Motion Picture Herald (Oct-Dec 1932)

Page scan 0001064 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 #:
0001064
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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42 MOTION PICTURE HERALD December 17, 1932 ETHEATEE PTS-CONT'D] Theatres Current Week Previous Week High and Low Gross Hollywood Pantages 3,000 25c-6Sc W. B. Hollywood 3,000 25c-55c Indianapolis Apollo 1,100 3Sc-50c Circle 2,800 3Sc-S0c Indiana 3,300 35c-50c Lyric 2,000 3Sc-S0c Palace 2.800 3Sc-50c Kansas City Liberty 1,000 15c-25c Mainstreet 3,049 25c-50c Midland 4,000 2Sc-S0c Newman 2,000* 25c-50c Uptown 2,000 25c-40c Los Angeles Loew's State . . 2,416 25c-6Sc Paramount 3,596 35c-70c RKO 2.700 25c-55c United Artists. 2,000 25c-65c W. B. Downtown 2,400 2Sc-5Sc VV. B. Western. 2,400 55c-$1.65 Minneapolis Century 1,640 25c-40c Lyric 1,238 2Sc-40c RKO Orpheum. 2,900 25c-S5c State 2,300 25c-55c Montreal Capitol 2,547 25c-75c His Majesty's .. 1,600 25c-75c Imperial 1,914 15c-50c Loew's 3,115 25c-75c Palace 2,600 25c-75c Princess 2,272 2Sc-60c New York Astor 1,120 5Sc-$2.20 Cameo 549 25c-75c Capitol 4,700 35c-$1.65 Embassy 598 25c 44th Street .... 1,482 50c-$1.50 Mayfair 2,300 35c-85c Palace 2,500 55c-$1.65 Paramount 3,700 40c-$1.10 Rialto 1,949 40c-$1.10 Rivoli 2,103 40c-$1.10 Roxy 6,200 35c-$1.10 Strand 3,000 35c-$1.10 Winter Garden. 1,949 35c-$1.10 Picture "Rain" (U.A.) "One Way Passage" (W.B.). Gross Picture Gross (Tabulation covers period from January 1931 to date) 6,300 "Sherlock Holmes" (Fox). 10,800 "Call Her Savage" (Fox) 5,000 "Rockabye" (Radio) 6,000 "American Madness" (Col.) 5,500 "Afraid to Talk" (U.) 7,000 "Man Against Woman" (Col.)... 5,000 "Scarlet Dawn" (W.B.) 2,200 "The Old Dark House" (U.) and.. 10,000 "Goona Goona" (First Division) "Man Against Woman" (Col.) 6,000 (7 days and Sat. midnite show) "Evenings for Sale" (Para.) 5,000 (7 days and Sat. midnite show) "Three cn a Match" (F.N.) 3,000 "Call Her Savage" (Fox) 13,800 "Under-Cover Man" (Para.) 19,000 "Rockabye" (Radio) 8,100 "Rain" (U.A.) s,900 "One Way Passage" (W.B.) 9,800 "The Kid From Spain" (U.A.) 13,500 (2nd week) "One Way Passage" (W.B.) 4,000 "You Said a Mouthful" (F.N.) 2,000 "The Conquerors" (Radio) 13,000 "Prosperity" (MGM) 7,500 "Evenings for Sale" (Para.) and.. 10,500 "He Learned About Women" (Para.) "Jack's the Boy" (British)...... 4,000 (2nd week) "Embrassez-Moi" (French) and.. 4,000 "Nuit d'Espagne" (French) "Air Mail" (U.) 15,000 "Prosperity" (MGM) 9,500 (2nd week) "False Faces" (World Wide) and 9,000 "The Crooked Circle" (World Wide) "Strange Interlude" (MGM) 8,218 (15th week) "With Williamson Beneath the .. 4,300 «o,, ™a", (-Principal) (2nd week) Ihe Mask of Fu Manchu" 46 075 (MGM) All Newsreel 6,680 "Maedchen in Uniform" 5 500 «t> (Krimsky & Cochran) (12th week) Rockabye (Radio) 20,200 "The Kid From Spain" (U.A.)... 11059 (3rd week) "Under-Cover Man" (Para.) 48,500 "Sign of the Cross" (Para.) 22,000 "If I Had a Million" (Para.).... 30,000 "Too Busy to Work" (Fox) 36,000 "The Match King" (F. N.) 15101 (6 days) "I Am A Fugitive From a Chain „„ G^g" W. B.) (4th week-1 day) Central Park" (F. N.) 103'1 (5 days) "You Said a Mouthful" (F. N ) (3rd week-2 days) "Three on a Match" (F. N.).. 9,000 15,500 "Too Busy to Work" (Fox).... 4,500 "If I Had a Million" (Para.).... 7,000 'You Said a Mouthful" (F. N.).. 18,000 (35c-66c) "The Sport Parade" (Radio) 6,000 "Mr. Robinson Crusoe" (U. A.). 6,000 "Virtue" (Col.) 2,500 "Rockabye" (Radio) 12,000 "Prosperity" (MGM) 10,000 (2nd week-7 days and Sat. midnite show) "If I Had a Million" (Para.).... 9,000 „ <8 days and Sat. midnite show) ' Call Her Savage" (Fox) 7,000 "Tess of the Storm Country" (Fox) "If I Had a Million" (Para.)... (9 days) "The Conquerors" (Radio) "Sherlock Holmes" (Fox) 11,200 'Three on a Match" (F. N.).... 12,300 'The Kid From Spain" (IT A) (1st week) 23,800 Too Busy to Work" (Fox) (8 days) "The Golden West" (Fox) (8 days) ; "The Old Dark House" (U.) "If I Had a Million" (Para.). (8 days) 5,000 2,000 13,000 7,500 "The Night Mayor" (Col.) and.. 10,000 Divorce in the Family" (MGM) "^ast^weekr" (BHtiSh) 5M (Frinch)de rEsCadron" 2,700 "Hot Saturday" (Para.) 13i000 "Prosperity" (MGM) u rm (1st week) 14,500 Thar¥' W^V. and "Sign of.. 7 500 Four" (British) ' w High 4-30-32 "Careless Lady" 22 400 Low 12-7-32 "Rain" * 5300 High 2-7 "Little Caesar" ..VJ 3 0 000 Low 11-7 "Honor of the Family" 7,000 High 6-13 Daddy Long Legs" in 000 Low 8-20-32 "Jewel Robbery" 2*500 High 2-14 "Cimarron" * 13*000 \?\ 7,"3,°,"3.2^"W?s,tward Passage".....' 3,'SOO High 1-17 "Her Man" 25 000 Low 9-10-32 "Bring 'Em Back Alive".. 5*000 High 5-2 "Trader Horn" 22 000 Low 10-14-32 "Kongo" 4,500 High 1-9-32 "Peach o' Reno" 25 500 Low 12-8-32 "The Old Dark House" 10,000 30,400 6,000 ■r-r. . and "Goona Goona'1 . . High 1-23-32 "Hell Divers" " Low 12-8-32 "Man Against Woman' High 2-27-32 "Shanghai Express" 25,000 Low 12-8-32 "Evenings for Sale" 5*000 j }-}?„G"} of Golden West" 8,000 Low 5-21-32 "Lena Rivers" 2,000 9,900 High 10-25 "Susan Lenox" 39 000 nun w?WL 3;51? "lhf Silent Witness" 6*963 H2T . ;Beloved Bachelor" 41$>0 12 400 Tomorrow and Tomorrow" 7,500 Low* ?9fi2t ">^lnUeZ ?,uf,iness" 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 High 5-30 "Kiki" ,nnn fe8it3f -stxy^ Mad-s-..::: ; Low 4-18 "Body and Soul"! "[""I " 6,000 High 1-10 "Just Imagine" i8 nno Low 12-23 "The Guardsman" Vnd 1 ' "The Tip-Off") 8,000 High 1-17 "Office Wife".. Low 8-12-32 "Paris-Beguin" .' 74i¥2"Spesr*o^e My'b'h'iid''' High 4-2-32 "One Hour With' You"*" WM, 8I1?-3.?o"WarS?lin?ton Masquerade" High 4-1 "City Lights" ... . Low 8-27-32 "Man Called Back"""^ and Strangers of the Evening" J 10,000 1,800 16,500 9,000 19,500 10,000 22,500 7,000 8,527 "Strange Interlude" (MGM) (14th week) With Williamson Beneath the .. 4 800 "r* Sea ,(P"ncipal) (lst week) "Prosperity" (MGM) ..... ; 62m All Newsreel 6,433 High 1-2-32 "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 Newsreels . . Low 11-3-32 Newsreels ' "The Conquerors" (Radio) 13,750 (2nd week) ' "Th6^id From SPain" (U. A.).. 17,400 (Aid week) False Faces" (World Wide).... 55,200 "Kongo" (MGM) 7™ (2nd week-5 days) ' "Trouble in Paradise" (Para.).. 20 000 (3rd week-8 days) (8 dfay^r^" (F°X) 58,000 "* A GwFUr$iv 11 Fr??V Chain 2S.432 Oang (W. B.) (3rd week) "You Said a Mouthful" F. AT.).. 13,475 (.Am week) 9,727 5,200 High 12-12 "Frankenstein" 53,500 L°lyw4ood32 "Cohens and Kelly's in'Ho'l" 7,600 High 2-7 "Finn and Hattie High 2 I76 ^^"V^"""-'"'-'-'-" SISo I „w fi 97 «2n Shfn,fhal .Express" 64,600 Low 6-27 Dracula" and } High 1-1-32 "Delicious" '.'.'.' 133 000 H?gi 1 Low 4-2-32 "The Missing RembraAdt" 8*012 High 9-19 "Five Star Final" 5070, Low 8-20-32 "Hollywood Speaks".":; 51690