Motion Picture Herald (Mar-Apr 1940)

Record Details:

Title:
Motion Picture Herald
Date:
Mar-Apr 1940
Publisher:
[New York, N.Y. : Quigley Pub. Co.]
Volume:
Motion Picture Herald (Mar-Apr 1940)
Leaf #:
000486
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:
August 29, 2022
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98 MOTION PICTURE HERALD March 30 9 40 (THE RELEASE CHACT«CCNT*E) ..Mar. .Dec. 22,*40t.. I.'39t.. ..93 ..73 Mar. Nov. 16. '40 18/39 .Jan. 26/40*.. 27,'39t . . ..68 . . 69 Jan. Mar. 20.'4O 25. '39 .Feb. I6,'40t.. . .91 Feb. 3.'40 24,'39t.. . .91 Nov. 18/39 .Oct. .Dec. I3,'39t. 8,'39t.. ..72. ..62 Sept. Dec. 30/39 2/39 .Feb. 9,'40t.. ..96 Feb. 10/49 July 21. '39. . . . .63 July 22/39 16/40, p. 59.) 10. Jan. 27/40 .Apr. !9/40t...*85.Mar. 30/40 .Apr. I2,'40t 74. Mar. 16/40 .Apr. 5/40*.... 58 .Apr. 5/40t....67.Mar. 30/40 .Apr. 26/40t .Apr. 26/40t. .May 3/40t. .. ..95. Oct. 29/38 .May I0.'40t. Running Time Title Star Rel. Date Minutes Reviewed Primrose Path (A) 023 Ginger Rogers-Joel McCrea Reno (G) 008 R. Dix-G. Patrick-A. Louise... Saint's Double Trouble (G) U2I. George SandersHelens Whitney Bela Lugosi Sued for Libel (G) 012 Kent Taylor-Linda Hayes Swiss Family Robinson (G) 019. Thomas Mitchell • Edna Best • Freddie Bartholomew Terry Kilburn Tim Holt (Exploitation: Feb. 24/40. p. 53: Mar. 2/40. p. 65.) That's Right, You're Wrong (G) Oil Kay Kyser & Orch.-A. Menjou May Robson E. E. Horton • Lucille Ball (Exploitation: Jan. 13/40, p. 56: Feb. 10/40, p. 71.) Three Sons (G) 004 E. Ellls-W. Gargan-K. Taylor. Two Thoroughbreds (G) 013 Jimmy Lydon-Joan Brodel Vigil in the Night (A) 007 Carole Lombard-Anne ShirleyBrian Aherne (Exploitation: Feb. 17/40, p. 53: Feb. 24/40. p. 53.) Way Down South (G) 947 B. Breen-S. Blane-A. Mowbray Coming Attractions Abe Lincoln in Illinois (G) 009 R. Massey-R. Gordon-M. Howard (Exploitation: Jan. 27/40, p. 71; Feb. 3/40, p. 74: Mar. Anne of Windy Poplars Anne ShirleyJames Ellison Beyond Tomorrow (G) 031 Chas. WlnnlngerHarry CareyJean ParkerRichard Carlson. Bill of Divorcement, A 028 (A) Maureen O'Hara Adolphe Men jou-Fay Bainter-H. Marshall., Bullet Code 083 George O'Brien-Virginia Vale. . (See "In the Cutting Room." Dee. 30/39.) Courageous Dr. Christian 030.. lean Hersholt Dorothy Lovett... Curtain Call 027 B. Read-J. Areher-H. Vinson.. (See "In the Cutting Room," Mar. 9/40.) Irene 024 Anna Neagle-Ray Milland-R. Young-M. Robson-B. Burke.. (See "In the Cutting Room." Feb. 3/40.) My Favorite Wife 025 Irene Dunne-Cary Grant Randolph Scott-Gall Ptarick (See "In the Cutting Room." Mar. 2/40.) Queen of Destiny (G) 061 Anna Neagle-Anton Walbrook C. Aubrey Smith , (Reviewed under the title, "Sixty Glorious Yeart.") Saint Takes Over, The George Sanders-Wendy Barrie.. Tom Brown's Schooldays 029.. Sir Cedrie Hardwicke-F. Bartholomew-Jimmy Lydon-Jose phine Hutchinson Villain Still Pursued Her, The* Anita Louise-Richard CromwellHugh Herbert-Buster Keaton You Can't Fool Your Wife Lucille Ball-James Ellison... (See "In the Cutting Room," Mar. 16/40.) TWENTIETH CENTURY-FOX r...... fiM Title Star Rel. Date Minutes Reviewed Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. The (G) 005 B. Rathbone-I. Lupino-N. Bruce . .Sept. I,'39t. . . .82. Aug. 26/39 Barricade (G) 026 Alice Faye-Warner Baxter Deo. 8/39t 71. Dec. 16/39 Blue Bird (G) 025 Shirley Temple-Spring Byington . .Mar. 22/40* 83. Jan. 27/40 Charlie Chan at Treasure Island (G) 006 S. Toler-C. Romero-P. Moore. .. .Sept. 8/39t. . . .74. Aug. 26/39 Charlie Chan in Panama (6) 035 Sidney Toler-Jean Rogers Mar. l/40t . . . .67. Feb. 10/40 Chicken Wagon Family (G) 002. Jane Withers Leo Carrillo Marjorie Weaver Aug. I l,'39t. . . .64. Aug. 19/39 Cisco Kid and the Lady, The (G) 012 C. Romero-V. Field-M. Weaver. .Dee. 29/39*. . . .73. Dee. 2/39 City in Darkness (G) 021 Sidney Toler-Lynn Barl Dee. l/39t. . . .74. Nov. 18/39 City of Chance (G) 027 Lynn Barl-Donald Woods Jan. 12/40* 57. Dee. 30/39 Day-Time Wife (A) 020 Tyrone Power Linda Darnell Warren William-B. Barnes Nov. 24/39t . . . .72. Nov. 18/39 Drum Along the Mohawk (A) 015 Henry Fonda-Claudette ColbertEdna May Oliver Nov. I0/39+.. 103. Nov. 11/39 (Exploitation: Nov. 25/39, p. 56; Dee. 2/39, pp. 72, 75; Dee. 9/39, p. 94; Dee. 16/39, pp. 66, 69; Dec. 30/39. pp. 64, 65; Jan. 13/40, p. 56.) Elsa Maxwell's Hotel for Women (G) 001 Linda Darnell Jas. Ellison Ann Sothern Elsa Maxwell • Lynn Barl Aug. 4/39t. . . .83. Aug. 5/39 (Exploitation: Sept. 16/39, p. 88.) Escape, The (G) 010 Amanda Duff-Kane Richmond. .. .Oct. 6,'39t . . . .58. Nov. 11/39 Everything Happens at Night (G) 029 Sonja Henle Ray Milland Robert Cummings Dec. 22/39t. . . .77. Dee. 23/39 (Exploitation: Feb. 10/40, p. 69.) First World War, The (reissue) (A) 062 Documentary Oct. 27/39* . . . .78. Nov. 17/34 Free, Blonde and Twenty-one (A) 037 L. Barl-J. Davis-H. Wilcoxon. . . Mar. 29/40* . . .*75. Feb. 17/40 Frontier Marshal, The (G) 951. Randolph Scott Nancy Kelly Cesar Romero-Binnie Barnes. . .July 28/39 71. July 29/39 (Exploitation: Sept. 2/39, p. 54; Oct. 14/39. pp. 60, 66.) Grapes of Wrath, The (A) 040. Henry Fonda Dorrls Bowdon Charley Grapewin Jane Dar well Mar. 15/40*. . . 128. Jan. 27/40 (Exploitation: Mar 2/40, p. 65: Mar. 9/40, p. 77.) Heaven with a Barbed Wire Fence (G) 019 Jean Rogers-Glenn Ford Nov. S/S9*. . . .62. Oct 7/39 Title Star He Married His Wife (A) 023. J. McCrea. N. Kelly-M. Boland . Here I Am a Stranger (G) 009. Richard Greene-Brenda JoyceR. Dix-R. Young-G. George. . (Exploitation: Oct. 21/39, p. 66; Oct. 28/39, p. 72.) High School (G) 028 Jane Withers-Joe Brown, Jr Hollywood Cavalcade (G) 007.. Alice Faye Don Ameche Stuart Erwin-Buster Keaton. . (Exploitation: Nov. 4/39, p. 67; Dec. 9/39, p. 94; Dec. 23 Honeymoon's Over, The (G) 024 M. Weaver-S. Erwin-P. Knowles Inspector Hornleigh on Holiday (A) 022 Gordon Harker-Alastair Sim... Jones Family in Quick Millions (G) 004 Jed Prouty-Spring Byington.... Little Old New York (G) 031.. Alice Faye Fred MacMurray Richard Greene-Brenda Joyce (Exploitation: Feb. 10/40, p. 70.) Man Who Wouldn't Talk, The (G) 030 L. Nolan-J. RogersM. Marsh.. Mr. Moto Takes a Vacation (G) 952 Peter Lorre Virginia Field John King-Joseph Schildkraut . News Is Made at Night (G) 953 Preston Foster-Lynn Barl Pack Up Your Troubles (G) 014 J. Withers-Ritz Brothers-Lynn Bari-Stanley Fields Rains Came, The (G) Oil T. Power-M. Loy-G. Brent (Exploitation: Sept. 30/39, p. 56; Oct. 28/39. pp. 70. 72.) Road to Glory (reissue) (G) 061 Fredrlc March-Lionel Barrymore Warner Baxter-June Lang.... Second Fiddle (G) 949 S. Henie-T. Power-R. Vallee... (Exploitation: Aug. 26/39, p. 86; Oct. 21/39. p. 66.) Shipyard Sally (A) 018 Grade Fields-Sydney Howard... Stanley and Livingstone (G) 003 S. Tracy-R. Greene-N. Kelly W. Brennan C. Coburn H. Hull Sir C. Hardwicke.. . (Exploitation: Aug. 19/39, p. 67; Sept. 23/39, p. 73; Oct. Nov. 11/39. p. 67: Dec. 30/39. p. 65.) Stop, Look and Love (G) 008. Jean Rogers-Robert Kellard Swanee River (G) 017 D. Ameche-A. Jolson-A. Leeds. . (Exploitation: Feb. 24/40, p. 55.) They Came by Night (G) 033. Will Fyffe-Phyllls Calvert Too Busy to Work (G) 016 J. Prouty-S. Byington-J. Davis. 20,000 Men a Year (G) 013... R. Scott-P. FosterM. Lindsay. . Ware Case, The (A) 8014 Clive BrooksJane Baxter Young as You Feel (G) 032... Jed Prouty-Spring Byington.... Running Time Rel. Date Minutes Revlewei Jan. I9,'40t 83. Jan. 20/4 Sept. 20/39*.... 83. Sept. 30,'; Jan. 26/40t.. ..74. Jan. 6,'* Oct. I3.'39t.. ..96. Oct. 7/3 '39, p. 57; Dee. 30/39, p. 65.] . Dec. I5,'39t. ..70. Nov. 25/3 l/39t. . ..74. Nov. 18/3 25 '39f .Feb. 9/40t. . . ISO. Feb. 10/4 .Feb. 2/40*. . ..72. Jan. 20/4 July 7/39. . . ..68. Nov. 19/3 July 21/39 , 73 July 15/3 .Oct. 20/39+ . . ..75. Oct 14/3 15/39*. . .103. Sept. I3,'39t. . . 101 June 8/5 July 14/39. , . 87July 8,'i .Oct. 20/39t. . ..79. July 29/: .Aug. I8,'39t. . . 101 .Aug. 5/ji 7/39, p. 64; Nov. 4/39, p. .Sept. 22/39*. . ..57. Sept. 2.' Jan. 5/40*. ..86. Dec. 23,' 23/40*. ...73. Mar. IV .Nov. I7,'39t. . ..65. Nov. 4/ .Oct. 27/39+. . ..84. Oct. 28/ 31/ Feb. I6,'40t. . 59. Feb. 3/ Coming Attractions Charlie Chan's Cruise Sidney Toler-Marjorie Weaver (See "In the Cutting Room," Mar. 9/40.) Earthbound 034 Warner Baxter-Andrea Leeds (See "In the Cutting Room," Mar. 16/40.) Girl Must Live, A (A) Lllll Palmer-Margarot Lockwood 92. May I Was an Adventuress 038 Zorina Richard Greene Erich Von StroheimPeter Lorre Johnny Apollo Tyrone Power-Dorothy Lamour Edward Arnold -Lloyd Nolan. .. .Apr. 19/40* (See "Dance with the Devil," "In the Cutting Room," Feb. 3/40.) Lillian Russell A. Faye-D. Ameche-H. Fonda Edw. Arnold-Warren William . John Payne Leo Carrillo Weber & Fields Million Dollar Diamond Kent TaylorFlorence Rica Maryland Brenda Joyce John Payne Walker BrennanFay Balnter Chas. Ruggles On Their Own Spring ByingtonHenry Armetta (See "In the Cutting Room." Mar. 16/40.) Rogue of the Rio Grande Cesar Romero-Evelyn Venable Sailor's Lady J. Hall-D. Andrews-N. Kelly (See "In the Cutting Room," Mar. 2/40.) Shooting High (G) 041 J. Withers-G. Autry-M. Weaver . .Apr. 26/40*. . .'65. Mar. 9/ Star Dust 036 Linda Darnell John Payne Charlotte Greenwood Roland Young Apr. (See "In the Cutting Room," Mar. 9/40.) Viva Cisco Kid (G) Cesar Romero-Jean Rogers Apr. Young People, The Shirley Temple-Charlotte Green. wood Jack Oakle Arleen Whalen 5/40t. 12/40*. .*65.Mar. 23/ UNITED ARTISTS Running Tim. T,tle Star Rel. Date Minutes Reviewe Chump at Oxford (G) Laurel and Hardy Feb. 16/40* 63. Mar. 2,\ Eternally Yours (A) Loretta Young David Nlven H. Herbert-B. Burke-Z. Pitts. .Oct. I2/39+. . . .95. Oct. 7, (Exploitation: July 22/39, p. 81; Dec. 30/39, p. 66.) Four Feathers (A) John Clements June Duprez C. Aubrey Smith-Ralph Richardson Aug. 4/39*.. .115. May 6,1 (Exploitation: Jan. 14/39, p. 64: Feb. 4/39, pp. 82, 84; Feb. 11/39, p. 59; Feb. 25/: p. 68: Mar. 4/39, pp. 70, 72; Oct. 7/39, p. 65; Oct 21/39, p. 62; Dee. 16/39, p. 61 House Across the Bay (G) Joan Bennett-Geo. Raft-Lloyd Nolan-Gladys George Mar. I,'40f . . .•85. Mar. 2. Housekeeper's Daughter (G)...Joan BennettAdolphe Menjou. ..Oct 26/39*. . . .80. Sept. 16, (Exploitation: Dee. 30/39. p. 66.)