Motion Picture Herald

Motion Picture Herald
Actor Sessue Hayakawa on the cover of the June 15, 1918 Exhibitors Herald
Editor-in-ChiefMartin Quigley
CategoriesTrade, entertainment
FrequencyWeekly
PublisherMartin Quigley
FounderMartin Quigley
FoundedJanuary 1915 (1915-01) (as Exhibitors Herald)
First issueJanuary 1917 (1917-01)
Final issueDecember 1972; 53 years ago (1972-12)
CompanyQuigley Publishing
CountryUnited States
Based inNew York City
LanguageEnglish
ISSN0027-1616
OCLC7094766

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. It was replaced by the QP Herald, which only lasted until May 1973.

History

June 1917 cover of Exhibitors Herald featuring actress Jackie Saunders

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.

In 1917, Quigley acquired and merged another publication, Motography, into his magazine. In January 1928, he merged with it again with The Moving Picture World magazine 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. In 1931, Quigley merged the newly acquired Motion Picture News into the magazine, finally titling it the Motion Picture Herald.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "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.
  2. ↑ "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.
  3. ↑ Slide, Anthony, ed. (1985). International Film, Radio, and Television Journals. Santa Barbara, California: Greenwood Press. p. 242. ISBN 978-0313237591.
  4. ↑ Osborne, Robert A. (1973). Academy Awards, 1973: Oscar Annual. La Habra, California: ESE California. p. 10. ISBN 978-0912076119.
  5. 1 2 "Exhibitors Herald Mar-Apr 1924". Lantern. Media History Digital Library. Retrieved December 27, 2014.
  6. ↑ "Screen Papers Merged: Exhibitors' Herald and Moving Picture World Close Deal". The New York Times. December 30, 1927. p. 21.
  7. ↑ "Exhibitors Herald and Moving Picture World, Vol 90, No. 1". January 7, 1928. p. 20. Retrieved April 2, 2018.
  8. ↑ "Motion Picture Herald, Vol 103, No. 1". April 4, 1931. p. 7. Retrieved April 2, 2018.
  9. ↑ "The Press: Cinema Corner". Time. December 22, 1930.
  10. ↑ "Film Magazines Merge". The New York Times. December 15, 1930. p. 42.