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 #:
0001668
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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46 MOTION PICTURE HERALD June 27, 1931 Theatres Philadelphia (Cont'd) ITHEATCC CECCIPTS — CONT'D I Current Week Previous Week High and Low Gross 4.800 35c-75c .. 3.700 35c-7Sc 1,700 2Sc-65c Picture Gpom "Young Donovan's Kid" (Radio).. 38.000 (6 days) "Smart Money" (F. N.) 19,000 (6 days) "The Secret Six" (MGM) /,500 (6 days — 2nd week) Picture Gross "Laughing Sinners" (MGM) 39,000 (6 days) "White Shoulders" (Radio) 14,000 (6 days) "The Secret Six" (MGM) 11,500 (6 days — 1st week) (Tabulation covers period from March, to May, 1931) 1931. High 1-3-31 "Going Wild" 58.000 Low 10-18-30 "Madame Satan" 35.000 High 2-14-31 "Cimarron" 26.000 Low 6-6-31 "The She Wolf" 9.000 High 3-21-31 "The Last Parade" 16.500 Low 6-6-31 "Bachelor Apartment" 7,500 Portland, Ore. Fox Broadway.. 1.912 25c-50c Fox Paramount. 3.068 25c-60c Fox Rialto 1,498 2Sc-35c Hanirick's Music Box 1.800 25c RKO Orpheum.. 1.700 25c-50c ••Daddy Long Legs" (Fox) 8,200 "Laughing Sinners" (MGM) 15,800 "Kismet" (F. N.) 2.500 (3 days) "Dude Ranch" (Para.) 2,100 (4 days) (W. B.) 4,600 14.800 "Svengali' (3Sc) "Everything's Rosie" (Radio) "Women Of All Nations" (Fox).. 4,200 (5 days — 2nd week) "Lawyer's Secret" (Para.) 15,300 "Men Call It Love" (MGM) 1,500 (3 days) "Stepping Out" (MGM) 2,000 (4 days) "God's Gift To Women" (W. B.). 3,700 (5 days) "White Shoulders" (Radio) 9,700 High 1-10-31 "Min and Bill" 21,000 Low 4-4-31 "The Prodigal" 3.000 High 1-3-31 "Paid" 26.000 Low 4-20-30 "Ladies Love Brutes" 9.456 High 10-18-30 "Road to Paradise" 12.800 Low 4-18-31 "Right of Way" 3.000 High 2-14-31 "Cimarron" 20.000 Low 5-23-31 "Iron Man" 8.500 Providence Loew's State ... 3.800 lOc-SOc Majestic 2.40O lOc-SOc Paramount 2.30O 10c-50c RKO Albee .... 2,300 10c50c RKO Victory 1,600 10c-50c St. Paul Paramount 2,300 25c-50c Riviera 1,600 25c-50c RKO Orpheum. 2.600 25c-50c Tower 1.000 15c-25c San Francisco El Capitan .... 3,100 25c-60c Fox 4,600 50c-$1.00 Golden Gate ... 2.800 35c-65c Orpheum 3,000 25c50c Paramount 2,740 35c-90c United Artists.. 1,200 25c-60c Warfield 2,700 25c-50c Warners 1,385 35c-S0c Seattle Fifth Avenue .. 2.750 Fox Coliseum... 2.000 25c-75c 25c-50c 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-7.Sc Shea's 2,600 30c-75c Tivoli 1,600 15c-75c Uptown 3.000 lSc-60c •Just a Gigolo" (MGM) 12.000 'Public Enemy" (W. B.) and.... 14,000 "Gold Dust Gertie" (W. B.) •Vice Squad" (Para.) 9,500 •Transgression" (Radio) 8.000 '•The Viking" (J. D. Williams)... 4,500 "Laughing Sinners" (MGM) 7,500 '•Ladies Man" (Para.) 5,200 "Everything's Rosie" (Radio) 15,000 "Gold Dust Gertie" (W. B.) 4,000 "Mr. Lemon of Orange" (Fox).... 13,500 "Daddy Long Legs" (Fox) 50,000 "Everything's Rosie" (Radio) 14,000 •Seed" (U.) 15,000 (2nd week) •Lawyer's Secret" (Para.) 17,000 "City Lights" (U. A.) 13,500 (3rd week) "Five and Ten" (MGM) 24,000 •The Maltese Falcon" (W. B.).. 8,500 "Daddy Long Legs" (Fox) 15.000 Don't Bet On Women" (Fox).... 3,000 (4 days) •Finn and Hattie" (Para.) 2,000 (3 days) "The Love Trader" (Tiff.) 6.000 •Indiscreet" (U. A.) 6,000 (2nd week) "The Lawyer's Secret" (Para.) 13,500 •Donovan's Kid" (Radio) 14,000 "Always Goodbye" (Fox) 15.000 (6 days) "Shipmates" (MGM) 13.000 (6 days) ••The ".-tec* Alibi" (Radio) 10,500 (6 days) "Daddy Long Legs" (Fox) 12,500 (6 days) •■Men Call It Love" (MGM) ll.OCO (6 days) "Laughing Sinners" (MGM) 17,000 "Always Goodbye" (Fox) and 13,500 "Six Cylinder Love" (Fox) "The Lawyer's Secret" (Para.) 9,000 "Everything's Rosie" (Radio) 4,800 (6 days) "Beyond Victory" (Pathe) 4,000 "The Lawyer's Secret" (Para.).. 8.000 "The Finger Points" (F. N.) 7,500 "Donovan's Kid" (Radio) 16,500 "Kiki" (U. A.) 3,000 "Strangers May Kiss" (MGM).... 13,400 "Laughing Sinners" (MGM) 37,300 "(3ood Bad Girl" (Col.) 15,000 'Seed" (U.) ; 15,000 (1st week) "Trader Horn" (MGM) 16.000 (6 days — 3rd week) "City Lights" (U. A.) 18,000 (2nd week) "Gun Smoke" (Para.) 18,000 'Svengah" (W. B.) 7,200 (2nd week) "Never The Twain Shall Meet".. 11,000 (MGM) 'Dude Ranch" (Para.) 3,000 (4 days) 'Gun Smoke" (Para.) 1,550 (3 days) "Sweet Kitty Bellairs" (W. B.) and 5.500 "Oklahoma Cyclone" (Syndicate) "Indiscreet" (U. A.) 7,500 (1st week) "Daybreak" (MGM) 12,000 "Beyond Victory" (Pathe) 14,500 "The Lawyer's Secret" (Para.) 14,500 (6 days) "Indiscreet" (U. A.) 14,000 (6 days) ""It's A Wise Child" (MGM) 12,000 (6 days) "Seed" (U.) 12,500 ffi daysl "Kick In" (Para.) 10,500 (6 days) High 12-13-30 "Hell's Angels" 28.008 Low b-20-31 "Just a Gigolo" 12.000 High 3-7-1 "Little Caesar" 18.000 Low 4-4-31 "Love of Aloha" and "Cos tello Case" 8.000 High 7-19-30 "Son of the Gods" 18.000 Low 5-30-31 "Gentlemen's Fate" 6,900 High 8-2-30 "All Quiet on Western Front" 20.000 Low 6-13-31 "Everything's Rosie" 4,800 High 4-6-30 "Golden Calf". 13,500 Low 6-6-31 "Donovan's Kid" 2,800 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 Low 5-3-30 "Children of Pleasure" 18.000 High 5-30-31 "Subway Express" 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 Low 4-5-30 "Bishop Murder Case" 9.500 High 1-21-31 ""Illicit" 14,500 High 4-18-31 '"Trader Horn" 17.000 Low 3-14-31 "Inspiration" (10 days)... 10,000 High 1-10-31 '"The Lash" 11.500 Low 6-13-31 "Sweet Kitty Bellairs" and "Oklahoma Cyclone" 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 Low 6-20-31 "Always Goodbye" 13,000 High 4-18-31 "City Lights" 22,000 Low 10-4-30 "Love m the Rough" 10,500 High 3-7-31 ""Those Three French Girls" 16.500 Low 3-28-31 ""Madonna of the Streets" 10.000 High 2-28-31 '"Cimarron" 19,500 Low 12-20-30 '"Alf's Button" 9,000 High 8-16-30 "For the Defense" 17.500 Low 1-31-31 "Young Woodley" 9..500