Boxoffice barometer (1944)

Page scan 000226 from Boxoffice barometer

Record Details:

Title:
Boxoffice barometer
Date:
1944
Publisher:
Kansas City : Associated Publications
Volume:
Boxoffice barometer (1944-45)
Leaf #:
000226
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:
June 06, 2024
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A COMPLETED PROJECT by MARK & HOLMAN, Architects Conceived and planned just prior to the advent of the virar, the Melrose Amusement-Recreation Center at Nashville, Tennessee, is a typical example of multiple-enterprise theatre planning for the postwar era. Although only partially completed because of material restrictions, the Melrose plant was opened for business in July, 1942, and has since con , , , , , , Jos. G. Holman firmed the good foresight and judgment of its owners. Crescent Amusement Company of Nashville, who have several other projects of the same type under consideration or ready for construction when priorities are removed. The combination embodies besides a 1,200-seat modern theatre, a billiard lounge, bowling room and restaurant, and a recreation club room in the basement area for teen-age boys, all operated under theatre management. The Melrose Amusement-Recreation Center, a completed project, was described and illustrated in The Modern Theatre section of BOXOFFICE, issue of October 7, 1944 T I jp || p THEATRE BOWLING BILLIARDS RESTAURANT BOYS’ CLUB z (r o ” CO UJ FRANKLIN ROAD