Motion Picture Herald (Nov-Dec 1934)

Record Details:

Title:
Motion Picture Herald
Date:
Nov-Dec 1934
Publisher:
[New York, N.Y. : Quigley Pub. Co.]
Volume:
Motion Picture Herald (Nov-Dec 1934)
Leaf #:
000148
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:
November 03, 2022
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58 MOTION PICTURE HERALD November 10, 1934 [THEATRE RECEIPTS—CONT'D! Theatres Current Week Picture Previous Week Gran Picture High and Low Gross (Tabulation covers period fran January, 1933.) (Dates are 1933 unless otherwise specified) Indianapolis Apollo 25c-40c Orcle 2,800 2Sc-40c Indiana 3,133 25c-40c Lyric 2,(X» 2Sc-40c Palsce 3,dOO 25c-40c Kansas City Mainstreet 3,049 25c -40c Midland 4,000 25c-40c Newman 1,800 2Sc-40c Tower 2,200 2Sc-35c Uptown 2,000 2Sc-40c Los Angeles Loew'a State 2,416 30c-55c Paramount 3,596 30c-SSc RKO 2,700 25c -6Sc W. B. Downtown 3,400 2Sc-40c Minneapolis Century 1,650 25c-40c Lyric 1,238 20c-25c RKO Orpheum... 2.900 2Sc-50c Sute 2,300 25c-40c Time 300 25c-3Sc World 400 25c-75c Montreal Capitol 2,547 25c-60c Loew's 3,115 30c-75c PaUce 2,600 34c-7Sc Princess 2,272 30c-65c New York Aster 1,012 55c-$2.20 Capitol 4,700 35c-$1.65 Criterion 886 55c-$2.20 Mayfair 2,300 35c-65c Palace 2,500 25c-7Sc Paramount 3,700 35c-99c Rialto 2,200 25c-65c RivoU 2,200 40c-99c RKO Music HaU 5.945 3Sc-$1.65 Roxy 6.200 25o-55c Strand 3,000 25c-55c "Caravan" (Fox) 2,000 "Gift of Gab" (Univ.) and 4,000 "Wagon Wheels" (Para.) "The Gay Divorcee" (Radio) 5,000 (2nd week) "Happiness Ahead" (F. N.) 7,500 "Transatlantic Merry-Go-Round". . 5,000 (U. A.) "Happiness Ahead" (F. N.) 11,000 (7 days and Sat. late show) (25c -450) "Transatlantic Merry-Go-Round". 7,200 (U. A.) (7 days and Sat. midnite show) "Cleopatra" (Para.) 8,700 (8 days and Sat. midnite show) "Great Expectations" (Univ.) 6,000 (7days and Sat. midnite show) "Judge Priest" (Fox) 5,400 (2nd week) 'Peck's Bad Boy" (Fox) 7,250 'Cleopatra" (Para.) 12,000 (2nd week) ''The Gay Divorcee" (Radio) 9,800 (2nd week) "A Lost Lady" (F. N.) 7,500 "Madame Du Barry" (W. B.).... 4.000 "Our Daily Bread" (U.A.) 2,000 "Happiness Ahead" (F. N.) 6,000 "Big Hearted Herbert" (W. B.).. 6,000 "A Girl of the Limberlost" 2,500 (Mono.) (3rd week) "The Bride of the Lake" 2,500 (AmerAuglo) "Age of Innocence" (Radio) and... 9,000 "Big Hearted Herbert" (W. B.) "There's Always Tomorrow" (Univ.) 13,500 "Chained" (MGM) 12.000 "The Count of Monte Cristo" (U. A.) 6,000 and "Look for the Silver Lining" (2nd week) "The Merry Widow" (MGM) 8,700 (3rd week) "What Every Woman Knows" 31.700 (MGM) "Man of Aran" (Gaumont-British) 4,200 (2nd week) "Student Tour" (MGM) 7,800 "The Age of Innocence" (Radio).. 14,500 "Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch" 27,000 (Para.) "Lemon Drop Kid" (Para.) 14,000 "The Last Gentleman" (U. A.).... 17,500 (2nd week) "The Pursuit of Happiness" (Para.) 77,000 "Little Friend" (Gaumont-British) 24,500 (2nd week) "Madame Du Barry" (W. B.) 14,492 "Judge Priest" (Fox) 2,000 (4th week) "A Lost Lady" (F. N.) 3,500 "The Gay Divorcee" (Radio) 9,000 (1st week) "Kansas City Princess" (W.B.).. 7,500 "What Evrey Woman Knows".. 4,000 (MGM) "The Gay Divorcee" (Radio) 7,800 (7 days and Sat. late show) (2nd week) "What Every Woman Knows" 8,600 (MGM) (7 days and Sat. midnite show) "Wagon Wheels" (Para.) 6,000 (7 days and Sat. midnite show) "I'll Fix It" (Col.) 8,700 (7 days and Sat. midnite show) "Judge Priest" (Fox) 9,200 (1st week) "Barretts of Wimpole Street".... 11,900 (MGM) (2nd week) "Oeopatra" (Para.) 21,405 (1st week) "The Gay Divorcee" (Radio) 14,500 (1st week) "Big Hearted Herbert" (W. B.).. 8,800 "The Last Gentleman" (U.A).... 4,500 "Wagon Wheels" (Para.) 1,700 "The Gay Divorcee" (Radio) 6,000 (2nd week) "Cleopatra" (Para.) 6,500 "A Girl of the Limberlost" 3,000 (Mono.) (2nd week) "Blue Danube" (B. & D.) 3.000 "Outcast Lady" (MGM) and 10,000 "Kansas City Princess" (W. B.) "The Lemon Drop Kid" (Para.).. 12,000 "The Barretts of Wimpole Street" 8,500 (MGM) (2nd week) "The Count of Monte Cristo" U.A.) 9,000 and "Look for the Silver Lining" (1st week) "The Merry Widow" (MGM).... 11,508 (2nd week) "Barretts of Wimpole Street" 26,830 (MGM) (4th week) 'Man of Aran" (Gaumont-British) 5,500 (1st week) "Have A Heart" (MGM) 11,500 "Judge Priest" (Fox) 14,500 'Now and Forever" (Para.) 28,000 (2nd week) "Case of the Howling Dog" 1,500 (W. B.) (2 days-2nd week) "The Last Gentleman" (U.A.).... 27,000 (1st week) 'Age of Innocence" (Radio) 85,000 "Little Friend" (Gaumont-British) 32,500 (1st week) "Happiness Ahead" (F. N.) 10,592 (2nd week) Hijfh 8-4-34 "Handy Andy" 7.000 Low 11-3-34 "Caravan" 2.0OO High 8-19 "She Had to Say Yes" 12,Mi Low 3-4 "The Sign of the Cross" 2,500 (2nd run) High 3-25 '"Parachute Jumper" 15,000 Low 5-19-34 '"The Trumpet Blows" I and "As the Earth Turns" J 2,500 High 7-22 ""College Humor" 9,500 Low 11-11 "Saturday's Millions" 3,000 High 2-3-34 "Sons of the Desert" 12,500 Low 8-18'34 "Straight I» The Way".... 3,500 High 6-23-34 "Glamour" 23,000 Low 5-20 "Sweepmgs" 4.000 High 1-7 "Strange Interlude" 30,000 Low 4-15 "Perfect Understanding" 4,900 High 10-21 "I'm No Angel" 20.000 Lot 5-27 ""Picture Snatcher" 2,800 High 9-22-34 "One Night of Love" 13,000 Low 5-5-34 "Let's Fall in Love".. 4,000 High 10-27-34 "Judge Priest" 9,200 Low 7-1 "Lilly Turner" 1.600 High 4-7-34 "Riptide" 28,500 Low 2-24-34 "Coming Out Party" 4.870 High 1-7 "No Man of Her Own" 30.000 Low 3-18 "King of the Jungle" 10.000 High 3-31-34 "Little Women" 15,500 Low 9-30 "Brief Moment" 1,700 High 3-25 "42nd Street" 19,000 Low 6-2-34 ""Merry Wives of Reno I and "Harold Teen" S 5,000 High 9-20-34 "The Barretts of Wimpole Street" (2nd week) 6,500 Low 9-29-34 '"The Cat's Paw" 2,500 High 4-1 "'20,000 Years in Sing Sing".. 3.000 Low 7-28-34 "Kiss and Make Up" 1.000 High 1-7 "Animal Kingdom" 14.000 Low 3-11 "Cynara" 3.000 High 4-29 "Cavalcade" 8,000 Low 3-11 "King of the Jungle" 3.500 High 5-5-34 '"Private Life of Henry Vm" 4.300 (5th week! Low 11-25 '"Vi Som Gar Koks vagen" . . . 1.000 High 2-24-34 "Queen Christina" Low 7-28-34 ""Here Comes the Groom" ) and "Jane Eyre" J High 1-21 "The Mask of Fu Manchu".. Low 7-21-34 "Fog Over Frisco" and ) "AfTairs of a Gentleman" ) High 2-18 "The Sign of the Cross".... Low 7-21-34 "Shoot the Works" and I "Friday the 13th" ( High 1-7 "The Kid from Spain" and ) "Speed Demon" J Low 8-11-34 "The Constant Nymph" ) and "Happy Ever After" j 13,500 6,500 14,500 4,500 15,500 6,000 12,000 5,000 High 4-14-34 "The House of Rothschild" 23,730 {4th week) Low 3-25 "The White Sister" 14,559 High 4-7-34 "Riptide" 63,373 Low 2-10-34 "You Can't Buy Everything" 15.500 High 7-29 "Song of Songs" 16,000 Low 6-3 "Be Mine Tonight" 3,500 (2nd run) High 1-7 "The Half Naked Truth".... 24,750 Low 7-14-34 "Call It Luck" 3.150 High 7-21-34 "Of Human Bondage".... 16.200 Low 4-15 "Parole Girl" 4,500 High 10-21 "I m No Angel" 83.450 Low 8-11-34 "Elmer and Elsie" 10.500 High 4-7-34 ""The Lost Patrol" 32.800 Low 4-15 "Destination Unknown" and ) "The Fighting President" j 5.800 High 12-30 "Roman Scandals" 48.000 Low 8-5 "The Rebel" 7,200 High 11-25 "Little Women" 109.000 Low 6-17 "Ann Carver's Profession".. 44,938 High 11 25 ""The Invisible Man" 42,000 Low 1-28 "Air Hostess" 9,100 High 10-14 "Footlight Parade" 55,190 Low 12-23 "Sin of Nora Moran" 6.8S0 /