Motion Picture Herald (Jan-Feb 1939)

Page scan 000112 from Motion Picture Herald

Record Details:

Title:
Motion Picture Herald
Date:
Jan-Feb 1939
Publisher:
[New York, N.Y. : Quigley Pub. Co.]
Volume:
Motion Picture Herald (Jan-Feb 1939)
Leaf #:
000112
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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THEATRE PROJECTS REPORTED LAST SIX MONTHS OF 1938 [Theatre Projects for the first six months of 1938 were published in the July 23rd issue] NEW ENGLAND STATES Connecticut Fishman Brothers. Hamden. Seats 1,000. Dixwell Theatre. Stamford Theatre Corporation. Stamford. Seats 600. Joseph Faith. Unionville. Frederick Van Doren. Waterbury. Seats 640. Massachusetts Morse and Rothenberg Circuit. Boston. Seats 2.500. Kenmore Theatre. $90,000. E. M. Loew Theatres, Inc. Gardner. Seats 1.100. $70,000. Kenneth R. Forkey. Brockton. Seats 800. National Hall Theatre. $30,000. Maine Ephrata. Maine Theatre. (owner unknown) Edward Desgardine. Winthrop. Seats 400. Gem Theatre. $20,000. New Hampshire Robert Fuller. Pittsburgh. Town Hall Theatre. Rhode Island M. Stanzler. Narragansett. Seats 700. Casino Theatre. $40,000. MIDDLE ATLANTIC STATES New Jersey Tom Bannon and Murray Ginsberg. Burlington. New York Century Circuit. Brooklyn. Seats 1,000. $200,000. Century Circuit. Brooklyn. The Endicott Circuit. Brooklyn. Seats 600. Carlisle Neithold. Goshen. Seats 836. Goshen Theatre. Max Weintraub. Hudson. Seats 850. $45,000. Interboro Circuit. St. Albans, L. I. Seats 600. Theatre at 121 W. 42nd St. New York. Seats 862. (owner unknown). $85,000. Lessees, David Weinstock and Harry Brandt. New York. Normandie Theatre. Seats 600. $150,000. Alex Andrews and C. Z. Christopher. New York. Seats 862. Newsreel Theatres. Inc., 50th St. New York. Seats 450. Pennsylvania H. R. Cromwell. Bedford. Seats 700. Harry Chertcoff. Lebanon. Stephen M. Rodnenok. Oakmont. Seats 650. Oaks Theatre. Alden Theatre. Philadelphia. (owner unknown). Nixon Bros. Philadelphia. Grand Theatre. Roxy Theatre. Philadelphia, (owner unknown). Segall and Pizor. Germantown. Seats 800. Apollo Theatre. Warner Bros. Philadelphia. Seats 1,000. State Theatre. Warner Bros. Philadelphia. Seats 1,000. New Lane Theatre. David Milgrim. West Philadelphia. Seats 500. Adel phi Theatre. $75,000. David Milgrim. Phoenixville. Seats 750. Harris Amusement Co. Pittsburgh. Council of citizens. Stoneboro. Seats 600. $32,000. SOUTH ATLANTIC STATES District of Columbia Manager. Charles Clark. Washington. Atlas Theatre. (owner unknown). Sidney Lust. Hayattsville. Seats 1,000. Harris Shapiro. Washington. Seats 1.000. Kennedv Theatre. $125,000. Delaware Old Time Petroleum Co. Wilmington. Seats 1900. $660,000. Florida E. J. Sparks. Ft. Lauderdale. $250,000. Manager, Aaron Courshon. Miami. Parkway Theatre. Herman Weingarten. Miami. Surf Theatre. $70,000. Butler Gore. West Tampa. Howard Theatre. Georgia Contractors, Capitol Construction Co. Druid Hills, Atlanta, (owner unknown). Manager, Thomas Miller. Atlanta. Emory Theatre. Seats 500. (owner unknown). Collett H. Munger. Atlanta. Seats 500. Techwood Theatre. $40,000. Julius J. Zacharv and W. K. Whittle. Auausta. Seats 1.150. Cherokee Theatre. Martin Circuit. Columbus. U. S. Army Motion Picture Sen-ice. Ft. Benning. Seats 1,800. Main Theatre. $210,000. F. & W. Amusement Co. Macon. Pembroke. Tos Theatre, (owner unknown). Maryland Morris Mechanic. Baltimore. Seats 1,200. Managers, Moe Kohn and Buddy Silverberg. Baltimore. Seats 500. Lexway Theatre. Motsey Schwaber. Baltimore. Seats 1,200. Warner Bros. Silver Spring. North Carolina Fuller Sams, Jr. Boone. Seats 1,000. Appalachian Theatre. Frank D. Clement & Son. Brevard. Seats 500. CoEd Theatre. T. R. Quails. Burlington. Seats 800. $40,000. H. F. Kincey. Charlotte. Seats 600. $50,000. Mrs. Mamie Lee Morgan. Dunn. $15,000. Visulite Corp. Greensboro. Seats 700. $16,000. Kannapolis. The Gem Theatre. (owner unknown) . Morris Leeendre. Lumberton. Seats 1,000. Mr. Parks Blair. Marshville. Seats 418. Blair Theatre. $15,000. C. W. Davis. Reidsville. Siler City. (owner unknown). $30,000. North Carolina Theatre, Inc. Wilson. South Carolina Wilby-Kincey Management Corp. Anderson. Virginia Star Amusement Co. Narrows. Seats 700. S. Wilder. Norfolk. Seats 1,000. $50,000. Star Amusement Co. Pearsburg. Seats 700. Wilmer & Vincent. Richmond. West Virginia The Elkins Theatre Co.. Inc. Elkins. Manos Theatre. Seats 1,000. $60,000. The Black Diamond Theatre Co. Smithers. EAST NORTH CENTRAL STATES Illinois Miss A. B. Wohlert. Altamcnt. Main Theatre. Russell Armentrout. Barry. Seats 500. New Clark Theatre. Greenman Theatres, Inc. Brooklyn. F. E. Barnes. Carmi. Seats 750. J. W. Hayton. Caterville. Seats 600. Si Greiver and Rube Levine. Chicago . Seats 900. $200,000. Si Greiver and Rube Levine. Chicago. Seats 900. $125,000. Joe Ballard. Jerseyville. Seats 360. C. Chamness. New Haven. Kerasotas Brothers. Peoria. Seats 1.000. Varsity Theatre. $80,000. Harvey H. Goldman and Herman Illmere. Shawneetown. Seats 500. St. Louis County. Longwood Theatre. Seats 700. Gordon Dunsford. Wayne City. Seats 300. Indiana Carey and Alexander. Attica. $40,000. Delphi. Roxy Theatre. Seats 450. (owner unknown) . Ouimbv Theatre Co. Ft. Wa\ne. New Theatre. Shelbyville. New Theatre. Manager, Theodore Charles. Vincennes. Seats 1.500. $100,000. Seats 465. Albion Michigan Manager. A. H. Bennett. Albion. Theatre. $30,000. Ben Cohen. Detroit. Crystal Theatre. $50,000. George Sampson. Detroit. Esquire Theatre. $100,000. Detroit. Theatre on Chicago Blvd. (owner unknown). $60,000. Sam Brown Circuit. Detroit. Life Theatre. $150,000. Detroit. Main Theatre. (owner unknown). $55,000. Butterfield Circuit. Grand Rapids. 4-Star Theatre. Manager. Laren Clark. Harrisville. Harris Theatre. Braun-Thomas Co. Hoachton. Seats 700. P. C. Schram and E. C. Beatty. Kalamazoo.. W. S. Butterfield. Lansing. Seats 1000. Butterfield Circuit. South Haven. Model Theatre. Ohio Ada Amusements. Inc. Ada. Seats 500. Ada Theatre. $60,000. Ada Amusements. Cincinnati. Seats 500. $60,000. Avon Amusement Enterprises. Cincinnati. Seats 600. Taft Estate. Cincinnati. Theatre to replace RKO Grand. T. Coines & George Brown. Dresden. Seats 300. $10,000. Queen City Holding Company. Elmwood (Cincinnati). Seats 750. J. E. Scoville. T. D. Kalafat, Howard Reif. Euclid. Seats 1.500. $150,000. Miss Nazera Zegicb. Lorain. Seats 600. J. S. Jossey. Oxford. Seats 1,000. Miami Theatre. Fairmount-Center Corp. Shaker Heights. Seats 1.800. S. D. Shia. St. Clairsville. Seats 500. Old Trail Theatre. Sylvania. New Theatre. Seats 439. (owner unknown). James Shannon. W oodsfield. Seats 500. Wisconsin Nels A. Anderson. Arcadia. $30,000. Range Amusement Corp. Hurley. Seats 630. Silver Street Theatre. W. J. Charboneau. Lodi Theatre. Lodi. Seats 400. $16,000. P.W.A. Montfort. Seats 250. $50,000. Samuel Kingsley. Oshkosh. Seats 500. New Chief Theatre. Opera House Co. Sturgeon Bay. EAST SOUTH CENTRAL STATES Kentucky Harrodsburg Amusement Co. Harrodsburg. Seats 600. Mrs. Lela S. Sagg. Louisville. Seats 745. L. E. Cord. Murray. Seats 500. Mississippi Alexandria. (owner unknown). $30,000. T. Dowdy. Crenshaw. Seats 300. Ritz Theatre. W. N. Parham. Holly Springs. Seats 400. Holly Theatre. J. H. Collins. Maben. Seats 300. Country Show Theatre. C. F. Crawford. Ripley. Seats 350. Ripley Theatre. Clvde Westbrook. Rosedale. Seats 350. J. H. Stafford. Shelby. Seats 400. Shelby Theatre. Guy Adams. Vicksburg. Seats 300. Tennessee M. R. West. Centerville. Seats 350. Crescent Amusements. Columbia. Nate Evans and Chalmers Cullins. Memphis. Seats 500. Savoy Theatre. WEST NORTH CENTRAL STATES Iowa Earl Manbeck, Jr. Carlisle. E. M. Garbett. Des Moines. Seats 650. University Theatre. $15,000. A. H. Blank. Des Moines. Seats 750. $60,000. L. A. Hanson. Keystone. Ace Theatre. Joe Gerbrach and Central States Circuit. Ogden. $20,000. J. E. Holben. Pisgah. Seats 350. $17,000. Lew and Barney Rosenthal. Waterloo. Kansas Mr. & Mrs. M. A. Summerour. Johnson County. Seats 700. $50,000. Sante Fe Theatre. Gus Diamond. Salina. Seats 800. $30,000. O. H. Gregg. Sedan. Gregg Theatre. Minnesota H. D. Field. St. Louis Park. Seats 1.000. Center Theatre. $150,000. H. A. Nelson. St. James. Seats 300. $25,000. Missouri Riverview Theatre Corp. St. Louis. Seats 1,000. Riverview Theatre. $90,000. Commonwealth Amusement Corp. Columbia. Seats 500. Lead Belt Amusement Co. Desloge. Seats 500. $20,000. Leo Lau. Luxemburg. Lemay Theatre. C. Ei Cook. Maryville. Seats 750. Leo Lau, Jr. St. Louis. Seats 700. Southway Theatre. Alex Pappas. St. Louis. Seats 800. $40,000. Shucart Realtv Company, St. Louis. Seats 1,500. $125,000. Nebraska V. P. Moodv. Mountain Grove. Seats 200. Cameo Theatre. $15,000. Warren C. Hall and James Walker. Burwell. Seats 325. Rodeo Theatre. $12,000. Dunning Community Club. Dunning. Seats 250. $12,000. South Dakota Welhvorth Amusement Co. Sioux Falls. Seats 724. $60,000. Hollywood Theatre. WEST SOUTH CENTRAL STATES: Arkansas Rav Wilson. DeWitt. Seats 500. W. B. Sage. Forrester. Seats 325. Caddo Theatre. Mrs. Margaret Harkey. Hardy. Seats 300. Ozark Theatre. H. K. Kinney. Hardy. Seats 300. Hays Theatre. George Miller. Helena. Plaza Theatre. Malco Theatres. Inc. Jonetboro. C. W. Tipton. Manilla. Seats 400. Tom Ford. Marmaduke. Seats 250. Ford Theatre. L. A. Launius. Marvel. Capitol Theatre. S8.000. W. W. Davis. Marvel. Seats 400. $7,500. (Continued on following page) 32 Better Theatres