Motion Picture Herald (Jan-Feb 1948)

PICTURE CROSSES A statistical compilation and comparison of Box Office Performance in first run theatres Figures directly below picture title compare estimated 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 October 31, 1947. SYMBOLS: (DB) 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. GOOD NEWS (MCM) Intermediate Report: Total Gross Tabulated Comparative Average Gr Over-all Performance $1,096,000 1,037,800 105.6% ATLANTA— Loew's Grand 125.0% BALTIMORE— Century 107.7% BOSTON— Orpheum 96.5% (DB) Blondie's Anniversary (Col.) BOSTON— State 89.7% (DB) Blondie's Anniversary (Col.) CINCINNATI— RKO Capitol', 1st week . . . 89.4% CINCINNATI— RKO Capitol, 2nd week . . . 77.2% CLEVELAND— Loew's State 120.6% CLEVELAND— Loew's Ohio, MO 1st week . 101.4% KANSAS CITY— Midland 119.7% (DB) Lone Wolf in London (Col.) LOS ANGELES— Egyptian, 1st week .... 111.9% LOS ANGELES— Egyptian, 2nd week . . . 93.2% LOS ANGELES — Fox-Wilshire, 1st week . . 121.0% LOS ANGELES — Fox-Wilshire, 2nd week . . 93.7% LOS ANGELES— Los Angeles, 1st week . . . 106.2% LOS ANGELES— Los Angeles, 2nd week . . 72.4% NEW YORK— Music Hall, 1st week .... 100.8% (SA) Radio City Music Hall Stage Presentation NEW YORK— Music Hall, 2nd week .... 100.8% (SA) Radio City Music Hall Stage Presentation NEW YORK— Music Hall, 3rd week .... 102.3% (SA) Radio City Music Hall Stage Presentation NEW YORK— Music Hall, 4th week .... 115.9% (SA) Radio City Music Hall Stage Presentation NEW YORK— Music Hall, 5th week .... 100.8% (SA) Radio City Music Hall Stage Presentation PHILADELPHIA— Goldman, 1st week . . . 134.6% PHILADELPHIA— Goldman, 2nd week . . . 117.7% PHILADELPHIA— Goldman, 3rd week . . . 96.1% SAN FRANCISCO— Warfield. 1st week . . . 129.5% (DB) Stork Bites Man (UA) SAN FRANCISCO— Warfield. 2nd week . . . 101.0% (DB) Stork Bites Man (UA) ST. LOUIS— Loew's State, 1st week .... 145.0% (DB) The Lone Wolf in London (Col.) ST. LOUIS— Loew's State, 2nd week .... 105.0% (DB) The Lone Wolf in London (Col.) UNCONQUERED (Para.) (AA) Final Report: Total Gross Tabulated $1,695,700 Comparative Average Gross 1,097,000 Over-all Performance 154.5% ATLANTA— Paramount, 1st week . ATLANTA — Paramount, 2nd week . ATLANTA — Paramount, 3rd week . BALTIMORE— Keith's, 1st week . . BALTIMORE — Keith's, 2nd week . BALTIMORE— Keith's, 3rd week . BOSTON— Fenway, 1st week . . . BOSTON— Fenway, 2nd week . . . BOSTON — Fenway, 3rd week . . . BOSTON— Paramount, 1st week . . BOSTON— Paramount, 2nd week . . BOSTON— Paramount, 3rd week . . CHICAGO— United Artists, 1st week CHICAGO— United Artists, 2nd week CHICAGO— United Artists, 3rd week CHICAGO— United Artists, 4th week CHICAGO— United Artists, 5th week CHICAGO— United Artists, 6th week CHICAGO— United Artists, 7th week CINCINNATI— RKO Capitol, 1st week CINCINNATI— RKO Capitol, 2nd week CINCINNATI— RKO Capitol. 3rd week CINCINNATI— RKO Shubert, MO 1st week CLEVELAND— Loew's Stillman, 1st week CLEVELAND— Loew's Stillman, 2nd week CLEVELAND— Loew's Stillman. 3rd week CLEVELAND— T-oew's Stillman, 4th week DENVER— Denham, 1st week 341 258 229 327. 215, 146. 222. 166. 129. 162. 133. 96. 175. 156. 161. 156 110. 93. 84. 256. 152. 104. 100. 264. 247. 157. 61 212 1% 8% 4% 5% 5% .5% 2% 6% 6% .9% .3% 2% .3% 0% 0% 7% 1% 2% 7% 0% 0% 0% 0% 4% 9% 0% 9% 0% DENVER— Denham, 2nd week 148.0% DENVER— Denham, 3rd week 112.0% KANSAS CITY— Paramount, 1st week . . . 196.8% KANSAS CITY— Paramount, 2nd week . . . 145.6% KANSAS CITY— Paramount, 3rd week . . . 94.4% LOS ANGELES— Carthay Circle, 1st week . 244.6% LOS ANGELES — Carthay Circle, 2nd week . 170.2% LOS ANGELES— Carthay Circle, 3rd week . 148.8% LOS ANGELES— Carthav Circle, 4th week . 106.3% MINNEAPOLIS— Century, 1st week .... 363.6% MINNEAPOLIS— Century, 2nd week .... 257.5% MINNEAPOLIS— Century, 3rd week .... 159.0% NEW YORK— Rivoli, 1st week 330.7% NEW YORK— Rivoli, 2nd week 272.3% NEW YORK— Rivoli, 3rd week 179.0% NEW YORK— Rivoli, 4th week 129.9% NEW YORK— Rivoli, 5th week 132.9% NEW YORK— Rivoli, 6th week 102.7% NEW YORK— Rivoli, 7th week 102.7% NEW YORK— Rivoli, 8th week 90.6% NEW YORK— Rivoli, 9th week 72.5% NEW YORK— Rivoli, 10th week 54.3% NEW YORK— Rivoli, 11th week 58.6% PHILADELPHIA— Aldine, 1st week .... 257.9% PHILADELPHIA— Aldine, 2nd week .... 234.1% PHILADELPHIA— Aldine, 3rd week .... 227.7% PITTSBURGH— Penn, 1st week 287.3% PITTSBURGH— Penn, 2nd week 160.9% PITTSBURGH— Penn, 3rd week 114.9% PITTSBURGH— Ritz, MO 1st >veek .... 145.1% PITTSBURGH— Ritz, MO 2nd week .... 112.9% SAN FRANCISCO— St. Francis, 1st week . . 253.6% SAN FRANCISCO— St. Francis, 2nd week . . 199.27c SAN FRANCISCO— St. Francis, 3rd week . . 166.6% SAN FRANCISCO— St. Francis, 4th week . . 152.1% SAN FRANCISCO— St. Francis, 5th week . . 130.4% SAN FRANCISCO— St. Francis, 6th week • . . 108.6% SAN FRANCISCO— St. Francis, 7th week . . 90.5% SAN FRANCISCO— St. Francis, 8th week . . 65.2% SAN FRANCISCO— State, MO 1st week . . . 129.0% ST. LOUIS— Ambassador 109.0% ST. LOUIS— Missouri. MO 1st week .... 155.1% TYCOON (RKO) Intermediate Report: Total Gross Tabulated $481,100 Comparative Average Gross 451,200 Over-all Performance 106.6% BALTIMORE— Town, 1st week 96.2% BALTIMORE— Town, 2nd week 87.1% BOSTON— Memorial, 1st week 130.1% (DB) Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome (RKO) BOSTON— Memorial, 2nd week 89.2% (DB) Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome (RKO) BUFFALO— 20th Century, 1st week . . . 117.2% BUFFALO— 20th Centurv, 2nd week .... 103 4% CHICAGO— Palace 104 1% CINCINNATI— RKO Albee 103.2% CLEVELAND— RKO Shubert, MO 1st week . 100.0% CLEVELAND— RKO Allen, 1st week .... 141.8% CLEVELAND— RKO Allen, 2nd week . . . 109.9% CLEVELAND— RKO Allen, 3rd week .... 81 5% KANSAS CITY— Orpheum, 1st week .... 121.6% KANSAS CITY— Orpheum, 2nd week .... 90.0% LOS ANGELES— Hillstreet, 1st week .... 172.4% LOS ANGELES— Hillstreet, 2nd week . . . 103.4% LOS ANGELES— Hillstreet, 3rd week .... 68 9% (DB) Glamour Girl (Col.) LOS ANGELES— Pantages, 1st week .... 142.8% LOS ANGELES— Pantages, 2nd week .... 82.8% LOS ANGELES— Pantages, 3rd week .... 62.8% (DB) Glamour Girl (Col.) MINNEAPOLIS— RKO Orpheum, 1st week . 122 3% MINNEAPOLIS— RKO Orpheum, 2nd week 82 7% NEW YORK— Palace, 1st week . . . 107 8% NEW YORK— Palace, 2nd week . . . 1127% NEW YORK— Palace. 3rd week 102 9% OMAHA— RKO Brandeis, 1st week . . . 139 5% (DB) Two Blondes and a Redhead (Col.) OMAHA— RKO Brandeis. 2nd week ... 86 4% fDB) Two Blondes and a Redhead (Col.) ST. LOUIS — Fox 115 3% (DB) Wild Horse Mesa (RKO) To Offer Olympic Feature Here With the opening of the Winter Olympics in Switzerland the end of this month, Westport International Films offers a 60minute subject" entitled "Kings of the Olympics." Acquired from the Alien Property Custodian, this subject is the first of two films culled from thousands of feet of film shot during the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin under the direction and supervision of Leni Riefenstahl, actress friend of Hitler, Aryan by the Fuehrer's ukase, and director of Nazi propaganda films. In "Kings of the Olympics," Westport International has preserved the excellent photography, the dramatics and the suspense of the competition which was reportedly photographed by more than 600 cameramen. Part I is concerned with the track and field events, women's diving, and sculling. It stars such American athletes as Jesse Owens, Glenn Cunningham, Katherine Rawls, Marjorie Gestring and dozens of others from the 51 countries competing. Owing to the large number of events, only a few are shown in the first part. In Part II the events will include men's diving, soccer, polo, bicycle racing, riding competitions, pentathlon, decathlon, the marathon run, hurdles and relay races. Bill Slater, who was a sportscaster for the 1936 Olympics, is the narrator for the film, while Joseph Lerner and Max Rosenbaum edited the material. A distributor for the subjects is to be announced. The advertising and publicity for the picture is being handled by Monroe Greenthal, Inc., of New York.— G. H. S. 22 State Chairmen Named For Brotherhood Week Harry Brandt, national exhibitor chairman for American Brotherhood Week of the National Conference of Christians and Jews, has received 22 acceptances from exhibitor leaders who will be state chairmen. They are : Robert J. Peratovich, Jr., Alaska ; William E. Malin, Arkansas; I. J. Hoffman, Connecticut; Charles Niles, Iowa; Elmer C. Rhoden, Kansas; Guthrie Crows, Kentucky; E. V. Richards, Jr., Louisiana; I. M. Rappaport and Louis Gaertner, Maryland; Ted Bolnick, Minnesota; Arthur Lehmann, Mississippi; Harry C. Arthur, Missouri; Niel Morrison, New Hampshire; Milas L. Hurley, New Mexico; M. Lowenstein, Oklahoma; Ernesto Rufino, Philippines; Ramos Cobian, Puerto Rico ; Tracy Barham, Utah ; Frank A. Venette, Vermont; William F. Crockett, Virginia; Harold J. Fitzgerald, Wisconsin; Edward Lachman, New Jersey! Televise Olympic Pictures Paramount Station KTLA in Los Angeles will carry a complete coverage of the winter Olympic Games in Switzerland on films shot there specially for presentation on that station, starting February 3. MOTION PICTURE HERALD, JANUARY 24, 1948 49