Motion Picture Herald (Mar-Apr 1935)

Record Details:

Title:
Motion Picture Herald
Date:
Mar-Apr 1935
Publisher:
[New York, N.Y. : Quigley Pub. Co.]
Volume:
Motion Picture Herald (Mar-Apr 1935)
Leaf #:
000547
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:
November 10, 2022
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April 6 , 1935 MOTION PICTU RE HERALD 69 ETHEATRC RECEIPTS— CONT'Dl Theatres Current Week Previous Week Oklahoma City Capitol 1,200 10c-41c Criterion 1,700 lOc-SSc Liberty 1,500 10c-36c Midwest 1,500 10c-56c Omaha Brandeis 1,200 2Sc-40c Omaha 2,200 25c-40c Orpheum 3,000 25c-40c Paramount 2,800 3Sc-5Sc Philadelphia Aldine 1.200 3Sc-5Sc Arcadia 600 25c-50c Boyd 2,400 3Sc-SSc Earle 2,000 2Sc-S5c Fox 3,000 40c-65c Karlton 1,000 25c-40c Keith's 2.000 30c-S0c Stanley 3,700 3Sc-55c Stanton 1,700 30c50c Portland, Ore. Broadway 1,912 25c-40c Mayfair 1,700 2Sc-40c Oriental 2,040 2Se-40c Orpheum 1.700 2Sc-40c Paramount 3,008 2Sc-40c Picture Gross Picture Gross "Society Doctor" (MGM) 1,900 •'Roberta" (Radio) 8,000 "Rocky Mountain Mystery" 2,300 (Para.) (4 days) "Adventure Girl" (Radio) SUO (,> days) "The Little Colonel" (Fox) 6,000 "The Scarlet Pimpernel" (U. A.) 1,800 "Sequoia" (MGM) 5,300 "Keep 'Em Rolling" (Radio) 1,800 (4 days) "The Winninpr Ticket" (MGM).... 400 (3 days) "Ruggles of Red Gap" (Para.).... 5,400 "Gold Diggers of mS" (F. N.)-- 5,100 "The Woman in Red" (F. N.) and 3,300 "The Best Man Wins" (Col.) (6 days) 'West Point of the 'Air" (MGM) 6,000 "Ruggles of Red Gap" (Para.)... 5,700 "The Good Fairy" (Univ.) and.... 7,400 "We Live Again" (U. A.) "Rumba" (Para.) 9,500 (2Sc-40c) "The Wedding Night" (U.A.).... 8,500 (6 days-2nd week) "Sequoia" (MGM) 3,400 (8 days) "Roberta" (Radio) 12,000 (6 days-3rd week) "Let's Live Tonight" (Col.) )4,00O (6 days) (25c-50c) "Life Begins at 40" (Fox) :. 16,000 (5 days-2nd week) "The Florentine Dagger" (W. H.l 2,800 (6 days) 'Vanessa: Her Love Story'' 1,800 (MGM) (4 days-2nd week) "Gold Diggers of 1935" (F. N.).. 5,000 (6 days-2nd week) 'It Happened One Night" (Col.).. 9,500 (9 daysrevival) "The Iron Duke" (GB Pictures) 7,800 "Life Begins at 40" (Fox) 3,200 "West of the Pecos" (Radio).... 1,700 "Laddie" (Radio) 7,500 "Mississippi" (Para.) »,S00 "Wings in the Dark" (Para.) and 7,800 "Lottery Lover" (Fox) "Society Doctor" (MGM) and 2,000 "White Lies" (Col.) (4 days) "The Wedding Night" (U.A.).... 9,500 (6 days-lst week) "Society Doctor" (MGM) 1.800 (5 days) "Roberta" (Radio) 19,000 (6 days-2nd week) "Times Square Lady" (MGM).... 14,3C0 (6 days) (40c-50c) "Life Begins at 40" (Fox) 24,000 (6 days-lst week) "The Scarlet Pimpernel" (U.A.).. 3,000 (6 days) "Vanessa: Her Love Story" 2,900 (MGM) (6 days-lstweek) "Gold Diggers of 1935" (F.N.).... 11,500 (6 days-lst week) (40c-55c) "Captain Hurricane" (Radio) 1,800 (3 days) 'The Winning Ticket" (MGM).. 6,900 "Rumba" (Para.) and "Mystery Woman'' (Fox) 2,400 "Romance in Manhattan" (Radio)) 1,700 and "Bordertown" (W. B.) (15c-25c) "Roberta" (Radio) 5,000 (2nd week) "All the King's Horses" (Para.).. 9,400 High and. Low Gross (Tabulation covers period from January, 1934.) (Dates are 1934 imless otherwisa specified.) High 1-6 "Going Hollywood" 4,100 Low 9-8 "You Belong to Me" 800 High 1-27 "Dinner at Eight" 9,000 Low 10-13 "Madame Du Barry" 3,000 Hisrh 8-11 "Great Flirtation" and ) "I Give My Love" } 3,700 Low 3-23-3S "The Winning Ticket".... 400 High 12-29 "Bright Eyes" 9.540 Low 5-26 "Merry Wives of Reno" 2,000 High 1-12-35 "The Little Minister" 9,100 Low 2-16-35 "Babbitt" and ) "Murder in the Qouds" f 3,000 High 3-10 "Easy to Love" 17.250 Low 12-29 "Babes in Toyland" and I "Home on the Range $ 5,000 High 2-16-35 "The Secret Bride" 13,200 Low 2-24 "Six of a Kind" and 1 "Good Dames" J 5,250 High 5-5 "House of Rothschild" Low 6-9 "Sorrell and Son" High 1-6 "Duck Soup" Low 1-27 "Women In Hii Life" High 1-6 "Uttle Women" Low 2-23-35 "The Night Is Young".... (5 days) High 4-7 "Harold Teen" Low 7-21 "Cockeyed Cavaliers" High 12-29 "Bright Eyes" Low 7-28 "She Was a Lady" High 11-3 "One Night of Love" Low 11-24 "Wednesday's Child" High 3-3 "Carolina" Low 1-5-35 "Sweet Adeline" High 1-5-35 "Broadway Bill" Low 12-29 "Behold My Wife" High 3-31 "The Lost Patrol" Low 1-5-35 "Man Who Reclaimed His Head" United Artists... 945 2Sc-40c "West Point of the Air" (MGM) 5,000 "Folies Bergere" (U. A.) 5,300 High 4-7 "Wonder Bar" Low 7-14 "The Circus Qown" and ) "I Give My Love" j High 3-2-35 "The Little Colonel" Low 1-19-35 "Behold My Wife" and ( "Defense Rests" { High 5-26 "Merry Wives of Reno" Low 10-6 "The Human Side" and ) "Hat, Coat and Glove" ) High 12-1 "Kentucky Kernels" Low 11-10 "Wednesday's Child" High 3-24 "David Harum" and ) "Once to Every Woman j Low 6-30 "Now I'll Tell" and ) "Springtime for Henry" J High 4-28 "House of Rothschild" Low 8-4 "Paris Interlude" 23,000 4,000 6,500 4O0 30,000 6,500 40,000 11.000 28.500 7,000 8,500 2,200 8,000 1,500 22.000 7,500 9,000 2.000 13.000 3.900 4,000 1.600 4,800 1.500 8,000 3,500 12,000 4,000 9,800 3,700 San Francisco Fox 4,600 15c -40c Golden Gate 2,800 25c-40c Orpheum 3,000 15c-40c Paramount 2,670 25c-40c St. Francis 1,400 15c-S5c United Artists... 1,200 15c-S5c Warfield 2.700 25c-65c Seattle Blue Mouse 9S0 25c55c Vifth Avenue ... 2,500 25c-5Sc Liberty 1.800 15c-50c Music Box 950 25c-55c Orpheum 2,450 25c50c Paramount 3,050 25c-3Sc "A Night at the Ritz" (W.B.) and 8,000 "Behind the Evidence" (Col.) "Roberta" (Radio) 12,000 (3rd week) "Transient Lady" (Univ.) and 6,000 "Great God Gold" (Monogram) "Gold Diggers of 1955" (F. N.).. 12,500 (2nd week) "Times Square Lady" (MGM) and 8,000 "Crimson Romance" (Mascot) "Roberta" (Radio) 17,500 (2nd week) "Night Life of the Gods" (Univ.) 8,000 and "Death Flies East" (Col.) "Gold Diggers of 1935" (F.N.).... 10,500 (1st week) "Life Begins at 40" (Fox) 7,000 "Sequoia" (MGM) 5,000 "The Scarlet Pimpernel" (U.A.).. 6,500 "Ruggles of Red Gap" (Para.).. 26,500 "The Wedding Night" (U. A.).... 3,100 (6 days-2nd week) "Ruggles of Red Gap" (Para.).. 8,700 "Monte Carlo Nights" (Mono).... 3,600 and "Best Man Wins" (Col.) (10c-35c) "Roberta" (Radio) 4,100 (3rd week) "It Happened In New York" 5.300 (Univ.) "Mystery Woman" (Fox) and.... 5,250 "McFadden's Flats" (Para.) "Folies Bergere" (U. A.) 11,000 "Life Begins at 40" (Fox) 22,000 "The Wedding Night" (U. A.).... 4,300 (1st week) "The Little Colonel" (Fox) 8,600 (9 days) "Among the Missing" (Col.) and.. 3,750 "When a Man's a Man" (Fox) (10c-25c) "Roberta" (Radio) 5,200 {2nd week) "Night Life of the Gods" (Univ.) 5,400 "Shadow of Doubt" (MGM). !,700 High 3-3 "Son of Kong" 14,000 Low 8-18 "Sin of Nora Moran" and ) "Along Came Sally" f 4,500 High 3-16-35 "Roberta" 23,000 Low 7-7 "Cockeyed Cavaliers" 10,200 High 6-9 "Sing and Like It" 19,500 Low 6-30 "Aflfairs of a Gentleman" ) and "Orders is Orders" J 5,000 High 9-29 "Belle of the Nineties" 19,000 Low 1-20 "Four Girls in a Boat" and I "Fugitive Lovers" ) 8,000 High 1-19-35 "The County Chairman".. 11,000 Low 4-14 "Registered Nurse" and ) "Murder in Trinidad" f 3,500 High 1-6 "Roman Scandals" 15,000 Low 3-9 "Private Life of Don Juan" 4,000 High 12-29 "Bright Eyes" 29,000 Low 3-31 "Gambling Lady" 15.500 High 2-17 "Roman Scandals" 7,500 Low 7-7 "Tomorrow's Children" 2.550 High 4-14 "Riptide" 12.750 Low 3-24 "Fashions of 1934" 3,500 High 2-16-35 "Broadway Bill" (2d week) 7,100 Low 10-6 "Jane Eyre" and ) "King Kelly of U. S. A." f 3,100 High 4-14 "Spitfire" 6,500 Low 1-26-35 "Man Who Reclaimed His Head" 2,850 High 12-1 "Kentucky Kernels" 8.400 Low 4-21 "Two Alone" and J "I Believed in You" J 3,750 High 3-23-35 "Shadow of Doubt" 8,700 Low 12-8 "Peck's Bad Boy" and J "Menace" J 3,300