Motion Picture Herald (Apr-Jun 1931)

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Title:: Motion Picture Herald
Date:: Apr-Jun 1931
Publisher:: [New York, N.Y. : Quigley Pub. Co.]
Volume:: Motion Picture Herald (Apr-Jun 1931)
Leaf #:: 0001615
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 2 7, 1931 MOTION PICTURE HERALD 71 THE RELEASE CHART Productions are listed according to the nannes of distributors in order that the exhibitor may have a short-cut toward such information 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. Running Time Title Star Rel. Date Minutes Reviewed Party Husband Dorothy Mackaill June 6. '31 66. . . Apr. 18. '31 Riglit of Way, The Nagel-Young Feb. 7. '31 68 Sunny Marilyn Miller Nov. 23 81 Oct. II Too Young to Marry YoungWithers May 8, '31 Truth About Youth Young-Tearle Nov. 30 69 Nov. 29 Widow From Chicago Neil Hamilton Nov. 9 65 Oct. 25 Women Hungry Lee-Kohler-Blackmar Apr. 4. '31 68. ... Mar. 28, '3 1 BIG 4 FILM CORPORATION Features star Titl« Breed of the West Wally Wales Nov. Canyon H-awks Yakima Canutt Aug. Hell's Valley Wally Wales Mar. Red Fork Range Wally Wales Jan. Sheer Luck Ralston-Stuart Feb. So This Is Arizona Wally Wales Apr. Trails of Danger Wally Wales Sept. Trapped StuartQuartaroDean -Santschi Apr. Rel. Date 12. Running Time Reviewed M inutes ...60 26 60 Oct. 18 18. '31 60 I2.'3I 60. .. Mar. 7.'3I 7.'3I 60. . . .Mar. 9, '31 24.'3I 60 30 60 I4.'3I 62 Coming Feature Attractions Big City Shadows 6 reels. Devils' Decoy 6 reels. Diamond Mystery 6 reels. Masters of Steel 6 reels. Midnight Prowlers 6 reels. Railroad Mail Limited 6 reels. Riders of the Cactus Wally Wales 60 COLUMBIA (Available sound-on-film and sound-on-disc) Features Title Star Rel. Africa Speaks Sept. Atlantic Jan. Avenger, The Buck Jones Mar. Brothers Lyiell-Sebastian Oct. Charley's Aunt Ruggles-Collyer Dec. Criminal Code. The Holmes-Huston-Doran Jan. Dawn Trail, The Buck JonesMiriam Seegar . . . Nov. Desert Vengeance Buck Jones-Barbara Bedford. Jan. Dirigible Holt-GravesWray Apr. Fighting Sheriff. The Buck Jones-Loretta Sayers May For the Love o' Lil Mulhall-Starr-Nugent Oct. Good Bad Girl, The Mae Clark-James Hall May Last Parade. The Holt-Moore-rummings Feb. Lightning Flyer. The James Hall-D. Sebastian. ... Mar. Lion and the Lamb. The Byron-Myers-Hatton-Love ...Jan. Madonna of the Streets BrentAmes Dec. Man from Chicago Men Without Law Fuck Jones Meet the Wife Lew Cody & Laura La Plante. Middle Watch. The Murder Shadow Ranch Buck Jones Subway Express HoltKelsey-Pringle Sweethearts on Parade White-Hughes Ten Cents a Dance Barbara-Stanwyck-Cortez . .. Texas Ranger. The Buck Jones Tol'able David Cromwell-Beery-Peers Young Woodley CarrollLawton Running Time Date Minutes Reviewed 15 7» Sept. 27 17. '31 63 Oct. II 6. '31 25 . . . 28. . . 15. '31 28 . . 25. '31 4, '31 15, '31 5 72. 20,'31 73. 28, '31 80. 20. '31 64. I, '31 80. I 70. 65. . . Mar. 28,'3I 76 Nov. I 88 Dec. 6 88 Dec. 13 66 Dec. 27 65 . . . Feb. 28.'3I Mar. 14. '31 Oct. 4 .May 23, '31 Feb. 14. '31 Apr. II, '31 Feb. 14, '31 Dec. 6 Oct. 15 70 Nov. 29 Apr. 17, '31 73... Apr. 4,'3I Mar. 3,'3I Oct. 24 91 Nov. I 1 58 Nov. 15 I, '31 68. ..May 9.'3I Aug. 16 67 Sept. 6 Mar. 6.'3I 79. ..Mar. I4,'3I Apr. 10, '31. Apr. 25, '31 Nov. 15 70 Nov. 15 Sept. 26 73 Oct. 4 Sept May Coming Feature Attractions Arizona John Wayne-Laura La Plante Branded Buck Jones June Ex-Ranger Buck Jones Fifty Fathoms Deep Richard Cromwell Flood, The Boardman-Blue For the Defense Evelyn Brent Lover Come Back Jack Mulhall-C. Cummings B. Bronson June 5, '31. Miracle Woman. The Barbara Stanwyck Pagan Lady Evelyn Brcnt-C. Bickford C. Nagel Sky Raiders. The Lloyd Hughes-Marceline Day Virtue's Bed CONTINENTAL PICTURES CORP. Features Title Star Rel. Date Defenders of the Law Catherine Dale Owen-Holland Gleckler May l.'3l Fourth Alarm, The Nick Stuart-Ann Christy Oct. 25... Sea Devils Molly O'Day-Edmund Burns. Jan. 15, '31 Second Honeymoon, The Josephine Dunn Sept Running Time Minutes Reviewed .6 reels.May 23. 31 . 81 Oct. 18 . 68 67 Coming Feature Attractions Air Eagles 6 reels. Hellion's Last Cruise. The » ree s. Mystery Train, The 6 ree s. Rose of Chinatown » ree s. Streets of Shadows 6 FIRST NATIONAL Features Title College Lovers . . . . Father's Son Finger Points, The. Going Wild Gorilla. The Hot Heiress, The. Kismet Kiss Me Again ... Lash. The Star Rel. Date .Whiting-Nixon Oct. . Janney-StoneRich Mar. . BarthelmessWray Apr. Joe E. Brown Deo. .Joe Frisco Nov. . Lyon-Munson Mar. Otis Skinner Jan. . Clare-Pidgcon Feb. Richard Barthelmess Dec Little Caesar Misbehaving Ladies . Men of the Sky Mothers Cry Naughty Flirt One Night at Susie's. (Reviewed under title "Adios," Issue of Oct. 4) Edw. G. Robinson Jan. 25, '31. Lee-Lyon Apr. I8,'31 . Irene Delroy-Jack Whiting .. June 20. '31 .... PetersonManners Jan. 4,'3I . Alice White Jan. 1 1, '31 DoveFairbanks, Jr Oct. 19 Running Time Minutes Reviewed 5 63 Sept. 6 7,'3I 77 Oct. 4 II, '31 88. ..Mar. 2I,'3I 21 72 Aug. 23 2 63 Oct. 4 28,'3I 71. ..Jan. 24.'3I I8.'3I 92 Nov. 8 23,'31 75... Jan. I0,'3I 28 80 81 . . . Jan. 72. . . Mar, 86 75 Dec. 76 64 Nov. I I7,'3I I4,'3I 13 Title Lady of the Lake. Running Time Minutes Reviewed 45 Oct. 25 '31 . I. '31. Coming Feature Attractions Running Time Title Star Rel. Date Minutes Reviewed As Good As New All Star Bargain, The Lewis Stone-Doris Kenyon Apr. 18. '31 (Reviewed under title "You and 1) Big Business Girl Loretta Young-Ricardo Cortez July 4. '31 80. . . . Mar. 14, '31 Blue Moon Murder Huston-Young Broadminded Joe E, Brown Aug. 1, '31 Apr. II, '31 Chances Douglas Fairbanks, Jr July 18, '31 May 9, '31 Five Star Final Edward G. Robinson Honor of the Family Bebe Daniels I Like Your Nerve D. Fairbanks, Jr. -L. Young Last Flight Richard 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 \ug. 15, '31 May 2, '31 Ruling Voice, The Huston-Young-Kenyon We Three Ben LyonRose Hobart World Changes, The Edw. G. Robinson FITZPATRICK PICTURES, INC. Features Star Rel. Date Percy Marmont-Benita Hume. Nov. I., FOX FILMS Features Running Time Title Star Rel. Date Minutes Reviewed Always Goodbye Landi-Stone May 24, '31 Apr. 25,'3I Annabelle's Affairs McLaglen-MacDonald June 14, '31 79. .. May 30.'3I Are You There? Lillie-Garrick May 3, '31 GO... Nov 29 Big Trail, The Wayne-Churchill-Marshall ... Nov. 2 Standard 123 Oct. II Grandeur 158 Black Camel Warner Oland-Eilers June 21. '31 May I5,'3i Body and Soul FarrellLandi Feb. 22, '31 82 Mar. 7, '31 Charlie Chan Carries On Oland-Churchill Apr. ' ' Connecticut Yankee, A Will Rogers Apr. Daddy Long Legs GaynorBaxter June Dancers. The Moran-Holmes-Byron Nov. Doctors' Wives BaxterBennett Mar. 15 Don't Bet on Women McDonald-Lowe-Merkel Feb. 15 East Lynne Harding-Brook-Nagel Mar. Fair Warning O'Brien Feb. Girls Demand Excitement Wayne-Chcrill Feb. Just Imagine Brendel-Sullivan Nov. Lightnin' Will Rogers-Dresser Dec. Liliom Farell-Taylor Oct. Man Who Came Back GaynorFarrell Jan. II, Men on Call Edmund Lowe-Clarke Jan. 18, Mr. Lemon of Orange "rendelDorsay Mar. 22, '31. Not Exactly Gentlemen McLaglenWray-Cody Gribbon Mar. 8, '31 61 . Oh, For A Man! MacDonald-Dennv-White Dec. 14 .86. Once A Sinner Dorothy MackaillJoel McCrea Jan. Part Time Wife Lowe-Hyams Dec. Princess and the Plumber, The . Farrell-O'Siillivan Dec. Quick Millions Tracy-ChurchillEilers May Renegades BaxterBeeryLoy Oct. Scotland Yard Lowe-Bennett Oct. Seas Beneath O'Brien-Lessing-Maris Mar. 29, '31.. 6 Cylinder Love Spencer Tr!>reyMerkel May 10, '31. (Reviewed under title "The Minute Man") Soup to Nuts Healy-Winninger-Smith ... Sent. 28 70 Oct. 25 Spy, The Hamilton-Johnson Apr? 26, '31 58 Their Mad Moment Baxter-Mackaill-Pitts July 12, '31 Three Girls Lost Wayne-Young Apr. 19. '31 71 Apr. 18. '31 Under Suspicion Murray-Moran Jan. 4. 31 64 Nov. 22 Up the River Luce-Bogart-Tracy ..Oct. 12 92 Oct. II Women of All Nations McLaglen-Lowe-Nissen May 31. '31 72 May 30.'31 Wyoming Wonder. The (Tent) ... George O'Brien July 19, '31 Young As You Feel Will RogersDors^v Apr. 18, '31 Young Sinners MeighanJordanKirkwood ... May 17, '31 Coming Feature Attractions Running Time .Title Star Rel. Date Minutes Reviewed Bad Girl Sally Eilers Brat. The Sally O'Neil-F. Albertson Goldle Harlow-S. TracyW. Hymer . . . June 28. '31 Hush Money J. Bennett-J. Kirkwood Hardie Allbright July 5. '31 72 June I3.'3I Merely Mary Ann GaynorFarrell Midnioht Cruise. The Edmund-Lowe-Lois Moran Over the Hill Lane-Dillaway-Marsh, Kirkwood Plutocrat, The (Tent) Will RogersJetta Goulal . Transatlantic Edmund LoweLois Moran ', Yellow Ticket. The Elissi Landi-Paul CaVanagh . '. METRO-GOLDWYN-MAYER Features Running Time „ ,T _ , , Star Rel. Date Minutes Reviewed Bachelor Father. The Davies-Forbes Jan. 10. '31 91 Dec 13 Billy the Kid John Mack Brown Oct. 18 82 Sept 13 Complete Surrender Joan Crawford May 9. '31 81 ' Dance, Fools, Dance Joan Crawford Feb, 21, '31 81.... jail! 3,'3i Daybreak Ramon Novarro May 2, '31 76 Apr 18 '31 Easiest Way, The Bcnnett-Menjou-Montgomery Feb. 7, '31 73 Gentleman's Fate GilbertWolheim Mar. 7. '31 93.. .jan.3l','3i Great Meadow. The Brown-Boardman Jan. 24, '31 80. Nov 29 Inspiration Greta Garbo Jan. 31, '31 76 Dec 27 12. '31 69 Mar.28,'3l 5, -'31 96 Mar. 21. '31 7, '31 May 23,'3I 9 83 Oct. 4 '31 82. . . Apr. 4. '31 .70 Feb. 21. '31 104 Feb. 28. '31 .62 .68 Feb. I4.'3I III Oct. 18 .94 Oct. 25 94 Sept. 13 .81 Jan. 3, '31 .70.. . 67.. 1. 8, 23. 7. 5. '31.. '31.. . . Mar. 7. '31 . .Mar. 7, '31 ..Apr. 1 1. '31 Nov. 6 25, '31 70 Jan. 24, '31 28 72 Dec. 6 21 72 Oct. 18 3, '31 70 Apr. 4, '31 26 93 Oct. 4 19 75 Oct. 4 ,.91....Feb. 7, '31 Apr. 18, '31