Boxoffice (Apr-Jun 1937)

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Title:: Boxoffice
Date:: Apr-Jun 1937
Publisher:: Kansas City, Associated Publications
Volume:: Boxoffice (Apr-Jun 1937)
Leaf #:: 000806
Language:: English
Collection:: Hollywood Studio System
Format:: Periodicals
Contributor:: Media History Digital Library
Sponsor:: Media History Digital Library
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
Date Added:: March 21, 2024

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the Pauper" Hits Top Spot "Prince and BOSTON Boston — \> ing:s O^ er Honolulu (Univ) ; Men Are yot Gods (UA) 75 Fenway — ( all It a Day (WB); Once a Doctor (FN) 95 Memorial — Shall We Dance (RKO), 2d wk . ...110 Metropolitan — Turn Off the Moon (Para), with stage show 85 Orpheum — A Star Is Born (UA); A Family Affair (M-G-M) 90 Paramount — Same as Fenway 90 State — Same as Loew’s State 120 CHARLOTTE Broadway — ‘Prince and the Pauper (FN) 200 Carolina — A Star Is liorn (UA) 125 Imperial — Mad Holiday (M-G-M) 100 Imperial — We Have Our Moments (Univ) 85 Imperial — Fair Warning (20th-Fox) 100 State — Midnight Taxi (20th-Fox) 110 State — Hills of Old Wyoming (Para) 130 CLEVELAND Allen — Cafe Metropole (20th-Fox). 2d wk 110 Hippodrome — The Prince and the Pauper (FN).. .130 Palace — As Good a> .Married (Univ), stage show 80 State — Woman Chases 3Ian (UA) 60 Stillman — A Star Is Ihn-n (UA). 2d wk 135 DALLAS Capitol — Transatlant i<* Merry-(;o-Koun<l (UA) . 90 Capitol — Parole Kacket (Col) 100 Melba — Woman Alone (GB) 100 Majestic — Shall We Dance (UKO) 150 Palace — Prince and tlie Pauper (FN) 120 Tower — A Star Is Born (UA), 2d wk 120 DETROIT Adams-Cafe 3Ietroi»ole (20th-Fox), 2d wk; step IJvel.>, Jeeves (20th-Fox) 85 (‘inema — Blind (iirl of Sorrento (Italian) 60 Howntown — SIUA Hours Heave (GN); Girl Doves Boy (GN). . 75 Fox — When Hove Is Young (Univ), stage show.. 80 Madison — Shall We Dance (RKO). held 3d wk.. 85 Michigan — Turn Off the >Ioon (Para), stage show 95 State — Outcasts of looker Flat (RKO); Mid niglit (ourt (WB) 85 United Artists--Tliey (iave Him a (iun ( m-g-:m ) 100 INDIANAPOLIS Alamo — l.ast of the Warrens (Rep) 80 Ambassador— -Mama Steps Out (M-G-M) 60 Apollo — Wake Up and Hive (20th-Fox) 80 Cirr-le — Shall We Dance (RKO) 100 Loew’s — Night Must Fall (M-G-M) 80 Lyric — Melody for Two (WB) 90 KANSAS CITY Main.street — Prince and the Pauper (FN) 120 Midland — A Star Is I5orn (UA); Nolnidy’s Baliy (M-G-M) 135 Newman— Shall We Dance (RKO). 2d wk 75 Tower — The Hit Parade (Rep), stage 145 Uptown — 50 Roads to Town (26th-Fox), 2d wk.. 80 LOS ANGELES (Tiine.sf — Hit Para<le (Rep); Charlie Chan at Olympics (20th-Fox) 90 Downtown — -Prince and the Pauper (FN) 100 Hillstreet — Shall We Dance (RKO), 2d w'k 100 Hollywood — Prince and the Pauper (FN) 100 Pantages— Shall We Dance (RKO). 2d wk 100 Paramount — Thunder in tlie < ity (Col); Olsen iV Johnson on stage 100 State — Same as Chinese 90 MILWAUKEE Oardeii — Kestasy (Eureka), 3fl wk 90 I’alace — Nifflit Jfust Fall (M-G-M); Mama Steps Out (M-G-M) 120 Riverside — Motor Madness (Col), stage s]iow..,125 Strand — Wings of the Morning (20th-Fox); Make Fp and I.ive (20th-Fox) 110 Warner — Prince and the Fanper (FN); Melody for Two (WB) 115 Wisconsin — Fafe .Metropole (20th-Fox); Song of the City (M-G-M) 105 (Average Is 100%) Top Hits of the Week Prince and the Pauper — Char lotte 200 Fifty Roads to Town — Omaha 170 Prince and the Pauper — New Haven 170 A Star Is Born — Omaha 160 Shall We Dance — Dallas 150 A Star Is Born — Oklahoma City.. 150 EXTENDED RUNS Host Horizon, 11th wk. of two-a-day at Globe. New York; 11th wk. at Geary, San Francisco Baikilvi AVedding, 5th d. t. wk. at Portland. Ore. Bake I'p and Hive, 4th wk. at Blue Mouse. Seattle. Shall AVe Dance. 3rd wk. at Keith’s, ■Washington; 3rd wk. at Madison, Detroit. Hc.stasy, 3rd wk. at Garden, Milwaukee. MINNEAPOLIS Aster -Par(»lc Kacket (Col); Man AA'ho Found Himself {20th-Fox) 90 Century AAake Up and lave (20th-Fox), 2d wk. 90 Minnesota — Shall AA’e Dance (RKO) 100 Orpheum— -.Marked AA'oman (FN) 90 State — Great Guy (GN); lad’s Get Married (Col) 90 Time — FJilighten Thy Daughter (SR) 70 World — F^lephant Boy (UA) 80 NEW HAVEN College — Sea I>e\ils (RKO); Don’t Tell the Wife (RKO) 110 Loew’s-Poli — Koineo and .Juliet (M-G-M); Step Lively, .Jeeves (20th-Fox) 70 Paramount — Girl Overhoard (L^niv); The Iving’s Scandals (stage show) 120 Roger Sherman — Prince and the Pauper (FN); .Melody for Two (IVB) 170 NEW ORLEANS <’enter--Vou Only Hive Once (UA), revival 60 (ilobe- AA'alkiki AA’cdding (Para), revival 110 Liberty — Klephaiit Boy (UA) 65 Ori)heum — Shall AA'e llaiice (RKO). 2d wk 100 Saenger AAake Up and Hive (20th-Fox) 135 St. Charles — Devil’s Plavground (Col) 65 State— Night Must Fall (M-G-M) 135 Tudor— No Man of Her Own (Para) 125 NEW YORK CITY Astor — ^vaptains Courageous (M-G-M), 2d wk. of two-a-day, capacity 100 Capitol — They Gave Him a Gun (M-G-M) 105 Central — 2.'{y» Hours Lesive (GN) and 12th episode Dick Tra<'y serial 95 Criterion — .Make Way for Tomorrow (Para), 2d wk 100 Globe — J.ost Horizon (Col), 11th wk. of two a-day, 60 Palace — You Can't Huy I.uek (RKO), 1st run; Marked M omaii (FN), 2d run 100 Paramount — Jnternes Can’t Take .Money (Para), stage show; 2d wk 105 Radio City Music Hall — Shall M e Dance (RKO), stage show 130 Rialto — Nobody’s ISah.v (M-G-M) 105 Kivoli — Cafe Metropole (20th-Fox), 3d wk 95 Roxy — Talk of the Devil (GB). stage show.... 85 Strand — I’rinee and the I’anper (FN). 2d wk. .115i OKLAHOMA CITY Criterion— A Star Is Born (UA) 150 I>iberty — Good Old Soak (M-G-M) 100 Midwest — Marke<l AA’oman (FN) 125 State Devils Playground (Col); Come Closer F^olks (Col) 100 Warner — Murder in the Red Barn (SR), plus stage show 125 OMAHA Brandeis — Shall AA’e Dance (RKO). 2d wk 95 Omaha — A Star Is Born (UA); Her Husband Hies (Para). 4 days, held over 160 Orpheum — Fifty Roads to Town (20th-Fox), plus stage show 170 PORTLAND, ME. Empire — The M'oman I Love (RKO) ; Park Avenue Logger (RKO) 90 State — -Markerl M'oman (FN); Call it a Day (WB) 100 PORTLAND, ORE. Blue Mouse — Waikiki AA’edding (20th-Fox); Parole Kacket (Col), 5th d. t. wk 105 Broadwav — I^ince and the Paui>er (FN); AA’ay Out AA’est (M-G-M). 2d wk 110 Mayfair — Host Horizon (Col), roadshow 120 Orpheum — Shall AA’e Dance (RKO); Midnight Taxi (20th-Fox) 120 Paramount Internes Can’t Take Money (Para); Thunder in the City (Col) 120 Ignited Artists — Garden of Allah (UA) 115 PROVIDENCE Albee — As Good as Married (Univ); Y’ou Can’t Buy Huck (RKO) 75 Fays — It Happened Out AA’est (20th-Fox); stage show 120 Majestic — Cafe Metropole (20th-Fox); Night Key (Univ.) 130 State— AA’oman Chases Man (UA) ; Speed to Spare (Col.) 100 Strand — Turn Off the Moon (Para); Michael O’Halloran (Rep.) 120 SALT LAKE CITY Capitol — Manhattan MehKlrama (M-G-M), request program; Trarler Horn (M-G-M) 110 Orpheum — Call It a Day (WB); Mountain .Justice (FN) 110 Paramount — J.ost Horizon (Col), roadshow .... 120 i?tudio — Star Js Born (UA), holdover 105 SAN FRANCISCO Clay — Hucrezia Borgia (European Films) 95 Fox — Cafe Metropole (20th-Fox); Mountain Justice (FN) 85 Geary — Host Horizon (Col), roadshow, llth wk. 90 Golden Gate — Y’<ui Can’t Buy Huck (RKO); stage show 120 Orpheum — Oh, Doctor (U^niv) ; Het Them Tzive (Univ) 80 Paramount — AA’ake I’p and IJve (20th-Fox); Song of City (M-G-M). 3rd d. t. wk 100 St. Francis^ — <’all It a Day (WB); Midnight Taxi (20th-Fox). 2d d. t. wk 100 I'nited Artist.s — Star Is Born (UA). 2d wk 120 AVarfield— Prince and Pauper (FN); Fair AA aniiiig (20th-Fox) 110 SEATTLE Blue Mouse — AA’ake I’p and Hive (20th-Fox); Murder Goes to College (Para). 4th wk 105 Fifth Avenue — Cafe Metropole (20th-Fox); Midnight Taxi (20th-Fox) 125 Liberty — A Star Is Born (UA), 2d w'k 120 Music Box — Prince and the Pauper (FN); Song of the City (M-G-M) 120 Or]iheum — Shall AA’e Dance (RKO), 2d w'k 115 Palomar — Kver.\ body Dance (GB); Major Bowes Amateurs on stage 120 Paramount— Turn Off the Moon (Para); IzOve From a Stranger (UA) 120 WASHINGTON Capitol — Cafe Metropole (20th-Fox), plus stage show 115 Columbia — Personal Property (M-G-M), 2d d. t. wk. ; 1st W'k. at Capitol 115 Earle — Ih*inoe and the Pauper (FN), plus stage show 125 Keiths — Shall AA’e Dance (RKO), three days of 2d wk. and four days of 3d 105 Metropolitan — Silent Barriers (GB) 00 Palace — A Star Is Born (UA). 2d wk 90 66 BOXOmCE :: May 29, 1937.