Motion Picture Herald (Oct-Dec 1932)

Page scan 000690 from Motion Picture Herald

Record Details:

Title:
Motion Picture Herald
Date:
Oct-Dec 1932
Publisher:
[New York, N.Y. : Quigley Pub. Co.]
Volume:
Motion Picture Herald (Oct-Dec 1932)
Leaf #:
000690
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:
May 30, 2024
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34 MOTION PICTURE HERALD November 19, 1932 THEATRE RECEIPTS ip liiiiniliillii! Theatre receipts for the calendar week ended November 12, 1932, from 105 houses in 18 major cities totaled $1,369,017. The total for the preceding calendar week, ended November 5, was reported erroneously last week, the correct figure for I 13 theatres in 19 cities having been $1,456,636. A decrease of $87,619 is therefore indicated this week in comparison with the previous week's total. During the later period four new low individual house records were established, while no new high figures were noted. This compares with three new "lows" and no new "highs" for the preceding week. (Copyright, 1932: Reproduction of material from this department without credit to Motion Picture Herald expressly forbidden) Theatres Boston Keith's 3,500 30c-75c Keith-Boston ... 2,900 25c-6Sc Loew's Orpheura 2,200 2Sc-5Sc Loew's State .. 3,700 25c-55c Metropolitan ... 4,350 35c-75c Paramount 1,800 30c-60c Uptown 2,000 25c-60c Buffalo Buffalo 3,500 30c-65c Century 3,000 25c-35c Great Lakes ... 3,000 30c-65c Hippodrome ... 2,100 25c-55c Lafayette 3,300 25c Chicago Chicago 4,000 35c-75c McVickers 2,284 35c-75c Oriental 3,940 35c-75c Palace 2,509 35c-75c State Lake .... 2,776 25c50c United Artists . 1,700 35c-75c Cleveland Allen 3,300 25c-50c RKO Hippodrome 3,800 25c-35c RKO Palace ... 3,100 25c-60c State 3,400 25c-60c Stillman 1,900 25c-35c Warner's Lake. 800 15c-50c Denver Denham 1,700 15c-25c Denver 2,500 25c-50c Huffman's Rialto 900 20c -40c Orpheum 2,600 25c-50c Paramount .... 2,000 25c-40c Detroit Downtown 2,750 25c-50c Fisher 2,700 25c-65c Fox 5,100 25c-50c Michigan 4,000 25c-75c Paramount 3,400 25c-50c United Aitists . 2.0^0 25c-75c Current Week Picture "Air Mail" (U.) 23,500 "The Crooked Circle" 24,500 (World Wide) "Red Dust" (MGM) 22,000 "Red Dust" (MGM) 23,500 "Three on a Match" (F. N.) 38,500 "Rackety Rax" (Fox) 17,000 "Rackety Rax" (Fox) 14,000 "Red Dust" (MGM) 23,100 "Mr. Robinson Crusoe" (U.A.).... 6,900 "Bill of Divorcement" (Radio).... 10,000 "Blessed Event" (W. B.) 9,200 "Washing-tor, Merry -Go-Round".. 9,500 (Col.) "Trouble in Paradise" (Para.).-.. 33,000 (35c-68c) "Smilin' Through" (MGM) 4,700 (3rd week-4 days) (35c-68c) "Red Dust" (MGM) 30,000 (35c-68c) "Air Mail" (U.) 22,000 "Hell's Highway" (Radio) 15,000 "Rain" (U. A.) 2,500 (3rd week-3 days) (3Sc-68c) "Rain" (U. A.) 16,000 "Madison Square Garden" (Para.) 5,000 "Bill of Divorcement" (Radio).... 20,000 "Pack Up Your Troubles" (MGM) 19,000 "Downstairs" (MGM) 3,850 "Scarlet Dawn" (W. B.) 2,800 (6 days) "False Faces" (World Wide).... 3,500 "Red Dust" (MGM) 9,500 "Thirteen Women" (Radio) 1,000 (3 days) "Six Hours to Live" (Fox) 1,300 (4 days) "Washington MerryGo-Round" .. 11,000 (Col.) "Smilin' Through" (MGM) 7,000 "Bill of Divorcement" (Radio).... 14,200 "Red Dust" (MGM) 15,500 (25c-60c) "Rackety Rax" (Fox) 15,400 "Trouble in Paradise" (Para.).... 31..000 "Kongo" (MGM) 7,500 "Rain" (U. A.) 18,600 Previous Week Gross Picture Gross "Washington Merry-Go-Round" .. 22,500 (Col.) "That's My Boy" (Col.) 23,000 "Smilin' Through" (MGM) 21,000 "Smilin' Through" (MGM) 22,000 "Trouble in Paradise" (Para.).... 37,500 "The Crash" (F. N.) 16,000 "The Crash" (F. N.) 13,000 "Six Hours to Live" (Fox) 18,000 "Chandu, the Magician" (Fox).. 6,100 (4 days) "Rain" (U. A.) 12,300 "Hot Saturday" (Para.) "By Whose Hand?" (Col.). 'Red Dust" (MGM). "Smilin' Through" (MGM). (2nd week) "Hot Saturday" (Para.)... "Bill of Divorcement'' "Once in a Lifetime" (Radio)... (U.) "Rain" (U. A.) (2nd week) "Smilin' Through" (MGM). "Age of Consent" (Radio). "Washington Merry-Go-Round" (Col.) (25c-65c) "Night After Night" (Para.)... "Divorce in the Family" (MGM). "Three on a Match" (F. N.)... 10,000 8,000 39,000 18,500 18,500 22,000 16,500 9,000 18,000 5,600 20,000 18,000 3,800 4,100 "Smilin' Through" (MGM) 10,000 "Two Against the World" (W. B.) 3,250 "Bill of Divorcement" (Radio).... "Mr. Robinson Crusoe" (U. A.).. 9,500 8,000 13,600 "Washington Merry-Go-Round'' (Col.) "Tiger Shark" (W. B.) 14,200 "Night Club Lady" (Col.) 14,500 (25c-65c) "Red Dust" (MGM) 30,500 "Virtue" (Col.) 6,500 "The Big Broadcast" (Para.).... 12,100 High and Low Gross (Tabulation covers period from January, V3t to date) High 12-5 "Frankenstein" Low 3-25-32 "Explorers of the World".. High 4-9-32 "Steady Company" Low 7-9-32 "By Whose Hand?" High 1-24 "Hell's Angels" Low 8-4-32 "Unashamed" High 6-18-32— "Hell Divers," "Possessed" and J "Sin of Madelon Claudet" J Low 7-18 "Man in Possession" High 1-31 "No Limit" Low 7-4 "I Take This Woman" 27,000 16,000 25,000 16.5W 32,500 18,000 26,000 19,000 44,500 30,000 High 5-14-32 "The Miricle Man". Low 7-23-32 "Miss Pinkerton".. High 3-28 "My Past" Low 8-27-32 "Devil and the Deep".. High 2-14 "Cimarron" Low 8-27-32 "Mystery Ranch" High 8-8 "Politics" Low 5-28-32 "Two Seconds" High 2-14 "Free Love" Low 7-16-32 "New Morals for Old".... High 4-11 "Ten Cents a Dance" Low 6-11-32 "The Secret Witness".. High Low High Low High Low High Low High Low High Low 1 23-32 "Two Kinds of Women". 7-18 "Women Love Once" 2 7 "Doorway to Hell" 5 28-32 "The Doomed Battalion". 3 7 "My Past" 10-27-32 "Six Hours to Live"... 4 2-32 "Cheaters at Play" 7-16-32 "Bachelor's Affairs" 12-12 "Frankenstein" 6 25-32 "Is My Face Red?" 3-21 "City Lights" 6-18-32 "The Tenderfoot" 15,000 10,000 39,500 15,000 25,600 5,800 35,100 7,900 26,300 4,200 24,100 5,800 67,000 26,250 38,170 15,000 46,750 18,000 33,000 16,000 44,000 7,000 46,562 9,000 High 1-30-32 "Hell Divers" 26,000 Low 7-2-32 "The Man From Yesterday" 8,000 High 5-2 "Laugh and Get Rich" 40,000 Low 9-17-32 "Okay America" 18,000 High 12-5 "Possessed" 30.000 Low 6-20 "Vice Squad" 14,000 High 10-3 "Five Star Final" 15,000 Low 7-4 "Big Business Girl" 2,000 High 8-8 "Politics" 25,000 Low 10-13-32 "The Phantom President" 9,000 High 1-10 "Hell's Angels" 22,000 Low 6-25-32 "Forgotten Command ( ments" and "Reserved for Ladies" j 3,450