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 #:
000429
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 11, 2024
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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. Prod. Title Company Number ABROAD wHh Two Yanb UA •Address Unknown Col. 5010 Adventures oi Kitty O'Day Mono. •Adventures of Mark Twain WB i\5 Alaska Mono. • Allergic to Love Univ. 8040 Annerican Romance, An (color) MGM 510 And Now Tomorrow Para. 4406 Anchors Aweigh (color) MGM Animal Kingdom, The WB •Are These Our Parents? Mono. Army Wives Mono. Arrowsmith (Reissue) Rtm Classics Arsenic and Old Lace WB 403 • Atlantic City Rep. 327 Consult Service Data in the PRODUCT DIGEST SECTION for Legion of Decency Rating, Audience Classification and Managers' Round Table Exploitation. Short Subjects Chart with Synopsis Index can be found on pages 2204-2205, issue of Dec. 2, 1944. Feature product, including Coming Attractions, listed by Company, in order of release, on page 2195, issue of Nov. 25, 1944. f REVIEWED M. P. Product Advance Service Release Running Herald DiRtst Synopsis Data Start Date Time Issue Page Page Page William Bendix-Dennis O'Keefe Aug. 4, '44 80m July 29,'44 2018 1889 Paul Lukas-Mady Christians June l,'44 72m Apr. 29/44 1866 1695 i947 Jean Parker-Peter Cookson Jan. I9,'45 62m Dec. 2,'44 2202 2092 Fredric March-Alexis Smith July 22,'44 130m May 6,'44 1877 936 1995 Kent Taylor-Margaret Lindsay Dec. 22,'44 76m Oct. I4,'44 2138 1983 Martha O'Driscoll-Noah Beery, Jr. July 21, '44 66m May 6,"44 1877 Brian Donlevy-Ann Richards Nov..'44 122m July l,'44 2095 1457 2i87 Loretta Young-Alan Ladd Block 2 84m Oct. 21. '44 . 2149 1715 Gene Kelly-Prank Sinatra Not Set 2142 Ann Sheridan-Olivia de Havilland Not Set 1431 Helen Vinson-Lyle Talbot July I5.'44 73 m June I7.'44 i945 1923 2\\5 Elyse Knox-Rick Vallin Jan. I2,"45 67m Nov. 25.'44 2194 2071 Ronald Colman-Helen Hayes, Apr. I5,'4S Nov. 21, '31 1993 Cary Grant-Raymond Massey Sept. 23,'44 II 8 m Sept. 2,'44 2081 1806 2187 Constance Moore-Bradford Taylor Sept. I5.'44 86m Aug. 5.'44 2030 1899 2187 BABES on Swing Street UnTv. 9024 Barbery Coast (Reissue) Film Classics .... Barbery Coast Gent MGM 502 • Bathing Beauty (color) MGM 429 Belle of the Yukon (color) RKO 583 Between Two Women MGM .... (formerly Dr. Red Adams) Big Bonanza, The Rep. .... Big Noise. The 20th-Fox 506 Big Show-Off. The Rep 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.) Fiirn Classics .... Peggy Ryan-Ann BIyth Ed. G. Robinson-Miriam Hopkins Wallace Beery-Binnie Barnes Red Skel+on-Esther Williams Randolph Scott-Gypsy Rose Lee Van Johnson-Lionel Barrymore Richard Arlen-Jane Frazee Laurel and Hardy Arthur Lake-Dale Evans Betty Grable-Dick Haymes Sidney Toler-Mantan Moreland East Side Kids-Harry Langdon Philip Dorn-Mary Astor John Carradlne-Jean Parker Smiley Burnette-Sunset .Carson Dave O'Brien-Jim Newill East Side Kids Contract Players Dave O'Brien-Jim Newill Virginia B"jce-Tito Guizar Dennis O'Keefe-Helen Walker Laraine Day-Alan Marshall John Loder-Rose Hobart Veronica Lake-Sonny Tufts Priscilla Lane-Wayne Morris Ronald Colman-Lilyan Tashman Oct. 13, '44 70m Sept. 23.'44 2110 1983 Mar. I5,'45 90m Oct. 5,i35 1993 Sept. ,'44 87m Aug. 5, '44 2095 1849 July, '44 lOlm June 3, '44 1922 1635 Special 84m Dec. 2.'44 2201 1835 Not Set 2142 Not Set 2203 Oct.. '44 74 m Sept. 23/44 21 ii 2092 Not Set 2203 Feb..'45 2092 Sept. 9,'44 65 m Aug. I2,'44 2042 2007 Sept. I6.'44 60m Aug. I9,'44 2054 2007 Not Set 69m Nov. 25,'44 2194 2142 Nov. II. '44 73m Oct. 14, '44 2138 2092 Aug. II, '44 55m Sept. 2,'44 2083 2032 Nov. 20.'43 50m Sept. I6,'44 2101 Dec. 29,'44 62m Nov. II, '44 2173 2032 Nov. 3,'44 95m Oct. 21, '44 2149 1923 July 30,'44 57m Nov. 4,'44 2166 1923 Not Set 91m Oct. 28/44 2157 1971 Not Set 2142 Block 7 80m July 29/44 2017 1890 Not Set 2142 Not Set 1763 July I5,'44 8Vm Oct. I5,'38 i957 Oct. I5.'44 Apr. 13/29 1993 2143 •CALL of the Jungle Mono. • Call of the Rockies Rep. • Call of the South Seas Rep. Candlelight in Algeria (Br.) 20th-Fox Canterbury Tale (British) Eagle-Lion •Canterville Ghost, The MGM Can't Help Singing (color) Univ. • Carolina Blues Col. Casanova Brown RKO Castle of Crimes (British) PRC •Charlie Chan in Black Magic Mono. Cheyenne Wildcat Rep. China Poblana (color) Clasa-Mohme •Christmas Holiday Univ. Christmas in Connecticut WB Cinderella Jones WB Cisco Kid Returns, The Mono. 356 319 432 430 soil 581 3314 8002 Ann Corio-James Bush Aug. 19, '44 Smiley Burnette-Sunset Carson July 1 4, '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 Dec. 29. '44 Kay Kyser-Ann Miller-Victor Moore Sept. 26, '44 Gary Cooper-Teresa Wright Special Keneth Kent-Diana Churchill Dec. 22,'44 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 Stanv^ck-Dennis Morgan Not Set Joan Leslie-Robert Alda Not Set Duncan Renaldo-Gwen Kenyon Feb. 9,'45 60m Sept. 2,'44 2083 1913 57m June I0,'44 1934 1923 59m 1899 85m Jan. I,'44 1694 2ii5 May I3,'44 1885 95r^ May 27.'44 1909 1635 2i87 2093 Slr^i Nov. I8,'44 2181 1899 92m Aug. 5.'44 2094 1806 2i87 65 m Aug. !2,'44 2042 2007 56m Sept. 23, '44 2110 92m Oct. 21, '44 2150 92m June I0,'44 1934 1695 2i43 2142 1746 2092 MOTION PICTURE HERALD. DECEMBER 2. 1944 2207