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 #:
000884
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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54 MOTION PICTURE HERALD May 9 , 1 9 3 L Theatres Montreal (Cont'd) Princess 2,272 25c-65c Strand 750 15c50c New York Astor 1,120 S0c-$1.50 Capitol 4,700 35c-$l.S0 Central 910 S0c-75c Embassy 598 25c Geo. M. Cohan.. 1,500 50c-$1.00 ■Globe 1.050 S0c-$1.SO ■Hollywood 1,S48 6Sc-85c Mayfair 2,300 40c-85c Paramount 3700 40c-$1.00 Rialto 1,904 40c-$1.00 .Rivoli 2,103 40c-$1.00 .Roxy 6,200 65c-$1.50 Strand 3,000 50c-$1.00 Warners 1,490 25c-65c Winter Garden. 1,493 35c-8Sc Oklahoma City Capitol 1,200 10c-50c Criterion 1,800 10c-50c Liberty 1,500 10c-3Sc Mid-West 1,500 10c-50c Warner 1,700 10c-50c Omaha Orpheum 3,000 25c-60c Paramount 2,900 25c-60c State 1,200 25c-40c World 2,500 25c-45c Ottawa Avalon 990 15c-35c B. F. Keith's.. 2,592 lSc-60c Centre 1,200 15c-60c Imperial 1,200 10c-50c Regent 1,225 15c-75c Philadelphia Arcadia 600 50c Boyd 2.400 35c-75c Earle 2,000 25c-65c Fox 3,000 35c -75c Karlton 1,000 40c-50c Keith's 1,800 35c-75c iTtiCATCE CCCCIPTS— CCNT'DI Current Week Previous Week High and Low Gross Picture Gross Picture "Dirigible" (Col.) 12,000 "The Man Who Came Back" (Fox) and "The Steel Highway"...... 3,800 "Trader Horn" (MGM) 15.340 (13th week) "Tailor Made Man" (MGM) 55,461 "Dirigible" (Col.) 14,227 (4th week) .\1! Xewsreel 8.533 "City. Lights" (U. A.) 11.298 (dlth week — 6 davs) "Iron Man" (U.) '. (2nd week) "Svengali" (W. B.) 1" .i84 (3 days) "Born to Love" (Pathel "Dude Ranch" (Para.) 35,500 (6 days) "Gunsmoke" (Para.) 27.500 "Front Page" (U. A.) 19,800 (7th week— 6 days) "Doctors' Wives" (Fox) 81,600 "Public Enemy" (W. B.) 63,776 (8 days) "The Flood" (Col.) ,^.732 "The Millionaire" (W. B.) 24,.S53 (3rd week) "The Secret Six" (MGM) 7,000 "Trader Horn" (MGM) 14,500 "See America Thirst" (U.) 1,800 (3 days) "Virtuous Husband" (U.) 1,200 (4 days) "Charlie Chan Carries On" (Fox) 5,200 "Not Exactly Gentlemen" (Fox).. 8.000 "Subway Express" (Col.) 14,000 "Skippy" (Para.) 9,500 "It's a Wise Child" (MGM) 1,800 (4 days) "Three Girls Lost" (Fox) 850 (3 davs) "Charlie Clian Carries On" (Fox) 8,500 "Outward Bound" (W. B.) 1,800 (3 days) "East Lynne" (Fox) 1,400 (3 days) "Parlor, Bedroom and Bath" (MGM) 3,700 (3 days) "Three Girls Lost" (Fox) 3,700 (3 days) "The Lottery Bride" (U. A.) 5,000 (6 days) "Bad Sister" (U.) 2,900 (6 days) "Dishonored" (Para.) 5,500 (6 days) "Unfaithful" (Para.) 6,000 (2nd week — 10 days) "Born to Love"(Pathe) 13,000 (2nd week-— 6 days) "Subway Express" (Col.) 22,500 (6 days) "Not Exactly Gentlemen" (Fox).. 24,000 (6 days) "City Lights" (U. A.) 8,000 (6 days) ".Skippy" (Para.) 17,000 (2nd week — 6 days) Gross (Tabulation covers period from Meu'ch, 193 to May, 1931) "City Lights" (U. A.) 11,000 (3rd week) "Scandal Sheet" (Para.) and "No Limit" (Para.) 4,100 "Trader Horn" (MGM) 15,940 (12th week) "Strangers May Kiss" (MGM).... 69,800 (2nd week) "Dirigible" (Col.) 14,486 (3rd week) All Newsreel 8,590 "City Lights" (U. A.) 14,700 (10th week) "Iron Man" (U.) 11,500 (1st week) "Cimarron" (Radio) 19,000 (3rd week) "City Streets" (Par.) 64,006 "Reaching for the Moon" (U. A.). 21,000 (3rd week) "Front Page" (U. A.) 26,005 (6th week) "Quick Millions" (Fox) 59,800 "God's Gift to Women" (F. N.)... 15,969 (6 days) "Other Men's Women" (W. B.)... 7,981 "The Millionaire" (W. B.) 28,020 (2nd week) "City Streets" (Par.) 7,000 "Tailor Made Man" (MGM) 5,800 "Girls Demand Excil-ement" (Fox) 1,200 (4 days) "Naughty Flirt" (F. N.) 1,100 (3 days) "Connecticut Yankee" (Fox) 6,300 (2nd week) "The Last Parade" (Col.) 8.700 "Cracked Nuts" (Radio) 15,000 "Trader Horn" (MGM) 11,500 (2nd week) "The Conquering Horde" (Par.)... 1,000 (4 days) "Men On Call" (Fox) 900 (3 days) "Body and Soul" (Fox) 12.000 "One Heavenly Night" (U. A.)... 1,400 (3 days) "Passion Flower" (MGM) 1,650 (3 days) "Skippy" (Para.) 3,800 (4 days) "The Perfect Alibi" (Radio Br.)..' 2,000 (2 days) "Hell's Angels" (U. A.) 5,900 (6 days) "Conquering Horde" (Para.) 2,700 (6 days) "Connecticut Yankee" (Fox) and "How He Lied To Her Husband" (Brit. Int.) 5,600 (6 days) "Unfaithful" (Para.) 1.000 (1st week — 2 days) "June Moon" (Para,) 1.500 (4 days) "Born To Love" (Pathe) 18.000 (1st week — 5 days) "The Hot Heiress" (F. N.) 18.500 (6 days) "M.-in of the World" (Para.) 26,000 (6 days) "Men Call It Love" (MGM) 5,500 (6 days) "Skippy" (Para.) 22,000 (1st week) High 4-11-31 "City Lights" 22,5 Low 12-13-30 "Up the River" 8,5i High 1-31-31 "Captain Thunder" 5,3i Low 12-20-30 "Golden Dawn" 3,li High 7-5-30 "Big House".. Low 11-1-30 "War Nurse". 24,81 20,3 High 8-30-30 "Romance" Low 3-21-31 "Great Meadow" High 11-29-30 Newsreels Low 8-16-30 Newsreels High 2-14-31 "City Lights" Low 12-20-30 "Sleeping Partners" High 10-18-30 "Half Shot at Sunrise". Low 7-26-30 "Hell's Island" 98,3: 49,7; 9,9 6,6 66,2i 3,71 28,0 8,0 High 11-8-30 "Check and Double Check" Low 4-4-31 "Laugh and Get Rich" High 8-23-30 "Anybody's Woman" Low 12-6-30 "Fast and Loose" High 9-6-30 "Animal Crackers" Low 7-26-30 "Raffles" High 12-27-30 "Royal Family" Low 3-14-31 "River's End" High 1-10-31 "Man Who Came Back" Low 2-14-31 "Girls Demand Excitement" High 11-8-30 "Doorway to Hell" Low 5-17-30 "The Wedding Bells".... High 8-30-30 "Old English" Low 5-2-31 "The Flood" High 7-19-30 "Dawn Patrol" Low 11-8-30 "Life of the Party" 51,0 15,0 91,31 52,11 62,51 17,0, 57,0 9,5 130,4 57,3 46,4 15,0 22,2 3,7 51,1 10,7 High 11-8-30 "Check and Double Check" 17,0 Low 4-6-30 "Party Girl" 3,8 High 2-21-31 "Cimarron" 15,5 Low 4-6-30 "Locked Door" 4,4 High 11-29-30 "Truth About Youth".... 8,5 Low 4-18-31 "Misbehaving Ladies" and "Fair Warning" 2,2 High 8-9-30 "Dawn Patrol" Low 11-8-30 "Last of the Duanes"... 15,0 3,8 High 11-1-30 "Check and Double Check" 26,4 Low 4-4-31 "Lonely Wives" 11,5 High 12-13-30 "Hell's Angels" ' Low 9-27-30 "Song of My Heart".... High 3-14-31 "Trader Horn" (at 50c-$1.50) Low 3-28-31 "Gentlemen's Fate" and "Connecticut Yankee" IJB High 4-11-31 "Men Call It Love".. Low 4-6-30 "Girl Said No" 12,7 5,9 10,0 16,0 6,7 High 3-23-30 "Disraeli" and "Cockeyed World" 3,5; Low 5-3-30 "Oh Yeah" and "Navy Blues" 1,8 High 3-30-30 "Sacred Flame" and "Love | Comes Along" 9,9 Low 4-11-30 "Don't Bet On Women" and "Man to Man" 4,9' High 1-24-31 "Madam Satan and "Du Barry, Woman of Passion" 8,8 Low 12-13-30 "Remote Control".... . . . 2,4 High 4-11-30 "Finn and Hattie" 4.5 Low 12-20-30 "East Is West" 2,0 High 5-24-30 "High Society Blues" 6,6 Low 12-20-30 "Scotland Yard" 3,3 llscj High 11-22-30 "Anybody's Woman" 5,5 Low 11-22-39 "Command Performance". 3,C High 2-21-31 "Illicit" 28,(1 Low 12-13-30 "Sin Takes a Holiday"... 12,C High 9-6-30 "Sap from Syracuse" 25,0 Low 2-14-31 "Ex-Flame" 15,5 High 2-7-31 "Man Who Came Back".. 40,0 Low 3-7-31 "Girls Demand Excitement" and East Lynne" 23,C High 10-25-30 "Whoopee" 10,C Low 3-21-31 "Resurrection" 3,(l High 1-3-31 "Tom Sawyer" 24,(P*^ Low 3-7-31 "It Pays to Advertise" and "Stolen Heaven" .. g,(