Motion Picture Herald (Apr-Jun 1931)

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June27.1931 MOTIONPICTUREHERALD 73 Running Time Title Star Dist'r. Rel. Date Minutes Reviewed No Lady Lupino Lane Gaumont-British 72. . . May 30, '31 Pagliacci Italian Opera Audio Cinema Mar. 7, '31 Passion Song. The Olmstead-N. Eeery .Excellent 56 Peacock Fan. The Dorothy Dwan Chesterfield 60 Fori Special Cast Ufa Films Primrose Path, The Foster-Darrow Hollywood Films 94. ..Jan. 24,'3I Pueblo Terror Buffalo Bill Jr West Coast Studios Apr, 15, '31 .60 . .Apr. 1 1. '31 Queen of Sparta. The Italafiira 9 reels Queen's Necklace Protex 9 reels f^osenmmontag Mathias Wieman, Lien Dyers UFA 8 reels Saddle King. The Cliff Tex Lyon Anchor Oct. 12 Sea Fury Mildred Harris Tom White 58 Dec. 7 Slums of Tokio Japanese Cast Moviegraphs Smoke Bellew Conway Tearle First Division 73 South of Panama Carmelita Gerpniity. . Chesterfield .70 Student Days Anita Dorris-Fred Louis Lerch Heinz Paul Apr. 27.'3I Ten Nights in a Barroom Goetz 8 reels Thunder God Cornelius Kee'e ... Crescent 66 Tilly of Bloomsbury Sydney Howard ..Sterling May I6.'3I Today Nagel-Owen Majestic Nov. I. ...74 Oct. 25 Trails of the Golden West Cosmos Exchange. Feb. 5, '31 .55. . .Jan. 31, '31 Treasure. The Film Arts Guild Nov. 30 Two Hearts in Waltz Time. . Janssen-Thelmer . . . . Asso. C. of A. . Oct. 10 98 Oct. 25 Two Worlds Nora Baring-John E. A. Dupont. . Nov. 21 82 Nov. 29 Longdon White Devil Mosjukin-Degover ..UFA Films ■Wien du Stadt Der Lieder. Max Hansen Protex 8 reels Wild West Whoopee Jack Perrin Allied Feb. 28,'3I "Women Men Marry Harlan-Blaine Headline Pic Mar. 7.'3I Yankee Don Richard Talmadge ... Richard Talmadge Prod Yiddish Mama. The Mae Simon Judea Films 45 SERIALS NAT LEVINE Running Time Title Star Rel. Date Minutes Reviewed Eagle's Shadow. The 1 2 episodes Galloping Ghost. The Harold Red Grange Sept. I ,'3 1 .. 12 episodes Lightning Warrior. The Rin Tin Tin 12 episodes Looe Defender, The Rin Tin Tin Sept. I .'30 . . 12 ep isodes Phantom of the West TylerGulliver Nov. '30. . 10 episodes Vanishing Legion. The Harry Carey-Edwina Booth . . . Junel0.'3l . . 12 episodes SYNDICATE PICTURES CORPORATION Running Time Rel. Date Minutes Reviewed . Apr I, '31 . . 10 ep isodes Title Mystery Trooper. The. Star . Robt. Frazer-B. Mehaffy UNIVERSAL Running Time Title Star Rcl. Date Minutes Danger Island Ken. HarlanLucille Brown 10 episodes . Fingerprints Kenneth Harlan Mar23, '31 .. 10 ep isodes. Heroes of the Flames Tim McCoy June 2,'3I , . 12 ep isodes . Indians Are Coming, The Tim McCoy Oct, 20 12 ep isodes. Spell of the Circus F. Bushman, Jr,A. Vaughn. .. Jan. 12, '31 .. 10 ep isodes . Tarzan the Tiger Merrill-Kingston Dec. 9, '29. . 10 ep isodes . SYNDICATE PICTURES CORPORATION .Aug.23 Features Rcl. Oct. Oct. Title Star Beyond the Law Robert Frazer Breezy Bill Bob Steele Code of Honor Mahlen Hamilton Code of the West Bob Custer Convict's Code, The Cullen Landis God's Country and the Man Tom Tyler May Lonesome Trail, The Chas. Delaney Sept Phantom of the Desert Jack Perrin Nov. Riders of the North Boh Custer Mar. Rider of the Plains, A Tom Tyler Apr. Son of the Plains, A Bob Custer May Under Texas Skies Bob Custer Nov. West of Cheyenne Tom Tyler Jan. Westward Bound Buddy Roosevelt Running Time Date Minutes Reviewed I 50 Nov. 8 50 Sept. 20 I 60 Nov. 15 57 56 Oct. 4 I, '31 . .6 reels 15 65 Sept. 13 I 6 'reels. . Feb, 14, '31 I, '31 67 Apr:i l,'3l I, '31 . .6 reels. .May 9, '31 15, '31 . .6 reels 15 Jan. I7.'31 15. '31 . .6 reels. . Mar. 7, '31 6 reels. .Jan. 24, '31 Coming Feature Attractions Running Time Title Star Rcl. Date Minutes Reviewed Frontier Days Honor of the Texas Ranger, The Last of the Pawnees Law of the Rio Grande Red Coats of Canada TALKING PICTURE EPICS Features Title Star Rel. Date Running Time Minutes Reviewed '30. 6, '31. 15. '29. .93. .45. .60. •Across the World with Mr. and Mrs. Martin Johnson Feb. I, Bottom of the World. The Robt. Cushman Murphy Aug. I Break Up. The Capt. Jack Robetson Aug, Girl from the Reeperbahn German Import Mar •Hunting Tigers in India Comm. G. M. Dyott Nov. Lost Gods Byron De Provok July Monsters of the Deep Capt. Jack Austin July •To the South Seas Mr. & Mrs. Gifford Pinchot . . Sept. Wild Man og Kalihari Dr. C. Ernest Cadle. Jan. [NOTE — Features marked with asterisks are also released as serials. Exhibitors have the choice of booking either the feature versions or as serials.] .94 Feb. I4,'3I .82 .55 . 4, '31 59 May 23,'3I 15 60 I. '31 50, TIFFANY Features (Available sound-on-film and sound-on-disc) Running Time Rel. Date Minutes Reviewed Feb. 16, '31.... 87. Title Star Aloha TorresLyon Caught Cheating Murray-Sidney Command Performance. The HamiltonMerkel Drums of Jeopardy Oland-Collyer-Hughes Extravagance H ughes-Collyer Fighting Thru Maynard-Loff Headin' North Bob Steele Hell Bound Carrillo-Lane-Hughes Just Like Heaven Louise-Newell Land nf Missing Men Bob Steele 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-Louise Two Gun Man, The Ken Maynard Under Montana Skies Kenneth Harlan Utah Kid Rex Lease-Dorothy Sebastian. Jan. 21, '31. Jan. Mar. Oct. Dec. Nov. Mar. Oct. Oct. Oct. 16, 31.. 2, '31... 10 .63 Mar. 7, '31 .79 . 6^ Feb. 21, '31 .66 Sept. 29 25 leo 2f I 55 Nov. 8 7, '31 70 Feb. 7. '31 22 65. .Oct. 11 13 58 Oct. 4 9 64 Oct. 18 Mar. 23, '31. .64. Dec. IB 88 Oct. 18 Feb. 23. '31.... 73.... Feb. 21. '31 Feb. 7. '31 67 Nov. 17 64 Nov. 8 May 15, '31 63. . .June 13, '31 Sent. 10 57 Nov. 15 Oct. 27 49 Nov. 22 Title Alone at Last Alias the Bad Man Arizonian, The Barbarian. The Branded Men Fighting Mad Gangster Girl Hijack Husband Hunters Leftover Ladies Luxury Girl, The Morals for Women Moran of the Lady Letty Near the Trail's End Bob Steele Price, The Coming Feature Attractions Running Time Star Rel. Date Minutes Reviewed Range Saw South of Santa Fe Bob Steele Sunset Trail Unpardonable Sin. The Wild Youth Women Go On Forever Clara Kimball Young X Marks the Spot UNITED ARTISTS Features Running Time Title Star Rel. Date Minutes Reviewed Bat Whispers. The Chester Morris Nov. 29 66 Nov. 15 City Lights Charlie Chaplin 88 Feb. 14, '31 Devil to Pay Ronald Colman Jan. 31. '31. .74 Dec. 6 Du Barry. Woman of Passion .... Norma Talm-idge Oct. II 90 Nov. I Front Page Adolphe Menjou Apr. 4. '31 90 . . . . Mar.28,'3l Hell's Angels Lyon-Hall-Harlow Nov. 15 116 June 7 Indiscreet Gloria Swanson Apr. 25. '31 Mar.J4.'3l Kiki Mary Pickfr.r-J Mar. 14. '31 89 Feb. 21, '31 Lottery Bride, The MacDonald-Garrick Oct. 25 83 Nov. 22 One Heavenly Night Evelyn Laye-John Boles Jan. 10, '31 82 Oct. 25 (Reviewed under title "Queen of Scandal") Reaching for the Moon D. Fairbanks-Bebe Daniels. ,. Feb. 21, '31 91 Dec. 20 What a Widow Gloria Swanson Sept. 13 90 Sept. 20 Coming Feature Attractions Running Time Title Star Rel. Date Minutes Reviewed Age for Love, The Billie Dove Arrowsmith Ronald Colman Corsair Chester Morris Greeks Had a Name for Them..,lna Claire Palmy Days Eddie Cantor Scarface Paul Muni Sky Devils Spencer Tracy Street Scene Nancy Carroll-W. Collier, Jr Tonight or Never Gloria Swanson Unholy Garden. The Ronald Colman UNIVERSAL Features Titre Star Bad Sister Nagel-Fox-Davis Boudoir Diplomat CompsonKeithDuncan-Loff. . Dec Cat Creeps Twelvetrees-Hersholt-Hackett. Nov. Cohens and Kellys in Africa SidneyMurray Jan. Concentratin' Kid Hoot Gibson Oct. East Is West Lupe VelezLew Ayres Oct ExBad Boy R. ArmstrongJean Arthur Oracula LugosiManners-Chandler Free Love Nagel-Tobin Jan. Running Time Rel. Date Minutes Reviewed Mar. 23, '31 67 Mar.l4,'3l 25 67 10 73 Sept. 20 19, '31 80 Nov, 8 26 57 Nov. I 23 75 Sept. 27 July 15, '31 Feb, 14, '31 75 Jan. 3,'3I 5, '31.... 72 Dec. 6 The Iron Man Lew Ayres Apr. 30. '31 Mar.28,'3l Lady Surrenders, A Nagel-Tobin-Rathbone-Hobart Oct. 6 95 Sept. 27 Many a Slip Ayres-Bennett 74 Feb. 28. '31 Resurrection Boles-Velez Mar. 2, '31 77. . . . Jan. I0,'3I She Wolf, The May Robson Feb. 2, '31 Feb. 28, '31 (Reviewed under the title "Mother's Millions") See America Thirst Langden-Love-Summerville. . . Nov, 24 84 Oct. 16 Seed John Boles-Genevieve Tobin ,. May II, '31 97 Apr, 25, '31 Up for Murder Ayres-Tobin June 15, '31. Virtuous Husband Compson-Elliot Nugent Apr. 12, '31. Coming Feature Attractions 76. . Mar.ai,'3l Title Star Rel. Date East of Borneo Rose HobartCharles Bickford Fate Heaven on Earth Lew Ayres-Anita Louise Lasca of the Rio Grande Leo Carillo-J. M. Brown Mystery of Life Clarence Darrow Strictly Dishonorab'e John Boles-Sidney Fox Waterloo Bridge Mae Clarke Running Time Minutes Reviewed WARNER BROTHERS Features (Available sound-on-film and sound-on-disc) Running Time Title Star Rel. Date Minutes Reviewed Captain Thunder F. Wray-V. Varconl Apr. 26, '31 67 May I6.'31 Divorce Among Friends AM Star Dec. 27 66 Oct. 4 Doorway to Hell Lewis Ayres Oct. 18 78 Sept. 20 Fifty Million Frenchmen W. Gaxton-H.-Broderick Feb. 14, '31 74 ...Jan. 3, '31 God's Gift to Women Fay-LaPlante Apr. 25, '31 75 Mar, 14. '31 Gold Dust Gertie Winnie Lightner June 27, '31 . . . . OS . . . May 9, '31 Illicit Stanwyck-Rennie Feb. 14, '31 SI Oct. 25 Jazz Singer, The Jolson-May McAvoy Life of the Party Winnie Lightner Oct. 25 79 Oct. 25 Maltese Falcon. The Bebe DanielsR. Cortez June 13, '31 Anr.l8,'3l Maybe It's Love Brown-Bennett Oct, 4 73 Oct. 25 Man to Man Holmes-Mitchell Dec. 8 69 Oct. 4 (Reviewed under title "Barber John's Boy") Millionaire, The George Arliss May I, '31 . . . . 8 1 . Mar. I4,'31 My Past Daniels-Lyon Mar. 14, '31 74 Dec. 20 (Reviewed under title " ExM istress") Office Wife Mackaill-Stone Aug. 23 59 Oct. 4 Other Men's Women AstorWithers Jan. 17. '31. . . 71 Oct. 4 (Reviewed under title 'Steel Highway") Outward Bound Leslie Howard Nov. 29 Public Enemy, The Harlow-Cagney May 15, '31.. River's End BickfordKnapp Nov. 8 Royal Box (German) Moiss-Horn Sit Tight LightnerBrown Feb. 28, '31.. Sinners Holday WithersKnapp Oct. II Smart Money Edw. G. Robinson July II, '31.. Soldier's Plaything, A Loder-Langdon-Lyon Nov. Svengali John Barrymore M. Three Loves Marlene Dietrich Marsh . May 22, '31. May 26. '31. 83 Sept. 20 97 74 Oct. 4 89 Dec. 28 79 Oct. 4 62 Oct. 4 May 16, '31 57. May 9,'3I Coming Feature Attractions Rel. Date Title Star Alexander Hamilton George Arliss Bought! Constance Bennett-E en Lyon. . Aug 22, Expensive Women Dolores Costello Larceny Lane James Cagney-J. Blondell Mad Genius, The John Barrymore Mouthpiece, The All Star Mr. Hercules All Star Night Nurse Barbara Stanwyck ,.^...Aug. 8. '31 Other Man. The Wm. Powell Safe in Hell All Star Side Show Lightner-Butterworth Star Witness, The All Star Running Time Minutes Reviewed 71 . . .June 13, '31 31 THE "SHORT PICTURE" SECTION OF THIS DEPARTMENT WILL APPEAR AGAIN IN NEXT WEEK'S ISSUE