "big convention for little exhibitors" at Jacksonville. THE NEW OFFICERS are at the left. They are, seated, Sheldon Mandell, secretary; B. B. Garner, president; James Cartwright, treasurer; and Elmer Hecht, board chairman. And standing, vicepresidents Mark DuPree, James Biddle, Arnold Haynes, and Bob Daughtery. Below are LeMar Sarra, Lee Henry and James Partlow. MICHAEL HAVAS this week in New York resigned his Latin American supervisory position with RKO and accepted that of genera! manager in the United Kingdom and continental Europe for Walt Disney Productions. He will begin his new work December 3 from his new headquarters, Paris; and he will distribute in television and in theatres. IT'S THE HEY RUBE! SALES DRIVE, and part of it is the luncheon circuit. In St. Louis, honoring Rube Jackter, Columbia's assistant general sales manager: branch manager C. D. Hill, exhibitor Edward Arthur, division manager Carl Shalit, Mr. Jackter, exhibitor Bill Williams, and Loew's division manager Russell Bovim. THE TWO MEN at the left are Ernest Sands and Ernest E. Hinchy, be'ow. Mr. Hinchy resigned as head of Warners' playdate department after more than 25 years with the company; and Mr. Sands, New York branch manager approximately two years and who came to the company in 1948 as booker and then was salesman and Cleveland manager, succeeds him. THE CONTEST. It was in the Commonwealth circuit on MGM's "The Tender Trap." Seventy-five theatres put out their best promotional efforts. First prize winner was John Newcomer, manager of the Page, Shenandoah, Iowa. That town's mayor, Paul C. Ambler, left, gives Mr. Newcomer his MGM $50 cheek. Other winners were Charles Rees of the Sherman, Goodland, Kas., and Vern Peterson, the Lee, Clinton, Mo.