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 #:
000583
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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HERALD picture NEGOTIATIONS Warner. Signifying ABC-TV film producers will use the studio, president Jack L. Warner and AB-PT president Leonard Goldenson on the Burbank lot. Above, in New York as they signed to transfer the home office from lacklustre Film Row to swank 666 Fifth Avenue; builder Norman Tishman, Warner vice-president Benjamin Kalmenson, and attorney Harold Berkowitz. HOLIDAY CONTRIBUTION , left, to New England Variety's Jimmy Fund from Theatre Candy Company owners Philip, and Samuel Lowe, Jr. Accepting is Fund treasurer Michael Redstone. HERALD picture DEAL. Signing in New York to secure foreign distribution of 20 American International pictures: Philip Lewis, American Trading Association president. With him, AlP's president James Nicholson, sales manager Leorr Blender, and vice-president Samuel ArkofF. SOCIAL ONLY, it said here, the luncheon at which United Artists sales manager James Velde the other day met some 50 Cleveland exhibitors. At the left, Bert Lefkowich and Marshall Fine, Mr. Velde, Meyer Fine, Frank Murphy, Henry Greenberger, and U-A branch manager Danny Rosenthal. SCREENING, of course "Around the World in 80 Days" as an evening climax, Mike Todd in Baltimore made friends and certainly made mention during a hectic 15 hours. At the left, friends who flank him are exhibitors Morris Mechanic, I. M. Rappoport, Maryland censor C. Morton Goldstein, exhibitor Elmer Nolte. PICTURE, which United Artists is "dating" for the holidays: "King and Four Queens," starring, as you see, Clark Gable and Eleanor Parker. It opens at the Mayfair, on Broadway, December 2T.