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 #:
0001108
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:
November 10, 2022
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78 EXHIBITORS HERALD-WORLD December 21, 1929 {Continued from page 76) BARNUM WAS RIGHT (AT) : Special cast— November 25-26. Good entertainment, program type. Six reels. — D. E. Fitton, Lyric theatre, Harrison, Ark. — Small town patronage. Warner Bros. THE HOTTENTOT (T) : Edward Everett Horton — Clever dialog. Very entertaining. Business off. — William Roob. Chain Theatres, Inc., Port Washington, Wis.— General patronage. NOAH'S ARK (TE) : Dolores Costello— October 22-23. Very good. Unreasonable price for small town. Recording good. Warners seem to be the high-priced boys of this lovely industry. Eleven reels. — Louis Austman, New Forrest, theatre, Forrest, 111. — Small town patronage. NOAH'S ARK (TE): Special cast— Some talking, some singing, some hollering and some laughing. Big winds, big waters and lightning and thunder that busted the big stones and big buildings into crumbles. A mighty picture showing God's power in the days of the big flood. Eleven reels.— Walter Odom & Sons, Dixie theatre, Durant, Miss. — General patronage. THE DESERT SONG (TME) : John Boles— November 1-2. One dandy picture for bigger towns, but no interest taken in this dried-up cottonwood location. No business, and how we had to pay for it! And on the top of everything, big snowstorm and typhoid epidemic just took all. But the picture should please and satisfy any kind of an audience. Thirteen reels.— Rudolf Duba, Royal theatre, Kimball, S. Dak. — General patronage. HONKY TONK (AT) : Sophie Tucker— Very good story, singing and recording. Business fair. — William Roob, Chain Theatres, Inc.. Port Washington, Wis. — General patronage. FROM HEADQUARTERS: Monte Blue— December 3-4. Fair program picture of marines in some banana republic. Nothing big, but did average business on our bargain nights. Good print. Our last picture on Warner Brothers contract, and can report pretty good average quality on the selected number of their pictures which we have played. Not buying again for the simple reason that apparent hard times will have us closed at present rate of retrogression. Six reels. — O. B. Wolfe, Screenland theatre, Nevada, O. — Small town patronage. THE TIME, THE PLACE AND THE GIRL (AT): Special cast— November 27. Good picture with plenty of pep. Pleased about 90 per cent. Drew good. Disc recording good, but like all the rest of Warner pictures, paid too much for it. — Walker and Donnell, Leroy theatre, Lampasas, Tex. — Small town patronage. SONNY BOY: Davie Lee — December 1-2-3. Sold as a big special. To us the kid is cute, but had very little to do in the picture. The cast worked hard to make an entertainment of this farce. I call it just a novelty program picture. We used three Vitaphone talking acts and Educational talking act and newsreel with the picture and made a show that grossed just $54.29 more than actual film rental in three-day run. That's that. — Bert Silver, Silver Family theatre, Greenville, Mich. — General patronage. STARK MAD (AT) : H. B. Warner— November 3-4. A rotten production. Nothing to it. All they used to make this one was a few cement blocks and an ape and a couple of dumb actors. — Louis Austman, New Forrest theatre, Forrest, 111. — Small town patronage. QUEEN OF THE NIGHT CLUBS (AT) : Texas Guinan — October 27-28. No good for small towns. Warner's got all the sheckels as usual. — Louis Austman, New Forrest theatre, Forrest, 111. — Small town patronage. QUEEN OF THE NIGHT CLUBS (AT): Texas Guinan — November 27. Tex should have stayed with the night club. This is just another one of those night club, court room, murder trial things that my patrons are so tired of. Recording is okay, but people are getting used to recordings. They are now demanding entertainment, stories, aating, photography, etc. — M. W. Larmour, National theatre, Graham, Tex. — General patronage. ONE STOLEN NIGHT (TME): Special cast— November 29-30. A program picture that gave 50 per cent satisfaction. Good cast and a wild story. — Bert Silver, Silver Family theatre, Greenville, Mich. — General patronage. MADONNA OF AVENUE A (TME): Dolores Costello — It's a Warner Brothers 30 or 40 per cent talking and singing eight reel dramatic picture. Music and talking very fine. This picture concludes our last booking on the first contract of talking pictures, and of course we are looking forward to bigger and better productions. Some grouches, I notice, in the picture world call it tin pan music, but we know who the grouches are Kisses Too Loud For Talking Films (Special to the Herald-World) NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 17.— The Item, in an editorial recently, stated: "John Gilbert may lose out because his kisses are too loud for the talkers. Witnesses say they sound something like a cow pulling her foot out of the mud. And it is further asserted that he 'can't' kiss without making noise." and know their reason. It's hurting their pocket books. In my theatre, the music sounds like the melodies of the greatest orchestras in the world right under your ears, and the little man can have it all who could never go to the big cities, for his amusement. Eight reels. — Walter Odom & Sons, Dixie theatre, Durant, Miss. — General patronage. NO DEFENSE (TME) : Monte Blue— December 3. This is a part talking picture. It was made and sold as a program picture, and while not a world beater by any means, it is far better than lots of socalled specials. The recording seemed to be good and very clear and distinct. Music played during part of the dialog fuzzed it up a bit. but even this was not as bad as in most mixed music and dialog pictures. Photography not so good, but the picture as a whole, though not a box office attraction, was entertaining to my crowd. — M. W. Larmour, National theatre, Graham, Tex. — General patronage. NO DEFENSE: Monte Blue— November 12. Good picture of a bridge builder. Six reels. — O. Lane, Star theatre, Trumansburg, N. Y. — General patronage. BEWARE OF BACHELORS: Special cast— October 30. Just fair as to picture and entertainment. Nothing much to it, but will do for a program picture. Seven reels. — F. H. Babbs, Stockton theatre, Stockton, Mo. — Small town patronage. THE ARGYLE CASE (AT): Thomas Meighan— Best dialog recording received this far. Business 'way off. Stock market seems to affect us. — William Roob, Chain Theatres, Inc., Port Washington, Wis. — General patronage. STATE STREET SADIE: Special cast— November 19-20. Good picture which drew and pleased in spite of the overworked underworld theme. Really the best programmer we have had from Warners. Nagel, Loy and Russell all fine. Print and photography both good. Seven reels. — O. B. Wolfe, Screenland theatre, Nevada, O. — Small town patronage. STATE STREET SADIE (TME): Conrad Nagel— — November 8-9. Good 20 per cent talking picture of the underworld style, and it keeps interest all the way through. Recording okay. Prices are so high that we never gross enough to make a penny extra, and most of the time we run short of admissions. Seven reels. — Rudolf Duba, Royal theatre, Kimball, S. Dak. — General patronage. WOMEN THEY TALK ABOUT (TME): Irene Rich — November 15-16. Fair picture. Cut the admission to find out if any more will come, but failed to do any more business, so this kind should be shown at silent prices to get them in and give them their money's worth. Six reels. — Rudolf Duba, Royal theatre, Kimball, S. Dak. — General patronage. Serials TARZAN THE MIGHTY (Universall) : Frank Merrill — On fifth chapter and, boy, such drawing power ! Fifteen episodes. — O. Lane, Star theatre, Trumansburg, N. Y. — General patronage. THE JUNGLE GODDESS: Special cast— A reissue and not so good. Too old. On the ninth chapter now and not doing so well. Even at that, it is better than Universal's "Mystery Rider." Fifteen reels. — Ben Rives, Jr., Liberty theatre, Roanoke, Ala. — General patronage. Miscellaneous THE AIR LEGION: (FBO) Ben Lyon— November 2. An interesting story of air mail service with a good cast. Good clean picture all the way through. Seven reels. — F. H. Babbs, Stockton theatre, Stockton, Mo. — Small town patronage. THE AMAZING VAGABOND: (FBO) Bob Steele — November 21. Pretty good, though not as lively as some of Bob's pictures. Five reels. — Charles Cassinelli. Star theatre, Bulan, Ky. — Rural patronage. COME AND GET IT: (FBO) Bob Steele— October 26. A good action picture, with quite a bit of excitement. It seemed to give satisfaction. Six reels.— F. H. Babbs, Stockton theatre, Stockton, Mo. — Small town patronage. DELIGHTFUL ROGUE (AT) : (FBO) Rod LaRocque — Good picture and story that was well liked. Recording on disc okay. — H. G. Stettmund, Jr., H. & S. theatre, Chandler, Okla. — General patronage. KING COWBOY: (FBO) Tom Mix— They seemed to like this one. Different from usual run of Westerns. Seven reels. — Ernest Vetter, Majestic theatre. Homer, Mich. — General patronage. PRIDE OF PAWNEE: Tom Tyler— November 24. Anyone could see that the Indians were faked. No plot, no story, but enough action in the picture to get it by. — Charles Cassinelli, Star theatre, Bulan, Ky. — Rural patronage. SINNERS IN LOVE: (FBO) Olive Borden— November 22. Just a fair picture. — Walker and Donnell, Leroy theatre, Lampasas, Tex. — Small town patronage. SPEEDING HOOFS: Dick Hatton— November 20. A fast-moving Western, full of hokum, but the kind that gets the laughs and pleases. Five reels. — Charles Cassinelli, Star theatre, Bulan, Ky. — Rural patronage. THE ONE MAN DOG: (FBO) Ranger— November 28. Best Ranger picture. Pleased here. Ranger very good and does some keen acting, though the story is almost unbelievable. Good supporting cast. Six reels. — Charles Cassinelli, Star theatre, Bulan, Ky. — Rural patronage. Short Features (SOUND) EDUCATIONAL THE BIG PALOOKA, 2 — Right good comedy and talked good. Have used four Educational talking comedies and all are good and talking was plain. Disc recording. (C. A. Spainhour, Twilight theatre, Greensburg, Kan. — General patronage.) CLYDE COOK COMEDIES, 2.— "The Old Barn." Dirty, spooky all the way through, little poor recording in spots, but went by all right. (Rudolf Duba, Royal theatre, Kimball, S. Dak. — General patronage.) LUPINO LANE COMEDIES, 2. — "Shipmates." Good all-talking comedy anl plenty of laughs through the both reels. (Rudolf Duba, Royal theatre, Kimball, S. Dak. — General patronage.) MACK SENNETT COMEDIES "The Golfers." Not much to it, but the disc recording was better than we expected. (Crystal theatre, Watseka, 111. — General patronage.) M GM CHARLEY CHASE COMEDIES, 2.— "Big Squawk." Charley goes over big in this one. His voice registers well. Recording good. (Crystal theatre. Watseka, 111. — General patronage.) COLORTONE SERIES. — "Climbing the Golden Stairs." Here is about the best short subject that it has been our pleasure to run so far. A young musical comedy revue in color. Did it go over? I'll say it did, and how! (Jack Greene, New Geneseo theatre, Geheseo, HI. — Small town patronage.) DUCE DE KEREKJARTO, 1 — Dandy violin solo put over in fine shape. Recording perfect, and music very good. (Rudolf Duba, Royal theatre, Kimball, S. Dak. — General patronage.) HURDY GURDY — The work of each artist cannot be complained of, but foreign dialect was not very clear. I doubt if 10 per cent of the audience could get it. (Jack Greene, New Geneseo theatre, Geneseo, 111. — Small town patronage.) Jewish dialect. Records well but hard to understand. (Crystal theatre, Watseka, 111. — General patronage.) LAUREL-HARDY COMEDIES, 2.— "Men of War." This is fair. Not as good as other sound comedies of these boys. (H. G. Stettmund, Jr., H. & S. theatre, Chandler, Okla. — General patronage.) "Unaccustomed As We Are." Good comedy. Disc recording good. (Crystal theatre, Watseka, 111. — General patronage.) Here is a knockout of a comedy. Recording perfect. Every word can be understood on disc. (Rudolf Duba, Royal theatre, Kimball, S. Dak. — General patronage.) OUR GANG COMEDIES, 2.— "When School Begins." Good sound comedy, with lots of effects, perfect recording and plenty of laughs. (Rudolf Duba, Royal theatre, Kimball, S. Dak. — General patronage.) "Railroading." The kids are fair silent, but in sound they are a pain. (H. G. Stettmund. Jr., H. & S. theatre. Chandler, Okla. — General patronage.) SUNSHINE SAMMY, 1 — Good negro act, with all boys doing their best. (Rudolf Duba, Royal theatre, Kimball, S. Dak. — General patronage.)