Motion Picture Herald (Oct-Dec 1931)

Page scan 000292 from Motion Picture Herald

Record Details:

Title:
Motion Picture Herald
Date:
Oct-Dec 1931
Publisher:
[New York, N.Y. : Quigley Pub. Co.]
Volume:
Motion Picture Herald (Oct-Dec 1931)
Leaf #:
000292
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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26 MOTION PICTURE HERALD October 24. 193 1 125 FILMS PICKED FOR TIEUPS IN BOOK WEEK Board of Review Compilation Timely for Nov. 15-21 Campaign and American Education Week Increasing interest throughout the United States in tieups between motion pictures and the books from which they have been adapted, as well as expansion of library and school cooperation with the theatres, as has been pointed out by Rita C. McGoldrick in her "School and Screen" department in Motion Picture Herald, is emphasized by the National Board of Review of Motion Pictures in announcing 125 "Selected Book Films" of 1931 compiled for Book Week, November 15 to 21. The listing includes features, short product and foreign productions. Book Week, for which the tenth annual compilation has been made by the National Board, is sponsored by the National Association of Book Publishers and presents an opportunity for timely tieups on book-films. The American Library Association expresses its interest by endorsing and publicizing pictures which have definite related value to library material. For tieups with schools, special timeliness is presented by American Education Week, November 9 to 15. In the following list of selected features, the order of arrangement is : picture, title, source, author, stars, reels and company. Symbols preceding titles are : f — suitable for the family audience, 12 years up; m — suitable for the mature audience, 18 years up; j — suitable for special showings to children under 12; * — especially interesting or well done. j ALICE IN WONDERLAND (Book by Lewis Carroll). Ruth Gilbert. 6 reels— Uirique FotoFilms. f ^ALEXANDER HAMILTON (Play by George Arliss and Mary Hamlin). George Arliss. 8 reels — Warner, m AN AMERICAN TRAGEDY (Novel by Theodore Dreiser). Phillips Holmes and Sylvia Sidney. 10 reels — Paramount, m ATLANTIC (Novel "The Berg" by Ernest Reynolds). English cast. 8 reels — Columbia, m *BAD GIRL (Novel by Vina Delmar). James Dunn and Sally Eilers. 9 reels — Fox. f BAD SISTER (Story "The Flirt" by Booth Tark ington). Sidney Fox. 7 reels— Universal, f THE BARGAIN (Play "You and I" by Philip Barry). Lewis Stone. 7 reels— First National, m BEAU IDEAL (Novel by Sir Percival Wren). Lester Vail. 9 reels— RKO-Radio. m THE BLACK CAMEL (Novel by Earl Derr Big gers). Warner Oland. 8 reels — Fox. m BODY AND SOUL (Novel "Squadrons" by E. White and A. E. Thomas). Charles Farrell and Elissa Landi, 9 reels — Fox. f CAPTAIN APPLEJACK (Play by Walter Hack ett). Johrt Halliday. 6 reels — Warner, f »CHANCES (Novel by A. Hamilton Gibbs). Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. 7 reels — First National, m CHARLIE CHAN CARRIES ON (Novel by Earl Derr Biggers). Warner Oland. 7 reels — Fox. f »CIMARRON (Novel by Edna Ferber). Richard Dix. 13 reels— RKO-Radio. j ♦A CONNECTICUT YANKEE (Novel "A Connecticut in King Arthur's Court" by Mark Twain). Will Rogers. 9 reels — Fox. f THE CONQUERING HORDE (Novel by Emerson Hough). Richard Arlen. 8 reels — Paramount. j ♦DADDY LONG-LEGS (Novel by Jean Webster). Jan'et Gaynnr. 8 reels — Fox. m DAUGHTER OF THE DRAGON (Novel "The Daughter of Fu Manchu" by Sax Rohmer). Anna May Wong and Warner Oland. 8 reels — Paramount. m DAYBREAK (Novel by Arthur Schnitzler). Ramon Novarro. 9 reels — Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. m 'DEVOTION (Novel ((A Little Flat in the Temple" by Pamela Wyrrtie). Ann Harding. 8 reels— RKO-Pathe. f *DIRIGIBLE (Story by Lt. Com. F. W. Wead). Jack Holt. 10 reels — Columbia, m *DISHONORED (Novel by Frank Vreeland). Marland Dietrich. 10 reels — Paramount, m DRACULA (Novel by Brara Stoker). Bela Lugosi. 9 reels — Universal, m DRUMS OF JEOPARDY (Novel by Harold Mac Grath). Warner Oland. 8 reels— Tiflfany. m *EAST LYNNE (Novel by Mrs. Henry Wood). Ann Harding. 10 reels — Fox. f FAIR WARNING (Novel "The Untamed" by Max Brand). George O'Brien. 7 reels — Fox. j *FATHER'S SON (Story "Old Fathers and Yourfg Sons" by Booth Tarkington). Lewis Stone and Leon Janney. 7 reels — First National, f FIGHTING CARAVANS (Novel by Jane Grey). Gary Cooper. 10 reels — Paramount, m THE FINGER POINTS (Novel by Guy Fowler). Richard Barthe'mess. 9 reels — First National, m FINN AND HATTIE (Novel "The Haddocks Abroad" by Donald Ogden Stewart). Leon Errol, Mitzi Green? and Jackie Searle. 8 reels — Paramount. m *FIVE AND TEN (Novel by Fannie Hurst). Marion Davies. 10 reels — Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. m FIVE STAR FINAL (Play by Louis Weitzenkorn). Edward G. Robinson. 9 reels — First National. j *FORBIDDEN ADVENTURE or NEWLY RICH (Story "Let's Play King" by Sinclair Lewis). Mitzi Green and Jackie Searle. 8 reels — Paramount. m *THE FRONT PAGE (Play by Ben Hecht and (Charles MacArthur). Adolphe Menjou and Pat O'Brien. 9 reels— United Artists, f *THE GREAT MEADOW (Novel by Elizabeth Maddox Roberts). John Mack Brown and Eleanor Boardman. 9 reels — Metro-GoldwynMayer. m THE HONOR OF THE FAMILY (Novel by Honore Balzac). Warren William and Bebe Daniels. 7 reels — First National, j HUCKLEBERRY FINN (Novel by Mark Twain). Junior Durkin and Jackie Coogan. 8 reels — Paramount. f I TAKE THIS WOMAN (Novel "Lost Ecstasy" by Mary Roberts Rinehart). Carole Lombard and Gary Cooper. 8 reels — Paramount. f THE IRON MAN (Novel by William R. Burnett). Lew Ayres. 8 reels — Universal, m IS THERE JUSTICE? (Conviction of innocent people). Henry B. Walthall. 6 reels — Sono Art. f JAWS OF HELL (Poem "The Charge of the Light Brigade" by Alfred, Lord Tennyson). EngHsh cast. 7 reels — Sono Art. f ♦KISS ME AGAIN (Musical operetta "Mile Modiste" by Victor Herbert). Bernice Claire. 8 reels — First Natiortal. m LADIES' MAN (Novel by Rupert Hughes). William Powell. 8 reels — Paramount. j 'THE LADY OF THE LAKE (Poem by Sir \Valter Scott). Percy Marmont. 5 reels — Fitzpatrick. f THE LASH (Novel "Adios" by Lanier and Virginia Bartlett). Richard Barthelmess. 8 reels — First National. f ♦LIGHTNIN' (Novel by Frank Bacon). Will Rogers. 10 reels — Fox. m ♦LITTLE CAESAR (Novel by William R. Burnett). Edward G. Robinson. 8 reds — First National. m THE MAGNIFICENT LIE (Novel "Laurels and the Lady" by Leonard Merrick). Ruth Chatterton. 8 reels — Paramount. m THE, MIALTESE FALCON (Novel by Dashiell Hammett). Bebe Daniels. 8 reels — Warner, f MAN TO MAN (Story "Barber John's Boy" by Ben Ames WiUiams). Phillips Holmes. 7 reels — Warner. m ♦THE MAN WHO CAME BACK (Novel by John F, Wilson). Janet Gaynor and Charles Farrell. 9 reels — Fox. f MERELY MARY ANN (Play by Israel Zangwill). Janet Gaynor and Charles Farrell. 7 reels — Fox, f THE MILLIONAIRE (Story by Booth Tarkington and Earl Derr Biggers). George Arliss. 8 reels — Warner. m *MIN AND BILL (Novel "Dark Star" by Lorna Moon). Marie Dressier and Wallace Beery. 7 reels — Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. m MOTHER'S CRY (Novel by Helen Carlisle). Dorothy Peterson. 7 reels — First National. m MURDER (Novel "Enter Sir John" by DaneSimpson). Herbert Marshall. 6 reelsColumbia. f THE MYSTERY OF LIFE (Evolution— lecture by Clarence Darrow). 8 reels — Universal. m NEVER THE TWAIN SHALL MEET (Novel by Peter B. Kyne). Leslie Howard. 8 reelsMet ro-Goldwyn-Mayer. m THE PASSION FLOWER (Novel by Kathleen Norris). Kay Francis. 9 reels — Metro-Goldf wyn-Mayer. j PENROD AND SAM (Novel by Booth Tarkington). Leon Janney and Junior Coghlan. 7 reels — First National. f *A PERFECT ALIBI (Plav by A. A. Milne). English cast. 8 reels— RKO-Radio. m PERSONAL MAID (Novel by Grace Perkins). Nancy Carroll. 8 reels — Paramount, m THE PHANTOM OF PARIS (Novel "Cheri Bibi" by Gaston Leroux). John Gilbert. 8 reels — Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. f THE PUBLIC DEFENDER (Novel "Splendid Crime" by George Goodchild). Richard Dix. 8 reels— RKO-Radio. m *THE PUBLIC ENEMY (Novel by Glasmon Bright). James C^gney. 9 reels — Warner, j ♦RANGO (Jungle life in Sumatra). 8 reelsParamount. m RESURRECTION (Novel by Leo Tolstoi). John Boles and Lupe Velez. 8 reels — Universal, f ♦RIDERS OF THE PURPLE SAGE (Novel by Zane Grey). George O'Brien. 6 reels — Fox. m THE RIGHT TO LOVE (Novel "Brook Evans" by Susan Glaspell). Ruth Chatterton. 9 reels — Paramount. m RIVER'S END (Novel by James Oliver Curwood). Cbarles Bickford. 7 reels — Warner. m ♦ROYAL FAMILY OF BROADWAY (Play by George Kaufman and Edna Ferber). Fredric March and Ina Claire. 9 reels — Paramount, f 'SEAS BENEATH ("Q" ships of the World War). George O'Brien. 9 reels — Fox. m *THE SECRET SIX (Novel by Frances Marion). Wallace Beery and Lewis Stone. 9 reels — MetroGoldwyn-Mayer. m SEED (Novel by (Tharles Norris). Johrt Boles and Lois Wilson. 11 reels — Universal. m SHERLOCK HOLMES' FATAL HOUR (Novel by Sir Conan Doyle). English cast. 8 reels — First Division. j SHIPMATES (Novel "Maskee" by Ernest Paynter). Robert Montgomery. 8 reels — Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. m THE SILVER HORDE (Novel by Rex Beach). Joel McCrea. 8 reels— RKO-Radio. j ♦SKIPPY (Based on "Skippy" cartoons by Percy Crosby). Jackie Cooper. 10 reels — Paramount, f SKYLINE (Novel "East Side, West Side" by Felix Riesenberg). Thomas Meighan. 7 reels — Fox. m ♦THE SMILING LIEUTELNANT (Novel "Nux der Prinzgemahl" by Harts MuUer). Maurice Chevalier. 10 reels — Paramount. f SON OF INDIA (Novel "Mr. Isaacs" by F. Marion Crawford). Roman Novarro. 8 reelsMetroGoldwyn-Mayer. j ♦THE SPIRIT OF NOTRE DAME (Dramatization of the famous football team with the original "Four Horsemen"). Lew Ayres. 8 reels — Universal. f SPORTING BLOOD (Novel "Horseflesh" by Frederick H. Brennan). Clark Gable. 9 reels — Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. f THE SQUAW MAN (Novel by Edwin Milton Royle). Warner Baxter. 12 reels — Metro-GoldwyrtMayer. f THE STAR WITNESS (Anti-gangster and an Americanization story). Walter Huston and Chic Sales. 7 reels — Warner, m ♦SVENGALI (Novel "Trilby" by George du Maurier). John Barrymore. 8 reels — Warner. f ♦TABU (Story of the South Seas taken in original locale). 8 reels — Paramount. f ♦TOL'ABLE DAVID (Novel by Joseph Hergesheimer). Richard Cromwell. 9 reels — Columbia. j ♦TOM SAWYER (Novel by Mark Twain). Jackie Coogart. 10 reels — Paramount. j ♦TRADER HORN (Novel "Trader Horn" by Albert Ailoysius Smith). Harry Carey. 13 reels — Metro(joldwyn-Mayer. j THE VIKING (Life of seal hunters oflf Newfoundland). Captain Bob Bartlett. 7 reels — J. D. Williams. j WILD HORSE (Novel by Peter B. Kyne). Hoot Gibson. 7 reels — Hollywood. f ♦YOUNG AS YOU FEEL (Play "Father and the Boys" by George Ade). Will Rogers. 8 reelsFox. f YOUNG DONOVAN'S KID (Novel by Rex Beach). Richard Dix and Jackie Cooper. 9 reels— RKO-Radio. New Disc Marketed By RCA Photophone RCA Photophone has launched distribution of a new type of disc record developed and perfected by the engineers of the RCA Victor Company at Camden. The new disc is called the Victrolac record. Advantages cited for the new record over the old style of shellac record are: reduction in size to 12 inches diameter, reduction in weight from 24 ounces to four, flexibility, durability, improved tone quality and a minimum of surface noise. "Ninety per cent of the producing corporations already have arranged with us to employ this record in transferring the sound tracks of their sound-on-film production for disc reproduction," said Lowell V. Calvert, manager of the department of recordingoperations.