Showmen's Trade Review (Jan-Mar 1945)

Record Details:

Title:
Showmen's Trade Review
Date:
Jan-Mar 1945
Publisher:
[New York, etc.]
Volume:
Showmen's trade review
Leaf #:
000732
Language:
English
Subjects:
motion pictures, Motion pictures -- Periodicals
Collection:
Hollywood Studio System
Format:
Periodicals
Contributor:
Library of Congress, MBRS, Moving Image Section
Sponsor:
Library of Congress, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Description:
Established in 1933 by Charles 'Chick' Lewis, who previously edited the 'Manager's Round Table' section in Quigley's MOTION PICTURE HERALD. Lewis originally called his new publication SHOWMEN'S ROUND TABLE, but after a lawsuit from Quigley, he changed the title to SHOWMEN'S TRADE REVIEW (STR). Over the next two decades, STR proved to be a formidable competitor to Quigley's HERALD and steadily grew in circulation. It's easy to see why exhibitors wanted to subscribe. STR's editorial voice, reviews of features and shorts, 'Box Office Slant' tips for how to promote movies, and concise and well organized 'Booking Guides' made it a trustworthy and highly useful magazine for exhibitors. -- Eric Hoyt, 2014
Date Added:
March 16, 2023
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1944 AWARD WINNERS Bing Crosby Ingrid Bergman Topper of this year's Motion Picture Academy Awards was Bing Crosby's long awaited designation as "best actor of the year." His prize-winning performance in Paramount's "Going My Way" is but one of seven accorded that picture by the Academy. Selected as best picture of the year, "Going My Way" also won accolades for best actor, best supporting actor, best direction, best screenplay, best original motion picture story and best original song. "Going My Way" will be made available for re-issue sometime in the fall, according to Charles M. Reagan, Paramount's vice-president in charge of distribution. Barry Fitzgerald, whose characterization of the lovable old pastor in "Going My Way" won him an Oscar as best supporting actor (and nearly won him the top award as best actor), may be seen in "None But the Lonely Heart" currently, and is cast in Paramount's "Incendiary Blonde" and "Two Years Before the Mast," both scheduled for Fall release. Leo McCarey won two honors. His "best direction" and "best original story" both were for "Going My Way." McCarey directs two other Academy award winners in Crosby and Ingrid Bergman in "Bells of St. Mary's," now in work at RKO. Ingrid Bergman's award as "best actress" was won in MGM's "Gaslight." Currently Miss Bergman may be seen in Paramount's "For Whom the Bell Tolls" and soon will be seen in Selznick-International's "Spellbound." RKO has announced a re-issue of "Intermezzo" in which the prize-winning star appears with the late Leslie Howard. "Saratoga Trunk," under the Warner Bros, aegis, is another Fall release for the versatile Miss Bergman. A Special Award as the outstanding child actress of the year went to Margaret O'Brien, MGM's youngster, who may be seen currently in "Music for Millions/' "Meet Me in St. Louis" and "Canterville Ghost." The youngster also is cast in "For Our Vines Have Tender Grapes," a forthcoming release from MGM. The Thalberg Award for the most consistent and outstanding production achievement of the year went to Darryl F. Zanuck, vice-president and production chief for 20th Century-Fox. Darryl F. Zanuck Leo McCarey 1944 Awards — Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Production "Going My Way" (Paramount Pictures) Performances Actor: Bing Crosby in "Going My Way" (Paramount) Actress: Ingrid Bergman in "Gaslight" (MGM) Supporting Actor: Barry Fitzgerald in "Going My Way" (Paramount) Supporting Actress: Ethel Barrymore in "None But the Lonely Heart" (RKO) Direction Leo McCarey for "Going My Way" (Paramount) Writing Best written screenplay: "Going My Way" (Paramount) Best original screenplay: "Wilson" (20th Century-Fox) Best original motion picture story: "Going My Way" (Paramount) Music Best scoring of a musical picture: Morris Stoloff and Carmen Dragon for "Cover Girl" (Columbia) Best music score of a dramatic or comedy picture : Max Steiner for "Since You Went Away" (Selznick-International) Best original song: "Swinging On A Star" from "Going My Way" (Paramount) music by James Van Heusen; lyrics by Johnny Burke Art Direction Black and white: Edwin B. Willis and Paul Huldscinsky for "Gaslight" (MGM) Color: Thomas Little for "Wilson" (20th Century-Fox) Film Editing Barbara McLean for "Wilson" (20th Century-Fox) Sound Recording E. H. Hansen for "Wilson" (20th Century-Fox) Cinematography Black and white: Joseph LaShelle for "Laura" (20th-Fox) Special Effects Photographic effects: A. Arnold Gillespie, Donald Jahraus and Warren Newcombe for "Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo" (MGM) Sound effects: Roger Heman for "Wilson" (20th-Fox) Short Subjects Cartoon: "Mouse Trouble" (MGM) Frederick C. Quimby, producer One-reel: "Who's Who in Animal Land" (Paramount) Jerry Fairbanks, producer Two-reel: "I Won't Play" (Warner Bros.) Gordon HoUingshead, producer Thalberg Award To Darryl F. Zanuck for the most consistent and outstanding production achievement of the year Special Award Margaret O'Brien as the outstanding child actress of the year Documentary Production Feature Picture: "Fighting Lady" (20th-Fox and U. S. Navy) Short subject: "With the Marines at Tarawa" (U. S. Marine Corps) Barry Fitzgerald Margaret O'Brien