Martin Joseph Quigley Sr. (May 6, 1890 – May 4, 1964) was an American publisher, editor and film magazine journalist. He founded Exhibitors Herald , which became an important national trade paper for the film industry. He was also the founder of Quigley Publishing.
7-529: Motion Picture Daily was an American daily magazine focusing on the film industry. It was published by Quigley Publishing Company , which also published the Motion Picture Herald . The magazine was formed by the merging of three existing Quigley publications: Exhibitors Trade Review , Exhibitors Daily Review , and Motion Pictures Today . The first issue was published in April 1931. The magazine
14-693: A code and, on March 31, 1930, the board of directors of the Motion Picture Producers and Distributors Association adopted it formally. The original version especially was once popularly known as the Hays Code, but it and its later revisions are now commonly called the Production Code. Quigley held staunch conservative views particularly in the film industry. His son, Martin Quigley Jr. , who shared his views, became active in
21-520: The Motion Picture Herald . Quigley followed this shortly after with the merger of his remaining three publications, Exhibitors Trade Review , Exhibitors Daily Review , and Motion Pictures Today to form Motion Picture Daily . In 1929, The Motion Picture Almanac was first published and was published annually. Quigley was an active proponent and co-author of the Motion Picture Production Code , which governed
28-537: The content of Hollywood movies from the 1930s to the 1960s. A devout Catholic, he began lobbying in the 1920s for a more extensive code that not only listed material that was inappropriate for movies, but also contained a moral system that the movies could help to promote – specifically a system based on Catholic theology. He recruited Father Daniel Lord , a Jesuit priest and instructor at the Catholic Saint Louis University , to write such
35-806: The major features of the magazine during the 1930s was "Box Office Check Up," which reported on film rentals. Maurice Kann, nicknamed "Red", was the magazine's original editor. Quigley Publishing Company Born in Cleveland, Ohio , Quigley began his career as a police reporter in Chicago in 1910. He purchased the film trade journal Exhibitors Herald in 1915. Two years later, he acquired and merged Motography . In 1927, he acquired and merged The Moving Picture World and began publishing as Exhibitors Herald and Moving Picture World , later shortened to Exhibitors Herald World . After acquiring Motion Picture News in 1930, he merged these publications into
42-513: The newsstands on Monday, June 1, 1931. It was a direct competitor with The Film Daily , with a circulation between 5,000 and 8,000 per day. Because it was centered in New York City , where most of the studios maintained their headquarters, it focused more on economic, production and regulatory issues. While the magazines emphasis was on breaking news, it also reviewed each new film as it was released, and printed cast and crew lists. One of
49-559: Was in circulation until 1972. Martin Quigley had obtained several magazines during the 1910s and 1920s. In 1931, he began merging them into two magazines. The first four merged in late 1930 and became the Motion Picture Herald , which began publication on April 4, 1931. Quigley followed this shortly after with the merger of his remaining three publications, Exhibitors Trade Review , Exhibitors Daily Review , and Motion Pictures Today to form Motion Picture Daily . Its premiere issue hit
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