Motion Picture Herald (Jul-Sep 1931)

Page scan 0001148 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 #:
0001148
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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72 MOTION PICTURE HERALD September 5, 193 1 TIU* star Rel. Doomed to Win James Gleason Dec. nuffpF Swings ^arreil Gnlf Series Feb. Dumb Dicks Benny Rubin Easy to Get McCloy-Shiliing-Siiort Dec. Eve's Fall All Star Dec. Fallen Empire Vagabond Adventure July Fislierman's Lucit Aesop Fable June Fiy Guy, The Aesop Fabie May Forel Farreil Goit Feb. Frozen Face Manliattan Comedy Apr. Full Coverage Benny Rubin Nov. Fun On Tile Ice Aesop Fabie July Getting on th« Green Farreil Golf Mar. Gossipy Plumber. The ^nllv Comotiv May Great Junction Hotel Masquers Comedy Oct. Guests Wanted Benny Rubin Jan. Halt Pint Polly Capital Comedy May Help Wanted— Female Poilard Jan. Hold the Baby Agnew-Crane-McPhall Nov. Hot Spot, The Louis John Bartels Sept. Hunting Thrills Sportiight Apr. Hurricane Island Vagabond Adventure Apr. In the Rough Farreil Golf Mar. I'll Take That On* Ail Star Oct. Julius SIzzer Benny Rubin Sept. June First June MacCiey ■ Shilling ....July King of Bugs Fable Dec. Lemon Meringue Edgar Kennedy Aug. Love in the Pond Aesop Fable Aug. Mad Melody Fabie Apr. Makin 'Em Move Aesop Fable July Manhattan Mariners Sportiight Aug. Messenger Boy Benny Rubin June Neat and Tidy All Star Nov. Next Door Neighbors Housman-Deering Jan. Night Class Campus Comedy Aug. Not So Loud Melody Comedy May Oh, Oh, Cleopatra Wheeier-Woolsey Aug. Oh. Marry Me Manhattan Nov. Open House Nick Stuart Mar. Old Hokum Bucket, The Aesop Fabie Mar. Olympic Talent Soortliqht Aug. Only Men Wanted MacCloy-Shilling-Short Feb. Outboard Stunting sportiight Series May Over the Radio Pangborn Dec. Pale Face Pup Aesop Fable Juns Parading Pajamas Johnny Arthur Dec. Psthe News Released Twice Weekly Rathe Review No. I July Parents Wanted Folly Comedy Mar. Play Bail Aesop Fabie May Poise Sportiight July Radio Racket Fable Mar. Red Riding Hood Fabie Jan. Rough and T4jmble Sportiight Jan. Rough House Rhythm Ed Kennedy Apr. Sands of Egypt Vagabond Adventure Nov. Rs»ln' Intuns PnlUrd Feb. Selling Shorts Louis John Bartels Nov. Shadow of the Dragon Vagabond Adventure Mar. She Snoops to Conquer Daphne Pollard June Sink or Swim Sportiight Mar. Bkl Pilot Sportiight Feb. Slow Poison James Gleason Oct. speed Limit Sportiight Mar. Spirit of Sho-Gun Vagabond Adventure Dec. Stage Struck Walter Catlett Jan. Btout Hearts and Willing Hands. Frank Fay June Stop That Run Louis John Bartels Feb. Take 'Em and Shake 'Em McCloy-Shilling-Short Sept. Tale of Tutulia Vagabond Adventure Jan. Tennis Top-Notcheri TildenWills Apr. Thanks Again Edgar Kennedy Oct. That's My Line Louis John Bartels July That's News to Me Frank McHugh July Thom the Unknown Vagabond Adventure Mar. Three Wise Clucks Glenn Tryon Apr. Touchdown Rockne Football Nov. Toytown Tale Fable Jan. Twisted Tales Arthur HousmanMarlon Douglas Mar, Two Minutes to Go Rockne Football Oct. Under Cover Sportiight Jan. Under Par Farreil Goit Mar. Utmost Isle Vagabond Adventure Sept. Water Bugs Johnny Welsmallor June Well of Fortaleza. The Vagabond Adventure Feb. Where Canaries Sing Bass James Gleason Aug. Wide Open Spaces, The Winning Putts Farreil Golf Mar. younger Years Sportiight June Running Time Date Minutes Reviewed 3I,'3I . . .2 reels 22,-3l...l reel.. Mar. 7.31 7, '3I.. 28 27,'3I . la.'SI . 10, '3I. I5,'3I. I9,'3I. 9.'3I . I9,'3I., 22,'3I., 17. '1I. 26. '3I. 18, '3I. 3,'3I. 11. '31. 9... I4,'3I. 21, '31. 21, '3I. 8, '3I. S 7, '3i. 27, '3I. 21 3,'3I. i7,'3l. 26.'3I. S.'SI., 24, '3 1. 29,'3I. 28 28. '3I. I7,'3I. S."tl. I7,'3I. 2, -3 1., 22. '3I. 29, 'SI 9, '3I. 8, '32. 3, '3I. 14.... 22,'SI. 21.... 4.'3I 6,'3I .2 reels. . . .2 reels... ...10 . . .10 July ... 7. ..June . I reel.. Feb. I4,'3I .2 reels. Apr. I8,'3i .2 reels .. . .8 Aug. 8,'3I . I reel.. Apr. 1 1, '31 .2 reels. May 2. '31 .2 reels .2 reels .2 reels .2 reels. Jan. I0,'3I .2 reels .2 reels . I reel.. Apr. il,'3l . I reel. .Mar. 28.'9I . I reel.. Feb. 28,'3I .2 reels ...20.... July 4.'3I . I reel.. Jan. 3.'3I ...20... June 6,'3I .1 -eel . I reel.. May 2, '3 1 . ..9... July 25,'3I . I reel ...22 July 25, '31 .2 reels .2 reels. Jan. 3,'3I .2 reels. May 16, '31 .2 reels. May 2,'3I ...22... Aug, 8,'3I ll,'3l 4,'3I 27,'3i. I5,'3I.. 24, '3I.. 27, '3I. 1,'SI., IB.'3I.. 25, '3I.. 5,'3I.. 2.... IS.'II. 30,'3I. 8,'3I.. 22,'3I. 22.'3I., 8,'3I. I9,'3I. 8,'3I. 28.... 18.... I5.'3I. I, '32. 28, '3I. 2S,'3I. 4, '3I.. 5, '3I. 13, '31. 6, '3I. 22,'3I. I2,'3I. 2.... 4,'3I. 29,'3I. 15 M,'3I. I5.'3I. 2I,'3I. 6.'3I. 28.'3I. I0,'3I. ,.. 20...Apr. 7... Apr. ....8 .2 reels . I reel.. May 31, '31 .2 reels. Feb. 7,'3I ....9.... July 4,'«l .2 reels. Jan. 24,'3I . I reel .2 reels. Apr. ... 10. ..May . .9 Aug . I reel.. Feb. . I reel.. Jan. . . . reel. . Feb. .2 reels. Mar. . I reel .2 reels. Jan. .2 reels . I reel.. Mar. . . .20. . .June ... .9.. .Mar. .1 reel.. Feb. .2 reels .1 reel.. Mar. .1 reel.. Jan. . I reel . . .20 .2 reels .2 reels . I reel 4,'3I .1D.'3I 8,'3I 2S,'3I SI.'SI 7,'3I 14, '31 3,'3I I4,'3I 20. '31 28,'3I I4,'3I .Feb. .May I4,'3I 3,'3I 28.'3I 30.'3I II. .Fob. . .Apr. 7.'SI 4,'3I e.'3i 30,'3I 4,'3I I8.'3I .2 reelo.. . . .20. . . June ...20... May . I reel.. Apr. .2 reels. Apr. . I reel .1 reel.. Jan. ...22. ..Apr. . I reel .1 reel.. Jan. 24,'3I 9... Mar. 28,'3I . I reel ...10. ..May 23,'3i . I reel.. Feb. 2 1, '3 1 .2 reels 3, '3I 4, '3I I, '31.. 29.'3I.. . I reoL.ADr. 4.'3I ..10.... July 4,'3I STATE RIGHTS Running Time Title Star Distributor Minutes Reviewed At the Photographers Harry Delf Eibee t reels Beauty Secrets from Hollywood— No. I (technicolor) Welshay Mar. I4,'3I Besides the Western Sea Castle Film I reel Birds of a Feather Ideal 8... Apr. 4, '31 Blind Youth Lou Tellegen Capital 1 reels Bosom Friendship Novelty UFA 10 Broken Doll, The Sadie Banks Judea Films I reel Down Hawaii Way Color Novelty Castle I reel Ell-Ell Cantor Waldman ...Judea Film 10 Evening In Jewish Camp Eval Miller Judea Film 12 Friend Husband .. Purr 2 reels Hunting the Carpathian Bear Ufa 12... Aug. I,'3I In the Good Old Summer Time Ideal 8... Apr. 4, '31 lewish Gypsy Hymie Jacobson ....ludea Films 21 Jewish Melody Cantor Waldman ludea Films. Inc I reel. Kids and Pets Color Novelty Castle I reel. 22 ..May 23,'3I 10 II Inc 2 reels 8... Mar. I4,'3I Knights In Khaki Falcon Prod. Kol Nidre No. I Cantor Schmlllkel ..ludea Films Kol Nidre No. 2 Canter Waldman ...ludea Films Land of Freedom Seymour Reltztelt . ludea Films, Legend of the Skies Ideal 0... Mal-Ko Mashma-Lou Harry Fold Judea Films Meet the Family Harry Delf Elbee .2 reels Monkey Business 8... Apr. Monkey Squawks Burr Natascha PInehus Lavenda ludea Films. Inc 2 reels...., Oh Doctor Special Cast Judea Films 20 Old Songs for New Bob Welsh. Peculiar Pets Ideal Poem In Stone. A Ideal Sacred Elephants of India Ideal Welshay 9.. Aug. Bailors' Sweetheart . HymIe Jacobson .8. . . Apr. .7. ..Mar. .8... Mar. . I'tdea Films, Ine 2 reels. I5,'3I 4,'3I I4.'ll 2I,'3I iO..;.Aug. I. '31 Films 21 Secrets of Plant Life Ufa Shoemaker's Romance ludea Signed, Sealed & Delivered. Special Cast Burr Sixty Minutes from Broadway Color Novelty Castle I reel Some Wild Appetites Ideal 8... Mar. 21. "31 Soring Is Here Ideal 9... Mar. 21, '31 Style and Class Marty Barratz Iiiriea Films 23 WInas of Tomorrow Visuographic .10.. .May 2,'3I World Unseen. A Selontlfle Ufa 12 SYNDICATE PICTURES CORPORATION Alice Chops the Suey Feb. i,'3l Alice Gets Stage Struck Jan. i5,'3l Alice Loses Out Mar. i,'SI ■. Alice Picks th( ChUB» Mar. Alice Plays Cupid Apr. Alice Rattled by Rats May Alice Solves the Puzzle Apr. Alice in the Junsle Jan. Alice's Mysterious Mystify May Alice's Orphan Feb. Broken Spur, Tho Jack Hoxie Feb. Desert Bridgegroom Jack Hoxio Jan. Romantic Sheriff Jack Hoxie Jan. Sparks of Flint Jack Hoxie Feb. I5.'3I I,'3I. I, '31 I5,'3I I, '31 I5,'3I I5,'3I I.'3I...2 reels.. I5,'3I...2 reels.. I,'3I...2 reels.. I5,'3I., .2 reels. TALKING PICTURE EPICS Title Star Rel Animal World of Mak< Believe.. Dr. Raymond L. DItmart. . . Apr.. Bird Islands of Peru Dr. Robt. Cushman Murphy. Feb. Fight to Live Dr. Raymond L. DItmirt. . . Apr., Freaks of Nature Dr. Raymond L. OltBir«...June Ghost Towns George Lancaster Aug. Heart of the Nation Washington May In the Realm of Goblins Dr. Raymond L. DItmars. . . Aug. Killing the Killer Dr. Raymond L. DItmars. . .June Land of Evangeline (No. 2) Wanderlust Jan. Land That Time Forgot Frank Ormston July Let's Sing Howard Wade KInsey Bent. Like a Beaver Dr. Raymond L. DItmart. . .Feb. Monkey Whoopee Dr. Raymond L. DItmars. . .Dec. Naked Man vs. Beast Martin Johnson Oct. Navajo Witch Wild Life Series Aug. Relations Al Alt Aug. Seeing Bermuda on a Bicycle. No. I) Wanderlust Oct. Sunny Sweden (No. 4) Wanderlust June This Is Australia Natives June Today and Yesterday Hearst News Nov. Ton of the Old World (No. S) Wanderlust June Tropic Lure (No. 3) Wanderlust Aug. Up and Down New York (Empire State BIdg.) May Running Time Date Minutes Reviewed '31 10... Aug. 8,'3l I2.'3I IS Nov. 8 '31 10... May S0.'3I I4,'31 9 3,'3I.,....9 25,'31 9 SI,'31 10 9 39,'31 18... Feb. I4.'3I 10/31 9... Aug. 8,'3I 1 10 I2,'31 10... Feb. I4,'3I 25 9... May 30, '31 IS 10 14, '3I II 27,'3i 20 15 10 Dee. 13 15, '31 9 I5,'31 15 I5.'29 30.... July 4,'SI I5.'31 9 27,'3I II 25.'31 9 TIFFANY Running Time Title Star Rel. Date Minutes Reviewed Color Symphonies Series 6 in Technicolor 10 Chinese Flower Boat July 5 10 Dancing Bear June 10 10 Parisian Nights June 25 10 Kentucky Jubilee Singers Series of 6 Old Black Joe May 1 18 PIckIn' Cotton 9 Road Home, The |8 Slave Days lo Welcome Home Doc. 12 10 Musical Fantasies Series of 6 ....10 Fire Worshippers Aug. 10 10 Sept. 27 Memories Apr. 23 II William Tell Aug. I II Way Down South || Dee. 6 Paul Hurst Comedies Series of 6 II Do Woiid's Champion 20 Dee. 6 One Punch O'Teole Mar. 23 18... Mar. 28,'3I Tale of a Flea, The Missing Link, The Rolling Stone Series Series of 6 In the Mountains Sept. 25 10 Sept. 6 Tho Desert Dec. 18 iO Tiffany Chimp Series 6 Monkey Comedies 18 1. Blimp Mystery, The 16 Sept. 27 2. Little Covered Wagon, The Sept. 5 Aug. 30 3. Little Big House, Tho Oct. 15 19 Oct. 4 4. Little Divorcee, The 20 Dee. t 5. Nine Nights In a Bar Room Jan. 26,'31 16... Jan. 3,'3I 6. Chasing Around Mar. 23.'31 16. ..Mar. 28.'3I 7. Africa Squawks July 7,'31 18 8. Apeing Hollywood Aug. I6,'31 21 9. Cinnamon 1 1 Voice of Hollywood Series Station S-T-A-R Jan. 26. No. 16 Neil Hamilton Aug. 10 II No. 17 Laura La Plante Aug. 20 II No. 18 Gleason & Armstrong Sept. II il No. 19 Johnny Hines || No. 20 James Hail 1 1 Oct 11 No. 21 Conklin & Christy || No. 22 Ian Keith |0 No. 23 Sammy Cohen-Tiffany Talking Chimps iO Dee. 6 No. 24 Leon E. Janney Dec. 21 II , No. 25 Seben 'n' Leben Jan. 20,'3I II No. 26 Kenneth Harlan Mar. 2.'31 1 1... Mar. 28, '31 No. 27 John Wayne Our GaBi UNIVERSAL Title Star Rel. Arabian Knights Slim Summervlllo Apr. All Excited Sidney-Murray Mar. An Apple a Day Lloyd Hamilton Sept. Backfieid Plays Football Short No. 4 Sept. Band Master, The Oswald Cartoon May Burglar to the Roseuo ShadowDetective Series No, I. Sept. Butter In Yeggman, The Sidney-Murray May Campaign Capers Slim Summervlllo Carry On Football Shorts No. 5 Oct. Cat's Paw, The Red star Comedy July Champion, Tho Leather Pushers Feb. Champ, The Oswald Cartoon July China Oswald Cartoon Jan. College Oswald Cartoon Jan. Clown, The Nov. Comeback, The Leather Pusher Series No. 4. Dec. Country School, The Oswald Cartoon May Dangerous Daze Red Star Comedy Mar. Discontented Cowboys Sidney-Murray Nov. Divorce A La Carte Sidney-Murray Apr. Famous Plays of 1930 Football Short No. 3 Sept. Farmer, The Oswald Cartoon Mar. Fireman. The ...Oswald Cartoon Apr. First to Fight Slim Summervills Sept. Fisherman, The Oct. Fowl Ball, The Oswald Cartoon Oct. Framed Leather Pusher Series No. 7. Jan. Go to Blazes Sidney-Murray Oct. Hammer & Tongs Leather Pusher Series No. 2 net. Hare Male, The Oswald Cartoon Oct. Hello. Russia Slim Summervlllo Jan. Hello, Napoleon Red Star Comedy June Here's Luck Slim Summerviile May Heroes of the Flames Tim McCoy June Hot and Bothered Sidney-Murray Mar. Hot Feet Oswald Cartoon Sept. Howdy Mate Red Star Comedy July Hunter, The Oswald Cartoon Sept, In Old Mazuma Sidney Murray Jan. In Wonderland Oswald Cartoon Sept. Kane Meets Abel Leather Pushers Feb Kentucky Belie Oswald Cartoon Sept. Knockout. The Leather Pusher Series No. S . . Nov. Lady Killer, A Leather Pusher Series No. 8 . . Jan. Laughbock, The Red Star Comedy Dee. Let's Play Slim Summervlllo Apr. Mars Oswald Cartoon .Dee. Models and Wives Sidney-Murray Date 8. 25, 30, 28,' 18, . 7, 6, unning Time Minutes Reviewed ..2 reels. . Mar.28,'3i ..2 reels..Feti.2S.'3l . .2 reels 8... Aug, 29,'3I 6. . . June 2D. '3i ....18... Aug. 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