Motion Picture Herald (Jan-Feb 1939)

Page scan 000387 from Motion Picture Herald

Record Details:

Title:
Motion Picture Herald
Date:
Jan-Feb 1939
Publisher:
[New York, N.Y. : Quigley Pub. Co.]
Volume:
Motion Picture Herald (Jan-Feb 1939)
Leaf #:
000387
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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February 4, 1939 MOTION PICTURE HERALD 37 The Box Office Champions For December ANGELS WITH DIRTY FACES: Produced and distributed by Warner Brothers. Associate producer, Sam Bischoff. Directed by Michael Curtiz. Screen play by John Wexley and Warren Duff. Original story by Rowland Brown. Photographed by Sol Polito. Film editor, Owen Marks. Cast: James Cagney, Pat O'Brien, Humphrey Bogart, Ann Sheridan, George Bancroft, Billy Halop, Bobby Jordan, Leo Gorcey, Gabriel Dell, Huntz Hall, Bernard Punsley, Joe Downing. Released November 18, 1938. DAWN PATROL: Produced and distributed by Warner Brothers. Associate producer, Robert Lord. Original screen play by Seton I. Miller and Dan Totheroh. Directed by Edmund Goulding. Assistant director, Frank Heath. Photographed by Tony Gaudio. From an original story by John Monk Saunders. Music by Max Steiner. Special effects by Byron Haskins and Edwin DuPar. Art director, John Hughes. Cast: Errol Flynn, Basil Rathbone, David Niven, Donald Crisp, Melville Cooper, Barry Fitzgerald, Carl Esmond, Peter Willes, Morton Lowry, Michael Brooke, James Burke. Released December 24, 1938. Ray Enright, director, George B. Seitz, director, "Hard to Get". "Out West with the Hardys". SWEETHEARTS: Distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Produced by Hunt Stromberg. Directed by W. S. Van Dyke II. Book and lyrics by Fred de Gresac, Harry B. Smith and Robert B. Smith. Music by Victor Herbert. Screen play by Dorothy Parker and Alan Campbell. Musical adaptation by Herbert Stothart. Special lyrics by Bob Wright and Chet Forrest. Dances and ensembles by Albertina Rasch. Art director, Cedric Gibbons. Photographed by Oliver T. Marsh. Color director, Natalie Kalmus. Montage by Slavko Vorkapich. Cast: Jeanette MacDonald, Nelson Eddy, Frank Morgan, Ray Bolger, Florence Rice, Mischa Auer, Herman Bing, Reginald Gardiner, Fay Holden. Released December 30. THE YOUNG IN HEART: Produced by David O. Selznick. Distributed by United Artists. Directed by Richard Wallace. Screen play by Paul Osborn. From a story by I. A. R. Wylie. Assistant producer, William H. Wright. Photographed by Leon Shamroy. Art director, Lyle Wheeler. Assistant director, Eric Stacey. Cast: Janet Gaynor, Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., Paulette Goddard, Roland Young, Billie Burke, Richard Carlson, Minnie Dupree, Eily Malyon, Lucille Watson. Released October 21, 1938. Michael Curtiz, director, Edmund Goulding, director, "Angels with Dirty Faces". "Dawn Patrol". HARD TO GET: Produced and distributed by Warner Brothers. Executive producer, Hal B. Wallis. Associate producer, Sam Bischoff. Screen play by Jerry Wald, Maurice Leo and Richard Macaulay. From an original story by Wally Klein and Joseph Schrank. Directed by Ray Enright. Dialogue direction by Hugh Cummings and Gene Lewis. Assistant director, Jesse Hibbs. Photographed by Charles Rosher. Edited by Thomas Richards. Cast: Dick Powell, Olivia de Havilland, Charles Winninger, Allen Jenkins, Bonita Granville, Melville Cooper, Isabel Jeans, Grady Sutton, Thurston Hall, John Ridgely. Released November 5, 1938. OUT WEST WITH THE HARDYS: Produced and distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Directed by George B. Seitz. Screen play by Kay Van Ripper, Agnes Christine Johnston and William Ludwig. Photographed by Lester White. Film editor, Ben Lewis. Cast: Lewis Stone, Mickey Rooney, Cecilia Parker, Fay Holden, Ann Rutherford, Sara Haden, Don Castle, Virginia Weidler, Gordon Jones, Ralph Morgan, Nana Bryant, Tom Neal, Anthony Allan. Released November 25, 1938. W. S. Van Dyke II, director, Richard Wallace, director, "Sweethearts". "The Young in Heart".