Year book of motion pictures (1938)

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THEATER STATISTICS FOR THE UNITED STATES TOTAL, THEATERS THEATERS CLOSED THEATERS OPEN 1-1-38 1-1-38 1 1-38 1-1-37 State Number Seats Number Seats Number Seats Number Alabama 92.932 18 6,927 243 86,005 257 A.rizona 98 43,174 13 2,716 85 40,458 72 A.rkansas . . 193 77,845 23 8,687 170 69,168 176 \jaixx\ji iiici 1,000 766,517 127 65,322 873 701,196 848 238 109,936 18 6,385 220 103,551 207 ConnGCticut ... 183 173,952 11 8,033 172 165,919 183 3(J 20,889 (> 2,035 30 18,854 30 Dist. of Columbia. 56 48.602 1 2,000 55 46,602 49 Florida . . 136,194 29 10,719 244 126,476 235 G6org"ia . . 276 1 27,367 14 3,805 262 123,662 257 153 57,363 12 3,110 141 54 253 142 Tllin r»i e . . 1,090 714,336 176 74,213 914 863 Indian a 556 289,614 95 24,412 461 265,202 477 Iowa 471 195,358 55 17,750 416 177,608 449 Kansas 429 191,548 65 22,580 364 168,968 .339 Kentucky 306 138,220 53 13,642 253 124,578 238 Louisiana 284 139,098 20 7,123 264 131,975 260 181 90,955 33 15,133 148 / 0,0/0 -i/ 168 216 122,881 13 4,787 203 1 1 Q C\QA. 210 425 428,156 50 31,829 375 OVO At t 383 IVr i oYt i cr a n 668 428,904 70 28,000 698 4-On QO-l 575 ^AinnBsot a 38 13,263 504 214 642 504 175 74,890 17 7,726 158 67, 164 167 Missouri 625 375.055 107 45,396 518 329,659 476 158 55.134 12 2,750 146 52,384 137 Nebraska 358 135.710 52 18,167 306 117,543 327 Nevada 44 14.781 3 350 41 14,431 34 New Hampshire . ill 63.365 29 14,212 82 49,163 80 New Jersey ... 427 432,435 51 46,409 376 386,026 373 New Mexico . . . 92 38.543 9 3,896 83 34,647 69 New York 1,474 1,403,728 131 81,078 1,343 1,322,660 1,356 Nortii Carolina 350 156,000 20 6,350 330 149,660 337 North Dakota . . 191 51,465 23 4,859 168 46,606 206 886 569,506 63 24,150 823 646.366 814 Oklahoma 432 194,410 39 14,180 393 180.230 401 Oreg-on 237 112,442 20 3,505 217 108,937 200 Pennsylvania 1.302 864.044 70 43,851 1,232 820,193 1,098 Rhode Island . . (56 65,335 10 9,005 56 66,330 69 South Carolina 143 63,948 14 4,757 129 59,191 167 South Dakota .... 215 (53,73 6 37 8,817 178 54,919 203 Tennessee 219 105,740 18 5,128 201 100,612 206 383,193 76 21,601 969 361,692 923 Utah 203 62,276 26 3.750 177 58,526 138 Vermont 80 40,000 10 3,125 70 36,876 Virginia 294 143,744 22 7,401 272 136,343 277 Washington 318 167.758 17 10.470 301 147,288 299 West Virginia 288 117,897 36 8,719 252 109.178 269 Wisconsin 469 267,561 77 29,418 392 238.143 396 Wyoming 55 22,864 440 53 22,424 65 TOTALS . . 18.182 10,657,306 1.931 801,981 16,251 9,866.326 16,065 Data from a FILM DAI LY survey AVheii sei ilinsj oapaoit V was not avaihible, the lious« s were added in as having 100 seats. 45