Motion Picture Herald (Jul-Aug 1942)

Page scan 000292 from Motion Picture Herald

Record Details:

Title:
Motion Picture Herald
Date:
Jul-Aug 1942
Publisher:
[New York, N.Y. : Quigley Pub. Co.]
Volume:
Motion Picture Herald (Jul-Aug 1942)
Leaf #:
000292
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 18, 2024
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52 July 2 5, 19 4 2 Producers 101 Stories for New Season (Continued from preceding page) Carlson, purchased by Producers Releasing Corporation. Background to Danger, story by Eric Ambler, purchased by Warner Bros, to star George Raft. Jerry Wald will produce from a screenplay by Phillip McDonald. Bataan Patrol, original by Robert Andrews, purchased by MGM. Irving Starr will produce. Beyond the Law, original by Harold Goldman, purchased by Universal. Bomber to Britain, original by Howard Dimsdale, purchased by MGM. Brasher Doubloon, mystery novel by Raymond Chandler, purchased by 20th CenturyFox. Sol Wurtzel will produce as one of the "Michael Shane" series of mystery melodramas with Lloyd Nolan starred. Broadway Daddies, original by Paul Yawitz, purchased by Columbia. Company She Keeps, The, novel by Mary McCarthy, purchased by RKO Radio for production by David Hempstead. Decoy, original by James Edward Grant, purchased by Paramount. Sol C. Siegel will produce. Devotion, story of the Bronte Sisters, purchased by Warner Bros. Keith Winter will do the screenplay. Dishonored Lady, play by Margaret Ayer Barnes and Edward Sheldon, film rights of which have been purchased by Hunt Stromberg for United Artists release. Musical Special Set For Bing Crosby Dixie, original story for the screen by William Rankin, purchased by Paramount for a musical special with Bing Crosby starring as Dan Emmett,' the minstrel who wrote the song. Paul Jones is associate producer, with Claude Binyon writing the screen play. Get a Horse, by Norman Houston, purchased by Republic for a Roy Rogers production under the title, "Ridin' Down the Canyon." Heels Also Have Wings, original by Alfred A. Cohn, purchased by MGM. Idaho, song by Jesse Stone, purchased by Republic, to be used as the theme song in the production "Idaho," a history of the state. Edmund Grainger will produce and John Wayne is the star. I Escaped From Hong Kong, novel by Jan Henrick Marsman and serialized in the Saturday Evening Post, purchased by 20th Century-Fox. Bryan Foy will produce. I Was Born Yesterday, story by W. R. Burnett, purchased by Warner Bros., to star Humphrey Bogart. Johnny Comes Marching Home, original by Oscar Brodney, purchased by Universal. Kensington Stories, The, original by Sally Benson, purchased by MGM. Kismet, play by Edward Knoblock, purchased by MGM. Lady in Ermine, play by Rudolph Schanzer and Ernst Willesch, purchased by 20th Century-Fox. Ernst Lubitsch will direct and Irene Dunne will be starred. Last Time I Saw Paris, The, novel by Elliot Paul, purchased by MGM. Life of Helen Morgan, with screenplay by Herman Mankiewicz, purchased by Warner Bros, for production by Mark Hellinger. London Serenade, original by Roy William Neill, purchased by Universal. Man and the Devil, mystery by Karl Brown, purchased by Monogram. Master Sleuth, The, original by Jack and Buy Willkie Studio Luncheon Guest In Hollywood to be chief speaker at the Los Angeles convention of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, Wendell Willkie, chairman of the 20th Century-Fox board, third from left was guest Saturday at studio luncheon, with Walter White, the Association's secretary, second from right. Others shown are William Goetz, 20th Century-Fox vice-president; Walter W anger, producer; Colonel Darryl F. Zanuck, 20th Century-Fox vice-president in charge of production ; Will H. Hays, president of the Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of America. Jacqueline Boyle, purchased by Universal. Men of -the Mesa, original screen story by Charles O'Neal, purchased by Republic for a "Three Mesquiteers" production. Merely Murder, original by Robert H. Halff, purchased by MGM. Missing Men, original by Michael Wilson, purchased by Paramount. Harry Sherman will produce, and William Boyd starred. Mission to Moscow, book by Joseph E. Davies, former U. S. Ambassador to Russia, purchased by Warner Bros. Robert Buckner will produce Mrs. Parkington, novel by Louis Bromfield, serialized in Cosmopolitan Magazine, purchased by MGM. Nazi Busters, story by Murray Acosta, about the American Merchant Marine, purchased by Republic. Night Shift, story about munition plants, by B. Jack Flanagan, purchased by Republic. Portrait of a Lady, play by Alexander King and Chester Erskin slated for the Broadway stage next season, acquired by RKO Radio for production by David Hempstead. Powder Puff Squadron, original by Alan Sanford, purchased by Monogram. Queen of Broadway, original by Arthur Tipton, purchased by Producers Releasing Corporation. Road Home, The, story by Lili Hatvany, about an American family caught in Europe at the outbreak of the war, purchased for production by B. F. Zeidman. Shine On, Harvest Moon, the life story of Nora Bayes, starring Ann Sheridan, purchased by Warner Bros. Jerry Wald will produce. Song of Bernadette, novel by Franz Werfel, purchased by 20th Century-Fox. Son of Dracula, original by Kurt Siodmak, purchased by Universal. Step Lively Girls, original story by Selma Wilcox, purchased by Columbia. Tango, The, original by Anthony Quinn, purchased by 20th Century-Fox. Milton Sperling will produce and Mr. Quinn is scheduled for an important role. They've Got Me Covered, .autobiography by Bob Hope, rights of which have been obtained by Samuel Goldwyn. The title will be used for the comedy Mr. Goldwyn will produce starring Bob Hope and Dorothy Lamour, and to be released by RKO. Thousand Shall Fall, A, Hans Habe's recently published story of his adventures in the French Army, acquired by MGM. The book deals with the present war, and the author's experiences after escape from a German prison camp. Edwin Knopf will produce. Tiger Woman, original by Ted Fithian and Maurice Pivar, purchased by Universal. Uncle Charlie, original by Gordon McDonnell, purchased by Universal. Victory Through Air Power, book by Major Alexander P. de Seversky, screen rights of which were purchased by Walt Disney. Wherever the Grass Grows, a Saturday Evening Post story by Allan Bosworth, purchased by Paramount. Harry Sherman will produce and Richard Dix will be starred. Whispering Wires, original by Maurice Rapf and Jack Jungmeyer, Jr., purchased by MGM. White Cliffs of Dover, poem by Alice Duer Miller paying tribute to Britain's war courage, screen rights of which were acquired by MGM. Sidney Franklin will produce. Winnie Went to Washington, satire by Aubrey Wisberg, purchased by Columbia.