Boxoffice
Apr-Jun 1937
- Title:
- Boxoffice
- Date:
- Apr-Jun 1937
- Author:
- Associated Publications
- Publisher:
- Kansas City, Mo: Associated Publications, Inc.
- Language:
- eng
- Subjects:
- Motion Pictures, Film Industry Trade Magazine
- Collection:
- Hollywood Studio System
- Format:
- Periodicals
- Source:
- Print
- Contributor:
- Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
- Coordinator:
- Media History Digital Library
- Description:
- BOXOFFICE was the leading American exhibitor trade paper of the post-World War II era. But the publication had modest beginnings. In 1920, Ben Shlyen founded the paper, orginally titled THE REEL JOURNAL, in an office located in Kansas City's Film Row district. Like other regional exhibitor publications, THE REEL JOURNAL focused its attention on the local -- in this case, KC and the nearby territories that the city's distribution exchanges served. By the end of the 1920s, however, Shlyen had acquired or founded several more small exhibitor papers serving other US markets. In 1932, their titles all changed to BOXOFFICE, though they continued to be published in regional editions for decades to follow. -- Eric Hoyt, 2015