Showmen's Trade Review (1945)

Record Details:

Title:
Showmen's Trade Review
Date:
1945
Publisher:
[New York, etc.]
Volume:
Showmen's trade review
Leaf #:
000163
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:
August 28, 2022
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TODD AND HIS SHOWMANSHIP IIS BROADWAY PRODUCTION ACTIVITIES ;XCLUSIVELY FOR UNIVERSAL The addition of Producer Michael Todd to Universal's big league list of producers is further evidence of Universal's progress and expansion. Michael Todd hasN proved himself to be an ingenious showman and we feel it is not only a fortunate thing for Universal, but also a good thing for the motion picture industry to have him in our ranks. There will be no interruption to Mr. Todd's plans for the continuance of his Broadway production activities. Todd's lengthy production schedule for this season includes Bobby Clark in "The Would-Be Gentleman;" Maurice Evans in "Hamlet;" Al Jolson's return to the stage in the musical tentatively titled "Oh Susanna;" a musical by Orson Welles and Cole Porter, "Eighty Days," based on the Jules Verne classic. Also, a new type of entertainment fusing the theatre arts of music, drama and dance by Jerome Moross and John La Touche; a musical starring Bert Lahr, temporarily called "Mr. Winkle of Flatbush;" and a production involving a hitherto unpublished score by Victor Herbert. It is expected that some arrangements will be effected to facilitate the appearance of talent in Universal Studios for some of the Broadway productions and also that some of the talent in the New York stage productions might find opportunity for motion picture assignments: Thus, some reciprocal interchange of talent may result from the plans that are now being completed by Todd and Universal. Indeed, Universal is fortunate and quite happy to secure the exclusive services of Producer Michael Todd. So, welcome, Mike Todd!