Motion Picture Herald (Apr-Jun 1931)

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 #:
000881
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:
August 29, 2022
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(May 9 . 19 3 1 MOTION PICTURE HERALD 51 THEATRE RECEIPTS V ith spring weather coming on the motion picture atres are returning to a normal gross. In many ances, this week has shown an increase over the vious. This was not due alone, however, to climatic j (Copyright, 1931: Repraduction of mattriat from this department without credit to Motion Picture Herald expressly forbidden) conditions. Rather, the pictures themselves were responsible. Such pictures as "Trader Horn," "City Lights," etc., have been doing a remarkable business. Theatres Current Week ny m-Bleecker. ind tnore itorium b's 1,487 1,600 1.982 1,300 le 267 «'s Century. 3,076 k's Parkway 987 f Stanley i's Valencia. jB. Metropol. m In's 2,800 ii-Boston ... 2,500 t's Orpheum 3,100 \''a State.... 3,700 ■opolitan 4,350 npia 2,500 lay Square.. 1,800 wn 2,000 Picture Gnu Previous Picture Week ptor's RKO.. 1,SOO 2Sc-60c 1.146 25c-35c 1.900 35c-SOc 1,600 35c -1.00 2,500 25c-S0c 2,300 3Sc-50c "Trader Horn" (MGM) 13,500 (6 days) 1,350 2Sc-3Sc "Strangers May Kiss" (MGM)... 8,100 (6 days) "Beyond Victory" (Pathe) 2,750 (3 days) '•Cracked Nuts" (Radio) 2,900 (3 days) "Fatlier's Son" (F. N.) 4,125 (6 days) "The Millionaire" (\V. B.) 9,250 (6 days) "The Millionaire" (W. B.) 2,332 (4 days) "Behind Office Doors" (Radio).... 5,520 (6 days and Sunday midnite show) 35c-50c "Comrades of 1918" (Forenfilm).. 1,200 (6 days) 25c-60c "Shipmates" (MGM) 24,800 (6 days) lSc-35c "City Lights" (MGM) 4,500 (6 days) 3,522 25c-60c "Trader Horn" (MGM) 23,900 (6 days and Sunday midnite show) 2Sc-3Sc "Men Call It Love" (MGM).... 3.500 (6 days) 25c-50c "Charlie Chan Carries On" (Fo.x.. 7,000 (6 days) 25c-50c "Subway Express" (Col.) 7.200 (6 days) 15c-50c "Iron Man" (U.) 5,100 (6 days) 30c-65c "Cracked Nuts" (Radio) 23,500 25c-60c "Road to Paradise" (F. N.) 19,000 25c-50c "Strangers May Kiss' (MGM).... 20,000 30c-50c "The Front Page" (U. A.) 20,500 25c-60c "The Millionaire" (W. B.) 42,000 25c-50c "Ladies Man" (Para.) 14,500 25c-50c "The Finger Points" (F. N.) 16,500 25c-60c "Ladies Man" (Para.) 13,500 "City Streets" (Para.) 26,000 "Father's Son" (F. N.) 13,000 "Trader Horn" (MGM) 27,900 "Cracked Nuts" (Radio) 21,000 "Aloah" (Tiff.) 12,500 "River's End" (W. B.) 1,100 (3 days) "Soldier's Plaything" (W. B.) 950 (3 days) "The Finger Points" (F. N.) 4,000 (3 days) "Kiss Me Again" (F. N.) 5,250 (3 days) 1,441 40c-50c "Secret Six" (Para.) 6,000 (3 days) "Trader Horn" (MGM) 7,000 (3 days) lo . 3,500 25c-60c ury 3,000 25c-35c It Lakes... . 3,000 25c -60c odrome . . . 2,100 2Sc-50c 3,300 25c-35c 750 10c-20c I I lotte 3way 1,167 25c-50c Gross 10,300 'East Lynne" (Fox) (6 days) "Scandal Sheet" (Para.) 6,250 (6 days) "Bachelor Apartment" (Radio) 2,750 (3 days) 'Bad Sister" (U.) 1,950 (3 days) "Divorce Among Friends" (W. B.) 1,900 (3 days) "Too Young To Marry" (F. N.).. 2,000 (3 days) "The Finger Points" (F. N.) 9.300 (6 days) "Ten Cents a Dance' 'Beyond Victory "Men Call It Love" "A Tailor Made Man' (Col.) 24,000 (RKO) 18,500 (MGM) 21,000 ' (MGM).... 21,000 City Streets" (Par.) 43,000 The Finger Points" (F. N.) 15,000 Dishonored" (Par.) 15,000 The Finger Points" (F. N.) 13,500 "Dishonored" (Para.) 22,600 "Charhe Chan Carries On" (Fox). 10,800 'A Connecticut Yankee" (Fox 22.000 'Men Call It Love" (MGM) 17,200 'Subway Express" (Col.) 11,200 'Fifty Million Frenchmen" (W. B.) 4,000 (3 days) "Resurrection" (U.) 4,750 (3 days) "New Moon" (MGM) 5,500 (3 days) "The Secret Six" (MGM) 5,500 (3 days) High and Low Gross (Tabulation covers period from March, 193*, to May, 1931) High 1-24-30 "Reducing" $ 18,500 Low 4-4-31 "Passion Flower" 6,100 High 5-2-31 "Strangers May Kiss' 8,100 Low 4-4-31 "Dancers" and "Girls Demand Excitement" 4,550 High 3-14-31 "Millie" 8,600 Low 4-25-31 "Bachelor Apartment" and "Bad Sister" 4,700 High 12-13-30 "The Cat Creeps" 4,75P Low 4-4-31 "Viennese Nights" 3,250 High 4-25-31 "The Finger Points" 9,300 Low 4-4-31 "My Past" 5.850 High 2-14-31 "Cimarron" Low 5-17-30 "King of Jazz" High 5-3-30 "Hallelujah" Low 1-10-31 "Waterloo" High 4-11-31 "A Tailor Made Man"... Low 11-1-30 "Her Wedding Night".... High 1-3-31 "Follow the Leader" Low 8-9-30 "Love Among the Millionaires" High 4-11-31 "Strangers May Kiss"... Low 5-3-30 "Honey" High 7-26-.30 "Sins of the Children"... Low 11-29-30 "Only Saps Work" High 8-30-30 "Common Clay" Low 12-27-30 "Princess and Plumber". High 3-16-30 "Green Goddess" Low 6-14-30 "Golden Dawn" High 3-16-30 "Green Goddess" Low 7-26-30 "Sweet Kitty Bellairs" High 10-11-30 "Half Shot at Sunrise".. Low 12-6-30 "Sin Takes a Holiday" High 1-10-31 "Danger Lights" Low 4-4-31 "Bad Sister" High 1-17-31 "Hell's Angels" Low 6-28-30 "Lady of Scandal" High 10-18-30 "Three French Girls".... Low 6-28-30 "Bad One" High 10-11-30 "Sea God" Low 6-7-30 "True to the Navy" High 7-5-30 "With Byrd at South Pole" Low 2-21-31 "Sit Tight" High 10-11-30 "Numbered Men"... Low 7-5-30 "Shadows of the Law" 14,500 3,000 1,900 400 30,000 14,000 5,500 2,900 33,500 12,500 7 300 1,800 18,500 2,800 14.000 3,200 9,000 2,100 34,500 16,500 22,000 17,000 31,500 17,500 30,000 18,000 49,000 26,000 28,000 12,000 20,000 11,000 High 3-28-31 "My Past" 39,500 Low 4-4-31 "Man of the World" 20,000 High 2-14-31 "Cimmaron" 25,600 Low 4-4-31 "Mother's Cry" 5,900 High 4-18-31 "Strangers May Kiss".... 30,000 Low 12-27-30 "Remote Control" 13,400 High 2-14-31 "Free Love" 26,300 Low 12-27-30 "Along Came Youth" 15,900 High 4-11-31 "Ten Cents a Dance" 24,100 Low 4-18-31 "Lonely Wives" 9.200