Motion Picture Herald (Apr-Jun 1931)

Page scan 00061 from Motion Picture Herald

Record Details:

Title:
Motion Picture Herald
Date:
Apr-Jun 1931
Publisher:
[New York, N.Y. : Quigley Pub. Co.]
Volume:
Motion Picture Herald (Apr-Jun 1931)
Leaf #:
00061
Language:
English
Subjects:
motion pictures, Motion pictures -- Periodicals
Collection:
Hollywood Studio System
Format:
Periodicals
Contributor:
Library of Congress, MBRS, Moving Image Section
Sponsor:
Library of Congress, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Description:
Founded in 1915 by a Chicago printing company as a regional trade paper for Midwest exhibitors. In 1916, editor Martin Quigley bought out the owners, and over the next 15 years, he grew EXHIBITORS HERALD into one of the most important national, weekly trade papers in the film business. Quigley acquired MOTOGRAPHY in 1917 and MOVING PICTURE WORLD in 1927. In 1930, he acquired MOTION PICTURE NEWS and the new 'consolidated' publication became MOTION PICTURE HERALD. From the pulpit of his editorial page, Quigley preached the need to improve the motion picture industry and improve the quality of the films. He skillfully served as a mediator in disputes -- between distributors and exhibitors, between the film industry and the Catholic Church (Quigley was one of the architects of the Production Code). Quigley claimed that EXHIBITORS HERALD represented the 'independent exhibitor' and sections like 'What the Picture Did for Me?' certainly provided a forum for theater owners. But plenty of exhibitors viewed Quigley as a servant to the studios and large theater chains. In response, publications such as SHOWMEN'S TRADE REVIEW, INDEPENDENT EXHIBITORS FILM BULLETIN, HARRISON'S REPORTS, and BOX OFFICE were either formed or grew significantly in the years following Quigley's brief moment of consolidation in 1930. -- Eric Hoyt, 2014
Date Added:
July 18, 2024
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April 4. 19 3 1 Theatres Ottawa (Cont'd) CcHtre 1,200— isc-eoc Imperial 1,200— 10c-60c Regent 1.125— Uo-7Be MOTION PICTURE HERALD 55 Current Week Previous Week High and Low Gross Picture "Little Caesar^' (F.N.) 6 days "The Painted Desert" (Pathe) 6 days "East Lynne" (Fox) 6 days GroM Picture 4,100 "One Heavenly Nighf (U.A.) 6 days 2,500 "The Seas Beneath" (Fox) 6 days 5,100 "The Criminal Code" (Col.) 6 days Gross 5,500 3,000 5,600 (Tabulation covers period from March, 1930to March, 1931) Hieh 1-24-31 "Madam Satan" 3 days and "Dn Barry, Woman of Passion" 3 days 8,800 L,ow 12-13-30 "Remoto Control".. 2,400 High 8-» Mid B-80-30 "Byrd at Sontb Fol«" and "Chtldrea of LeUnre" 8-»: "All Qnle« on Western Front" 8-80 4.1M Low 12-20-30 "East Is West" 2,080 HiKh 5-24-SO "Hlch Society Blues" 8.600 Low 12-20-80 "Scotland Yard"... 8,200 Philadelphia Arcadia 600— 60c Boyd t,40»— SSc-76o Chestnut 1,860— 60C-I1.60 Earle 2,000 — 26c -OSo Erlanger 2,000— 60C-I1.00 Fox 8,000— 36c-16c Karlton 1,000— 40c-50e Keith's 1,800— 36c-76e Mastbaum 4,800— S60-760 Stanley 8,700— 36C-760 Stanton 1,700— 26c-66« 'The Seas Beneath" (Fox) 6 days 'Behind Office Door^' (Radio) 6 days "Trader Horn" (U.A.) 6 days 6th week "The Great Meadow" (MGM) 6 days "City Lights" (U.A.) 6 days 5th week "Don't Bet on Women" (Fox) 6 days "The Royal Bed" (Radio) 6 days "Unfaithful" (Par.) 6 days "Strangers May Kiss' (MGM) 6 days "Reaching for the Moon" (U.A.) 6 days 2nd week "The Last Parade" (Col.) 6 days 2nd week 3,000 "The Gang Buster" (Par.) 6 days 19,000 "Kiki" (U.A.) 0 days 9,000 "Trader Horn" (C.A.) 6 days 4th week 23,000 "Cohens and Kellys in Africtf' (U.) 6 days 14,000 "City Lights" (C.A.) 6 days 4th week 26,000 "Along Came Youth" (Par.) 6 days 4,500 "Resurrection" (U.) 6 days 19,000 "Honor Among Lovers" (Par.) 6 days 52,000 "Ten Cents a Dance^' (Col.) 6 days 18,000 "Reaching for the Moon" (U.A.) 4 days 1st week "DracuM' (U.) 2 days 15,000 "The Last Parade" (Col. 6 days Ist week 9 cflA Hlch 11-1 mad ll-tt-SO "Animal Craekera" U-lj "Anybody'* Woman" 11-tS S.SM L,ow 2-21-31 "No Limit" and 228-31 "Scandal Sheet" and 3-1431 "Finn and Hattie"; 3-28-31 ISnnn "Seas Beneath" 3,000 10,0UU High 10-11 and 11-1-30 "Whoopee"; "Check and Double Cliet k" 11-1 ; 2-21-31 "Illicit" 28,000 Low 9-9 and 13IS -SO "Big Boy" 8rd week) »-6s "Sin Takes a Holiday" IVIS U.OM 11,500 18,000 HIgrh 9-6-80 "Sap from Syracuse" 26.000 Low 2-14-31 "Ex-Flame" 16,600 18,000 9(; Ann High 2-7-31 "Man Who Came M,VW Back" 40,000 Low 3-7-31 "Girls Demand Excitement" and "East Lynne" 23,000 Q Ann High 10-26-30 "Whoopee" 10,000 0,UUU 11-15-30 "For the Love of Lil" and 3-21-31 "Resurrection" 3,000 15 000 ™Kh 1-3-31 "Tom Saw.ver" 24,000 Low 3-7-31 "It Pays To Advertise" and "Stolen Heaven" 8.000 44 nnn 1-3-81 "Going Wild" 68.000 44,UUU anfl 10-18-80 "Maybo It's Love" 10-11 s "Madamo Satan" 10-18 8S.0M 16,000 High 8-23-30 "All Quiet on Western Front" and 2-14-31 "Clmar 4,500 26,000 Low 12-27-30 "The Lash" 3 days; and "Abraham Lincoln" 8 days 11,600 16,500 High 3-21-31 "The Last Parade" 16,500 Low 2-28-31 "Beau Ideal" (8 days) 7,500 Portland, Ore. Fox Broadway 1,912 — 26c-60c Fox Paramount 3,068— 26C-60C Fox Rialto 1,498— 26C-60O Hamrick's Alder 1,000— 25C-50C RKO Orpheum 1,700— 26C-60C United Artists 945— 25c-85c "Unfaithful" (Par.) "Body and Soul" (Fox) "Great Meadow" (MGM) "Ex-Mistress" (W.B.) "Ten Cents a Dance" (Col.) "City Lights" (U.A.) 2nd week 7,000 "East Lynne" (Fox) tnd week 15,500 "Gentleman's Fate" (Par.) 6,000 "Trader Horn" (MOM) (at 60c-$L60) 4,000 "It Pays to Advertise" (Par.) 12,500 "Kept Husbands" (Radio) 5,700 "City Lights" (U.A.) Ist week 6,000 High 1-10-31 "Min and Bill" 21.000 Low 3-38-31 "Unfaithful" 7,000 "•e'' 1-3-31 "Paid" 26,000 14,900 Low 4-20-30 "Ladles Love Brutes" 9,456 High 10-18-30 "Bead to Para 12,000 dise" 12.800 Low 3-14-31 "Fair Warning" 3,500 5,500 9,000 High 2-14-31 "Cimarron" 20.000 Low 3-7-31 "Dracula" and 3-21-31 "Kept Husbands" 9.000 10,200 High U-13-S0 "HeU's Angels" 19,400 Low 3-16-30 "Lummox" 7.125 Providence Loew*8 State 8,800— 10c-60c Majestic e,40O— 10c-60c Paramount 2.400— 10c-60c RKO Albee 2,300 — 10e-60G RKO Victory 1,600— lOc-600 "The Prodigal" (MGM) "Kismet" (F.N.) "June Moon" (Par.) "Ten Cents a Dance" (Col) "Dracultf' (U.) 18,500 "City Lights" (U.A.) 10,000 "Once a Sinner" (F.N.) 10,500 "Honor Among Lovers" (Par.) 11,000 "Draculte' (U.) 5,000 "The Painted Desert" (Pathe) 24,000 High lS-18-30 "HeU's Angels" <8,0M Low 10-25-30 "Dn Barry, Woman of Passion" 1C,500 12 000 High 3-7-31 "Little Caesar" 18,000 i^.uuu 7-26-80 "Golden Dawn" 7-10; "Adventure of Dr. Fn Manchn" 7-26 ....9,000 13,000 High 7-19-30 "Son of the Gods". 18.000 Low 3-7-31 "Range" 8,000 High 8-2-30 "All Quiet on West 12,000 em Front" 20,000 Low 9-27-30 "Santa Fe Trail" and 12-20-30 "Boudoir Diplomat"... 8.000 6 000 High 4-6-20 "Golden Cair* 18,500 ' Low 3-28-31 "Dracula" 5,000