Motion Picture Herald (Nov-Dec 1939)

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Title:: Motion Picture Herald
Date:: Nov-Dec 1939
Publisher:: [New York, N.Y. : Quigley Pub. Co.]
Volume:: Motion Picture Herald (Nov-Dec 1939)
Leaf #:: 000893
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:: November 03, 2022

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December 30, 1939 MOTION PICTURE HERALD 81 (THE RELEASE CHAET--C€NT*E) Title Rel. Date Mln. No. 64— (7-15-39) 3362.... June 26.'39. .9'/2. . No. 65— (7-29-39) 3363.... July l7,-39. .9. . . . No. 66— (9-30-39) 4351 Sept. 25,'39t.9 No. 67— (10-14-39) 4352. .. Oct. l6,'39t -9 No. 68— (10-14-39) 4363. ..Nov. I3.'39t.9 No. 69— (12-23-39) 4354. .Dec. Il/39t.8 No. 70— 4355 Dec. 25,'39t.8 No. 71 — 4356 Jan. I5,'40t.9 No. 72 — 4357 Feb. 5,'40t.lrl.. LANTZ CARTUNES Arabs with Dirty Fezzes (8-26-39) 3259 July 31, '39. .7. . . . Bird on Nellie's Hat (7-8-39) 3257 June I9,'39..7 Bola Mola Land (5-27-39) 3256 May 29,'39..7 Charlie Cuckoo (5-13-39) 3254 Apr. 24.'39..7 Crack Pot Cruise 3253 Apr. 1 0/39 . .6'/2. . Nellie of the Circus (5-20-39) 3255 May 8/39.. 7.... Silly Superstition (9-23-39) 3262 Aug. 28,'39..7 Slap Happy Valley 3261... Aug. 2I,'39..7 Snuffy Skunk's Party (9-23-39) 3260 Aug. 7,'39..7 Stubborn Mule (8-12-39) 3258 July 3,'39. .7 LANTZ COLORED CARTUNES A-Hunting We Will Go (7-15-39) 4621 Sept. 4/39t.7.... Andy Panda Goes Fishing 4265 Jan. 22/40t.8 Life Begins for Andy Panda (9-23-39 ) 4262 Oct. 9/39t -8'/2 . . Scrambled Eggs 4263 Nov. 20/39t.8%-. Sleeping Princess, The (12-2-39) 4264 Dec. 4,'39t.9.... MENTONE MUSICAL COMEDIES Cafe Boheme (4-1-39) 3229 Apr. 1 2/39.17 Ray Smeck & Islanders Gals and Gallons (6-3-39) 3232 July l2/39.l7'/2-. East and Dumke Pharmacy Frolics (5-20-39) 3230 May 17/39.18 Three Playboys Swing Sanitarium (5-20-39) 3231 June 14/39.18 Dorothy Stone-Chas. Collins With Best Dishes (6-3-39) 3233 Aug. 9/3E.I7 Charles Kemper SPECIAL March of Freedom (5-20-39) 4110 Sept. 6/39t20.... STRANGER THAN FICTION SERIES No. 61— Novelty (4-22-39) 3372 Apr. 3/39.. 9 No. 62— Novelty (5-20-39) 3373 May 1/39.. 9.... No. 63— Novelty (6-3-39) 3374 June 5/39.. 9 No. 64— Novelty (9-9-39) 3375 July 3/39.10.... No. 65— Novelty (7-15-39) 3376 Aug. 7/39.. 9'/2.. No. 66— Novelty (10-21-39) 4371 Sept. l8/39t.8'/2.. No. 67— Novelty (10-14-39) 4372 Oct. 9/39t.9.... No. 68— Novelty (10-28-39) 4373 Nov. 6/39t.9.... No. 69— Novelty 4374 Dec. 4/39t.9.... No. 70— Novelty (12-23-39) 4375 Dec. 25/39t.9 No. 71— Novelty 4376 Jan. 8/40t.lrl.. No. 72— Novelty 4377 Jan. 29/40t.l rt.. TWO-REEL MUSICALS Boy Meets Joy (11-18-39) 4221 Sept. 6/39tl7 Pinky Tomlin-Joy Hodges Bullets and Ballads 4226.. Feb. I4,'40t.2 rls. Rhumba Land 4223 Nov. 15/39.18.... Wini Shaw Rhythm Jamboree 4225 Jan. I7,'40t.2 rls. J udy Starr Snow Follies 4224 Dec. 13/39118.... Lillian Roth Swing Hotel (10-14-39) 4222 Oct. I8,'39fl8 Wini Shaw VITAPHONE BROADWAY BREVITIES Home Cheap Home 4023. ..Mar. 18/39. .2 rls. Henry Armetta Title Rel. Date Mln. A Fat Chance 4024 Mar. 25/39.. 2 rls. Johnny Perkins Rollin' in Rhythm 4025... Apr. 15/39.. 2 rls. 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