Motion Picture Herald (Nov-Dec 1936)

Page scan 000689 from Motion Picture Herald

Record Details:

Title:
Motion Picture Herald
Date:
Nov-Dec 1936
Publisher:
[New York, N.Y. : Quigley Pub. Co.]
Volume:
Motion Picture Herald (Nov-Dec 1936)
Leaf #:
000689
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 12, 1936 MOTION PICTURE HERALD 75 [THEATTE RECEIPTS— CONT'D] Theatres Oklahoma City Capitol 1,200 Criterion 1,700 Liberty 1,500 Midwest 1,500 Omaha Brandeis 1,200 Omaha 2,200 Orpheum 3,000 Paramount 2,900 Philadelphia ^Aldine 1,300 Arcadia 600 \_ Boyd 2,400 Earle 2,000 ^Fox 3,000 Karlton 1,000 Keith's 2,000 (^Stanley 3,700 Stanton 1,700 Portland, Ore. Blue Mouse .... 1,700 Broadway 1,912 Mayfair 1,700 Orpheum 1,700 Paramount 3,008 United Artists... 945 San Francisco Clay 400 Embassy 1,400 Fox 5,651 Golden Gate .... 2,800 Orpheum 2,440 Paramount 2,670 St. Francis 1,470 ^United Artists... 1,200 ^Warfield 2,700 Seattle Blue Mouse 950 ^ Fifth Avenue ... 2,500 Liberty 1,800 Music Box 950 Music Hall 2,275 Orpheum 2,450 Palomar 1,500 Paramount 3,050 Current Week Picture Gross 10c-41c "Daniel Boone" (Radio) 2,200 10c-55c "Go West, Young Man" (Para.).. 5,100 10c-36c "A Star for a Night" 2,000 (20th Cent. -Fox) "And Sudden Death" (Para.) (4 days) '.'Timothy's Quest" (Para.) and.... 900 "Mummy's Boys" (Radio) (3 days) 10c-55c "Born to Dance" (MGM) 8,100 25c-40c "Pennies from Heaven" (Col.) and 6,500 "Lady from Nowhere" (Col.) 25c-40c "Polo Joe" (W.B.) and 6,200 "Rose Bowl" (Para.) 25c-40c "Wedding Present" (Para.) 16,800 (on stage : Olsen and Johnson) 25c-55c "Born to Dance" (MGM) 9,500 40c-65c "The Garden of Allah" (U.A.).... 19,500 25c-50c "Wedding Present" (Para.) 550 (3 days) 40c-55c "Love on the Run" (MGM) 17,000 (2nd week) 25c-55c "Theodora Goes Wild" (Col.) 16,000 40c-65c "Three Men on a Horse" (F.N.).. 30,000 25c-40c "Charge of the Light Brigade".... 4,800 (W. B.) 30c-50c "Reunion" (20th Cent.-Fox) 3,100 40c-55c "Born to Dance" (MGM) 33,500 30c-50c "Hideaway Girl" (Para.) 5,800 30c-40c "Go West, Young Man" (Para.).. 2,000 and "Star for a Night" (20th Cent.-Fox) (2nd week) 30c-40c "Love on the Run" (MGM) and.. 7,200 "Two in a Crowd" (Univ..) 30c-40c "Libeled Lady" (MGM) 4,000 (2nd week) 30c-40c "A Woman Rebels" (Radio) and.. 6,000 "Pennies from Heaven" (Fara.) 30c-40c "Charge of the Light Brigade" 7,500 (W.B.) and "Lady, Be Careful" (Para.) (2nd week) 30c-40c "Born to Dance" (MGM) 7,800 (2nd. week) 15c-35c "Cloistered" (Best) 870 (4th week) 10c-40c "Gambling with Souls" (Intern'l) . . 2,750 (4th week) 15c-75c "White Hunter" (20th Cent.-Fox) 13,500 and "Mister Cinderella" (MGM) 10c-40c "Winterset" (Radio) 20,500 (on stage: Major Bowes' Amateurs) 15c-40c "Theodora Goes Wild" (Col.) and 15,000 "Flying Hostess" (Univ.) 15c-75c "Born to Dance" (MGM) 11,700 "The Longest Night" (MGM) 15c-40c "Go West, Young Man" (Para.) and 5,800 "All American Chump" (MGM) 15c-65c "Come and Get It" (U.A.) 6,200 (3rd week) 15c-75c "polo Joe" (W. B.) and 12,000 "Can This Be Dixie?" (20th Cent.-Fox) 25c-55c "Reunion" (20th Cent.-Fox) and.. 3,400 "Here Comes Carter" (F.N.) 25c-55c "Born to Dance" (MGM) 9,750 15c-40c "Theodora Goes Wild" (Col.) 8,100 (15c-55c) 25c-55c "Libeled Lady" (MGM) 3,900 25c-35c "Murder with Pictures" (Para.).. 3,900 and "Sea Spoilers" (Univ.) (plus vaudeville) (5 days) 25c-40c "A Woman Rebels" (Radio) and.. 4,200 "Mister Cinderella" (MGM) 15c-35c "The Big Show" (Republic) 5,850 (plus vaudeville) 25c-40c "Three Men on a Horse" (F.N.).. 7,350 and "Rose Bowl" (Para.) Previous Week Picture !'Ambassador Bill" (20th Cent.-Fox) (re-issue) "Come and Get It" (U.A.) Gross 2,100 3,800 'The Longest Night" (MGM) 2,800 (plus stage show) (4 days) (10c-40c) :'The Big Game" (Radio) and 1,300 'Hollywood Boulevard" (Para.) (3 days) 'Reunion" (20th Cent.-Fox) 4,000 "Three Men on a Horse" (F.N.) and 6,300 "The Case of the Black Cat" (F.N.) (8 days) "Tarzan Escapes" (MGM) and.... 5,500 "The Longest Night" (MGM) "Wives Never Know" (Para.) and 8,000 "East Meets West" (GB) "Go West, Young Man" (Para.)... 9,800 'Come and Get It" (U.A.) 7,200 (6 days-2nd week) "The Gay Desperado" (U.A.).... 2,100 "Love on the Run" (MGM) 16,500 (1st week) "Our Relations" (MGM) 9,500 (6 days) "Theodora Goes Wild" (Col.) 17,000 (2nd week) "Follow Your Heart" (Republic).. 1,800 (6 days) "A Woman Rebels" (Radio) 2,000 "Reunion" (20th Cent.-Fox) 10,000 "The Big Game" (Radio) 6,500 "Go West, Young Man" (Para.) and 2,500 "Star for a Night" (20th Cent.-Fox) (1st week) "The Magnificent Brute" (Univ.).. 6,700 and "The Devil Is a Sissy" (MGM) "Libeled Lady" (MGM) 4,000 (1st week) 'Reunion" (20th Cent.-Fox) and.. 8,900 'Without Orders" (Radio) "Charge of the Light Brigade" 9,200 (W.B.) and "Lady, Be Careful" (Para.) (1st week) 'Born to Dance" (MGM) 8,500 (1st week) "Cloistered" (Best) 800 (3rd week) "Gambling with Souls" (Intern'l).. 3,800 (3rd week) "Go West, Young Man" (Para.).. 16,500 "All American Chump" (MGM) "The Smartest Girl in Town".... 15,500 (Univ.) (plus vaudeville) 'Lady from Nowhere" (Col.) and.. 6,300 'The Luckiest Girl in the World" (Univ.) "The Devil Is a Sissy" (MGM) and 5,300 "Under Your Spell" (20th Cent.-Fox) (2nd week) "Libeled Lady" (MGM) and 5,300 "Sitting on the Moon" (Republic) "Come and Get It" (U.A.) 6,700 (2nd week) "Reunion" (20th Cent.-Fox) and.. 12,500 "Laughing at Trouble" (20th Cent.-Fox) "The Big Broadcast of 1937" (Para.) 3,700 and "Sworn Enemy" (MGM) (3rd week) "Libeled Lady" (MGM) 8,100 (6 days-2nd week) "Come and Get It" (U.A.) 4,850 (3rd week) "Pigskin Parade" (20th Cent.-Fox) 3,600 and "Don't Turn 'Em Loose" (Radio) "The Longest Night" (MGM) 4,600 and "Hollywood Boulevard" (Para.) (plus vaudeville) "Reunion" (20th Cent.-Fox) and.. 6,150 "Here Comes Carter" (F.N.) "Straight from the Shoulder" 4,700 (Para.) (plus vaudeville) "Tarzan Escapes" (MGM) and.... 5,150 "Wedding Present" (Para.) High and Low Gross (Tabulation covers period from January, 1935) (Dates are 1936 unless otherwise specified) High 8-29 "Girls' Dormitory" 3,900 Low 5-9 "Big Brown Eyes" 1,300 High 9-14-35 "Steamboat Round theBend" 10,000 Low 11-12-35 "The Case of the Lucky Legs" 2,500 High 1-19-35 "Gentlemen Are Born" ) and "Crime Doctor" J 4,200 Low 10-26-35 "Little Big Shot" and 1 "I Live for Love" ) 1,500 High 11-16-35 "Mutiny on the Bounty".. 8,800 Low 8-24-35 "The Farmer Takes a Wife" 1,800 High 9-14-35 "Top Hat" 9,500 Low 6-6 "Dancing Pirate" and ) "Murder on the Bridle Path" J 2,600 High 7-11 "San Francisco" and I "The First Baby" ( 11,600 Low 10-5-35 "Dante's Inferno" and 1 "She Gets Her Man" j 3,600 High 2-29 "Exclusive Story".... 21,150 (on stage: Ted Lewis) Low 12-28-35 "Mister Hobo" and \ "Three Kids and a Queen" ) 5,800 High 12-5 "The Garden of Allah" Low 1-26-35 "The Runaway Queen".... High 1-25-35 "The Bride Comes Home". Low 9-21-35 "Bonnie Scotland" High 1-4 "A Tale of Two Cities" Low 8-17-35 "Jalna" High 1-4 "Miss Pacific Fleet" Low 10-5-35 "I Live for Love" High 5-9 "Under Two Flags" Low 9-28-35 "Redheads on Parade" High 10-5-35 "Top Hat" Low 6-1-35 "Dinky" High 4-13-35 "Roberta" Low 1-2-35 "The Right to Live" High 12-5 "Born to Dance" Low 5-11-35 "Stolen Harmony" High 1-11 "Riffraff" Low 3-23-35 "Captain Hurricane" High 6-17-35 "Life Begins at Forty". Low 6-22-35 "My Heart Is Calling".. High 5-16 "The Singing Kid" Low 7-27-35 "Calm Yourself" and } "Chinatown Squad" J High 1-25 "A Midsummer Night's Dream" Low 1-19-35 "Behold My Wife" and 1 "Defense Rests' J High 9-28-35 "She Married Her Boss"... Low 11-23-35 "To Beat the Band" and \ "Wanderer of the Wasteland" J High 4-20-35 "Private Worlds" Low 5-2 "The Witness Chair" and ) "Big Brown Eyes" J High 10-17 "Dodsworth" Low 6-8-35 "Age of Indiscretion" High 12-28-35 "Peasants" Low 10-24 "I Desire You" High 11-14 "Gambling with Souls".... Low 12-7-35 "Two Sinners" and "$1,000 a Minute" High 9-19 "Road to Glory" and "Kelly the Second" Low 11-30-35 "To Beat the Band" and "Freckles" High 8-15 "The Last Outlaw" (on stage: Eddie Cantor) Low 5-23 "Dancing Pirate" High 9-19 "My Man Godfrey" and ) "Yellowstone" j Low 10-26-35 "King Solomon of Broad 1 way" and "Fighting Youth" ) High 7-11 "San Francisco" Low 3-2-35 "Living on Velvet" and j "All the King's Horses" j High 8-1 "San Francisco" Low 6-29-35 "No More Ladies" High 10-26-35 "Barbary Coast" Low 12-28-35 "Mimi" High 10-5-35 "I Live My Life" Low 12-5 "Polo Toe" and 1 "Can This Be Dixie?" 1 19,500 2,20V 4,800 800 30,000 6,000 22,000 9,500 31,000 7,500 6,300 1,200 5,800 900 33,500 4,000 10,000 1,800 2,700 1,400 8,500 4,000 12,000 1,600 9,500 4,000 11,500 5,000 9.500 4,000 2,500 700 7,500 2,000 20,000 4,000 34,000 9,000 17,000 4,800 23,000 8,'500 12,400 5,000 15,000 2,500 35,000 12,000 High 11-30-35 "Mutiny on the Bounty" 6,100 Low 2-16-35 "Million Dollar Baby" and ) "Notorious Gentleman" J 2,900 High 9-19 "Anthony Adverse" 11,300 Low 4-26 "The Trail of the Lonesome Pine" 2,600 High 12-5 "Theodora Goes Wild" 8,100 Low 4-13-35 "White Lies" and ) "Happy Landing" J 2,700 High 2-16-35 "Roberta" 6,100 Low 1-26-35 "The Man Who Reclaimed His Head" 2,850 High 9-21-35 "Top Hat" 10,400 Low 12-5 "A Woman Rebels" and 1 "Mister Cinderella" J 4,200 High 12-14-35 "Annie Oakley" 9,200 Low 6-6 "Till We Meet Again" and ( "Times Square Playboy" J 3,250