Motion Picture Herald (Sep-Oct 1940)

Page scan 00025 from Motion Picture Herald

Record Details:

Title:
Motion Picture Herald
Date:
Sep-Oct 1940
Publisher:
[New York, N.Y. : Quigley Pub. Co.]
Volume:
Motion Picture Herald (Sep-Oct 1940)
Leaf #:
00025
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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September 7, I 940 MOTION PICTURE HERALD 17 PROOF OF NO PRODUCT SHORTAGE Lady Hamilton, with Vivien Leigh, Laurence Olivier ; directed and produced by Alexander Korda. Lady in the Dark, with Merle Oberon and Melvyn Douglas ; produced by Alexander Korda. Topper Returns, with Roland Young and Billie Burke ; produced by Hal Roach. Cheers for Miss Bishop, with Martha Scott ; directed by Tay Garnett ; produced by Richard Rowland. Universal Completed Argentine Nights, released September 6th, with the Ritz Brothers, the Andrews Sisters, Constance Moore ; director, Albert S. Rogell. Hired Wife, release September 13th, with Rosalind Russell, Brian Aherne, Virginia Bruce, Robert Benchley ; produced and directed by William A. Seiter. The Leather Pushers, release September 13th, with Richard Arlen, Andy Devine ; directed by John Rawlins. The Mummy's Hand, release September 20th, with Dick Foran, Peggy Moran, Wallace Ford ; directed by Christy Cabanne. Ragtime Cowboy Joe, release September 20th, with Johnny Mack Brown, Fuzzy Knight, Nell O'Day ; directed by Ray Taylor. Spring Parade, release September 27th, with Deanna Durbin, Robert Cummings, Mischa Auer ; directed by Henry Koster. Diamond Frontier, release October 4th, with Victor McLaglen, John Loder, Anne Nagel ; directed by Harold Schuster. Slightly Tempted, release October 18th, with Hugh Herbert, Peggy Moran, Johnny Downs ; directed by Lew Landers. Little Bit of Heaven, release October 25th, with Gloria Jean, Robert Stack, Hugh Herbert ; directed by Robert Marton. I'm Nobody's Sweetheart Now, release November 1st, with Dennis O'Keefe, Constance Moore, Helen Parrish, Lewis Howard ; directed by Arthur Lubin ; producer, Joseph G. Sanford. South of Sumatra, release November 1st, with Richard Arlen, Andy Devine ; directed by Christy Cabanne ; produced by Ben Pivar. Pony Post, release November 8th, with Johnny Mack Brown, Fuzzy Knight, Nell O'Day ; directed by Ray Taylor. Meet the Wildcat, release November 22nd, with Ralph Bellamy, Margaret Lindsay ; directed by Arthur Lubin. Margie, release December 6th, with Mischa Auer, Nan Grey, Tom Brown ; directed by Otis Garrett and Paul Gerard Smith. Man from Cheyenne, with Johnny Mack Brown and Fuzzy Knight ; directed by Ray Taylor ; produced by Joseph Sanford. Son of Roaring Dan, with Johnny Mack Brown and Fuzzy Knight ; directed by Ford Beebe ; produced by Joseph Sanford. Give Us Wings, with Billy Halop and the Dead End Kids ; directed by Charels Lamont. Filming Tropical Sinners, release October 11th, with Marlene Dietrich, John Wayne, Albert Dekker ; directed by Tay Garnett. Fireman, Save My Child, release November 8th, with Baby Sandy, Stuart Erwin, Una Merkel ; co-directed by Otis Garrett and Paul Gerard Smith ; produced by Burt Kelly. Caribbean Holiday, release November 15th, with Allan Jones, Nancy Kelly, Bud Abbott and Lou Costello ; directed by A. Edward Sutherland ; produced by Leonard Spigelgass. Flying News, with Richard Arlen, Andy Devine ; directed by Lew Landers ; produced by Ben Pivar. Boss of Bullion City, with Johnny Mack FREEMAN HAILS DROPPING OF "B's" Paramount has disbanded its "B" production units and is now expending upon its 1940-41 program of 32 to 36 pictures the money formerly spent on 52 to 60 pictures, and, furthermore, it plans to do the same in 1941-42. So said Y. Frank Freeman, vice-president and studio manager of the company, on Thursday, August 29th, in New York, before leaving for the Coast, after five days of conference with home office executives. Mr. Freeman said 14 pictures of the 1940-41 program were completed, with four before the cameras and four more expected to go into work within three weeks. The 1941-42 schedule is being prepared, he announced, adding that it would include two pictures by B. G. De Sylva, one with Bob Hope, another with Bing Crosby. Brown and Fuzzy Knight ; directed by Roy Taylor ; produced by Joseph Sanford. Preparing Back Street, release November 29th, with Joan Fontaine ; directed by Robert Stevenson ; produced by Leonard Spigelgass. The Invisible Woman, release December 13th ; produced by Burt Kelly. The Streets of Cairo, release December 20th, with Sigrid Gurie, Barbara O'Neill ; directed by Leslie Kardos ; produced by Joseph G. Sanford. The Bank Dick, release December 27th, with W. C. Fields ; directed by Edward Cline. Bury Me Not Out on the Lone Prairie, with Johnny Mack Brown and Fuzzy Knight ; directed by Roy Taylor ; produced by Joseph Sanford. Warner Brothers Completed The Letter, with Bette Davis, Herbert Marshall, James Stephenson. City for Conquest, release September 21st, with James Cagney, Ann Sheriden, Frank Craven. Tugboat Annie Sails Again, with Marjorie Rambeau, Alan Hale, Jane Wyman, Ronald Reagan. A Dispatch from Reuter's, with Edward G. Robinson, Edna Best, Eddie Albert. No Time for Comedy, release September 14th, with Rosalind Russell, James Stewart, Genevieve Tobin. Knute Rockne — -All American, release October 5th, with Pat O'Brien, Gale Page, Ronald Reagan. Calling All Husbands, with Ernest Truex, Lucille Fairbanks ; directed by Noel Smith ; produced by William Jacobs. Honeymoon for Three, with George Brent, Ann Sheriden, Charles Ruggles ; produced by Henry Blanke. Four Mothers, with Lane Sisters, Gale Page, Claude Rains ; directed by William Keighley; produced by Henry Blanke. Filming Santa Fe Trail, with Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland ; directed by Michael Curtiz, produced by Robert Fellows. East of the River, release September 28th, with John Garfield, Brenda Marshall ; directed by Alfred E. Green ; produced by Harland Thompson. Meet John Doe, with Gary Cooper, Barbara Stanwyck ; Edward Arnold ; produced and directed by Frank Capra. High Sierra, with Humphrey Bogart, Ida Lupino ; directed by Raoul Walsh. Father Knows Best, with Grant Mitchell, Nana Bryant; Lee Patrick; directed by Noel Smith; produced by William Jacobs. The Lady with Red Hair, with Miriam Hopkins, Claude Rains, Helen Westley ; directed by Kurt Bernhardt. Preparing South of Suez, produced by William Jacobs ; screen play by Barry Trivers. Fiesta in Manhattan, produced by Wolfgang Reinhardt; screen play by Robert Rossen, and Charles Kaufman. The Fabulous '30's, produced by Mark Hellinger ; screen play by Jerry Wald and Richard Macauley. Footsteps in the Dark, with Errol Flynn ; directed by William Keighley. Tugboat Annie in Drydock, with Marjorie Rambeau, Alan Hale ; produced by Bryan Foy. One Sunday Afternoon, with James Cagney. The Amazing Story of Sgt. York, with Gary Cooper ; produced by Jesse Lasky and Hal Wallis. Local 306 Sues for Breach of Contract Local 306, International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees New York projectionists' union — and strongest in the country— on Tuesday brought a breach of contract suit against a group of Brooklyn persons and corporations, former and present operators of the Metro and Globe theares in that borough. The suit, in behalf of Joseph Basson, the local's president, and six projectionists, seeks damages, reinstatement of the men, payment of back salaries to them, and an injunction against the employment of any but Local 306 men in the two theatres. Warner Station Keeps ASCAP Music First public act of motion picture interests in the fight between the American Society of Composers, Authors & Publishers and Broadcast Music, Inc., backed by the radio industry, came Tuesday when station KFWB, owned by Warner Brothers Pictures, signed a five-year music license agreement with ASCAP. BMI has asked for cooperation of the motion picture companies and has pointed out that if ASCAP music is banned from the networks after January 1st, the film companies will lose a medium for exploiting musicals. Although it has been reported that one of the majors is planning to use one BMI song in a forthcoming musical short, action of the Warner radio station indicates that the film music interests are still supporting ASCAP. Warner Brothers had difficulty with the Society several years ago and withdrew its catalogue, returning only recently.