Exhibitors Herald and Moving Picture World (Apr-Jun 1930)

Record Details:

Title:
Exhibitors Herald and Moving Picture World
Date:
Apr-Jun 1930
Volume:
Exhibitors Herald and Moving Picture World (Apr-Jun 1930)
Leaf #:
000539
Language:
English
Collection:
Early Cinema and Hollywood Studio System
Format:
Periodicals
Contributor:
The Museum of Modern Art Library, New York
Sponsor:
Media History Digital Library
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:
March 21, 2024
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1 ' May 3, 1930 FILM BUYER SECTION QUICK REFERENCE CHART FOR BUYERS AND BOOKERS Aristocrat Pictures Silent Sound CLANCY IN WALL STREET (C-AT) :7'00 (R) April 1, 1930. Sound on disc and film. With Charles Murray, Lucien Littlefield. THEME: A plumber goes Wall Street and becomes a millionaire. Artclass Silent Sound UNMASKED (D-AT) - ux:y::5449 (R) Dec. 15. 1929. Sound on disc and film, witn Robert Warwick, Sam Ash, Milton Krims, Lyons Wickland. Susan Corroy, William Corbett, Charles Statley, Kate Roemer, Waldo Edwards. Roy Byron. Clyde Dellson, Helen Mitchell. Mane Burke. Audible Pictures Silent Sound •IN OLD CALIFORNIA (D-AT) 5400 With Henry B. Walthall. Helen Ferguson. George Duryea. ltay Hallor, Orrol Humphrey. Larry Steer3. Richard Carlyle, Harry Allen, Lew Stern, Paul Ellis, Charlotte Monte, Gertrude Cborre. THEME A story of stolen love and a youths heroic rescue of a girl from a runaway coach, with the Mexican border as the background. Bell Pictures 630 Ninth Avenue New York City Silent Sound •BAD MEN’S MONEY (W) 5 reels (R) October, 1929, With Yakima Canutts. •BREEZY BILL (W) 5 reels (R) March. 1930. With Bob Steele. •CALL OF THE DESERT 5 reels (K) April, 1930. With Tom Tyler. •CANYON OF MISSING MEN. THE (W) 5 reels (R) March, 1030. With Tom Tyler. •CAPTAIN COWBOY (W). 5 reels (R) November. 1929. With Yakima Canutts. •CODE OF THE WEST (W) 5 reels "(R) February, 1930. With Bob Custer. •COVERED WAGON TRAILS (W) 5 reels (R) April. 1930. With Bob Custer. •COWBOY AND OUTLAW (W) 5 reels (R) January. 1930. With Bob Steele. •FIGHTING KID. THE (W) 5 reels (B) October. 1929. With Fred Church. •FIGHTING TERROR. THE (W) 5 reels (R) November, 1929. With Bob Custer. GREAT POWER. THE, (D-PT) 8 reels With Minna Gombel. THEME: A story of Wail street. •INVADERS, THE (W) 5 reels I R) December. 1929. With Bob Steele. •LAST ROUNDUP, THE (W) 5 reels (R) November. 1929. With Bob Custer. •LAW OF THE PLAINS (W) 5 reels (R) November, 1929. With Tom Tyler. •LONE HORSEMAN. THE (W)..._ 5 reels (R) December, 1929. With Tom Tyler. •MAN FROM NEVADA. THE (W) 5 reels (R) November. 1929. With Tom Tyler. •MAN FROM NOWHERE, THE (W) 5 reels (R) April, 1930. With Bob Steele. •’NEATH WESTERN SKIES (W) 5 reels (R)January. 1930. With Tom Tyler. •OKLAHOMA KID, THE (W) 5 reels (R) January. 1930. With Bob Custer. •O’MALLEY RIDES ALONE (W) 5 reels (Rt March. 1930. With Bob Custer. •PARTING OF THE TRAILS (W) 5 reels (R) December. 1929. With Bob Custer. •PHANTOM RIDER. THE (W) 5 reels (R) December. 1929. With Tom Tyler. •PIONEERS OF THE WEST (W) 5 reels (R) February. 1930. With Tom Tyler. •PRINCE OF HEARTS. THE (D) 5 reels THEME: A society drama. •RIDERS OF THE RIO GRANDE (W)..5 reels (R) December. 1929. With Bob Custer. •RIDERS OF THE STORM (W) 5 reels (R) November. 1929. With Yakima Canutts. •TEXAS COWBOY, A (W) ... ...5 reels (R) February, 1930. With Boh Steele. •THREE OUTCASTS (W) 5 reels (E) September. 1929. With Yakima Canutts. TWO O’CLOCK IN THE MORNING (My-AT) 7 reels With Edith Boberts, Noah Beery. Margaret Livingston. •UNKNOWN RIDER, THE (W) 5 reels (R) September. 1929. With Fred Church. •WESTERN HONOR (W) 5 reels (R) May. 1930. With Bob Steele. •WESTERN METHODS (W) 5 reels (R) December, 1929. With Fred Church. BEYOND THE RIO GRANDE (W-AT) (R) April 1930. Sound on disc and film. With •Tack Perrin. Starlight. Frankiyn Farnum, Charline Burt, Emma Tansey. Buffalo Bill. .Tr. . Pete Morrison. Henry Rociuemore, Edmund Cobb, Henry Taylor. DANGEROUS TRAIL. THE (W-AT) (R ) September, 1930. Sound on disc and film. Cast to be announced. FIREBRAND JORDAN (W-AT) (R) .Tune, 1930. Sound on disc and film. With Lane Chandler. Aline Goodwin, Yakima Canutt, Sheldon Lewis, Marguerite Ainslee, Tom London, Lew Meehan, Frank Yaconalli, Alfred Iiewston, Fred Harvey, Cliff Lyons. NIGHT HAWK THE (W) Sound on disc and film. Cast to be announced. HIDIN’ LAW (W-AT) (R) May. 1930. Sound on disc and film. With Jack Perrin, Starlight. Yakima Canutt, Rene Bordon, Jack Mower, Ben Corbett, Robert Walker, Fern Emmett, Key to Symbols The following appear immediately after the title to indicate the nature of the production: C — Comedy AT All talking D — Drama PT Part talking CD Comedy drama T Talking Mel Melodrama M Music My Mystery E Sound effects R — Romance MC Musical comedy W — Western O Operetta S Singing EXAMPLE: C-AT, all talking comedy. MR, musical romance CD AT, S, comedy drama, all talking with singing. (R> signifies release. NOTE : An asterisk preceding the title in dicates either that there is a silent version or that the picture was produced only in silent version. Pictures marked with an asterisk which have sound versions are indicated by the sound symbols appearing after the title. 'BROADWAY SCANDALS (D-AT) , J5395 (R) November 10, 1929. With Sally O Neill, Jack Egan, Carmel Myers. Tom O’Brien. J. Barney Sherry, John Hyams. Charles Wilson, Doris Dawson, Gordon Elliott. THEME: Story of a boy singer, who is attracted by a vamp stage star, who takes him away from his girl friend. But the girl makes good and wins her lover away from the vamp., ♦CALL OF THE WEST (AT) ---- — — (1<) April 15, 1930. Sound on disc and film. With Dorothv Revier, Matt Moore. Katherine Clare Ward, Tom O’Brien. Alan Roscoe. Vie Potel. Nick De Ruiz. Joe De La Cruze, Blanche Rose. Ford West, Gertrude Bennett, Connie Le Mont, Buff Jones. THEME: A love epic of the open spaces. •COLLEGE COQUETTE (CD-AT) 5566 6149 (R) August 5. 1929. With Ruth Taylor, John Hptland, William Collier, Jr., Jobyna Ralston. Edward Piel, Jr. THEME: A story of a girl who kills herself because her boy friend falls in love with another girl. Story takes place on a college campus. •FALL OF EVE (CD-AT) .5799 6245 (R) June, 1929. With Patsy Ruth Miller, Ford Sterling, Jed Prouty, Gertrude Astor, Arthur Rankin. Betty Farrington, Fred Kelsey. THEME: A story of a boss, who invites his steno to a party. The wife arrives at the scene and trouble is averted when the steno announces that she is married to their son. •FLIGHT (D-AT) 10670 (R) November 1, 1929. (TOS) November 2. With Jack Holt. Ralph Graves, Lila Lee. Alan Roscoe. Harold Goodwin, Jimmy de la Cruze. THEME : Airplane story of a man who risks his life to save his pal who is in danger. SECRETS OF THE PUEBLOES, THE (W-AT) ‘FLYING MARINE (D-TME) 5736 5951 (R) July 1930. Cast to be announced. (E) June 5, 1929. with Ben Lyon, Shirley Mason. TAKE THE HEIR (C-ME) Jason Bobards. (R) January. 1930. With Edward Everett Horton, <,tnrv nf one brother risking his life and Dorothy Devore, Frank Elliott. Edythe Chapman, Otis giving up they girl he loves for another brother. Harlan. Kay Deslys. Margaret Campbell. gmm, up uie bin WOULD YOU BELIEVE IT (C-ME) -•••--•-••• ‘GUILTY? (D-AT) .....6371 (R) March, 1930. With Walter Forde, Pauline , jn March 3 1930 Sound on diso and film. With Johnson. Virginia Valli’, John HoUand, John St. Polis. Lydia Knott, Erville Alderson, Richard Carlyle, Clarence / ’I, ,vl,l Muse. Eddie Clayton. Robert T. Haines. Frank lilies IClLLClU Fanning. Ed Cecil. Gertrude Howard. Silent Sound THEME : A ''rim of social contrasts and adapted •BELOW THE DEADLINE (D) 5500 from "Black Sheep." (E) May 1, 1929. With Barbara Worth, Frank .hurricane (DAT) 5842 5735 THEME: Story of a young detective who frees the Eddi0 chandler fn^turFnT^e ^st'rf fte THEME: Story of a father who offers his daughter •OAMPUSJLN'GHTSg (CD)-... j^nd' ^iTStoky darffig^uiVulwr whin it is revved that she is Palmer. Marie Quillen. Jean Laverty. his own daughter. HOUSE OF SECRETS (D-AT) -~ ........6100 ’LADIES OF LEISURE (D-AT) - 9118 With Marcia Manning. Joseph Striker, Elmer Grandin. (p) April 5 1930. (TOS) April 19. 1930. Sound on Herbert Warren, Francis M. Cerdi, Richard Steven disc and film With Barbara Stanwyck. Lowell son, Harry 1-1. Southard. Edward Ringham. Sherman. Ralph Graves, Marie Prevost, Nance O Neil, LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT (MC) 6039 George Fawcett, Johnnie Walker, Juliette Compton. (R) February 15. 1930. Sound on disc and film. THEME : A drama of New York’s gay social With Suzanne Keener. Norman Foster, Dons Kan whirl. Adapted from the David Belasco stage play kin, Lester Cole, Abe Reynolds, Hooper Atchley, . Milton Herbert Gropper. Burt Matthews, Dorothee Adams. TTTFMF The storv of a song writer, the girl he *LIGHT FINGERS (D-AT) .^557o . 1ownSer.a 'SelfiSh “d deSiSDing m°tller ^ ‘ S Theodore. Tom 'lUoke^ ' THEME: A story of a girl, who discovers a thief, Columbia but saves him from 1110 pollce t0 mQ ™ „ , ‘MELODY MAN (D-AT) ---- b8Bb Silent Sound (R) January 25. 1929. (TOS) February 22 1930. ur-nuiTTcn m ATI 5781 With John St. Polis. William Collier, Jr.. Alice Day. (E) October 20. 1929."” With Lloyd Hughes, Margaret, ?-0'!f!ny WaUser’ Albert Cont1’ enen 0 ^ “ ChlrIe9 theme: A story of a strict, -t.od father wb„ *BA?My °^RL„<r Tr..5967 * wm Jacqueline Logan Edward Hearn. Thelma Todd. the old man and all ends well. THEME: A story of a girl, whose love and en *MEXI'CALI ROSE (D-AT) 5*26 5735 couragement is responsible for the success of her hoy (R) December 26, 1929. Sound on disc and film, friend. With Barbara Stanwyck, Sam Hardy, William Jan ney. Louis Natheaux. Arthur Rankin, Harry Vejar. . Louis King, Julia Beharano. THEME: A drama of Old Mexico. Big 4 Corporation Silent Sound Rujming Time The fixed speed for sound film is 90 feet per minute. This makes the running time of 1,000 feet 11 to 11J/2 minutes. Knowing the length of a picture and the running time per 1,000 feet, the running time of the picture can be easily computed. The variance in the speed at which silent film is run through the projector makes it difficult to compute the running time of a silent picture with any degree of accuracy. Projectors are now designed for a film speed of 90 feet per minute — the same as the fixed speed for sound film — but the rate at which silent film is actually run varies from 70 to 110 feet per minute, and infrequently as high as 125 feet per minute. •MURDER ON THE ROOF (D-AT ... 5400 (B) January 19, 1930. (TOS) February 8 1930. With Dorothy Revier, David Newell, Raymond Hatton. Edward Doherty. THEME: A story of a lawyer, who is framed by a crook, but whose daughter saves him by a clever plot. ♦PERSONALITY (CD-AT) ~~ 6304 (R) February 14, 1930. Sound on disc and film. With Sally Starr, Johnny Arthur, Blanche Frederici, Frank Hammond, Buck Black, Lee Kohlmar, John T. Murray, Vivian Oakland, George Pearce. THEME: A comedy of married life. •PRINCE OF DIAMONDS (AT) (R) March 26, 1930. Sound on disc and film. With Aileen Pringle, Ian Keith, Fritzi Ridgeway, Tyrrell Davis, Claude King, Tom Ricketts. E. Alyn Warren. Gilbert Emery. Frederick Sullivan, Sybil Grove. Colonel McDonell, Joyzelle. THEME: A romance of adventure. •ROYAL ROMANCE. A (F-AT) 6359 (R) March 17, 1930. Sound on disc and film. With William Collier, Jr.. Pauline Starke, Clarence Muse. Ann Brody. Eugenie Besserer, Walter P. Lewis, Betty Boyd, Ullrich Haupt, Bert Sprotte. Dorothy De Borda. THEME: A farce based on "Private Property." •SONG OF LOVE (D-AT) — 7720 (B) November 25, 1929. With Belle Walker, Ralph Graves, David Durand, Eunice Quedens. Arthur Houseman, Charles Wilson.