Motion Picture Herald
 Actor Sessue Hayakawa on the cover of the June 15, 1918 Exhibitors Herald | |
| Editor-in-Chief | Martin Quigley |
|---|---|
| Categories | Trade, entertainment |
| Frequency | Weekly |
| Publisher | Martin Quigley |
| Founder | Martin Quigley |
| Founded | January 1915 (as Exhibitors Herald) |
| First issue | January 1917 |
| Final issue | December 1972 |
| Company | Quigley Publishing |
| Country | United States |
| Based in | New York City |
| Language | English |
| ISSN | 0027-1616 |
| OCLC | 7094766 |
The Motion Picture Herald was an American film industry trade paper first published as the Exhibitors Herald in 1915, and Motion Picture Herald from January 1931–December 1972.[1][2][3] It was replaced by the QP Herald, which only lasted until May 1973.[4]
History
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The paper's origin was in 1915, when a Chicago printing company launched the Exhibitors Herald as a regional trade paper for film exhibitors in the Midwest. Publisher Martin Quigley bought the paper and, over the following two decades, developed the Exhibitors Herald into a national trade paper for the US film industry.[5]
In 1917, Quigley acquired and merged another publication, Motography,[5] into his magazine. In January 1928, he merged with it again with The Moving Picture World magazine[6] to become the Exhibitors Herald and Moving Picture World, before retitling it Exhibitors Herald-World throughout 1929–1930. The combined magazine also incorporated The Film Index, founded in 1909.[7][8] In 1931, Quigley merged the newly acquired Motion Picture News into the magazine, finally titling it the Motion Picture Herald.[9][10]
See also
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[edit]- ↑ "Miss Grable Voted Leading 1943 Star; Takes Motion Picture Herald's Box-Office Championship -Bob Hope Is Second". The New York Times. December 25, 1943. p. 19.
- ↑ "T. Ramsaye Dies; A Film Historian; Former Official of The Motion Picture Herald Was Editor in Chief cif Pathe News". The New York Times. August 20, 1954. p. 19.
- ↑ Slide, Anthony, ed. (1985). International Film, Radio, and Television Journals. Santa Barbara, California: Greenwood Press. p. 242. ISBN 978-0313237591.
- ↑ Osborne, Robert A. (1973). Academy Awards, 1973: Oscar Annual. La Habra, California: ESE California. p. 10. ISBN 978-0912076119.
- 1 2 "Exhibitors Herald Mar-Apr 1924". Lantern. Media History Digital Library. Retrieved December 27, 2014.
- ↑ "Screen Papers Merged: Exhibitors' Herald and Moving Picture World Close Deal". The New York Times. December 30, 1927. p. 21.
- ↑ "Exhibitors Herald and Moving Picture World, Vol 90, No. 1". January 7, 1928. p. 20. Retrieved April 2, 2018.
- ↑ "Motion Picture Herald, Vol 103, No. 1". April 4, 1931. p. 7. Retrieved April 2, 2018.
- ↑ "The Press: Cinema Corner". Time. December 22, 1930.
- ↑ "Film Magazines Merge". The New York Times. December 15, 1930. p. 42.
External links
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- The Film Index at the Internet Archive
- Motography at the Internet Archive
- Exhibitors Herald... at the Internet Archive
- Motion Picture Herald (1931–1956) at the Internet Archive