Motion Picture Herald (Jul-Sep 1932)

Page scan 000577 from Motion Picture Herald

Record Details:

Title:
Motion Picture Herald
Date:
Jul-Sep 1932
Publisher:
[New York, N.Y. : Quigley Pub. Co.]
Volume:
Motion Picture Herald (Jul-Sep 1932)
Leaf #:
000577
Language:
English
Subjects:
motion pictures, Motion pictures -- Periodicals
Collection:
Hollywood Studio System
Format:
Periodicals
Contributor:
Library of Congress, MBRS, Moving Image Section
Sponsor:
Library of Congress, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Description:
Founded in 1915 by a Chicago printing company as a regional trade paper for Midwest exhibitors. In 1916, editor Martin Quigley bought out the owners, and over the next 15 years, he grew EXHIBITORS HERALD into one of the most important national, weekly trade papers in the film business. Quigley acquired MOTOGRAPHY in 1917 and MOVING PICTURE WORLD in 1927. In 1930, he acquired MOTION PICTURE NEWS and the new 'consolidated' publication became MOTION PICTURE HERALD. From the pulpit of his editorial page, Quigley preached the need to improve the motion picture industry and improve the quality of the films. He skillfully served as a mediator in disputes -- between distributors and exhibitors, between the film industry and the Catholic Church (Quigley was one of the architects of the Production Code). Quigley claimed that EXHIBITORS HERALD represented the 'independent exhibitor' and sections like 'What the Picture Did for Me?' certainly provided a forum for theater owners. But plenty of exhibitors viewed Quigley as a servant to the studios and large theater chains. In response, publications such as SHOWMEN'S TRADE REVIEW, INDEPENDENT EXHIBITORS FILM BULLETIN, HARRISON'S REPORTS, and BOX OFFICE were either formed or grew significantly in the years following Quigley's brief moment of consolidation in 1930. -- Eric Hoyt, 2014
Date Added:
May 30, 2024
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August 6, 1932 MOTION PICTURE HERALD 45 SELECTION OF PICTURE SELECTIONS Catholic Church in Japan in the sixteenth century. The theme is deeply religious and valuable as an historical document. A reverent subject, presented in a beautiful and artistic manner, and well worth the attention of the serious audience. Family. V VANISHING FRONTIERS (Paramount). Evalyn Knapp, Raymond Hatton, Ben Alexander. The story of a cross section of American history of which we know too little, the military government of California in 1850 and the confiscation of property held by the Spaniards. It provides fine family audience material. V WAR CORRESPONDENT (Columbia). Jack Holt, Ralph Graves, Lila Lee. A war correspondent in China meets with personal and international complications. It is average entertainment. V WASHINGTON MASOUERADE (MOM). Lionel Barrymore, C. Henry Gordon, Karen Morley, Nils Asther. A story of the disintegration of character of a brilliant midwest lawyer who goes to Washington and comes under the pressure of political lobbyists. A remarkable characterization by Barrymore. Adults. V WHAT PRICE HOLLYWOOD (RKO Pathe). Constance Bennett, Lowell Sherman, Gregory Ratoff, Neil Hamilton. A clever and satirical study of Hollywood. The Women's University Club recommends it for adults only. Other groups consider it suitable for adults and young adults. V This list includes only short subjects unanimously recommended for the family by previewing groups that have seen them : Believe It or Not (No. 1410) Vitaphone Bugs in Love United Artists Building Winners Paramount Campus Mystery, The Vitaphone Chinese Jinks RKO-Van Beuren Circus Romance RKO-Pathe Cock-Eyed Animal World, The. ... Principal Color Scales M-G-M Crane Poison Case, The ....Warner Bros. Down Among the Sugar Cane. . .Paramount Dream World .' . . Educational Easy Street RKO Engineer's Daughter, The RKO-Pathe Flowers and Trees United Artists Forgotten Island Educational Fury of the Storm Educational Heroes of the West (Nos. 10, 11) . .Universal Hollywood on Parade Paramount Home Sweet Home M-G-M I Love a Parade Vitaphone Isle of Perils Principal Just Dogs United Artists Last of the Mohicans (Nos. 8, 9)... Mascot Magic Carpet Series Fox The Iceberg Patrol, Over the Yukon Trail, Silver Springs, With the Foreign Legion, The World at Prayer. Mad King, The Educational Making Good Universal Max Fleischer Cartoons Paramount Betty Boop, M.D. ; Betty Boop's Bizzy Bee ; Rudy Vallee Melodies ; Stopping the Show. Mickey Mouse Cartoon Columbia Mickey in Arabia Pain in the Parlor RKO Paramount Pictorial Paramount Mists of the Morning, Temple Belles of Indo-China Patents Pending Paramount Pathe Audio Review RKO Pathe Nos. 12 and 13 Plottsville Cider Hill Paramount Rambling Round Radio Row Vitaphone Redskin Blues KO-Van Beuren Romantic Melodies Paramount The Street Singer (Arthur Tracy) Screen Snapshots No. 13 Columbia Screen Souvenirs Paramount Spring Is Here Educational South American Journeys Vitaphone Sport's Eye View Paramount Water Jamboree (Grantland Rice) Stone Age Error RKO-Van Beuren Ted Husing's Sportlights Warner Up Popped the Ghost Paramount Wild New Guinea RKO-Pathe World Dances, The ; MGM United Artists Resumes The United Artists studio on the Coast has resumed production after being inactive for eight months. Eddie Cantor in "The Kid from Spain" and Ronald Colman in "Cynara" will start the program. ' KEN MAYNARD IN A PICTURE THAT BLAZES LIKE A PRAIRIE FIRE Y KEN MAYNARD WONDER HORSE Dynamite 'Ranch wi+h RUTH HALL „ nf A MAN WHO THE DRAMA °: nEAL FR0M