Motion Picture Herald Explained

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

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, 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

• Variety
• Motion Picture Daily
• The Hollywood Reporter
• International Television & Video Almanac
• List of film periodicals

External links

• 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

Notes and References

1. https://www.nytimes.com/1943/12/25/archives/miss-grable-voted-leading-1943-star-takes-motion-picture-heralds.html "Miss Grable Voted Leading 1943 Star; Takes Motion Picture Herald's Box-Office Championship -Bob Hope Is Second"
2. https://www.nytimes.com/1954/08/20/archives/t-ramsaye-dies-a-film-historian-former-official-of-the-motion.html "T. Ramsaye Dies; A Film Historian; Former Official of The Motion Picture Herald Was Editor in Chief cif Pathe News"
3. Anthony Slide, ed. (1985). International Film, Radio, and Television Journals. Greenwood Press. p. 242.
4. Robert A. Osborone (1973). Academy Awards Oscar Annual. ESE California. p. 10.
5. Web site: Exhibitors Herald Mar-Apr 1924 . Lantern . Media History Digital Library . 27 December 2014.
6. https://www.nytimes.com/1927/12/30/archives/screen-papers-merged-exhibitors-herald-and-moving-picture-world.html "Screen Papers Merged: Exhibitors' Herald and Moving Picture World Close Deal"
7. News: Exhibitors Herald and Moving Picture World, Vol 90, No. 1. January 7, 1928. 20. April 2, 2018.
8. News: Motion Picture Herald, Vol 103, No. 1. April 4, 1931. 7. April 2, 2018.
9. https://web.archive.org/web/20090814011026/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,740860,00.html "The Press: Cinema Corner"
10. https://www.nytimes.com/1930/12/15/archives/film-magazines-merge-four-to-be-issued-as-two-martin-quigley.html "Film Magazines Merge"