Motion Picture Herald (Jul-Sep 1931)

Page scan 0001147 from Motion Picture Herald

Record Details:

Title:
Motion Picture Herald
Date:
Jul-Sep 1931
Publisher:
[New York, N.Y. : Quigley Pub. Co.]
Volume:
Motion Picture Herald (Jul-Sep 1931)
Leaf #:
0001147
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:
May 30, 2024
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September 5, 1931 MOTION PICTU RE HERALD 71 ritle star Rel. Date Chickens Come Home Laurel-Hardy Feb. 21, '3 Come Clean Laurel-Hardy Sept. I9,'3I ura^y House Oane-IViui-an Feb. 7,*3I OevM's Cabaret Revue Mar. 7,'3I. Dublin and Nearby Holmes Dec. 27... Fisherman's Paradise Aug. 15.31. Fly My Kite Gang May 30,'3I Forehand, Backhand Service Wm. Tilden unning Time Minutes Reviewed 30... Mar. I4,'3I 21 IS... Mar. I4.'3I 17. ..Mar. I4,'3I .9... Apr. 4, '31 Gems of M-G-M Novelty Jan. Geography Lesson Colortone Revue Mar. Helping Grandma Our Gang Jan. '<lgh C's Charley Chase Dec. High Gear Boy Friends Feb. I Love a Lassie Sir Harry Lauder Dec. Land of Maharajaht, The Travelogue Aug. Laughing Gas Flip the Frog Series Mar. Laughing Gravy Laurel -Hardy Apr. ^et's Do Things The Boy Friends June Little Daddy Our Gang Mar. Love Business .Our Gang Feb. Love Fever Boy Friends Apr. Love Tails of Morocco Dogvllle Sept. Nanny Sir Harry Lauder Nov. One of the Smiths Charley Chase May aur Wife Laurel. Hardy May Panic Is On Charley Chase Aug. Peeps at Peking Holmes Jan. Pip from Pittsburgh, The Charley Chase Mar. Ragtime Romeo Flip the Frog Series May Roamin' In the Gloamln' Sir H^rry Lauder Sept. Rough Seas Charley Chase Apr. Rounder. The Novelty Nov. Roy Evans ....Roy Evans She's My Daisy Harry Lauder Oct. Snappy Caballero Jan. So Quiet on the Canine Front Dogvllle Jan. Soup Song, The Flip the Frog Series Jan. Splash Novelty Oct. Sultan's Camp of Victory Holmes Feb. Tale of the Alhambra, A Holmes Feb. That Little Bit of Heaven Holmes Mar. Through the Yangtze Gorges Holmes Oct. Thundering Tenors Charley Chase Feb. Trader Hound Dogvllle Nov. Two Bark Brothers, The Dogville Oct. Village Smithie, The Flip the Frog Series Jan. Whippet Racing Wild and Woolly Sports Nov. ..21.. .. .9.. ..21.. .. 17.. ..21.. . . 29. . . . 25 . . .Aug. I5,'3I . . Nov. . 7... Mar. I4,'3I .21 .27 .21. ..Mar. I4,'3I .20 Dec. 13 .20 .16. ..Aug. 15, '31 .26. .22. .20. ..21.. . 10. .20. .20 . ,9. ..Apr. . Apr. Aug. . May .Mar. .May Aug. .June ll.'SI 15, '31 9,'3I 14, '3I 30.'3I 15, '31 6,'3I I. '3 1 . 18 16 . .9 ..9... June 20,'3I . 10 9 . 10 . .9 .21 7.'3I. .July 25.'3I PARAMOUNT-PUBLIX Title Star Rel. Ace of Spades, The Talkartoon Jan. African Dodger, The Tom Howard Apr. A Hunting We Did Go Bruce Novelty May Alexander's Rag Time Band Screen Song May All for the Band Eddie Younger Apr. And the Green Grass Grew All Around Screen Song May Antique Shop, The Burns and Allen Mar, Any Little Girl That's a NIca Little Girl Screen Song Apr. Around the Samovar A Columbia Broadcasting Feature Feb. Anything But Ham Smith and Dale Jan. Beauty Secrets From Hollywood. .Technicolor Sept. Betty Co-Ed Rudy Vallee Aug. Big Splash, The Weismuller-Kruger Jan. Bimbo's Express Talkartoon Aug. Bimbo's Initiation Talkartoon July Brnflriwav Romeo, A N'-k Benny Mar. Bullmania Billy House Aug. Bum Bandit, The iaikarteon Apr. By the Beautiful Sea Screen Song Jan. Cab Waiting Jack Benny lune Cheaper to Rent Willy West and McGinty. . .Sept. Climate Chasers Bruce Novelty July Clinching a Sale Harry RIchman Apr. Cow's Husband, The Talkartoon Mar. Crazy Compositions Fuzzy Knight Apr. Devil Sea Ethel Merman & Leslie Stow*. Feb. Discovered Solly Ward Jan. Elmer Takes the Air Stubby Kruger-Assan Jordanoff July Fair and Square Ways liddle Miller May French Line. The Gina Male Jan Fur. Fur Away Smith & Dale Aug. Gallagher & Shean Screen Song Aug. Gents of Leisure Chester Conklln May Go Ahead and Eat Tom Howard Jan Great Pants Mystery Smith & Dale Feb. Happiness Remedy Ted Lewis Feb. Headache, The Billy House Mar, Ho Was Her Man Giida Gray Apr Helping Hand, The Solly Ward June His Price Johnny Burke Dee. Hudson and Its Moods Leslie Stewe & Speed Young. . Apr I'd Climb the Highest Mountain .. Screen Song Mar I'm Telling You Willie & Eugene Howard. .. Mar! In My Merry Oldsmoblle Screen Song It Might Be Worse Georgie Jessol Jan.' I Wonder Who's Kissing Her New. Rnrnen Snno Feb Kity from Kansas City Rudy Vallee-Screen Song. .. .Oct.* Knock, Knock, Knock (Tent) .... Talkartoon July I auah It Oft inne MacCiov Feb Lease Breakers, The Dave & Arthur Sept ict » stay Single Frances Willlamt Mar. Little Annie Rooney Screen Song ........Oct. Love In the Suburbs Victor Moore jan Make Up Your Mind Alice Boulden Jan. Male Man, The .....Talkartoon Apr. Melodies Smith Bros.. Sinaina ' Miscast las. Kelso-Dolores DeMonds. . Mar. Moonlight and Romance MorenoMartini Feb Movie Memories No. 4 — Sponsored by Chestarflield Cigarettes No. 5 — Sponsored by Chosterflield Cigarettes M'Ladv Irene Bordeni Mar My Wife's Jewelry Tom Howard Aug. My Wife's Gone to the Country. . Screen Song June My West Rruce Novelty ....Mar No More Hookey Halg Trio Aug Nothing to Declare Lulu McConnell Aug' Offlee Blues Ginger Rogers Nov' Once Over, Light Burns and Allen May One Big Night fien Blue Feb One Hundred Percent Service. .. Burns and Alien Aug Out of Bounds Billy House Sept Paramount Pictorial: No. I — Clara Bow Sept No. 2 — Fish Faces; Munich Mannlklns; Walrus Hunting in Siberia: Stars of To-morrow Oct No. 3 — In the Gloaming — Lowell Thomas-Jesse Crawford. . Nov No. 4— Whaiino la North Atlantic— Lowell ThomasLeslie Thrasher No. 5 — Up the River In Mexlee— Lowell Themas-Jehi Phillip Seusa No. 6 — The Trout Harvest — The Children's Hour — Lowell Thomas No. 7 — Rudy Vallee — Lowell Thomas Marionette Show No. 8 — Jesse Crawford-Ruth St. Dennis-Lowell Thomas... No. 9 — Harmonies of the Harp; Facts and Fancies In Sport* — Lowell Thomas No. 10 — Lowell Thomas — Golf Chats — Sweet Lady of the Air Running Time Date Minutes Reviewed 17, '31.. I reel ..Feb. 7,'3I 4, '31.... IO....Mar.l4.'3l 16, '31. . I reel '31.. I reel 4, '31.. I reel ..Mar.l4.'3l 30. '31.. 1 reel 7. '31.. I reel ..Feb. 2l,'3i 18, '31.. I reel 28, '31. 24, '31. 5, '31. 1, '31. 17, 'SI. 22, 'SI. 25, '31. 28. '31. I5,'3I.. 4, '31. 24, '31. 20. '31. 19, '31. II. '31. 18, '31. 14. 'SI. II, '31. 28. '31. 17, '31. 18, '31. 2, '31. 24. 'SI. 22,'3I.. 29,'3I. 9, '31. 3, 'SI. 14, '31. 14, '31. 14, '31. 25, 'SI. 27. '31. 13 II. '31. 7, '31. 7, '31. 3. "SI. 14. '^1. 31, '31. 25, 'SI 14. 'SI 5,'3I. 14. '31. 10,'3I. 31. '31. 10, '31 25. 'SI '21',' 'si! 21, '31 . I reel . . Feb. 28,'3 1 .1 reel . .Jan. 3.'3I . I reel 7... May I6,'3I .2 reels .1 reel .1 reel .2 reels .2 reels .1 reel . I reel ... 17.... May I6.'31 . I reel 9 . I reel ... 8....Mar.28,'3l . I reel . 1 reel . I reel . .Jan. 17, '31 .2 reels .1 reel . I reel .2 "«'« . I reel .2 reels .1 reel Dee. 13 .2 reels . I reel .2 reels.. JuMlt.'l| .2 reels , I reel .1 reel ..Mar.2i.'3l .1 reel ..May 2,'SI .1 reel...Junel3,'SI . I reel ... 6....Mar.2l,'3l .2 reels . I reel . I reel . I reel .1 reel ..May B,'SI . I reel . I reel . I reel .2 reels .1 reel ... 6 May 23, '31 . I reel . I reel . I reel 10.... May 16, '31 10.... May I6.'3I 28. '31.. I reel 22, '31.... II 13, '31.. I reel 7. '31.. I reel ..Mar.l4,'SI 29, '31.... II 8, '31 19 22 I reel... Jan. 24. 'SI 23. '31.. 1 reel ..May iS.'SI 7. 'St.. I reel I. 'SI..! reel I9,'3I..2 reels 27 1 reel 25 1 reel 29 1 reel ■ Dee. . Jan. .Feb. . Mar. 27 1 reel SI, 'SI.. I reel May .June '31 . . I reel . '31.. I reel I reel. '31.. I reel '31.. I reel. Title Star Rel. Date No. II — Lowell Thomas — Golf Chats — Flo Ziegfeld June 27, N0.12 — Michael Fokine — Africa, U.S.A. — Jesse Crawford. .. July 18. Paramount Sound News iTwo Editions Weekly) Paris Lester Allen Aug. Patient. The The Three Swifts Nov. Pent House Blues Muriel D'Or Cy Kahn Feb. Pest, The Tom Howard Mar. Plastered Willie. West & McGlnty Nov. Please Go 'Way and Let Me Sleep. Screen Song Ian. Puff Your Blues Away Lillian Roth Sept. fulling a Bone sums & Allen Jan. Putting Party, The Juliet Dec. Real Estators. The Smith & Dale May Retire Inn Billy House a. Aug. Row. Row. Row Screen Song Dec. Runaway Boys Bruce Novelty Jan. Screen Souvenirs No. I Old Time Novelties Aug. Screen Souvenirs No. 2 Old Time Novelties Sept. Screen Souvenirs No. 3 Old Time Novelties Oct. Seeing Helen Home Helen Lynd Dec. Seven In One Juliet May Silly Scandals Talkartoon May Simply Killing Willie & Eugene Howard Jan. Sky Scraping Talkartoon , Nov. Somebody Stole My Gal Scr-ien Song Mar. Song Service Lee Morse & Co Oct. S. S. Malaria Smith & Dale June Stateroom 19 Clute La Mar Jan. Studio Sap Chester Conklln Feb. Taxi Chester Conklln Apr. Teacher's Pest Talkartoon Feb. Tex In 1999 Texaco Company 13th Alarm, The Chester Conklln July 4, That Old Gang of Mine Screen Song luly II, There Ought to Be a Law Ford Sterling Sept. 12, Thou Shalt Not Billy House May 23, Tongue Tied Lulu McConnell Dec. 13. Tons of Trouble Rudy Muller and Rosle ....Jan. 3, Top Notes Willy Robyn Mar. 21, Tree Saps Talkartoon Feb. 21, Tune Detective, The Dr. Sigmund Spaeth Apr. 25, Twenty Legs Under the Sea Talkartoon June 6, Two's Company Marion Harris Feb. 7, Tune Detective, The Dr. Sigmund Spaeth Feb. 14, Two A.M Tom Howard May 2, Via Exnress Tom Howard July 4, What Price Pants Smith & Dale Aug. 22,' vvriy Continue ine Struggle Gasey-McHugh Nov. 15 You're Driving Me Crazy Screen Song Sept. 19, You're in the Army Now Johnny Burke Oct. II lunnlng Time Minutes Reviewed I.. I reel I.. I reel . . . I reel 9 . . I reel .... ..I reel... Feb. 7,'31 . . I reel . . I reel ..I reel ..I reel . . I reel Nov. 8 . . I reel 10 May 23,'3I ..2 reels . . I reel . .1 reel . . I reel . . I reel . . I reel . . I reel . . I reel . . May 9. '31 ..I reel... Feb. 7,'3I . . I reel ..I reel.. May 2 ,'31 ..I reel .,2 reels . . I reel . .2 reels . .2 reels ..I reel... Feb. 7,'3I . .7 min. . . May 2, 'SI . .2 reels . . I reel . .2 reels . .2 reels. . May 2, '31 . . I reel . . I reel ..I reel... Mar I4,'3I . . I reel ..1 reel. . .JuneiS.'Si . . I reel .. I reel. .Jan. 3, '31 . . 1 reel Nov. 22 . . I reel . . I reel ..2 reels . . I reel . . I reel . .2 reels RADIO PICTURES Rel. Title Star Blondes Prefer Bonds Louise Fazenda Clean-Up on the Curb, A Roscoe Ates Sept. County Seat, The Charles "Chic" Sale Aug. Cowslips Charles "Chic" Sale Sept. Dizzy Dates Dane-Arthur Dec. Dumbells in Derbies Geo. K. ArthurKarl Dane ... Feb. False Roomers Clark and McCullough Oct. Gland Parade Roscoe Ates Sept. Guppy Twins, The Rosco Ates Hard to Get Clark & McCullough House Dick, The Jimmy Save Humanette No. 6 Benny Rubin Jan. Humanette No. 7 Nat Carr Feb. Humanette No. 8 All Star Mar. Humanette No. 9 Apr. Humanette No. 11 Eddie Lambert lune Humanette No. 12 "On the Spot" He Loved Her Not Nick & Tony Jan. itching Hour. The Louise Fazenda Feb. Lime Juice Knights Dane-Arthur Mar. Lone Starved Ranger, The Rosco Ates Aug. Melon Drama, A Clark & McCullough Mickey's Crusaders Mickey Yule Apr. Mickey's Diplomacy Mickey McGuire Mickey's Rebellion Mickey McGuIre Mickey's Stamnede Mickey Yule Feb. Mickey's Thrill Hunters Mickey McGuire Sept. Mickey's Wildcats Mickey McGuire Sept. Polar Pals Tom and Jerry Cartoons Sept. Scratch As Catch Can Clark & McCullough Second Hand Kisses Louise Fazenda ....Mar. She Went for a Tramp Hugh Herbert Rosco Atef.. Mar. Strife of the Party. The Ned Sparks Talking Turkey Benny Rubin ..Jan. Toby Hollowe'en Toby, the Pup .......... May Toby In the Bughouse Toby, the Pup Dec. Toby In Circus Times Toby, the Pup Jan. Toby in the Brown Derby. ...... Toby, the Pup ..Mar. Toby Down South Toby, the Pup Apr. Toby the Bull Thrower Toby, the Pup June Toby the Fiddler Toby; the Pup Sept Toby the Miner Toby, the Pup Oct. Toby the Milkman Toby, the Pun Feb. Trader Glnsburg Nat Carr Doe. Trouble from A Broad , Ford Sterling Luclen Littlefield Aug Use Your Noodle Rosea Ates Way of All Fish Ned Sparks Aug. Wot a Night Tom and Jerry Cartoons Aug. Wife O'Reilly Nick & Tony Feb. Running Time Date Minutes Reviewed 12,'3l....20...June I3.'3I 15, 'SI.... 20 I9,'3I 7 19 7, '31 IS Mar. I,'31 i7.'3l 26, '31.... 18 Aug. I.'SI 25, '31. 25. '31. 22. '31. 15, '31. 13, '31. 25i''3i.' I. '31. 22i '31. 8, '31. ..9. ..Jan. 3, '31 . 10 Mar.l4,'3l . 9.... Mar. 7,'SI ! to . 10. . .June 20, .20 .22 . 21.... Mar. 7.'3I .20... July 2S,'3I '31 12. '31. .19. 7. '31. I2.'3I.. I2,'3I . . 5.'3I. . IS. . IS. .18., 29. '31. IS, '31. May 2,'3I .Mar. 7,'3I 25. '31. I, '31. 7 25, '31. 22, '31. 15. '31. 7, 'SI. I I 25, '31. 27 22. '31. . Dec. 13 29,'3I. I,'3I. 25. '31. . 6. . 7.... Mar. 7/31 '. 7'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'. . 7 May 23, '31 . 6 Nov. 15 .* 7!;!.!!no'v."'» . 7....May 23.'31 .20... June 20,'3I i'lS.'.'.'.'j'u'a'e'l's.'si . .9 . 20.... Mar. 7,'3' RKO PATHE NOTE — RKO Pathe does not list running time on Shorts. reels in the Important series, however, follow: 2 reel comedies 22 nln. Pathe News 10 " Pathe Review II " Aesop's Fables 8 " Grantland Rice Sportlights 10 " Runni Title Star Rel. Date M Against the Rules Rainbow Comedy June 6, '31.... All Gummed Up ..Whoopee Comedy May 23. '31.. 2 Angles on Angling Sportlight Dee. 28 1 Animal Fair, The Aesop Fable Feb. I, '31.. I Backfield Aces Rockne Football Oct 15 1 Bare Knees Pollard Mar. 8. '31. .2 Battle Royal James Gleason Feb. 29,'32...2 Battling Silver Kings Sportlight July I2,'3t Beach Pajamas Louis John Bartels Sept. 21, '31... Beneath the Southern Cross Vagabond Adventure Aug. 24,'3I Big Game Aesop Fable Aug. 3,'31.... Big Scoop. The Blondes by Proxy niue firass Kings Soortilght Bon Voyage Edgar Kennedy Breakfast in Bed PollardPangborn Nov. ("all nf Mohammed Vagabond Adventure Apr. Camping Out Edgar Kennedy Dec. Campus Chamos Nat Carr Feb. Chasing Trouble Checker Comedy Apr. Cinderella Blues 4esoo Fable Apr. Crashing Reno Manhattan Aug. College Capers Fable Mar Cowboy Blues Fable Feb. Dance With Mo Wanzer-Palmer Nov. „ Diamond Experts Sportlight May 17, 'SI... Disappearing Enemies Dot Farley Rex Bell Mar. I. 'SI. .2 Days of Solitude Vagabond Adventure Feb The approximate running time of ng Time inutes Reviewed . IS.... May a.'SI reels.. May I6.'3I reel... Jan. 3, '31 reel...Jin.3l,'SI reel reels.. Mar. 7,'3I reels .11... July IS.'SI .'16'.'.'.'.. '.■.'.■'.'.".".'. ..9 June 20, '31.. I ..Feb. 22,'32...2 16 2 7, '31.. I 14, 1, 26. 12. 29. 15. IS. 23 31. .2 '31. .2 '31.. 2 '31... 31.... '31.. I 'SI.. I 2 «. 'SI.. I reel. . reels, reels reel. reels, reels, reels. 8... reef . . reel . reels 10... reels, reel.. July 4.'3I Apr. 4,'3I '.'Feb.l'4.''3'l .May »,'3I . Aor.l l.'3l Aug. 8,'3I War. 2I.'3I Feb. 7, "31 '.'May'23,"'3i .Apr. 4.'3I Fek. I4.'SI