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 #:
0001243
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 23, 1931 MOTIONPICTUREHERALD 47 (THEATRE RECEIPTS --CONT'D) High and Low Gross Theatres filadelphia (Cont'd) .jlastbaum V (tanley . . . i jitanton . . . 4,800 3,700 1,700 orHand, Ore. ?ox Broadway.. Pas Panmoont. Fox Rialto Hamrick's Music Box KKO Orpheum.. ,4 United Artists.. providence a '.|-iLoew's State Jii Majestic % mlf unmount (IRKO Albee 1,912 3,0SS 1,498 1,800 1,700 945 3,800 2,400 2,300 2,300 33c-75c 35c -75c 25c-6Sc 2Sc-50c 25c-60c 25c-50c 25c 2Sc-50c 25c-60c 10c -50c 10c -50c 10c50c 10c -50c RKO Victory. 1,600 lOc-SOc nitf. Paul ill \i Paramount 2,300 Ririera 1,600 'X RKO Orpheum. 2,600 Tower 1,000 San Francisco 2Sc-50c 25c-50c 25c-50c 15c-25c )J 3,315 35c-50c M 1,700 50C-1.50 H M El Capiun 3,100 25c -60c Fox 4,600 50c-$1.00 t G<ddeii Gate . . . 2,800 35c-65c 3,000 25c-50c 2,740 35c-90c Warfield 2,700 50c-90c 1.385 35c50c ^Seattle ) Blue Mouse ... 950 25c Fox 2.450 25c-75c F«th Avenue .. 2,750 2Sc-75c Uberty 2,000 15c-30c Music Box 950 2Sc-75c Paramount 3,150 25c-75c RKO Orpheum. 2,650 25c-75c Toronto Imperial 3,444 lSc-75c Loew's 2,200 25c-75c Shea's 2,600 30c-75c Tivoli 1,600 15c-75c Uptown 3,000 15c-60c Current Week Picttire Gross ■ Daybreak" (MOM) 39,000 (6 days) "Svengali" (W. B.) 12,000 (6 days — 2nd week) ■ Trader Horn" (MOM) 13,000 (6 days — 2nd week) ■•Dishonored" (Para.) 6,300 • Daybreak" (MOM) 14,900 ■•>Ir. Lemon of Orange" (Fox) 5,700 "The Millionaire" (W. B.) 6,800 "Born to Love" (Pathe) 10,500 "Indiscreet" (U. A.) 7,400 ■ The Secret Six" (MGM) 17,000 -Woman Hungry" (F. N.) and 12,000 "Sit Tight" (W. B.) •Kick In" (Para.) 9.50O (6 days) • Seed" (U.) 9,000 ••Ten Nights In a Barroom" (Goetz) 6,000 •Strangers May Kiss" (MGM).... 8,500 •A Tailor Made Man" (MGM).... 7,00i} •Bad Sister" (U.) 13.000 ••Stepping Out" (MGM) 2.000 "Dude Ranch" (Para.) 15.000 "Dirigible" (Col.) 11,000 (2nd week) ■■Parlor, Bedroom & Bath" (MGM) 14,000 ■Never the Twain Shall Meet".... 40,000 (MGM) ■■Laugh and Get Rich" (Radio)... 14,750 ■Born to Love" (Pathe) 12,000 •■Tarnished Lady" (Para.) 11,000 "Men Call It Love" (MGM) 21.000 "The Millionaire" (W. B.) 6,800 (3rd week) "Girls Demand Excitement" (Fox) 5,000 (25c50c) -Father's Son" (F. N.) 2,000 (4 days) "Strangers May Kiss" (MGM).... 3,000 (4 days — 2nd week) -Secret Six" (MGM) 5,500 (3 days) "Ridin' Fool" (Tiff.) 6,000 "The Millionaire" (W. B.) 6,500 (2nd week) "Shipmates" (MGM) 13,000 "Subway Express" (Col.) 13,000 "A Tailor Made Man" (MGM).... 17,500 (6 days) -The Front Page" (U. A.) 16,000 (6 days) "The Conquering Horde" (Para.).. 14,000 (6 days) "A Connecticut Yankee" (Fox).... 10,000 (6 days — 2nd week) -The Prodigal" (MGM) 11,000 (6 days) Previous Week Picture Gross (Tabulation covers period from March, 1930, to May, 1931) "Shipmates" (MGM) 42,000 (6 days) "Svengali" (W. B.) 20,000 (5 days — 1st week) "Trader Horn" (MGM) 13,000 (6 days — 1st week) "Skippy" (Para.) 6,000 (9 days) "Shipmates" (MGM) 16,090 "Woman Hungry" (F. N.) 3,500 "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 "Lonely 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 (1st week) "Dance, Fools, Dance" (MGM)... 14,000 "Daybreak" (MGM) 36,000 "Beyond Victory" (Pathe) 16,000 "Iron Man" (U.) 10,000 "Finger Points" (F. N.) 20,500 "Quick Millions" (Fox) 25,500 "The Millionaire" (W. B.) 9.300 (2nd week) "Fifty Million Frenehmen" (W. B.) 6.000 "The Hot Heiress" (F. N.) 4,500 (5 days) "Strangers May Kiss" (MGM).... 2,000 (25c-50c 2 days) "Strangers May Kiss" (MGM(.... 14,500 (1st week) "Caught Cheating" (U.) and 6,500 "Sisters" (Col.) "The MilUonaire" (W. B.) 7,500 (1st week) "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 (6 days — 1st week) "Skippy" (Para.) 11,500 (6 days) High 1-3-31 "Going Wild" 58.000 Low 10-18-30 "Madame Satan" 35.000 High 2-14-31 "Cimarron" 26.000 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 dayt) 7.500 High 1-10-31 "Min and Bill" 21,606 Low 4-4-31 "The Prodigal" 3.000 High 1-3-31 "Paid" 26,000 Low 4-20-38 "Ladies Love Brutei" 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 AngeU" 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 "Coi 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 "Ali Quiet on " Weitern 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 5-16-31 "Girls Demand Excitement" 5,000 High 12-20-30 "Min and Bill" 15.000 Low 5-16-31 "Father's Son" 2,000 High 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 "City 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 Gfrls" 16,500 Low 3-28-31 "Madonna of the Streets" 10.000 High 2-28-31 "Cimarron" 19,500 Low 12-20-30 "Alf's Button" 9,006 High 8-16-30 "For the Defense" 17.500 Low 1-31-31 "Young Woodley" 9.500