Boxoffice (Oct-Dec 1961)

Record Details:

Title:
Boxoffice
Date:
Oct-Dec 1961
Publisher:
New York, Boxoffice
Volume:
Boxoffice (Oct-Dec 1961)
Leaf #:
000614
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:
March 21, 2024
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FEATURE CHART TTie key to letters ond cembinoHons thereof indicotmq story type: (Ad) Adrenture Drama; (Ac) Action Drama; (An) Animated-Action; (C) Comedy; (CD) Comedy-Droma; (Cr) Crime Drama; (DM) Drama with Music; (Doe) Doeumentory; (D) Drama; (F) Fantasy; (FC) Farce-Comedy; (Ho) Horror Drama; (Hi) Historical Drama; (M) Musical; (My) Mystery; (OD) Outdoor Drama; (SF) Science-Fiction; (W) Western. 20TH-FOX 1 U UNITED ARTISTS I U UNIVERSAL-INT'L | U WARNER BROS. | U COMING MARCH 1 Sanctuary (90) © L. Remick. Y. Montand, B. Ddlman Days of Thrills & Uughter (93) Compilation C. .114 4>©The Trapp Family (106) D. .117 Ruth Leuwerik, Hans Holt Sniper's Ridge (61) Ac.. 116 Jack Ginc. Stanley Clements ©The Alamo (162) Todd-AO Hi.. 6028 John Wayne, Laurence Harvey, Richard Widmark, Richard Boone The Hoodlum Priest (101) D..6107 Don Miuray, Cindi Wood, Larry Gates Frontier Uprising (68) . .W. .6103 Jim Davis, Nancy Hadley ©Wings of Chance (76) . .00. .6111 James Brown. 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