Boxoffice records (1938)

Record Details:

Title:
Boxoffice records
Date:
1938
Publisher:
Kansas City : Associated Publications
Volume:
Boxoffice records : season 1937-1938
Leaf #:
0005
Language:
English
Collection:
Hollywood Studio System and Year Book
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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91 Features Out of 412 Do Better Than Average (In Alphabetical Order) A Pet. Accidents Will Happen (WB) 85 Action for Slander (UA) 75 Adventures of Marco Polo, The (UA) 109 Adventures of Robin Hood, The (FN) 152 Adventures of Tom Sawyer, The (UA) Ill Adventure's End (Univ) 105 Adventurous Blonde, The (FN) 88 Air Devils (Univ) 93 Alcatraz Island (FN) 102 Ali Baba Goes to Town (20th-Fox) 113 All-American Sweetheart (Col) 95 Always Goodbye (20th-Fox) 92 Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse, The (FN).. 108 Angel (Para) 93 Annapolis Salute (RKO) 85 Army Girl (Rep) '96 Arsene Lupin Returns (M-G-M) 93 Arson Racket Squad (Rep) 95 Artists and Models (Para) 125 Atlantic Flight (Mono) 100 Awful Truth, The (Col) 126 B Back in Circulation (FN) 100 Bad Man of Brimstone, The (M-G-M) 109 ☆ VUe . ]S (These Scored Ratings of 115% or More) SNOW WHITE AND THE SEVEN DWARFS (RKO) ... 215 THE ADVENTURES OF ROBIN HOOD (FN) 152 SPAWN OF THE NORTH (Para) 150 WELLS FARGO (Para) 146 TEST PILOT (M-G-M) 145 LOST HORIZON (Col) 135 ROSALIE (M-G-M) 135 THIN ICE (20th -Fox) 135 THE HURRICANE (UA) 133 THE PRISONER OF ZENDA (UA) 130 VOGUES OF 1938 (UA) 130 THE BUCCANEER (Para) 128 DEAD END (UA) 128 THE AWFUL TRUTH (Col) 126 ARTISTS AND MODELS (Para) 125 THE CROWD ROARS (M-G-M) 125 DOUBLE WEDDING (M-G-M) 125 IN OLD CHICAGO (20th-Fox) 125 LITTLE MISS BROADWAY (20th-Fox) 124 DOUBLE OR NOTHING (Para) 122 THE LIFE OF EMILE ZOLA (WB) 121 LOVE FINDS ANDY HARDY (M-G-M) 121 BLUEBEARD'S EIGHTH WIFE (Para) 120 LIFE BEGINS IN COLLEGE (20th-Fox) 120 SECOND HONEYMOON (20th-Fox) 120 YOU CAN'T HAVE EVERYTHING (20th-Fox) 120 MAD ABOUT MUSIC (Univ) 113 THE GIRL OF THE GOLDEN WEST (M-G-M) 117 BOY OF THE STREETS (Mono) 116 THE GOLDWYN FOLLIES (UA) 116 TOVARICH (WB) 116 TRUE CONFESSION (Para) 116 SOULS AT SEA (Para) 115 SUBMARINE D-l (FN) 115 VARSITY SHOW (WB) 115 WIFE, DOCTOR AND NURSE (20th-Fox) 115 Editor’s Note: 100% is average or normal business. * Insufficient reports for computation. f Westerns Not Included.