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 #:: 0001617
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 names 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 Too Young to Marry Young-Withers May 8, '31 Truth About Youth Voung-Tearle Nov. 30 69 Nov. 29 Widow From Chicago Neil Hamilton Nov. 9 65 Oet. 25 Women Hungry LeeKohler-Blackmar Apr. 4, '31 68 Mar.28,'3l BIG 4 FILM CORPORATION Features Title Star Rel. Date Breed of the West Wally Wales Nov. Hell's Valley Wally Wales Mar. Red Fork Range Wally Wales Jan. Sheer Luck Ralston-Stuart Feb. So This Is Arizona Wally Wales Apr. Trapped Stuart-Quartaro-Dean-Santschi Apr. Running Time Minutes Reviewed 12 60 18. '31 60 12. '31 60 Mar. 7.'3I 7.'3I 60.... Mar. 9. '31 24,'3I 60 14. '31 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-fllm and sound-on-disc) Features Title Star Rel. Atlantic Jan. Avenger, The Buck Jones Mar. Brothers Lytell-Sebastian Oct. Charley's Aunt Ruggles-Collyer Dec. Criminal Code. The HolmesHuston-Doran Jan. Dawn Trail, The Buck Jones-Miriam Seegar. . . Nov. Desert Vengeance Buck Jones-Barbara Bedford. Jan. Dirigible Holt-Graves-Wray 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-Cummings Feb. Lightning Flyer. The James Hall-D. Sebastian Mar. Lion and the Lamb, The Byron-Myers-Hatton-Love ...Jan. Lover Come Back Jack Mulhall-C. Cummings B. Bronson June Madonna of the Streets Brent-Ames Dec. Man from Chicago Men Without Law Buck Jones Oct. Meet the Wife Lew Cody & Laura La Plante. Apr. Middle Watch, The Mar. Murder Oct. Shadow Ranch Buck Jones Sept. Subway Express Holt-Kelsey-Pringle May Sweethearts on Parade White-Hughes Aug. Ten Cents a Dance Barbara-Stanwyck-Corfez ....Mar. Texas Ranger. The Buck Jones Apr. Tol'able David CromwellBeery-Peers Nov. Young Woodley CarrollLawton Sept. Date 17. '31 6,'3I 25... 28... I5.'3I 28... 25. '31 4. '3I 15. '31 5... 20. '31 28. '31 20,'3I I, '31 5. '3I. Running Time Minutes Reviewed 63 Oct. II 65... Mar. 28, '31 76 Nov. I 88 Dec. 6 88 Dec. 13 66 Dec. 27 65... Feb. 28, '3 1 Mar. I4,'3I 72. . 73. . 80. . 64.. 80.. . 63. . .70.. ...Oct. 4 May 23. '31 Feb. I4,'3I Apr. II,'3I Feb. I4.'3I , .June 20,'3I Dee. t 15 70. I7.'3I 73. 3,'3I 24 II. I 58. I, '31 '58. 16 57. 6.'3I 79. I0.'3I 15 70. 26 73. . . . . Nov. 29 .Apr. 4,'3I ...Nov. I . ...Nov. 15 . May S.'SI Sept. 6 Mar. I4,'3I .Apr. 25,'3I ....Nov. IS ....Oct. 4 Coming Feature Attractions Arizona John Wayne-Laura La Plante lune 27. '31. Branded Buck Jones June Ex-Ranger Buck Jones Fifty Fathoms Deep Richard Cromwell Jack Holt Loretta Sayers Flood. The Boardman-Blue For the Defense Evelyn Brent In the Secret Service Jack Holt Miracle Woman, The Barbara Stanwyck Pagan Lady Evelyn Brent-C. Bickford C. Nagel Shopworn Barbara Stanwyck 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 I. '31. Fourth Alarm, The Nick Stuart-Ann Christy Oct. 25 Mystery Train. The N. Stuart-M. Day-H. Hopper. Aug. I. '31 Sea Devils Molly O Day-Edmund Burns. Jar. 15. '31. Running Time Minutes Reviewed . 6 reels.May 23. '3I . . (I Oct. 18 . .6 reels . 88 Coming Feature Attractions Air Eagles 6 reels. Hellion's Last Cruise. The 6 reels Rose of Chinatown 6 reels. Streets of Shadows 6 reels. FIRST NATIONAL Features Title Big Business Girl. College Lovers Father's Son . . . Finger Points, The. Going Wild Gorilla. The Hot Heiress. The.. Kismet Kiss Me Again ... Lash. The Little Caesar Misbehaving Ladies . Men of the Sky Mothers Cry Naughty Flirt One Night at Susie's. Party Husband Right of Way. The.. Sunny Star Rel. Date Loretta Young-Ricardo Cortez. July 4. '31 Whiting-Nixon Oct. Janney-StoneRich Mar. BarthelmessWray Apr. Joe E. Brown Dec. Joe Frisco Nov. Lyon-Munson Mar. 28. '31. Otis Skinner Jan. I8,'3I. Clare-Pidgeon Feb. 23. '31. Richard Parthelmess Dec. 28 (Reviewed under title "Adios," Issue of Oet. 4) Edw, G. Robinson Jan. 25, '31. Lee-Lyon Apr. I8.'3I . Irene Delroy-Jack Whiting. . June 20. '31. PetersonManners Jan. 4. '31. Alice White Jan. 1 1. '31. DoveFairbanks. Jr Oct. 19 Dorothy Mackaill June 6. '31. Nagel-Youna Feb. 7, '31. Marilyn Miller Nov. 23... Running Time Minutes Reviewed 80 Mar.l4,'3l 5 63 Sept. 6 7. '31 77 Oct. 4 II, '31 88. ..Mar. 2I,'31 21 72 Aug. 23 2 63 Oct. 4 ..78. ..Jan. 24,'3I ..92 Nov. .75... Jan. I0,'3I .80 81. ..Jan. 17. '31 72... Mar. 14, '3 1 86 75 Dec. 13 76 .64 Nov. I 66....Apr.l8, '31 .68 I .81 Oct. Ill 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 I") Blue Moon Murder Huston-Young Broadminded Joe E. Brown Aug. I, '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 \u3. 15, '31 May 2, '31 Ruling Voice. The Huston-Young-Kenyon We Three Ben Lyon-Rose Hobart World Changes. The Edw. (3. Robinson FITZPATRICK PICTURES, INC. Features Title Star Lady of the Lake Percy Marmont-Benita Hume. Rel. Date Nov. I. Running Time Minutes Reviewed 45 Set. 25 FOX FILMS Features Title Star Rel. Always Goodbye Landi-Stone May Annabelle's Affairs McLaglen-MacDonald June Are You There? Lillie-Garrick May Big Trail. The Wayne-Churchill-Marshall Nov. Black Camel Warner Oland-Eilers June Body and Soul Farrell-Landi Feb. Charlie Chan Carries On Oland-Churchill Apr. Connecticut Yankee. A Will Rogers Apr. Daddy Long Legs Gaynor-Baxter June Dancers. The Moran-Holmes-Byron Nov. Doctors' Wives Baxter-Bennett Mar. Don't Bet on Women McDonald-Lowe-Merkel Feb. East Lynne Harding-Brook-Nagel Mar. Fair Warning O'Brien Feb. Girls Demand Excitement Wayne-Cherill Feb. Goldie Harlow-S. Tracy-W. Hymer...June Hush Money J. Bennett-J. Kirkwood Hardie Allbright July Just Imagine Brendel-Sullivan Nov. Lightnin' Will Rogers-Dresser Dec. Liliom Farell-Taylor Oct. Man Who Came Back Gaynor-Farrell Jan. Men on Call Edmund Lowe-Clarke Jan. Mr. Lemon of Orange Prendel-Dorsay Mar. Not Exactly Gentlemen McLaglen-Wray-Cody Gribbon Mar. Oh, For A Man! MacDonald-DennvWhite Dec. Once A Sinner Dorothy Mackaill-Joel McCrea Jan. Part Time Wife Lowe-Hyams Dec. Princess and the Plumber. The. Farrell-O'Sullivan Dec. Quick Millions Tracy-ChurchillEilers May Renegades Baxter-Beery-Loy Oct. Scotland Yard LoweBennett Oct. Seas Beneath O'Brien-Lessing-Maris Mar. 6 Cylinder Love Spencer Tracey-Merkel May (Reviewed under title "The Minute Man" Soup to Nuts Healy-Winninger-Smith Sept. Soy. The HamiltonJohnson Apr. Their Mad Moment Baxter-Mackaill-Pitts July 3 Girls Lost Wayne-Young Apr. Under Suspicion Murray-Moran Jan. Up the River Luce-Bogart-Tracy Oct. Women of All Nations McLaglen-Lowe-Nissen May Wyoming Wonder. The (Tent) ... George O'Brien July Young As You Feel Will RogersDorsav Aug. Young Sinners MeighanJordan-Kirkwood . . . May Running Time Date Minutes Reviewed 24, '31 Apr. 25,'3I 14. '31 79 May 30,'3I 3. '31 60 Nov. 29 2 Standard 123 Oct. 1 1 Grandeur 158 21, '31 May 15, '3i 22, '31.... 82. ...Mar. 7, '31 12, '31 69 Mar.28,'3l 5, '31 96 Mar. 21. '31 7, '31 May23,'3l 9 83 Oct. 4 ..82. . .70. .104. .62. ..68. 15, "31. 15. '31. I. '31. I, '31. 8, '31. .Apr. 4, '31 . Feb. 2 1. "3 1 .Feb. 28.'3I Feb. I4,'3I '31.. ..72.. . .June I3,'3I ... Oct. 18 ..94.. ....Oct. 25 . . 94 . . ...Sept. 13 'si;; ..81,. Jan. 3, '31 '31.. . . 70. . . Mar. 7. '31 '31.. ..67.. . .Mar. 7. '31 '31.. ..61.. .Apr. II. '31 ..86.. .... Nov. 6 '31.. ..70.. . .Jan. 24,'3I .72.. Dec. 6 . . 72. . Oct. 18 '31.. ..70.. ..Apr. 4, ^31 ..93.. Oct. 4 ..75.. Oct. 4 '31.. ..91... .Feb. 7. '31 '31.. .Apr. I8,'3I ..70.. ....Oct. 25 '3i'.". ..58.. '31 , . •31. . ..71.. Apr. I8.'3I 31.. ..64.. Nov. 22 ..92.. Oct. II '31.. ..72.. .May 30.^3I •31.. •31 . Coming Feature Attractions Title Star Bad Girl Sally Eilers Brat, The Sally O'Neil-F. Albertson. . . Merely Mary Ann Gaynor-Farrell Midnight Cruise. The Edmund-Lowe-Lois Moran. . . Over the Hill Lane-Dlllaway-Marsh. Kirkwood Plutocrat, The (Tent) Will Rogers-Jetta Goulal Riders of the Purple Sage G. O'Brien-M. Churchill She Wanted a Millionaire J.Bennett-S.Tracy Skyline T. Meighan-H. Albright Sob Sister All Star Transatlantic Edmund Lowe-Lois Moran... Wicked v. McLaglenElissa Landi... Yellow Ticket. The Elissi Landi-Paul CeVanagh. Running Time Date Minutes Reviewed METRO-GOLDWYN-MAYER Features Running Time Star Rel. Date Minutes Reviewed . . Davies Forbes . Jan. 10. '31. ...91... ...Dec. 13 ..John Mack Brown Oct 18. . . .82, . . ...Sept. 13 May 9. 'si '. ...81... Feb. 21, '31. . . . 81 . . . '. jani ' 3.'3I . . Ramon Novarro May 2. '31 . . ..76. .. .Apr.l8,'3l . . Bennett-Meniou-Montgomery . Feb. 7. '31 . ...73... . Marion Davies . June 13. '31 . ..89... .June I3,'3i . . Norma Shearer-Leslie Howard June 20. '31 Apr. 25, '31 Gllbert-Wolhelm Mar. 7. 31.. ..93... Jan. 31, ^31 Brown-Boardman Jan. 24, 31.. . . 80 . . Nov. 29