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 #:
0001447
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 , 19 3 1 MOTION PICTURE HERALD 65 Running Time Ifl, Star Rel Date Minutes Reviewed uoten t1 Sparto. Tli* Italafllni 9 reels Bueens Neeklae* Protex 9 ree s Rosenniniontao Mathias Wieman, Lien Dyers. .UFA ^. 8 reels. ........ Saddle King. The Cliff Tex Lyon Anchor •• Oct. Saa Fury Mildred Harris ....Tom White 58....Dec. 7 Slum ef Toklo Japanese Cast Moviegraphs Smoke Bellew Conway Tearle First Division 73 South of Panama Carmelita Geraghty. .Chesterfield 70 Stodeat Dayt Anita Dorrls-Fred . _ „,„. " Louis Lereh Heinz Paul... Apr. 27,'3I leo Nights In a Barroom Goetz 8 reels Thunder God Cornelius Keefe ...Crescent 66 Tilly of Bloomsbury Sydney Howard ....Sterling .May 16,31 Tiday Nagel-Owen Majestic Nov. I 74. ...Oct. 25 Trails of the Golden West Cosmos ExchangeFeb. S,'3I. . .55. Jan 31.31 Traasure, The Film Arts Guilo Nov. 30 Two Hearts la Waltz Time. .Janssen-Thelmer Asso. C. of A... Oct. 10 98 Oct. 25 Two Worlds Nora BaringJohn E. A. Dupont. . . Nov. 21 82 Nov. 29 Longdon White Devil Mosjukin-Dagover ..UFA Films Wien du Stadt Dor Lleder..Max Hansen Protex 8 reels... Wild West Whoopee Jack Perrin Allied Feb. Women Men Marry Harian-Blaint Headline Pie Mar. Yiddish Mama. Th( Mae Simon Judea Films 45 28.'3I 7.'3I SERIALS NAT LEVINE Running Time Title Star Rel. Date Minutes Reviewed Eagle's Shadow. The 12 episodes Galloping Ghost. The Harold Red Grange Sept. I. '31 . 12 episodes Lightning Warrior. The Rin Tin Tin 12 episodes Lone Defender. The Rin Tin Tin S«pt. 1,'SO. 12 atlsodei Phantom of the West Tyler-Gulliver Nov., 1930. 10 WIsedM Vanishing Legion, The Harry Carey-Edwina Booth... June 10, '31 . 12 episodes SYNDICATE PICTURES CORPORATION Title Mystery Trooper, The. Star . Robt Frazer-B. Mehaffy UNIVERSAL Rel. Date ...Apr. l.'31 Rel. Date Running Time Minutes Reviewed . 10 episodes Running Time Minutes Reviewed Title Star Danger Island Kenneth Harlan-Luciiie Brown 10 episodes Fingerprint* Kenneth H&rlan Mar. 23.'3I .. 10 episode*. Heroes »t the Flaae* Tim McCoy June 2.'3I . . 12 epieedea Indians Are C«bIm. Tfce Tim McCoy Oct. 20 12 episode*. Spell ef the Cireui F. Bushman, Jr.-A. Vaughn. Jan. I2.'3l . . 10 epltade* Tarzan the Tiger Merrill-Kingston Dee. g.'29. . 10 episede* SYNDICATE PICTURES CORP. Features Dee. 20 Aug. 23 Run Rel. Date Oct. I Title Star BeyoBd the Law Robert Frazer Breezy BUI Bob Steele Cede ef Honor Mahlon Hamilton ,..Oct. I... Code of the West Bob Custer Cenvlet'i Code. The Cullen Landl* „ Ged's Country and the Man Tom Tyler May I. '3 Lonesome TralL The Chas. Delaney Sept Phantom of the Desert ,. Jack Perrin Nov. Rider* of the North Bob Custer ,...Mar. Rider of the Plains. A .Tom Tyler Apr. Sen of the Plains, A Bob Custer May Under Texas Skle* Bob Custer Nov. West of Cheyenne ,. Tom Tyler Jan. Westward Bound Buddy Roosevelt 15 I. '31.. 1.'31.. I5.'3I.. 15 I5.'3I.. ning Time Minutes Reviewed 50 Nov. 8 50 Sept. 20 50 Nov. 15 . ..57 ...56. ...Oct. 4 6 reels ...65 Sept. 13 6 reels. Feb. I4.'3I ...67. Apr. II, '31 6 reels. May 9,'3I 6 reels Jan. I7,'3I 6 reels. Mar. 7,'3I 6 reels. Jan. 24.'31 Coming Feature Attractions Running Time Title Star Rel Date Minutes Reviewed Frontier Davs Honor of the Texas Ranger, The Last of tht Pawnees Law of the Rio Grande Red Coats ef Canada TALKING PICTURE EPICS Features Title Star Rel. Date .'30. •Across the World with Mr. and Mrs. Martin Johnson Feb. Bottom of the World, The Robt. Cushman Murphy Aug. Break Up, The Capt. Jack Robertson Aug. Girl Iron the Reeperbahn German Import Mar. •Hunting Tigers In India Coram. G. M. Dyott Nov. Lost Gods Byron Dc Provok July Monsters of the Deep Cap. Jack Austin July To the South Seas Mr. & Mrs. Giflord PInohet.Sept. Wild Men of Kalihari Or. C. Ernest Cadle Jan. [Note — Features marked with asterlcks are also released as serials, the choice of booking either the feature versions or as serials.] Running Time Minutes Reviewed 93 '15 .Feb. 14,'3I I . I . 6.'31. 5, '29., 82. I 55 4,'3I 59. May 23,'3I 15 60 l.'3l 50 Exhibitors have TIFFANY Features (Available sound-on-fllm and soundTitle Star Aloha Torre*-Lyon Caught Cheating Murray-Sidney Command Performance, The Hanllton-Merkel Drum* of Jeopardy Oland-Collyer-Hughes Extravagance Hughee-Collyer Fighting Thru Maynard-Lofl Headin' North Bob Steele Hell Bound Carrlllo-Lane-Hughe* lust Like Heaven Louise-Newell Land of Missing Men Boh SteeU Love Trader Leatrice Joy RIdIn' Fool Bob Steele Salvation Nell Graves-Chandler She Got What She Wanted Glass-Compson Single Sin. The Johnson-Lytell Sunrise Trail, The Bob Steele Third Alarm, The Hall-Loulee Under Montana Skle* Kenneth Harlan Utah Kid Rex Leaee-Dorothy Sebutlaa. on-dl*o) Running Time Rel. Date Minutes Reviewed Feb. 16,'31 87 Jan. 21. '31 63. Mar. 7.'3I Jan. I6,'31 79 Mar. 2,'31 68. Feb. 21, '31 Oct. 10 66 Sept. 20 Dec. 25 61 Dec. 20 Nov. I 55 Nov. 8 Mar. 7. '31 70. Feb. 7,'3I Oct. 22 65 Oct. II Oct. 13 58 Oct. 4 Oct. 9 64 Oct. 18 Mar. 23.'3I., 64 Dec! " is'. '. '. '. '. '. '. '. '. '.S8.'. '. '. Oct.' " * i 8 Feb. 23,'31 73. Feb. 21, '31 Feb. 7,'31 67 Nov. 17 64 Nov. 8 Sept. 10 57 Nov. 15 Oct. 27 49 Nov. 22 Coming Feature Attractions Alone At Last Alias the Bad Man • Arlzonlan, The Barbarian. The Branded Men Fighting Mad Gangster Girl Hijack Husband Hunter* Leftover Ladle* Luxury Girl, The Morals For Women Moran ot the Lady Letty Price. The Range Saw Sunset Trail Two Gun Man. The Ken Maynard Unpardonable Sin, The Wild Youth X Marks the Spot UNITED ARTISTS Features Title star Rel. . Nov. Bat Whispers, The ..Chester Morris City Lights Charlie Chaplin Devil to Pay ...Ronald Colman Jan. Du Barry, Woman of Passim. ... Norma Talmadge Oct. Front Pag* Adolphe Uenjeo Apr. Hell's Angel* Lyon-Hall-Harlow Nov. Indiscreet Gloria Swansea Apr. Kiki Mary PIckford Mar. Lottery Bride. The MacOonald-Garrlck Oct. One Heavenly Nl«ht Evelyn Laye-John B«les. . . .Jan. (Reviewed under title "Oueen of Scandal' Reaching for the Mom 0. Falrbanks-Bebe Daniels. . Feb. What a Widow Gloria Swanson Sept. Coming Feature Attractions Date 29.. Runni M 31.... 31... 31 '31 ng Time inutes Reviewed .66.... Nov. 15 .88. Feb. I4,'3i .74.... Dec. 6 .90 Nov. I .90. Mar. 28,'3I 116 June 7 Mar. 14,'3I .89. Feb. 2I,'3I .83 Nov. 22 .82 Oct. 25 ..91 Dec. 20 ..90 Sept. 20 Title St*/ Age for Love, The Billie Dove ^rrowsmith Ronald Colman Corsair Chester MorrI* Greeks Had a Name for Them..lna Claire Ground Hogs Spencer Tracy , Palmy Days Eddie Cantor Boartaee Paul Muni Street Soese Nancy Carroll-W. Callier,Jr. Tonight or Never Gloria Swanson Unholy Garden, The Ronald Colman Rel. Date Running Time Minutes Reviewed UNIVERSAL Features Title Star Rel. Bad Sister Nagel-Fox-Davis Mar. Boudoir Diplomat CompsonKelth-Dunean-Leff Dec. Cat Creeps TwelvetreesHersholt-Hacken. Nov. Cohens and Kelly* In Afrlea Sidney-Murray Jan. Concentratin' Kid Hoot Gibson Oct. East I* We*t Lupe Velez-Lew Ayrei Oct. Ex-Bad Boy R. Armstrong-Jean Arthur. .. July Dracula Lugoel-Mannera-Chandler ...Feb. Free Love Nagel-Tobin Jan. Th* Iron Maa Lew Ayres Apr. Lady Surrender*, A Naoel-Tobln-Rathbene-HobartXIct. Many A Slip Ayres-Bennett Mar. Resurrection BolesVelez Feb. She Wolf, The May Robson (Reviewed under the title "Mother's Mill See America Thirst Langden-Love-Summervllle ..Nov. Seed John BolesGenevieve Tobin May Uo For Murder Ayres-Tobin June VIrtuou* Huiband Compson -El I lot Nugent Apr. Date 23,' 25. 10. 19,' 26. 23 15, 14, 5, 30 6. 2, 2. Running Time Minutes Reviewed 67. Mar. 14,'3I 67 73 Sept. 20 80 Nov. 8 57.... Nov. I ..75.... Sept. 27 ions" 24. II. 15, 12, , . .75. Jan. 3, '31 . , .72 Doc. 6 Mar. 28,'3I , ..95.... Sept. 27 ..74. Feb. 28.'31 . ..77. Jan. I0.'3I Feb. 28, '31 .84..., Oct. 16 .97. Apr. 25. '31 .76. Mar. 21, '31 Coming Feature Attractions East of Borneo Rose Hobert-Charles Bickford . Fate Heaven on Earth Lew AyresAnita Louise Lasca of the Rio Grande Leo Carillo J. M. Brown.... Mystery of Life Clarence Darrow Strictly Dishonorable John Bales-Sidney Fox Waterloo Bridge Mae Clarke WARNER BROTHERS Features (Available sound-on-fllm and sound-on-dlse) Title Star Rcl. Date Captain Thunder F. Wray-V. Varteni Apr. 26. Divorce Among Friends All Star Dec. 27 Doorway to Hell Lewis Ayres Oct. 18 Fifty Million Frenchmen W. Gaxton, H. Broderiek ..Feb. 14, '31 God's Gift to Women Fay-LaPlante Apr. 25, '31 illicit StanwyckRennle Feb. 14. '31 Jazz Singer, The Jolson-May-McAvoy Life ot the Party Winnie Llghtner Oct. 25 Maybe It's Love Brown-Bennett Oct. 4 Man to Man HolmesMitchell Dec. 8 (Reviewed under title "Barber John's Boy) Millionaire, The George Arils* May I, '31 My Past Daniels-Lyon Mar. 14. '31.... (Reviewed under title "Ex -Mistress") Office Wife Mackalll-Stone Aug. 23 Other Men's Women Astor-Withers Jan. 17, '31 (Reviewed under title "Steel Highway") Outward Bouno Leslie Howard Nov. 29 Publlo Enemy, The Harlow-Caqney May 15, '31 River's End BickfordKnapp Nov. 8 Royal Box (German) Molssl-Horn Sit Tight Llghtner-Brown Feb. 28. '31 Sinners Holiday WIthers-Knapp Oct. II Soldier's Plaything, A Loder-Lanodon-Lyon Nov. I Svenoall John Barrymore-M. Marsh... May 22, '31 Three Loves Marlene Deitrich May 26, '31 Running Time Minutes Reviewed 1 67.. May 16, '31 66 Oct. 4 78 Sept. 20 I 74. .Jan. 3. '31 ..75..Mar.l4,'3l . 81 Oct 25 .79 Oct. 25 .73 Oct. 25 .69 Oct. 4 .81.. Mar. 14, '31 .74 Dec. 20 .59 Oct. .71 Oct, .83 Sept. 20 .97 .74 Oct. 4 .89 Dec. 28 .79 Oct. 4 .62 Oct. 4 .57 .83.. May 9, '31 Coming Feature Attractions Title Star Running Time Rel. Date Minutes Reviewed Alexander Hamilton George Arliss Bought! Constance Bennett-Ben Lyon. Aug. 22,'3I Expensive Women Dolores Costello Gold Dust Gertie Winnie Llghtner June 27, '31 68. May 9,'3I Lady from New Orleans, The AM Star Larceny Love James Cagney-J.BIondell Mad Genius, The John Barrymore Maltese Falcon. The Bebe Danlels-R. Cortez June 13, '31 Apr. 18. '31 Mouthpiece. The All Star Mr. Hercules All Star Night Nurse Barbara Stanwyck Aug. 8,31 Other Man, The Wm. Powell Side Show Lightner-Butterworth Smart Money Edw. G. Robinson July 1 1, '31 May I6,'3l Star Witness. The All-star