Boxoffice barometer (1954)

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Record Details:

Title:
Boxoffice barometer
Date:
1954
Publisher:
Kansas City : Associated Publications
Volume:
Boxoffice barometer (1954-55)
Leaf #:
00075
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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1914 1954 The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers will be forty years old in 1954. During these forty years many important changes have taken place in the entertainment world. America's listening audience has increased by the millions with the growth of new inedia— such as sound pictures, radio, television and juke boxes. And the one ingredient in the field of entertainment which has survived all technological changes— not only survived, but has increased and expanded — is Music! It has remained a basic requirement for all phases of show business. For a good song always is good entertainment! ASCAP— entering its forty-first year — is justly proud of the repertory of its more than 3,000 songwriters and composers. ASCAP also is proud of its many years of service to its licensees, and pledges itself to a continuation of making available to the entertainment world the best in music. AMERICAN SOCIETY OF COMPOSERS, AUTHORS AND PUBLISHERS 575 MADISON AVENUE, NEW YORK 22, N. Y. BOXOFFICE 77