Motion Picture Herald (Jul-Aug 1937)

Page scan 000970 from Motion Picture Herald

Record Details:

Title:
Motion Picture Herald
Date:
Jul-Aug 1937
Publisher:
[New York, N.Y. : Quigley Pub. Co.]
Volume:
Motion Picture Herald (Jul-Aug 1937)
Leaf #:
000970
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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42 MOTION PICTURE HE'RALD August 28, 1937 B o x 0 ffi c e Champions for July WEE WILLIE WINKIE: Associate producer, Gene Markey. Directed by John Ford. Screen play by Ernest Pascal and Julien Josephson. Based upon story by Rudyard Kipling. Music score by Alfred Newman. Photography, Arthur Miller. Cast: Shirley Temple, Victor McLaglen, C. Aubrey Smith, June Lang, Michael Whalen, Cesar Romero, Constance Collier, Douglas Scott, Gavin Muir, Willie Fung, Brandon Hurst, Lionel Pape, Clyde Cook, Lauri Beatty, Lionel Braha, Mary Forbes, Cyril McLaglen, Pat Somerset, Hector Sarno. Released July 30, 1937. SARATOGA: Produced by Bernard H. Hyman. Directed by Jack Conway. Original story and screen play by Anita Loos and Robert Hopkins. Associate producer, John Emerson. Assistant director, Tom Andre. Musical score by Edward Ward. Music by Walter Donaldson. Lyrics by Bob Wright and Chet Forest. Recording director, Douglas Shearer. Art director, Cedric Gibbons. Photographer, Ray June. Cast: Clark Gable, Jean Harlow, Lionel Barrymore, Frank Morgan, Walter Pidgeon, Una Merkel, Cliff Edwards, George Zucco, Jonathan Hale, Hattie McDaniels, Frankie Darro, Henry Stone. Released July 23, 1937. CAPTAINS COURAGEOUS: Produced by Louis D. Lighton. Directed by Victor Fleming. Screen play by John Lee Mahin, Marc Connolly and Dale Van Every. Musical score by Franz Waxman. Songs: Music by Franz Waxman, lyrics by Gus Kahn. Recording director, Douglas Shearer. Art director, Cedric Gibbons. Associates, Arnold Gillispie and Edwin B. Willis. Marine director, James Havens. Photographed by Harold Rosson. Film editor, Elmo Veron. Cast: Freddie Bartholomew, Spencer Tracy, Lionel Barrymore, Melvyn Douglas, Charley Grapewin, Mickey Rooney, John Carradine, Oscar O'Shea, Jack LaRue, Walter Kingsford, Donald Briggs, Sam McDaniels, Billy Burrud. Released June 25, 1937. WEE WILLIE WINKIE 20th CenturyFox SLAVE SHIP 20th Century -Fox SLAVE SHIP: Directed by Tay Garnett. Associate producer, N.unnally Johnson. Screen play by Sam Hellman, Lamar Trotti and Gladys Lehman. Story by William Faulkner. Based on a novel by George S. King. Musical score by Alfred Newman. Photographed by Ernest Palmer. Art director, Hans Peters. Assistant director, Booth McCracken. Film editor, Lloyd Nosier. Costumes by Royer. Sound, Alfred Bruzlin, Roger Heman. Cast: Warner Baxter, Wallace Beery, Elizabeth Allen, Mickey Rooney, Joseph Schildkraut, Arthur Hohl, Minna Gombell. Released July 2, 1937.