Motion Picture Herald (Jul-Sep 1933)

Page scan 000357 from Motion Picture Herald

Record Details:

Title:
Motion Picture Herald
Date:
Jul-Sep 1933
Publisher:
[New York, N.Y. : Quigley Pub. Co.]
Volume:
Motion Picture Herald (Jul-Sep 1933)
Leaf #:
000357
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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July 22, 193 3 MOTION PICTURE HERALD 73 selman, Princess Theatre, Lincoln, Kan. Small town patronage. LET'S DANCE: Burns and Allen— Pretty good filler. Would have been better had music not been so loud during the dialogue.— D. E. Fitton, Lyric Theatre, Harrison, Ark. Small town patronage. LION AND THE HOUSE, THE: Lloyd HamiltonFair. More drinking. More jitters. More disgusted patrons. Running time, two reels. — Wm. Sayre, Delmar Theatre, Morrill, Neb. Small town and rural patronage. MOTHER GOOSE LAND: Betty Boop CartoonExcellent. Good anywhere, any time. — D. E. Fitton, Lyric Theatre, Harrison, Ark. Small town patronage. ONE MORE CHANCE: Screen Song— All these we have run are good.— Avece T. Waldron, Blue Moon .Theatre, Oklahoma City, Okla. Suburban patronage. PEANUT VENDOR, THE: Armida— Very good. Running time, one reel.— J. J. Horfman, Plainview Theatre, Plainview, Neb. General patronage. POPE YE, THE SAILOR: Talkartoon— A darn good cartoon with Popeye Uhe comic sheet star; and Betty Boop. Music is very good and the short is original. — H. B. Schuessler, Latayette Theatre (Martin Theatres), Laiayette, Ala. Small town patronage. ROADHOUSE QUEEN: Walter Catlett— Good tworeel slapstick. — P. G. Estee, S. T. Theatre, Parker, S. D. Small town patronage. SING, BING, SING: Bing Crosby— A perfect comedy, if there ever was one. Has everything to keep the audience roaring and the singing is spotted just right. Running time, two reels.— J. J. Hoffman, Plainview Theatre, Plainview, Neb. General patronage. STRAIGHT SHOOTERS: Grantland Rice Sports Eye View — Good sport reel on golf with one good scene of Bobby Jones. Rest of the reel taken up by the clowning of Joe Kirkwood. — H. B. Schuessler, Lafayette Theatre (Martin Theatres), Lafayette, Ala. Small town patronage. WALKING THE BABY: Burns and Allen— Just fair. Running time, one reel.— J. J. Hoffman, Plainview Theatre, Plainview, Neb. General patronage RKO EASY STREET: Chaplin Re-issue— Charles Chaplin—Pretty bad. Pre-war photography and costumes are not tunny at 90 feet per minute. They are pitiful. Running time, 18 minutes. — Wm. Sayre, Delmar Theatre, Morrill, Neb. Small town and rural patronage. FRESH HAM: Fable— Not up to Fable's standard. iNot much to it. — 1). E. Fitton, Lyric Theatre, Harrison, Ark. Small town patronage. GIGGLE WATER: Edgar Kennedy— Average Kennedy comedy. Audience seems to enjoy them. — Avece T. Waldron, Blue Moon Theatre, Oklahoma City, Okla. Suburban patronage. GIGOLETTES: Gay Girls— Poor comedy for Sunday and not much any time. — Avece T. Waldron, Blue Moon Theatre, Oklahoma City, Okla. Suburban patronage. ICE MAN'S BALL: Clark and McCullough— Seems not quite up to old standard for these two, but still fail* comedy. — Avece T. Waldron, Blue Moon Theatre, Oklahoma City, Okla. Suburban patronage. MICKEY'S CHARITY: Mickey McGuire— Very good. — Robert K. Yancey, Paradise Theatre, Cotter, Ark. Railroad and general patronage. MICKEY'S GOLDEN RULE: Mickey McGuire— The kids almost fell off their seats with joy. Grownups always like Mickey, too. — Avece T. Waldron, Blue Moon Theatre, Oklahoma City, Okla. Suburban patronage. PRIVATE WIVES: Skeets Gallagher, Walter Catlett— Good. Running time, two reels. — J. J. Hoffman, Plainview Theatre, Plainview, Neb. General patronage. SO THIS IS HARRIS: Phil Harris— Pretty good three-reel comedy with some good singing by Harris. One scene near end of last reel could have been omitted with advantage.— P. G. Estee, S. T. Theatre, Parker, S. D. Small town theatre. WHO'S WHO IN AFRICA: Mighty good, if you have played "Trader Horn" and "Tarzan." Kiddies as well as grown ups will like it. — D. E. Fitton, Lyric Theatre, Harrison, Ark. Small town patronage. United Artists BEARS AND BEES: Silly Symphony— Very good. — J. J. Hoffman, Plainview Theatre, Plainview, Neb. General patronage. MICKEY'S NIGHTMARE: Mickey Mouse— Very good. Running time, one reel. — J. J. Hoffman, Plain view Theatre, Plainview, Neb. General patronage. Universal BOYS WILL BE BOYS: Frank Albertson, Sally Blane — Amusing two-reeler. Sally is a cafe dancer; Frank is in love with her; Frank's pa has had an affair with her and her real boy friend shows up. From then on every one gets tangled up in her dressing room. Running time, two reels. — Wm. Sayre, Delmar Theatre, Morrill, Neb. Small town and rural patronage. FAMILY TROUBLES: Henry Armetta— Deliver us from these foreign actors who cannot speak the English language. Why they are featured is a mystery to every one except Universal. Otherwise fair. We have exhibited this producer's product since 1912 and find their weak point is comedy. — Estes and Estes, Merry Land Theatre, Addison, Mich. Small town patronage. OFFICER, SAVE MY CHILD: Slim Summerville— Will get by. Nothing extra. — D. E. Fitton, Lyric Theatre, Harrison, Ark. Small town patronage. ROCKABYE COWBOY: James Gleason— Good. It gets the laughs.— D. E. Fitton, Lyric Theatre, Harrison, Ark. Small town patronage. YOO HOOl James Gleason — Good. Should please any audience. Running time, two reels. — D. E. Fitton, Lyric Theatre, Harrison, Ark. Small town patronage. Warner Vitaphone BROADWAY BREVITIES: The best two-reelers I play. Seldom have a bad one. Good music and dancing. Have the tworeel comedies backed off the screen, as a good comedy nowadays is seldom seen. Running time, two reels. — Earle Eveland, Opera House, McConnelsville, Ohio. Small town patronage. C'EST PARIS: Good colored musical and worth the running time. Am using these instead of the tworeel tragedies some people call comedies. — Mayme P. Musselman, Princess Theatre, Lincoln, Kan. Small town patronage. HEY, HEY WESTERNER: Broadway BrevityGood and then some. Finest color we have seen in two years. A musical comedy "ro-day-o" in color. All it needs is Eddie Cantor and we would swear it was part of "Whoopee" and that's saying something. Running time, two reels. — Wm. Sayre, Delmar Theatre, Morrill, Neb. Small town and rural patronage. HEY, POP: Roscoe (Fatty) Arbuckle— Went over well, judging from the laughs and the number who stayed to see it run the second time. — Gladys E. McArdle, Owl Theatre, Lebanon, Kan. Small town patronage. LEASE BREAKERS, THE: Willie Creager's Band — A very good comedy of the musical type that is usually well liked here or in any other place. We would like to have more of this kind. Running time, 9 minutes. — J. J. Medford, Orpheum Theatre, Oxford, N. C. General patronage. MUNICIPAL BAND WAGON: Melody Master Series — This short went over with a bang. We received much praise for this one and were asked when we would have another. We consider them an addition to any program and recommend them highly. — Estes and Estes, Merry Land Theatre, Addison, Mich. Small town patronage. NICKELETTE: Pepper Pot— Should be titled "Looking Back." The exhibitors today want to look forward. Can't remember the days when they were quite that bal, an old exhibitor, since 1907. Junk it and save the reputation of the company. — J. M. Ensor, Crescent Theatre, Little Rock, Ark. General patronage. NORTHERN EXPOSURE: Broadway Brevity— Perfect photography, excellent recording and entirely different from anything ever made before. You can promise this as the best short ever made and come mighty near delivering the goods. Running time, 16 minutes. — Edith M. Fordyce, Princess Theatre, Selma, La. General patronage. PICKING A WINNER: Broadway Brevity in color — One of the best Brevities I have run. This has more pep to it than any short subject I ever saw. Photography perfect and recording good. Running time, 16 minutes. — Edith M. Fordyce, Princess Theatre, Selma, La. General patronage. PIE, PIE, BLACKBIRD: Band Act— Classy onereel musical. — Avece T. Waldron, Blue Moon Theatre, Oklahoma City, Okla. Suburban patronage. UP ON THE FARM: Melody Master Series— Extra good one-reel musical enjoyed by all. — Robert K. Yancey, Paradise Theatre, Cotter, Ark. Railroad and general patronage. Serials Universal LOST SPECIAL: Frank Albertson— Going over nicely and is well done. Photography all right and young leads attractive. The villain merits the hisses he gets. He is good in the part. — Avece T. Waldron, Blue Moon Theatre, Oklahoma City, Okla. Catholic Group Hits "Low" Films The national convention of the Sodality of Our Lady, Catholic organization, meeting in St. Louis last week, adopted a resolution calling upon the members of all sodalities in the country to refrain from patronizing or otherwise encouraging motion pictures of "low moral standard." TRAVELERS . . Herbert Marshall and his wife, Edna Best, left New York from London for Hollywood, Marshall to work for Paramount. Robert Montgomery, MGM player, arrived in New York from Culver City. Henrietta Crosman, Fox Star, will leave New York for Movietone City next week. Irving Thalberg, MGM studio executive, and his wife, Norma Shearer, MGM star, arrived in New York from Europe, en route to Culver City. Thomas Meighan returned from Europe. Jesse Crawford, organist, returned from Europe. Sam Marx arrived in New York from the Coast. Laurence Olivier was en route from London to New York and Hollywood, where he will work for Metro. Thomas A. Branon, of Eltabran Film, returned to Atlanta from New York, Fred Astaire flew from New York to Hollywood to work for Radio. George j Schaefer, Paramount general manager, arid Neil Agnew, his assistant, returned to New York from Los Angeles convention. Morton Downey and his wife, Barbara Bennett, returned to New York from Europe. Charles C. Pettijohn, general counsel of Film Boards, returned to New York from Europe. Peggy Carlisle, player, arrived in New York from London. Clayton Sheehan, Fox foreign head, returned from Europe. Hal Le Roy left New York for Chicago and other cities on vaudeville tour. Colleen Moore arrived in New York from Hollywood. Jake VVilk, Warner story editor, arrived in New York from Coast. Edwin Carewe, director, was in New York from Hollywood. Aubrey C. Kennedy and Marshall Neilan arrived in New York from Florida. L. J. Schlaifer, Universal general manager ; E. T. Gomersall, western division manager, and Andy Scharrick, Schlaifer's assistant, were due in New York from Coast. Elmer H. Brient, Loew manager in Richmond, was in New York. Ben Judels, exchange executive, was in New York from Chicago. James R. Grainger returned to New York from Coast. E. B. Derr arrived in New York from Coast. Erich Pommer, director, sailed for Europe. Pierre Colling arrived in New York from Hollywood. Winfield Sheehan, Fox studio executive, is due in New York next week from Movietone City. W. Ray Johnston, Monogram president, and Eddie Golden, sales manager, arrived on the Coast for sales convention. Ben Hecht, writer, sailed for Bermuda. Ned Depinet, Jules Levy, Bob Sisk, Al Mertz and Mike Poller, RKO home office executives, returned to New York from Coast meetings. Proctor Estate $5,836,697 Frederick F. Proctor, vaudeville pioneer and chain theatre organizer, who died September 24, 1929, at the age of 78, in Larchmont, N. Y., left an estate appraised this week at $6,200,880 gross and $5,836,697 net, of which $5,568,544 was in securities. Hummell Joins Helber Howard Hummell, formerly with Universal and Columbia, has joined Helber Pictures Corporation as sales manager in charge of sales in state rights territories. Phil Mayer is president of Helber.