Motion Picture Herald

American magazine

Sessue Hayakawa on the cover of Exhibitors Herald

The Motion Picture Herald (MPH) was an American film industry trade paper first published as the Exhibitors Herald in 1915, and MPH from 1931 to December 1972.[1][2][3] It was replaced by the QP Herald, which only lasted until May 1973.[4]

## History

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June 1917 cover of Exhibitors Herald featuring actress Jackie Saunders

The paper's origin was in 1915, when a Chicago printing company launched a film publication as a regional trade paper for exhibitors in the Midwest and known as Exhibitors Herald.

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 1927, he further acquired and merged the magazine The Moving Picture World and began publishing it as Exhibitors Herald and Moving Picture World, which was later shortened to the more manageable title, Exhibitors Herald-World. Exhibitors Herald and Moving Picture World also incorporated The Film Index that was founded in 1906.[6][7]

After acquiring Motion Picture News in 1930, he merged the publications into the Motion Picture Herald.[8][9][10]

The Media History Digital Library has scans of the archive of Exhibitors Herald (1917 to 1927); Exhibitors Herald and Moving Picture World (1928); Exhibitors Herald World (1929 to 1930) and Motion Picture Herald (1931–1956) available online.[11]

## See also

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

## References

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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. ^ 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. ^ a b "Exhibitors Herald Mar-Apr 1924". Lantern. Media History Digital Library. Retrieved 27 December 2014.
6. ^ "Exhibitors Herald and Moving Picture World, Vol 90, No. 1". January 7, 1928. p. 20. Retrieved April 2, 2018.
7. ^ "Motion Picture Herald, Vol 103, No. 1". April 4, 1931. p. 7. Retrieved April 2, 2018.
8. ^ "The Press: Cinema Corner". Time. December 22, 1930.
9. ^ "Screen Papers Merged: Exhibitors' Herald and Moving Picture World Close Deal". The New York Times. December 30, 1927. p. 21.
10. ^ "Film Magazines Merge". The New York Times. December 15, 1930. p. 42.
11. ^ "Hollywood Studio System Collection". Media History Digital Library. Retrieved April 2, 2018.

## External links

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Motion Picture Herald.

* Exhibitors Herald and MOTOGRAPHY at Media History Digital Library
* Motion Picture Herald (1931 to 1956) at Media History Digital Library