Boxoffice barometer (1944)

Page scan 000225 from Boxoffice barometer

Record Details:

Title:
Boxoffice barometer
Date:
1944
Publisher:
Kansas City : Associated Publications
Volume:
Boxoffice barometer (1944-45)
Leaf #:
000225
Language:
English
Collection:
Year Book and 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:
May 02, 2025
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PLANNED FOR A NEW INDUSTRIAL NEI6HD0RH00D m.cM<ncm.r < fCK rovfi by JACK CORGAN, Architect Typical of what is being done to meet the future entertainment requirements of hundreds of new war-created industrial neighborhoods, in which the future peace economy calls for the continued operation of huge war plants converted to civilian production, is this 950seat theatre. Extensive population shifts throughout the nation have called for the provision of more permanent recreation facilities than could be provided during the war. It is predicted that such modern theatres will form the axial centers of new community developments of the permanent type along with housing developments designed to settle the War workers and returning war veterans into the scheme for better living when all industry is reconverted to peacetime occupations. This project perspective was presented in The Modern Theatre, issue of October 7, 1944. Jack Corgan A REMODELING PROJECT MEXICAN STYLE Also from the boards of Mr. Corgan came this example of what can be done in the way of postwar planning to renew the house appeal of older prewar theatres. In this instance, a border-town theatre catering to Mexicans only and showing Mexican pictures exclusively is to be given a new lease on life through modernization. Inset compared with sketch will show extent of remodeling and the Latin-American atmosphere is retained without loss to modernity in design. This perspective presented in The Modern Theatre, issue of December 2, 1944. ws;, iSwwss:.-' BOXOFFICE BAROMETER 23