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 #:
00058
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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52 Theatres Detroit (Cont'd) RKO Downtown 2,750 — 10c-50c State 8,000— 15c-50o United Artists 2.070— 35C-75C Hollywood Cliinese 2,030— 75o-$l.B0 Egyptian 1.800 — 36c-6So Pan. Hollywood 3.000— 36C-680 W. B. Hollywood S.OOO — S5c-65c MOTION PICTURE HERALD ITHEATCE CECCIPTS — CONT'D I April 4 , 19 3 1 Current Week Picture "Dracula" (C.) "Rango" (Par.) "City Lights" (U.A.) 4th week "Trader Horn" (MGM) 9th week "Don't Bet on Women" (Fox) "Finn and Hattie" (Par.) "Kiss Me Again" (F.N.) Previous Week Gross Picture 26,000 "The Last Parade' (Col.) 17,000 "Today" (Majestic) 23,000 "City Lights" (C.A.) 3rd week 13,500 4,000 10,000 "Trader Horn" (MGM) 8th week "Stolen Heaven" (Par.) "Inspiration" (MGM) 14,000 "Sit Tight" (W.B.) High and Low Gross GnMS (Tabulation covers period from March, 1930. to March, 1931) 26 Onn Hlrh U-l-SO "check and Doable Check" S1.000 Low 10-25-30 "East la West"... U.eOO 14 000 Hlyh 1-24-Sl "lilttle Caesar" t2,60C ' Low 10-25-30 "Ufe of the Party" 2nd week 7,600 23,000 High 1-81-31 "Devi! To Pay" 27.000 Low 19-25-30 "Dn Barry" 7,00# 16,000 HlKh 0-7-SO "HeU'a Anrels" 40,B0« Low 4-27-30 "SonK of My Heart" 21.000 3,200 High 3-23-30 "The Love Parade" 16,«0« Low 3-21-31 "Stolen Heaven" 3,200 l.'^'inn HlKh 6-14-80 "The Floradora Oirl" 30,000 ij,juu 7-19-30 "Troe to the Navy" 8,800 High 2-7-Sl "Little Caesar" 80,000 lonnn 10-18-30 "Sweet Kitty Bell 1»,UUU airs" — 11-22-30 "Truth About Youth" — 1-31-31 "Kan To Man" 12.00« Houston Kirby 1.654 — 25C-50C Loew's State 2.70O— 25c-60c Metropolitan 2.512— 25C-60C RKO Majestic 2.250 — 25C-60C Indianapolis Apollo I.ino— 25c-50c Circle 2.600 — 25r-50o Indiana 3.300— 35o-86c Lyric 2.000— 25O-50O Palace 2.800— 25c-50c Kansas City Loew Midland 4.000 — 25c-6«o Mainstreet S.067— 35c-6fl« Newman 2.000 — 25r-60c Royal 900 — 25c-60c Shubert 1,600— 50c-$1.50 Uptown 2.20O— 25o-60c Los Angeles Carthay Circle 1.6.50 — 75c-$1.50 Fox Criterion 1.652— 35c-65c International 2.000 — 25C-50C Loew's State 2.418— 35c-«5c "Fifty Million Frenchmen" (Par.) "City Lights" (U.A.) "Honor Among Lovers" (Par.) "Lonely Wives" (RKO-Pathe) "Fifty Million Frenchmen" (W.B.) "Today" (Majestic) 9 days "Honor Among Lovers" (Par.) "Girls Demand Excitement" (Fox) "City Lights" (U.A.) 2nd week "City Lights" (U.A.) "Ten Cents a Dance" (Col.) "East Lynne" (Fox) "The Conquering Horde" (Par.) "Trader Horn" (MGM) 2nd week "Gentleman's Fate" (MGM) "Strangers May Kiss" (5IGM) 2nd week "Dance Fools Dance" (JIGM) 2nd week "La Fruta Amargtf' (MGM) "Parlor Bedroom and Bath" (MGM) 12,100 14,000 9,550 7,000 "Conquering Horde" 9,000 High 11-29-30 "Hell's Angels"... le.ooo (Par.) Low 10-4-30 "Bright Lights" 4.500 "Men Call It Love" 10,500 High 5-I6-30 "The Divorcee" 18,000 (MGM) Low 12-12-30 "Lion and Lamb" . . 7,000 "Unfaithful" 14,000 High 1-24-30 "Love Parade" 18,000 (Par.) Low .S-11-30 "Gentlemen of the Press" 7,000 "Ten Cents a Dance" 11,000 High 10-24-30 "Check and Double (Col.) Check" 20.000 Low 7-18-30 "Rough Romance".. 8,000 5,500 "East Lynne" 5,500 "8»t Ttrht" lo.ooo (Fox) 2nd week linagine"-l-10 31 "Viennese Nights" and 2-21 81 "Illicit" 4.0IM1 io«An ..D »' onnn ^'^h 11-1-80 "Check and Doable 10,000 "Rango 3,000 check" zz.m» (Par.) 5 days Low 1-10-31 "The Lash" — 1-24-31 "Mothers Cry" S.OOA 19,000 "Unfaithful" 21,000 High 1-3-31 "Going wild" and (Par.) 3-21-31 "Unfaithful" 21.000 Low 2-14-31 "Oaas Baster" 16,S0« 9,200 "The Seas Beneath" 9,750 High 2-21-31 "The Past Parade". 10.260 (Fox) Low 12-6-30 "The Dancers" 7,500 7,500 "City Lights" 17,200 High 1-31-81 "Reducing" ig.ooc (U.A.) 1st week Low 2-14'Sl "Passion FIowm-"... 8.0M 21,750 "Kiki:' 10,500 High II-29-8O "Hell's Angels" .... 29.00« (U.A.) S-21-31 "KIH" 10.500 16 "inn "Kt>nf TJuthnnd^" 16 500 H'^h 2-14-81 "Cimarron" 24,750 H),DUU n.e^nusoanas io,duu ^o^ 4-13-so "Framed" u.eoo 12,500 "Unfaithful" 10,000 f'^** tl^l'l^ V^f'?^ J^''*!'" ^•'^ ' V Low 4-18-30 "LIrht of Western Stars" 7,eoe 4,500 "Rango" 5,000 High 11-29-30 "Tom Sawyer" 6.0«« (Par.) Low 4-27-80 "Clancy in Wall Street" 1.SM "Trader Horn" 15,000 (MGM) Ist week "The Cohens and Kellys in Africa" 6,000 High 9-87-30 "King of Jazi" io.2«« (U.) Low 0-20 and 11-1-80 "The Wo^ man Backet" 9-20; "Last of the Lone Wolf" 11-1 "Strangers May Kiss" 28,000 High 3-21-31 "Strangers May (MGM) Ist week 5 days and $5.00 Kiss" 28,000 premiere) ^"'^^ 8-16-30 "Holiday" 19.000 "Dance Fools Dance" 18,600 figh 5-24-so "The Divorcee" 29,700 (MGM) 1st week '^"B^roadw^^^. . . .^"""^ ,.oeo "La Gran Jornado" 7,000 (Fox) "Body and Soul" 17,500 High 5-10-30 "Caught short" 4«,ooo (Fox) 10-18-30 "Those Three French Girl*" i5.eoo 9,000 6,500 17,500 10,500 3,000 20,000