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 #:
0001067
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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ay 16, 1931 Theatres MOTION PICTURE HERALD ITHEA TCE RECEIPTS — CONT'C I 49 ladelphia (Cont'd) ^stbaum 4,800 35c-75c ^anley 3,700 35c-75c an ton 1,700 25c-6Sc fLand, Ore. 3t Broadway.. 1,912 2Sc-50c |x Paramotmt. 3,068 25c-60c flc Rialto 1,498 25c-50c iimrick's Alder 1,000 25c-50c j^O Orpheum.. 1,700 25c-50c •ited Artists.. 945 25c-60c 'idence jjtew's State. jajestic I ~ TcLznount • • < >0 Albee.. Victory. . 3,800 10c-50c 2,400 10c-50c 2000 10c-50c 2,300 10c -50c 1,600 10c-50c Paul 2,300 25c-SOc 1,600 25c-50c lO Orpheum . 2.600 25c-50c 1,000 15c-25c Francisco 2,315 35c-50c 1,70& 50c -1.50 Capitan 3,100 25c-60c 4,600 50c-$1.00 •Iden Gate ... 2,800 35c-65c 3,000 25c50c 2,740 3Sc-90c 2,700 50c-90c 1,385 3Sc-50c I little je Mouse 950 25c 2,450 25c-75c ith Avenue .. berty usic Box iramount CO Orpheum. 2,750 2,000 9S0 3,150 2,650 ■onto iperial 3,444 ew's 2,200 ea's 2,600 voU 1,600 town 3,000 2Sc-7Sc 15c-30c 25c-75c 25c-75c 25c-75c 15c-75c lSc-75c 30c-75c 15c-75c lSc-60c Current Week Picture Gross -Shipmates" (MGM) 42,000 (6 days') "Svengali" (W. B.) 20,000 (5 days) -Trader Horn" (MGM) 13.000 (6 days) -Skippy" (Para.) 6.000 (9 days) -Shipmates" (MGM) 16,000 -Woman Hungry" (F. N.) 3,500 -Fifty Million Frenchmen" (W. B.) 6.500 "Bad Sister" (U.) 15,000 -Trader Horn" (MGM) 8.200 (25c -50c— 3rd week) -Shipmates" (MGM) 15,000 -Vienese Nights" (F. N.) 9.000 -Tarnished Lady" (Para.) 10,000 -Born To Love" (Pathe) 8,000 "Ljnely Wives" (Pathe) 5,500 -Skippy" (Para.) 10,000 -Mr. Lemon of Orange" (Fox)... 8,000 -Born To Love" (Pathe) 15,000 "Three Rogues" (Fox) 2,000 -Woman Hungry" (F. N.) 14,000 -Dirigible" (Col.) 15,000 -Dance, Fools, Dance" (MGM)... 14,000 "Daybreak" (MGM) 36.000 -Beyond Victory" (Pathe) 16,000 "Iron Man" (U.) lO.OOO "Finger Points" (F. N.) 20,500 -Quick Millions" (Fox) 25,500 -The Millionaire" (W. B.) 9,300 (2nd week) "Fifty Million Frenchmen" (W. B.) 6,000 "The Hot Heiress" (F. N.) 4,500 (5 days) "Strangers Mav Kiss" (MGM).... 2,000 (25c-50c— 2 days) "Strangers May Kiss" (MGM(.... 14,500 "Caught CTheatnig" (U.) and "Sisters" (Col.) 6,500 -The Millionaire" (W. B.) 7,500 "The Finger Points" (F. N.) 13,000 "Born To Love" (Pathe) 13,000 -Tarnished Lady" (Para.) 16.800 (6 days) -Parlor, Bedroom & Bath" (MGM) 14,500 (25c -75c— 6 days) -Three Girls Lost" (Fox) 15,500 (6 days) "A Connecticut Yankee" (Fox).... 15,000 "Skippy" (Para.) 11,500 (6 days) Previous Week Picture Gross 'Iron Man" (U.) 43,000 (6 days) "The Finger Points" (F. N.) 17,000 -Drums of Jeopardy" (Tiff.) 10,000 (2nd week) "Strangers May Kiss" (MGM).... 3,000 (5 days — 2nd week) "Finger Points" (F. N.) 15,500 "It's A Wise Child" (MGM) 8,000 "Hell Bound" (Tiff.) 6,500 -Bachelor Apartment" (Radio) 11,400 -Trader Horn" (MGM) 9,000 (2nd week) "The Front Page" (U. A.) 23,000 "My Past" (W. B.) and "Fifty Million Frenchmen" (W. B.).... 13,000 "Ladies' Man" (Para.) 12,000 "Iron Man" (Radio) 8,000 'Subway Express" (Col.) 6,500 'Trader Horn" (MGM) 9,000 'Man of the World" (Para.) 4,000 'Bachelor Apartment" (Radio) 11,000 "C^iarlie Chan Carries On" (Fox) 2,000 "Ladies Man" (Para.) 16,000 (9 days) "Seas Beneath" (Fox) 14,500 "Shipmates" (MGM) 48,000 "Bad Sister" (U.) 16,000 "Last Parade" (Col.) 15,000 "City Streets" (Para.) 22,000 "Tailor Made Man" (MGM) 25,000 "The Millionaire" (W. B.) 12,500 (1st week) "Hell Bound" (Tiff.) 6,500 (25c-75c) "Woman Hungry" (F. N.) 4,500 (5 days) "Skippy" (Para.)...: 12,000 "Wings of Adventure" (Tifl.).... 6,000 "Front Page" (U. A.) 5,500 (2nd week) "Doctors' Wives" (Fox) 13,000 "Cracked Nuts" (Radio) 14,500 "CharHe C^ian Carries On" (Fox) 15,500 (6 days) "Kiki" (U. A.) 14,500 (6 days) "June Moon" (Para.) 14,000 (6 days) "Dracula" (U.) 9,000 (2nd week — 6 days) 'Resurrection" (U.) 11,500 (6 days) High and Low Gross (Tabulation covers period from Mstrch, 1930. to May, 1931) High 1-3-31 "Going Wild" 58,000 Low 10-18-30 "Madame Satan" 35,000 High 2-14-31 "Cimarron" 26,(»0 Low 12-27-30 "The Lash" and "Abraham Lincoln" 11,500 High 3-21-31 "The Last Parade" 16,500 Low 2-28-31 "Beau Ideal" (8 days) 7,500 High 1-10-31 "Min and Bill" 21,00D Low 4-4-31 "The Prodigal" 3,000 High 1-3-31 "Paid" 26,000 Low 4-20-30 "Ladies Love Brutes" 9,456 High 10-18-30 "Road to Paradise" 12,800 Low 4-18.31 "Right of Way"..... 3,000 High 2-14-31 "Cimarron" 20,000 Low 3-21-31 "Kept Husbands" 9,000 High 12-13-30 "Hell's Angels" 16,400 Low 4-4-3 "Fighting Caravans" 6,000 High 12-13-30 "Hell's Angels" 28,000 Low 5-9-31 "Shipmates" 15,000 High 3-7-31 "Little Caesar" 18,000 Low 4-4-31 "Love of Aloha" and "Cos tello Case"... 8,000 High 7-19-30 "Son of the Gods" 18,000 Low 3-7-31 "Rango".... 8,000 High 8-2-30 "All Quiet on Western Front" 20,000 Low 4-18-31 "Bachelor Apartment"..... 7,000 High 4-6-30 "Golden Calf" 13,500 Low 4-25-31 "The Air Police" and "Comrades of 1918" 5,000 High 1-10-31 "The Blue Angel" 25,000 Low 4-25-31 "Hot Heiress" 8,000 High 12-6-30 "Up the River" 17,000 Low 3-14-31 "Part Time Wife" 12,000 High 1-3-31 "Lightnin' " 70,000 Low 5-3-30 "Children of Pleasure" 18,000 High 7-5-30 "Fall Guy" 19,000 Low 9-20-30 "The Storm" 9,800 High 2-14-31 "Cimarron" 30,000 Low 9-6-30 "Outside the Law" 7,000 High 2-7-31 "Morocco" 35,000 High '5-24-30' ' "'Aii 'Qiiiet ' "on' ' 'Western Front" 41,000 Low 4-5-30 "Bishop Murder Case" 9,500 High 1-21-31 "Illicit" 14,500 High 2-28-31 "City Lights" 14,000 Low 4-11-31 "Honor Among Lovers"... 5,500 High 12-20-30 "Min and Bill" 15,060 Low 5-2-31 "Woman Hungry" 4,500 Hiffh 4-18-31 "Trader Horn" 17,000 Low 3-14-31 "Inspiration" (10 days)... 10,000 High 1-10-31 "The Lash" 11,500 Low 3-28-31 "Lion and the Lamb" 5,500 High 2-28-31 "Qty Lights" 14,000 Low 4-4-31 "Drums of Jeopardy" 5,500 High 9-13-30 "Animal Crackers" 21,900 Low 10-11-30 "The Bad Man" 10,000 High 9-27-30 "The Spoilers" 22,000 Low 12-20-30 "The Cat Creeps" 14,500 High 4-18-31 "City Lights" 22,000 Low 10-4-30 "Love in the Rough" 10,500 High 3-7-31 "Those Three French Gii-ls" 16.500 Low 3-28-31 "Madonna of the Streets" 10,0()0 High 2-28-31 "Cimarron" 19,500 Low 12-20-30 "Alf's Button" 9,000 High 8-16-30 "For the Defense" 17,500 Low 1-31-31 "Young Woodley" 9,500