Exhibitors Herald World (Oct-Dec 1929)

Record Details:

Title:
Exhibitors Herald World
Date:
Oct-Dec 1929
Publisher:
[Chicago, Quigley publishing company]
Volume:
Exhibitors herald world
Leaf #:
000225
Language:
English
Subjects:
motion pictures, Motion pictures -- Periodicals
Collection:
Early Cinema and 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:
July 25, 2024
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October 19, 1929 EXHIBITORS HERALD-WORLD 65 Lampasas. Recording excellent. Paid a staggering sum for this one, but made money just the same. However, it killed business for several nights following. If you can buy it right, then buy it and step on it. Thirteen reels. — Walker & Donnell, Leroy theatre, Lampasas, Tex. — Small town patronage. KID GLOVES: Conrad Nagel— September 13-14. Slow and draggy, as all Warner pictures are. Print and photography good. Six reels. — P. G. Held, Strand theatre, Griswold, la. — General patronage. THE SINGING FOOL (TME) : Al Jolson— Broke our house record. Did as much business on this picture in two days as we did on "Ben Hur" in three days, and "Ben Hur" held the record up until we played this one. We did not buy the new Warner product because they are too unreasonable on their prices. Twelve reels. — Walker & Donnell, Leroy theatre, Lampasas, Tex. — Small town patronage. HARD BOILED ROSE (AT) : Special cast— September 19-20-21. This is a poor bet for us. Many poor comments. This underworld stuff is getting played out. Seven reels. — Beatty & Johnston, Crescent theatre, Red Deer, Alta., Canada. — Small town patronage. THE MILLION DOLLAR COLLAR: Rin Tin Tin — October 4-5. Just fair picture and fair business. Bucked a minstrel show one night, and the weekly rush out of town the next. Gathered the opinion that there was too much petty crockery in this and not enough dog. Print fair and photography good. Six reels. — O. B. Wolfe, Sereenland theatre, Nevada, O. — General patronage. THE GREYHOUND LIMITED: Monte Blue— September 27-28. Not a great deal to this one, either. While it was fair as a Saturday offering, it turned out to be a casually made, more or less humdrum program piece, instead of the "smashing railroad melodrama" as we advertised it. Has its moments, but not enough of them. Fair print, variable photography. Seven reels. — O. B. Wolfe, Sereenland theatre, Nevada, O. — General patronage. SONNY BOY (AT) : Davey Lee— Fair picture. Recording good. — R. V. Fletcher, Lyric theatre, Hartington, Neb. — General patronage. World Wide PAWNS OF PASSION: Chekova— September 2627-28. Just blah. Some of the crudest acting I have ever seen. An all-foreign east that is terrible. There is plenty of action, which is the only redeeming feature. — S. B. Kennedy, Central theatre, Selkirk, Man., Canada. — General patronage. State Rights HELL ON THE BORDER: William Russell— September 11. The ballyhoo they carry with this is great. Outdrew any other picture ever shown here. Six reels. — J. M. Thompson, Lyric theatre, Spearman, Tex. — Small town patronage. Serials A FINAL KNOCKOUT (Universal) : Special castThanks be, that's over ! Hope we never have such a silly mess of junk to show again. Silly — puerile — vapid! Not a real thrill in the 12 chapters. And did the dear patrons let us know it? Well, rawther ! (O. B. Wolfe, Sereenland theatre, Nevada, O. — General patronage. ) A PIRATE OF PANAMA (Universal) : Special cast — Just started this one to good business. When I first looked out to the screen, I thought "Mygawd! If it's possible, this is worse than 'A Final Reckoning.' " But hist! It was only the introduction. Believe it is going to be a pretty good serial. I'm still an optimist, you see. Twelve chapters. (O. B. Wolfe, Sereenland theatre, Nevada, O.— General patronage.) THE TIGER'S SHADOW (Pathe) : Special castShown the fourth chapter. Very good and interesting. Ten chapters. (Benjamin Shnitka, Royal theatre, Innisfail, Alta., Canada. — Small town patronage.) TARZAN THE MIGHTY (Universal) : Frank Merrill — Drawing well on seventh chapter. Two reels. (Mrs. Hulda J. Green, Gem theatre, Greenriver, Utah. — General patronage.) Short Features (SOUND) COLUMBIA AT THE STUDIO — Not much good. . Recording poor. (R. V. Fletcher, Lyric theatre, Hartington, Neb. — General patronage.) PARLOR PEST — Rotten. Recording rotten. (R. V. Fletcher, Lyric theatre, Hartington, Neb. — General patronage.) EDUCATIONAL HAM HAMILTON COMEDIES, 2.— "Don't Be Nervous." A very funny talking comedy. (Beit Silver, Silver Family theatre, Greenville, Mich. — General patronage.) LUPINO LANE COMEDIES, 2.— "Buying a Gun." Just a fair talking comedy. Not so funny. (Beatty & Johnston, Crescent theatre. Red Deer, Alta., Canada. — Small town patronage.) FOX BEN BERNIE ORCHESTRA — A fine orchestra. (Bert Silver, Silver Family theatre, Greenville, Mich. — General patronage.) M G M THE REVELLERS — One of the best singing acts we have played. (Bert Silver, Silver Family theatre, Greenville, Mich. — General patronage.) WILLIAM O'NEAL (Act No. 41) — A splendid singing act. (Bert Silver, Silver Family theatre, Greenville, Mich. — General patronage.) OUR GANG COMEDIES, 2.— "Small Talk." A very funny talking comedy. (Bert Silver, SilverFamily theatre, Greenville, Mich. — General patronage.) PARAMOUNT DEAR VIVIAN. — Good. Recording fair. (R. V. Fletcher, Lyric theatre, Hartington, Neb. — General patronage. ) HOLD UP.— A good one. Recording fine. (R. V. Fletcher, Lyric theatre, Hartington, Neb. — General patronage.) TWO MASTERS, 2. Mary Eaton— Good. (Mrs. Hulda J. Green, Gem theatre, Greenriver, Utah. — General patronage.) PATHE AT THE DENTIST — Good. Recording good. (R. V. Fletcher, Lyric theatre, Hartington, Neb. — General patronage.) GOOD TIME CHARLEY The best short I've run. Recording perfect. (R. V. Fletcher, Lyric theatre, Hartington, Neb. — General patronage.) HARDBOILED HAMPTON Good. Recording good. (R. V. Fletcher, Lyric theatre, Hartington, Neb. — General patronage.) R K O GODFREY LUDLOW AND HIS VIOLIN Good, patrons commented on this. (Carl Veseth, Palace theatre, Malta, Mont. — General patronage.) SAINT LOUIS BLUES.— Pretty fair entertainment. Nothing outstanding, but will get by for a short. (Carl Veseth, Palace theatre, Malta, Mont. — General patronage.) THE TRAVELER — As entertainment, this is not worth running. (Carl Veseth, Palace theatre, Malta, Mont. — General patronage.) WARNER BROS. MAL HALLETT ORCHESTRA (Act. No. 729) Very good musical number. (Bert Silver, Silver Family theatre, Greenville, Mich. — General patronage.) SOLOMON'S CHILDREN (Act No. 2240-1) A very interesting two reel subject. (Bert Silver, Silver Family theatre, Greenville, Mich. — General patronage.) UNDER SEAS REVUE (Act No. 2661) — A splendid revue. Very satisfactory act. (Bert Silver, Silver Family theatre, Greenville, Mich. — General patronage.) (SILENT) COLUMBIA COLUMBIA GEMS, 1.— "Snappy Co-Eds." This was terrible. We paid for this and screened it and sent it back without playing. (Beatty & Johnston, Crescent theatre, Red Deer, Alta., Canada. — Small town patronage.) EDUCATIONAL AUNTIE'S MISTAKE, 2 — Good. (Benjamin Shnitka, Royal theatre, Innisfail, Alta., Canada. — Small town patronage.) BIG BOY COMEDIES, 2.— "Follow Teacher." Very good. This little chap reminds me of Jackie Coogan. I think he is almost as good. (P. G. Held, Strand theatre, Griswold, la. — General patronage.) "Hot Luck." Just an average juvenile. (S. B. Kennedy, Central theatre, Selkirk, Man., Canada. — General patronage.) CAMEO COMEDIES, 1.— "Contented Wives." Fair. "Hot Sport." Very good. (P. G. Held, Strand theatre, Griswold, la. — General patronage.) CONTENTED WIVES, 1 — Very poor comedy. (S. B. Kennedy, Central theatre, Selkirk, Man., Canada. — General patronage.) DOROTHY DEVORE COMEDIES, 2.— "Companionate Service." Just a comedy. Quite a few laughs — if you laugh easy. (O. B. Wolfe, Sereenland theatre, Nevada, O. — General patronage.) EDUCATIONAL COMEDIES.— Have run Educational comedies for sometime and find them all good. (Harold S. Smith, Dreamland theatre, Carson, la. — General patronage.) FELIX THE CAT COMEDIES, 1.— "Eskimotive." Very good cartoon. (S. B. Kennedy, Central theatre, Selkirk, Man., Canada. — General patronage.) HONEYMONIACS, 2.— Fair. (Benjamin Shnitka, Royal theatre, Innisfail, Alta., Canada. — Small town patronage.) JERRY DREW COMEDIES, 2.— "Only Her Husband." Very good. (Benjamin Shnitka, Royal theatre, Innisfail, Alta., Canada. — Small town patronage.) LUPINO LANE COMEDIES, 2.— "Battling Sisters." Very good. "Be My King." Very good. (Benjamin Shnitka, Royal theatre, Innisfail, Alta., Canada.— Small town patronage.) "Good Night Nurse." A knockout from Lane once more. (S. B. Kennedy, Central theatre, Selkirk, Man., Canada. — General patronage.) "Only Me." Good. (P. G. Held, Strand theatre, Griswold, la. — General patronage.) MERMAID COMEDIES, 2.— "Parlor Pests." So silly that it was good. (P. G. Held, Strand theatre, Griswold, la. — General patronage.) WISE WOMEN, 2 — Not much to this one. (P. G. Held, Strand theatre, Griswold, la. — General patronage.) M G M CHARLEY CHASE COMEDIES, 2.— "Thin Twins." Chase is pretty good. It's better than some of these socalled comedies. (Harold S. Smith, Dreamland theatre, Carson, la. — General patronage.) GREAT EVENTS, 2. — "A Frontier Romance." Believe this registered the poorest of the 1929 group of Great Events. The subject is all right, but the acting did not seem quite to hit the spot. Particularly, the photography and coloring were off, so that it did not seem to stand out so gorgeously as the other numbers. (O. B. Wolfe, Sereenland theatre, Nevada, O. — General patronage.) LAUREL HARDY COMEDIES, 2. — "Double Whoopee." Laurel and Hardy are the be6t comedians on the 6ereen. This one is a dandy. Just one roar after another. (Harold S. Smith, Dreamland theatre, Carson, la. — General patronage.) M G M NEWS — Very good. (Harold S. Smith, Dreamland theatre, Carson, la. — General patronage.) OUR GANG COMEDIES, 2.— "Fast Freight." Very good kid picture. (Benjamin Shnitka, Royal theatre, Innisfail, Alta., Canada. — Small town patronage.) A PAIR OF TIGHTS, 2 Very good. (Benjamin Shnitka, Royal theatre, Innisfail, Alta., Canada. — Small town patronage.) PARAMOUNT BILLY DOOLEY COMEDIES, 2.— "A She Going Sailor." A dandy comedy. (Mrs. Hulda J. Green. Gem theatre, Greenriver, Utah. — General patronage.) PATHE HARD BOILED HAMPTON (T) : Special castSeptember 16-17. This played with "In Old Arizona" and caused all the talk about the program. A clean, classy comedy that will please a refined audience. (F. W. Zimmerman, Palace theatre, San Marcos, Tex. — General patronage.) SMITH FAMILY COMEDIES, 2.— "Smith's New Home." One of the best comedies we've seen. Mary Ann Jackson is the one that made it good. (Mrs. Hulda J. Green, Gem theatre, Greenriver, Utah. — General patronage.) R K O FOLLIES OF FASHION Novelty reel of shots of old time motion pictures that is good. (Carl Veseth, Palace theatre, Malta, Mont. — General patronage.) TIFFANY-STAHL THE TENDERFOOT, 1 A very good little scenic reel. (P. G. Held, Strand theatre, Griswold, la. — General patronage.) UNIVERSAL GETTING BUSTER'S GOAT, 2 — Not much. The laughs all came from the kid section. (O. B. Wolfe, Sereenland theatre, Nevada, O. — General patronage.) OSWALD THE RABBIT SERIES, "Stripes and Stars." Oswald again goes through some horrific adventures to the delight of the kids and amusement of the elders. 'Nough said? (O. B. Wolfe, Sereenland theatre, Nevada, O. — General patronage.)