Boxoffice (Jul-Sep 1940)

Page scan 000634 from Boxoffice

Record Details:

Title:
Boxoffice
Date:
Jul-Sep 1940
Publisher:
Kansas City, Associated Publications
Volume:
Boxoffice (Jul-Sep 1940)
Leaf #:
000634
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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So MUCH . . . FOR SO LITTLE . . . Mansfield, Ohio. July 25. 1940 BOXOFFICE. 4804 East 9th St., Kansas City, Mo. Gentlemen: I hove been receiving Boxoffice regularly now, thanks to your very kind service. I have missed only one copy of the magazine, which is the June 22, 1940, issue and I hate to miss even ONE copy of it for I am saving each preview of the new pictures. There is so much valuable information in it that without one copy I am completely lost. Please send this copy to me and I will pay whatever its cost and the postage on it. The new Review Digest that you have added to your magazine is tops and I have long waited for such an addition, so now you have EVERYTHING in Boxoffice. Also please send me some extra pages for my Picture Guide. I still don't see how Boxoffice con furnish so much convenience and valuable printed matter to the exhibitor for so little in one year. Very truly yours R. E. Dickson^ North Lake Park Theatre. N. B. — The capitals are Mr. Dickson’s, the underscoring ours. TmAs. Moiimi Vkati S t R V 1 u £ OXOPFICE