The film daily year book of motion pictures (1926)
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Week ending
Jan. 3 Vanity's Price. .Bet. $17,000 and $18,000
Jan. 17 Behold This Women 16,000
Jan. 24 Those Who Dance over 17,000
Fed. 7 Hearts of Oak.. Bet. 16.000 and 17,000 Feb. 21 Siren of Seville — Priscilla Dean
in person 19,000
Mar. 14 Garden of Weeds
Between 16,000 and 17,000
Mar. 21 Husbands and Lovers — Watson
Sisters 22,000
Mar. 28 Miss Bluebeard 17,000
Apr. 4 Wife of the Centaur 18,500
Apr. 11 In Every Woman's Life 14,000
Apr. 18 Idle Tongues Bet. 17,000 and 18,000
Apr. 25 No record May 2 No record May 9 No record May 16 Cheaper to Marry
Between 14,000 and 15,000
May 23 Gerald Cranston's Lady 15,000
May 30 Confessions of a Queen 14,000
June 6 No record
June 13 Christine of the Hungry Heart. 9,000 June 20 No record
June 27 Every Man's Wife 13,000
July 4 Redeeming Sin 15,000
luly 11 No record
July 18 Daring Love 14,000
Dec. 12 Girl Who Wouldn't Work 15,000
CHICAGO
CHICAGO, CHICAGO
Prices 50-75c Seats 4,500
High: Slave of Fashion, $56,500, Aug. 1. Low: The Midshipman, $30,400, Dec. 12. Week ending
lan. 3 Husbands and Lovers $54,475
Jan. 10 So Big 47,600
Jan. 17 Love's Wilderness 44,400
Jan. 24 He Who Gets Slapped 43,500
Jan. 31 A Thief In Paradise 51,300
Feb. 7 So This Is Marriage 47,000
Feb. 14 The Great Divide 50,400
Feb. 21 The Lady 40,300
Feb. 28 Wife of the Centaur 39,800
Mar. 7 Enticement, elaborate stage presentation over 53,000
Mar. 14 As Man Desires 42,7000
Mar. 21 If I Marry Again 40,350
Mar. 28 Frivolous Sal 35,250
Apr. 4 New Toys 40,300
Apr. 11 Cheaper To Marry 30,750
Apr. 18 Learning To Love 51,000
Apr. 25 Sally 45,600
May 2 Excuse Me 52,500
May 9 My Son 39,000
May 16 Declasse 38,400
May 23 Lady of the Night 38,600
May 30 I Want My Man 37,500
June 6 Heart of a Siren 41,600
June 13 Chickie 52,000
June 20 Confessions of a Queen 41,400
June 27 His Supreme Moment. .. .around 41,000
July 4 Soul Fire around 35,200
July 11 No record
July 18 Sporting Venus 44,000
July 25 Zander The Great 54,500
Aug. 1 Slave of Fashion 56,500
Aug. 8 The Desert Flower 47.000
Aug. 15 The Talker 50,500
Aug. 22 Marriage Whirl 42 000
Aug. 29 Making of O'Malley 38^500
Sept. 5 Unholy Three 45 200
Sept. 12 Coast of Folly 48'500
Sept. 19 Pretty Ladies 47 600
Sept. 26 Never The Twain Shall Meet... 4L200
Oct. 3 The Mystic 38,600
Oct. 10 Shore Leave 36.500
Oct. 17 Her Sister from Paris— record .. . 63,200
Oct. 24 Graustark 42.700
Oct. 31 A King on Main Street 3.V50O
Nov. 7 The Knockout 34.000
Nov. 14 The Dark Angel 40,200
Nov. 21 That Royle Girl 44,500
Nov. 28 Classified 45,200
Dec. 5 Tower of Lies 38,50U
Dec. 12 The Midshipman 30,400
LA SALLE, CHICAGO
Prices 50c Seats 835
Week ending
June 27 The Naked Truth— Public Welfare Film — large male audience
July 4 The Naked Truth $ 6,300
July 11 The Naked Truth 5,000
July 18 The Naked Truth 5,000
July 25 The Naked Truth close to 6,000
Aug. 1 The Naked Truth 6,000
Aug. 8 The Naked Truth 6,000
Aug. 15 The Naked Truth 5,800
House closed
McVICKER'S, CHICAGO
Prices 50-75c Seats 2,400
High: Peter Pan, $35,773, Jan. 3. Low: The Swan, $19,000, Feb. 21. Week ending
Jan. 3 Peter Pan — Broke house record . $35,773
Jan. 10 Isn't Life Wonderful 27,875
Jan. 17 East of Suez 25,600
Jan. 24 The Golden Bed 2'6,000
Jan. 31 The Devil's Cargo 22,000
Feb. 7 Miss Bluebeard 24,500
Feb. 14 Coming Through 26,250
Feb. 21 The Swan 19,100
Feb. 28 Salome of the Tenements 22,000
Mar. 7 Too Many Kisses 23,000
Mar. 14 New Lives for Old 27,400
Mar. 21 Sackcloth and Scarlet 22,800
Mar. 28 Goose Hangs High — Josef Rosenblatt 26,500
Apr. 4 A Kiss In The Dark 25.500
Apr. 11 The Charmer 22,500
Apr. 18 Seven Chances 24.500
Apr. 25 Adventure 19,800
May 2 Crowded Hour 22.400
May 9 Dressmaker From Paris 27,300
May 16 The Spaniard — Paul Ash's orchestra 27,000
May 23 The Little French Girl 28,000
May 30 Are Parents People? 24.000
June 6 Old Home Week 22,800
June 13 The Shock Punch '. 25,500
June 20 Grounds For Divorce 23.700
June 27 The Manicure Girl ... Little over 24,000
July 4 Paths To Paradise about 21,500
luly 11 No record
July 18 In The Name of Love 28,000
July 25 Lucky Devil 30,000
Aug. 1 Street of Forgotten Men 34.000
Aug. 8 Wild Wild Susan 32,500
Aug. 15 Trouble With Wives 33,000
Aug. 2'2 Son of His Father 26.500
Aug. 29 Man Who Found Himself 26,200
Sept. 5 WUd Horse Mesa 29.500
Sept. 12 The Golden Princess 30,000
Sept. 19 He's A Prince 28.800
Sept. 26 Lovers In Quarantine 27.500
Oct. 3 Pony Express 28.800
Oct. 10 New Brooms 26.S00
Oct. 17 Best People 27.000
Oct. 24 Seven Keys to Baldpate 24,500
Oct. 31 Flower of Night and Paul Ash
Orchestra 24.500
Nov. 7 Half Way Girl 24.000
Nov. 14 Stage Struck 33.000
Nov. 21 Cobra 33,000
Nov 28 Irish Luck 33,300
Der. 5 Grand Duchess and The Waiter.. 30.300
Dec. 12 Woman of the World 25.500
MONROE, CHICAGO
Price 50c Seats 983
High : The Deadwood Coach, second week. $8,875, Jan. 3. Low: Every Man's Wife, $3,100. June 13. Week ending
Jan. 3 The Deadwood Coach— 2nd wcck.$ 8,875
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