Motion Picture Herald (Jan-Feb 1943)

Page scan 000581 from Motion Picture Herald

Record Details:

Title:
Motion Picture Herald
Date:
Jan-Feb 1943
Publisher:
[New York, N.Y. : Quigley Pub. Co.]
Volume:
Motion Picture Herald (Jan-Feb 1943)
Leaf #:
000581
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 2 7, 1943 MOTION PICTURE HERALD 3 NEW PRODUCT BACKLOG: 34 WAR, 34 COMEDY, 27 MUSICALS by VANCE KING m Hollywood There are almost twice as many comedies and musicals combined as pictures with war themes among productions finished and in work in Hollywood. Of the attractions completed and slated for release on or after February 15th and those still shooting, an equal number, 34 each, are built around comedies and war themes, with westerns and musicals next in that order. Westerns are in a tie for third and other divisions thereafter go to melodramas, dramas and horror pictures in that order. Indicating the growing tendency to swell backlogs to fullest possible proportions, eleven studios have 162 pictures completed and 35 more in work. Of the combined total of 197, the Herald's breakdown, predicated on data supplied by the studios, shows 42 deal with the war in one manner or another ; 40 are musicals or comedies with music ; 38 are comedies ; 31 are westerns ; 20, melodramas ; 15, dramas ; and nine in the chiller division. Additionally are two feature cartoons. "Victory Through Air Power," which the Disney studio will release through United Artists and "Saludos Amigos," Disney-RKO release. Nineteen of the combined total will be in Technicolor. MGM, Paramount and 20thFox have five each. Universal has two and Columbia and Warner one apiece. Of the 11 distributing companies. Universal is in the forefront with a completed 23. Paramount falls into second position with 19. Columbia has 17 : Warner, 16 ; MGM, 18: UA, 13. including the Disnev feature: PRC, 13; 20th-Fox, 12; Republic, 10: RKO, 15 ; and Monogram, six. In scattered instances, release dates already have been designated. In most cases, however, no dates have been set. The breakdown which follows, therefore, indicates the marketing pattern for the spring and far into the summer as well. COLUMBIA Completed at this studio are these: "Destroyer." Edward G. Robinson, Glenn Ford, Marguerite Chapman. Directed by William A. Seiter. War story. "The Boy from Stalingrad." Scotty Beckett, Bobby Samarzich, Conrad Binyon. Directed by Sidnev Salkow. Russian war story. "She Has What It Takes." Jinx Falkenburg, Constance Worthy. Harry Hayden. Directed by Charles Barton. Musical. "Frontier Fury" Charles Starrett, Arthur Hunnicutt. Directed by William Berke. Western. "The More the Merrier." Jean Arthur, Joel McCrea. Directed by George Stevens. Comedy. "After Midnight with Boston Blackie." Chester Morris, Ann Savage. Directed by Lew Landers. Melodrama. 'Riding West." Charles Starrett, Arthur Hunnicutt. Directed by William Berke. Western, "The Last Horseman." Russell Hayden, Bob Wills, Dub Taylor. Directed by William Berke. "Wyoming Hurricane." Russell Hayden, Bob Wills. Directed by William Berke. Western. "Murder in Times Square." Edmund Lowe, Marguerite Chapman. Directed by Lew Landers. Melodrama. "Vigilantes Ride." Russell Hayden, Dub Taylor. Directed by William Berke. Western. "Silver City Raiders." Russell Hayden, Bob Wills. Directed by William Berke. Western. 'Robin Hood of the Range." Charles Starrett, Kay Harris. Directed by William Berke. 'Hail to the Rangers." Charles Starrett, Arthur Hunnicutt. Directed by William Berke. "Something to Shout About." Don Ameche, Janet Blair, Jack Oakie. Directed by Gregory Ratoff. Musical comedy. 'The Desperadoes." Randolph Scott, Glenn Ford, Claire Trevor. Directed by Charles Vidor. Western special in Technicolor. "Let's Have Fun." Bert Gordon, Margaret Lindsay. Directed by Charles Barton. Comedy. "Redhead from Manhattan." Lupe Velez, Douglas Leavitt. Directed by Lew Landers. Columbia reports the following in work: "Somewhere in Sahara." Humphrey Bogart, Bruce Bennett, J. Carrol Xaish. Directed by Zoltan Korda. Desert fighting drama. "Blondie Buys a Horse." Penny Singleton, Arthur Lake. Directed by Frank Strayer. Family comedy. "Attack by Night." Merle Oberon, Brian Aherne. Directed by Dorothy Arzner. Commando story, METRO-GOLDWYN-MAYER Completed at M-G-M are: "Bataan." Robert Taylor, George Murphy, Thomas Mitchell. Directed by Tay Garnett. All-male cast War story. "Swing Shift Maisie." Ann Sothern, James Craig. Directed by Norman McLeod. Topical comedy. "Air Raid Wardens." Laurel and Hardy. Directed by Edward Sedgwick. Comedy. "Above Suspicion." Joan Crawford, Fred MacMurray. Directed by Richard Thorpe. European adventure. "Slightly Dangerous." Lana Turner, Robert Young, Walter Brennan. Directed by Wesley Ruggles. Comedy. "A Stranger in Town." Frank Morgan, Richard Carlson, Jean Rogers. Directed by Roy Rowland. Comedy. "The Youngest Profession." Virginia Weidler, Edward Arnold, John Carroll. Directed by Edward Buzzell. Comedy. "Dr. Gillespie's Criminal Case." Lionel Barrymore, Van Johnson, Donna Reed. Directed by Willis Goldbeck. Drama. "DuBarry Was a Lady." Lucille Ball, Red Skelton. Gene Kelly. Directed by Roy Del Ruth. Musical comedy in Technicolor. "Salute to the Marines." Wallace Beery, Fay Bainter. Reginald Owen. "Lassie Come Home." Roddy McDowell, Donald Crisp, Dame May Whitty. "Pilot No. 5." War 'story. "Harrigan's Kid." Drama. "Assignment in Brittany." Pierre Aumont, Susan Peters, Signe Hasso. Directed by Jack Conway. War story. "Cabin in the S'ky" Ethel Waters. Eddie ("Rochester") Anderson, Lena Home. Directed by Vincente Minnelli. All-Negro musical. "The Human Comedy." Mickey Rooney, Frank Morgan, James Craig. Directed by Clarence Brown. Small town drama. "Presenting Lily Mars." Judy Garland, Van Heflin, Richard Carlson. Directed by Norman Taurog. Musical. "Private Miss Jones." Kathryn Grayson, Gene Kelly. Directed by George Sidney. Comedy with music in Technicolor. In work are these: "I Dood It." Red Skelton, Eleanor Powell, Jimmy Dorsey and band. Directed by Vincente Minnelli. Musical comedy. "Girl Crazy." Mickey Rooney, Judy Garland, Tommy Dorsey and Band. Directed by Busby Berkeley. Musical comedy. "Faculty Row." Mary Astor, Herbert Marshall. Directed by Jules Dassin. Comedy. "Best Foot Forward." Lucille Ball, William Gaxton, Harry* James and Band. Directed by Edward Buzzell. Musical comedy in Technicolor. "Right About Face." Kay Kyser, Marilyn Maxwell, Lena Home. Directed by Tim Whelan. Musical comedy. "A Guy Named Joe." Spencer Tracy, Irene Dunne. Directed by Victor Fleming. Drama. MONOGRAM Finished at Monogram are : "Clancy Street Boys." East Side Kids. Directed by William Beaudine. Comedy Melodrama. "I Escaped from the Gestapo." Mary Brian, Dean Jagger, John Carradine. Bill Henry. Directed by Harold Young. Melodrama. "The Ape Man." Bela Lugosi, Wallace Ford, Directed by William Beaudine. Horror. "Land of Hunted Men." Ray Corrigan, Max Terhune, Dennis Moore. Directed by Roy Luby. Western. "Haunted Ranch." John King. Max Terhune, David Sharpe. Directed by Robert Tansey. Western. "Silver Skates." Patricia Morison, Kenny Baker, Belita. Directed by Leslie Goodwins. Musical ice extravaganza. In work on that lot: "Ghosts in the Night." East Side Kids, Bela Lugosi, Ava Gardner. Directed by William Beaudine. Horror comedy. "The Ghost Rider." Johnny Mack Brown, Raymond Hatton, Beverly Boyd. Directed by Wallace Fox. Western. "Sarong Girl." Ann Corio, Tim and Irene, Mary Gordon. Directed by Arthur Dreifuss. Musical. PARAMOUNT These are finished at Paramount : "Henry Aldrich Gets Glamour." Jimmy Lydon, Charles Smith. Directed by Hugh Bennett. Domestic comedy. "Lady Bodyguard." Eddie Albert, Anne Shirley. Directed by William Clemens. Melodrama. "Great Without Glory" Joel McCrea. Betty Field, Harry Carey. Directed by Preston Sturges. Drama. "Happy Go Luck}-." Mary Martin, Dick Powell, Eddie Bracken, Betty Hutton, Rudy Vallee. Directed by Curtis Bernhardt. Musical in Technicolor. "Submarine Alert." Richard Arlen, Wendy (.Continued on following page)