Motion Picture Daily (Oct-Dec 1941)

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Motion Picture Daily Broadway Enjoys Smash Armistice Day Business 'Business9 at Wednesday, November 12, 1941 'Soldier' and Show Boston Best, $23,800 Boston, Nov. 11. — With business generally off at most of the downtown houses, a stage show headed by Bill Robinson and Jimmy Lunceford and Efiiis orchestra plus "Swing It, Soldier" fat the Keith Boston topped box-office I receipts with $23,800. I Estimated receipts for the week a ending Nov. 5-6 : ' "Swing It, Soldier" (Univ.) KEITH BOSTON — (2,697) (3Gc-40c -44cI 55c-6Sc) 7 days. Vaudeville including Bill Robinson, Jimmy Lunceford and his orchestra, James Young, the Miller Brothers and Lois and Velma Middleton. Gross: $23,800. (Average. $8,000) "Belle Starr" (20th-Fox) "They Meet Again" (RKO) KEITH MEMORIAL— (2,907) (30c-40c44c-55c) 7 days. Gross: $14,000. (Average, $16,000) "Week-End in Havana" (20th-Fox) "Great Guns" (20th-Fox) M ETROPOLITAN — (4,367) (28c 30c -40c 55)c 7 days. Gross: $16,780. (Average, $15,500) "Our Wife" (Col.) "Bullets for O'Hara" (W. B.) PARAMOUNT— (1,797) (28c -30c -40c -44c55c) 7 days. Gross: $7,000. (Average, $7,500) "Our Wife" (Col.) "Bullets for O'Hara" (W. B.) FENWAY— (1,320) (2Sc-30c-40c-44c-55c) 7 days. Gross: $3,800. (Average, $4,500) "Nothing But the Truth" (Para.) "Buy Me That Town" (Pan-a.) SCHOLLAY— (2,500) (28c-30c-4Oc-44c-55c) 7 days, 3rd run. Gross: $3,100. (Average, $4,000) "You'll Never Get Rich" (Col.) "Tilhe the Toiler" (Col.) LOEWS STATE— (3.000) (30c-40c-44c55c) 7 days. Gross: $14,200. (Average, $12,000) "You'U Never Get Rich" (Col.) "Tillie the Toiler" (Col.) LOEWS ORPHEUM— (2,900) (30c-40c44c-55c) 7 davs. Gross: $18,100. (Average, $17,500) Legion Approves Six New Pictures The National Legion of Decency has approved six new films for the current week, three for general patronage and three for adults. The new films and their classification follow. Class A-l, Unobjectionable for General Patronage — "Buy Me That Town," "Ellery Queen and the Murder Ring," "Riding the Sunset Trail." Class A-2, Unobjectionable for Adults — "Appointment for Love," "Hot Spot," "Swamp Water." Broidy Back on Coast Hollywood, Nov. 11.— Samuel S. Broidy, general sales manager for Monogram, returned here today, after a trip to key cities, during which he reported 175 theatres have been added to the company's list of accounts. Nor manly Leaving 'U' Hollywood, Nov. 11. — James Normally, for the last five years general business manager of the Universal studio, will leave his post next Sunday. He plans a vacation until Jan. 1. He formerly was with the Bank of America. Lift Laurel-Hardy Option Hollywood, Nov. 11. — Twentieth Century-Fox has exercised an option on Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy, following the film, "Great Guns." The contract calls for 10 pictures in the next five years, the next to be "Pitfalls of the Big City." (Continued from paye I) ness, ranging in verbal report all the way from "very big" and "tremendous" to "complete sellout — SRO" and "one of our biggest matinees." At the Broadway film houses, business was unusually strong all the way. Some of the houses reported long lines of standees from the morning hours extending well into the afternoon. The Music Hall, for example, reported an SRO matinee, with 500 standing in line at 1 P. M. The Broadway reported a capacity-plus matinee, with a line of standees outside of the house which was not dissipated until 4 P.M. The Roxy, Rialto, Astor, Paramount, Strand and Rivoli all reported substantial business throughout the day, with several having standees. Chicago Loop Houses Report Capacity Crowds Chicago, Nov. 11.— With thousands of people thronging the Loop, since most business houses shut down for all or part of the day, and with the schools closed for Armistice Day, all houses in the Loop reported capacity business. The Chicago and State-Lake Theatres reported holdouts at noon, and other theatres filled rapidly. Balaban & Katz charged holiday prices in the Loop houses, the first time that has been done on Armistice Day. Prices were 55 cents to 1 P.M., 65 cents and 75 cents thereafter. Holiday Business Is Strong in Los Angeles Los Angeles, Nov. 11. — With cloudy skies and high temperatures, Armistice Day theatre business was off to a strong start here today. The usual influx of holiday visitors to the city was augmented by 10,000 soldiers from Ford Ord and Camp San Luis Obispo, plus service men on leave from San Diego and other camps. Business held generally strong at the local theatres, with "Birth of the Blues" at the Paramount and "Citizen Kane" at the Hawaii on Hollywood Boulevard appearing to be the strongest attractions. Armistice Day Brings Good Grosses in N. O. New Orleans, Nov. 11. — Theatres and amusements generally reported unusually good business here today, as the Armistice Day observance caused many business houses to close, some all day and others a half day. Exceptionally clear weather also helped at the box-office. Evening business at downtown houses, however, was affected by an elaborate night parade, which lasted several hours. Boston Reports Big Box-Office Boston, Nov. 11. — Film and legitimate houses reported record grosses for the Armistice Day holiday, with downtown theatres announcing standing room at a premium and motion picture houses turning customers away. A big parade drew an estimated 150,000 visitors to the city. Toronto Business Reported as Good Toronto, Nov. 11. — Matinees today found suburban theatres packed and downtown theatres well filled, and evening attendance was heavy everywhere. Theatres charged the usual scales. Raw weather and sleet discouraged outdoor activities except two parades. Retail stores were closed in the morning for observance of the official program, and morning theatre patronage was off. Banks and schools observed the full holiday. Montreal Builds To Normal Gross Montreal, Nov. 11. — After a slow day in which Armistice exercises kept this city's population occupied, evening theatre business picked up and in most instances was normal, managers reported. A parade in the morning killed opening business entirely, with the city turning out en masse to witness wreath laying ceremonies. Projectionists suspended showings during the two-minute silence at 11 o'clock, as is the custom. Many business houses observed a whole or half holiday. Exhibitors reported afternoon business picked up and built steadily in the evening. Rochester Stage Show Rochester, Nov. 11. — Ted Lewis and his band will play a four-day stage run at the RKO Temple here beginning Dec. 2, according to Manager Lou Mayer. Big $20,000, Los Angeles Los Angeles, Nov. 11. — "Unfinished Business" and "Moonlight in Hawaii" scored $10,000 at the Hillstreet and the same at the Pantages, for a total of $20,000. Other grosses were down. Estimated receipts for the week ending Nov. 5 : "Smilin' Through" (M-G-M) "Dr. Kildare's Wedding Day" (M-G-M) CHINESE— (2,500) (33c-44c-55c-75c) 7 days. Gross: $9,500. (Average, $12,000) "Sundown" (U.A.) 4 STAR— (900) (44c-55c) 7 days, 3rd week. Gross: $5,000. (Average, $3,250) "Citizen Kane" (RKO) HAWAII— (110) (33c-44c-55c-75c) 7 days, 3rd week. Gross: $8,000. "Unfinished Business" (Univ.) "Moonlight in Hawaii" (Univ.) HILLSTREET— (2,700) (33c-44c-55c-75c) 7 days. Gross: $10,000. (Average, $6,500) "Smilin' Through" (M-G-M) "Dr. Kildare's Wedding Day" (M-G-M) LOEWS STATE — (2,700) (33c-44c-55c-75c) 7 clays. Gross: $13,500. (Average, $14,000) "Unfinished Business" (Univ.) "Moonlight in Hawaii" (Univ.) PANTAGES — (3,000) (33c-44c-55c-75c) 7 days. Gross: $10,0000. (Average, $7,000) "Nothing But the Truth" (Para.) "Henry Aldrich for President" (Para.) PARAMOUNT— (3,595) (33c -44c -55c -75c) 7 days. "Truth" 3rd week. Stage: "Glamour Girls of 1942." Gross: $16,000. (Average, $18,000) "International Squadron" (W.B.) "The Smiling Ghost" (W.B.) WARNER BROS. (Hollywood) (3,000) (33c-44c-55c-75c) 7 days. Gross: $12,600. (Average, $14,000) " International Squadron" (W.B). "The Smiling Ghost" (W.B.) WARNER BROS. (Downtown) — (3,400) (33c-44c-55c-75c) 7 days. Gross: $13,300. (Average, $12,000)