Boxoffice (Apr-Jun 1937)

Record Details:

Title:
Boxoffice
Date:
Apr-Jun 1937
Publisher:
Kansas City, Associated Publications
Volume:
Boxoffice (Apr-Jun 1937)
Leaf #:
000927
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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MORT GOODMAN GETS NEW JOB AND BRIDE Cleveland — Mort Goodman recently promoted to the Warner west coast advertising department, and Miss Dorothy Goodman of this city are now wedded. Both were members of the local Warner theatre advertising and publicity department when their romance started. Goodman has been right hand man to Sidney Dannenberg in the publicity field of the Warner organization for the past four years. His successor is David Bachner, whom Zone Manager Nat Wolf promoted from assistant manager at Warner’s Hippodrome. George Frazier has been transferred from the Uptown to fill the Hippodrome vacancy and Don Myers is the new member of the Uptown family. Residence of the Goodmans is at the Blackburn Apartments, Yucca and Wilcox streets, Hollywood, Cal. SHOOTING GALLERIES BID FOR DETROIT COIN Detroit — A new source of competition to local theatres has suddenly appeared with the mushroom growth of shooting galleries all over the city. And this time they are actually shooting galleries and not grind houses. Everywhere along the main business arteries of the city one can see vacant stores turned over night into busy indoor rifle ranges offering lucrative jackpots of from $25 to $75 to the expert marksmen. W. Virginia Managers Balloting Richwood, W. Va. — Mountain state exhibitors are balloting this week on the selection of a city in ivhich the annual conventioyi of the West Virginia Managers’ Ass'n will be held this summer. Postcard ballots ivere mailed to about 200 exhibitors. At last year’s convention at White Sulphur Springs a resolution teas passed which called for this vote, the cities nominated being Wheeling, Parkersburg , Clarksburg, Charleston, Huntington and White Sulphur Springs. The post card also inquires for a favorable month, June, July or August. W. H. Holt of Richwood, secretarytreasurer of the organization, is conducting the balloting. Brookline Plans Ready Pittsburgh — Victor A. Rigaumont, affiliated architect, has completed plans for the new Brookline Theatre, to occupy a former theatre property on Brookline Boulevard which was purchased several months ago by Alex S. Moore and Morris Finkel, owners of the Capitol and Hilltop theatres, city, the new house to be operated by Warner Bros. Bids are now being received on this project. 20TH-FOX CONVENTION ATTRACTS TO COAST Los Angeles — Twenty-seven delegates from the mideast area attended the 20th Century-Fox convention which opened here on Tuesday, as follows: Cincinnati: J. J. Grady, manager; Edward A. Burkhart, John A. Needham, Leavitt J. Bugie, E. C. Naegel, salesmen; James Neff, booker; A. B. Kelley, ad sales manager. Cleveland: G. A. Roberts, district manager; I. J. Schmertz, manager; D. S. Davidson, E. R. Bergman, S. N. Lichter, salesmen; F. J. Hunt, booker; Nathan Scott, ad sales manager. Detroit: Lester Sturm, manager; A. D. Knapp. E. A. Westcott, Roy Carrow, salesmen; L. Sanshie, Booker, F. Keillor, ad sales manager. Pittsburgh: Ira Cohn, manager; C. C. Kellenberg, A. Interrante, George Moore, E. S. Thorpe, salesmen; Joseph Davidson, booker; J. Vandergrift, ad sales manager. New Lipman Sales Pittsburgh — Lipman Engineering Co., manufacturers of complete theatre sound reproducing systems, announces the following recent sales and installations; John Nagy. NuMine. NuMino, Pa.; Cora Ponioioy and Elizabeth Gaffney, Virginia, Paden City, W. Va.; J. M. Booth, Mather, Mather, Pa.; Tony Civiterise, Strand, Pitcairn, Pa.; Fred Querner. I»oine, Butler street, Pittsburgh; Mike Serventi, Lincoln, Rimersburg, Pa., and new theatre under construction for Serventi at Petrolia, Pa. Public aildress systems manufactured by Lipman are being installed weekly at tlieatres, schools, churches and night clubs. THE HIT PARADE Inquire of .. . Silverman Bros. . George Purcell . . Charley Truran . Claude Robinson Vic Weschler . . . Beedle Bros John Goring .Altoona State, Uniontown Park, Meadville Robinson's Grand, Clarksburg Colonial, Erie Cannonsburg Fulton, Pittsburgh AND ANY OTHER LEADING EXHIBITOR As They Play This Unusual Box Office Attraction REPUBLIC 1701 BLVD. OF THE ALLIES PICTURES CORPORATION OF PITTSBURGH JAS. H. ALEXANDER, Mgr. ATlantic 4858 BOXOFFICE :: June 5, 1937. 61