The film daily year book of motion pictures (1929)
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Feb. 25 West Point 22.000
Mar. 3 Gaucho and Ruth Elder
Mar. 10 Man, Woman and Sin 20,000
Mar. 17 Divine Woman 20,000
Mar. 24 Dove 19,000
Mar. 31 Quality Street 20,000
Apr. 7 Sadie Thompson 15,000
Apr. 14 Circus 20,000
Apr. 21 Devil Dancer 20,000
Apr. 28 Crowd 18,000
'May 12 Rose Marie 20,000
May 19 Garden of Eden 19,000
May 26 Big City 18,000
June 2 Enemy 2'0.000
June 9 Drums of Love 18,000
Sept. 22 Her Cardboard Lover 17,000
Sept. 29 Four Walls 17,000
Oct. 6 Two Lovers 20,000
Oct. 13 Cameraman 18.000
Oct. 27 Our Dancing Daughters (silent) 18,000
Nov. 3 Excess Baggage (silent) (a) 18.000
Dec. 15 King of Kings 18,000
(a) Gross affected by opening of 3.000-seat Keith's Memorial.
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STATE, BOSTON
Pictures and Presentations Seats 4,000 Prices 35c-50c Week Ending Receipts
Jan. 7 My Best Girl $27,100
Jan. 14 London After Midnight 26,400
Jan. 21 Sorrell and Son 26,400
Jan. 28 Loves of Carmen 21,500
Feb. 4 Student Prince 26.900
Feb. 11 West Point 22,500
Feb. 25 Man, Woman and Sin and stage
revue 26,800
Mar. 3 Divine Woman and Jack Crawford's band 22,600
Mar. 10 Dove and Ruth Elder 22,500
Mar. 18 Latest from Paris and Van and
Schenk 20,600
Mar. 24 Sadie Thompson and Silvertown
Cord Orchestra 25,900
Mar. 31 Circus 29,700
Apr. 7 Wickedness Preferred and Lindbergh film 12,500
Apr. 14 Crowd 18.600
Apr. 21 Smart Set and Ledova Ballet.. 23,400 Apr. 28 Rose Marie and Whitey Kaufman and Johnnv Marvin .... 19,000
May 12 Big City 18,300
May 19 Enemy and Santley and Sawyer. 18.100
May 26 Dreams of Love 20.100
June 2 Patsy and Harry Fox 18.000
June 9 Circus Rookies 15,300
June 23 Ramona 22,600
June 30 Laugh, Clown, Laugh 17,800
July 14 Actress 11,500
July 21 Actress 13,700
July 28 Telling the World 13,300
Aug. 1 Cossacks 16 800
Aug. 18 Mysterious Lady 14,150
Aug. 25 Forbidden Hours 17,300
Sep_t. 1 Tempest 16,500
Sept. 8 Her Cardboard Lover 23,200
Sept. 15 Four Walls 19,900
Sept. 22 Two Lovers and stage show.... 18,100 Sept. 29 Cameraman and Anatole Friedland 17,200
Oct. 6 Our Dancing Daughters (first
week of sound policy)
Oct. 13 While City Sleeps 27,600
Oct. 27 Battle of Sexes and Al White
Revue 19,400
Nov. 3 Submarine (a) 21,000
Nov. 10 Napoleon and augmented stage
show 14,900
Nov. 17 Woman Disputed 23.800
Nov. 24 Show People 23,700
Dec. 1 King of Kings 16,400
Dec. 8 Masks of Devil 17,800
Dec. 15 Revenge 18,100
(a) Gross affected by opening of 3,000-seat Keith's Memorial.
CHICAGO, CHICAGO
Pictures and Publix Presentations Seats 4,100 Prices 50c-7Sc Week Ending Receipts
Jan. 7 Love Mart $44,000
Jan. 14 London After Midnight and Tesse
Crawford 52,000
Jan. 21 Serenade, Clark and McCullough
and Jesse Crawford 55,000
Jan. 28 Noose 50 000
Feb. 4 Beau Sabreur 52,000
Feb. 11 Love and Learn and Mae Murray 62,100 Feb. 18 Sporting Goods and Rae Samuels 48,000
Feb. 25 West Point 49,000
Mar. 3 Latest from Paris 47,000
Mar. 10 Red Hair and Ruth Etting 50,000
Mar. 17 Showdown 41,000
Mar. 24 Heart of Follies Girl and Georgie
Jessel 58.000
Mar. 31 Big City 43,500
Apr. 7 Night of Mvstery and Marx Bros. 50,000
Apr. 14 Smart Set 46,500
Apr. 21 Crowd 46,000
Apr. 28 Enemy 42,000
May 5 Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come 44,200
May 12 Easy Come, Easy Go 43,000
May 19 Actress 44,000
May 26 Skyscraper 45,000
June 2 Yellow Lily and Lou Holtz 46,000
June 9 His Tiger Lady 44,100
June 16 Certain Young Man and Belle
Baker 52,000
June 23 Happiness Ahead 45,000
June 30 Ladies of Mob and augmented
stage show 43,000
July 7 Hot News and Paul Whiteman.. 54,000 July 14 Wheel of Chance and stage show. 46,000
July 21 Butter and Egg Man 42,000
July 28 Heart to Heart and Waring's
Pennsylvanians ■ 49,000
Aug. 4 Mysterious Lady and Jackie
Coogan 68,000
Aug. 11 Foreign Legion and augmented
stage show (5 days) 22,000
Aug. 18 Four Walls 46.000
Aug. 25 First Kiss and Our Gang (in
person) 71,000
Sept. 1 Warming Up (first sound picture) 48,000
Sept. 8 Excess Baggage 46,000
Sept. 15 Fleet's In and augmented stage
show 46.000
Sept. 22 Whip and augmented stage show 44,000
Sept. 29 Night Watch 42,000
Oct. 6 Caught in Fog 44,000
Oct. 13 Moran of Marines 42.000
Oct. 20 While City Sleeps 44.000
Oct. 27 Show People 50,000
Nov. 3 Varsity 43,000
Nov. 10 Racket and Marion Harris stage
unit 44.000
Nov. 17 Mask of Devil 46,000
Nov. 24 Fazil and augmented stage show . 48,000
Dec. 1 Three Week Ends 50.000
Dec. 8 Sins of Fathers 39.000
Dec. 15 Haunted House and Sousa's Hand 45,000 Dec. 22' West of Zanzibar and augmented
stage show 38.000
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McVICKERS, CHICAGO Seats 1,400 Prices 50c-75c Week Ending Receipts
Jan. 7 Gorilla $16,000
'Jan. 14 Shepherd of Hills 17,500
Jan. 21 Shepherd of Hills 14,000
Jan. 28 Last Command 28,000
Feb. 4 Last Command 27.000
Feb. 11 Last Command 20,000
Feb. 18 Student Prince 36,000
Feb. 25 Student Prince 32,000
Mar. 3 Student Prince 30.000
Mar. 10 Student Prince 24.000
Mar. 17 Patent Leather Kid 26,000
Mar. 24 Patent Leather Kid 24,000
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