Motion Picture Herald (Sep-Oct 1938)

Page scan 000753 from Motion Picture Herald

Record Details:

Title:
Motion Picture Herald
Date:
Sep-Oct 1938
Publisher:
[New York, N.Y. : Quigley Pub. Co.]
Volume:
Motion Picture Herald (Sep-Oct 1938)
Leaf #:
000753
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 11, 2024
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October 22 , 193 8 MOTION PICTURE HERALD 49 Box Office Champions of September ALEXANDER'S RAGTIME BAND: Produced by 20th CenturyFox. Directed by Henry King. Associate producer, Harry Joe Brown. Lyrics and music by Irving Berlin. Screen play by Kathryn Scola and Lamar Trotti. Cast: Tyrone Power, Alice Faye, Don Ameche, Ethel Merman, Jack Haley, Jean Hersholt, Helen Westly, John Carradine, Paul Hurst, Wally Vernon, Ruth Terry, Douglas Fowley. Released August 6, 1938. ALGIERS: Produced by Walter Wanger. Directed by John Cromwell. Screen play by John Howard Lawson. Added dialogue by James M. Cain. Special effects by Lloyd Knechtel. Music and lyrics by Vincent Scotto, Mohammed Igorbouchen and Ann Ronell. Photographed by James Wong Howe. Cast: Charles Boyer, Sigrid Gurie, Hedy Lamarr, Joseph Calleia, Alan Hale, Gene Lockhart. Released July 22, 1938. Henry King, director, "Alexander's Ragtime Band.' John Cromwell, director, "Algiers." Norman Taurog, director, Mark Sandrich, director, "Boys Town." "Carefree." BOYS TOWN: Distributed by MGM. Produced by John W. Considine, Jr. Directed by Norman Taurog. Screen play by John Meehan and Dore Schary. Montage by Slavko Vorkapich. Cast: Spencer Tracy, Mickey Rooney, Henry Hull, Leslie Fenton, Gene Reynolds, Edward Norris, Addison Richards, Minor Watson. Released September 16, 1938. CAREFREE: Produced and distributed by RKO-Radio. Producer, Pandro S. Berman. Directed by Mark Sandrich. Screen play by Allan Scott and Ernest Pagano. Lyrics and music by Irving Berlin. Cast: Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Ralph Bellamy, Louella Gear, Jack Carson, Clarence Kolb, Franklin Pangborn, Walter Kingsford. Released September 3, 1938. FOUR DAUGHTERS: Produced and distributed by WarnerFirst National. Associate producer, Benjamin Glazer. From a magazine story by Fannie Hurst. Directed by Michael Curtiz. Photographed by Ernie Haller. Unit manager, Al Alleborn. Cast: Rosemary Lane, Priscilla Lane, Lola Lane, Gale Page, Jeffrey Lynn, Claude Rains, May Robson, Dick Foran. Released September 24, 1938. MARIE ANTOINETTE: Produced by MGM. Producer, Hunt Stromberg. Directed by W. S. Van Dyke II. Based in part on the book by Stefan Zweig. Screen play by Claudine West, Donald Ogden Stewart and Ernest Vajda. Montage effects by Slavko Vorkapich. Photographed by William Daniels. Cast: Norma Shearer, Tyrone Power, John Barrymore, Robert Morley, Anita Louise, Joseph Schildkraut. Released July 8, 1938. Michael Curtiz, director, W. S. Van Dyke II, director, "Four Daughters." "Marie Antoinette." Roy Del Ruth, director, Jack Comvay, director, "My Lucky Star." "Too Hot to Handle." MY LUCKY STAR: Produced and distributed by 20th Century-Fox. Associate producer, Harry Joe Brown. Director, Roy Del Ruth. Screen play by Harry Tugend and Jack Yellen. Music and lyrics by Mack Gordon and Harry Revel. Cast: Sonja Henie, Richard Green, Joan Davis, Cesar Romero, Buddy Ebsen, Louise Hovick. Released September 2, 1938. TOO HOT TO HANDLE: Produced and distributed by MGM. Producer, Lawrence Weingarten. Directed by Jack Conway. Story by Len Hammond. Screen play by Laurence Stallings and John Lee Mahin. Cast: Clark Gable, Myrna Loy, Walter Pidgeon, Walter Connolly, Leo Carrillo, Johnny Hines, Virginia Weidler, Betty Ross Clarke. Released September 16, 1938.