Exhibitors Herald World (Jan-Mar 1930)

Page scan 000751 from Exhibitors Herald World

Record Details:

Title:
Exhibitors Herald World
Date:
Jan-Mar 1930
Publisher:
[Chicago, Quigley publishing company]
Volume:
Exhibitors herald world
Leaf #:
000751
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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February 22, 1930 EXHIBITORS HERALD-WORLD 63 MAN, WOMAN AND WIFE: Special cast— Janoiary 14. A good picture. Well acted. Full of interest while it is a program picture only, it was most favorably received and praised. — George Lodge, ■Green Lantern theatre, Claymont, Del. — General patxonage. COURTIN' WILDCATS (AT): Hoot GibsonJanuary 25. Okay, but not up to Hoot's standard. The audience expects more of Hoot than he gave «s in this one. How about it. Hoot? Six reels. — Colonial theatre, Hondo, Tex. — Small town patronage. MODERN LOVE: Charley Chase— January 18. Fine picture, with plenty of comedy and action, advertise it plenty, as the picture will please 100 per cent. Seven reels. — H. G. Williams, Quanah theatre, Fletcher, Okla. — Small town patronage. TONIGHT AT TWELVE (AT): Special cast— Hot much to it. Entirely too much shouting, making it hard to understand with recording not •very good, on disc. Eight reels. — Edward Smith, Cozy theatre, Minneapolis, Kan. — Small town patronage. ONE HYSTERICAL NIGHT: Special cast— Jannary 15. Nothing to it. Just a crazy comedy that •did not please. — Clark Krupke, Warren theatre. Warren, 111. — Small town patronage. Warner Bros. SAY IT WITH SONGS (AT) : Al Jol son— February 3-4. My first picture ever from Warner Brothers. Was very good and came within $5.00 of reaching split figure. Am more than satisfied. Record perfect. Hope all Warner's draw and please so well. Kine reels. — B. E. Garner, Cozy theatre, Strawn, Tex, — General patronage. FANCY BAGGAGE (TME) : Audrey Ferris— February 5-6. Part talking picture. A good program picture. Star good and a fine cast with her. Better than the average program picture. — IBert Silver, Silver Family theatre, Greenville, Mich. — General patronage. NO DEFENSE: Monte Blue— January 29-30. A good picture. Pleased 100 per cent. — F. H. Babbs, Stockton theatre, Stockton, Mo. — General patronage. IN THE HEADLINES (AT) : Grant Withers— Well, ■well, well, this picture is the limit for noise, detective murder, underworld, plot and all trying to talk at the same time. Some one asked me what this picture cost. Well, I told him. He said, "Are you going to keep it or try to get your money back ?" Then I told him I meant to rent the picture. Then his eyes opened sure enough. He wanted to know ■who booked my pictures. He said he never had any experience in booking pictures but said if he was booking pictures this is one he would have skipped. Then I said, "Brother, we have no say-so in Iwoking our pictures. We have to take what they send us." ■"Well, he said, "it ■will not take them long to ruin you if you keep booking pictures like this one and paying the rental you are paying." And, brother, I could not help but believe him. Hasn't some one in this booking business of pictures got he-man backbone in him large enough to co-operate with those big master producers and let ■us pick our pictures that we know will please in our theatres? If we make a mistake and get a bad one then we will take the blame and settle with our theatre patrons right here at home. Eight reels. — Walter Odom & Sons, Dixie theatre, Durant, Miss. — General patronage. THE AVIATOR (AT) : Edward Everett Horton — Possibly the best thing Mr. Horton has done to date. Similar to "The Hottentot," but immensely better. You can put this on your nest days and feel sure your patrons will be well pleased. Poor business for me, due to severe weather. Many favorable comments. Recording okay. — H. G. Stettmund, Jr., H. & S. theatre, Chandler, Okla.— General patronage. WOMEN' THEY TALK ABOUT (TME): Irene EiciF^January 8. There is a little dialog in the picture, but it is a very entertaining comedy drama, being considered far better than the average program picture by the picture goers here. — M. W. Larmour, National theatre, Graham, Tex. — General patronage. THE HOTTENTOT (AT): Edward Everett Horton— Entertaining comedy drama, recording on disc good, business fair. — J. L. Seiter, Selma theatre. Selma, Calif. — General patronage. SKIN DEEP (AT): Monte Blue— January 24-25. An excellent production. A very interesting story and an abundance of thrills. Thought it would be a very_ fine Saturday night picture, but found that while it pleased everyone who came, it had very little drawing power. Recording on disc very good. Six reels. — W. J. Powell, Lonet theatre, Wellington, O. — Small town patronage. Miscellaneous BRIDE OF THE DESERT (AT): (Wray Production) Alice Calhoun — February 1. An independent Western without much action. Rather oppressive heavy story, but went over okey for one day on Saturday. Recording good on disc. Six reels. — Henry Reeve, Mission theatre, Menard, Tex. — Small town patronage. LOVE IN THE DESERT: (F B O) Olive Borden— A dandy picture. Not big but the type that pleases everybody. — ^Harold Smith, Dreamland theatre, Carson, la. — General patronage. E-ALS OF THE PRAIRIE: (F B O) Buzz Barton— Jfinuary 25. A good action picture, with plenty of ^ excitement. Six reels. — F. H. Babbs, Stockton thea\/ tre, Stockton, Mo, — (Jeneral patronage. Q SHIPS: (State Rights) Special cast— A very good interesting and e<lucational picture of the submarine destroyers of the World war. Five i-eels. — > Marion F. Bodwell, Paramount theatre, Wyoming, III. • — Small town patronage. WOMAN I LOVE: (F B O) Norman Kerry— Very good picture. One that the young people should see. Seven reels. — Harold Smith, Dreamland theatre, Cai'son, la. — General patronage. Short Features (SOUND) COLUMBIA SKELETON DANCE.— A very good filler. Brought more laughs than the comedy I played with it. (Harold Smith, Dreamland theatre, Carson, la. — General patronage.) ROMANY LOVE, 1.— The "Color Sensations" are proving to be the wrong kind of a sensation for me. The two I have used were blurred and the sound very poor. (George Benson, Community theatre, Minneota, Minn. — Small town patronage.) EDUCATIONAL JACK WHITE COMEDIES, 2 "Cold Shivers." Bang-up mystery comedy with two colored boys doing good work. (S. B. Kennedy, Central theatre, Selkirk, Man., Canada.— General patronage.) "Look Out Below." The funniest talking comedy we have ever played. Kept the house in an uproar, and dialog was drowned out entire last reel. Recording on disc unusually good. (E. F. Ingram, Ingram's theatre, Ashland, Ala. — General patronage.) FOX SPELLBINDER.— Can't say much for this. Benchley gives a political speech in which are a few laughs. (S. B. Kennedy, Central theatre, Selkirk, Man., Canada. — General patronage.) MOVIETONE NEWS.— This is a real news. Both educational and interesting. (S. B. Kennedy, Central theatre, Selkirk, Man., Canada. — General patronage.) WALTZING AROUND— "Clark & McCullough." Here's a laugh getter. These boys sure know their stuff. (S. B. Kennedy, Central theatre, Selkirk, Man., Canada. — General patronage.) M GM MGM COLORTONE REVUE— "Climbing Up the Golden Stairs." A pretty colored two reel act that pleased. Fine for Sunday. (R. A. Preuss, Golden Gem theatre. Golden, Col. — Small town patronage.) CHARLEY CHASE COMEDIES— "Big Squawk." Very good. Only too much music in some places, makes it hard to understand. (Harold Smith, Dreamland theatre, Carson, la. — General patronage.) Very good comedy. Recording fair. (E. F. Ingram, Ingram's theatre, Ashland, Ala. — General patronage.) "Snappy Sneezer." A good comedy. Chase good. Recording on disc fair. (E. F. Ingram, Ingram's theatre, Ashland, Ala. — General patronage.) DAD'S DAY, 2 A good comedy. Plenty of laughs, good recording on disc. (E. P. Ingram, Ingram's theatre, Ashland, Ala. — General patronage.) HARRY LANGDON COMEDIES— "The Fighting Parson." Far better than his first release "Sky Boy." (R. A. Preuss, Golden Gem theatre, Golden, Col.— Small town patronage.) "Hotter Than Hot." The best Langdon I've ever seen. If the rest are as good as this one Langdon will soon be popular here. (Hai-old Smith, Dreamland theatre, Carson, la. — General patronage.) HURDY GURDY, 2 The poorest excuse for a comedy I have ever seen. Absolutely tragic. Lay off here sure. Rotten recording. (E. F. Ingram, Ingram's theatre, Ashland, Ala. — General patronage.) LAUREL-HARDY COMEDIES, 2.— "Berth Marks." A swell comedy. Dialog drowned out with laughter. Recording good. (E. F. Ingram, Ingram's theatre. Ashland, Ala. — General patronage.) "Unaccustomed as Wo Arc." Good talking comedy that went over big. (E. F. Ingram, Ingram's theatre, Ashland, Ala. — General patronage.) METRO MOVIETONE ACTS, 1 Lousy is too nice a word to use in describing these acts. With two exceptions, absolutely rotten. Don't run them if they give them to you. (E. F. Ingram, Ingram's theatre, Ashland, Ala — General patronage.) OUR GANG COMEDIES, One of the best from "Our laughter. This one is good. Ingram, Ingram's theatre, patronage.) "Railroadin'." Plenty of laughs and thrills. Ingram, Ingram's theatre, patronage.) "Small Talk." on disc not so good. (E. F tre, Ashland, Ala. — General 2. — "Boxing Gloves." Gang." Dialog lost in Recording good. (E. F. Ashland, Ala. — General A real talking comedy. Fair recording. (E. F. Ashland, Ala. — General Fair comedy. Recording Ingram, Ingram's theapatronage.) PARAMOUNT PARAMOUNT SCREEN SONGS These songs are about the best fillers I've ever played. (Harold Smith, Dreamland theatre, Carson, la. — General patronage. ) PATHE BUCK AND BUBBLES COMEDIES, 2.— "Black Narcissus." A colored comedy that was dry. If a little dancing was put in it would have helped fine. (R. A. Preuss, Golden Gem theatre. Golden, Col. — Small town patronage.) MANHATTAN COMEDIES.— "Big Time Charley." Good comedy. (M. W. Mattecheck, Lark theatre, McMinnville, Ore. — General patronage.) "What a Day" (Louis Simon). Nothing unusual, but fair talking comedy. Good recording on disc. (E. F. Ingram, Ingram's theatre, Ashland, Ala. — General patronage.) Silly darn comedy that the customers got a lot of laughs out of. That's what a comedy is for I guess, so why be critical ? (Henry Reeve, Mission theatre, Menard, Tex. — Small town patronage.) PATHE SOUND NEWS Terrible. I wished I had not contracted for it. (Leslie Hables, Reel Joy theatre. King City, Cal. — General patronage.) VARIETY COMEDIES, 2.— "Haunted." A spooky comedy with plenty of laughs. Recording fine. (E. F. Ingram, Ingram's theatre, Ashland, Ala — General patronage.) R K O BLACK AND TAN There is material in this for a good one reel comedy. It has been ruined by a reel of dizzy scenes which hurt the eyes and are not entertaining The girl dies in the end which leaves an unpleasant impression. (C. L. Larson, Palace theatre, Wildrose, N. D. — Small town patronage.) MICKEY McGUIRB COMEDIES, 2 "Mickey's Mixup." January 30-31. Pretty good although the voices do not seem natural. Tlie kids look forward to a "Mickey" comedy. Good acting by all the gang. (J. B. Carter, Orpheum theatre, Grenora, N. D. — General patronage.) RECORD BREAKERS.— "As You Like It."— Just a fair comedy. The only R K O shorts that are good for anything so far are the Mickey McGuire. (George Benson, Community theatre, Minneota, Minn. — Small town patronage.) "Captain of His Roll." This talks, sings, acts and several other things. Supposed to be funny, but our patrons did not take it that way. Plenty of talent to make a wow of a picture, but I find they all don't make good shorts. (Bert Silver, Silver Family theatre, Greenville, Mich. — General patronage.) Not so hot, and a Witwer at that. Good recording. (R. A. Preuss, Golden Gem theatre. Golden, Col. — Small town patronage.) "Meet the Quince" and "Love's Labor Found." "rhese are both dandy comedies. If Radio would stick to these and forget some of those rotten novelties they would be okey. Their features are getting better right along. (C. L. Larson, Palace theatre, Wildrose, N. Dak. — Small town patronage.) ^404 1700 SANSOM STREET Philadelphia.Pa.