Motion Picture Herald (Oct-Dec 1932)

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 #:
000692
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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36 MOTION PICTURE HERALD November 19, 1932 EEEEAEEE EECEIEES — CCNE'E J Theatres Current Week Previous Week High and Low Gross Picture Gross Picture Hollywood Pantages 3,000 W. B. Hollywood 3,000 Indianapolis Apollo 1,100 Circle 2,800 Indiana 3.300 Lyric 2,000 Palace 2,800 Kansas City Liberty 1,000 Mainstreet 3,049 Midland 4,000 Newman 2,000 Plaza 1,940 Gross (Tabulation covers period from January, 1931 to date) 35c-65c 25c -55c 35c-50c 35c-50c 35c-50c 35c-50c 35c-50c 15c-25c 25c -50c 25c-50c 25c -50c 25c -50c "Washington Masquerade" (MGM) 11,500 (25c-65c) "Life Begins" (F. N.) 12,200 (2nd week) 'Sherlock Holmes" (Fox) 4,000 'Trouble in Paradise" (Para.) 7,000 'Three on a Match" (F. N.).... 8,000 'Rackety Rax" (Fox) 8,000 'Red Dust" (MGM) 10.000 "Wild Girl" (Fox) 3,500 "Once in a Lifetime" (U.) 19.000 "Mask of Fu Manchu" (MGM).. 11,500 (7 days and Sat. midnite show) "Trouble in Paradise" (Para.) 8,500 (7 days and Sat. midnite show) "They Call It Sin" (F. N.) 4,300 "Rackety Rax" (Fox) f "Life Begins" (F. N.). ($2.00 opening) 19,000 "All American" (U.) "Cabin in the Cotton" (F. N.).. "Washington Merry-Go-Round".. (Col.) "Once in a Lifetime" (U.) "Faithless" (MGM) "This Sporting Age" (Col.) 2,000 "Bill of Divorcement" (Radio).. 13,000 "Red Dust" (MGM) 25,000 (7 days and Sat. midnite show) "Blessed Event" (W. B.) 9,600 (7 days and Sat. midnite show) "Rackety Rax" (Fox) 3,500 igh 4-39 "Careless Lady" 22,400 Low 2-6-32 "Ladies of the Big House.. 7,000 High 2-7 "Little Caesar" 30,000 Low 11-7 "Honor of the Family" 7,000 High 6-13 "Daddy Long Legs" 10,006 Low 8-20-32 "Jewel Robbery" 2,508 High 2-14 "Cimarron" 13,006 Low 7-30-32 "Westward Passage" .... 3,506 High 1-17 "Her Man" 25,000 Low 9-10-32 "Bring 'Em Back Alive"... 5,000 4,000 6,000 9,500 9,000 6,000 High 5-2 "Trader Horn" 22,006 Low 10-14-32 "Kongo" 4,500 High 1-9-32 "Peach C Reno" 25,500 Low 6-11-32 "Rich Are Always With Us" 11,006 High 1-23-32 "Hell Divers" 30,400 Low 10-20-32 "Kongo" 6,500 High 2-27-32 "Shanghai Express" 25,000 Low 10-13-32 "The Phantom President" 6,000 Los Angeles Loew's State ... 2,416 25c-65c Paramount 3,596 35c-70c RKO 2,700 25c-55c United Artists.. 2,100 25c-65c W. B. Downtown 2,400 25c-55c W. B. Western. 2,400 35c-55c "Too Busy to Work" (Fox) 16,500 "Trouble in Paradise" (Para.).... 23,500 "Thirteen Women" (Radio) 7.000 "Washington Masquerade" (MGM) 9,500 "The Crash" (F. N.) 11.000 "Scarlet Dawn" (W. B.) 7,200 "Movie Crazy" (Para.) 14,500 "Madison Square Garden" (Para.) 18,000 "Washington Merry-Go-Round". . . 11,000 (Col.) "Rackety Rax" (Fox) 7,100 "Cabin in the Cotton" (F. N.).. 12,700 "The Crash" (F. N.) 5,800 High 10-25 "Susan Lenox" 39,008 Low 3-5-32 "The Silent Witness" 6,963 High 10-31 "Beloved Bachelor" 41,000 Low 2-6-32 "Tomorrow and Tomorrow" 7,500 High 9-26 "Monkey Business" 32,000 Low 2-6-32 "Sky Devils" 3,000 High 2-7 "Little Caesar" 27,000 Low 4-23-32 "Destry Rides Again" .. 6,200 Minneapolis Century 1,640 25c-40c Lyric 1,238 25c-40c RKO Orpheum. 2,900 25c-55c State 2,300 25c-55c Montreal Capitol 2,547 25c75c Imperial 1,914 15c-50c Loew's 3,115 25c-75c Palace 2,600 25c-75c Princess 2,272 25c-60c New York Astor 1,120 55c-S2.20 Cameo 549 25c-75c Capitol 4,700 35c-$1.65 Criterion 850 40c-$1.65 Embassy 598 25c Mayfair 2,300 35c-85c Palace 2,500 30c-$1.10 Paramount 3,700 4Oc-$1.10 Rialto 1,949 40c-$1.10 "A Successful Calamity" (W. B.) 4,000 "Blessed Event" (W. B.) 3,000 "Washington Merry-Go-Round".. 13,500 "Red Dust" (MGM) 7,500 "Washington Merry-Go-Round"... 9,500 (Col.) and "That's My Boy" (Col.) "Ma Femme, Homme d'Affaires" 4,000 (French) "Phantom of Crestwood" (Radio).. 14,000 "The Big Broadcast" (Para.).... 14,000 10,000 "Rain" (U. A.) and "Big City Blues" (W. B.) "Strange Interlude" (MGM) 12,784 (11th week) "Goona Goona" (First Div.) 5,600 (8th week) "Red Dust" (MGM) 72,218 "Maedchen in Uniform" 11,000 (Krimsky & Cochran) (7th week) All Newsreel 8,658 'Air Mail" (U.) "All American" (U.) "Hot Saturday" (Para.) "The Old Dark House" (U.). (2nd week) 23,200 15,200 46,600 13.600 'Chandu, the Magician" (Fox) 2,200 "All American" (U.) 15,000 "The Big Broadcast" (Para.) 7,500 "One Way Passage" (W. B.) and 12,000 'Cabin in the Cotton" (F. N.) 'La Fille et Le Garcon" (French) 3,500 'Madison Square Garden" (Para.) 15,000 "SmihV Through" (MGM) 9,000 (2nd week) 'Sporting Age" (Col.) and 9,000 "By Whose Hand?" (Col.) "Strange Interlude" (MGM) 13,481 (10th week) "Goona Goona" (First Div.) 5,777 (7th week) "Smilin' Through" (MGM) 55,224 (3rd week) "Maedchen in Uniform" 10,000 (Krimsky & Cochran) (6th week) All Newsreel 5,200 "Washington Merry-Go-Round".. 12,349 (Col.) (2nd week-6 days) "The Big Broadcast" (Para.).... 14,586 "Night After Night" (Para.) 56,800 "The Old Dark House" (U.) 24,500 (1st week) High 5-30 "Kiki" 4,000 Low 1-24 "Men on Call" 1,200 High 12-14 "Cimarron" 30,000 Low 8-20-33 "American Madness" 12,000 High 1-2-32 "Sooky" 10,000 Low 4-18 "Body and Soul" 6,000 High 1-10 "Just Imagine" Low 12-23 "The Guardsman" and I "The Tip-OfP' J .. High 1-17 "Office Wife" Low 8-12-32 "Paris-Beg uin" High 4-2-32 "Fireman, Save My Child" Low 7-18 "Stepping Out" High 4-2-33 "One Hour With You".... Low 8-12-32 "Washington Masquerade" High 4-1 "City Lights" Low 8-27-32 "Man Called Back" I and "Strangers of the Evening" J .... 18,000 8,000 10,000 1,800 16,500 9,000 19,500 10,000 22,500 7,000 High 1-2-33 "Hell Divers" 24,216 Low 11-14 "The Champ" 18,759 High 1-9-32 "Mata Hari 110,466 Low 7-2-32 "New Morals for Old" 29,767 High 1-3 "Reaching for the Moon" .... 22,675 Low 5-24-30 "Silent Enemy" 10,800 High 1-3 Newsreels 9,727 Low 11-3-32 Newsreels 5,200 High 12-12 "Frankenstein" 53,800 Low 4-30-32 "Cohens and Kellys in Hollywood" 7,600 High 2-7 "Finn and Hattie" 85,900 Low 12-26 "Heaven on Earth" 35,700 High 2-27-32 "Shanghai Express" 64,600 Low 6-27 "Dracula" and I "Hell's Angels" J 4,500