Motion Picture Herald (Apr-Jun 1931)

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April 2 5, 1 9 3 1 MOTION PICTURE HERALD 103 Three Wise Clucks Glenn Tryon Touchdown Rockne Football Nov. Toytown Tale Fablo : Jan. Traffic Tanglo Carr-Farley Nov. Trying Them Out All Star May Twisted Tales Arthur HousmanMarion Douglas Mar. Two Fresh Eggs St. John-Aabrey July Two Minutes to Go Rockne Football Oct. Two Plus Fours Carr-HMl Aug. Undercover Sporttlght Jan. Under Par Farrell Golf Mar. Under the Cock-Eyed Moon Carney-Wills Oct. Venetian Nights Vagabond Adventure Aug. Voice of the Sea Song Sketch May Well of Fortaleza, Tlie Vagabond Adventure Feb. What A Tune Pangborn Feb. Winning Putts Farrell Golf Mar. Wizard Land Vagabond Adventure Dec. 20. Apr. 18.'3I 2 1 reel 4,'31...l reel.. Jan. 3,'3I 2 2 reels Nov. 8 25 2 reels June 7 29. '31 22. Apr. 4,'3I 6 2 reels July S 15 1 reel 10 2 reels July 28 ll,'31...l reel. .Jan. 24,'3I I5,'3l...l reel 9 Mar. 28. '31 26 2 reels Nov i» 10 1 reel Aug. 16 4 I reel May 3 28.'31...l reel. .Feb. 21, '31 8 2 reels I, '31 1 reel. ..Apr. 4,'31 14 1 reel Dee. 13 STATE RIGHTS Length Title Star Distributor Feet MIns. Reviewed Anyway By Air Visugraphic 3 reels May 17 At the Photographers Harry Delf Elbeo 2 reels Beauty Secrets from Holly „ wood— No. I (technicolor) Welshay ........Mar. 14.31 Besides the Western Sea Castle Film I J^f?' V Birds of a Feather Ideal. ^I"^ *• ^' Blind Youth Lou Tellegen Capital 2 reels Bosom Friendship Novelty UFA i" r«u k'nv's Bring on the Bride : f5*° i-, Broken Doll. The Sadie Banks Judea Films.. I reel ; Conquest of the Cascades. .. .Educational Gen. Electric Co ^ i? Coast to Coast Talker Visugraphic 2 reels Aug. 30 Down Hawaii Way Color Novelty Castle I reel.............. Electric Ship Educational General Electric 9.. Nov 8 Ell-Ell Cantor Waldman. ... Judea Film 950 ft Evening In Jewish Camp....Eval Miller Judea Film 1000 ft. ......... Felix Fernandino Imperial ....... .9. . Nov 22 Friend Husband Burr 2 reels a::; ^; Frost and Old Lace UFA I reel aept. 20 In the Goold Old Summer Time Ideal 8 min Apr. 4,'3I Jewish Gypsy HymIe Jacobson Judea Films 1900 ft Jewish Melody! Cantor Waldman. .. .Judea Films, Inc I reel . . Kiddie Cabaret Mayfair 2 reels Apr. 26 Kids and Pets!!; Color Novelty Castle I reel Kol Nidre No. 1... Cantor Schmllikel. .. Judea Films 900 ft Kol Nidre No. 2 Cantor Waldman Judea Films 950 ft Land of Freedom Seymour Reitztelt. . .Judea Films. Inc 2 reels.............. Legend of the Skies deal 6 min... Mar. 14,31 Mal-Ko Mashma-Lou Harry Feld Judea Films i,V ;.Vi; i.m;" i Measuring Time • . ■ U FA Film J J^lt Meet the Family Harry Delf Elbee 2 reels.............. Monkey Business ^^^^ « min Apr. 4, 31 Na°tas°cha :;:;::::::: pmihis' iiawnda: : : : judTa ni^s; VnV. ::;:;: :2 ■ reei;: : : : : : : . : : : : v maoara Falls Essanay Dec. 20 Oh Doctor Special Cast Judea Films 1800 ft One Day Visugraphic Dec. 6 pSas and Ones j'ro Patria Ann^'i •=>? Peculiar Pets dea 8 min.. .. .Apr. 4 31 Poem in Stone. A deal 7 min.. .. Mar. 14, 31 Polo Visugraphic 10 mm Nov. 29 Sacred Elephants of India Ideal 8 min. Mar.2l, 31 Sailors' Sweetheart Hymie JatoDSon Judea Films, Inc 2 reels Shoemaker's Romance „\:v\ ^."J*'^ ^'^)^^:, '^"O " M,J'i7 Should I Charles Lawmer Advance Trailer May 17 Signed, Sealed & Delivered. .Special Cast Burr Sixty Minutes From Broad ,^ „ , „„i »ay Color Novelty Castle I reel Felix Fernandino 4 « • « oi ,oi Some Wild Appetites Ideal o • m„!' m Spanish Rhythm Orch. mperial 9 mm „,5'°'',-.|| Spring Is Here Ideal 9 mm.. . . . . Mar.2l. 31 Style and Class Marty Barratz Judea Films 2000 ft „ ; i Summer Harmonies Song Cartoon ....... Biophone .. I reel Oct. 5 Talk-o-Graphs Norman Brokenshire. Henry Sonenshlne 9 mm Nov. 29 Time Felix the Cat Copley Films 1 reel... Apr 5 rouble from Abroad Brock-Radio ' Una-Sana-Takof Cantor Waldman Judea Films 950 ft When My Dreams Come True. Gene & Glenn Advance Trailer I reel Apr. s World Unseen. A Scientific UFA 12 min SYNDICATE PICTURES CORPORATION Length Feet MIns. Reviewed 81 15. "31., .... 15 I, "31 I 15. '31 I. '31 I, "31 15, '31 I ,.. 15...., ■• I. '31... •■• IS I I .... 15, '31 15, '31. ,.. IS I, 'SI.,2rMU IS 2 reels 15, '31. ,2 reels 1 2 reels 15 2 reels 1 2 reels >,.. 15 2 reels _.. 1 2 reels I. 'SI . .2 reels 15, '31. , 2 reels 1 2 reels 15 2 reels Title Star R»l. Dat« Alice Chops the Suty ..j..Feb. J Alice Gets Stage Struck ......Jan. Alice Gets Stung Oct. Alice Loses Out Mar. Alice on the Farm .....Oct. Alice Picks the Champ ^ j..Mar. Alice Plays Cupid Apr. Alice Rattled by Rats ...-May Alice Solves the Puzzle Apr. Alice the Jailbird ...Nov. Alice Wins the Derby ....Nov. Alice In the Jungle Jan. Alice's Balloon Race ,..Dee. Alice's Egg Plant ....Dee. Alice's Little Parade , ...-Sept Alice's Mysterious Mystery ,,..May Alice's Orphan Feb. Alice's Tin Pony , Sept Broken Spur, Tha ,..Jack Hoxle ...Feb. Cyclone Bliss Jack Hoxle Oct. Desert Bridegroom Jack Hoxle Jan. Desert's Crucible Jack Hoxie Oct. Dead or Alive Jack Hoxle ...Nov. Ocuble-O, The Jack Hoxle Dec. Marshall of Money Mint Jack Hoxle Sept. Rider from Nowhere Jack Hoxle Nov. Romantic SherifT, The ,..Jack Hoxle Jan. Sparks of Flint Jack Hoxie Feb. Two-Flsted Jefferson Jack Hoxie Sept. Western Romance Jack Hoxle Dee. TALKING PICTURE EPICS Length Title Star Rel. Date Feet Mins. Reviewed Animal World of Haka Believe. Dr. Raymond L. DItmars. . .Apr., '31 1 reel Bird Islands »f Peru nr. Robt. Cushman Murphy. Feb. 12, '31.. I reel Nov. S Fight to Live Dr. Raymond L. DItmara. . .Apr., '31 1 reel Freaks of Nature Dr. Raymond L. DItmars. . .June I4,'3I..900 In the Realm of Goblins Dr. Raymond L. DItmars. . .Aug. 3I,'3I..960 Land of Evangeline Wanderlust (No. 2) Jan. SO, 'SI. . I reel .. Feb. I4,'3I Let's Sing Howard Wade KInsey Sept 1 960 Like a Beaver Dr. Raymond L. DItmars... Fab. I2,'SI..S40 Feb. 14. '31 Monkey Whoopee Dr. Raymond L. Ditman. .. Dee. 25 900 Naked Man vs. Beast Martin Johnson Oct 15 98Q Seeing Bermuda m a Bloyele. . .(No. I) Wanderlust Oft 15 960 Deo. 13 Today and Yesterday Hearst News Nov. I5,'29.2900 TIFFANY Title Star Rel. Date Length Reviewed Color Symphonies Series 6 In Technicolor I reel Chinese Flower Boat July 5 Dancing Bear June 10 Parisian Nights June 25 Kentucky Jubilee Singers Series of • Old Black Joe May 1 2 reels On a Plantation Apr. 15 2 reels May. 10 Plckin' Cotton I reel Deo. 13 Road Home, The 2 reels Slave Days I reel Dee. 6 Welcome Home Dec. I2...I reel Nov. 29 Musical Fantasies Series of 6 1 reel Fire Worshippers Aug. 10 Sept 27 Memories Apr. 23 William Tell Aug. l Way Down South Deo. 6 Paul Hurst Comedies Series of 6 De Woild's Champion Dee. S One Punch O Toole Mar. 23 18 Mar. 28,'3I Tale of a Flea, The Missing Link, The Rolling Stone Series Series of 6 In the Mountains Sept. 25 I reel Sept 8 The Desert Dee. 18 Tiffany Chimp Series 6 Monkey Comedies 2 reels 1. Blimp Mystery, The Sept. 27 2. Little Covered Wagon, The Sept. 5 Aug. SO 3. Little Big House. The Oct 15 Oct 4 4. Little Divorcee, The Dec. 6 5. Nine Nights In a Bar Room Jan. 26, '31 Jan. 3. '31 6. Chasing Around Mar. 23,'31 .2 reels 16 Mar. 28,'3I 7. Africa Squawks 8. Apeing Hollywood \oice of Hollywood Series Station S-T-A-R 26.. I reel each. No. No. No. No. No. No. » Ben Turpin Apr. 28 9 Bert Wheeler Apr. 19 10 Robert Woolsey Billy Bevan May 24 George Stone-Ruth Roland May 21 " ■' " " 19 9 Geo. K. Arthur July No. 14 George K. Arthur Aug. No. 15 Joe Cobb July 12 No. 16 Nell Hamilton Aug. 10 No. 17 Laura La Plante Aug. 20 No. 18 Gleason & Armstrong Sept. II No. 19 Johnny HInes No. 20 James Hall Oct ii No. 21 Conklln i Christy No. 22 Ian Keith No. 23 Sammy Cohen-Tiffany Talking Chimps Deo 6 No. 24 Leon E. Janney Dec. 21 '. . No. 25 Seben 'n' Leben Jan. 20,'3I " No. 26 Kenneth Harlan Mar. 2.'3l 10 Mar. 28 'si UNITED ARTISTS Title Star Glorious Vamp* Bobby Watson Jan Second Hungarian Rhapsody Hay The Amerleant Come Otto Matleson Aug. Wizard's Apprentice Apr. Zampa Sept. Length Rel. Date Feet Mins. Reviewed 25 952. Jan. 2S 24 895 July 19 2 978 20 840 Sept 20 « I reel Sept • UNIVERSAL Title Mv Rel. Arabian Knights Slim Summervllle Apr. All Excited Sidney-Murray Mar. Africa Oswald Cartoon Dec. Alaska Oswald Cartoon Dec. All for a Lady Leather Pusher Series No. 6. Dec. Band Master, The Oswald Cartoon Brother for Sale Sunny Jim June Big Butter in Yeggman, The Sidney-Murray May Champion, The Leather Pushers Feb. Cat's Paw. The Red Star Comedy June Chinese Blues Sporting Youth Mar. China Oswald Cartoon Jan. Cold Feet Oswald Cartoon Aug. Comeback, The Leather Pusher Series No. 4. Deo. Country School, The Oswald Cartoon May Dangerous Daze Red Star Comedy Mar. Detective. The Oswald Cartoon Sept Discontented Cowboys Sidney-Murray Nov. Divorce A La Carte Sidney-Murray Apr. Farmer. The Oswald Cartoon Mar. Fireman. The Oswald Cartoon Apr. Fellow Students Sidney Saylor Apr. Fowl Ball, The Oswald Cartoon Oct Framed Leather Pusher Series No. 7. Jan. Go to Blaze* Sidney-Murray Oct. Hallowe'en Sporting Youth Apr. Hammer & Tongs Leather Pusher Series No. 2. Oct. Hash Shop Oswald Cartoon Apr. Hello Russia Slim Summervllle Jan. Hello Napoleon Red Star Comedy June Here's Luck Slim Summervllle May Here's Luck Slim Summervllle Heroes of the Flames Tim McCoy June Hot and Bothered Sidney-Murray Mar Howdy Mate Red Star Comedy June Hell's Heels Oswald Cartoon June Henpecked Oswald Cartoon Aug. His Bachelor Daddy Sunny Jim May Hot for Hollywood Oswald Cartoon May In Old Mazuma Sidney Murray Jan. It Happened In Hollywood Red Star Comedy Feb. Kane Meets Abel Leather Pushers Feb. Kid Roberts Leather Pusher Series No. l.Sept Knockout. The Leather Pusher Series No. 3. Nov. Lady Killer, A Leather Pusher Series No. S.Jan. Laughback, The Red Star Comedy Dec. Let's Play Slim Summervllle .....Apr. Love Punch, The Sidney-Murray Deo. MardI Gras Leather Pusher Series No. S.Deo. Mars Oswald Cartoon Dee. Mexico Oswald Cartoon Nov. Mush Again Sunny Jim Apr. My Pal Paul.'. Oswald Cartoon June Navy. The Oswald Cartoon Nov. Neighbors Sunny Jim Mar. No Privacy Red Star Comedy Apr. One Day to Live Red Star Comedy Apr. dne Day to Live Parisian Gaieties Slim Summervllle June Not So Quiet Oswald Cartoon July Ou La La Slim Summervllle Nov. Parlez-Vous Summervllle Sept. Prison Panic Oswald Cartoon Apr. Rollino Along Sidney-Murray Oct. Royal Bluff Slim Summervllle Feb. Sarqie's Playmates Slim Summervllle Mar. Scared Stiff Red Star Comedy May Stay Out. The Sidney-Murray May Shipwreck Oswald Cartoon Feb. Schoolmates Sporting Youth Apr. She's a He Sunny Jim June Singing Sap Oswald Cartoon Sept Snappy Salesmen Oswald Cartoon Aug. Spooks Oswald Cartoon July Stay Out. The Sidney-Murray May Stop That Noise Sunny Jim July Length Date Feet MIns. Reviewed 8.'3I 2 reels Mar. 28 25,'3I...2 reels I Nov. 29 15 Dee. 20 31 2 reels Nov. 29 I 'eel 2S 2 reels Dec. 21 6, '31 2 reels.. Apr. II,'3| 2S.'3I...2 reels 17, '3I...2 reels. .Apr. 4.'3i 31 2 reels Mar. 29 12. '3I...I reel IS I reel " 3 2 reels 5, '3l....l reel 1 1, '31... 2 reels. Mar. I4,'3I 22 1 reel Oct. II 12 2 reels Oct II 15,'3I . . .2 reels. Mar. I4,'3| 23. '3I...1 reel.. Mar. I4,'3l 6, '3 1 I reel 9 2 reels Mar. 8 13 1 reel I4.'3I . . .2 reels Deo. i3 15 2 reels Nov. 8 14 2 reels Apr. 6 8 2 reels 14 1 reel Apr. 12 7, '31 2 reels Deo. 20 3. '3I 2 reels 20. '31... 2 reels 2 reels 2.'31 17. Apr. 4,'3I 4, '31 2 reels 24, '3I...2 reels 2 1 reel June 7 11 1 reel 14 2 reels Apr. i9 19 1 reel May 24 21. '31...2 reels. Jan. 3,'3I 2.'3I 2 reels Nov. 29 1 1, '31... 2 reels 3 2 reels 5 2 reels Oct. li 28.'3I....2 reels 24 2 reels. Jan. 3.'3i 29. '31... 2 reels 10 2 reels Nov. 22 17 2 reels Nov. 22 29 1 reel 17 1 reel Nov. 29 23 2 reels Mar. 29 16 1 reel June 2S 3 1 reel Nov. 15 26 2 reels Uar. I 22. '31... 2 reels I, '31 2 reels 19 mlD.Ap.ll,'3l 10. '31... 2 reels. 7 1 reel July 20 26 2 reels Nov. 15 10 2 reels Aug. 16 28 1 reel May 10 1 2 reels, 18. '3I . ..2 reels. Feb. 28.'3I 8, '3I 2 reels. Feb. 21.31 13. '3I...2 reels, 24.'3I....2 reels 9, '31 I reel. . Feb. 2I,'3I 28 2 reels.. ..Apr. 20 4 2 reels May 10 Strange as It Seems Ne. Strange as It Seems Na. Strange as It Seems No. Strange as It Seems No. Strange as It Seems No. Strange as It Seems Ne. Strange as It Seems No. Strange as It Seems No. Strange as It Seems Ne. Strange as It Seems No. 10 1 Novelty Sept. 2.... Novelty Sept. 3.... Novelty Nov. 4.... Novell Deo. 5 Novelty Jan. 8.... Novelty Feb. 7 Novelty Mar. S Novel^r Apr. 9 Novelty May . Novell May IS I reel Sept. 20 IS I reel 21 1 reel 24 1 eels 16 2 reels June 14 I I reel Sept 20 29 1 reel Oct. II S I reel Nov. 22 22 t reel Dee. IS 19. '31... I reel.. Jan. 3.'3i 15. '3I...I reel.. Feb. 7.'.'!i 16. '3l...l reel. .Mar. I4.'3i I3.'3l...l reel...Apr.ll.'3l 1 1, '31... I reel 8,'3l....l reel