Motion Picture Herald (Jul-Aug 1936)

Page scan 000614 from Motion Picture Herald

Record Details:

Title:
Motion Picture Herald
Date:
Jul-Aug 1936
Publisher:
[New York, N.Y. : Quigley Pub. Co.]
Volume:
Motion Picture Herald (Jul-Aug 1936)
Leaf #:
000614
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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32 MOTION PICTURE HERALD August 8 , I 936 THE BOX OFFICE CHAMPIONS THE GREAT ZIEGFELD M G M M || Citing for distinction as ^Ljl the Box Office Champions JJ for the first half of 1936, those productions which proved to be the greatest box office attractions at the nation's key theatres between January I and June 30. They number ten — a smaller group than usual, but as diversified in type as any semiannual group in the past. Musicals lead with four. Pictures definitely of the straight dramatic type come next with three. The Great Ziegfeld: Produced by Hunt Stromberg. Directed by Robert Z. Leonard. Story and screen play by William Anthony McGuire. Dance numbers by ROSE MARIE M G M MODERN TIMES United Artists 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, Faany Brice, Virginia Bruce, Reginald Owen, Ray Bolger, Ernest Cossart, Joseph Cawthorne, Nat Pendleton, Harriet Hoctor. Follow the Fleet: Produced by Pandro S. Berman. Directed by Mark Sandrich. Screen play, Dwight Taylor and Allan Scott. Founded on play "Shore Leave," as produced by David Belasco. Photographed by David Abel. Photographic effects by Vernon Walker. Musical director, Max Steiner. Musical numbers by Irving Berlin. Art director, Van Nest Polglase. Cast: Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Randolph Scott, Harriet Hilliard, Astrid Allwyn. Released Feb. 21, 1936. Rose Marie: Produced by Hunt Stromberg. Directed by W. S. Van Dyke. Screen play by Frances Goodrich, Albert Hackett and Alice Duer Miller. Based on the stage production of Arthur Hammerstein. From the play by Otto A. Harbach and Oscar Hammerstein II. Music composed by Rudolf Friml and Herbert Stothart. Musical direction by Herbert Stothart. Additional lyrics by Gus Kahn. Totem pole dance staged by Chester Hale. Photographed by William Daniels. Recording director, Douglas Shearer. Art director, Cedric Gibbons. Film editor, Blanche Sewell. Cast: Jeanette MacDonald, Nelson Eddy, Reginald Owen, Allan Jones, James Stewart, Alan Mowbray, Gilda Gray, George Regas, Robert Greig, Una O'Connor, Lucien Littlefield, David Nivens. Released January 31, 1936. MAGNIFICENT OBSESSION Universal STORY OF LOUIS PASTEUR First National Modern Times: Produced by Charles Chaplin Film Corp. Directed by Charles Chaplin, from a story by Charles Chaplin. General production manager, Alfred Reeves. Assistant production manager, Jack Wilson. Settings by Charles Hall. Music composed by Charles Chaplin. Musical director, Alfred Newman. Assistant directors, Carter de Haven and Henry Bergman. Photographers, Rollie Totheroh and Ira Morgan. Portrait photographers, Max Munn Autrey. Film editor, Charles Chaplin. Cast: Charles Chaplin, Paulette Goddard, Henry Bergman, Chester Conklin, Stanley Sandford, Hank Mann, Louis Natheux, Allen Garcia. Released February 21, 1936. 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,