Motion Picture Herald (Jan-Feb 1943)

Page scan 000582 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 #:
000582
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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14 MOTION PICTURE HERALD February 27, 1943 28 WESTERNS ON BACKLOG (Continued from preceding page) Barrie. Directed by Frank McDonald. War action. "No Time for Love." Claudette Colbert, Fred MacMurray. Directed by Mitchell Leisen. "High Explosive." Chester Morris, Jean Parker. Directed by Frank McDonald. Topical Melodrama. "Night Plane from Chungking." Robert Preston, Ellen Drew. Directed by Ralph Murphy. "For Whom the Bell Tolls." Gary Cooper, Ingrid Bergman, Akim Tamiroff. Directed by Sam Wood. Spanish civil war drama in Technicolor. "True to Life." Mary Martin, Franchot Tone, Dick Powell. Directed by George Marshall. "Aerial Gunner." Chester Morris, Richard Arlen. Directed by William Pine. War action. "The Miracle of Morgan's Creek." Eddie Bracken, Betty Hutton. Directed by Preston Sturges. Comedy-drama. "Salute for Three." Macdonald Carey, Betty Rhodes, Dona Drake. Directed by Ralph Murphy. Musical comedy. "Henry Aldrich Swings It." Jimmy Lydon, Charles Smith. Directed by Hugh Bennett. Comedy. "Dixie." Bing Crosby, Dorothy Lamour. Directed by Edward Sutherland. Musical comedy in Technicolor. "China." Loretta Young, Alan Ladd, William Bendix. Directed by John Farrow. SinoJap war action. "Henry Aldrich Plays Cupid." Jimmy Lydon, Charles Smith. Directed by Hugh Bennett. Domestic comedy. "The Good Fellows." Helen Walker, James Brown, Cecil Kellaway. Directed by Jo Graham. Comedy. "Alaska Highway." Richard Arlen, Jean Parker. Directed by Frank McDonald. Topical action drama. And these are in work: "So Proudly We Hail." Claudette Colbert, Paulette Goddard, Veronica Lake. Directed by Mark Sandrich. Drama of nurses on Bataan. "Lady in the Dark." Ginger Rogers, Ray Milland, Warner Baxter, Jon Hall. Directed by Mitchell Leisen. Musical in Technicolor. "Five Graves to Cairo." Franchot Tone, Anne Baxter, Erich von Stroheim, Akim Tamiroff. Directed by Billy Wilder. "Grand Hotel" in desert warfare. "Riding High." Dorothy Lamour, Dick Powell, Victor Moore. Directed by George Marshall. Musical in Technicolor. "Lets Face It." Bob Hope, Betty Hutton, ZaSu Pitts. Directed by Sidney Lanfield. Musical comedy. "Hostages." Luise Rainer, Arturo de Cordova, William Bendix. Directed by Frank Tuttle. Anti-Nazi underground drama. PRODUCERS RELEASING CORP. Thirteen have been completed at PRC. They are : "Western Cyclone." Buster Crabbe, Al St. John. Directed by Sherman Scott. Western. "Bad Men of Thunder Gap." Dave O'Brien, Jim Newill. Directed by Al Herman. Western. "Corregidor." Elissa Landi, Otto Kruger, Donald Woods. Directed by William Nigh. War drama. "My Son, the Hero." Patsy Kelly, Roscoe Karns. Directed by Edgar Ullmer. Comedy. "Fugitive of the Plains." Buster Crabbe, Al. St. John. Directed by Sam Newfield. Western. "Behind Prison Walls." Alan Baxter, Gertrude Michael. Directed by Steve Sekely. Satire. "A Night for Crime." Glenda Farrell, Lyle Talbot. Directed by Alexis Thurn-Taxis. Melodrama. "Queen of Broadway." Rochelle Hudson, Buster Crabbe. Directed by Sam Newfield. 19 IN TECHNICOLOR READY OR SHOOTING Six studios share a combined total of 19 features finished or shooting in Technicolor. At Columbia, "The Desperadoes" is completed. MGM has finished "Du Barry Was a Lady," "Salute to the Marines," "Lassie Come Home" and "Private Miss Jones," while "Best Foot Forward" is in work. "Happy Go Lucky" and "For Whom the Bell Tolls" and "Dixie" are buttoned up at Paramount where "Lady in the Dark" and "Riding High" are in progress. Twentieth Century-Fox has four finished — "Hello, Frisco, Hello," "Coney Island," "Crash Dive" and "My Friend Flicka" — and "Heaven Can Wait" is under way. Universal has finished "White Savage" and is shooting "The Phantom of the Opera." Warner's current entry in this group is "The Desert Song." "Girls in Chains." Arline Judge, Roger Clark, Barbara Pepper. Melodrama. "The Ghost and the Guest." James Dunn, Florence Rice. Directed by William Nigh. "Black Raven." George Zucco, Wanda McKay, Noel Madison. Melodrama. "Submarine Base." John Litel, Alan Baxter, Eric Blore. War story. "Follies Girl." Musical. RKO Here is RKO's backlog : "Petticoat Larceny." Joan Carroll, Ruth Warwick, Walter Reed. Directed by Ben Holmes. Comedy-drama. "Mr. Lucky." Cary Grant, Laraine Day, Charles Bickford. Directed by H. C. Potter. Romantic war drama. "Bombardier." Pat O'Brien, Randolph Scott, Anne Shirley. Directed by Richard Wallace. "I Walked with a Zombie." Frances Dee, Tom Conway, James Ellison. Horror story. "This Land Is Mine." Charles Laughton, Maureen O'Hara, George Sanders. Directed by Jean Renoir. War drama. "Flight for Freedom." Rosalind Russell, Fred MacMurray. Directed by Lothar Mendes. War aviation drama. "Tarzan Triumphs." Johnny Weissmuller, Frances Gifford. Directed by William Thiele. "Ladies Day." Lupe Velez, Eddie Albert. "Saludos Amigos." Disney feature cartoon. "Two Weeks to Live." Comedy. "Forever and a Day." War drama. "The Avenging Rider." Western. "Sagebrush Law." Western. "Red River Robin Hood." Western. "Cinderella Swings It." Comedy with music. These are on the stages: "The Sky's the Limit." Fred Astaire, Joan Leslie, Robert Benchley. Directed by E. H. Griffith. Musical. "The Fallen Sparrow." John Garfield, Maureen O'Hara, Walter Slezak. Directed by Richard Wallace. Anti-Nazi melodrama. "The Falcon Strikes Back." Tom Conway, Jane Randolph. Directed by Edward Dmytryk. "A Lady Takes a Chance." Jean Arthur, John Wayne, Charles Winninger. Directed by Henry Hathaway. Drama. "The Leopard Man." Dennis O'Keefe, Margo. Directed by Jacques Tourneur. Horror story. "Gildersleeve's Bad Day." Hal Peary (Gildersleeve), Nancy Gates. Directed by Gordon Douglass. Comedy. REPUBLIC Ten in the bag at Republic follow : "Shantytown." Mary Lee, John Archer, Marjorie Lord. Directed by Joseph Santley. Comedy with music. "Tahiti Honey." Simone Simon, Dennis O'Keefe, Michael Whalen. Directed by John H. Auer. Musical. "The Purple V." John Archer, Mary McLeod, Henry Stephenson. Directed by George Sherman. Melodrama. "Carson City Cyclone." Don ("Red") Barry, Noah Beery, Sr. Directed by Howard Bretherton. Western. "Idaho." Roy Rogers, Virginia Grey, Ona Munson, Smiley Burnette. Directed by Joseph Kane. Western special. "Chatterbox." Joe E. Brown, Judy Canova. Directed by Joseph Santley. Comedy. "Hit Parade of 1943." John Carroll, Susan Hayward, Gail Patrick. Directed by Albert S. Rogell. Musical comedy. "The Man Trap." Henry Stephenson, Joseph Allen, Dorothy Lovett. Directed by George Sherman. Crime melodrama. "Santa Fe Scouts." Tom Tyler, Bob Steele, Jimmie Dodd. Directed by Howard Bretherton. "King of the Cowboys." Roy Rogers, Smiley Burnette, Sons of the Pioneers. Directed by Joe Kane. Western. These are in production: "Calling Wild Bill Elliott." Bill Elliott, Gabby Hayes, Anne Jeffreys. Directed by Howard Bretherton. Western. "Days of Old Cheyenne." Don ("Red") Barry, Lynn Merrick, Emmett Lynn. Directed by Elmer Clifton. Western. 20TH CENTURY-FOX Here is 20th-Fox's reservoir : "The Moon Is Down." Sir Cedric Hardwicke, Henry Travers, Doris Bowden. Directed by Irving Pichel. War story. "School for Sabotage." George Sanders, Anna Sten. Directed by Edward Ludwig. "Hello, Frisco, Hello." Alice Faye, John Payne, Jack Oakie. Directed by H. Bruce Humberstone. Musical in Technicolor. "Coney Island." Betty Grable, George Montgomery, Cesar Romero. Directed by Walter Lang. Musical in Technicolor. "Secret Mission." Annabella, John Sutton. Directed by John Brahm. War story. "Margin for Error." Joan Bennett, Milton Berle. Directed by Otto Preminger. "Dixie Dugan." Lois Andrews, James Ellison, Charles Ruggles. Directed by Ray McCarey. "Crash Dive." Tyrone Power, Anne Baxter. Directed by Archie Mayo. War drama in Technicolor. "My Friend Flicka." Roddy McDowell, Preston Foster. Directed by Harold Schuster. Drama in Technicolor. "The Ox-Bow Incident." Henry Fonda, Mary Beth Hughes. Directed by William A. Wellman. Western special. "He Hired the Boss." Stuart Erwin, Evelyn Venable. Directed by Thomas Z. Loring. "Quiet, Please — Murder." Melodrama. These are in progress: "Stormy Weather." Bill Robinson, Lena Home, Dooley Wilson. Directed by Andrew Stone. Musical about Robinson's life. "Bomber's Moon." George Montgomery, (Continued on opposite page)