Motion Picture Herald (Jun-Sep 1934)

Page scan 000659 from Motion Picture Herald

Record Details:

Title:
Motion Picture Herald
Date:
Jun-Sep 1934
Publisher:
[New York, N.Y. : Quigley Pub. Co.]
Volume:
Motion Picture Herald (Jun-Sep 1934)
Leaf #:
000659
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:
September 12, 2024
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August 18, 1934 MOTION PICTURE HERALD 15 Wonder Bar: First National Roman Scandals: United Artists Dinner at Eight: MGM Flying Down to Rio: RKO Radio Little Women: RKO Radio Dancing Lady: MGM Eight Girls in a Boat: Paramount Son of Kong: RKO Radio Easy to Love: Warner David Harum: Fox • QUEEN CHRISTINA: Directed by Rouben Mamoulian. Produced by Walter Wanger. Screen play by H. M. Harwood. Photographed by William Daniels. Cast: Greta Garbo, John Gilbert, Ian Keith, Lewis Stone, Elizabeth Young. • DANCING LADY: Directed by Robert Z. Leonard. Screen play by Allen Riv kin and P. J. Wolfson, fron-i book by James Warner Bellah. Photographed by Oliver T. Marsh. Cast: Joan Craw-ford, Clark Gable, Franchot Tone, May Robson. • EIGHT GIRLS IN A BOAT: Produced by Charles R. Rogers. Directed by Richard Vv'allace. Screen play by Casey Robinson. From story by Helmut Brandis. Adaptation, Lewis Foster. Music by Arthur Rebner and Harold Lewis. Lyrics by Sam Coslow. Photographed by Gilbert Warrenton. Cast: Dorothy Wilson, Douglass Montgomery, Kay Johnson, Walter Connolly. • THE LOST PATROL: Directed by John Ford. Screen play by Dudley Nichols. Adaptation by Garrett Fort. Photographer, Harold Wenstrom. Cast: Victor McLaglen, Boris Karloff, Wallace Ford, Reginald Denny. • SON OF KONG; Executive producer, Merian C. Cooper. Directed by Ernest B. Schoedsack. Story by Ruth Rose. Technical staff: Willis O'Brien, E. B. Gibson, Marcel Delgado, Carroll Shephird, Fred Reese, W. G. White. Cast: Robert Armstrong, Helen Mack, Frank Relcher. • EASY TO LOVE: Directed by William Keighley. Screen play by Carl Erickson and Manuel Seff. Adaptation by David Boehm. From play by Thompson Buchanan. Photography by Ernest Haller. Cast: Genevieve Tobin, Adolphe Menjou, Mary Astor, Edward Everett Horton, Patricia Ellis.