Motion Picture Daily (Jul-Sep 1935)

Monday, September 30, 1935 MOTION PICTURE DAILY "Hat" Holds Chicago Lead In 2nd Week Chicago, Sept. 29.— "Top Hat" continued its merry pace at near record levels in its second week at the Palace, with Eddie Peabody and a revue on the stage. The $25,500 gross was above the line by $6,500. "The Big Broadcast of 1935" was also in the money at the Roosevelt, getting $16,000, up by $5,000. Things were pretty dull elsewhere, although "The Dark Angel" held up to $15,500 in its second week at the United Artists. Total first run business was $124,500. Average is $115,500. Estimated takings : Week Ending Sept. 26: "SHE MARRIED HER BOSS" (Col.) CHICAGO— (4,000), 35c-50c-68c, 7 days, 2nd week. Stage: Dave Apollon and Revue. Gross: $29,500. (Average, $32,000) "CALM YOURSELF" (M-G-M) ORIENTAL — (3,490), 25c-40c, 7 days. Stage: Corrine and Mark Fisher Revue. Gross: $14,500. (Average, $15,000) "TOP HAT" (Radio) PALACE— (2,509), 25c -35c50c, 3rd week, 7 days. Stage: Eddie Peabody and Revue. Gross: $25,500. (Average, $19,000. "DARK ANGEL" (U.A.) UNITED ARTISTS— (1,700), 30c-40c-60c, 7 days, 2nd week. Gross: $15,500. (Average, $17,000) "GOOSE AND THE GANDER" (W.B.) GARRICK — (900), 25c-35c-50c, 7 days. Gross: $6,000. (Average, $5,500) Week Ending Sept. 27: "REDHEADS ON PARADE" (Fox) APOLLOM1,400), 25c-35c-50c, 7 days. Gross: $4,000. (Average, $4,500) "BIG BROADCAST OF 1935" (Para.) ROOSEVELT— (1,591), 30c-40c-60c, 7 days. Gross: $16,000. (Average, $11,000) "FRONT PAGE WOMAN" (W.B.) STATE-LAKE — (2,776), 20c-30c-35c, 7 days. Stage: Verne Buck and Vaudeville Revue. Gross: $12,000. (Average, $13,000) Film and Vallee Cleveland Smash Cleveland, Sept. 29. — Although 500,000 people attended the seventh annual Eucharistic Congress during its four-day session and thousands more stayed close to their radios to hear the Louis-Baer fight, local first runs went $18,000 over par. Rudy Vallee and His Connecticut Yankees on the RKO Palace stage with "The Goose and the Gander" on the screen played to $24,500. This is $9,500 over the $15,000 average. "Top Hat" closed its second week at Warners' Hippodrome with $4,500 above par, grossing $12,500. It moved into the Allen for a third week. "Dark Angel" opened big at Loew's State with $13,000, over by $3,000. Total first run business was $58,700. Average is $40,000. Estimated take for the week ending Sept. 27 : "THE BLACK ROOM" (Col.) ALLEN — (3,300), 30c-35c-42c, 7 days. Gross: $3,500. (Average, $3,000) "TOP HAT" (Radio) WARNER'S HIPPOROME— (3,800), 30c35c-42c, 2nd week, 7 days. Gross: $12,500. (Average, $8,000) "THE GOOSE AND THE GANDER" (F.N.) RKO PALACE— (3,100), 30c-42c-60c, 7 days. Stage: Rudy Vallee and his Connecticut Yankees. Gross: $24,500. (Average, $15,000) "DARK ANGEL" (U.A.) LOEW'S STATE— (3,400), 30c-35c-42c. 7 days. Gross: $13,000. (Average, $10,000) "BONNIE SCOTLAND" (M-G-M) LOEW'S STILLMAN— (1,900), 25c-35c, 7 days. Gross: $5,200. (Average, $4,000) Code Seals at New Top, 283 In Four Weeks (Continued from page 1) Code," "Platinum Blonde," "Lady for a Day," "Dirigible," "Ten Cents a Dance, "Africa Speaks," "Flight." New films: "Heir to Trouble, Guard That Girl." (Shorts) t "Laughing with J. P. Medbury in Ethiopia,^ "Screen Snapshots No. 1," "Star Gazing. FIRST DIVISION (Feature) "Frontier Justice." FOX (Features) Reissues: "Paddy," "Chan's Greatest Case,' "My Weakness," "Walls of Gold, My Lips Betray," "Jimmy and Sally," "Smoky, "Mr. Skitch," "I Am Suzanne," "Frontier Marshal," "I Believed in You," "Three on a Honeymoon," "Bottoms Up," "All Men Are Enemies," "Stand Up and Cheer, "Now I'll Tell," "Zoo in Budapest,' "Rough Romance," "The Devil With Women," "Temple Tower," "The Golden West, "Lone Star Ranger," "Too Busy to Work,' "Smoke Lightning," "Adorable," "Life in the Raw," "Shanghai Madness," "Society Girl," "Bachelor Affairs," "Skyline," "Lightnin'," "Doctor Bull," "Berkeley Square," "I Was a Spy," "As Husbands Go," "Orient Express," "Sleeper's East," "State Fair," "Pilgrimage," "Carolina." _ New films: "Chan in Shanghai," "This is the Life," "Beauty's i Daughter," "Music is Magic," "Bad Boy." (Shorts) "Flicker Fever," "Just Another Murder." MASCOT (Feature) "Streamline Express." M-G-M (Features) Reissues: "Billy the Kid," "Prizefighter and the Lady," "The Thin Man," "Tarzan and His Mate," "Men in White," "Dancing Lady." New films: "Here Comes the Band, "Broadway Melody of 1936," "April Blossoms," (Shorts) "Football Team-work," "Two Hearts in Wax Time," "Gymnastics," "Hot Money." PARAMOUNT (Features) Reissues: "The Old-Fashioned Way," "Shoot the Works," "The Great Flirtation," "Many Happy Returns," "Little Miss Marker," "30 Day Princess," "Private Scandal," "Double Door," "The Witching Hour," "We're Not Dressing," "Melody in Spring," "You're Telling Me," "Death Takes a Holiday," "Six of a Kind," "The Last Roundup," "Alice in Wonderland," "Lone Cowboy," "Thundering Herd," "Duck Soup," "Cradle Song," "White Woman," "Hell and High Water," "The Way to Love," "Tillie and Gus," "Too Much Harmony," "Golden Harvest," "To the Last Man," "Torch Singer," "One Sunday Afternoon," "Big Executive," "Three Cornered Moon," "College Humor," "Madame Butterfly," "Movie Crazy," "Night of June 13th," "70,000 Witnesses," "The Miracle Man," "Broken Lullaby," "Shanghai Express," "Touchdown," "Huckleberry Finn," "Skippy," "Morocco," "Tom Sawyer," "The Spoilers," "Grumpy," "The Texan," "Sarah and Son," "Seven Days Leave," "Welcome Danger," "Mysterious Mr. Fu Manchu," "Innocents of Paris," "Ladies of the Big House," "Disgraced," "Rich Man's Folly," "Supernatural," "Under the Tonto Rim," "Mysterious Rider," "Heritage of the Desert," "Wild Horse Mesa," "If I Had a Million," "Sunset Pass." New films: "Little America," "Annapolis Farewell," "The Last Outpost," "Virginia Judge," "Two Fisted." (Short) "Spring Night." R-K-0 (Features) Reissues: "Cross Fire," "Cheyenne Kid," "Chance at Heaven," "Before Dawn," "Spitfire," "Renegades of the West," "Murder on the Blackboard," "The Right to Romance," "Son of Kong," "Long Lost Father." "Little Women," "Let's Try Again," "Keep 'Em Rolling," "If I Were Free," "Man of Two Worlds," "The Lost Patrol," "Midshipman Jack," "The Most Dangerous Game," "Where Sinners Meet," "Strictly Dynamite," "Stingaree," "Tomorrow at Seven," "13 Women," "Man Hunt," "Ghost Valley," "Come on, Danger," "Bring 'Em Back Alive," "Blind Adventures," "Beyond the Rockies," "Wild Cargo," "Lucky Devils," "The Crime Doc tor," "One Man's Journey," "Lost Squad; ron," "Double Harness," "India Speaks," "The Silver Cord," "Morning Glory," "Ace of Aces," "After Tonight," "The Big Brain," "Cockeyed Cavaliers," "Conquerors," "Deluge," "Flaming Gold," "Goidie Gets Along," "Goodbye Love," "Half Naked Truth," "Headline Shooters," "King Kong," "Life of Vergie Winters," "Men of America," "Meanest Gal in Town," "No Marriage Ties," "Professional Sweetheart," "Rafter Romance," "Secrets of the French Police," "Sing and Like It," "Son of the Border," "Success at Any Price," "This Man is Mine," "Two Alone," "We're Rich Again," "Sport Parade," "Bird of Paradise," "Flying Devils," "Strange Justice," "Christopher Strong," "Scarlet River." New pictures: "Last Days of Pompeii," "Hi Gaucho," "The Three Musketeers," "Freckles." (Shorts) Reissues: "Wrong Direction," "In the Devil's Doghouse," "In-Laws Are Out," "What Not to Do in Bridge," "Well Cured Ham," "Walking Back Home," "Trailing Along," "A Torch Tango," "Suits to Nuts," "So This is Harris," "Society Cheaters," "Quiet Please," "A Preferred List," "Old Maid's Mistake," "Three Knaves and a Queen," "Transatlantic Bridge Tricks," "Forced Response," "Flirting in the Park," "Rougnecking," "Snug in the Jug," "Strictly Fresh Yeggs," "Undie World," "Odor in the Court," "Beach Masters." New films: "Tuned Out," "Aladdin from Manhattan." UNITED ARTISTS (Features) Reissues: "Around the World in 80 Minutes," "Mr. Robinson Crusoe," "Rain," "Corsair," "Street Scene," "Secrets," "Samarang," "Hallelujah I'm a Bum," "Abraham Lincoln." New films: "Dark Angel," "Barbary Coast," "Red Salute." (Shorts) Reissues: New: "Klpndike Kid," "The Night Before Christmas." UNIVERSAL (Features) "Fighting Youth," "King Solomon of Broadway," "Alone Together," "Stormy." (Shorts) "The Fox and the Rabbit," Episodes 2 and 3 "Tailspin Tommy" serial. WARNERS (Features) "From This Dark Stairway," "Moonlight on the Prairie," "Doctor Socrates," "I Live for Love," "Living Up to Lizzie," "Shipmates Forever." (Shorts) "A Cartoonist's Nightmare," "Okay Jose," "The Little Dutch Plate." Steamboat" Leads Omaha with $8,200 Omaha, Sept. 29. — "Steamboat 'Round the Bend," on a double bill with "The Gay Deception," was the big money-maker of the week, going to $8,200, up by $700, at the Orpheum. "The Big Broadcast of 1936" and "The Man Who Reclaimed His Head" also did well at the Omaha. An automobile giveaway boosted business all along the line. Total first run business was $19,900. Average is $16,500. Estimated takings : Week Ending Sept. 25: "SHE MARRIED HER BOSS" (Col.) "ATLANTIC ADVENTURE" (Col.) BRAND'EIS — (1,200), 25c-35c-40c, 7 days. Gross: $6,500. (Average, $4,000) "BIG BROADCAST OF 1936" (Para.) "MAN WHO RECLAIMED HIS HEAD" (Univ.) OMAHA— (2,200), 25c-40c, 8 days. Gross: $5,200. (Average, $5,000) Week Ending Sept. 26: "STEAMBOAT 'ROUND THE BEND" (Fox) "THE GAY DECEPTION" (Fox) ORPHEUM — (3,000), 25c-40c, 7 days. Gross: $8,200. (Average, $7,500) Operator Appeal Is Set Argument on an appeal from a recent court decision awarding a former Local 306 operator at the Flatbush, Brooklyn, back salary of approximately $4,000 is scheduled to be heard today in the Appellate Court. Weisman, Quinn, Allen & Spett will represent the Flatbush. "Angel" Huge Philadelphia Hit, $14,000 Philadelphia, Sept. 29. — "The Dark Angel" took all the bows last week, doubling the Aldine's average with a take of $14,000. Business was brisk and only a reduction in number of shows daily because of the feature's length kept the gross from running higher. The other bright spot was the second run engagement of "Top Hat" at the Karlton. It got $3,700, enough to hold it there for another week. The rest of the town was off. The two stage show houses, Earle and Fox, are still in the midst of their musicians' tiff and thus their grosses were held down. The Earle got a fair break with $10,000 for "Special Agent," but the Fox found "Redheads on Parade" weak and yanked it after five days to a total take of $7,500. Total first run business was $65,300. Average is $69,700. Estimated takings for the week ending Sept. 26 : "CHINA SEAS" (M-G-M) ARCADIA— (600), 25c-40c-50c, 8 days, 2nd run. Gross: $2,600. (Average, 6 days, $2,400) "THE DARK ANGEL" (U. A.) ALDINE— (1,200), 40c-55c-65c, 6 days. Gross: $14,000. (Average, $7,000) "THE GOOSE AND THE GANDER" (F. N.) BOYD— (2,400), 40c-55c, 6 days. Gross: $9,500. (Average, $12,000) "SPECIAL AGENT" (W. B.) EARLE— (2,000) , 25c-40c-50c, 6 days. Gross: $10,000. (Average, $12,000) "REDHEADS ON PARADE" (Fox) FOX— (3,000), 40c-55c-65c, 5 days. Gross: $7,500. (Average, 6 days, $12,000) "TOP HAT" (Radio) KARLTON— (1,000), 25c-35c-40c, 6 days, 2nd run. Gross: $3,700. (Average, $3,500) "SHE MARRIED HER BOSS" (Col.) KEITH'S— (2,000), 30c-40c-50c, 6 days, 2nd run. Gross: $2,900. (Average, $4,000) ~" "ANNAPOLIS FAREWELL" (Para.) STANLEY— (3,700), 40c-55c, 6 days. Gross: $10,000. (Average, $12,000) "HARMONY LANE" (Mascot) STANTON— (1,700), 30c-40c-50c, 6 days. Gross: $5,100. (Average, $6,000) "Hat" Milwaukee's Best in 2nd Week Milwaukee, Sept. 28. — Two days of near 90-degree weather and the Louis-Baer fight were this week's big headaches for exhibitors. Business the night of the fight was reported the worst in many moons. Despite these bugaboos, "Top Hat," in its second and final week at the Warner, was big stuff with an $8,800 take, "Broadway Melody of 1936" running it a close second with an $8,500 gross for eight days. Estimated takings for the week ending Sept. 27: "SHE MARRIED HER BOSS" (Col.) PALACE— (2,800), 25c-40c, 7 days. Gross: $4,800. (Average, $5,000) "PUBLIC OPINION" (Invincible) RIVERSIDE— (2,300), 15c-20c-25c, 7 days. Stage: Continental Revue. Gross: $5,200. (Average, $5,000) "THE VIRGINIAN" (Para.) "IF I HAD A MILLION" (Para.) STRAND— (1,400), 25c-35c. 7 days. Gross: $1,200. (Average, $1,250) "TOP HAT" (Radio) WARNER— (2,400), 25c-40c, 7 days. Gross: $8,800. (Average, $5,000) "BROADWAY MELODY OF 1936" (M-G-M) WISCONSIN— (3,200), 25c-35c-55c, 8 days. Gross: $8,500. (Average, $8,000)