Motion Picture Herald (Nov-Dec 1935)

Page scan 000931 from Motion Picture Herald

Record Details:

Title:
Motion Picture Herald
Date:
Nov-Dec 1935
Publisher:
[New York, N.Y. : Quigley Pub. Co.]
Volume:
Motion Picture Herald (Nov-Dec 1935)
Leaf #:
000931
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:
July 11, 2024
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December 2 8, 19 3 5 MOTION PICTURE HERALD 63 THANKS a MILLION 20th Cenfury-Fox A NIGHT at the OPERA MCM (3) A Midsummer Night's Dream: Directed by Max Reinhardt and William Dieterle. From William Shakespeare's classic arranged for the screen by Charles Kenyon and Mary C. McCall, Jr. Musical arrangement by Erich Wolfgang Korngold, with Mendelssohn's "A Midsummer Night's Dream" music. Dances directed by Nijinska. Costumes by Max Ree. Photographed by Hal Mohr. Special photographic effects by Fred Jackman, Byron Haskin and H. F. Koenekamp. Cast: James Cagney, Joe E. Brown, Hugh Herbert, Frank McHugh, Victor Jory, Olivia De Havilland, Ross Alexander, Grant Mitchell, Nini Theilade, Verree Teasdale, Dick Powell. Release date not yet set. (5) In Old Kentucky: Produced by Edward Butcher. Directed by George Marshall. Screen play by Sam Hellman and Gladys Lehman. Additional dialogue, Henry Johnson. Play by Charles T. Dazey. Photographed by L. W. O'Connell. Sound, W. D. Flick. Art director, William Darling. Gowns, William Lambert. Musical director, Arthur Lange. Cast: Will Rogers, Dorothy Wilson, Russell Hardie, Charles Sellon, Louise Henry, Esther Dale, Alan Dinehart, Bill Robinson. Released November 22, 1935. AAETROPOLITAN 20th Century-Fox (5) A Night at the Opera: Directed by Sam Wood. Screen play by George S. Kaufman and Morrie Ryskind. From a story by James Kevin McGuinness. Musical score by Herbert Stothart. Dances by Chester Hale. Recording director, Douglas Shearer. Art director, Cedric Gibbons. Associates, Ben Carre, Edwin B. Willis. Wardrobe by Dolly Tree. Photographed by Merritt B. Gersted. Film editor, William LeVanway. Assistant director, George Selander. Cast: Groucho Marx, Chico Marx, Harpo Marx, Kitty Carlisle. Released November 15, 1935. (5) Metropolitan: A Darryl F. Zanuck production. Presented by Joseph M. Schenck. Directed by Richard Boleslawskl. Musical direction by Alfred Newman. Screen play by Bess Meredyth and George Marion, Jr. Based on a story by Bess Meredyth. Photographed by Rudolph Mate. Art director, Richard Day. Film editor, Barbara McLean. Costumes by Arthur M. Levy. Sound, Paul Neal, Roger Heman. Technical adviser, Armando Agnini. Cast: Lawrence Tibbett, Virginia Bruce, Alice Brady, Cesar Romero, Thurston Hall, Luis Alberni, George Marion, Sr., Adrian Rosley, Christian Rub. Released November 8, 1935.