Motion Picture Herald (May-Jun 1947)

Record Details:

Title:
Motion Picture Herald
Date:
May-Jun 1947
Publisher:
[New York, N.Y. : Quigley Pub. Co.]
Volume:
Motion Picture Herald (May-Jun 1947)
Leaf #:
000557
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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Prod. No. Title Tradeshow or Release Date 718 Beat the Band Feb. 19/47 719 The Devil Thumbs a Ride.... Feb. 20, '47 720 Code of the West Feb. 20, '47 • BLOCK 5 721 Honeymoon May 17/47 722 Born to Kill May 3/47 723 Tarzan and the Huntress Apr. 8/47 724 A Likely Story Apr. 19/47 725 Banjo May 15/47 BLOCK 6 726 They Won't Believe Me July/47 727 The Woman on the Beach June/47 728 Desperate June/47 729 Dick Tracy's Dilemma July/47 730 Thunder Mountain June/47 BLOCK 7 Seven Keys to Baldpate Bachelor and the Bobby Soxer. Under the Tonto Rim Riff Raff SCREEN-GUILD U>04 Death Valley Aug. (605 Flight to Nowhere Oct. •606 'Neath Canadian Skies Oct. ♦607 Rolling Home Nov. 4610 North of the Border Nov. 4609 My Dog Shop Dec. 4612 Renegade Girl Dec. 4611 Queen of the Amazons Jan. HC07 Rustler's Valley Mar. 4614 Bells of San Fernando Apr. HC08 Texas Trail Apr. 4613 Buffalo Bill Rides Again Apr. HC09 Partners of the Plains Apr. 4608 Scared to Death May HCIO Cassidy of Bar 20 May 46 46 '46 46 46 46 46 '47 '47 47 47 47 '47 '47 '47 Prod. Tradeshow or No. Title Release Date 4615 Shoot to Kill May 17/47 4616 Bush Pilot Juno 7/47 HCII Heart of Arizona June 14/47 4619 Hollywood Barn Dance June 21/47 4617 The Hat Box Mystery July 15/47 HCI2 Bar 20 Justice July 19/47 4618 The Case of the Baby Sitter . July 26/47 4620 Killer Dill Aug. 2/47 SELZNICK REL ORG. Duel in the Sun Apr. 17/47 20TH CENTURY-FOX 633 Centennial Summer Aug. .'46 634 Anna and the King of Siam Aug. ,'46 635 Deadline for Murder Aug., '46 636 Black Beauty Sept.. '46 637 Claudia and David Sept./46 638 If I'm Lucky Sept. ,'46 641 Sun Valley Serenade (R) Sept. ,'46 639 Three Little Girls In Blue Oct., '46 640 Home Sweet Homicide Oct., '46 642 The Bowery (R) Oct., '46 644 Wanted for Murder (Brit.) Nov., '46 645 My Darling Clementine Nov., '46 646 Margie Nov., '40 648 Dangerous Millions Dec. .'46 649 Wake Up and Dream Dee. ,'46 701 The Razor's Edge Jan., '4? 702 13 Rue Madeleine Jan. ,'47 703 The Shocking Miss Pilgrim Jan., '47 704 Les Mlserables (R) Jan. ,'47 705 Stanley and Livingstone (R) Jan. ,'47 706 Boomerang Feb.. '47 707 The Brasher Doubloon Feb. .'47 708 Strange Journey Feb. ,'47 709 Alexander's Ragtime Band ( R) . . Mar.,'47 711 Backlash Mar.,'47 710 Carnival in Costa Rica Apr., '47 712 The Late George Apley Apr./47 714 San Demetrio, London (Brit.) ... Apr., '47 713 Homestretch May., '47 715 The Ghost and Mrs. Muir May./47 716 Jewels of Brandenburg May/47 717 Moss Rose June/47 718 Miracle on 34th Street June/47 Prod. No. Title Tradeshow or Release Date UNITED ARTISTS Mr. Aee Aug. 2, Caesar and Cleopatra (Brit.). Aug. 16, The Bachelor's Daughters. .. .Sept. 6, Angel on My Shoulder Sept. 20, .... Little Iodine Oct. II, Strange Woman Oct. 25, Devil's Playground Nov. 15, The Chase Nov. 22. Susie Steps Out Dec. 13, Abie's Irish Rose Dee. 27, Fool's Gold Jan. 31, The Red House. Feb. 7, The Fabulous Dorseys Feb. 21, .... The Private Affairs of Bel Ami Mar. 7, .... The Macomber Affair Mar. 21, Unexpected Guest Mar. 28, The Sin of Harold Diddlebock Apr. 4, New Orleans Apr. 18, Ramrod May 2, .... Adventures of Don Coyote. .. .May 9, Fun on a Weekend May 15 Dishonored Lady May 16 .... Dangerous Venture May 23 Copacabana May 30 46 '46 '4® 46 46 '46 '46 '46 46 '46 '47 '47 '47 ,'47 ■47 '47 '47 *47 •47 ,'47 ,'47 ,'47 ,'47 ,'47 UNIVERSAL '543 The Black Angel Aug. 2/46 544 Slightly Scandalous Aug 2/46 545 Wild Beauty Aug. 9/46 1 105 Rustler's Roundup Aug. 9/46 546 The Time of Their Lives Aug. 16/46 1106 Lawless Breed Aug. 16/46 517 Dead of Night (Brit.) Aug. 23/46 .... Brief Encounter (Brlt.).(T) Aug. 24/46 1107 Gunman's Code Aug. 30/46 548 The Killers Aug. 30/46 549 Little Miss Big Aug. 30/46 550 White Tie and Tails Aug. 30/46 Men of Two Worlds (Brit).. Sept. 9/46 1063 They Were Sisters (Brit.) .Sept. 20/46 .... Johnny Frenchman (Brit.) Oct., '46 601 Dark Mirror Oct./46 A Lady Surrenders (Brit.) (T) Oct. 4/46 602 Magnificent Doll Nov., '46 Prod. Tradeshow or No. Title Release Date 603 Notorious Gentleman (Brit.).. Nov 1/46 604 Temptation Dec/46 605 Wicked Lady (British) Jan./47 606 Swell Guy Jan./47 607 I'll Be Yours Jan./47 609 Smash-Up Mar.,'47 610 Michigan Kid Mar.,'47 2791 Destry Rides Again (R) Mar.,'47 2792 When the Daltons Rode ( R) ... Mar.,'47 611 Stairway to Heaven (British) . .Mar.,'47 612 Buack Privates Come Home Apr./47 2793 You Can't Cheat an Honest Man (R) Apr.,'47 2794 I Stole a Million (R) Apr.,'47 614 Time Out of Mind May/47 2795 Magnificent Obsession (R) May/47 2796 One Hundred Men and a Girl (R) May/47 Odd Man Out (Brit.) June,'47 The Vigilantes Return June/47 615 The Web June/47 WARNER BROTHERS 523 Night and Day Aug. 3/46 524 Two Guys from Milwaukee. . .Aug. 17/46 601 The Big Sleep Aug. 31/46 602 Shadow of a Woman Sept. 14/46 603 Cloak and Dagger Sept. 28/46 604 Nobody Lives Forever Oct. 12/46 605 Deception Oct. 26/46 606 Never Say Goodbye Nov. 9/46 607 The Verdict Nov. 23/46 608 Kings Row (R) Dec. 7/46 609 Wild Bill Hickok Rides (R).Dec. 7/46 610 Time, Place and the Girl Dec. 28/46 611 The Man I Love Jan. 11/47 612 Humoresque Jan. 25/47 613 The Beast with Five Fingers Feb. 8/47 614 Nora Prentiss Feb. 22/47 615 Pursued Mar. 8/47 616 That Way with Women Mar. 29/47 617 Stallion Road Apr. 12/47 618 The Sea Hawk (R) Apr. 28/47 619 The Sea Wolf (R) Apr. 28/47 620 Love and Learn May 3/47 621 The Two Mrs. Carrolls May 24/47 622 Cheyenne June 14/47 .... Possessed July/47 623 The Unfaithful July 5/47 Cry Wolf Aug. 15/47 SHORT SUBJECTS reviews and synopses (Running times are those quoted by the distributors.) LET'S SING A COLLEGE SONG (Univ.) Sing and Be Happy (2383) Prefacing each song with views of the campus on which it is sung, this picture deals with five universities : Notre Dame and its "Victory Song" ; the University of Maine and the "Stein Song" ; the University of California and "Hail to California" ; Southern Methodist atid "Peruna," and Georgia Institute of Technology and "Rambling Wreck." Release date, April 14, 1947 10 minutes RACING SLEUTH (RKO) Sportscope (74,309) When crookedness seeps into horse racing, the Thoroughbred Racing Protective Bureau takes over. In this short, actual methods used to fix a race are shown and agents of the Bureau show how they work to keep corruption and gangsters out of the sport of kings. Release date, May 2, 1947 8 minutes LEAVE US CHASE IT (Col.) Color Phantasy (8704) When a cat, plagued by the mischievous misdoings of a clever mouse, hits on a comic maga zine telling of the exploits of "Superkat," she dons the paraphernalia of the legendary hero of her species, but nothing happens. The cat continues to be outfoxed by the mouse in a number of hilarious adventures. Release date, May 15, 1947 6y2 minutes OVERTURE TO WILLIAM TELL (Univ.) Lants Color Cartune (2326) Wally Walrus, masquerading as Sir Wally Walrus, the famous orchestra leader, stars in this one. When Wally mounts the podium to conduct his orchestra, troubles begin. They never stop until the cartoon does and the orchestra is completely destroyed. Release date, June 16, 1947 7 minutes GOOFY GOLF (Col.) Sport Reels (8808) This short is a take-off on various kinds of golfers by Joe Ezar, self-styled clown-prince of golf. After imitating various types such as "The Dub," "The Slugger" and "The Form," he performs a few feats of gold magic that ought to amaze both the professionals and the amateurs or even the non-golfers. Release date, April 24, 1947 9 minutes FAMOUS HOLLYWOOD MOTHERS (Col.) Screen Snapshots (8859) Everybody loves a baby, especially when its mother happens to be a famous film star. Following up this theory the short shows some of Hollywood's lovelies and their offsprings. Among those whom the camera visits are Ginny Simms, Rosalind Russell, Eleanor Powell, Brenda Marshall and Judy Canova. Release date, May 1, 1947 10 minutes CUPID GOES NUTS (Col.) All-Star Comedy (8425) Comedienne Vera Vague in a double role which calls for plenty of laughs. She plays twins — one, a shy spinster, the other her usual self. When the two switch dates and the spinster's sedate boy friend suddenly finds himself confronted with the not-so-shy Vera, and Vera's passionate beau finds the dry spinster on his hands, the situations involve sure-fire comedy. The use of that technique is unusual for a short. Release date, May 1, 1947 16 minutes TWO JILLS AND A JACK (Col.) All-Star Comedy (8440) The marital mixup formula cleverly applied to the best advantage of comedian Andy Clyde. Searching for "sweet patootie," who has left him after a lover's spat, Andy meets an old friend, but at the same time gets the impression that his girl-friend has married his pal. When the friend's wife turns up and Andy is accused of having an affair with her, the comedian really is in a mess, but it's laughs for curtains. Release date, April 17, 1947 IS minutes MOTION PICTURE HERALD, JUNE 7, 1947 3669