Motion Picture Herald (Apr-Jun 1931)

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Title:: Motion Picture Herald
Date:: Apr-Jun 1931
Publisher:: [New York, N.Y. : Quigley Pub. Co.]
Volume:: Motion Picture Herald (Apr-Jun 1931)
Leaf #:: 000152
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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54 MOTION PICTURE HERALD April 1 i , 19 3 ITHEATKE CCCEIPTS-CONT'D I Theatres Chicago Castle 299 Chicago 4,000 McVicker's 2,284 Oriental 3,940 Orpheum 665 Palace 2,509 Punch & Judy.. 354 Roosevelt 1,591 State Lake 2,776 United Artists.. 1,700 Woods 1,166 Cincinnati Kt-ith's 1,600 RKO Albee 3,300 RKO Capitol.... 2,000 RKO Family.... 1,140 RKO Lyric 1,400 RKO Palace.... 2,700 RKO Strand.... 1,350 Cleveland Allen 3.300 Hanna 1,400 Keith's 105th St. 2,200 RKO Hippodrome 4,500 RKO Palace.... 3,600 State 3,600 Stillman 1,900 Warners" Lake. 800 Denver Denver 2,300 Huff'n's Aladdin 1,500 Huffman's Tabor 1,900 Paramount 2,000 Rialto 1,040 Des Moines Des Moines 1,600 Orpheum 2,000 Paramount 1,700 Strand 1,100 Detroit Fisher 2,800 Fox 5,500 Michigan 4,100 Paramount .... 3,448 RKO Downtown 2,750 State 3,000 United Artists.. 2,070 Current Week Previous Week Picture Gross Picture 40c-60c "Under Roofs of Paris" (Tobis).. 4,225 (40c-50c) 35c-85c "Honor Among Lovers" (Par.).. 42,.TO0 35c-85c "Connecticut Yankee" (Fox) 3,?,000 35c-85c "It's A Wise Oiild" (MGM).... 35,450 40c-60c "Reducing" (MGM) 2,700 35c-85c "Bad Sister" (U.) 24,500 25c-50c "Anna Christie" (German version) (MGM) (9 days 2nd week) 765 35c-85c "Conquering Horde" (Par.) 14.375 35c-85c "Dracula" (U.) 31,100 (9 days 2nd week) 35c-85c "City Lights" (U.A.) 25,750 (3rd week) 35c-85c "The Single Sin" (Tiflf.) 5,520 30c-50c "Parlor, Bedroom & Bath" (MGM) 4,750 (35c -SOc) 30c-75c "Conquering Horde" (Par.) 21,000 35c-50c "Gc-ntleman's Fate" (MGM) 10,098 20c-35c "Desert Vengeance" (Col.) 2,275 (4 days) "Aloha" (Tiff.) 1,225 (3 days) 30c50c "The Seas Beneath" (Fox) 9,873 30c-50c "Man of the World" (Par.) 15,074 25c-40c "Misbehaving Ladies" (F.N.) ... 4,000 30c-60c "Men Call It Love" (MGM) 16,000 50c-$1.50 "Trader Horn" (MGM) 20,000 25c50c "The W Plan"' (Radio) 12,000 35c-75c "The Last Parade" (Col.) 14,000 (2nd week) 25c-7Sc "Bad Sister" (U) 21,000 (At 40c -75c) 30c-60c "The Prodigal" (MGM) 19,000 40c-75c "City Lights" (U. A.) 14,000 (At 40c-50c) (3rd week) 40c-60c "Viennese Nights" (W. B.) 5,500 25c-65c "Man of the World" (Par.).... 18,500 35c-50c "Lonely Wives" (Pathe) 6,500 25c-50c "Fifty Million Frenchmen" (W. B.) 9,500 25c-50c "Par. Bedroom & Bath" (MGM) 10,500 25cSOc "The Lottery Bride" (U. A.) 3,500 25c-60c "Unfaithful" (Par.) 7,000 25c-50c "Behind Office Doors" (Radio) .. 5,000 (3 days) "The Flood" (Col.) 4,000 (4 days) 25c-60c "Conquering Horde" (Par.) 6,000 (3 days) "Tailor Made Man" (MGM) 5,500 (4 days) 20c-30c "Captain Applejack" (W.B.; .... 1,000 (3 days) "Seas Beneath" (Fox) 800 (4 days) 35c-75c 15c-50c 35c-75c 35c-7Sc 10c-50c 15c-50c 35c-75c Gross "Drums of Jeopardy" (Tiff.).... 5,423 (8 (lays) "Man of the World" (Par.).... 47,500 "Ea.st Lynne" (Fox) 18,.300 (2nd week) "Charlie Chan Carries On" (Fox).. 29,300 "Viennese Night.s" (F. N.) 3,350 "Lonely Wives" (RKO-Pathe) . . . . 27,100 "Anna Christie" (German version) (MGM) (9 days Lst week) 1,160 "Parlor, Bedroom and Bath" 15,600 (MGM) I ■ 1 "Dracula' I.U.) 41,875 (1st week) "City Lights" (U. A.) 38,950 (2nd week) "Men Call It Love" (MGM) 7,950 "Viennese Nights" (W. B.) 6,000 "June M(Km" (MGM) 22,000 "East I.ynne" (Fox) 14,064 "Caught Cheating" (Tiffany) 2,600 (4 days) "The Single Sin" (Tiff.) 1,400 (3 days) "New Moon" (MGM) 14,090 (7 days and Sat. midn't show) "City Lights" (U. A.) 12,500 (7 days and Sat. midn't show 2nd week) "The Lottery Bride" (U. A.) 4,500 "Man of the World" (Fox) 16,000 "The Last Parade" (Col.) 26,000 (1st week) "The Conquering Horde" (Par.).. 23,000 (At 30c-75c) "Seas Beneath" (Fox) 20,000 "City Lights" (U. A.) 15,000 (2nd week) "The Truth About Youth" (F. N.) 6,000 "Honor Among Lovers" (Par.).... 16,500 "Body and Soul" (Fox) 7,000 "Don't Bet On Women" (Fox)... 9,000 "Reaching for the Moon" (U. A.) 12,500 "Trader Horn" (MGM) 8,000 (At 50c-$1..50) "The Connecticut Yankee" (Fox) 9,000 "Ten Cents a Dance" (Col.) 6,000 (3 days) "A Lady Refuses" (Radio) 4,500 (4 days) "Body and Soul" (Fox) 9,000 (4 days) "June Moon" (Par.) 3 000 (3 days) "Gentleman's Fate" (MGM) 1,100 (3 days) "Boudoir Diplomat" (U.) 440 (4 days) "Fifty Million Frenchmen" (W. B.) 18,000 "Charlie Chan Carries On" (Fox).. 47,000 "Honor Among Lovers" (Par.) 35,000 "Dishonored" (Par.) 15,000 "Dracula" (U.) 26,000 "Rango" (Par.) 17,000 (4th week) "City Lights" (U. A.) 23,000 High and Low Gross (Tabulation covers period from March, 193 to April, 1931) High 4-27-30 Low 4-13-30 High 9-6-30 Low 7-12-30 High 7-12-30 Low 4-13-30 High 7-19-30 Low 5-24-30 Manchu" High 8-2-30 Front" . . . Low 4-4-31 ' High 6-7-30 Low 7-19-30 "White Cargo" "High Treason" "Anybody's Woman" "Unholy Three" "Big House" "Son of the Gods" "Our Blushing Brides" "Adventures of Dr. Fu "All Quiet On Western 'Reducing" 'On the Level" 'Shooting Straight". 10, 2, 64 37, 50, 17, V 60,61 21,5( ' 8,(« ■ 2,7( 31,2( 16,2C High 7-5-30 "With Byrd at South Pole" 32,80 Low 11-22-30 "Up the River" 13,30 High 10-18-30 "Half Shot at Sunrise".. 45,.v Low 9-27-30 "La,st of Duanes" 18,40 High 3-21-31 "City Lights" 46,56 Low 9-6-30 "Eyes of the World" 13,20 High 4-27-30 "Ladies of Leisure" 25,50 Low 4-4-31 "The Single Sin" 5,53 High 11-20-30 "Africa Speaks" Low 3-7-31 "Numbered Men" High 1-3-31 "Remote Control" Low 12-20-30 "Silver Horde" High 9-20-30 "Common Clay" Low 3-14-31 "Fighting Caravans" High 11-1-30 "Men Without Law" and "Undertow" Low 3-7-31 "Captain Applejack" and "The Lion and the Lamb" High 10-25-30 "The Big House" Low 2-7-31 "Little Caesar" High 11-1-30 "Check and Double Check" Low .10-4-30 "The Spoilers" 13,001 4,001 33,3-' 20,1.^( 22,0r)( 9,2IX; ' 5,60Ci 2,500 23,900 8,655 28,100 13,290 High 10-11-30 "Common Clay" 6,940 Low 2-21-31 "A Lady's Morals" 3,001 High 7-19-30 "Let Us Be Gay" 31,000 I..OW 12-20-30 "Follow Through" 12,500 High 4-27-,TO "High Society Blues" 46,000 Low 7-5-30 "Women Everywhere" 13,000 High 3-2.i-30 "Harmony at Home".... 47,000 Low 12-6-30 "Heads Up" 18,000 High 1-3-31 "Princess and the Plumber" 25,000 I>ow 12-6-30 "Oh for a Man" 14,500 High 1-3-31 "Min and Bill" 33,000 Low 4-13-30 "Putting On the Ritz".... 10,000 High 3-7-31 "The Easiest Way" 20,000 Low 12-27-30 "Remote Control" 13,000 High 5-21-31 "City Lights" 10,000 Low 12-27-30 "Big Money" 5,000 High 3-21-31 "City Lights" 14,000 Imw 12-27-30 "Sinners Holiday" 8,000 High 1-10-31 "Hell's Angels" 22,000 Low 3-14-31 "One Heavenly Night".... 10,000 High 3-28-31 "Trader Horn" 8,000 Low 12-27-30 "Fast and Loose" 2,500 High 2-14.31 "Cimarron" 18,000 Low 4-27-30 "Rogue Song" 5,000 High 2-14-31 "Cimarron" 18,000 Low 12-20-30 "Sin Takes a Holiday".. 6,500 High 6-14-30 "Lady of Scandal" and "Safety in Numbers" 22,000 Low 12-6-30 "Three French Girls" and "Derelict" 8,000 High 3-2,^30 "Evidence" and "Roadhouse Nights" 9,007 Low 3-28-31 "Gentleman's Fate" and "Boudoir Diplomat" 1,540 High 1-31-31 Low 11-15-30 High 1-24-31 Low 11-1-30 High 3-7-31 Low 10-25-30 High 1-24-31 Low 12-6-30 ' High 11-1-30 Low 10-25-30 High 1-24-31 Low 10-25-30 High 1-31-31 Low 10-25-30 "No Limit" "Way for a Sailor" "Man Who Came Back".. "For the Love of Lil" "My Past" "Her Wedding Night" "Reducing" 'Outward Bound" "Check and Double Check" "East is West" "Little Caesar" "Life of the Party" "Devil to Pay" "Dii Barry" 29,000 12,000 55,000 29,000 38,000 20,000 30,000 13,000 31,000 14,000 22,000 7,.500 27,000 7,000