Motion Picture Herald (Jul-Aug 1944)

Record Details:

Title:
Motion Picture Herald
Date:
Jul-Aug 1944
Publisher:
[New York, N.Y. : Quigley Pub. Co.]
Volume:
Motion Picture Herald (Jul-Aug 1944)
Leaf #:
000351
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:
December 07, 2023
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fHE HOLLYWOOD SCENE pleted i UMBIA written Code ;n the Lights Go Again AMOUNT p Years Before the last JBLIC lantes of Dodge m /ERSAL s over Manhattan Society 3nd the Pecos Started COLUMBIA Renegade Roundup MONOGRAM Adventures of Kitty O'Day PRC I'm from Arkansas RKO RADIO Isle of the Dead REPUBLIC Sheriff of Las Vegas WARNERS Of Human Bondage Shooting COLUMBIA Eve Knew Her Apples Tomorrow You Die Untitled Boyer-Dunne Tonight and Every Night M-S-M Home Front Anchors Aweigh Airship Squadron 4 Music for Millions Son of Lassie Ziegfeld Follies Picture of Dorian Gray MONOGRAM Little Devils Law of the Valley PARAMOUNT Kitty Out of This World Medal for Benny Here Come the Waves RKO RADIO Experiment Perilous Betrayal from the East Falcon in Hollywood Nevada Brighton Strangler Wonder Man (Goldwyn) REPUBLIC Lights of Old Santa Fe Brazil Flame of Barbary Coast 20TH CENTURY -FOX Sunday Dinner for a Soldier Thunderhead A Tree Grows in Brooklyn Winged Victory UNITED ARTISTS House of Dr. Edwardes (Vanguard) Dark Waters (Bogeaus) Tomorrow the World (Cowan) Story of G.I. Joe (Cowan) The Great John L (Crosby) Three Is a Family (Lesser) UNIVERSAL Night Life Can't Help Singing Queen of the Nile WARNERS The Corn Is Green Christmas in Connecticut Roughly Speaking Objective Burma Hollywood Canteen 1 New Pictures Shooting; Human Bondage" Starts llywood Bureau unny skies and a heat wave struck Hollyd last week, but did little to affect producactivity, which continued to maintain its 1. The total number of pictures in work was as compared to 52 the previous week. Six ores went before the cameras, and seven le cutting rooms. erhaps the most interesting of the new s is Warners' "Of .Human Bondage." It's idaptation of the Somerset Maugham novel it a young medical student who becomes tuated with a waitress. Many remember the ion made some years ago, in which Bette is scored a notable success in the role of waitress. In the current remake, Eleanor cer plays the Davis part. Paul Henreid and ic Knowles had a cast which includes ry Stephenson, Joan Winfield, Richard ent, Marten Lamont and Jean Ransome. iund Goulding is directing for producer ry Blanke. umbia Starts New stern with Starr ett Mumbia started a Western, "Renegade ndup," which Colbert Clark is producing, rles Vidor directing. The cast includes rles Starrett, Sally Bliss, Tex Harding, onogram trained cameras on "Adventures litty O'Day," second in a series of mystery >dramas with Jean Parker, Peter Cookson, Ryan, Jan Wiley. Lindley Parsons is the iucer, and WilHam Beaudine the director. RC's new venture is "I'm from Arkansas," leinert-Vershel production. It's a hillbilly ical, and Lew Landers is directing. The cipal parts are played by Bruce Bennett, Adrian, Slim Summerville, El Brendel, Nazarro, James Wakely and his Sunshine s, the Milo Twins, and the Pied Pipers. KO Radio launched "Isle of the Dead," a ler whose cast includes Boris Karloff, n Drew, Marc Cramer and Rose Hobart. k Robson is directing for producer Jack ss. t Republic, work started on a Western, "Sheriff of Las Vegas." It's another of the "Red Ryder" series, and has Wild Bill Elliott, Bobby Blake, Alice Fleming and Peggy Stewart in the cast. Lesley Selander is the director, and Stephen Auer the associate producer. Ten completed productions at Monogram comprise the backlog awaiting release as the company enters the 1944-45 season. Included in the group are four of the studio's top productions for next season : Lindsley Parsons' production of "Alaska," with Margaret Lindsay, Kent Taylor and Dean Jagger; the Biltmore production, "A Wave, a Wac and a Marine," with Elyse Knox, Anne Gillis and Sally Eilers; "When Strangers Marry," King Brothers production featuring Kim Hunter, Dean Jagger and Neil Hamilton; and W. R. Frank's "Enemy of Women," with Donald Woods, Claudia Drake and Paul Andor. Also awaiting release are Scott R. Dunlap's production, "Oh, What a Night!"; a Charlie Chan feature titled "Black Magic," produced by Philip N. Krasne and James S. Burkett; the East Side Kids in "Block Busters"; "Shadows of Suspicion," with Marjorie Weaver and Peter Cookson ; and two Westerns, "Land of the Outlaws" and "The Utah Kid." Currently in production are "Little Devils," "Adventures of Kitty O'Day," and "Law of the Valley." Hal B. Wallis has purchased "The Affairs of Susan," an original by Lazlo Gorog and Thomas Monroe, and will produce it for Paramount release. Through an arrangement with David O. Selznick, Joan Fontaine will star in the comedy, which is scheduled for early autumn production. . . . William Dozier will join RKO Radio as general production aide to Charles Koerner. He will act as general production adviser, will supervise all story purchases, and be in charge of all writers and writer assignments. It is also planned that he will supervise personally a few important production assignments. . . . Columbia is planning a series of 10 Westerns built around the character of the "Durango Kid." They will be produced by Colbert Clark. Felix Feist and Universal have agreed to terminate Feist's producer-director contract. The agreement was an amicable one. . . . Paramount has signed Sidney Lanfield to direct six pictures in the next three years. His first assignment will be "Duffy's Tavern." . . . Vanguard has extended Dore Schary's contract for five years. His next assignment will be "Houdini." . . . Lieutenant I. Robert Broder is in Hollywood for conferences with his clients, Abbott and Costello. Following his discharge from the Army, Lieutenant Broder will return to New York to resume the practice of motion picture and theatrical law. Newspaper Man Signed For "Great John L" Harry Crocker, Los Angeles newspaperman, is set for the role of Arthur Brisbane in "The Great John L," Bing Crosby production for United Artists. . . . Carlos Riano has been signed by Universal to direct the dialogue in Spanish dubbing of the studio's pictures. . . . Twentieth Century-Fox has signed Johnny Walker, former Fox star, to an associate producer contract under Bryan Foy. . . . Julien Duvivier has signed a three-way contract with Samuel Bronston Productions, and as his first assignment will produce, direct and write an adaptation of Edward Chodorov's "Decision." . . . The life story of Lola Montez, colorful early California figure, will be filmed in Technicolor by Hal Wallis under the title of "The Loves of Lola Montez." Abbott and Costello have left for the east, where they will launch a plan known as the "Abbott and Costello Young America Vacation Fund" to provide underprivileged children with free vacations. . . . The leading comedy role in "Pillar to Post," forthcoming Warner production, has been assigned to Ida Lupino. Alex Gottlieb will produce, and Vincent Sherman will direct. ... Ed Beloin, formerly one of Jack Benny's writers, has been signed by Felix Jackson to write the final screenplay of Deanna Durbin's next Universal picture, "Lady on a Train." . . . Carl Esmond has been .added to the cast of "Experiment Perilous" at RKO Radio. . ; . Jeff Donnell has been given the lead in "Tonight We Dance," which goes into production soon at Columbia. Personnel Intelligence About Hollywood Monogram Has Ten Films Awaiting Release HON PICTURE HERALD, JULY 29, 1944 4i)