Motion Picture Herald (Mar-Apr 1945)

Record Details:

Title:
Motion Picture Herald
Date:
Mar-Apr 1945
Publisher:
[New York, N.Y. : Quigley Pub. Co.]
Volume:
Motion Picture Herald (Mar–Apr 1945)
Leaf #:
000730
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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PICTURE CROSSES A statistical compilation and comparison of Box-Office Performance in first-run theatres NEW YORK — Criterion, 2nd week 90.5 PITTSBURGH— Fulton, 1st week 133.3 PITTSBURGH — Fulton, 2nd week 86 6 SEATTLE— Orpheum 102. (DB) She Gets Her Man (Univ.) ST. LOUIS— Missouri 103 (DB) Under Western Skies (Univ.) TORONTO— Uptown 114 4 WASHINGTON— Keith's 83.3 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. COD IS MY CO-PILOT (WB) First Reports: Total Gross Tabulated $356,0C Comparative Average Gross 3I3.8C Over-all Performance I 13.4° HOTEL BERLIN (WB) Final Reports: Total Gross Tabulated $825,900 Comparative Average Gross 793,200 Over-all Performance 104.1% BALTIMORE— Stanley, 1st week 117.6% BALTIMORE — Stanley, 2nd week 94.1% BOSTON— Paramount, 1st week 77.9% BOSTON— Paramount, 2nd week 84.4% (DB) rhe Town Went Wild (Rep.) BOSTON— Fenway 155.9% -BUFFALO— Buffalo 116.2% (DB) High Powered (Para.) BUFFALO — Hippodrome, MO, 1st week .... 86.0% (DB) High Powered (Para.) ♦CHICAGO— Roosevelt, 1st week 138.4% ♦CHICAGO— Roosevelt, 2nd week 100.0% CINCINNATI— RKO Palace 76.3% CINCINNATI— RKO Lyric, MO, 1st week . . . 92.5% 'CLEVELAND— Warner's Hippodrome 108.8%, ♦CLEVELAND— Allen, MO, 1st week 82.3% ♦CLEVELAND— Allen, MO', 2nd week 100.0% CLEVELAND — Warner's Lake, MO, 3rd week . 96.7% DENVER— Denver 103.6% (DB) Dancing in Manhattan (Col.) DENVER— Esquire 109.8% (DB) Dancing in Manhattan (Col.) DENVER— Aladdin, MO, 1st week 67.0% (DB) Dancing in Manhattan (Col.) INDIANAPOLIS— Indiana 103.1% (DB) Girl Rush (RKO) KANSAS CITY— Orpheum 105.6% ♦LOS ANGELES— Warner's Downtown, 1st week 147.8% ♦LOS ANGELES— Warner's Downtown, 2nd week 114.1% ♦LOS ANGELES— Warner's Downtown, 3d week 84.2% ♦LOS ANGELES— Warner's Hollywood, 1st week 153.3% *LOS ANGELES— Warner's Hollywood, 2nd week 103.0% ♦LOS ANGELES— Warner's Hollywood, 3rd week 55.3% LOS ANGELES— Warner's Wiltern, 1st week . . 151.7% LOS ANGELES— Warner's Wiltern, 2nd week . . 108.2% LOS ANGELES— Warner's Wiltern, 3rd week . . 51.7% ♦MILWAUKEE— Warner, 1st week 95.8% (DB) Moonlight and Cactus (Univ.) ♦MILWAUKEE— Warner, 2nd week 95.8% (DB) Moonlight and Cactus (Univ.) MILWAUKEE— Alhambra, MO, 1st week . . . 102.9% (DB) Moonlight and Cactus (Univ.) ♦NEW YORK— Strand, 1st week 142.8% (SA) Carmen Cavallero Orch., Peter Lorre ♦NEW YORK— Strand, 2nd week 109.8% (SA) Carmen Cavallero Orch., Peter Lorre ♦NEW YORK— Strand, 3rd week 96.7% (SA) Carmen Cavallero Orch., Peter Lorre OMAHA— Brandeis 85.3% (DB) A Guy, a Gal and a Pal (Col.) PHILADELPHIA— Mastbaum, 1st week .... 112.3% PHILADELPHIA— Mastbaum, 2nd week .... 66.6% PITTSBURGH— Stanley 89.2% PITTSBURGH— Warner, MO, 1st week .... 114.1% PITTSBURGH— Ritz, MO, 1st week 109.3% SAN FRANCISCO— Fox 103.0% SAN FRANCISCO^St. Francis, MO, 1st week . 82.7% (DB) Fashion Model (Mono.) SAN FRANCISCO— St. Francis, MO, 2nd week . 82.7% (DB) Fashion Model (Mono.) SEATTLE— Orpheum 102.2% WASHINGTON— Earle, 1st week 123.8% (SA! Vaudeville WASHINGTON— Earle, 2nd week 92.9% (SA) Vaudeville « I LL BE SEEING YOU (UA) Final Reports: Total Gross Tabulated $999,800 Comparative Average Gross 820,300 Over-all Performance 121.8% ♦BALTIMORE— Century, 1st weeV 110.7% ♦BALTIMORE— Century, 2nd week ...... 96 6% ♦BUFFALO— Buffalo, 1st week 129.0% ♦BUFFALO— Buffalo, 2nd week 78.5% CINCINNATI— RKO Albee 111.1% CINCINNATI— RKO Capitol. MO. 1st week . . 164.0% CINCINNATI— RKO Caoitol, MO, 2nd week . . 70.0% CLEVELAND— Loew's State, 1st week .... 125.6% CLEVELAND— Loew's State, 2nd week .... 91.7% CLEVELAND— Loew's Stillman. MO. 1st week . 95.2% CLEVELAND-Loew's Ohio, MO, 1st week . . . 84.7%, 54 e KANSAS CITY— Orpheum, 1st week .... 1341 (DB) The Jade Mask (Mono.) KANSAS CITY— Orpheum, 2nd week 117 8 (DB) The Jade Mask (Mono.) MILWAUKEE— Warner 95 9 (DB) I'll Remember April (Univ.) NEW YORK— Strand, 1st week 140.C (SA) Cab Calloway's Orch. NEW YORK— Strand, 2nd week 142 8 (SA) Cab Calloway's Orch. ' NEW YORK— Strand, 3rd week 120.8 (SA) Cab Calloway's Orch. NEW YORK— Strand, 4th week 79 1 DENVER— Denver '. . . . 153.0% (SA) Cab Calloway's Orch. (DB) The Missing Juror (Col.) PHILADELPHIA— Mastbaum, 1st week . . .119? DENVER— Esquire 165.5% PHILADELPHIA— Mastbaum, 2nd week .... 74 S (DB) The Missing Juror (Col.) PITTSBURGH— Stanley, 1st week 127 5 DENVER— Aladdin, Mo, 1st week 102.4% PITTSBURGH— Stanley, 2nd week 71 4 (DB) The Missing Juror (Col.) DENVER— Rialto, MO, 1st week . 108.6% * Post-midnight performances discontinued (DB) The Missing Juror (Col.) mute nf nirtem INDIANAPOLIS— Loew's 131.1% CUUSe 0J cur'ew KANSAS CITY— Midland 101.0% LOS ANGELES— FoxWilshirt, 1st week . . . 152.3% /-i. I I r fl LOS ANGELES — Fox-Wilshire, 2nd week . . . 104.7% OineiTia LOaCie ODODSOrS OHOW LOS ANGELES— Fox-Wilshire, 3rd week . . . 76.1% _ _ r , LOS ANGELES -Fox Wilshire, 4th week . . . 60.0% TQ Benefit WOUnHefJ Sr> rllArC LOS ANGELES — United Artists, 1st week . . . 118.0% ,U "CIICHI VY OUnUCO OOlCMerS LOi'. ANGELES— United Artists, 2nd week . . . 112.8% Cinema Lodge, B'nai B'rith is soonsorine LOS ANGELES-United Artists, 3rd week . . . 81.7% All Star 5k™ «P'„ai PVUV, Will mT* XT < LOS ANGELES — United Artists. 4th week . . . 60.0% All-btar show, Bnai B nth Will Not Forget ♦MILWAUKEE— Warner, 1st week 102.7% to be produced at Carnegie Hall, Thursday ev ♦MILWAUKEE— Warner. 2nd week 109.5% ning, May 24, to raise funds for the benefit MINNEAPOLIS— Radio Citv, 1st week .... 155.5% thf. ' ^Vuj ;t „7ne a i * , MINNEAPOLIS — Radio City, 2nd week .... 74.0% ™* wounded, it was announced last week MINNEAPOLIS— Lyric, MO, 1st week .... 106.3% Albert A. Senft, president of Cinema Lodge. MINNEAPOLIS— Lyric, MO1, 2nd week .... 95.5% The principal project for the wounded no NFsA) YsS7CKPiye ' Ork^Paul " Wincheli; Ro-' ^ the B'nai B'rith in the New York ar sario & Antonio is the furnishing of 77 hospital solaria at the ne NEW YORK-Capitol. 2nd week 100.7% U. S. Army Convalescent Hospital at Camp U (SA) Sammy&KayeonOrch., Paul Wincheli, Ro ^ Long Island In announcing the project, whi< OMAHA— Paramount 105.2% will cost approximately $35,000, S. Arthur Glixo OMAHA— Omaha, MO, 1st week 132.1% director of war service, said : "It is not only o (DB) Under Western Skies (Univ.) intention to furnish thp=P cnlar« K,it ™ PHILADELPHIA — Fox, 1st week 135.7% intention to lurnisn these solaria, but to co PHILADELPHIA— Fox, 2nd week 141.4% tinually serve the thousands of wounded men wl PHILADELPHIA— Fox, 3rd week 85.2% pass through there " PHILADELPHIA— Karlton, MO, 1st week . . . 119.4% Leading stae-e screen radin anH nio-ht Mi PHILADELPHIA — Karl ton, MO, 2nd week . . . 101.5% t-eading stage, screen, radio and night ch SAN FRANCISCO— Fox, 1st week 151.1% personalities will take part in the show, mcludii (DB) Double Exposure (Para.) those in the stage presentations of the New Yc SAN FRAN CISCO-Fox, 2nd week 96.3% Paramount Strand and Canitol theatres (DB) Double Exposure (Para.) Jraramount, strand and Capitol theatres. ♦SAN FRANCISCO— St. Francis, MO, 1st week . 110.3% Alan Corelli, executive secretary of Theat ♦SAN FRANCISCO— St. Francis, MO, 2nd week . 82.7% Authority, Inc., is chairman of the entertainme SmB7M^mIgeruror1S(CoV.e)ek committee, which includes Robert M. Weitm; SEATTLE — Liberty, 2nd week . . 182.7% and Robert K. Shapiro, Paramount theatre ; Z (DB) Missing Juror (Col.) Epstein, Strand ; Jessie Kaye, Capitol ; and Geon "SHySfil&JW ^ Brandt and Martin Levine, Brandt theatres. M SEATTLE— Liberty, 4th week 120.9% Glixon is ticket chairman with, headquarters at tl' (DB) Missing Juror (Col.) Globe theatre and Milton Livingston of Motif S^M^gbTuror5(Coneek Picture ™ Publicity chairman. ST. LOUIS— Loew's State, 1st week 129.7% ST. LOUIS— Loew's State. 2nd week 64.9% r Ci •! ■ I ■., ST. LOUIS— Loew's Orpheum. MO. 1st week . . 100.0% tXDTeSS OlTlke TO Hit ST. LOUIS— Loew's Orpheum. MO. 2nd week . . 107.7% _ '.. . WASHINGTON— Palace, 1st week 122 2% fjp l|Veri@S OT Film WASHINGTON— Palace, 2nd week 108.3% l/cll rcl ICS KJI mm WASHINGTON— Palace, 3rd week 94.4% The disruption of release schedules and a gener • breakdown of film deliveries in certain sections THE SUSPECT (Univ ) the country was feared in the home offices ear; „. , p . ' this week as a result of a vote to strike by 10,0( final Reports: employees of the Railway Express Agency, autho, Total Gross Tabulated $313,400 ized by 2,500 members of the Brotherhood of Rai Comparative Average Gross 313,600 way and Steamship Clerks, an affiliate of tl Over-all Performance 99.9% Al?erican Federation of Labor. /0 It was pointed out by film executives that BALTIMORE— Keith's 115.6% 'east IS per cent of all prints are shipped by Rail BOSTON— Memorial 124.4% way Express and that while east of the Mississip (DB) Nighf : Club Girl (Univ.) most deliveries are made by truck, there are BUFFALO — Lafayette 85.8% , J , ', , (DB) Night Club Girl (Univ.) dozen states m the west and southwest wher CHICAGO— Palace, 1st week 99.0% Railway Express is vital. ™e £e,ts Hei,iWan i11""'0 »i oor Employees of Air Express, an affiliate, used b CHICAGO — Palace. 2nd week 81.8% * i_ i . • , , t (DB) She Gets Her Man (Univ.) companies to rush newsreels, negatives and lavei CINCINNATI— RKO Grand 58.1% ders of new films as well as many prints eas DENVER-Paramount 132.3% also would Strike. (DB) She Gets Her Man (Univ.) KANSAS CITY— Esquire 81,5% ^ Kansas city— Uptown 73.0% Annnin+ Crimm Hpp tr»r LOS ANGELES— Hillstreet, 1st week 113.5% /^PP°mT V^OmmlTTee TOr (DB) She Gets Her Man (Univ.) P^_,,L I' A nmiMiwsm LOS ANGELES— Hillstreet, 2nd week 78.3% rvepilDIIC /AnniVerSary I^1ngI^¥^^A^1. 104.1% Robert V.Newman, Les Kaufman, Hy J. Glic (DB) She Gets Her Man (Univ.) , and T. W. Yates have been appointed by Alle LOS ANGELES— Pantages, 2nd week 83.3% Wilson, Republic vice-president in charge « MINNEAPOLIS-Sntu^y11 114.0% studio operations, as a committee in charge of tl NEW YORK— Criterion, 1st week 129.3% studio s 10th anniversary celebration. MOTION PICTURE HERALD, APRIL 28, I9< 3