Motion Picture Herald (Dec 1933–Mar 1934)

Page scan 000450 from Motion Picture Herald

Record Details:

Title:
Motion Picture Herald
Date:
Dec 1933–Mar 1934
Publisher:
[New York, N.Y. : Quigley Pub. Co.]
Volume:
Motion Picture Herald (Dec 1933–Mar 1934)
Leaf #:
000450
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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16 MOTION PICTURE HERALD February 3, 1934 BOX OFFICE CHAMPIONS of 1933 ifl Mofion Picfure Herald's annual «* selecfion, based on 8,000 booltifjgs in 1 57 key theatres during the calendar year, January t io December 3!, 1933. • (I) I'M NO ANGEL: Directed by Wesley Ruggles. Original story, screen play and dialogue by Mae West. Continuity by Harlan Thompson, with suggestions by Lowell Brentano. Music by Harvey Brooks. Lyrics by Gladys du Bois and Ben Ellison. Photographed by Leo Tover. Sound, Phil G. Wisdom. Art directors, Hans Dreier and Bernard Herzbrun. Cast: Mae West, Cary Grant, Edward Arnold, Ralf Harolde, Russell Hopton. • (2) CAVALCADE: Directed by Frank Lloyd. From the play by Noel Coward. Screen play by Reginald Berkeley. Continuity by Sonya Levien. Assistant director: William Tummel. Director of dialogue: George Hadden. War scenes by William Cameron Menzies. Art director: William Darling. Photographer: Ernest Palmer. Cast: Diana Wynyard, Clive Brook, Ursula Jeans, Herbert Mundin, Una O'Connor, Merle Tottenham, Irene Browne, Beryl Mercer, Frank Lawton, John Warburton, Temple Piggott, Margaret Lindsay, Billy Bevan, Mary Forbes, Lionel Belmore. • (2) GOLD DIGGERS OF 1933: Directed by Mervyn LeRoy. Supervised by Ray Griffith. Numbers created and directed by Busby Berkeley. Screen play by Erwin Gelsey and James Seymour. Music and lyrics by Harry Warren and Al Dubin. Dialogue by David Boehm and Ben Markson. Based on a play by Avery Hopwood. Photographer: Sol Polito. Art director: Anton Grot. Cast: Warren William, Joan Blondell, Aline MacMahon, Ruby Keeler, Dick Powell, Guy Kibbee, Ned Sparks, Ginger Rogers, Clarence Nordstrom, Robert Agnew, Tammany Young, Sterling Holloway. • (3) LIHLE WOMEN: Directed by George Cukor. Executive producer: Merian C. Cooper. Supervised by Kenneth MacGowan. From the novel by Louisa May Alcott. Screen play by Sarah Y. Mason and Victor Heerman. Photographed by Henry Gerrard. Cast: Katharine Hepburn, Joan Bennett, Frances Dee, Jean Parker, Paul Lukas, Edna May Oliver, Douglass Montgomery, Henry Stephenson. • (3) 42ND STREET: Based on the novel by Bradford Ropes. Screen play by Rian James and James Seymour. Directed by Lloyd Bacon. Photographer: Sol Polito. Art director: Jack Okey. Songs by Al Dubin and Harry Warren. Cast: Warner Baxter, Bebe Daniels, George Brent, Ruby Keeler, Una Merkel, Guy Kibbee, Ned Sparks, Dick Powell, Ginger Rogers. I'm No Angel: Paramount Rasputin and the Empress: MGM • (4) BE MINE TONIGHT: Directed by Anatol Litwak. Story by I. V. Cube and . A. Joseph. Adaptation and dialogue by John Orton. Music by Mischa Spoliansky. Lyrics by Frank Eyton. Cast: Jan Kiepura, Magda Schneider, Sonnie Hale, Edmund Gwenn, Athene Scyler, Betty Chester, Aubrey Mather. • (4) TUGBOAT ANNIE: Directed by Mervyn LeRoy. From the Saturday Evening Post stories by Norman Rellly Raine. Adapted by Zelda Sears and Eve Greene. Additional dialogue by Norman Reilly Raine. Art director: Merrill Pye. Photographed by Gregg Toland. Cast: Marie Dressier, Wallace Berry, Robert Young, Maureen O'Sullivan, Willard Robertson, Tammany Young, Frankie Darro, Jack Pennick, Paul Hurst. Cavalcade: Fox Tugboat Annie: MGM Animal Kingdom: RKO Radio Honorable Mention THE MATCH KING First National DINNER AT EIGHT MGM SIGN OF THE CROSS ^ Paramount