Motion Picture Herald (Apr-Jun 1931)

Record Details:

Title:
Motion Picture Herald
Date:
Apr-Jun 1931
Publisher:
[New York, N.Y. : Quigley Pub. Co.]
Volume:
Motion Picture Herald (Apr-Jun 1931)
Leaf #:
0001445
Language:
English
Subjects:
motion pictures, Motion pictures -- Periodicals
Collection:
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:
August 29, 2022
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June 6, 193 1 MOTION PICTURE HERALD 63 THE RELEASE CHART Productions are listed acording to the names of distributors in order that the exhibitor may have a short-cut toward such infortion as he may need, as well as information on pictures that are coming. Features which are finished or are in work, but to which release dates have not been assigned, are listed in "Coming Attractions." Running times are those supplied by the distributors. Where they vary, the change is probably due to local censorship deletions. Dates are 1930, unless otherwise specified. BIG 4 FILM CORPORATION Features TItIa Star Rel. Date Bmd .f th« Wert WaMy Walat Nov 12.... Canyon Hiwki Yakima Canutt Aug. 26 H.llTv"l"y . ............. .Wally Walot Mar. I8.'3I. R.d Fork Rina* — Wally Wal.. ...Jan. I2.;3I Sheer Luek Ralston-Stuarl Feb. 7, 31. So Thli l> Arizona Wally Walo. Apr 24.'3I. Trails of Danger Wally Walej Sept. 30 Trapped Stuart-ttuartaro-Doan-8ant«ehl Apr. I4,'3I. Running Time Minutes Reviewed . ..60 . ..60. ...Oct. 18 . ..60 . . .60.. Mar. 7."3I ...60.. Mar. 9/31 . ..60 . ..60 . . .62 Coming Feature Attractions Big City Shadow* 6 reeU. Devils' Deeoy 6 ree s. Diamond Mystery •••6 "f.'s Masters of Stool 6 s Midnight Prowlers 8 !• Railroad Mall Limited w i. w-i Rn Riders of the Caetus Wally Wales 60.. COLUMBIA (Amllabla **und-«B-fllB ud lonnd-oi-dls*) Features star Rel. Sept. Jan. Mar, Oct Date 13... I7,'3I 6.'3I 25... 28... I5,'3I 28... 25.'3I 4.'3I I5.'3I 5... 20,'3I 28. '3 1 20.'3I I, '3 1 I... Titio Afrloa 8»«ak( AUutU ; Avenger, Tho P""V ■!?",.•»». • • Brathora Lytoll -Sebastian Cbarlay'e Aant Rugglas-Collyer Dee. Grialaal Cede. The Hoimes-Huston-Ooran Jan. S« Trill 'rhe7; !....BiKk Jones-Mlrlam Seeger.. Nov. Duert Vengeance Buck Jones-Barbara Bedford. Jan. olrlglble " Helt-OravesWray Apr. Fighting Sheriff, Tho Buek Jenee-Loretta Sayer*. . . .May For the Love 0' Lll Mulhall-Starr-Nugent Oct. Good Bad Girl. The Mao Clark-James Hall May Last Parade, The Holt-Moore-Cummlngs Feb. Lightning Flyer. The James Hall-D. Sebastian. ... Mar. Llea and the Lamb, The Byron-Myers-Hattoa-Love ...JanMadonna ef the Streets Brent-Ames Dec. Man From Chicago w n^" Men without Law Buck Jones .........Oct Meet the Wife Lew Cody & Laura La Plante.Apr. Middle WaUh. The '•'a'" Mnrder Shadow Ranch Buck Jones Sept. Subway Express Holt-Kelsey-Pringle May SweetboarU en Parade White-Hughos A"9 Ten Cents A Dance Barbara Stanwyck-Cartez ....Mar. Texas Ranger, The Buck Jones Apr. Tsriblo David Cromwell-Beery-Peor* Nov. Young Woodley CarrollLiwton Sept. Coming Feature Attractions Mztnt John Wayne-Laura La Plante ExRanger Buck Jones Fifty Fathoms Deep Richard Cromwell Fleed, The Boardman-Blue f» the Defense Evelyn Brent Lever Cone Back Jack Muihull. C. Cummlngs, B. Bronson ttlrasle Woman, The Barbara Stanwyck Sky Raiders, The Lloyd Hughes Mareollne Day Vhiue's Bed Running Time Minutes Reviewed 74 Sept. 27 63.... Oct. II 65. Mar. 28.'3I 76 Nov. I , 88 Doc. 6 88 Doc. 13 66 Dec. 27 65. Feb. 28,'3I Mar. I4,'3I .72.... Oct. 4 .73. May 23,'3I .80. Feb. I4.'3I .64. Apr. II,'3I .80. Feb. I4,'3I .70 Dec. 6 15.... I7.'3I. 3,'3I. 24 I.... I,'3I. 16.... 6,'3I. I0,'3I. 15.... 26.... .70 Nev. 29 .73. Apr. 4,'3I .91.... Nov. I .58 Nov. 15 .68. May 9,'3I .67 Sept. 6 .79. Mar. I4.'3I ....Apr. 25. '3! .70.... Nov. 15 .73 Oct. 4 CONTINENTAL PICTURES CORP. Features Running Time Title Star Rel. Date Minutes Reviewed Defenders of the Law Catherine Dale Owen-Holland Gleckler May l,'3l 6reels.May 23, '31 Fourth Alarm, The Nick Stuart-Ann Christy. .. .Oct. 25 61. ...Oct. 18 Sea Devils ...Molly O'Day-Edmund Burns. Jan. I5,'31 58 ^cend Honeymoon, The Josephine Dunn Sept 67 Coming Feature Attractions Running Time Title Star Rel. Date Minutes Reviewed Air Eagles 6 reels -Hellion's Last Cruise, The 6 reels 'Mystery Train, The 6 reels Rose of Chinatown « 6 reels -Streets of Shadows 6 reels FIRST NATIONAL Features Title 'CeUege Lovers . . . . 'Father's Sen Finger Points, The. «elng Wild -aerllla. The Hot Heiress, The.. ■Xlsmet Kiss Me Again.... Ush, The Star Rel. Date Little Caesar Misbehaving Udle* IHon ef the Sky •Mothers Cry NaugbW Flirt , tint Night at Susie's WhitingNixon Oct. 5 Janney-Stone-Rleb Mar. 7. '31. Bartholmess-Wray Apr. II,'3I. Joe E. Brewn Dec. 21 Joe Frisco Nov. 2 Lyon-Munson Mar. 28. '31. Otis Skinner Jan. I8,'3I. Clare-Pldgeen Feb. 23,'3I. Richard Barthelmess Dec. 28 (Reviewed andir title "AdiH," Issm ef Oot. 4) Edw. 0. Robinson Jan. 25,'3I. .LeeLyon Apr Running Time Minutes Reviewed 63 Sept. 6 77.... Oct. 4 .88. Mar. 2I,'3I .72. ...Aug. 23 .63 Oct. 4 .78. Jan. 24,'3I .92 Nov. 8 .75. Jan. 10. '31 .80 Jan. I7.'3I I8.'3I 72. Mar. I4.'3I .Irene Dolroy-Jack Whiting. . June 20.'31 86. . PetersonManners Jan. . Alice White Jan. . DoveFairbanks, Jr Oct. 4.'31 75.... Dee. M.'31 76 19 64. ...Nov. Title ■Star Rel Date Party Husband Dorothy Mackalll Juno Right ef Way, The Nagol-Yeung Feb. Sunny Marilyn Miller Nov. Too Young U Marry Young-Withers May Truth About Youth Young-Tearia Nov. Widow From Chicago Neil Hamilton Nov. Woman Hungry Leo-Kohlor-Blaekmor Apr. Running Time Minutes Reviewed 6, '3I 66. Apr. I8,'3I 7, '3I.. 68 23........ ..81.. .Get il 30 ; .' .69. '. ; nVv! ■ 'm 9 65.... Oct. 25 4,'31 68. Mar. 28.'3I Coming Feature Attractions As Good As New All Star Big Business Girl Loretta Young-Ricardo' Cortoz' July "' 4,'3I .'s'd.'lVIar ' '|4 '31 Blue Moon Murder Huston-Young Broadmlnded Joe E. Brown...... Aug." V. ''3 1 Aiir"ii""ii Chances Douglas Fairbanks, Jr July I8,'3I .May 9.'3I Fame Lewis Stone-Doris Konyon.. Anr in '41 (Reviewed under title "You and I") " ' ' Five Star Final Edward G. Robinson Honor of the Family Bebe Daniels I Like Your Nerve D. Fairbanks Jr.-L. Young.. ' Last Flight R. Barthelmess Local Boy Makes Good Joe E. Brown .. Merry Wives of Reno Chas. Butterworth-L. Young Our Social Whirl Marilyn Miller Penrod and Sam Leon Janney Reckless Hour Dorothy Mackaill-Conrad „ ^ ,^ . Nagel Aug. I5,'3I May 2. '31 Upper Underworld Huston-Young-Kenyon We Three Ben LyonRose Hobart World Changes, The Edw. G. Robinson '. FITZPATRICK PICTURES. INC. Features Title SUr Rel. Date Lady of the Lake Percy Marmont-Benlta Hume Nov. !.. Running Time Minutes Reviewed 45.... Oct. 23 FOX FILMS Features „. Running Time ..^ , Star Rel. Date Minutes Reviewed Always Goodbye Landi-Stono ...May 24.'3I Apr. 25.'3I Are You There? Llllio-Garrlck May --• " Big Trail, The Wayno-Churchlll-Marshall ..Nov Black Camel .....Warner Oland-Ellers June 3.'3I 60.... Nov. 29 2.Standard.l23 Oct. II Grandeur. 158 7,'3I..... May I5,'3I jf":«'"A!-»."f' „• Feb. 22.'3!:::::::82:Mar. r.-si Charlie Chaa Carries Da Oland-Churchlll Apr Connecticut Yankee. A Will Rogers Apr. Daddy Long Legs Gavnor-baxter jjne Dancers, The Meran-Holmes-Byrei Nov Deetors' Wive* BaxterBennett Mar Dea't Bet ea Wenea McDonald-Lowe-Merkel peb Eart Lyaae Hardlng-Brook-Nagel m-. Fair Warning O'Brien airle Demand Excitement Wayne-Cherrlll Just Imagine Brendel-Sulllvan I, "' LIghtnIa' Will RogersDresser Lillom Farrell-Tayler YkJ' Man Wh* Came Back Gaynar-Farrell Mea en Call Edmund Lowe-Clarke I2,'3I 69. Mar. 28,'3I 5,'31 96. Mar. 21, '31 I4,'3I May ..83.... Oct. Mar. I5,'31 82. Apr. " ■ 5, '31 70. Fob. I, '31 104. Feb. ' Jan. WM w«BB Kuiiiunu bUwo-ugaiK« ....... , Mr. Lemen ef Orange Brendel-Dorsay I, "31.. 8,'3I.. 23..... 7 5..... II, '31.. '31.. 4,'3I 2I,'3I 28,'3I I4,'3I .62. ..68. Feb. Ill Oct. 18 ..94.... Oct. 25 ..94 Sept. 13 ..81. Jan. 3,'3I .70. Mar. 7,'31 Mar. 22.'31 67. Mar. 7,'3I Mar. Dec. Jan. ' Dec. Net Exactly Gentleesen McLaglon-Wray-Cedy Q ribbon Oh, For A ManI MacDonald-Denny-WhIto Once A Sinner Dorothy Mackalll-Jeel McCrea Part Time Wife Lowe-Hyams Princess and the Plumber, The. . Farrell-O'SuIllvan Dec. Quick Mllllens Tracy-Churchlll-Ellers May Renegades BaxterBeeryLey Oct. Scotland Yard LoweBennett Oct. Seas Beneath O'Brlen-Lesslng-Marts Mar. 6 Cylinder Love Spencer Tracv-Merkel May I0,'3I ....Apr. U,'3I (Reviewed under Title "The Minute Man") Soup te Nuts Healy-Wlnnlnger-Smitb Sept. 28 70 Oct. 25 Spy, The Hamilton-Johnson Apr. 26,'31 58 Their Mad Moment Baxtor-Mackalll-Pltte July 12, '31 Three Girls Lert WayneYoung Apr. Under Suspicion Murray-Moran Jan. Up the River LuceBogartTracy Oct. Wyoming Wonder, The George O'Brien July I9,'3I Young As You Feel Will Rogers-Dorsay Apr. 18,'SI Yenng Sinners MeighanJordanKIrkweed ..May I7,'3I 8,'3I 61. Apr. 1 1, '31 14 86 Nov. 6 25.'31 70. Jan. 24,'3I 28 72 Dec. 6 21 72. ...Oct. 18 3, '31 70. Apr. 4, '31 26 93 Oct. 4 19 75.... Oct. 4 29.'31 91. Feb. 7,'3I I9,'31 71. Apr. I8,'3I 4.'3( S4....N0V. 22 12 92.... Oct. II Coming Feature Attractions Running Time Title Star Rel. Date Minutes Reviewed Annabelle's Affairs VcLaglon-MacDonald June2l.'3l 79. May 30.'3I Bad Girl Sally Ellers Goldie Harlow-S. Tracy-W. Hymer... June 28,'3I Hush Money J. Bennett-J. KIrkwood Hardie Allbright luly 5,'3I Over the Hill Lane, Dillaway, Marsh, KIrkwood Wsmen ef All Nation* McLaglen-Lowo-Nlssen May 31, '31 72. May 30,'3I METRO-GOLDWYN-MAYER Features Running Time Title Star Rel. Date Minutes Reviewed Bachelor Father, The Davles-Forbes Jan. I0.'31 91 Dec. 13 Billy the Kid John Mack Brown Oct. 18 82 Sept. 13 Complete Surrender Joan Criuvford ...May 9,'31 81 Dance. Feels, Dance Joan Crawford Feb. 2 1, '3 1 8 1. Jan. Daybreak Ramon Novarro May Easiest Way, The BennettMonjouMontgomery.. Feb. Gentleman's Fate GilbertWolhelm Mar. Great Meadow, The Brown-Boardman Jan. 24,'3I Inspiration Greta Garbe Jan. 31, '31 3,'3I I8,'3I 2,'31 76. Apr. 7.'31 73 7,'31 93. Jan. 31, '31 ..80 Nov. 29 ..76 Dec. 27