Motion Picture Herald (Jan-Feb 1945)

Record Details:

Title:
Motion Picture Herald
Date:
Jan-Feb 1945
Publisher:
[New York, N.Y. : Quigley Pub. Co.]
Volume:
Motion Picture Herald (Jan-Feb 1945)
Leaf #:
000421
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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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 tinne are furnished as soon as available. Advance dates are tentative and subject to change. Running tinnes 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. Title Company ABROAD with Two Yanks UA Adventures of Kitty O'Day Mono. Affairs of Susan, The Para. Alaska Mono. Along Canne Jones RKO American Romance, An (color) MSM And Nov/ Tomorrow Para. Anchors Aweigh (color) MGM Animal Kingdom, The WB Army Wives Mono. Arrowsmith (Reissue) Film Classics Arsenic andOld Lace WB •Atlantic City Rep. 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 2300-2301, issue of Feb. 3, 1945. Feature product, including Coming Attractions, listed by Company, in order of release, on page 2299, issue of Feb. 3, 1945. Prod. Number 510 4406 403 327 Release Stars Date William Bendix-Dennis O'Keefe Aug. 4,'44 Jean Parker-Peter Cookson Jan. 19, '45 Joan Fontaine-George Brent Not Set Kent Taylor-Margaret Lindsay Dec. 22, '44 Gary Cooper-Loretta Young Not Set Brian Donlevy-Ann Richards Nov., '44 Loretta Young-Alan Ladd Block 2 Gene Kelly-Frank Sinatra Not Set Ann Sheridan-Olivia de Havilland Not Set Eiyse Knox-Rick Vallin Jan. 1 2, "45 Ronald Colman-Helen Hayes Apr. 15, '45 Cary Grant-Raymond Massey Sept. 23, '44 Constance Moore-Bradford Taylor Sept. 1 5, '44 r REVIEWED — ^ M. P. Product Advance Service Running Herald Digest Synopsis Data Time Issue Page Page Page 80m July 29,'44 2018 1889 62m Dec. 2,'44 2202 2092 2242 76 m Oct. 14, '44 2138 1983 2278 122m July l,'44 2095 1457 2302 84m Oct. 21, '44 2149 1715 2142 1431 2302 67m Nov.25,'44 Nov. 21, '31 2194 1993 2071 II 8 m Sept. 2, '44 Aug. '5,'44 2081 1806 2262 86m 2030 1899 2218 BABES on Swing Street Barbary Coast (Reissue) Fi Barbary Coast Gent •Bathing Beauty (color) Bedside Manner Bell for Adano, A Belle of the Yukon (color) Betrayal from the East Between Two Women Big Bonanza, The Big Noise, The Big Show-Off, The Big Sleep, The Billy Rose's Diamond Horse shoe (color) •Black Magic •Block Busters Blonde Fever Blood on the Sun Bluebeard Bon Voyage Bordertown Trail Bowery Champs Bowery to Broadway Boy, a Girl and a Dog •Brand of the Devil Brazil Brewster's Millions •Bride by Mistake Brighton Strangler, The Bring On the Girls (color) Brother Rat (Reissue) Bulldog Drummond (R.) Fil Bullfighters, The Univ 9024 Peggy Ryan-Ann Biyth Oct. 1 3, '44 Im Classics Ed. G. Robinson-Miriam Hopkins Mar. 1 5, '45 MGM 502 Wallace Beery-Binnie Barnes Sept., '44 MGM 429 Red Skelton-Esther Williams July,'44 UA Ruth Hussey-John Carroll Not Set 20th-Fox .... Gene Tierney-John Hodiak Not Set RKO 583 Randolph Scott-Gypsy Rose Lee Special RKO Lee Tracy-Nancy Kelly Block 3 MGM 518 Van Johnson-Lionel Barrymore Mar. ,'45 Rep. 407 Richard Arlen-Jane Frazee Dec. 30, '44 20th-Fox 506 Laurel and Hardy Oct.,'44 Rep. 410 Arthur Lake-Dale Evans Jan. 22,'45 WB .... Humphrey Bogart-Lauren Bacall Not Set 20th-Fox Betty Grable-Dick Haymes Not Set Mono. .... Sidney Toler-Mantan Moreland Sept. 9, '44 Mono. .... East Side Kids-Harry Langdon Sept. 1 6, '44 MGM 516 Philip Dorn-Mary Astor Feb.,'45 UA .... James Cagney-Sylvia Sidney Not Set PRC .... John Carradine-Jean Parker Nov. ir44 20th-Fox .... Jeanne Crain-Sir Aubrey Smith Not Set Rep. 451 Smiley Burnette-Sunset Carson Aug. I I, '44 Mono East Side Kids Dec. 29, '44 Univ. 9072 Contract Players Nov. 3, '44 Frank .... Jerry Hunter-Sharyn Moffett Not Set PRC 458 Dave O'Brien-Jim Newill July 30,'44 Rep. 405 Virginia Bruce-Tito Guizar Nov. 30, '44 UA Dennis O'Keefe-Helen Walker Not Set RKO 434 Laraine Day-Alan Marshall Block 7 RKO John Loder-Rose Hobart Not Set Para. .... Veronica Lake-Sonny Tufts Not Set WB 343 Priscilla Lane-Wayne Morris July I5,'44 m Classics .... Ronald Colman-Lillyan Tashman Oct. 1 5, '44 20th-Fox .... Laurel and Hardy Not Set 70m Sept. 23, '44 21 10 1983 90m Oct. 5,'35 1993 87m Aug. 5, '44 2095 1849 lOlm June 3, '44 1922 1635 2143 2250 2242 '84m Dec. 2.'44 2201 1835 2302 2230 81m Dec. 23,'44 i2238 2142 68m Jan. 13, '45 2269 2203 74 m Sept. 23, '44 211 1 2092 69m Jan.20,'45 2277 2203 65m 60m 69m Aug. 12, '44 Aug. 19,'44 Nov. 25,'44 2042 2054 2194 73 m Oct. I4,'44 2138 55m 62m 95m Sept. 2, '44 Nov. 1 1,'44 Oct. 21, '44 2083 2173 2149 57 m 91m Nov. 4,'44 Oct. 28/44 2166 2157 80m July 29,'44 2017 89m Oct. 15,'38 Apr. I3,'29 1957 1993 2230 2092 2007 2007 2142 2230 2092 2230 2032 2032 1923 2230 1923 1971 2142 1890 2142 1763 2279 2302 2302 •CALL of the Jungle Mono. Ann Corio-James Bush Aug. I9,'44 60m Sept. 2, '44 2083 1913 •Candlelight in Algeria (Br. 1 20th-Fox 432 James Mason-Caria Lehmann July,'44 85m Jan. l,'44 1694 2115 Canterbury Tale (British) Eagle-Lion Eric Portman-Sheila Sim Not Set May I3,'44 1885 •Canterville Ghost, The MGM 430 Charles Laughton-Margaret O'Brien July,'44 95m May 27,'44 1909 1635 2187 Can't Help Singing (color] Univ. 9071 Deanna Durbin-Robert Paige Dec. 29,'44 88m Dec. I6,'44 2225 2093 2302 Captain Eddie 20th-Fox Fred MacMurray-Lynn Bari Not Set 2259 •Carolina Blues Col. soil Kay Kyser-Ann Miller-Victor Moore Sept. 26,'44 Sim Nov. I8,'44 2181 1899 Casanova Brown RKO 581 Gary Cooper-Teresa Wright Special 92m Aug. 5, '44 2094 1806 2302 Castle of Crimes (British) PRC Kenneth Kent-Diana Churchill Dec. 22,'44 60m Dec. I6,'44 2227 •Charlie Chan in Black Magic Mono. Sidney Toler-Mantan Moreland Sept. 9,'44 65m Aug. I2,'44 2042 2007 Cheyenne Wildcat Rep. 33i4 Bill Elliott-Bobby Blake Sept. 30,'44 56m Sept. 23,'44 21 10 Chicago Kid, The Rep. Don Barry-Lynne Roberts Not Set 2279 China Poblana (color) Clasa-Mohme Mexican feature Not Set 92 m Oct. 21. '44 2150 China Sky China's Little Devils RKO Randloph Scott-Ruth Warrick Not Set 2216 Mono. Harry Carey-Paul Kelly Apr. 20,"45 1994 (formerly Little Devils) Christmas in Connecticut WB Barbara Stanwyck-Dennis Morgan Not Set 2142 Cinderella Jones WB Joan Leslie-Robert Alda Not Set 1746 Circumstantial Evidence 20th-Fox Michael O'Shea-Lloyd Nolan Not Set 2242 MOTION PICTURE HERALD, FEBRUARY 3, 1945 2303