Motion Picture Herald (Jul-Sep 1931)

Page scan 0001220 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 #:
0001220
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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68 MOTION PICTURE HERALD Se 12, 1931 Fable Mar. . Fable Feb. • WanzerPalmer Nov. Title Star Rel. Date College Capers Cowboy Blues Dance with Me <.,,>^. -. Diamond Experts Sportlight jjj^y Disappearing Enemies Dot FarleyRex Bell c^!^' c' Days of Solitude Vagabond Adventure f*". b, Doomed to Win James Gleason Duffer Swings Farrell Golf Series Feb. 2Z, numb Dicks "eiinv Ri'h'n ■ Easy to Get McCloy-Shilling-Short Dec. 7, Eve's Fall All Star Dec. 28. Fallen Empire Vagabond Adventure '"'y f'-, Fisherman's Luck Aesop Fable J""« J', Fly Guy. The Aesop Fable Fore! Farrell Golf Feb. 5, Frozen Face Manhattan Comedy Apr. la, Full Coverage Benny Rubin " Nov. », Fun on the Ice Aesop Fable July l^-. Getting on the Green Farrell Golf Mar. 22, Gossipy Plumber. The Folly Comedy May 17, Great Junction Hotel Masquers Comedy Oct. 2b, Guests Wanted Pcnnv Ri'b'n Jan. 18, Half Pint Polly Capital Comedy M» 3., Help Wanted— Female Pollard {f ' ' • Hold the Baby Agnew-Crane-McPhail Nov. 9. Hot Spot. The Louis John Bartels Sept. 14, Hunting Thrills Sportlight Apr. 2 , Hurricane Island Vagabond Adventure Apr. n. In the Rough Farrell Golf Mar. 8. I'll Take That One All Star Oct. 5, Julius Sizzer Benny Rubin Sept. 7, June First June MacCloy-Shilling July 27, King of Bugs Fable Dec. 21, Lemon Meringue Edgar Kennedy Aug. i. Love in the Pond Aesop Fable Aug. 17, Mad Melody Fable Apr 26, Makin' 'Em Move Aesoa Fable July 5, Manhattan Mariners Sportlight Aug. 24, Mellon Drama, A r.i=ri< # M-fullough Messenger Boy Bennv Rubin June 29, Neat and Tidy All Star Nov. 2S Next Door Neighbors Housman-Deering Jan. 28, Night Class Campus Comedy Aug. 17, Not So Loud Melodv Comedy May 3, Oh, Oh, Cleopatra Wheeler-Woolsey Aug. 17, Oh, Marry Me Manhattan Nov. 2. nnlv Men Wanted Ms-Clov-ch^ilina-Short <^''*' 8, Open House Nick Stuart Mar. 22, Old Hokum Bucket, The Ae"!D Fable Mar. 29, Olympic Talent Soortlight Aug. 9, Outboard Stunting Soortlight Series May 3, Over the Rad^o Pangborn Dec. 14 Pale Face Pup Aesop Fable June 22, Parading Pajamas Johnny Arthur Dec. 21. Pathe News Released Twice Weekly , •, • „•,•; Pathi Revie'i One a Month July 27, Parents Wanted Folly Comedy Mar. 15, Play Ball Aesop Fable May 24, Poise Soortlight July 27, Radio Racket Fable Mar. I. Red Riding Hood Fable Ja" l°v Rough and Tumble Sportlight Jan. 25, Rough House Rhythm Ed Kennedy Apr. 5, Sands of Egypt Vagabond Adventure Nov. 2, Seein' Injuns Pollard Feb. 15,^ ■-'I'm S''orts Louis '"•'n '■»f*-'<; Nov. 30, Shadow of the Dragon Vagabond Aventure Mar. 8, She Snoops to Conquer Danhne Pollard June 22, Sink or Swim Snortliqht Mar. 22, Ski Pilot Sportlioht Feb °; Slow Poison James Gleason 'Jv iSpeed Limit Soortlight M'""' oo Spirit of Sho-Gun Vagabond Adventure Dec. Stage Struck Walter Catlett Jan. 18 jh-,f Fiun I ouis John Bartels Feb. Stout Hearts and Willing Hands. Frank Fay June 15. Take 'Em and Shake 'Em McCloy-Shilling-Short Sept. 28, Tale of Tutulia Vagabond Adventure Jan. 25, Tennis Top-Notchers Tilden-Wills APf ^• Thanks Again Edgar Kennedy That's My Line Louis John Bartels Ju y id. That's News to Me Frank McHugh Ju'y »■ Thom the Unknown Vagabond Adventure J" f;^' Three Wise Clucks GI6nn Tryon A"!" '2, Touchdown Rockne Football ""y. ^ Toytown Tale Fable Jan. 4, Twisted Tales Arthur Housman-Marion Douglas Mar 29, Two Minutes to Go Rockne Football y" 'f . Under Cover Sportlight Jan. i. Under Par Farrell Golf "ar 15, Utmost Isle Vagabond Adventure SjePt ^i Water Bugs Johnny Weismuller Ju"e »• Well of Fortalcza^ The Vagabond Adventure l-eb ^o Wide 0"pn Snaces The Masauen a m in Where Canaries Sing Bass James Gleason AfB Winning Putts Farrelj Golf Younger Years Sportlight . 6,'3I I4,'3I 18, '31 Running Time Minutes Reviewed ... I reel. . Mar. 21, '31 ...1 reel.. Feb. 7,'3I . . .2 reels 10... May 23, '31 . . .2 reels. Apr. 4, '31 ...I reel. .Feb. 14,'31 . . .2 reels ...1 reel. .Mar. 7, '31 . ,2 reeis 2 reels 2 reels 10 10... July 4,'3I 7. .June . . 1 reel. . Feb. . .2 reels. Apr. . .2 reels 8... Aug. 8,'3I . . 1 reel. .Apr. 1 1,'31 . .2 reels. May 2,'3I . .2 reels ..2 reels '. .2 reels.'jaii.' "l6,'3i . .2 reels 31 . . .2 reels 31 ... 1 reel.. Apr. 1 1,'31 31... I reel.. Mar. 28, '31 31... 1 reel.. Feb. 28, '31 2 reels 31 20. .Sept. 5, '31 31 20. . .July I reel.. Jan. 31 20 . .June 31... I reel 31... I reel. May 2, '31 31 9. ..July 25, '31 31 ... 1 reel ....Sent. 5. 'SI 3i.....22...July 25.'3I 2 reels ■ ■ • 2 reels. Jan. 3, 31 2 reels. May 16. '31 2 reels.May . .22 . .Aug. 2 reels 2 r^els ..20... Apr. II,'3I ...7... Apr. 4,'31 SYNDICATE PICTURES CORPORATION 31... si! 31. 31. 31 . 31 . 31 . 31 . 31 . 31 . 31 . 32. 31. 31 . 4,'3I 3, '3 1 6,'3I 2,'31 8. '31 31,'3I 7,'3I 4,'3I 24,'31 1 reel.. May 2 reels. Feb. 31 9. . .July 2 reels. Jan. I reel 3 1... I '•eel 31 . . .2 reels.Apr. ...10. ..May . . . .9. . .Aug. . 1 reel. . Feb. . 1 reel. .Jan. .1 reel.. Feb. .2 reels. Mar. . I reel .2 reels. Jan. .2 reels . 1 reel. . Mar. 14,'3I 20. . .June ;;..9...Mar. . I reel.. Feb. .2 reels .1 reel.. Mar. .1 reel. .Jan. . I reel.. Feb. '32 .2 reels .20 ...May 30,'31 2 reels I reel.. Feb. 7, '31 .11... Apr. 4,'3I reels 20... June 6,'3I . . .20. . .May .1 reel.. Apr. .2 reels.Apr. I reel .1 reel. .Jan. 3, '31 . .2 4,'3I 30, '3I 8,'3r 28,'31 31. '31 7,'31 I4,'31 "3,''3i 20,'3I 28,'31 I4,'3I K.'si 3,'3I 28, '31 30,'31 4.'3I 18, '31 31. .Apr. 4.'3I ...Mar. 1, June 29, '31 22 1 reel 31. ..I reel. .Jan. 31 9. . .Mar. 31... I reel '31 10. . .May '31 ... I reel.. Feb. 2 reels '31 . . .2 reels 31 ... I reel. .Apr. 4, '31 31... .10... July 4,'3I 24,'3I 28,'3I 23.'3I 2I,'3I STATE RIGHTS Running Time Title Star Distributor Minutes Reviewed At the Photographers Harry Delf Elbee 2 reels Beauty Secrets from Holly Welshav Mar. I4,'31 wood— No. 1 (technicolor) o Vi„ ciim reel Besides the Western Sea Cast e Film i Birds of a Feather , • • v ., ^,„iLl i'reels Blind Youth Lou Tellegen 9, J^1^ 10 Bosom Friendship Novelty UFA | i" Broken Doll. The Sadie Banks Judea Films ree Down Hawaii Way Color Novo ty Castle i reei Eli-Eli Cantor Waldman ...Judea Fi m Evening in Jewish Camp Eval Miller Judea Film 4,'3I .Burr 2 reels 12. ..Aug. 1,'31 4,'31 .6. ..Mar. I4,'31 4,'3I Friend Husband Hunting the Carpathian Bear U'a In the Good Old Summer o a„p jjme Ideal .o...mpi. Jewish Gypsy nymle Jacobson .... Judea Films. 2 1 Jewish Melody Cantor Waldman . . .Judea Films. Inc ree Kids and Pets Color Novelty Castle I '22 t/l' H-.i. Knights in Khaki . ■ • T'i"",.?,"'' fn Kol Nidre No. 1 Cantor Schmillkel . Judea Fi ms " Kol Nidre No. 2 Cantor Waldman ... Judea Fi ms. o ii.u Land of Freedom Seymour Reitztelt . . Judea Films, Inc 2 reeis. Legend of the Skies Ideal b... Mal-Ko Mashma-Lou Harry Feld Judea Films. . t i i;:,; Meet the Family Harry Delf Elbee 2 reels. Monkey Business .o...«pr. Monkey Squawks , ■ v ^"^^ p:, ", o rppls Natascha Pinchus Lavenda ... Judea Films, Inc 2 reeis Oh Doctor Special Cast Judea Films o ' i;;; ' ' V '.il Old Songs for New Bob Welsh Welshay .9 ..Sept. 5. 3 Peculiar Pets Ideal ? -m^^; ,l''V, Poem in Stone, A Ideal J -m^^ Jf'.l Sacred Elephants of India Ideal .8. Mar. 21,31 Sailors' Sweetheart Hymie Jacobson .. Judea Films, Inc 2 reels. Secrets of Plant Life Ufa 10... Aug. 1.31 Shoemaker's Romance Judea Films 'i Signed, Sealed & Delivered Special Cast Burr Sixty Minutes from Broad way Color Novelty Castle I "el.. .... Some Wild Appetites Ideal .8... Mar. 2,3 Spring Is Here Ideal 1? ■ Mar. 21,31 Style and Class Marty Barratz Judea Films •'^ Wings of Tomorrow VIsuographIc 10. ..May 2, '31 World Unseen, A Scientific Ufa 12 Alice Chops the Suey Feb. Alice Gets Stage Struck Jan Alice Loses Out Mar. Alice Picks the Champ Mar. Alice Plays Cupid Apr. Alice Rattled by Rats May Alice Solves the Puzzle Apr. Alice in the Jungle Jan. Alice's Mysterious Mystery May Alice's Orphan Feb. Broken Spur, The Jack Hoxie Feb. Desert Bridegroom Jack Hoxie Jan. Romantic Sheriff Jack Hoxie Jan. Sparks of Flint Jack Hoxie Feb. TALKING PICTURE EPICS Title Star Rel. Animal World of Make Believe .Dr. Raymond L. Ditmars. . . . Apr. Bird Island of Peru Dr. Robt. Cushman Murphy. Feb. Calling on Carlo Fight to Live Dr. Raymond L. Ditmars. . . .Apr., Frealts of Nature Dr. Raymond L. Ditmars. .. 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 Sept. Like a Beaver Dr. Raymond L. Ditmars. ... Feb. Monkey Whoopee Dr. Raymond L. Ditmars. ... Dec. Naked Man vs. Beast Martin Johnson Oct. Navajo Witch Wild Life Series Hel'tlon Al Alt Aug. Seeing Bermuda on a Bicycle. .. (No. 1) Wanderlust Oct. Sunny Sweden (No. 4) Wanderlust June This Is Australia Natives June Today and Yesterday Hearst News ..Nov. Top of the Old World (No. 6) Wanderlust June -ypi' Lure (No. 3) Wanderlust ug. Up and Down New York (Empire State Bidg.) May I, '31 15. '31 1,'31 I5,'3I 1.'31 I,'3I 15, '31 1,'3I I5,'31...: 15, '31 |,'31 . . .2 reels. 2 reels. 2 reeis. 2 reels. 15. '31 . 1,'31. 15,'31 . Date , '31, 12,'c Running Time Minutes Reviewed 10... Aug. 8,'3I 1 10 Nov. 8 10 ...Sept. 5.'31 10... May 30.'3I .9. .9. .10. . .9. .10. ..9. .10. .10. ..Feb. 14,'3I ..9... May .30,'3I .10 .11.. .Feb. .Aug. 14,'3I 8, '31 Sept. 5,'31 . . 10. Dec. 13 . . .9. 15 . .30. . . .9. .July 4. 31 1 ' 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 18 Slave Days |0 Welcome Home Dec. 12 10 Musical Fantasies Series of 6 10 Fire Worshippers Aug. 10 10 Sept 27 Memories Apr. 23 II William Tell Aug. 1 11 Way Down South 1 1 Dec. 6 Paul Hurst Comedies Series of 6 11 De Woild's Champion One Punch O'Toole Mar. 23 20 Dec. 6 Tale of a Flea, The 18... Mar. 28.'3I M issing Link, The Rolling Stone Series Series of 6 16! . . . . .Sept. 6 In the Mountains Sept. .25 10 The Desert Dec. 18 .. 18 Tiffany Chimp Series 6 Monkey Comedies 1. Blimp Mystery, The ig... sept 27 2. Little Covered Wagon, The Sept. 5 ... . Aug 30 3. Little Big House, The Oct. 15 i9 Oct 4 4. Little Divorcee, The 20 Dec 6 5. Nine Nights in a Bar Room Jan. 26,'31... .16 .Jaii 3 '31 6. Chasing Around Mar. 23,'3I 16... Mar. 28,'3I 7. Africa Squawks July 7, '31 |8 8. Apeing Hollywood Aug. 16,'31 21 9. Cinnamon 11 10. The Gland Hotel Voice of Hollywood Series Station S-T-A-R Jan. 26 11 No. 25 Seben 'n' Leben Jan. 20, '31... II No. 26 Kenneth Harlan Mar. 2, '31 1 1 ... Mar 28, '31' Voice of Hollywood Series (new) . John Wayne Our Gang No. I Leu Ayrei io! ! . Sent.' "5,''3i UNIVERSAL Title Star Rel. I Arabian Knights Slim Summerville Apr. All Excited Sidney-Murray Mar. n An^ie ^ Day Lloyd Hamilton Sept. Backfield Plays Football Short No. 4 Sept. Band Master, The Oswald Cartoon May Burglar to the Rescue Shadow Detective Series No. l.Sept. Butter in Yeggman, The Sidney-Murray May Campaign Capers Slim Summerville ■ V On Fomb^M Shnrts No. 5 O f. Cat's Paw. The Red Star Comedy July Champion. The 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. Fast and Furious Daphne Pollard Oct Fireman. The Oswald Cartoon Apr. First to Fight Slim Summerville 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. Oct' Hare Male. The Oswald Cartoon net. Hello, Russia Slim Summerville jan' Hello. Napoleon Red Star Comedy ju„g Here's Luck Slim Summerville May Heroes of the Flames Tim McCoy 1.,,,^ Hot and Bothered Sidney-Murray MaV Hot Feet Oswald Cartoon seot Howdy Mate Red Star Comedy i„iv' Hunter, The Oswald Cartoon c.-* In Old Mazuma Sidney-Murray jaJ, ' In Wonderland Oswald Cartoon sent Kane Meets Abel Leather Pushers Feb Kentucky Pelle Oswald Cartoon Sept Knockout. The Leather Pusher Series No. 3 . . Nov Lady Killer. A Leather Pusher Series No. 8 . . Jan Laughback. The Red Star Comedy Dec Let's Play Slim Summerville Apr. Mars Oswald Cartoon Dec. Models and Wives Sidney-Murray No Privacy Red Star Comedy Apr. Running Time Minutes Reviewed . . .2 reels. Mar. 28.'3I . . .2 reels. Feb. 28,'3I . . .2 reels 8... Aug. 29.'3I 6... June 20.'3I 18 ...Aug. . . .2 reels.Apr. 20. . .July . . I reel . . .2 reels.Apr. . . .2 reels 15.'3I II. '31 25.'3I '4.'3I . 1 reel. .2 reels . I reel. . May 16.'3I .2 reels. Mar. 14.'3I .2 reels. . . . Oct. 1 1 .2 reels. Mar. 14.'3I . . 10 . . Aug. 29.'3I .1 reel. Mar. 14.'3I .2 reels 1 reel 44. . Aug. 8, '31 . Dec. Nov. . 1 reel. . . .2 reels. . .2 reels. . .2 reels.. .1 ■ ' .2 reels. . . . Dec. 20 .17. ..July II. '31 .2 r'cls.May 2,'31 ...17 ...Apr. 4. '31 .2 reels . 2 reels , , , . I reel .2 reels. Jan . 1 reel .2 reels . 1 reel .2 reels Oct. .2 reels .2 reels. Jan. 3,'31 ...18.. Aug. 8.'31 . I reel ...18... Aug. B.'iii .2 reels 3.'3I II