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 #:
00062
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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56 MOTION PICTURE HERALD April 4, 193 1 Theatres St. Paul Paramount «.30»>— 2Bc-B0o Riviera 1.00(K— Zr.o-BOc RKO Orpheum RKO President l,20»— 2B<j-B0c Tower I.OOO— lBo-«8o ITHCATCC CECCIPTS — CCNT'DI Current Week Previous Week Picture Gross Picture "The Soulhcrmr" (The Prodif/al) 8,000 "Illicit" (M(JM) (W.B.) "Scuniliil Sheet" (I'„r.) "Ten CenlH a Dance" (<!oI.) "67/// Lif/hlH" (IJ.A.) (lit 50c) "Sit Tiqhl" (W.H.) 7,000 "Reaching for the Moon" (U.A.) 13,000 "Lonelfi Wives" (Piilhe) 8,000 "The Last Parade" (Col.) 2,000 "Rango" (Par.) Gross High and Low Gross (Tabulation covers period from March, 1(3*, to March. 1»31) 8,000 7,500 15,000 3,500 3,000 San Francisco California 2.8 in — nSn-QOc El Capitan ■.iiH>'-tn<< wtv Fox t.AOO— OAr-tl.Oe Golden Gate 1.81)0 — SfW^-eOr Orpheum 8,000— SOc-OOc Paramount 2,740 — .ICc-Mfl tVarfield 2,700— nOc-OOc Warners 1,S85 — 30o-7So "Connecticut Yanlcee" (Fox) "The Man Wlio Canir Hark' (Fox) "Doctors' Wives" (Fox) "Befiind Office Doors" (Radio) "Millie" (KikIIo) H tlii.vH '/tnil wi-«k "Unfaiffifiil" (Far.) "Tfte Prodigal" (M(JIVI) "I'lflg Million Frenchmen" (W.U.) 15,500 "ft Pays to Advertise" (Fur.) n,m "Paid" (MOM) 33,000 "Connecticut Yanlcee" (Fox) 16,000 "Tfie Flood" (Col.) 10,000 "Millie" (Rnillo) 1st ■week 17,500 "Rango" (Par.) 25,000 "Body and Soul" (Fox) 10,000 "My Past" (W.U.) 2nd week 11,000 13,000 65,000 16,000 18,000 20,000 26,000 8,000 High 1-10-31 "The Blue AnKel".. tB.OOO l.ow 0-20-30 "Bad Man" 9,000 meh 12-6-80 "Up the River" 17,000 liOW 1"10-81 "Renegades" and 8 14-81 "Part Time Wife" 12.000 Illlfh 1-3-31 "Llchtnln" " 70,000 I>ow 6-3-80 "Children of Pleas ure" 18.000 IIiKh 7-5-30 "Fall Onj" 19.000 L.OV/ 9-20-30 "The 8tonn" 9,800 HiKh 2-14-31 "Cimarron" 80,000 Low 9-6-SO "OotRlde the Law"... 7.000 High 2-7-81 "Morocco" tS.OOO lIiKh 0-24-30 "All Quiet on Western Front" 41.000 Low 4-5-80 "BUhop Murder Case" 9,500 HiKh 1-21-31 "Illicit" 14,500 Seattle Blue Mouse Ono— Zr>r-75<i Fox 2,460—260-750 Fifth Avenue 2,750— 20<i-76c Liberty 2,000— lBo-30« Music Box <».^(l— ;;r><'-7r.r Paramount 8,150 — 2n<-76r RKO Orpheum 2,060— 8So-70« "// Pays to Advertise" (Fur) "Tfie Gorilla" (F.N.) (! dii.vs "Going Wild" (F.N.) 'I (lii.vs "A Connecticut Yanlcee' (Fox) "Lion and the fjamh" (Col.) "My Past" (W.H.) "Stolen Heaven" (Pur.) "Ten Cents a Dance" (Col.) 6,000 "My Past" (W.B.) 4,000 "The Gorilla" (W.B.) 4 days 3,500 "Motfier's CryT' (F.N.) 3 days 16,000 "East Lynne" (Fox) 5,.500 "Utah Kid" (Tiff.) 5,500 "Painted Desert" (PuHio) 12,000 "Little Caesar" (F.N.) 13,000 "Kept Husbands" (R4idio) 5 500 2-28-31 "City LUhts" 14,000 Low 9-18 and 9-27-80 "Ladles Most Play" 9-18; "Byes of the World" 0-27; 2-21-31 "Hho <Jot Whut Hhe Wanted"; 3-21-31 "My Fust" 5.500 3,500 niKh 12-20-30 "MIn and Bill" 15,000 Low 3-14-31 "Parlor, Bedroom 2 500 B<ith" 6,500 unnn 0-0-80 "Call of the Flesh".. 16,000 I4,UUU L,„w 3-14-31 "Inspiration" (10 days) 10,000 6,000 High 1-10-31 "The Lash" 11,500 Low 3-7-31 ".Juws of Hell" and 3-28-31 "Lion und tho Lnmb". . 5,500 7,500 Hlifh 2-28-31 "City Llirht-" 14.000 Low 3-28-31 "My Fust" 6,500 16,000 HlRh 0-1.3-30 "Aolmiil Cn.. I^tm". 21.000 Low 10-11-80 "The Bad Man"... lO.Mt 10,000 Toronto Imperial 3,444— 16c-7«0 Loew's 2.200— 26o-76r Shea's 2,600— 80O-76C Tivoli l.flOO— 16o-76c Uptown "Unfailltful" (Pur.) 0 dii.vs "Reacfiing for tfte Moon" (F.A.) (! dujs "Madonna of tfie Streets" (Col.) « duys "East Ijynnc" (Fov) (! du.vH !Jii(l w«'<>k "Tfic Gang Buster" (Pur.) 0 duys 1b,000 "Tfie Bachelor Father" (MOM) (! duys 15,500 "Way for a Sailor" (MGM) 0 dnys 14,000 "Fair Warning" (Fox) (I duys 10.000 "East Lynne" (Fox) (( du.vH Ih(. week i;{.500 "Beau Ideal" (Radio) 6 duys 17,000 HiKh 9-27-30 "The Spoilers" 22,000 Low 12-20-30 "The Cat Creeps". . 14,50* fccnn Hleh 11-8-30 "Whoopee" 22,000 io,ovv 10-4-80 "Love In the Ronrh" 10,600 13,500 H'eb 0-0-30 ' Once a Gentleman" and 8-7-31 "Those Three French Olrls" 1»,600 Low 3-28-31 "iVIadoiiiiu of llu< ir nnn Streets" 1«,»MI0 lJ,OUO HiKh 2-28-31 "Cimarron" (with premiere ut ndvunced prices).. 19,600 Low 12-20-30 "Alf's Button" 9,000 13,000 High 8-10-.30 "For the Defense". 17.600 Low l-Sl-31 "Younj Woodley".. 9 JfOO