Motion Picture Herald (May-Jun 1936)

Page scan 0001054 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 #:
0001054
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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30 MOTION PICTURE HERALD June 27, 1936 BOX OFFICE CHAMPIONS for MAY (1) Under Two Flags: Produced by Darryl F. Zanuck. Directed by Frank Lloyd. Associate producer, Raymond Griffith. Battle sequences by Otto Brower. Assistant, Booth McCracken. Screen play by W. P. Lipscomb and Walter Ferris. From a novel by Ouida. Photographed by Ernest Palmer, Sidney Wagner. Art director, William Darling. Settings by Thomas Little. Assistant directors, Ad Schaumer, A. F. Erickson. Film editor, Ralph Dietrich. Musical direction, Louis Silvers. Sound, Joseph Aiken, Roger Heman. Cast: Ronald Colman, Claudette Colbert, Victor McLaglen, Rosalind Russell, Gregory Ratoff, Nigel Bruce, C. Henry Gordon. Released May I, 1936. (2) Showboat: Produced by Carl Laemmle, Jr. Directed by James Whale. Stage play, screen play and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein, II. Cinematographer, John J. Mescall. Art director, Charles D. Hall. Film editors, Bernard Burton and Ted Kent. Dance numbers staged by Le Roy Prinz. Sound supervisor, Gilbert Kurland. Music by Jerome Kern. Special cinematography, John P. Fulton. Musical director, Victor Baravelle. Assistant director, Joseph A. McDonough. Sound recorders, Mike McLaughlin (music) and William Hedgecock (production). Cast: Irene Dunne, Allan Jones, Paul Robeson, Helen Westley, Sammy White, Hattie McDaniel, Patricia Barry, Marilyn Knowlden, Arthur Hohl, J. Farrell MacDonaid, Charles Wilson, Charles Winninger, Helen Morgan, Oueenie Smith, Donald Cook. Released May 17, 1936. (3) 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. (4) 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 Havlik. Photographed by Joseph Walker. Special camera effects by E. Roy Davidson. Cast: Gary Cooper, Jean Arthur, George Bancroft, Lionel Stander, Douglass Dumbrille. Released April 12, 1936. UNDER TWO FLAGS 20th Century-Fox MR. DEEDS GOES TO TOWN Columbia (5) One Rainy Afternoon: A Pickford-Lasky production. Directed by Rowland V. Lee. Original story, "Monsieur Sans Gene," by Pressburger and Rene Pujal. Photoplay and dialogue by Stephen Morehouse Avery. Additional dialogue, Maurice Hanline. Music, Ralph Irwin. Lyrics, "One Rainy Afternoon," by Jack Stern and Harry Tobias and "Secret Rendezvous," by Preston Sturges. Musical director, Alfred Newman. Photographed by Peverell Marley, Merritt Gerstad. Art director, Richard Day. Production manager, Charles Woolstenhulme. Assistant director, Percy Ikerd. Costumes by Omar Kiam. Sound, Paul Neal. Film editor, Margaret Clancy. Cast: Francis Lederer, Ida Lupino, Hugh Herbert, Roland Young, Erik Rhodes, Joseph Cawthorn, Countess Liev de Maigret, Donald Meek, Georgia Caine, Murray Kinnell, Mischa Auer, Eily Malyon. Released May 13, 1936. (5) The Golden Arrow: Directed by Alfred E. Green. Screen play by Charles Kenyon. Story by Michael Arlen. Cast: Bette Davis, George Brent, Eugene Pallette, Dick Foran, Carol Hughes, Catharine Doucet, Craig Reynolds, Ivan Lebedeff, G. P. Huntley, Jr., Hobart Cavanaugh, Henry O'Neill, Eddie Acuff, Earle Foxe, Rafael Storm, E. E. Clive, Sarah Edwards. Released May 23, 1936.