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 #:
0001630
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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8 MOTION PICTURE HERALD June 27. 1931 li!l!lllilll||PII||{||| lil II ' A§I[)E§ & INTECHJIDES By JAMES CUNNINGHAM M ACK SENNETT is negotiating for a $1,500,000 loan from H. J. (Consolidated laboratory) Yates, for use in new production. . . . Which gives further indication of the prominent spot which "H. J." occupies in the scheme of picture financing. ... . When Tiffany was about to be transferred to E W. (Educational) Hammons by L. A. Young, Tiffany's notes to Yates for laboratory work and advances nearly upset the apple-cart, Consolidated, it is understood, having tried to use this hold on Tiffany to set up a new regime under Richard A. Rowland. ... And when Universal's coffers were all but drained by Whiteman's "King of Jazz" studio costs and those laid out for "All Quiet," Carl Laemmle went to Yates for temporary aid and brought back something like $1,800,000. . . . Insiders have figured out that Yates has n.g. notes for more than $1,000,000 from small independent ventures which started on a promising scale and then failed to come through. . . . T T T They now call Clara Bow the IF girl! . . . ▼ T T Isn't it true that what America really stands in need of is a wailing wall to which the pessimists and business wreckers could go in a body and wail to their heart's content without bothering the rest of us. . . . T ▼ ▼ In RKO's "Million Dollar Swindle," a 200foot scene was ruined because extras forgot they were momentarily society women and chewed gum not wisely, but too well. . . . Three out of five extra girls indulge in jaw wagging. . . . There orrta be a law. . . . T ▼ V Louella O. Parsons, Hearst pen columnist, is on a belated honeymoon at the Hawaii Islands. . . . And (te-he), her husband, Dr. Harrv Martin, is chairman of the State BOXING Commission. . . . T T T We ivonder just hoztf smart is the N. Y. home office ad writer zvho. in larae display type in a Philadelt'hia trade paper, helloived: . . . "DON'T BUY NOW!" . . . "No smart shoivman ivoidd consider buying any new product until he saw what we have to offer." etc. . . "We repeat: "DON'T BUY NOW!" T T ▼ Ordinarily, this form of questionable copy writing might get by, but it most certainly has a detrimental phychological effect in a period when bad times in general business are leaving their mark on this industry and the activities of certain radicals who are sowing the seed of discontent by urgine exhibitors to withdraw from buying are makino things just so much tougher. ▼ T T Centralia, Wash., has ordered every mother's son within its borders to grow whiskers between Jiilv 8 and August 12 to nrovide realism for the 20th annual .Southwest Washington pioneer picnic in August. . . . ▼ TV They're still discussing the terrific boner pulled by the Fort Hayes Band at the recent Harding Memorial Tomb dedication when the brass blasted out with "Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone!" . . . ▼ ▼ ▼ National Board of Review is nearly set on a plan which will change considerably that unit's modus operandi. . . . Neiv life! . . . ▼ ▼ ▼ Certain 'Wall Street houses, plenty imDortant, will tell you that RKO is the best long-term investment in the picture business, with Paramount next. . . . This IVeek Lessons and Profits Won from Adversity — Martin Quigley PcS^ Circuits are demanding unreasonable protection in territories not zoned, says Lightman — Circuits refuse to comment. PiJ^r Now Is the Time to Buy and Sell — First of a series of messages to the industry. ^"Z^ A Tribute to Harry Reichenbach Page 12 Federal Radio Commission clears RCA of charge of monopolizing communications. Pi.HC 1 I New Chicago Censor Sees Need of Ending Biased Mutilation of Films Page Id FEATURES Editorial Pegf ' Asides and Interludes Pa-ge S The Camera Reports Page 19 DEPARTMENTS Productions in Work Page }4 Box OflSce Receipts Page 3 8 Managers Round Table Page 57 Complete Release Chart Page 71 J. C. Jenkins — His Colyum Page 52 Voice of the Industry Page 4S Classified Advertising Page 78 Passing in Review Page 3 5 Music and Talent Page 54 Sound Reproduction Page 49 Chicago Film Row Page 53 Your Public Page 52 The brazen and blazing ad copy tie-up of "A Free Soul" with the name of Starr Faithfull, whose body recently was washed up on Long Island's shores, was marked by more than one this week as being of very poor taste. T T ▼ General Director a)id Standard Directory, Coast casting directories, arc in the midst of a bitter competitive fight. . . . Standard claims that General is making unnecessary inroads on the limited field, in view of the fact that General, operated by Frank (Alice's brother) Joyce and Myron Selsnick, run General only as a mouthpiece of the Joyce-Selznick casting-management organization. . . . The pair are said to run $40,000 in the red each time General Directory makes its appearance. . . . Artist and director clients of General receive free space in the directory and, naturally, this takes away revenue from Standard, which has been established for years. . . . Joyce and Selznack are said to represent $250,000 tveekly in talent, which gives them as their 10 per cent share for managing and representation, at least $25,000 every seven days. Scoop! If and when Allied States decides to continue with a sponsored newsreel, there is little likelihood that Kinograms will be it. \«,\AIERAMEN'S and photographers' Local 600 admits times are tough for the crankturners, but, in its official publication, it offers a ray of hope in the nature of "the 'accommodation husband' role, a new profession which started on the eve of the departure of a Spanish and a German actress. . . . Both were doing foreign picture roles on six-month immigration permits. . . . And they beat deportation by a convenient marriage." . . . ▼ ▼ ▼ Mayor "Jimmy" Walker echoed shades of Jean Malin at his birthday dinner the other night when Maurice Chevalier greeted New York's chief executive with a "gorgeous" hug and an impressive kiss. . . . But did Maurice, as he walked from the rostrum, hear "Jimmy" chuckle and add: "Say, I could learn to love that fellow!" ▼ T T Not all rubbish is confined to ash cans, nor poetical effort to Spring. . . . For, hasn't Spring and early Summer, with its flowers, birds and what have you, reached the inner sanctum of RKO's home office, and as proof we offer the following press release which emanated from headquarters the other day : "The hot breath of summer nights . . . opalescent moons silvering the lonely countryside ... a romantic Spaniard weaving mystic love spells . . . softly cadenced words, spoken to a guileless maiden heart conquers her reason. . . . Love betrayed . . . and love mended in the bitter crucible of experience. . . . These are the intensely dramatic and romantic elements which Herbert Brenon has woven into the realistic warp of Radio Pictures' 'Transgression!'"' . . Tra-la-la ! . . . ▼ ▼ ▼ Maybe Harry Burns is right when he stated that what the film industry lacks today is cooperation between producers and directors and less interference from associate producers and supervisors. . . . The time has arrived, says Harry, when the director will have to be given the riglit of way, or a new batch of directors be engaged that has the confidence of the front office and their aides. . . . We're for it. . . . ▼ TV Via the Winchell route : . . . Walter Wanger's Paramount contract was listed for abrogation Friday in return for 820 G's. . . . Mary Pickford lost 100 G's on her miniature golf course in Hollywouldn't. ... In a free-for-all at Atlantic City between State Troopers and outlaws, Harry Carroll, the songsmith, was almost murdered. . . . Arthur Loew, heir to the Loewealth, is now soloing it in the skies. . . . Wheeler Dryden, who dwells at the Piccadilly (N. Y. hotel), is Cholly Chaplin's half-brother and Sydney Chaplin's full brother. . . . Leo Reisman is sure the depression is near an end, for a downtown bank last week started electing vice-presidents again. . . . While other skeptics argue that the only boom you may expect is the one on July 4th. . . . Duncan ("Trader Horn") Renaldo is here to straighten out his jam with the immigration officials. . . . T T ▼ Whoever wielded the ax at RKO Texan Theatres must have a herculean muscle, for it fell — and plenty hard — on the head of Lloyd Finlay, who was released as orchestra leader at RKO's Houston Majestic, which post Finlay has occupied uninterruptedly for 17 years! . . . Lloyd now is pounding hot Houston pavements trying to sell insurance. . . . T ▼ ▼ Certain major companies make off-color (undraped) femme stills for off-color and Latin American magazines. . . .