Motion Picture Herald (Apr-Jun 1931)

Page scan 00060 from Motion Picture Herald

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 #:
00060
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:
July 18, 2024
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54 MOTION PICTURE HERALD April 4 , 19 3 1 Theatres New York Astor 1,120— 85c-75c Cameo 549— 3Cc-7Bc Capitol 4,700— 86c-$1.60 Central 010— 50C-75C Embassy 698— ZSo Geo. M. Cohan 1,600— B0c-$1. 00 Globe 1,050— 50c-$l. CO Mayfair 2,800 — 40c-85c Paramount 3.700 — ioc-»i.no Rialto 1,004 — 10c-$1.00 Rivoli 2,108— 40c-$1.00 Roxy 0,200 — 0Bc-$1.60 Strand 3,000— 50c-$1.0fl Warners 1,490— 26c-66o Winter Garden 1,493—860-850 Oklahoma City Capitol 1,200— 10c-60c Criterion 1,900— lOc-500 Liberty 1,500— 10c-35c Mid-West 1.500— 10c-50o Warner 1,800— lOc-BOo Omaha Orpheum 3.000 — 26c-60o Paramount 2.900 — 25C-60O State 1,200— 25c-40o World 2,500 — 26c-60o Ottawa Avalon 090— 16c-86o B. F. Keith's 2,59215c-00c ITHCATKE CECEIPrS— CONT'DI Current Week Previous Week High and Low Gross II Picture "Trader Horn" (M(JM) «tli wci-k "The W Plan" (Radio) "Dance Fools Dance" "Ingagi" (C'onsro l*i<'.) 2ii<l wcelt All Newsreel "City Lights" (il.A.) (till week "Cimarron" (Undid) 91 h week "Behind Office Doors" (Radio) "Man of ihe World" (Tar.) "Dishonored" (Par.) 3rd weelt "The Front Page" (U.A.) 2nd week "Charlie Chan Carries On" (rox) "WoFnan Hungry" (F.N.) 'Right of Way" (F.N.) "My Past" (VV.It). 3 days 3rd week 'Fifty Million Frenchmen" (VV.IS.) 4 days "Unfaithful" (I'ar.) "Honor Among Lovers" (I'ar.) "Man to Man" (W.B.) 3 days "Right of Way" (F.N.) 4 days "City Lights" (II.A.) "Doctors' Wives" (Fox) "Ten Cents A Dance" (Col.) "A Connecticut Yankee" (Fox) "Gentleman's Fate" (MGM) 4 days "Connecticut Yankee" (Fox) 3 days 2nd run "New Moon" (MGM) "The Bat Whispers" (U.A.) 8 days "New Moon" (MGM) 3 days "Ten Cents a Dance" (Col.) 3 days "Resurrection" (U.) 3 days Gross Picture 18,363 "Trader Horn" (MGM) 7th week 6,000 "Way Down East" (A Grifath Grey) 79,371 "Great Meadow" (MOM) 8,500 "Ingagi" (Congo Pic.) 1st week 8,686 All Newsreel 34,369 "City Lights" (U.A.) 6th week 14,.500 "Cimarron" (Radio) 8th week 1. 5,500 "Lonely Wives" (Radio) 62,300 "June Moon" (Par.) 25,800 "^'f'"'""^^ , (Par.) 2nd week 55,300 "Kiki" (U.A.) 2nd week "Front Page" (U.A.) 4 days Ist week 81,160 "Body and Soul" (Fox) 18,602 "Hot Heiress" (F.N.) 7,595 "Single Sin" (Tiff.) 6,166 "My Past" (W.B.) 2nd week 14,881 Gross (Tabulation covers period from March, I9M, to March, 1931) 19,350 Uigb 7-6-30 "Big House" 24,86* Low 11-1-SO "War Nurse" 20.3 W 4,300 49,789 Higrh S-SO-SO "Bonianc«" 98,828 L,ow 8-21-31 "Great Meadow" 49,789 11,500 fiB57 High 11-29-80 Newsreels 9,9W ' Low 8-16-80 Newsreels 6,628 45,000 High 2-14-31 "City Lights" 66,200 Low 12-20-80 "Sleeping Partners" 8,700 >;nn High 10-18-30 "Half Shot at Son 19,DUU rise" 28 000 Low 7-2ft-s6'"HeU'i'*ljB'land"!!!!! s'.OSO 19,500 High 11-8-80 "Check and Donlble Check" 61,000 Low 3-28-31 "Behind Office 57,700 Doors" 16,600 High 8-23-30 "Anybody's Woman" tl^M 39 200 12-6-80 "Fast and Loose".. 52,100 High 9-6-30 "Animal Crackers". . 62.600 Low 7-26-30 "Baffles" 17,006 15100 12-27-80 "Royal Family".. 67,000 Low 3-14-31 "River's End" 9,519 36,300 105 450 High 1-10-31 "Man Who Came ' Back" 130,480 Low 2-14-81 "Girls Demand Ex citement" S7.S1B 21,142 High 11-8-30 "Doorway To Hell" 46,446 Low 6-17-30 "The Wedding Bells" 16.017 5,638 High 8-80-30 "Old English" 22.20S Low 3-21-31 "Single Sin" 6,638 21,153 High 7-19-80 "Dawn Patrol" 61,128 Low 11-8-80 "Life of the Party". 10,760 6,500 "Trader Horn" 9 500 "-8-80 "Check and Doable (MGJI) (at 60c-$1.50) t HI' on V.i' " V "'•*"* ' Low 4-0-30 "Party Girl" 3,806 7,500 "Reaching for the Moon" 7,500 nigu 2-21-31 "Cimarron" 15.500 (V.A.) Low 4.e-S0 "Locked Door" 4,400 2,000 "Divorce Among Friends" (W.B.) and 11-29-so "Truth About 9-^(1(1 "Princess and Plumber" (Fox) iMO Low"T6-30 "8ach Men Are i>a^^ gerous" 8,600 10,000 "The Hot Heiress" 6,700 High 8-9-8O -Dawn Patroi" ,6.000 <*-^-> Low 11-8-80 "Last of the Duanes" 8,800 7,000 "Don't Bet on Women" 6,500 .... (Fox) 1 17,500 "Kept Husbands" 14,500 II-I-8O "Check and Double (Radio) ^ Check" 26,400 Low 12-27-30 "See America Thirst" 11,600 11.000 "East Lynne" 9.500 ^'^''orS^'V"^^^ ^^V* 'iSyeL"'? (Fox) it-U ■ " Low 9-27^30 "Song of My Heart'*' 6,960 1,000 "Viennese Nights" 950 "'^lUtm'' .'Z"".^': (''Soooo (W.B.) S days 1^" 8-28-31 "Gentleman's Fate'' ' 850 "Fair Warning" 2,000 "Connecticut Yankee" 1.850 (Fox) 4 days ... . High 10-4. 10-11, 11-22-30 and 1-3 8,500 "Stolen Heaven" 10,000 ^i"'^*"*" 10 * = "Caii of (Par.) B!u" t^ 9^> ?'\V'' "D^.o'^ay to Hell 11-22: "Morocco" 1-3-31.. 13.760 Low 4-6-30 "Girl Said No" 6.7M 1,300 "The Lash" 1,300 High 8-28-30 "Disraeli" «nrt (F.N.) 3 days "Cockeyed World" , 1,400 "Tol'able David" 1,400 6-3-80 "oh Yekh-r '^a (Col.) 3 days "Navy Blues" ]•>,/, 3,700 "Body and Soul" 3,900 hs^k , ,„ ... (Fox) 3 days '^^^ "L^,'; c™*^/,* ^ ^1'"°''" 4,2Q0 "The Steel Highway" 4,100 i^ow it2^?3T"Bu"y"*thV k«d"'^ (W.B.) 3 days days and "Oh, For A Man!" S f.060