Boxoffice (Jul-Sep 1939)

Page scan 000279 from Boxoffice

Record Details:

Title:
Boxoffice
Date:
Jul-Sep 1939
Publisher:
Kansas City, Associated Publications
Volume:
Boxoffice (Jul-Sep 1939)
Leaf #:
000279
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:
June 06, 2024
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Connecticut Independent Exhibitors Protest! The trend of falling grosses at the theatres and rising profits to distributors generally, as evidenced by a few among hundreds of headlines: "'U' GROSS UP $2,000,000 IN LAST YEAR." — M. P. Daily "PARA. SECOND QUARTER EARNINGS ARE UP."— Boxoffice "LOEW'S 12 WEEK NET ABOVE 1937." —M.P. Herald "FILM BIZ DOES NOSE DIVE; 1ST MARCH SLUMP IN 5 YRS." — Variety "B&K RECEIPTS FOR 1ST 14 WEEKS NEW YEAR SHOW DROP OF 41/2 % —Film Daily "DOG-DAYS AND SUMMER DOLDRUMS AGAIN FIND CIRCUITS WORRYING OVER FLOW OF $ FILMS."— Boxoffice Connecticut ludependeut Exhibitors Act! Whereas theatre grosses have been constantly falling for the past year and now dropped to an alarming degree, and Whereas, the prices of film rentals have been constantly rising contrary to the business trend, and Whereas, said film distributors are forcing the sale of shorts and newsreels, contrary to the spirit of the code they offer to the trade, NOW THEREFORE, be it RESOLVED, that we, the independent exhibitors of Connecticut, in meeting assembled this 27th day of June, 1939, at the Hof-Brau, New Haven, demand decreases in film rentals for the ensuing year, commensurate with the drop in grosses, and be it further resolved, that we will not be coerced, directly or indirectly, into the buying of shorts and newsreels. Irving C. Jacocks, Jr„ President. M.P.T.O. Maurice Shulman, President. ALLIED BOXOFFICE :: July 15, 1939 (Advertisement) 65