Motion Picture Herald (Nov-Dec 1936)

Page scan 000342 from Motion Picture Herald

Record Details:

Title:
Motion Picture Herald
Date:
Nov-Dec 1936
Publisher:
[New York, N.Y. : Quigley Pub. Co.]
Volume:
Motion Picture Herald (Nov-Dec 1936)
Leaf #:
000342
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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78 MOTION PICTURE HERALD November 21, 1936 BOOK-WEEK PICTURES (Continued from preceding page) m "'Desire, (Story by Hans Szekely). Paramount. m Don't Turn 'Em Loose, (Story "Homecoming" by Tom Walsh). RKO-Radio. fj Earthworm Tractors, (Saturday Evening Post stories by William H. Upson). First National. m Exclusive Story, (Story by Martin Mooney). Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. m Forgotten Faces, (Story by Richard Washburn Childs). Paramount. m General Died at Dawn, The, (Story by Charles Booth). Paramount. m 'Girl from Mandalay, The, (Story "Tiger Valley" by Raynard Campbell). Republic. f Girls' Dormitory, (Play by Ladislaus Fedor). 20th Century-Fox. m *Give Me Your Heart, (Play "Sweet Aloes" by Jay Mallory). Warner. f Golden Arrow, The, (Story by Michael Arlen). First National. f *Green Pastures, (Play by Marc Connolly, novel "GT Man Adam an' His Chillun" by Roark Bradford). Warner. f Hearts Divided, (Play "Glorious Betsy" by Rita Johnson Young). First National. f Her Master's Voice. (Play by Clare Kummer). Paramount. f I Conquer the Sea, (Story by Richard Carroll ) . Academy. fj *In Old Kentucky, (Play by Charles T. Dazey). 20th Century-Fox. m Kind Lady, (Story by Hugh Walpole). Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. f King of Burlesque, (Story "The Day Never Came" by Vina Delmar). 20th Century-Fox. m Lady of Secrets, (Story "No More Yesterdays" by Katherine Brush). Columbia. f Love Begins at 20, (Play "Broken Dishes" by Martin Flavin). First National. fj M'liss, (Story by Bret Harte). RKO; Radio. f *Mary of Scotland, (Play by Maxwell Anderson). RKO-Radio. f *Midsummer Night's Dream, A, (Play by William Shakespeare). Warner. fj Milky Way, The, (Play by Lyman Root). Paramount. f *Mr. Deeds Goes to Town, (Saturday Evening Post serial by Clarence Budington Kelland). Columbia. f Moon Is Our Home, The, (Cosmopolitan story by Faith Baldwin). Paramount. f My American Wife, (Story by Elmer Davis). Paramount. fj Old Hutch, (Story by Garrett Smith). Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. f $1000 a Minute, (Saturday Evening Post story by Everett Freeman). Republic. m Passing of the Third Floor Back, The, (Play by Jerome K. Jerome). GaumontBritish. m *Petrified Forest. The, (Play by Robert E. Sherwood). Warner, f Petticoat Fever, (Play by Mark Reed). Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. f *Picadilly Jim, (Story by P. G. Wode house). Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. fj Poppy, (Play by Dorothy Donnelly). Paramount. f *Prisoner of Shark Island, The, (Story by Nunnally Johnson). 20th CenturyFox. m Private Number, (Play "Common Clay" by Cleves Kincaid). 20th Century-Fox. f Professional Soldier, (Story by Damon Runyon). 20th Century-Fox. fj Racing Blood, (Story by Peter B. Kyne). Conn. f Return of Sophie Lang, The, (Stories by Frederick Irving Anderson). Paramount. f *Romeo and Juliet, (Play by William Shakespeare ) . Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. f Rose of the Rancho, (Play by Richard Tully). Paramount. m Second Wife, (Play "All the King's Men" by Fulton Oursler). RKO-Radio. f Secret Patrol, (Story by Peter B. Kyne). Columbia. f Seven Keys to Baldpate, (Play by Earl Derr Biggers). RKO-Radio. f Sins of Man, (Story by Joseph Roth). 20th Century-Fox. f Star for a Night, (Story "The Holy Lie" by Karin Michaelis). 20th CenturyFox. f *Stars Over Broadway, (Cosmopolitan story by Mildred Cram). Warner. m *These Three, (Play by Lillian Hellman). United Artists. f Three Married Men, (Story by Owen Davis, Sr.). Paramount. f Three Wise Guys, (Story by Damon Runyon). Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. f Till We Meet Again, (Play by Alfred Davis). Paramount. f Times Square Playboy, (Play "Home Towners" by George M. Cohan). Warner. m To Mary — With Love, (Saturday Evening Post story by Richard Sherman). 20th Century-Fox. j Too Many Parents, (Stories by Jesse L. Williams and George Templeton). Paramount. f Trouble for Two, (Story "The Suicide Club" by Robert Louis Stevenson). Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. f Two Fisted, (Play "Is Zat So?" by James Gleason and Richard Tabor). Paramount. m Unguarded Hour, The, (Play by Ladislaus Fedor). Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. f Wives Never Know, (Story by Keane Thompson). Paramount. f Your Uncle Dudley, (Play by Arthur Rivkin). 20th Century-Fox. Films with Special Book Value Tie-up fj *Annie Oakley — (Famous woman sharpshooter in the Buffalo Bill days). RKO. fj *China Clipper — (Based on development of aviation and successful trans-Pacific flight) . First National. fj Drake the Pirate — (Dr. Charles Beard directed the research for this life of Francis Drake). First Division. fj Fang and Claw — (Frank Buck's Asiatic animal expedition). RKO-Radio. fj *Little America — (Admiral Byrd's second expedition). Paramount. f Message to Garcia, A — (Dramatization of Elbert Hubbard's famous slogan). 20th Century-Fox. f *Nine Days a Queen — (Lady Jane Grey's short reign after Edward VPs death). Gaumont British. fj *Story of Louis Pasteur, The — (The struggles of the great scientist). FN. fj Two in Revolt — (Horse and dog story). RKO-Radio. fj *Voice of Bugle Ann, The — (Country life in Missouri with the hunting dogs). Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. f White Angel, The — (Life of Florence Nightingale). First National. f Wings Over Ethiopia — Paramount. Foreign Language Films — Novels, Plays and with Tie-up Value f *Cloistered — (Unusual picture of life in a French cloistered convent. English narrator). Best. m *Crime et Chatiment— (Novel by Feodor Dostoyevski. French dialogue) . Lenauer. f Lorenzino de Medici — (Renaissance Florence. Italian dialogue). Nuovo Mondo. fj *Marie Chapdelaine — (Novel by Louis Hemon. French dialogue). FrancoAmerican. m *Maternelle, La — -(Novel by Leon Frapie. French dialogue). Garrison. fj New Gulliver, The — (Based on Jonathan Swift's "Gulliver's Travels," with puppets for actors. Russian dialogue). J. Burstyn, 1501 Broadway, N. Y. C f Pa Solsidan — (Play "On the Sunny Side" by Helge Krog. Swedish dialogue). Scandinavian. f Raggen, Det Ar Jag Det — (Novel "Raggen, That's Me" by Gunner Widegren. Swedish dialogue). Scandinavian. f Re Burlone — (Naples in the 1840's. Italian dialogue). Nuovo Mundo. f Skarhards-Flirt — (Play "The Resort Flirt" by Gideon Wahlberg. Swedish dialogue). Scandinavian. f Ungkarlspappan — (Play "The Bachelor Father" by Edward Childs Carpenter. Swedish dialogue). Scandinavian. m We Are From Kronstadt — (Civil War in Russia. Russian dialogue). Amkino. Note : All the above foreign productions have English subtitles. In a recent' survey the Young Reviewers of the National Board — the boys and girls from 8 to 16 years who take their cinema very seriously — stated just what books they thought the companies would "do well" to film. Among the boys' selections were: "Ivanhoe" (receiving the most votes), Stevenson's "Kidnapped," Verne's "Michael Strogoff," Cooper's "The Deerslayer" and "The Pioneers," "Lancelot and Elaine," Ludwig's "Napoleon," "Marc Anthony" and "The Merchant of Venice." The most popular choices of the girls were : "The Old-Fashioned Girl" and sequels (these books received the most votes), "Silas Marner," "Kidnapped," "Ivanhoe," "John Halifax, Gentlemen," "Nobody's Boy" (Sans Famille), "Mill on the Floss," "Hamlet," Tarkington's "Seventeen," Ethan Frome," "Marie Antoinette," "To Have and to Hold" and "The Black Swan," which two voters even cast and strangely enough they both chose the same heroine and hero, Olivia de Haviland and Errol Flynn. Single choices ran into great numbers but these books listed received a number of votes each. In a vote as to what type of picture was preferred the biographical, historical, costume type was far in the lead and from the choice of books one can see that the answers "fit in." Answering another question quite a number of the young people preferred to read instead of going to the movies as there were "more good books than there were good movies" — in this the girls outnumbered the boys. Perhaps next year's Book-Films List will carry some of these selections. Reliable Closes Deal Reliable Pictures Corporation has a deal closed with Ferdinand V. Luporini whereby he will distribute 30 features for Reliable throughout the world, with the exception of the United States. The deal includes 12 dramas and 18 westerns. Symon Named Dramatic Coach Burk Symon has been named dramatic coach and test director at the home office of Twentieth Century-Fox in New York. He was associated with David Belasco as general stage director. The Twentieth Century-Fox offices in Des Moines have been moved into a new building at 13th and High streets. Metro Goldwyn Mayer is reissuing "Trader Horn" for Christmas bookings.