Motion Picture Herald (Nov-Dec 1934)

Page scan 000719 from Motion Picture Herald

Record Details:

Title:
Motion Picture Herald
Date:
Nov-Dec 1934
Publisher:
[New York, N.Y. : Quigley Pub. Co.]
Volume:
Motion Picture Herald (Nov-Dec 1934)
Leaf #:
000719
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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December 22, 1934 MOTION PICTURE HERALD 25 ONE NIGHT OF LOVE Columbia THE GAY DIVORCEE RKO Radio LADY BY CHOICE Columbia Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch Paramount (3) THE GAY DIVORCEE: Produced by Pandro Barman. Associate producer, ZIon Myers. Directed by Mark Sandrich. Musical adaptation, Kenneth Webb. Screen play by George Marion, Jr., Dorothy Yost and Edward Kaufman. Dance direction and photography by David Abel. Cast: Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Alice Brady, Edward Everett Horton, Erik Rhodes, Eric Blore. Released October 19, 1934. (4) KID MILLIONS: A Samuel Goldwyn production. Directed by Roy Del Ruth. Story and dialogue by Arthur Sheekman, Nat Perrin and Nunnally Johnson. Songs by Walter Donaldson and Gus Kahn, Burton Lane and Harold Adamson. "Mandy" by Irving Berlin. Dances and ensembles directed by Seymour and Felix. Fantasy in Technicolor. Music and lyrics by Gus Kahn, Walter Donaldson and Alfred Newman. Color direction by Willy Pogany. Photographed by Ray Renahan. Staff for Mr. Goldwyn: Art director, Richard Day. Photographed by Ray June. Film editor, Stuart Heisler. Musical director, Alfred Newman. Costumes, Omar Kiam. Sound recording, Vinton Vernon. Assistant director, Walter Mayo. Cast: Eddie Cantor, Ann Sothern, Ethel Merman. Released November 28, 1934. (5) LADY BY CHOICE: Produced and distributed by Columbia. Directed by David Burton. Story by Dwight Taylor. Screen play by Jo Swerling. Associate director, Arthur Black. Cameraman, Ted Tetzlaff. Sound engineer, Glenn Rominger. Film editor, Viola Lawrence. Associate producer, Robert North. Cast: Carole Lombard, May Robson, Roger Pryor, Walter Connolly, Arthur Hohl, Raymond Walburn. Released October IS, 1934. (6) MRS. WIGGS OF THE CABBAGE PATCH: Produced by Douglas MacLean. Directed by Norman Taurog. Original story by Alice Hegan Rice and Anne Crawford Flexner. Screen play by William Slavens McNutt and Jane Storm. Art directors, Hans Drier and Robert Odell. Photographed by Charles Lang. Cast: Pauline Lord, W. C. Fields, Zasu Pitts, Evelyn Venable, Kent Taylor, Charles MIddleton, Donald Meek, Jimmy Butler, George Breakston. Released October 19, 1934.