Motion Picture Herald (Mar-Apr 1947)

Record Details:

Title:
Motion Picture Herald
Date:
Mar-Apr 1947
Publisher:
[New York, N.Y. : Quigley Pub. Co.]
Volume:
Motion Picture Herald (Mar-Apr 1947)
Leaf #:
000654
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 HOLLYWOOD SCENE Production Holds Pace; 39 Pictures Shooting As Six Are Begun Hollyivood Bureau A post-Easter period of inactivity set in at Hollywood studios last week, and the shooting index continued to show a total of 39 pictures in work. During the week, six films were completed, and six started. At Columbia, cameras turned on "Destiny,'' a psychological mystery, which Rudolph Flothow is producing and D. Ross Lederman directing. Heading the cast" are John Beal, Trudy Marshall, Barbara Read, Helen Mowery and Jimmy Lloyd. The fourth of the studio's "Rusty" series, titled "Son of Rusty," also got under way, with Ted Donaldson, Tom Powers, Ann Doran and Stephen Dunne in top roles. Flame, the great-grandson of the famous dog star, Strongheart, has the chief animal role in the picture. Wallace MacDonald produces ; Lew Landers directs. Republic Musical Western To Star Gene Autry Republic launched "Robin Hood of Texas,'' a musical Western starring Gene Autry. Sidney Picker is the producer; Leslie Selander the director. Lynne Roberts, Sterling Holloway and Adele Mara have important supporting roles. PRC trained cameras on two: "Bury Me Dead," and "Ghost Town Renegades.'' The cast of the latter includes Lash Larue, Fuzzy St. John and Jennifer Holt. Jerry Thomas is producing, and Ray Taylor is directing. Bernhard Vorhaus is directing "Bury Me Dead" for producer Charles Reisner, and the cast includes Cathy O'Donnell, Greg McClure, June Lockhart and Mark Daniels. The first Fortune Production for Screen Guild release, "Dark Bullet," went into work with Maurice Conn producing and Leslie Goodwins directing. Mary Bryan, Douglas Blackley, Henry Wilcoxon and Virginia Dale head the cast. Recent Story Purchases By Studios Listed Twentieth Century-Fox has purchased Henry Helseth's novel, "The Chair for Martin Rome,'' and assigned it to Sol Siegel for production. Ben Hecht will write the screenplay. . . . Two I. A. R. Wylie stories have been acquired by MGM. The first, "Quarter from an Angel,'' is a short story dealing with the romance and problems of an ambitious war veteran attending college. The second is a novel, as yet unwritten, tentatively titled "Children's Village." It tells the story of the unique hamlet in Switzerland where war orphans of several nationalities are being afforded the comforts of family life. Miss Wylie will live in the village while writing her story. Paramount has purchased "Web of Days,'' a first novel by Edna Lee, to serve as a starring vehicle for Paulette Goddard. . . . Hal Wallas has obtained screen rights to the radio classic, "Sorry, Wrong Number," which was first presented on the CBS radio program, "Suspense." Anatole Litvak will be director and co-producer. . . . Producers William Pine and William Thomas have bought 'Waterfront at Midnight," an original story by Bernard Gerard. "Sunburst," an original by Dietrich V. Hanneken and Aleck Black, has been pur chased by Warners, and will co-star Ronald Reagan and Alexis Smith. . . . "The Miracle of Charlie Dakin," a recent Republic purchase, has been assigned to Alfred Santell for production. . . . RKO Radio has acquired "Mr. Whiskers," by Erwin Galsey. Leopold Atalst is preparing the script for early production by Theron Warth of the Sid Rogell unit. Frank Capra has engaged Claudette Colbert for the role of the wife opposite Spencer Tracy in "State of the Union," to be produced by Liberty Films and released by MGM. . . . Alex Gottlieb will produce "Romance in High C" for Michael Curtiz Productions at Warners. Curtiz will direct the film, a musical comedy with a South American background. . . . Producer Seymour Nebenzal has signed Jean Pierre Aumont to a three-year contract calling for one picture annually. McCrea To Star in Film on Life of Grandfather Arrangements have been completed for Joel McCrea to star in a Flarry Sherman production for Enterprise based on the life of McCrea's grandfather, the late Albert Whipple. As yet untitled, the story will be laid in San Francisco, where Whipple operated the city's leading hotel and restaurant during the gold rush days. McCrea is preparing a synopsis from family records, prior to the assignment of a writer to do the screenplay. "Born Bad," a dramatization of today's juvenile delinquency problem, will be produced at MGM by Robert Lord from an original story by Sid Boehm. . . . Vladimir Horowitz, the world-famed pianist, will make his screen debut in Herman Minkowsky's next production, based on the Stefan Zweig novel, "Fear." . . . Tom D'Andrea is set for an important part in Errol Flynn's next starring vehicle for Warner, "Silver River." Roy Del Ruth Productions has acquired the rights to Cornell Woolrich's story, "Manhattan Love Song." Elliott Gibbons and Forrest Judd will do the screenplay. COMPLETED EAGLE-LION Out of the Blue MONOGRAM Kilroy Was Here High Tide (Wrather) PRC Pioneer Justice REPUBLIC Complex (Wilder) SELZNICK Paradine Case STARTED COLUMBIA Destiny Son of Rusty PRC Bury Me Dead Ghost Town Renegades REPUBLIC Robin Hood of Texas SCREEN GUILD Dark Bullet (Fortune) SHOOTING COLUMBIA Sweet Genevieve Blondie in the Dough Man from Colorado Assigned to Treasury ( Kennedy-Buchman) EAGLE-LION Love from a Stranger MGM The Pirate Good News MONOGRAM The Hunted Song of the Wasteland PARAMOUNT Big Clock PRC Gas House Kids Go West RKO RADIO Memory of Love Dick Tracy vs. the Gruesome Gang Mourning Becomes Electra Fighting Father Dunne Tycoon REPUBLIC Along the Oregon Trail The Outcast SELZNICK Portrait of Jennie 20TH CENTURY. FOX Kiss of Death Scudda Hoo, Scudda Hay Captain from Castile UNITED ARTISTS Atlantis (Nero) UNIVERSAL-INTERNATIONAL Something in the Wind (formerly "For the Love of Mary") Singapore Secret Beyond the Door (Diana) Brute Force (Hellinger) Lost Moment (Wan ger) (formerly "Lost Love") WARNERS Treasure of the Sierra Madre Whiplash Voice of the Turtle Two Guys from Texas Wallflower 26 MOTION PICTURE HERALD, APRIL 19, 1947