Motion Picture Herald (May-Jun 1936)

Page scan 000518 from Motion Picture Herald

Record Details:

Title:
Motion Picture Herald
Date:
May-Jun 1936
Publisher:
[New York, N.Y. : Quigley Pub. Co.]
Volume:
Motion Picture Herald (May-Jun 1936)
Leaf #:
000518
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 25, 2024
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44 MOTION PICTURE HERALD May 30, 1936 It ) OX OFFICE CHAMPIONS FOR APRIL (I) Mr. Deeds Goes to Town: Produced by Columbia. Directed by Frank Capra. Story by Clarence Budington Kelland. Screen play by Robert Riskin. Edited by Gene Havlick. Photographed by Joseph Walker. Special camera effects by E. Roy Davidson. Cast: Gary Cooper, Jean Arthur, George Bancroft, Lionel Stander, Douglass Dumbrille, Raymond Walburn, H. B. Warner, Margaret Matzenauer, Warren Hymer, Muriel Evans, Ruth Donnelly. Released April 12, 1936. (2) The Great Ziegfeld: Produced by Hunt Stromberg. Directed by Robert Z. Leonard. Story and screen play by William Anthony McGuire. Dance numbers by Seymour Felix. Special music by Walter Donaldson. Special lyrics by Harold Adamson. Ballet music by Con Conrad. Ballet lyrics by Herb Magidson. Musical direction by Arthur Lange. Orchestrations by Frank Skinner. Photographed by Oliver Marsh, Ray June, George Folsey and Merritt B. Gerstad. Cast: William Powell, Myrna Loy, Luise Rainer, Frank Morgan, Fanny Brice, Virginia Bruce, Reginald Owen, Ray Bolger, Ernest Cossart, Joseph Cawthorne, Nat Pendleton, Harriet Hoctor. MR. DEEDS GOES TO TOWN Columbia LITTLE LORD FAUNTLEROY UA (2) Captain January: Produced by Twentieth Century-Fox. Associate producer, B. G. DeSylva. Directed by David Butler. Screen play by Sam Hellman, Gladys Lehman and Harry Tugend. Based on a story by Laura E. Richards. Music and lyrics, "Early Bird" and "At the Codfish Ball" by Lew Pollack and Sidney D. Mitchell. "The Right Somebody to Love," music by Lew Pollack, lyrics by Jack Yellen. Dances staged by Jack Donohue. Photographed by John Seitz. Art direction by William Darling. . Settings by Thomas Little. Assistant director, Ad Schaumer. Cast: Shirley Temple, Guy Kibbee, Slim Summerville, Buddy Ebson, Sara Haden, Jane Darwell, June Lang. Released April 17, 1936. (4) Little Lord Fauntleroy: Produced by David O. Selznick. Directed by John Cromwell. Screen play by Hugh Walpole. Photographed by Charles Rosher. Special effects by Jack Cosgrove, Virgil Miller. Musical score by Max Steiner. Art director, Sturges Came. Associate, Casey Roberts. Wardrobe, Sophie Wachner. Film editor, Hal C. Kern. Cast: Freddie Bartholomew, Dolores Costello Barrymore, C. Aubrey Smith, Guy Kibbee, Henry Stephenson, Mickey Rooney, Constance Collier, E. E. Clive, Una O'Connor, Jackie Searl, Ivan Simpson, Helen Flint. Released March 6, 1936. (5) The Singing Kid: Produced by Warner-First National. Directed by William Keighley. Numbers staged by Bobby Connolly. Screen play by Warren Duff and Pat C. Flick. Story by Robert Lord. Music and lyrics by E. Y. Harburg and Harold Arlen. Assistant director, Chuck Hansen. Supervisor, Robert Lord. Photographed by George Barnes. Film editor, Tom Richards. Art director, Carl Weyl. Gowns by OrryKelly. Cast: Al Jolson, Sybil Jason, Edward Everett Horton, Lyle Talbot, Allen Jenkins, Beverly Roberts, Claire Dodd, Jack Durant, Frank Mitchell, The Yacht Club Boys, Cab Calloway and His Band, Winifred Shaw. Released April II, 1936. (5) Petticoat Fever: Produced by MGM. Producer, Frank Davis. Directed by George Fitzmaurice. Screen play by Harold Goldman. From the play by Mark Reed. Musical score by Dr. William Axt. Recording director, Douglas Shearer. Art director, Cedric Gibbons. Associates, Elmer Sheely, Edwin B. Willis. Cast: Robert Montgomery, Myrna Loy, Reginald Owen, Otto Yamaoka, George Hassell. Forrester Harvey, Irving Bacon, Bo Ching, Iris Yamaoka. Released March 20, 1936.