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 #:: 000155
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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April 11. 19 3 1 Theatres Philadelphia (Cont'd) MOTION PICTURE HERALD ITHCATEE RECEIPTS — CCNT^D I 57 Current Week 4^ 3Sc-75c 3,700 3Sc-75c 1.700 25c-65c Por+land, Ore. Fox Broadway.. 1,912 25c-SOc Fox Paramount. 3.068 2Sc-50c Fox Rialto 1,498 25c-50c Hamrick's Alder 1.000 25c-50c RKO Orpheum.. 1,700 2Sc-50c United Artiits.. 945 25c-8Se Providence Loew'i State.... 3,800 lOc-JOc Majestic 2,400 lOc-SOc Paramount 2,400 lOc-SOc RKO Albee 2.300 lOc-.SOc RKO Victory.... 1,600 10c50c St. Paul Paramount 2,300 25c-50c Riviera 1.600 2Sc-S0c RKO Orpheum. 2.600 25c-50c RKO President.. 1,200 50c Tower 1,000 15c-25c San Francisco California 2,315 35c-90c El Capitan .... 3,100 25c-60c Fox 4,600 50c-$1.00 Golden Gate ... 2,800 35c-65c Orpheum 3,000 35c-90c Paramount 2,740 35c-90c Warficld 2,700 50c-90c Warners 1,385 .30c-75c Seattle Blue Mouse ... 950 25c-75c Fox 2,450 25c-75c Fifth Avenue .. 2,750 25c-75c Liberty 2,000 15c-30c Music Box 950 25c-75c Paramount 3,150 25c-75c RKO Orpheum. 2,650 25c-75c Toronto Imperial 3,444 15c ■75c Loew's 2,200 25c-75c Royal Alexander. 1,700 50c-$1.50 Shea's 2,600 30c -75c TivoH 1,600 15c-75c Uptown 3,000 15c-60c Picture GroM "It's a Wise Child" (MOM).... 43,000 (6 days) "Reaching for the Moon" (U. A.) 13,000 (6 days) (3rd week) "The Last Parade" (Col.) 12,000 (6 days 3rd week) "The Prodigal" (MGM) 3,000 "Tailor Made Man" (MGM) 12,000 "Father's Son" (F. N.) 4,500 "Rango" (Par.) 3,000 "Behind Office Doors" (Radio).... 13,500 ""Fighting Caravans" (Par.) 6,000 (At 25c50c) 'Parlor, Bedroom & Bath" (MGM) 17.000 "Love of Aloha" (Tiff.) and "Cos tello Case" (SonoArt) 8,000 "Man of the World" (Par.) 10,000 ■Behind OflFice Doors" (Radio).... 9,000 "The W Plan" (Radio) 5,500 "Unfaithful" (Par.) 8^600 "Gentlemen's Fate" (MGM) 7,200 "Behind Office Doors" (Radio).... 11.500 "City Lights" (U. A.) 5,500 (2nd week) "Conquering Horde" (Par.) 2,000 "Conquering Horde" (Par.) 15,000 "Reducing" (MGM) 14,500 "Man of the World" (Par.) 40,000 "Lonely Wives" (Pathe) 16,000 "Dracula" (U.) 18,000 "Honor Among Lovers" (Par.)... 18,500 "Not Exactly Gentlemen" (Fox).. 25,000 "Fifty Million Frenchmen" (W. B.) 9,000 (2nd week) •Rango" (Par.) 6,000 "Conquering Horde" (Par.) 7,000 "Connecticut Yankee" (Fox) lljOOO (2nd week) "The Man Hunter" (W.B.) 6,000 "Drums of Jeopardy" (Tifl.) 5,500 "Tailor Made Man" (MGM) 14,000 "Lonely Wives" (Pathe) 12,000 "Body and Soul" (Fox) 16,000 (6 days) "Inspiration" (MGM) 15,500 (6 days) "Trader Horn" (MGM).... 16,000 (6 days) "Once a Sinner" (Fox) 14,500 (6 days) "Little Caesar" (F. N.) 10,500 (6 days) "Hook, Line and Sinker" (Radio) 10,500 (6 days) Previous Week Picture Gross "Strangers May Kiss" (MGM)... 52,000 (6 days) "Reaching for the Moon" (U. A.). 18,000 (6 days 2nd week) "The Last Parade" (Col.) 15,000 (6 days 2nd week) "Unfaithful" (Par.) 7,000 "Body and Soul" (Fox) 15,500 "Great Meadow" (MGM) 6,000 "Ex-Mistress" (W. B.) 4,000 "Ten Cents a Dance" (Col.) 12,500 "City Lights" (U. A.) 5,700 (2nd week) "The Prodigal" (MGM) 18,500 "Kismet" (F. N.) 10.000 "June Moon" (Par.) 10,500 "Ten Cents a Dance" (Col.) 11,000 "Dracula" (U.) 5,000 "The Southerner" (The Prodigal) 8,000 (MGM) "Scandal Sheet" (Par.) 7,000 "Ten Cents a Dance" (Col.) 13,000 "City Lights" (U. A.) 8,000 at 50c) (1st week) "Sit Tight" (W. B.) 2.000 "Connecticut Yankee" (Fox) 15,500 "The Man Who Came Back" 13,500 (Fox) "Doctors' Wives (Fox) 33,000 "Behind Office Doors" (Radio)... 16,000 "Millie" (Radio) 10,000 (8 days 2nd week) "Unfaithful" (Par.) 17,500 "The Prodigal" (MGM) 25,000 "Fifty Million Frenchmen" (W. B.) 10.000 (1st week) "It Pays to Advertise" (Par.) 6,000 "The Gorilla" (F. N.) 4,000 (6 days) "Going Wild" (F. N.) 3,500 (4 days) "A Connecticut Yaijkee" (Fox)... 16,000 (1st week) "Lion and the Lamb" {Co\.) 5,500 "My Past" (W. B.) 5,500 "Stolen Heaven" (Par.) 12,000 "Ten Cents a Dance" (Col.) l.iOOO "Unfaithful" (Par.) 16,000 (6 days) "Reaching for the Moon" (U. A.) 15,500 (6 days) "Madonna of the Streets" (Col.).. 14,000 (6 days) "East Lynne" (Fox) 10.000 (6 days 2nd week) "The Gang Buster" (Pa.-.) 13,500 (6 days) High and Low Gross (Tabulation covers period from March, 1930, to April, 1931) High 1-3-31 "Going Wild" 58,000 Ix>w 10-18-30 "Madame Satan" 35,000 High 2-14-31 "Cimarron" 36,000 Low 12-27-30 "The Lash" and "Abraham Lincoln" 11,500 High 3-21-31 "The Last Parade" 16,500 Low 2-28-31 "Beau Ideal" (8 days) 7,500 High 1-10-31 "Min and Bill" 21,000 Low 4-4-31 "The Prodigal" 3,000 High 1-3-31 "Paid" 26,000 Ix)w 4-20-30 "Ladies Love Brutes" 9,456 High 10-18-30 "Road to Paradise" 12,800 Ix)W 3-14-31 "Fair Warning" 3,500 High 2-14-31 "Cimarron" 20,000 Low 3-21-31 "Kept Husbands" 9,000 High 12-13-30 "Hell's Angels" 16,400 I>ow 4-4-3 "Fighting Caravans" 6,000 High 12-13-30 "Hell's Angels" 2S,m Ix>w 10-25-30 "Du Barry, Woman of Passion" 16,500 High 3-7-31 "Little Caesar" 18,000 Ixiw 4-4-31 "Love of Aloha" and "Cos tello Case" 8,000 High 7-19-30 "Son of the Gods" 18,000 Ixiw 3-7-31 "Rango" 8,000 High 8-2-30 "All Quiet on Western Front" 20,000 Low 12-20-30 "Boudoir Diplomat" 8,000 High 4-6-30 "Golden Calf" 13,500 Low 3-28-31 "Dracula" 5,P00 High 1-10-31 "The Blue Angel" 25,000 Low 9-20-30 "Bad Man" 9,000 High 12-6-30 "Up the River" 17,000 Low 3-14-31 "Part Time Wife" 12.000 High 1-3-31 "Lightnin' " 70,000 Ix)W 5-3-30 "Children of Pleasure" 18,000 High 7-5-30 "Fall Guy" 19.000 Low 9-20-30 "The Storm" 9.800 High 2-14-31 "Cimarron" 30,000 Low 9-6-30 "(Outside the Law" 7.000 High 2-7-31 "Morocco" 35.000 High 5-24-30 "All Quiet on Western Front" 41,000 Ixiw 4-5-30 "Bishop Murder Case" 9,500 High 1-21-31 "Illicit" 14.500 High 2-28-31 "City Lights" 14,000 Low 3-21-31 "My Past" 5,500 High 12-20-30 "Min and Bill" 15,000 Ix)w 3-14-31 "Parlor, Bedroom and Bath" 5,500 High 9-6-30 "Call of the Flesh" 16,900 Low 3-14-31 "Inspiration" (10 days)... 10,000 High 1-10-31 "The Lash" 11.500 Low 3-28-31 "Lion and the Lamb" 5.500 High 2-28-31 "City Lights" 14,000 Low 4-4-31 "Drums of Jeopardy" 5,500 High 9-13-.30 "Animal Crackers" 21,900 Low 10-11-30 "The Bad Man" 10,000 High 9-27-30 "The Spoilers" 22,000 I^w 12-20-30 "The Cat Creeps" 14,500 High 11-8-30 "Whoopee" 22,000 Low 10-4-30 "Love in the Rough" 10,500 High 3-7-31 "Those Three French Girls".. 16,500 Low 3-28-31 "Madonna of the Streets" lO.OiX) High 2-28-31 "Cimarron" 19,500 Low 12-20-30 "Alf's Button" 9,000 High 8-16-30 "For the Defense" 171500 Low 1-31-31 "Young Woodley" 9,500