Motion Picture Herald (Sep-Oct 1935)

October 2 6, 19 3 5 MOTION PICTURE HERALD 51 152 FEATURES LISTED FOR THEATRE TIEUPS IN "BOOK WEEK," NEXT MONTH The attention of motion picture theatre owners is again directed to "National Book Week," to be held this year from November 17th to 23rd, and in this connection the National Board of Review has made for their use in arranging appropriate programs that lend themselves to book tieups, an annual compilation of "Selected Book-Films," prepared in connection with the "Book Week" movement that is sponsored by the National Association of Book Publishers. The procedure for effecting tieups with book stores, schools, libraries and the like is well known to the exhibitor, these exploitation mediums usually lending aid readily in furthering interest in well known books. All films selected by the Review Committees of the National Board from September, 1934, to October, 1935, which had their source In novels or published plays and stories are f f f f f f f included In the compilation, and in addition films having special book tie-up value, though not adaptations, are recorded. Some 152 features are offered as likely candidates for tieups during "Book Week," 82 being films adapted from novels, 22 films adapted from published plays and short stories, 18 films based on subjects with definite book value tie-ups, and 26 former selected book-films being re-made. This list provides Information for immediate and future activity with book-film programs, uniting library, theatre, school and club interests. The order of arrangement is: Picture title, source title If different, name of the author, length in reels and the name of the distributor. The symbols preceding the title Indicate: f — suitable for the family audience, 12 years and older; m — suitable for the mature audience, 18 years and older; j — suitable for the junior audience under 12 years. Alice Adams, (By Booth Tarkington). 11 reels— RKO. 1 Anna Karenina, (By Leo Tolstoi). 8 reels — Metro, i Arizonian, The, (By Dudley Nichols). 8 reels— RKO. Babbitt, (By Sinclair Lewis). 7 reels — First National. Bachelor of Arts, (By John Erskine). 6 reels — Fox. 1 Becky Sharp, ("Vanity Fair" by William M. Thackeray). 9 reels— RKO. 1 Behind The Green Lights, (By C. W. Willemse). 7 reels — Mascot, ti Behold My Wife. ("Translation of A Savage" by Sir Gilbert Parker). 7 reels — Paramount, a Black Fury, ("Bohunk" by Harry Evans). 8 reels — First National. a Bordertown, (By Carroll Graham). 8 reels — Warner. Brewster's Millions, (By George Barr McCutcheon). 7 reels — United Artists. Call Of The Wild, (By Jack London). 8 reels — United Artists. Calm Yourself, (By Edward Hope). 8 reels — Metro, n Captain Hates The Sea, The, (By Wallace Smith). 9 reels — Columbia. Captain Hurricane, ("The Taming of Zenas Henry" by Sara W. Bassett). 8 reels— RKO. n Case of the Curious Bride, The, (By Erie S. Gardner). 7 reels — First National. t Chasing Yesterday, ("The Crime of Sylvestre Bonnard" by Anatole France). 9 reels— RKO. n China Seas, (By Crosbie Garstin). 9 reels — Metro, m Clairvoyant, The (By Ernst Lothar). 7 reels — Gaumont-British. f David Copperfield (By Charles Dickens). 13 reels — Metro, f Diamond Jim (Biography by Parker Morell). 10 reels — Universal. Ej Dog of Flanders (By Ouida). 8 reels — RKO. f Don Quixote (By Miguel Cervantes). 8 reels — Bell. f Enchanted April (By Elisabeth). 7 reels RKO. f Farmer Takes a Wife, The ("Rome Haul," by Walter D. Edmonds). 9 reels — Fox. fj Fighting Trooper, The ("Footprints, by James Oliver Curwood). 6 reels — Ambassador. fj Freckles (By Gene Stratton Porter). 8 reels— RKO. m Glass Key, The (By Dashiell Hammett). 8 reels — Paramount. f Great Expectations (By Charles Dickens). 11 reels — Universal. f Great Hotel Murder, The (By Vincent Starrett). 7 reels — Fox. fj Home on the Range ("Code of the West," by Zane Grey). 6 reels — Paramount. fj Hoosier Schoolmaster, The (By Edward Eggleston). 7 reels— Monogram, fj HoPALONG Cassidy (By Clarence Mul ford). 7 reels — Paramount, f Imitation of Life (By Fannie Hurst). 12 reels — Universal, m Informer, The (By Liam O'Flaherty). 10 reels— RKO. m Jalna (By Maza de la Roche). 9 reels —RKO. m Java Head (By Joseph Hergesheimer). 7 reels — First Division, f Keeper of the Bees (By Gene Stratton Porter). 7 reels — Monogram, f Laddie (By Gene Stratton Porter). 7 reels— RKO. f Lady Tubbs (By Homer Croy). 7 reels — Universal, f Last Days of Pompeii, The (By Bulwer Lytton). 10 reels— RKO. f Life Begins at 40 (Suggested by Walter Pitkin's book). 8 reels — Fox. m LiLiOM (By Ferenc Molnar). 8 reels — Fox. f Lily of Killarney, The ("Colleen Bawn," by Dion Boucicault). 7 reels — Ameranglo. fj Little Colonel, The (By Anna Fellows Johnson). 8 reels — Fox. m Little Friend (By Ernst Lothar). 9 reels — Gaumont-British. fj Little Men (By Louisa M. Alcott). 8 reels — Mascot, f Little Minister, The (By Sir James M. Barrie). 11 reels— RKO. f Lives of a Bengal Lancer, The (Based on Francis Yeat's-Brown's book). 11 reel s — Paramount . m Mad Love ("Les Mains d'Orlac," by Maurice Renard). 7 reels — Metro, f Maria Chapdelaine (By Louis Hemon). 8 reels — France-Film, f Miserables, Les (By Victor Hugo). 10 reels — United Artists, f Mississippi ("MagnoHa," by Booth Tarkington). 8 reels — Paramount. f Mighty Barnum, The ("Barnum," by M. R. Werner). 8 reels— United Artists, f Murder on a Honeymoon ("The Puzzle of the Pepper Tree," by Stuart Palmer). 8 reels— RKO. fj New Adventures of Tarzan, The (By Edgar Rice Burroughs). 8 reels— Bur roughs-Tarzan Enterprises, f Oil for the Lamps of China (By Alice Tisdale Hobart). 9 reels — First National, f One More Spring (By Robert Nathan). 8 reels — Fox. m Painted Veil, The (By W. Somerset Maugham). 9 reels — Metro, f Paris in Spring ("Two on a Tower," by Dwight Taylor). 9 reels— Paramount, f Party Wire (By Bruce Manning). 7 reels — Columbia, m Phantom Fiend, The ("The Lodger," by Mrs. Belloc Lowndes). 7 reels — First Division. m Power (By Lion Feuchtwanger). 10 reels — Gaumont-British. m Private Worlds (By Phyllis Bottome). 9 reels — Paramount. m Right to Live ("The Sacred Flame," by W. Somerset Maugham). 6 reels — Warner. f Roberta ("Gowns by Roberta," by Alice Duer Miller). 12 reels— RKO. f Rocky Mountain Mystery, The ("Golden Dreams," by Zane Grey). 7 reels — Paramount. f Ruggles of Red Gap (By Harry Leon Wilson). 10 reels— Paramount. f Sanders of the River (By Edgar Wallace). 8 reels — United Artists. f Scarlet Pimpernel, The (By Baroness Orczy). 9 reels — United Artists. fj Sequoia ("Malibu," by Vance J. Hoyt). 7 reels — Metro. f She (By H. Rider Haggard). 11 reels — RKO. m Star of Midnight (By Arthur Somers Roche). 10 reels— RKO. f Steamboat Round the Bend (By Ben Lucien Burman). 8 reels — Fox. fj Stormy (By Cherry Wilson). 7 reels — Universal. f 39 Steps. The (By John Buchan). 8 reels — ^Gaumont-British. m Thunder in the East ("La Bataille," by Claude Farrer). 7 reels — United Artists, f Triumph of Sherlock Holmes, The ("Valley of Fear," by Conan Doyle). 8 reels — First Division, f Two Sinners ("Two Black Sheep," by Warwick Deeping). 7 reels — Republic. (Continued on following page) m Escape Me Never (By Margaret Kennedy). 8 reels — United Artists. m Evelyn Prentice (By W. E. Woodward). 8 reels — Metro.