Showmen's Trade Review (Oct-Dec 1949)

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his unprecedented advertising campaign for the first time utilizes in the selling of a motion picture the highly successful techniques used for other types of products— as in the launching of a new model of an automobile or a special merchandising scheme for razor blades. The secret is this: Create a desire through a coordinated, concentrated magazine and newspaper barrage. Then make it possible for everybody to satisfy that demand when it is at its height. That's why over 500 prints will be working on ''Prince of Foxes'' during the Holiday season. Cut yourself in on it by booking 'PRINCE OF FOXES" NOW! Mississippi (Michigan Cohf.) Tor«K Total Combined Trading Area Families Circulation 12,860 19,167 79,377 186,356 Grand Rapids . . . 109,525 179,520 , 17,706 23,871 Iron Mountain . . , 16,264 28,268 1 2,979 14,553 39,879 93,133 Kalamazoo .... 50,721 99,327 Lansing . 58,698 143,254 Marquette 14,573 26,916 Musicegon 56,672 104,128 15,467 27,284 Pontiac 67,777 252,217 Port Huron . 26,622 61,224 Saginaw 69,753 136,452 Sault Ste. Marie. . 10,580 18,452 Total Trading Area Total Families ' Minnesota Albert 23,185 38,524 Bemidji 13,925 13,332 Brainerd 23,344 28,963 Dulutli 65,708 66,388 Fergus Falls 17,670 21,262 Hibbing 34,926 37,313 Mankato 47,090 73,101 Minneapolis 369,373 785,686 Rochester 21,227 38,836 St. Cloud 38,473 49,633 Willmar 18,079 25,548 Winona 16,361 23,587 Biloxl 17,386 Clarksdale 28,999 Columbus 45,504 Corinth 24,513 Greenville 37,489 Greenwood 64,569 Hattiesburg 24,211 Jackson 88,513 Laurel 23,477 McComb 27,430 Meridian 46,898 Natchez 26,402 Tupelo 43,182 Vicksburg 36,954 Missouri Alton 28,455 Cape Girardeau. . 35,318 Chillicothe 22,901 Columbia 23,507 East St. Louis 1 10,908 Hannibal 29,614 Jefferson City . . . 33,060 Joplin 63,222 Kansas City 259,404 Kirksville 18,544 Moberly 20,959 Poplar Bluff 34,242 St, Joseph 84,478 St. Louis .301,841 Sedalia 27,620 Springfield 117,965 University City . . 80,304 Com bi ned Circulation 16;330 9,708 20,492 9,087 15,566 24,255 12,425 38,349 6,815 8,585 16,268 5,634 19,013 11,256 33,090 20,705 7,706 17,835 78,252 24,010 1 9,709 36,648 187,263 10,050 10,368 12,966 40,410 448,503 10,488 38,707 54,273 Montana Total Total Trading Area Families Billings 28,321 Bozeman 8,904 Butte 28,284 Glasgow 5,820 Great Falls 23,990 Havre 8,973 Helena 7,932 Kalispell 9,458 Lewistown 5,152 Miles City 12,106 Missoula 20,556 Combine Circulatio 28,83 12,39 26,92 4,82 29,82 8,57 10,17 13,47 5,02 10,63 26,53 Mebrasica Beatrice 25,734 14,68 Columbus 18,186 9,77 Fremont 10,683 8,21 Grand Island 27,024 r <2rt;06 Hastings 22,446 15,58 Kearney 13,323 8,48 Lincoln 50,311 41,08 McCook 15,823 10,79 Norfolk 26,105 13,09 North Platte 15,701 12,44 Omaha 159,571 163,56 Scottsbluff 24,637 18,05 Nevada Elko 3,463 6,48 Ely 4,054 6,47 Las Vegas 12,431 42,72 Reno 30,673 76,38 New Nampsiiire . 9,531 16,22 19,053 44,0f 16,691 35,0J 13,027 29,7( 12,428 27,3; 11,424 24,8^ 46,460 100,5« Portsmouth .. 11,529 33,3: New Jersey Atlantic City 42,335 153,5< Camden 132,1 16 461, 8< Elizabeth 102,774 227,5. Hackensack 74,703 164,8^ Jersey City 158,929 276,7*^ Long Branch 44,775 118,6^: Morristown 31,872 69,0: ^ Newark 259,356 505,1 New Brunswick . . 54,981 121,5 Paterson 129,348 248,1 Trenton .... 61,897 149,5