Motion Picture Herald (Apr-Jun 1931)

Record Details:

Title:
Motion Picture Herald
Date:
Apr-Jun 1931
Publisher:
[New York, N.Y. : Quigley Pub. Co.]
Volume:
Motion Picture Herald (Apr-Jun 1931)
Leaf #:
00057
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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April 4, 19 3 1 Theatres Cincinnati (Cont'd) RKO Capitol 8,000 — 30c-50c RKO Family I,14»— 20c-S5o RKO Lyric 1.400 — S0c-60c RKO Palace J.700— SOc-SOc RKO Strand 1.350— 25C-40C MOTION PICTURE HERALD ITHCAFCE CCCEIPTS — CCNT'DI 51 Current Week Previous Week Picture Gross Picture "East Lynne" (Fox) "Caught Cheating" (Tiffany) 4 days "The Single Sin" (Tiffany) 3 days "New Moon" (MGM) 7 days and Sat. midn't show "City Lights" 12,500 (U.A.) 7 days and Sat. midn't show 2nd week "The Lottery Bride" 4,500 (U.A.) 14,064 "Unfaithful" (Par.) 2,600 "The Costello Case" (Sono Art) 4 days 1,400 "Girls Demand Excitement" (Fox) 3 days Gross 13,640 2,665 1,435 14,090 "The Easiest Way" 8,096 (MGM) 2nd week 7 days and Sat. midnight show "City Lights" 25,640 (U.A.) 7 clays and Sat. midn't show 1st week "The Great Meadow" 4,800 (MGM) High and Low Gross (Tabulation covers period from March, 1930, to March. 1931) Hieh 9-20-30 "Common Clay" 22,000 Low 3-14-31 "Fighting Caravans" 9,200 HiKh 11-1-30 "Men Without Law" 4 days and "Undertow" 3 days 5,160 Low 3-7-31 "Captain Applejacli" 4 days and "The Lion and the Lamb" 3 days 2,500 Hleh 10-26-30 "The Big Home". 23,000 Low 2-7-31 "Little Caesar" 8,658 High 11-1-30 "Checlc and DoaMe Checlf" , 28,100 Low 10-4-30 "The Spoilers" 13,290 High 10-11-30 "Common Clay" 6,940 Low 2-21-31 "A Lady's Morals".. 3.001 Cleveland Allen 3.300—800-600 RKO Hippodrome 4,500— 35c-75c RKO Palace 3.60O— 25c-75c State 3,600 — 30c-60c Stillman 1 .900 — 40o-76c Warners' Lake 800 — iOc-60c Denver Denver 2.300 — 25r-65r Huffman's Aladdin 1 .500— S-lr-Sni Huffman's Tabor 1.900 — 25r-i5nr Paramount 2,000 — 25r-50r Rialto 1.040 — 2.';r-50i Des Moines Des Moines I .(iOO — 25<'-6fli Orpheum 2.00(1 — 25<'-50f Paramount 1,700 — 25o-60c Strand 1.100 — 20C-S0C "Man of the World" (Fox) "The Last Parade" (Col.) (at 30c-75c) "The Conquering Horde" (Par.) (at 30c-75c) "Seas Beneath" (Fox) "City Lights" (U.A.) 2nd week "The Truth About Youth" (F.N.) "Honor Among Lovers" (Par.) "Body and Soul" (Fox) "Don't Bet on Women" (Fox) "Reaching for the Moon" (U.A.) "Trader Horn" (MGM) (at 50c-$1.50) "The Connecticut Yankee" (Fox) "Ten Cents a Dance" (Col.) 3 days "A Lady Refuses" (Radio) 4 days "Body and Soul" (Fox) 4 days "June Moon" (Par.) 3 days "Gentleman's Fate" (MGM) 3 days "Boudoir Diplomat' (U.) 4 days 16,000 "East Lynne" 19,000 Y^tl^tl^^^\^Atf.%t%on, of My Heart"— 8-23; "Follow Thru" — 12-20; "Follow the , Leader"— 9-13 12.500 26,000 "DraCUlt^' 14,000 High 4-27-30 "High Society (C.) 2nd week (at 20c-75c) Bines" 46,000 Low 7-5-30 "Women Everywhere" 13,000 23,000 "Behind Office Doors" 23,000 High 3-23-30 "Harmony at Home" 47,000 (Radio) 12-6-30 "Heads Up" 18,000 20,000 "Body and Soul" 20,000 "^,'j,^be'r" Z '.\ ". ? 25.ooe <Fox) 13-6-30 "Oh For a Man'"." U.'sOO 15 000 "Cifu Linhft" ^1 000 "'^h 1-3-31 "Min and Bill" 33,000 1D,UUU Vlty jLigntS ai.UUO j^^^ 4-13-30 "Putting on the (U.A.) 1st week Rlti" 10,000 6,000 "Woman Hungry" 6,000 (F.N.) 16,500 "Unfaithful" 14,250 High 2-7-31 "inspiration" and 3-7-31 "The Easiest Way" 20,000 ^ ' Low 11-15 and 12-27-30 "Girl of Golden West" 11-15; "Remote Control"— 12-27 13,000 7,000 "City Lights" 10,000 High 1-24-31 "Man who Came (X7 A ) Back"; 3-14-31 "Bast Lynne"; 3-21-31 "City Lights" 10,000 Low 12-27-30 "Big Money" 5,000 9,000 "City Lights" 14,000 ''"^"f '"^^'^oi (U A ) (at 35C-50C) 3-14-31 "Dracnla"; 3-21-Sl (U.A.) (at d5c-5«c) Lights" 14,000 Low 12-27-30 "Sinners Holiday". 8.000 12,500 "The Southerner" (The Prodigal) 11,750 1],^ il'^S:!!. "s"u'"nn^'\"n^d'r-'ii:3i (MGM) "One Heavenly Night" lO.OOfl 8,000 "Gentleman's Fate" 2,800 High 3-28-31 "Trader Horn" 8.000 (MGM) Low 12-27-30 "Fast and Loose". 2,50»i 9,000 "Reaching for the Moon" 8,500 Hieh 4-27-30 "High society Biues" ^iwriVfr and 2-14-31 "Cimarron" 18.0(V v^iuiu; j^^^ 4-27-30 "Rogne Song" 6.(W 6,000 "Last Parade" 6,500 High 4-27-30 "High Society Bines" (Col.) 3 days and 2-14-31 "Cimarron" 18,000 4,500 "The W Plan" 4,000 12-20-30 "SIn Takes a Holi (Radio) 4 days " "^y" B""" 9,000 "Father's Son" 6,000 High 6-14-30 "Lady of Scandal," (W.B.) 3 days 8 days, and "Safety In Num 3,000 "Honor Among Lovers" 6,000 . •'^'f^A^^.^^i. • • L";,".; /p„ N 4 j„ " Low 12-6-30 "Three French Girls" (Par.) 4 days "Derelict" 8.000 1,100 "Trader Horn" 7,000 High 3-23-30 "Evidence," 4 days. (MGM) "Boadhonse Nights" 9.00' 440 Low 3-28-31 "Gentleman's Fate" and "Boudoir Diplomat" 1,540 Detroit Fisher 2.800— 35c-76c Fox R.-IOO — I5o-50o Mirhiffan 4.1(10 — 35o-75c Paramount 1,448 — 36C-750 "Fifty Million Frenchmen" (W.B.) "Charlie Chan Carries On" (Fox) "Honor Among Lovers" (Par.) "Dishonored" (Par.) I 18,000 "Men Call It Love" (Par.) 47,000 "Don't Bet on Women" (Fox) 35,000 "Unfaithful" (Par.) 15,000 "Easiest Way" 'MGM) 2nd week 19,000 45,000 32,000 19,0f0 High 1-31-31 "No Limit" 29.000 Low ll-lS-30 "Way For a SaUor" 12.onn High 1-24-31 "Man Who Came Back" 55.OO11 Low 11-1-30 "For the Love of Lil" 29.000 High 3-7-31 "My Past" 88.000 Low 10-26-30 "Her Wedding Night" 20.000 High l-!i4-31 "Rednclng" 30.000 Low 12-6-30 "Outward Bound"... 18,000