Motion Picture Herald (Sep-Oct 1934)

Page scan 000636 from Motion Picture Herald

Record Details:

Title:
Motion Picture Herald
Date:
Sep-Oct 1934
Publisher:
[New York, N.Y. : Quigley Pub. Co.]
Volume:
Motion Picture Herald (Sep-Oct 1934)
Leaf #:
000636
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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18 MO I ION PICTURE HERALD October 20, 1934 BELLE OF THE NINETIES Paramount THE BOX OFFICE CHAMPIONS FOR SEPTEMBER ONE NIGHT OF LOVE Columbia (I) BELLE OF THE NINETIES: Producer, William LeBaron. Directed by Leo McCarey. Original story by Mae West. Screen play by Mae West. Music by Arthur Johnston. Lyrics by Sam Coslow. Art direction, Hans Dreier and Bernard Herzbrun. Photographer, Karl Struss. Cast: Mae West, Roger Pryor, John Mack Brown, Katherine De Mille, John Miljan. Released September 21, 1934. (5) ONE NIGHT OF LOVE: Directed by Victor Schertzinger. Story by Dorothy Speare and Charles Beahan. Screen play by S. K. Lauren, James Gaw and Edmund North. Assistant director, Arthur Black. Cameraman, Joseph Walker. Sound engineer, Paul Neal. ' Associate producer, Everett J. Riskin. Cast: Grace Moore, Tullio Carminati, Lyle Talbot, Mona Barrie, Jessie Ralph. Released September I, 1934. (2) CHAINED: Prod ucer, Hunt Stromberg. Directed by Clarence Brown. Screen play by John Lee Mahin. From an original story by Edgar Selwyn. Musical score, Herbert Stothart. Recording, Douglas Shearer. Art director, Cedric Gibbons. Cameraman, George Foley. Cast: Joan Crawford, Clark Gable, Otto Kruger, Stuart Erwin, Una O'Connor, Marjorie Gateson, Akim Tamiroff. Released August 31, 1934. (5) THE CAT'S PAW: Produced by Harold Lloyd. Directed by Sam Taylor. Story by Clarence Buddington Kelland. Screen play by Sam Taylor. Production manager, John Murphy. Photographed by Walter Lundin. Art director, Harry Oliver. Music and lyrics, Harry Akst and Roy Turk. William R. Fraser, general manager. Cast: Harold Lloyd, Una Merkel, George Barbier, Alan Dinehart. Released August 7, 1934. (3) DAMES: Directed by Ray Enright. Numbers created and directed by Busby Berkeley. Story by Robert Lord and Delmer Daves. Adaptation and screen play by Delmer Daves. Photographers: Sid Hickox and George Barnes. Cast: Joan Blondell, Dick Powell, Ruby Keeler, Zasu Pitts, Guy Kibbee, Hugh Herbert, Arthur Winton, Sammy Fain, Phil Regan, Arthur Aylesworth, Leila Bennett. Released September I, 1934. (5) THE FOUNTAIN: A Pendro S. Berman production. Directed by John Cromwell. Adaptation by Jane Murfin. Dialogue by Samuel Hoffenstein. From the novel by Charles Morgan. Music by Max Steiner. Photographed by Henry W. Gerrard. Art directors, Van Nest Polglase and Carroll Clark. Cast: Ann Harding, Brian Aherne, Paul Lukas, Jean Hersholt, Ralph Forbes. Released August 31, 1934. (4) HIDEOUT: Producer, Hunt Stromberg. Directed by W. S. Van Dyke. Screen play by Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett. From the story by Mauri Grashin. Musical score by Dr. William Axt. Associates, David Townsend and Edwin B. Willis. Photographed by Ray June and Sidney Wagner. Cast: Robert Montgomery, Maureen O'Sullivan, Edwin Arnold, Elizabeth Patterson. Released August 24, 1934. (6) THE AFFAIRS OF CELLINI: Produced by Twentieth Century. Directed by Gregory La Cava. Associate producers, William Goetz, Raymond Griffith. Screen play by Bess Meredyth. From the play by Edwin Justus Mayer. Photographed by Charles Rosher. Art director, Richard Day. Assistant director, Fred Fox. Cast:' Constance Bennett, Fredric March, Frank Morgan, Fay Wray. Released Aug. 24, 1934.