Motion Picture Herald (Oct-Dec 1932)

Page scan 0001063 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 #:
0001063
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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December 17, 1932 MOTION PICTURE HERALD 41 III THEATRE RECEIPTS ""Hi'" ||l!Ml|||llll||j The total of theatre receipts from I 13 houses in 20 major cities of the country for the calendar week ended December 10 equaled $1,216,129. For the previous calendar week, ended December 3, the total, from 1 18 theatres in 20 cities, reached $1,501,428, indicating a decrease of $258,299. During the more recent seven-day period no new high individual theatre records were noted, while five new low house figures were recorded. This compares with no new "highs" and three new "lows" during 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 Keith-Boston .. 2,900 Loew's Orpheum 2,200 Loew's State... 3,700 30c-75c 25c-65c 25c-55c 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 Great Lakes .. 3,000 25c-40c Hippodrome ... 2,100 25c Lafayette 3,300 25c Chicago Chicago 4,000 35c-68c McVickers 2,284 35c-68c Oriental 3,940 35c-68c Palace 2,509 35c-75c State Lake 2,776 35c -75c United Artists. 1,700 35c-68c Cleveland Mall 753 15c-25c 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-60c Fox 5,100 25c-50c Michigan 4,000 25c-65c United Artists. 2,000 25c-75c Current Week Picture Gross 'No More Orchids" (Col.) 21,000 'The Conquerors" (Radio) 22,000 'Payment Deferred" (MGM) 21,000 'Payment Deferred" (MGM) 22,000 'Tess of the Storm Country" 38,000 (Fox) 'The Match King" (F.N.) 16,500 'The Match King" (F.N.) 13,000 'Tess. of the Storm Country".. 21,300 (Fox) 'Rain" (U.A.) 4,700 'Life Begins" (F.N.) 10,500 'Hell's Highway" (Radio) 7,400 'Virtue" (Col.) and "The Last Man" (Col.) 9,600 "Evenings for Sale" (Para.) 35,500 "Call Her Savage" (Fox) 16,000 "Under-Cover Man" (Para.) 19,000 "He Learned About Women" 18,000 (Para.) "Rackety Rax" (Fox) 11,000 "Sherlock Holmes" (Fox) 9.000 "Hot Saturday" (Para.) 2,500 "That's My Boy" (Col.) and.... 7,000 "Virgins of Bali" (Principal) "No More Orchids" (Col.) 19,500 "Tess of the Storm Country".... 17,000 (Fox) (25c-50c) "Evenings for Sale" (Para.) 4,100 "Goona Goona" (First Division).. 6,800 (9 days) "The Man Called Back" 3,500 (World Wide) (25c-40c) "Silver Dollar" (F.N.) 18,000 "Wild Girl" (Fox) 1,000 (3 days) "The Most Dangerous Game" 1,500 (Radio) (4 days) "The Conquerors" (Radio) 10,500 "They Call It Sin" (F.N.) 3,000 (3 days) "The Mask of Fu Manchu" 3,500 (MGM) ( 4 days) "Rockabye" (Radio) 11,400 "Evenings for Sale" (Para.) 9,200 "That's My Boy" (Col.) 17,500 "Central Park" (F.N.) 21,600 "I Am A Fugitive From A Chain 11,600 Gang" (W.B.) (2nd week) Previous Week Picture Gross "Rockabye" (Radio) 22,000 "The Sport Parade" (Radio).... 22,000 "Rain" (MGM) 22,500 "Rain" (MGM) 2$,000 "If I Had a Million" (Para.).... 39,500 "You Said a Mouthful" (F. N.).. 17,000 "You Said a Mouthful" (F. N.).. 13,500 "If I Had a Million" (Para.).... 22,400 "The Big Broadcast" (Para.).... 6,800 "Trouble in Paradise" (Para.).. 8,100 "Sherlock Holmes" (Fox) 3,100 (4 days) "The Sport Parade" (Radio) 2,800 (4 days) "This Sporting Age" (Col.) .... 7,200 "Tess of the Storm Country" 31,000 (Fox) "Prosperity" (MGM) 10,000 (3rd week) "Faithless" (MGM) 24,000 "Rockabye" (Radio) 23,000 "Okay America" (U.) 14,500 "I Am A Fugitive From a Chain 10,000 Gang" (W. B.) (2nd week) Afraid to Talk" (U.) and. 6,500 Amazon Head Hunters" (Principal) 'Rockabye" (Radio) "Too Busy to Work' 19,000 (Fox) 17,000 "The Golden West" (Fox) 5,000 "You Said a Mouthful" (F N ) (8 days) "Magic Night" (U. A.) "If I Had a Million" (Para.)., "Tess of the Storm Country". (Fox) "Night After Night" (Para.). (3 days) "Trouble in Paradise" (Para.). (4 days) "You Said a Mouthful" (F. N.) 12,000 "Tess of the Storm Country".. 20,600 (Fox) "Under-Cover Man" (Para.) 22,000 "I Am A Fugitive From a Chain 15,200 Gang" (W.B.) (1st week) High and Low Gross (Tabulation covers period from January, 1931 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" 8-4-32 "Unashamed" 6 18-32— "Hell Divers" "Possessed" andl "Sin of Madelon Claudet" J 7 18 "Man in Possession" 1-31 "No Limit" 7-4 "I Take This Woman" Lou High Low High Low 27,000 16,000 26,000 16,500 32,500 18,000 26,000 19,000 44,500 30,000 High 5-14-32 "The Miracle Man" 15,000 Low 7-23-32 "Miss Pinkerton" 10,000 High 3-28 "My Past" 39,500 Low 11-18-32 "Cabin in the Cotton" 15,000 High 2-14 "Cimarron" 25,600 Low 12-9-32 "Rain" 4,700 High 8-8 "Politics" 35,100 Low 11-25-32 "Night After Night" 7,800 High 2-14 "Free Love" 26,300 Low 7-16-32 "New Morals for Old" 4,200 High 4-11 "Ten Cents a Dance".. Low 6-11-32 "The Secret Witness" 24,100 5,800 High Low High Low High Low High Low High Low High Low 1 23-32 "Two Kinds of Women". 67,000 7-18 "Women Love Once" 26,250 2 7 "Doorway to Hell" 38,170 5 28-32 "The Doomed Battalion".. 15,000 3 7 "My Past" 46,750 10 27-32 "Six Hours to Live" 18,000 4 2-32 "Cheaters at Play" 33,000 7-16-32 "Bachelor's Affairs" 16,000 12-12 "Frankenstein" 44,000 6 25-32 "Is My Face Red?" 7,000 3-21 "City Lights" 46,562 11 18-32 "Magic Night" 8,200 High 5-2 "Laugh and Get Rich" 40,000 Low 11-18-32 "Air Mail" 18,000 High 12-5 "Possessed" 30,000 Low 6-20 "Vice Squad" 14,000 5,200 High Low 10-3 "Five Star Final" 7-4 "Big Business Girl" 15,000 2,000 3,600 8,000 High 8-8 "Politics" 25,000 8,000 2,850 Low 11-30-32 "If I Had a Million"... 12,500 ♦ 3,500 High 1-10 "Hell's Angels" 22,000 ' 3,450 4,500 Low 6-25-32 "Forgotten Commandments" and "Reserved for Ladies" 9,500