Motion Picture News (Jul - Sep 1930)

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Top Place in "Chi" to "Quiet With 35 Grand Chicago^ <-^*$jtf&?i& W W ^^ drop irom^he P^hng despite a *6,IXW a P w^st'l^J^ weeks gro>s. IMP , r,oNl" fi, .»• at S35.600 U'°^J<^*Nff"* . o*^>c«* >l,,ay oiV>erv' -A ^ 'All Quiet' Still Leads New York's Long Run Films I Continued heavy take by "All Quiet,". and tairly healthy grosses by the Capitol, with *lorodora Girl," the Paramount playine Safety -in Numbers," and Roxy's Will Rogers film, "So This Is London," were thel highlights of theatre activities alonr New V ork s main stem. ' The Universal war story brought 24 grand, maintaining its hoi^n.i ' "■ ■ of seven wests. L±^~ M p.oNt' (U> iE WESTERN 5FRONa 'AH Quiet" Only Draw at 'Frisco; Clips 38 Grand "AH Quiet on *ft wti^n F^Zf °f I other big week's business the 'a ' d'd a"' reported for a thir!i ,rgest ever $38,000 *£ aM inl of iW^fh ^J"8 reported eooH h„o /c< rhe Fo.\ Madrid" ihere it TS ^'V1" Ga* 'rated 105%! "^^ssed^^OOO^ a* " -i> ) for the last ( -^^•AVhlie Hell of Pit*. Palu ^ Urf»-^, Vj at the Woods in midf^,} replaced it at tne ^ "•*■! ^Cei;r the heat -th $10,000 forj^ umphed over the 1 jeat ir^j-^ first four days t^u/c;. -^* 1 . , i .:,!.■ «Mth the^L great for Calif QX ta^„ ,000 took the skids w view \,4,000. "K VtfE V "^ 105% TCRN FRONT v otblr *^AR^*Organ "tfSSj^gg I "Young Desire'' The Big Thing In S. F.-$12,500 "Capt. Guard's /mP Qf|0 1<^ XllSn I ) San Francisc°— Staee presentatit Jft)0*OVJ" *k <_y I / picture houses are doing a come-back, T> y-p 1 ling a larger attendance at the Paramount /~\i* ^^ffrlWa It-UW-'5 I I than pictures. The Embassy is scheduled VJl XJ*'*'**'1 |/ to offer presentations for the first time be ginning June 25. Tl.n ., ....1 In C -i n pri n/.i Ci-rv line n^^n a ions in draw ramount Ott-a-A hot Jgg.^fSSSASS l0 box offices here dunng t lie m a couple of showers gave «cep aUained tary boost. Not one him *^ iWtors thenv business par ior the ^^ siow but hTS; W«"». ™," *!T7& Card," *«/»«; Happy Dais \.Roouc So«3 <-3. ? .•r.asv That 2K*C^ OF THE OUARO-MU-W^U,. "•c,.,Tar Plum rap<i. 'q,^ Groi= $5,800. ^h^IpY^DAYS^Fox)^ ^^ The week in San Francisco has been a very poor one, with but two theatres doing good business. The Casino had a rating of 135% and gross receipts of $12,500. The picture, "Young Desire," was considered excellent, as was the manner in which it was displayed. The fourth week of "All ■ Quiet on the Western Front" jyintinnarl 1Q, r draw. Its gro>»-t— J^* "_., Tpont" <"•> \VAKFlELW-^news. „u„,c. ^ "YOUn^G 3^ 7 da,S,e,u°e?F»« and ■~ St. Francis ™h"k *"",?, thc World." •pude, Golden Gale '•/'„ r »•?"?' . W°>"en," RKo Fo*: "All Qu^ln ,L Weys,ernadPd-" .?".*< *™. ^'an from BlanUey's " fL," Front WardeldDance, Dai-ies -/„Lr brassy; -Those IV),', ^„»'iF'OrpZtmBy,0n °f B'°°<>™y. Casino". { HERE are a few headlines clipped at random from ONE issue of Motion Picture News— June 21, 1930. They're just a sample of how Universal is hitting the headlines in trade and newspapers all over the country — particularly in the columns of box-office reports. And that's the kind of language you understand best. READ ABOUT UNIVERSAL EVERYWHERE! CASIN i tions: I Frolic.;i '.,vue <."Fun .(2TOI. J" " ■• music. rel, A b . «2 500. R*tJnl< Orot?^VANJ^,:' UNIVERSAL FIRST!