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 #:: 000154
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 11. 19 3 1 Theatres THEATRE RECEIPTS— C€NT'DI Current Week Previous Week High and Low Gross Picture Gross Picture GroM (Tabulation covers period from March, It to April, 1931) Montreal (Cont'd) Princess 2,272 2Sc-65c Strand 750 15c-50c New York Astor 1.120 35c-75c Cameo 549 35c-75c Capitol 4,700 35c-$1.50 Central 910 50c-75c Embassy 598 25c Geo. M. Cohan.. 1,500 50c-$1.00 Globe 1,050 50c-$1.50 Mayfair 2,300 40c-85c Paramount .... 3^00 4Oc-$10O Rialto 1,904 40c-$l-00 Rivoli 2,103 40c$1.00 Roxy 6,200 65c-$1.50 Strand 3,000 50c-$1.00 Warners 1.490 25c-65c Winter Garden. 1,493 35c-85c Oklahoma City Capitol 1,200 10c-50c Criterion 1,900 lOc-SOc Liberty 1,500 10c-35c Mid-West 1,500 lOc-SOc Warner 1.800 10c-50c Omaha Orpheum 3,000 25c-60c Paramount 2,900 25c-60c State 1,200 25c-40c World 2,500 25c-60c Ottawa Avalon 990 15c-35c B. F. Ke.th'a.. 2,592 15c-60c Centre 1,200 15c-60c Imperial 1,200 10c-50c ■ Regent 1,225 15c -75c Philadelphia Arcadia 600 50c Boyd 2,400 35c-75c Chestnut 1,860 50c-$1.50 Earle 2,000 25c -65c Erlanger 2,000 50c-$1.00 Fox 3,000 35c-75c Karlton 1,000 40c-50c Keith's 1,800 35c-75c "White Cargo" (British) 12,000 "Right to Love" (Par.) and "Man to Man" (W. B.) 3,900 "Trader Horn" (MGM) 17,987 (9th week) "Rosenmontag" (Ufa) 6,000 "Dance Fools Dance" (MGM).... 59,182 (2nd week) "IngaRi" (Congo Pic.) 7,500 (3rd week) All Xewsreel 8,871 "City Lights" (U. A.) 31,622 (7th week) "Bad Sister" (Radio) 13,500 "Laugh and Get Rich" (Radio)... 15.000 "Conquering Horde" (Par.) 6I,6(X) "Dishonored" (Par.) 21,600 (4th week) "Front Page" (U. A.) 44,280 (3rd week) "Mr. T..emon of Orange" (Fox).... 71.900 "The Finger Points" (F.N.) 33,446 "The Jazz Singer" (W. B.) 2,916 (4 days) "Divorce Among Friends" (W. B.) 3,721 (3 days) "Fifty Million Frenchmen" (W. B.) 17,103 (2nd week) "Ma« of the World" (Par.) 6,400 "Parlor. Bedroom and Bath" (MGM) 7,600 "Kiss Me Again" (F. N.) 1,500 (3 days) "Oh for a Man" (Fox) 2,200 (4 days) "City Lights" (U. A.) 7,400 (2nd week) "Seas Beneath" (Fox) 6.700 "Lonely Wives" (Pathe) 11,500 "Unfaithful" (Par.) 8.750 "Parlor, Bedroom & Bath" (MGM) 1.625 (3 days) "Seas Beneath" (Fox) 1,080 (3 days) "Sit Tight" (W.B.) 9,500 "Man Who Came Back" (Fox)... 1,600 (3 days) "Kiss Me Again" (F. N.) 1,500 (3 days) "Stolen Heaven" (Par.) 3,900 (3 days) "It Pays to Advertise" (Par.)... 3,800 (3 days) "A Lady's Morals" (MGM) 4,900 (6 days) "June Moon" (Par.) 3,800 (6 days) "Inspiration) (MGM) 6,000 (6 days) "Command Performance" (TifV.) . 3^000 (6 days) "Kiss Me Again" (F. N.) 14,000 (6 days) "Girl from the Reeperbahn" (Talk. Pic.) (At 35c-75c) (4 days) 7,500 "Parlor. Bedroom and Bath" (MGM) (6 days) 19,000 "City Lights" (U. A.) 14,500 (6 days) (6th week) "Royal Family of Broadway" 25,000 (Par.) (6 days) "Strangers May Kiss" (MGM).... 7,000 (6 days) "Unfaithful" (Par.) 12,500 (5 days) (2nd week) "Ten Cents a Dance" (Col.).... 9,000 (2nd week) "Illicit" (W. B.) and "The Lash" (F. N.) 4,000 "Trader Horn" (MGM) 18.363 (8th week) "The W Plan" (Radio) 6,000 "Dance Fools Dance" (MGM).. 79,371 (1st week) "Ingagi" (Congo Pic.) 8,500 (2nd week) All Newsreel 8,686 "City Lights" (U. A.) 34,369 (6th week) "Cimarron" (Radio) 14,500 (9th week) "Behind Office Doors" (Radio)... 15,500 "Man of the World" (Par,).... 62,300 "EKshonored" (Par.) 25,800 (3rd week) "The Front Page" (U. A.) 55,300 (2nd week) "Charlie Chan Carries On" (Fox) 81,160 "Woman Hungry" (F. N.) 18,602 "Right of Way" (F. N.) 7,595 "My Past" (W. B.) 6,166 (3 days, 3rd week) "Fifty Million Frenchmen" (W. B.) 14,881 (4 days, 1st week) "Unfaithful" (Par.) 6,500 "Honor Among Lovers" (Par.).. 7,500 "Man to Man" (W. B.) 2,000 (3 days) "Right of Way" (F. N.) 2,300 (4 days) "City Lights" (U. A.) 10,000 (1st week) "Doctors' Wives" (Fox) 7,000 "Ten Cents a Dance" (Col.) 17,500 "A Connecticut Yankee" (Fox).. 11,000 "Gentleman's Fate" (MGM) 1,000 (4 days) "Connecticut Yankee" (Fox) 850 (3 days, 2nd run) "New Moon" (MGM) 8,500 "The Bat Whispers" (U. A.) 1,300 (3 days) "New Moon" (MGM) 1,400 (3 days) "Ten Cents a Dance" (.Col.).... 3,700 (3 days) "Resurrection" (U.) 4,200 (3 days) "Little Caesar" (F. N.) 4,100 (6 days) "The Painted Desert" (Pathe)... 2,500 (6 days) "East Lynne" (Fox) 5,100 (6 days) "The Seas Beneath" (Fox) },000 (6 days) "Behind Office Doors" (Radio)... 19,000 (6 days) "Trader Horn" (MGM) 9,000 (6 days 5th week) "The Great Meadow" (MGM) 23,000 (6 days) "City Lights" (U. A.) 14,000 (6 days 5th week) "Don't Bet on Women" (Fox)... 26,000 (6 days) "The Royal Bed" (Radio) 4,500 (6 days) "Unfaithful" (Par.) 19,000 (6 days) (1st week) Low 8-30-30 "Romance" 12,000 High 1-10-31 "Hell's Angels" 18,500 Low 12-13-30 "Up the River" 8,500 High 1-31-31 "Captain Thunder" 5,300 Low 12-20-30 "(3olden Dawn" 3,100 High 7-5-30 "Big House" 24,860 Low 11-1-30 "War Nurse" 20,319 High 8-30-30 "Romance" 98,322 Low 3-21-31 "Great Meadow" 49,789 High 11-29-30 Newsreels 9,995 Low 8-16-30 Newsreels ; 6,625 High 2-14-31 "City Lights" .' 66,200 Low 12-20-30 "Sleeping Partners" 3,700 High 10-18-30 "Half Shot at Sunrise".. 28.000 Low 7-26-30 "Hell's Island" 8,030 High 11-8-30 "Check and Double Check" 51,000 I>iw 4-4-31 "I.-augh and Get Rich" 15,000 High 8-23-30 "Anybody's Woman" 91,300 I^w 12-6-30 "Fast and Loose" 52,100 High 9-6-30 "Animal Crackers" 62,500 I..OW 7-26-30 "Raffles" 17,000 High 12-27-'0 "Royal Family" 57,000 Low 3-14-31 "River's End" 9,519 High 1-10-31 "Man Who Came Back" 130,430 Low 2-14-31 "Girls Demand Excitement" 57,315 High 11-8-30 "Doorway to Hell" 46,445 Low 5-17-30 "The Wedding Bells".... 15.017 High 8-.TO-30 "Old English" 22,203 Low 3-21-31 "Single Sin" 5,638 High 7-19-30 "Dawn Patrol" 51,128 Low 11-8-30 "Life of the Party" 10,750 High 11-8-30 "Check and Double Check" 17,000 Low 4-6-30 "Party Girl" 3,800 High 2-21-31 "Cimarron" 15,500 Low 4-6-30 "Locked Door" 4,400 High 11-29-30 "Truth About Youth".... 8,500 Low 4-6-30 "Such Men Are Dangerous" 3,500 High 8-9-30 "Dawn Patrol" 15.000 Low 11-8-30 "Last of the Duanes".... 3,800 High 11-1-30 "Check and Double Check" 26,400 Low 4-4-31 "Lonely Wives" 11,500 High 12-13-30 "Hell's Angels" 12,750 Low 9-27-30 "Song of My Heart".... 5,950 High 3-14-31 "Trader Horn" (at 50c-$1.50) 10,000 Low 3-28-31 "Gentlemen's Fate" and "Connecticut Yankee" 1JS50 High 1-3-31 "Morocco" 13.750 Low 4-6-30 "Girl Said No" 6,750 High 3-23-30 "Disraeli" and "Cockeyed World" 3,555 Low 5-3-30 "Oh Yeah" and "Navy Blues" 1 810 High 3-30-30 "Sacred Flame" and "Love Comes Along" 9,900 Low 12-27-30 "Billy the Kid" and "Oh, for a Man" 5,050 High 1-24-31 "Madam Satan and "Du Barry, Woman of Passion" 8.800 Low 12-13-30 "Remote Control" 2,400 High 8-30-30 "All Quiet on Western Front" 4,100 Low 12-20-30 "East Is West" 2,050 High 5-24-30 "High Society Blues" 6,600 Low 12-20-30 "Scotland Yard" 3,200 High 11-22-30 "Anybody's Woman" 5,500 Low 4-4-31 "Command Performance".. 3,000 High 2-21-31 "Illicit" 28,000 Low 12-13-30 "Sin Takes a Holiday"... 12,000 High 9-6-30 "Sap from Syracuse" 25,000 Low 2-14-31 "ExFlame" 15,500 High 2-7-31 "Man Who Came Back".. 40,000 Low 3-7-31 "Girls Demand Excitement" and East Lynne" 23 000 High 10-25-30 "Whoopee" ['.'.'. lo'.OOO Low 3-21-31 "Resurrection" 3,(XK) High 1-3-31 "Tom Sawyer" 24,000 Low 3-7-31 "It Pays to Advertise" and "Stolen Heaven" 8,000