Motion Picture Herald (Mar-Apr 1945)

PICTURE CROSSES A statistical compilation and comparison of Box-Office Performance in first-run theatres Figures directly below picture title compare dollar gross with average gross and show relative percentage of all engagements tabulated. Figures opposite theatre names represent percentage of tabulated grosses to average weekly business based on the six months' period ending January 31, 1945. SYMBOLS: (DB) Double Bill— associate feature title; (SA) Stage Attraction; (MO) Move-Over Run; (AA) Advance Admission. INDEX: Over-all performance percentage figures from previously published final reports appear in Service Data section of Product Digest. See last column of Release Chart for Index. I LL BE SEEING YOU (UA) First Reports: Total Gross Tabulated $375,900 Comparative Average Gross 309,700 Over-all Performance 121.3% iii.i% 164.6% 125.6% 153.0% 165.5% 102.4% 108.6% 152.3% 104.7% 76.1% 60.0% 118.0% 112.8% 81.7% 60.0% 155.5% 74.0% 106.3% 95.5% 135.7% 141.4% 151. H CINCINNATI— RKO Albee .... CINCINNATI— Capitol, MO 1st week CLEVELAND— Loew's Stale . DENVER— Denver (DB) The Missing Juror (Col.) DENVER — Esquire . ... (DB) The Missing Juror (Col.) DENVER— Aladdin, MO 1st week (DB) The Missing Juror (Col.) DENVER— Rialto, MO 2nd week (DB) The Missing Juror (Col.) LOS ANGELES— FoxWilshire, 1st week LOS ANGELES— Fox -Wilshire, 2nd week LOS ANGELES— Fox-Wilshire, 3rd week LOS ANGELES— Fox-Wilshire, 4th week LOS ANGELES— United Artists, 1st week LOS ANGELES— United Artists, 2nd week LOS ANGELES — United Artists, 3rd week LOS ANGELES— United Artists, 4th week MINNEAPOLIS— Radio City, 1st week MINNEAPOLIS— Radio City, 2nd week MINNEAPOLIS— Lyric, MO 1st week MINNEAPOLIS— Lyric, MO 2nd week PHILADELPHIA — Fox, 1st week PHILADELPHIA — Fox, 2nd week . SAN FRANCISCO^Fox (DB) Double Exposure (Para.) MUSIC FOR MILLIONS (MCM) First Reports: Total Gross Tabulated $400,500 Comparative Average Gross 397,500 Over-all Performance 100.7% CLEVELAND—Loew's State 115.9% INDIANAPOLIS— Loew's 122.9% NEW YORK— Capitol, 1st week 119.4% (SA) Tommy Dorsey's Orchestra NEW YORK— Capitol, 2nd week 132.3% (SA) Tcmmy Dorsey's Orchestra NEW YORK— Capitol, 3rd week 86.1% (SA) Tommy Dorsey's Orchestra NEW YORK— Capitol, 4th week 81.7% (SA) Tommy Dorsey's Orchestra NEW YORK— Capitol, 5th week 81.0% (SA) Tommy Dorsey's Orchestra PROVIDENCE— State 109.7% (DB) Main Street After Dark (MGM) SAN FRANCISCO— Orpheum 80.0% (DB) Reckless Age (Univ.) o OBJECTIVE, BURMA (WB) First Reports: Total Gross Tabulated $588,800 Comparative Average Gross 506,000 Over-all Performance I 1 6.5% BALTIMORE — Stanley 117.6% CHICAGO— Roosevelt, 1st week 107.9% CHICAGO— Roosevelt, 2nd week 93.9% CHICAGO— Roosevelt, 3rd week 103.2% DENVER— Denver 106.7% (DB) Night Club Girl (Univ.) DENVER— Esquire 109.7% (DB) Night Club Girl (Univ.) LOS ANGELES— Warner's Downtown, 1st week . 111.9% LOS ANGELES— Warner's Downtown, 2nd week . 94.0% LOS ANGELES— Warner's Hollywood, 1st week . 119.6% LOS ANGELES— Warner's Hollywood, 2nd week . 87.1% LOS ANGELES— Warner's Wiltern, 1st week . 113.1% LOS ANGELES— Warner's Wiltern, 2nd week 88.2% MILWAUKEE— Warner 95.9% NEW YORK— Strand, 1st week 153.4% (SA) Artie Shaw's Orchestra NEW YORK— Strand, 2nd week 139.4% (SA) Artie Shaw's Orchestra NEW YORK— Strand, 3rd week 121.5% (SA) Artie Shaw's Orchestra NEW YORK— Strand, 4th week 116.4% (SA) Artie Shaw's Orchestra NEW YORK— Strand, 5th week 103.2% (SA) Artie Shaw's Orchestra OMAHA— Brandeis 86.6% (DB) Let's Go Steady (Col.) PHILADELPHIA— Mastbaum 131.0% WASHINGTON— Earle 132.7% (SA) Vaudeville DARK WATERS (UA) Intermediate Reports: Total Gross Tabulated Comparative Average Gross Over-all Performance $188,800 174,200 108.3% BALTIMORE— Century 105.1% BOSTON— Majestic, 1st week 142.8% BOSTON— Majestic, 2nd week 214.2% BOSTON— Majestic, 3rd week 128.5% BUFFALO— Hippodrome 131.1% (DB) Dancing in Manhattan (Col.) CINCINNATI — RKO Lyric 129.6% CLEVELAND— Loew's Ohio, 1st week .... 169.4% CLEVELAND— Loew's Ohio, 2nd week .... 144.4% DENVER— Paramount 70.0% (DB) She's a Sweetheart (Col.) MILWAUKEE— Warner 70.0% (DB) Thoroughbreds (Rep.) PITTSBURGH— Fulton 97.4% SAN FRANCISCC^-United Artists, 1st week . 120.6% (DB) Mv Gal Loves Music (Univ.) SAN FRANCISCO — United Artists, 2nd week . 100.0% (DB) My Gal Loves Music (Univ.) SAN FRANCISCO— United Artists, 3rd week . 86.5% (DB) My Gal Loves Music (Univ.) SAN FRANCISCO— United Artists, 4th week . 80.1% (DB) My Gal Loves Music (Univ.) WASHINGTON— Capitol 98.2% (SA) Vaudeville NATIONAL VELVET (MGM) First Reports: Total Gross Tabulated Comparative Average Gross Over-all Performance $983,200 933,100 105.3% INDIANAPOLIS— Loew's 1st week 135.2% INDIANAPOLIS— Loew's, 2nd week 94.2% KANSAS CITY— Midland, 1st week 150.2% KANSAS CITY— Midland, 2nd week 125.6% LOS ANGELES— Egyptian, 1st week 130.1% LOS ANGELES— Egyptian, 2nd week 105.4% LOS ANGELES— Egyptian, 3rd week 82,2% LOS ANGELES— Los Angeles, 1st week . . . 152.8% LOS ANGELES— Los Angeles, 2nd week . . . 103.3% LOS ANGELES— Los Angeles, 3rd week . . . 81.4% LOS ANGELES— Ritz, 1st week 125.5% LOS ANGELES— Ritz, 2nd week 107.1% LOS ANGELES— Ritz, 3rd week 85.7% NEW YORK— Music Hall, 1st week 102.6% (SA) Radio City Music Hall Stage Presentation NEW YORK— Music Hall, 2nd week 116.6% (SA) Radio City Music Hall Stage Presentation NEW YORK— Music Hall, 3rd week 124.7% (SA) Radio City Music Hall Stage Presentation NEW YORK— Music Hall, 4th week 92.9% (SA) Radio City Music Hall Stage Presentation NEW YORK-Music Hall, 5th week 84.0% (SA) Radio City Music Hall Stage Presentation NEW YORK— Music Hall. 6th week 88.4% (SA) Radio City Music Hall Stage Presentation PHILADELPHIA— Boyd, 1st week 151.5% PHILADELPHIA— Boyd, 2nd week 88.3% Mark Sandrich Dies in Hollywooi Mark Rex Sandrich, prominent producer a director, died of a heart attack March 5 at 1 home in Hollywood. He was 44. Mr. Sandrich w working on producti plans for Irving Berlii "Blue Skies," for Pai mount, at the time of f death. His most rece pictures were "He Come the Waves," Love a Soldier" and "! Proudly We Hail," produced for Paramoui He was born in N< York City and educat ■ at Columbia Universif ; He began his career a short story writer a playwright. He enter the film business in 19 as a property man at t old Century Studios, and then became an assist; director of comedies. In 1926, he directed co: dies for RKO, Century, Sunshine, Fox and Ed cational. In 1932 he made a three-reel band pi ture, "So This Is Harris," which won the Acad my Award as the best short subject of the year. Mr. Sandrich's first feature as a director w "Melody Cruise," for RKO, in 1933. A year lat he made "The Gay Divorcee," starring Fr Astaire and Ginger Rogers, which established hi as a top-flight director, and followed it with "T Hat." In 1939 he joined Paramount and after 1 made "Man About Town" with Jack Benny ai Dorothy Lamour was made a producer-directc Mr. Sandrich was program chairman of tl forthcoming Academy Awards ceremonies and w working with talent organizations on the prepar tion of a "Cinemontage" presentation which he h; devised as an innovation. The annual awards program of the Acaden of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, planned 1 him, will be held at the Chinese theatre March as he outlined it, with Charles Brackett carryii on the work Mr. Sandrich began. Surviving are his widow, Freda ; his mother, ai two sons, Mark, Jr., 17, and Henry, 13. Funeral services were held March 6 at the Wi shire Boulevard Temple, Hollywood. Mark Rex Sandrich Ralph Kohn, 54, Former Paramount Treasurer Ralph A. Kohn, 54, former treasurer and direi tor of Paramount, died last Sunday at the hon of his sister, Mrs. Beulah K. Goetz in New Yoi City. A graduate of New York University La School, Mr. Kohn joined Famous Players in 191 as assistant counsel and assistant secretary. Thr< years later he became assistant secretary an, assistant treasurer of the newly formed Par; mount Famous Lasky Corporation. In 1927 b became treasurer and, in May 1934, a director ( Paramount Publix and its subsidiaries. In his fin; year he had been associated with the insurant, firm of Keith, Cosgrave and Company. Surviving besides his sister are a son, Ensig Ralph Kohn, Jr., and a daughter Majorie Kohr Funeral services were conducted Tuesday ; Riverside Memorial Chapel, with burial at M Hope Cemetery, N. Y. Cap+i rain D. B. Kresch Captain D. Benjamin Kresch, who, befoi joining the service, was associated with the leg; department of the StanleyWarner organization i Philadelphia, was killed in a plane crash in tr European theatre. Details of his death were fev He was a member of the Philadelphia Variet' club. Lt. Cody D. Stout Lt. Cody D. Stout, former shipper in MGM Charlotte, N. C, branch, has been reported kille< according to a War Department communicatio received by his family. 58 MOTION PICTURE HERALD, MARCH 10, 194