Motion Picture Herald (May-Jun 1946)

Puerto Rico Film Board Watching Trade Practices PICTURE CROSSES A statistical compilation and comparison of Box Office Performance in first run theatres Figures direcMy below picture title compare estimated dollar gross with average gross and show relative percentage of all engagements tabulated. Rgures opposite theatre names represent percentage of tabulated grosses to average weekly business based on the six months' period ending April 30, 1946. SYMBOLS: (OB) Double Bill— associate feature title; (SA) Stage Attraction; (MO) MoveOver 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. KITTY (Para.) Final Report: Total Gross Tabulated $1,006,300 Comparative Average Gross 882,500 Over-all Performance 115.7% .BALTIMORE— Keith's, 1st week 160.0% BALTIMORE— Keith's, 2nd week 116.0% BOSTON— Metropolitan, 1st week 126.5% (DB) Dark Alibi (Mono.) BOSTON— Metropolitan, 2nd week 103.5% (DB) Dark Alibi (Mono.) BUFFALO— Buffalo, 1st week 134.4% BUFFALO-Buffalo, 2nd week 84.9% BUFFALO— Hippodrome, MO 1st week . . . 108.2% CINCINNATI— RKO Capitol, 1st week . . . 170.7% CINCINNATI— RKO Capitol, 2nd week . . . 105.6% CLEVELAND— Loew's State 111.1% 1>ENVER— Denham, 1st week 148.3% DENVER— Denham, 2nd week 122.8% ICANSAS CITY— Newman, 1st week .... 119.7% KANSAS CITY— Newman, 2nd week .... 98.5% LOS ANGELES— Paramount, Downtown, 1st week 172.0% I.OS ANGELESr-Para. Downtown, 2nd wk. . 98.6% LOS ANGELES— Para. Downtown, 3rd wk. . 73.4% LOS ANGELES— Paramount Hollywood, 1st week 164.1% LOS ANGELES— Paramount Hollywood, 2nd week 133.5% LOS ANGELES— Paramount Hollywood, 3rd week 87.7% MINNEAPOLIS— State, 1st week 129.0% MINNEAPOLIS— State, 2nd week 92.7% MONTREAL— Loew's, 1st week 128.7% MONTREAI^Loew's, 2nd week 109.8% MONTREAI^Loew's, 3rd week 83.3% NEW YORK— Rivoli, 1st week 145.1% NEW YORK— Rivoli, 2nd week 140.5% NEW YORK— Rivoli, 3rd week 110.5% NEW YORK— Rivoli, 4th week 126.7% NEW YORK— Rivoli, 5th week 103.6% NEW YORK— Rivoli, 6th week 85.3% NEW YORK— Rivoli, 7th week 69.1% NEW YORK— Rivoli, 8th week 55.3% PHILADELPHIA— Boyd 143.7% SAN FRANaSCO--Fox 121.5% (DB) Sing Your Way Home (RKO) ST. LOUIS— Fox, 1st week 157.3% ST. LOUIS— Fox, 2nd week 89.8% TORONT(3— Shea's, \st week 147.3% TORONTO— Shea's, 2nd week 124.8% TORONTO— Shea's, 3rd week 109.7% TORONTO— Shea's, 4th week 106.0% • THE VIRGINIAN (Para.) Final Report: Total Gross Tabulated $809,300 Comparative Average Gross 813,000 Over-all Performance 99.5% ATLANTA— Fox 92.4% ATLANTA— Roxy, MO 1st week 88.7% BALTIMORE— Keith's, 1st week '113.9% BALTIMORE— Keith's, 2nd week 80.9% BOSTON— Fenway, 1st week 128.5% (DB) Partners in Time (RKO) BOSTON— Fenway, 2nd week 109.0% (DB) Partners in Time (RKO) BOSTON— Fenway, 3rd week 62.3% (DB) Partners in Time (RKO) BOSTON— Paramount, 1st week 124.6% (DB) Partners in Time (RKO) BOSTON— Paramount, 2nd week 105.4% (DB) Partners in Time (RKO) BOSTON— Paramount, 3rd week 91.7% (DB) Partners in Time (RKO) BUFFALO-Buffalo 101.6% BUFFALO— Hippodrome, MO 1st week . . . 106.3% CINCINNATI— RKO Albee 112.4% CINCINNATI— RKO Shubert, MO 1st week . 1037% CLEVELAND— Loew's State 109.6% CLEVELAND— Loew's Stillman, MO 1st week 96.1% DENVER— Denham, 1st week 135.5% DENVER— Denham, 2nd week 127.1% DENVER— Denham, 3rd week 105.9% INDIANAPOLIS— Indiana 115.1% (DB) Strange Impersonation (Rep.) KANSAS CITY— Newman, 1st week .... 101.3% KANSAS CITY— Newman, 2nd week .... 81.0% LOS ANGELES— Paramount Downtown . . 135.6% (DB) Tokyo Rose (Para.) LOS ANGELES— Paramount Hollywood . . . 128.6% (DB) Tokyo Rose (Para.) MINNEAPOLIS— State, 1st week 112.9% MINNEAPOLIS— State, 2nd week 88.7% MINNEAPOLIS— Lyric, MO 1st week .... 103.2% NEW YORK— Paramount, 1st week .... 116.3% (SA) Eddie Bracken, Johnny Long's Orch. NEW YORK— Paramount, 2nd week .... 98.5% (SA) Eddie Bracken, Johnny Long's Orch. NEW YORK— Paramount, 3rd week .... 71.2% (SA) Eddie Bracken, Johnny Long's Orch. OMAHA— Paramount 134.8% OMAHA— Omaha, MO 1st week 105.9% (DB) A Close Call for Boston Blackie (Col.) PHILADELPHIA— Stanley, 1st week .... 102.3% PHILADELPHIA— Stanley, 2nd week .... 71.4% PITTSBURGH— Stanley 106.7% PITTSBURGH— Warner, MO 1st week . . . 104.3% PITTSBURGH— Ritz, MO 2nd week .... 97.2% PROVIDENCE— Strand, 1st week 114.5% (DB) Night Editor (Cx>l.) PROVIDENCE— Strand, 2nd week 76.3% (DB) Night Editor (Col) SALT LAKE CITY— Centre 102.9% SALT LAKE CITY— Capitol, MO 1st week . 110.3% SAN FRANCISCO— Warfi eld, 1st week . . . 124.5% (DB) Tokyo Rose (Para.) SAN FRANCISCO— Warfield, 2nd week . . . 71.1% (DB) Tokyo Rose (Para.) SAN FRANCISCO— St. Francis, MO 1st week 75.7% (DB) Tokyo Rose (Para.) SAN FRANCISCO— St. Francis, MO 2nd week 84.0% (DB) Tokyo Rose (Para.) WASHINGTON— Palace, 1st week 128.3% WASHINGTON— Palace, 2nd week 74.8% FROM THIS DAY FORWARD (RKO) Intermediate Report: Total Gross Tabulated $418,300 Comparative Average Gross 384,100 Over-all Performance 108.8% BALTIMORE— Hippodrome, 1st week .... 109.6% (SA) Vaudeville BALTIMORE— Hippodrome, 2nd week .... 96.2% (SA) Vaudeville BOSTON— Keith Memorial, 1st week .... 123.0% (DB) Blonde Alibi (Univ.) BOSTON— Keith Memorial, 2nd week .... 104.6% (DB) Blonde Alibi (Univ.) BUFFALO^Twentieth,Century, 1st week . . 141.7% (DB) Ding Dong Williams (RKO) BUFFALO— Twentieth-Century, 2nd week . . 98.4% (DB) Ding Dong Williams (RKO) CHICAGO--Palace, 1st week 173.4% (DB) Blonde Alibi (Univ.) CHICAGO— Palace, 2nd week 116.9% (DB) Blonde Alibi (Univ.) CINCINNATI— RKO Albee 100.6% CTNCINNATI— RKO Shubert, MO 1st week . 103.7% KANSAS CITY— Orpheum 117.6% MINNEAPOLIS— Orpheum 106.1% MINNEAPOLIS— World, MO 1st week . . . 88.8% NEW YORK— Palace, 1st week 142.9% NEW YORK— Palace, 2nd week 113.6% NEW YORK— Palace, 3rd week 80.0% PROVIDENCE— Albee, 1st week 115.1% (DB) Dick Tracy (RKO) PROVIDENCE— Albee, 2nd week 82.2% (DB) Dick Tracy (RKO) SAN FRANCISCO— Golden Gate, 1st week . . 90.6% (SA) Vaudeville SAN FRANCISCO— Golden Gate, 2nd week . . 69.5% (SA) Vaudeville by REUBEN D. SANCHEZ in Sun Juan Fair trade practices, credit policies and advertising ethics of the industry in Puerto Rico are being watched closely by the Film Board of Puerto Rico, a trade association which includes all of the major Hollywood producers as well as some of the representatives of independent producing companies. The Film Board has outlawed all credit negotiations and placed the entire industry on a cash and carry basis. The Board maintains offices with a paid secretary and acts as a board of arbitration in exhibitor-producer disputes. It has further drawn up a strict code of ethics governing advertising and will penalize any member company which falsely advertises a picture. Nothing so far has been done by the Board on the matter of maximum expenditures for advertising. V A Caribbean film exhibitors' convention was to be held in San Juan May 30-31 under the auspices of the local Union of Motion Picture Exhibitors. Delegates from Mexico, Cuba, the Dominican Republic and Venezuela were expected to attend.. Principal purpose of the meeting is to form an international union composed of all Latin American exhibitors. V Cobian Theatres, Inc., the largest motion picture circuit in Puerto Rico, has signed a series of contracts with American and foreign exchanges for product for the circuit's 26 theatres during next season. Rafael Ramos Cobian, president, has signed with Warner Brothers for the following product: "My Reputation," "Confidential agent," "Saratoga Trunk," "Devotion," "Stolen Life" and "San Antonio." Another contract has been signed with Twentieth Century-Fox for all of that company's Technicolor pictures. Contracts have also been signed for Mexican and Argentina product. Transfilm, Inc., Buys Old Pathe Building Transfilm, Inc., has purchased the 12story Pathe Building at 35 West 45th Street, New York, through Brown, Wheelock, Harris and Stevens, for an unannounced sum. The building will house Transfilm's motion picture, slidefilm, commercial still photography, three dimensional color photography, cartoon, art, and editorial departments. Some of these branches are currently tenants in the building. Transfilm has signed a contract with Young America Films, New York. The schedule for the first 12 months is 40 16mm films and 100 slidefilms for the educational field. 40 MOTION PICTURE HERALD. JUNE I. 1946