Motion Picture Herald

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]

Sessue Hayakawa on the cover of Exhibitors Herald

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.^[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

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