Motion Picture Herald (Nov-Dec 1944)

Record Details:

Title:
Motion Picture Herald
Date:
Nov-Dec 1944
Publisher:
[New York, N.Y. : Quigley Pub. Co.]
Volume:
Motion Picture Herald (Nov-Dec 1944)
Leaf #:
000218
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:
August 29, 2022
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THE RELEASE CHART Index to Reviews, Advance Synopses and Service Data in PRODUCT DIGEST SECTION (•) before the title indicates 1943-44 product. Release dates and running time are furnished as soon as available. Advance dates are tentative and subject to change. Running times are the official times supplied by the distributor. All page numbers on this chart refer to pages in the PRODUCT DIGEST SECTION of MOTION PICTURE HERALD. Consult Service Data in the PRODUCT DIGEST SECTION for Legion of Decency Rating, Audience Classification and Managers' Round Table Exploitation. Short Subjects Chart v/Ith Synopsis Index can be found on pages 2158-2159, issue of October 28, 1944. Feature product, including Coming Attractions, listed by Company, in order of release, on page 2175, issue of Nov. I I, 1944. REVIEWED ■ Prod. Title Company Number ABROAD with Two Yanks UA •Address Unknown Col. 5010 Adventure in Bokhara (Rus.) Arfkino .... Adventures of Kitty O'Day Mono. .... • Adventures of Mark Twain WB 315 Alaska Mono. •Allergic to Love Univ. 8040 American Romance, An (color) MGM 510 And Now Tomorrow Para. 4406 • And the Angels Sing Para. 4321 • Andy Hardy's Blonde Trouble MGM 424 Anchors Aweigh (color) MGM Animal Kingdom, The WB •Are These Our Parents? Mono. Army Wives Mono. Arrowsmith (Reissue) Film Classics Arsenic and Old Lace WB 403 • Atlantic City Rep. 327 • Attack OWI-RKO 462 BABES on Swing Street Univ. 9024 Barbary Coast (Reissue) Film Classics .... Barbary Coast Gent MGM 502 • Bathing Beauty (color) MGM 429 Belle of the Yukon (color) RKO Big Noise, The 20th-Fox 506 Billy Rose's Diamond Horseshoe (color) 20th-Fox • Black Magic Mono. •Block Busters Mono. Blonde Fever MGM Bluebeard PRC Bordertown Trail Rep. 451 • Boss of Rawhide PRC 452 Bowery Champs Mono. .... Bowery to Broadway Univ. 9072 •Brand of the Devil PRC 458 Brazil Rep. Brewster's Millions UA • Bride by Mistake RKO 434 Brighton Strangler, The RKO Bring On the Girls (color) Para. Brother Rat (Reissue) WB 343 Bulldog Drummond (R.) Film Classics •CALL of the Jungle Mono. • Call of the Rockies Rep. 356 • Call of the South Seas Rep. 319 Candlelight in Algeria (Br.) 20th-Fox 432 Canterbury Tale (British) Eagle-Lion .... • Canterville Ghost, The MGM 430 Can't Help Singing (color) Univ. .... •Carolina Blues Col. 5011 (formerly Battleship Blues) Casanova Brown RKO 581 Castle of Crimes (British) PRC Champagne Charlie (British) Ealing .... • Charlie Chan in Black Magic Mono. .... Cheyenne Wildcat Rep. 3314 China Poblana (color) Clasa-Mohme .... • Christmas Holiday Univ. 8002 Christmas in Connecticut WB .... Cinderella Jones WB .... Cisco Kid Returns, The Mono Climax, The (color) Univ. 9007 Clock. The MGM Code of the Prairie Rep. 452 Comin' Round the Mountain (R.) Rep. 3305 Release Running Stars Date Time William Bendix-Dennis O'Keefe Aug. 4,'44 80m Paul Lukas-Mady Christians June I, '44 72m Russian feature Aug. 19, '44 84m Jean Parker-Peter Cookson Jan. 19, '45 62m Fredric March-Alexis Smith July 22, '44 130m Kent Taylor-Margaret Lindsay Dec. 22, '44 76m Martha O'Driscoll-Noah Beery, Jr. Ju!y2l,'44 66m Brian Donievy-Ann Richards Nov.,'44 122m Loretta Young-Alan Ladd Block 2 84m Fred MacMurray-Dorothy Lamour Block 5 95m Mickey Rooney-Lewis Stone May, '44 107m Gene Kelly-Frank Sinatra ' Not Set .... Ann Sheridan-Olivia de Havilland Not Set .... Helen Vinson-Lyle Talbot July I5,'44 Elyse Knox-Rick Vallin Jan. I2,'45 Ronald Colman-Helen Hayes Apr. 15, '45 Cary Grant-Raymond Massey Sept. 23, '44 Constance Moore-Bradford Taylor Sept. 1 5, '44 War Documentary June 12, '44 Peggy Ryan-Ann BIyth Oct. I3V44 Ed. G. Robinson-Miriam Hopkins Mar. I5,'45 Wallace Beery-Binnie Barnes Sept.,'44 Red Skelton-Esther Williams July,'44 Randolph Scott-Gypsy Rose Lee Not Set Laurel and Hardy Oct., '44 Betty Grable-DIck Haymes Feb.,'45 Sidney Toler»Mantan Moreland Sept. 9, '44 East Side Kids-Harry Langdon Sept. I6,'44 Philip Dorn-Mary Astor Not Set John Carradine-Jean Parker Nov. I I, '44 Smiley Burnette-Sunset Carson Aug. II, '44 Dave O'Brien-Jim Newill Nov. 20,'43 East Side Kids Dec. 29,'44 Contract Players Nov. 3, '44 Dave O'Brien-Jim Newill July 30,'44 Virginia Bruce-Tito Guizar Not Set Dennis O'Keefe-Helen Walker Not Set Laraine Day-Alan Marshall Block 7 John Loder-Rose Hobart Not Set Veronica Lake-Sonny Tufts Not Set Priscilla Lane-Wayne Morris July 1 5, '44 Ronald Colman-Lilyan Tashman Oct. 15, '44 Ann Corio-James Bush Aug. I9,'44 Smiley Burnette-Sunset Carson July I4,'44 Janet Martin-Allan Lane July 7,'44 James Mason-Caria Lehmann July,'44 Eric Portman-Sheila Sim Not Set Charles Laughton-Margaret O'Brien July,'44 Deanna Durbin-Robert Paige Not Set Kay Kyser-Ann Miller-Victor Moore Sept. 26, '44 Gary Cooper-Teresa Wright Special Keneth Kent-Diana Churchill Nov. 30,'44 Tommy Trinder-Sterling Holloway Not Set Sidney Toler-Mantan Moreland Sept. 9,'44 Bill Elliott-Bobby Blake Sept. 30,'44 Mexican feature Not Set Deanna Durbin-Gene Kelly June 30, '44 Barbara Stanwyck-Dennis Morgan Not Set Joan Leslie-Robert Alda Not Set Duncan Renaldo-Gwen Kenyon Feb. 9, '45 Susanna Foster-Boris Karloff Oct. 20, "44 Judy Garland-Robert Walker Not Set Smiley Burnette-Sunset Carson Oct. 6,'44 56m Gene Autry July 1 5, '44 55m M. P. Herald Issue July 29,'44 Apr. 29,'44 Sept. 2,'44 May 6,'44 Oct. I4,'44 May 6,'44 July I, '44 Oct. 2 1, '44 Apr. 22,'44 Apr. 8,'44 73m June I7,'44 89m 60m 57m 59m 85m 95 m Sim Product Digest Advance S^vice Synopsis Data Nov.2l,'3l I 18m Sept. 2,'44 86m Aug. 5,'44 56fn June I0,'44 70m Sept. 23.'44 90m Oct. 5,'35 87m Aug. 5,'44 lOlm June 3,'44 74m Sept. 23,'44 65m Aug. I2,'44 60m Aug. I9,'44 69m 73m Oct. I4,'44 55m Sept. 2,'44 50m Sept. I6.'44 62m Nov. II, '44 95m Oct. 2 1, "44 57m Nov. 4,'44 91m Oct.28,'44 80m July 29,'44 Oct. I5.'38 Apr. I3.'29 Sept. 2,'44 June I0,'44 Jan. i,'44 May I3,'44 May27,'44 92m Aug. 5,'44 105m Sept. 9,'44 65m Aug. I2,'44 56m Sept. 23,'44 92m Oct. 2 1. '44 92m June I0,'44 86m Sept. 30,'44 Oct. I4,'44 Aug. I7,'40 Page Page 201 8 1 889 1 AAA 1695 1947 TZ 1 ft77 936 17 73 9 1 ^ft 1 TO^ 1 R77 10// 1 "to / 9079 7 1 AO 1/13 1 030 1 >«i;r 1 vOO Z I4J 1 0 J J 1 400 1 770 9 1 49 Z 1 4Z 143 1 1 OAR 1 09^ 1 TZ3 Z 1 1 0 907 1 ZU/ 1 i993 2081 i806 2030 1899 2115 1933 1 OQ9 1 009 OAOC 1 QAQ 1 000 1 T/Z 1 A^R 1 OOO 9 \ A\ ZI4J 1835 iiii 2092 2092 ZU4z ZUU/ 2054 2007 2142 2138 ZOVZ 2083 20 J z 2101 • • • • 2173 2032 O 1 AO 2149 1923 2166 1923 2157 1971 2142 2017 1890 2142 1763 i957 1993 2083 1913 1934 1923 1899 i694 i\ is 1885 1909 1635 2115 2093 1899 2094 1806 2143 2090 2042 2007 2110 2150 1934 1695 2143 2142 1746 2092 2i2i 1786 2142 2138 2131 2176 PRODUCT DIGEST SECTION. NOVEMBER II, 1944