Wednesday, January 13, 1937 - Tuesday, January 19, 1937 (1 Week)
The Garden of Allah
Starring Marlene Dietrich
and Charles Boyer
Directed by Richard Boleslawski
A Selznick International Picture
in Technicolor
A
United Artists Release
80 Minutes
Career Woman
Starring Claire Trevor
and Michael Whalen
Directed by Lewis Seiler
A 20th Century-Fox Picture
77 Minutes
Wednesday, February 3, 1937 - Tuesday, February 9, 1937 (1 Week)
You Only Live Once
Starring Sylvia Sidney
and Henry Fonda
Directed by Fritz Lang
A 20th Century-Fox Picture
86 Minutes
Dangerous Number
Starring Robert Young
and Ann Sothern
Directed by Richard Thorpe A Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Picture
71 Minutes
Fox Movietone News - Lowell Thomas announcing
"Country Cousin" A Silly Symphony in Technicolor / Directed by Wilfred Jackson / A Walt Disney Production / An R-K-O Radio Pictures Release
30¢ until 1:00 PM
Chinese Theatre Staff
--
Managing Director - Sid Grauman
Manager - Robert T. Smith
Assistant Manager - Carl Aaen
Advertising - Thornton Sargent
Secretary - Gertrude Skall
Chief Projectionist - Fred Weaver
Stage Manager - George Ormson
Engineer - Harry Borthistle
Assistant Stage Manager - William Thorneycroft Day and Date: Loew's State Theatre, Downtown
Reported Gross "You Only Live Once" @ 30¢ - 55¢
Week
Week Ending
Gross
1
Tuesday, February 9, 1937
$8,500
Totals
7 Days
Daily Average: $1,214
--
1 Week
$8,500
Source: Variety
An issue of The Playgoer, dated "Week of" February 3, 1937, has been sold online.
Wednesday, February 10, 1937 - Tuesday, February 16, 1937 (1 Week)
On the Avenue
Starring Dick Powell
and Madeline Carroll
Directed by Roy Del Ruth
A 20th Century-Fox Picture
90 Minutes
Under Cover of Night
Starring Edmund Lowe
and Florence Rice
Directed by George B. Seitz A Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Picture
72 Minutes
Reported Gross "Nancy Steele is Missing" @ 30¢ - 55¢
Week
Week Ending
Gross
1
Tuesday, March 9, 1937
$8,300
Totals
7 Days
Daily Average: $1,186
--
1 Week
$8,300
Source: Variety
Wednesday, March 10, 1937 - Tuesday, March 23, 1937 (2 Weeks)
Maytime
Starring Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy
Directed by Robert Z. Leonard
A Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Picture
133 Minutes
Fox Movietone News - Lowell Thomas announcing
"Moose Hunters" Starring Mickey Mouse / Directed by Ben Sharpsteen / A Walt Disney Production in Technicolor / An R-K-O Radio Pictures Release
30¢ until 1:00 PM
Chinese Theatre Staff
--
Managing Director - Sid Grauman
Manager - Robert T. Smith
Assistant Manager - Rupert Moore
Advertising - Thornton Sargent
Secretary - Gertrude Skall
Chief Projectionist - Fred Weaver
Stage Manager - George Ormson
Assistant Stage Manager - William Thorneycroft
Engineer - Harry Borthistle Day and Date: Loew's State Theatre, Downtown
Reported Gross "Maytime" @ 30¢ - 55¢
Week
Week Ending
Perfs.
Gross
1
Tuesday, March 16, 1937
28
$15,300
2
Tuesday, March 23, 1937
28
$13,100
Totals
14 Days
Daily Average: $2,029
--
--
2 Weeks
Average Performance: $507
56
$28,400
Source: Variety
An issue of The Playgoer, dated Wednesday, March 10, 1937 (1st Week), exisits at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Margaret Herrick Library for this engagement.
World Premiere Engagement
Wednesday, March 24, 1937 - Tuesday, March 30, 1937 (1 Week)
Seventh Heaven
Starring Simone Simon and James Stewart
Directed by Henry King
A 20th Century-Fox Picture
102 Minutes
"Bosko's Easter Eggs" A Harman/Ising Cartoon in Cinecolor / Directed by Hugh Harman / A Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Short Subject
"Glimpses of Java and Ceylon" A Fitzpatrick Traveltalk in Technicolor / A Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Short Subject
30¢ until 1:00 PM
Day and Date: Loew's State Theatre, Downtown
Reported Gross "Seventh Heaven" @ 30¢ - 55¢
Week
Week Ending
Perfs.
Gross
1
Tuesday, March 30, 1937
35
$7,700
Totals
7 Days
Daily Average: $1,100
--
--
1 Week
Average Performance: $220
35
$7,700
Source: Variety
Wednesday, March 31, 1937 - Tuesday, April 6, 1937 (1 Week)
Lloyd's of London
Starring Freddie Bartholomew and Madeline Carroll
Directed by Henry King
A 20th Century-Fox Picture
117 Minutes
"Magician Mickey" Starring Mickey Mouse / Directed by David Hand / A Walt Disney Production in Technicolor / An R-K-O Radio Pictures Release
30¢ until 1:00 PM
Day and Date: Loew's State Theatre, Downtown
Reported Gross "Lloyd's of London" @ 30¢ - 55¢
Week
Week Ending
Perfs.
Gross
1
Tuesday, April 6, 1937
35
$10,400
Totals
7 Days
Daily Average: $1,486
--
--
1 Week
Average Performance: $297
35
$10,400
Source: Variety
Wednesday, April 6, 1937 - Tuesday, April 13, 1937 (1 Week)
History is Made at Night
Starring Charles Boyer
and Jean Arthur
Directed by Frank Borzage
A Walter Wanger Production
A
United Artists Release
97 Minutes
Espionage
Starring Edmund Lowe
and Madge Evans
Directed by Kurt Neumann A Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Picture
67 Minutes
Midnight Taxi
Starring Brian Donlevy
and Francis Drake
Directed by Eugene Forde A 20th Century-Fox Picture
73 Minutes
"Penny Wisdom" with Pete Smith / Directed by David Miller / A Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Short Subject
30¢ until 1:00 PM
Day and Date: Loew's State Theatre, Downtown
Tuesday, April 20, 1937:
Last Showing of "Personal Property" at 3:00 PM
--
World
Premiere at 8:30 PM:
A STAR IS BORN
Starring Janet Gaynor and Fredric March
Directed by William Wellman
A Selznick International Picture in Technicolor
A Unted Artists Release
111 Minutes
Reported Gross "Personal Property" @ 30¢ - 75¢
Week
Week Ending
Gross
1
Tuesday, April 20, 1937
$9,300
Totals
7 Days
Daily Average: $1,329
--
1 Week
$9,300
Source: Variety
Wednesday, April 21, 1937 - Tuesday, April 28, 1937 (1 Week)
A Star is Born
Starring Janet Gaynor and Fredric March Directed by William Wellman
A Selznick International Picture
in Technicolor
A United Artists Release
111 Minutes
"The First Modern Picture in Technicolor"
"Mickey's Amateurs" Starring Mickey Mouse / Directed by Pinto Colvig, Erdman Penner, and Walt Pfiffer / A Walt Disney Production In Technicolor / An R-K-O Radio Pictures Release
30¢ until 1:00 PM
Day and Date: Loew's State Theatre, Downtown
Wednesday, May 12, 1937 - Tuesday, May 18, 1937 (1 Week)
The Hit Parade
Starring Frances Langford
and Phil Regan
Directed by Gus Meins
A Republic Picture
83 Minutes
Charlie Chan at the Olympics
Starring Warner Oland
and Katherine DeMille
Directed by H. Bruce Humberstone A 20th Century-Fox Picture
71 Minutes
30¢ until 1:00 PM
Day and Date: Loew's State Theatre, Downtown
Tuesday, May 18, 1937:
Grauman's Chinese Theatre 10th Birthday Today
Reported Gross "The Hit Parade" @ 30¢ - 75¢
Week
Week Ending
Gross
1
Tuesday, May 18, 1937
$7,400
Totals
7 Days
Daily Average: $1,057
--
1 Week
$7,400
Source: Variety
Wednesday, May 19, 1937 - Tuesday, May 25, 1937 (1 Week)
Romeo and Juliet
Starring Norma Shearer
and Leslie Howard
Directed by George Cukor
A Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Picture
125 Minutes
Nobody's Baby
Starring Patsy Kelly
and Lyda Roberti
Directed by Gus Meins A Hal Roach Production, released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
71 Minutes
Fox Movietone News - Lowell Thomas announcing
"The Coronation" a documentary on the Cornation of George VI to the throne of England / in Technocolor / Described by Lowell Thomas / Supervised by Sir Gordon Craig, Gerald Sanger and Russell Muth / A 20th Century-Fox Short Subject
"The Greatest Event in the 20th Century - Complete in all its Spectacular, Romantic and Glamorous Splendor (Subject to delivery by air express)"
30¢ until 1:00 PM
Chinese Theatre Staff
--
Managing Director - Sid Grauman
Manager - Robert T. Smith
Assistant Manager - Carl Aaen
Floor Manager - Ralph Hathaway
Advertising - Thornton Sargent
Secretary - Gertrude Skall
Chief Projectionist - Fred Weaver
Stage Manager - George Ormson
Engineer - Harry Borthistle
Assistant Stage Manager - William Thorneycroft
Pick a Star
Starring Patsy Kelly
and Jack Haley
Directed by Edward Sedgwick A Hal Roach Production
A Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Release
76 Minutes
Fox Movietone News - Lowell Thomas announcing
30¢ until 1:00 PM
Chinese Theatre Staff
--
Managing Director - Sid Grauman
Manager - Robert T. Smith
Assistant Manager - Carl Aaen
Floor Manager - Ralph Hathaway
Advertising - Thornton Sargent
Secretary - Gertrude Skall
Chief Projectionist - Fred Weaver
Stage Manager - George Ormson
Assistant Stage Manager - William Thorneycroft
Engineer - Harry Borthistle
Day and Date: Loew's State Theatre, Downtown
Wednesday, June 2, 1937:
M-G-M Preview "Of one of the most important pictures of the year"
— probably "Parnell" — ED.
Welcome, 20th Century-Fox Conventioneers
Reported Gross "This is My Affair" @ 30¢ - 75¢
Week
Week Ending
Gross
1
Tuesday, June 8, 1937
$9,000
Totals
7 Days
Daily Average: $1,286
--
1 Week
$9,000
Source: Variety
Photo by Bob Plunkett. An issue of The Playgoer, dated Wednesday, June 2, 1937 (1st Week), exisits at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Margaret Herrick Library for this engagement.
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Wednesday, June 9, 1937 - Tuesday, June 15, 1937 (1 Week)
Parnell
Starring Clark Gable
and Myrna Loy
Directed by John M. Stahl
A Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Picture
118 Minutes
Big Business
Starring Jed Prouty
and Shirley Deane
Directed by Frank R. Strayer A 20th Century-Fox Picture
60 Minutes
Fox Movietone News - Lowell Thomas announcing
30¢ until 1:00 PM
Chinese Theatre Staff
--
Managing Director - Sid Grauman
Manager - Robert T. Smith
Assistant Manager - Earl Poggi
Treasurer - Carl Aaen
Advertising - Thornton Sargent
Secretary - Gertrude Skall
Chief Projectionist - Fred Weaver
Stage Manager - George Ormson
Engineer - Harry Borthistle
Assistant Stage Manager - William Thorneycroft Day and Date: Loew's State Theatre, Downtown
Reported Gross "Parnell" @ 30¢ - 75¢
Week
Week Ending
Gross
1
Tuesday, June 15, 1937
$9,700
Totals
7 Days
Daily Average: $1,386
--
1 Week
$9,700
Source: Variety
An issue of The Playgoer, dated "Week of" June 9, 1937, has been sold online.
Wednesday, June 16, 1937 - Tuesday, June 22, 1937 (1 Week)
Think Fast, Mr. Moto
Starring Peter Lorre
and Virginia Field
Directed by Norman Foster A 20th Century-Fox Picture
70 Minutes
Doors Open at 10:00 AM Daily - Regular Prices
Fox Movietone News, Lowell Thomas announcing
30¢ until 1:00 PM
Chinese Theatre Staff
--
Managing Director - Sid Grauman
Manager - Harry Marx
Assistant Manager - Carl Aaen
Treasurer - Matthew Freed
Advertising - Thornton Sargent
Secretary - Gertrude Skall
Chief Projectionist - Fred Weaver
Engineer - Harry Borthistle
Stage Manager - George Ormson
Assistant Stage Manager - William Thorneycroft
Day and Date: Loew's State Theatre, Downtown
Wednesday, August 18, 1937:
Eleanor Powell in person to sign autographs between 4:00 - 6:00 PM
Reported Gross "The Broadway Melody of 1938" @ 30¢ - 75¢
Week
Week Ending
Gross
1
Tuesday, August 24, 1937
$16,300
Totals
7 Days
Daily Average: $2,329
--
1 Week
$16,300
Source: Variety
An undated issue of The Playgoer exisits for this engagement. Courtesy of Kurt Wahlner.
Wednesday, August 25, 1937 - Tuesday, August 31, 1937 (1 Week)
Wild and Woolly
Starring Jane Withers
and Walter Brennan
Directed by Alfred L. Werker A 20th Century-Fox Picture
65 Minutes
"The Coronation" a documentary on the Cornation of George VI to the throne of England / in Technocolor / Described by Lowell Thomas / Supervised by Sir Gordon Craig, Gerald Sanger and Russell Muth / A 20th Century-Fox Short Subject
"Mickey's Modern Invention" Starring Mickey Mouse / Directed by Jack King / A Walt Disney Production in Technicolor / An R-K-O Radio Pictures Release
30¢ until 1:00 PM
Day and Date: Loew's State Theatre, Downtown
Friday, August 27, 1937:
Trade and Press Screening in the Evening:
THE PRISONER OF ZENDA
Starring Ronald Colman and Madeline Carroll
Directed by John Cromwell
A Selznick International Picture
A
United Artists Release
101 Minutes
Reported Gross "Love Under Fire" @ 30¢ - 75¢
Week
Week Ending
Gross
1
Tuesday, August 31, 1937
$11,000
Totals
7 Days
Daily Average: $1,571
--
1 Week
$11,000
Source: Variety
"PROGRAM, PLEASE -- George Cukor, who is to direct Selznick International's "Gone with the Wind," reaches for a program at the world preview of David O. Selznick's "The Prisoner of Zenda," at Grauman's Chinese Theatre, in Hollywood. The picture stars Ronald Coleman with Madeline Carroll, and Douglas Fairbanks Jr., and at the opening more film notables were present than on any other similar occasion."
World Premiere Engagement
Wednesday, September 1, 1937 - Tuesday, September 7, 1937 (1 Week)
Hot Water
Starring Jed Prouty
and Shirley Deane
Directed by Frank R. Strayer A 20th Century-Fox Picture
55 Minutes
Fox Movietone News, Lowell Thomas announcing
30¢ until 1:00 PM
Executive Staff Staff
--
Managing Director - Sid Grauman
Manager - Harry Marx
Assistant Manager - Carl Aaen
Treasurer - Matthew Freed
Advertising - Thornton Sargent
Secretary - Gertrude Skall
Chief Projectionist - Fred Weaver
Engineer - Harry Borthistle
Stage Manager - George Ormson
Assistant Stage Manager - William Thorneycroft Day and Date: Loew's State Theatre, Downtown
Reported Gross "Thin Ice" @ 30¢ - 75¢
Week
Week Ending
Gross
1
Tuesday, September 7, 1937
$19,650
Totals
7 Days
Daily Average: $2,807
--
1 Week
$19,650
Source: Variety
An undated issue of The Playgoer exisits for this engagement. Courtesy of Kurt Wahlner.
Wednesday, September 8, 1937 - Tuesday, September 14, 1937 (1 Week)
Reported Gross "Wife, Doctor and Nurse" @ 30¢ - 75¢
Week
Week Ending
Gross
1
Tuesday, September 14, 1937
$11,200
Totals
7 Days
Daily Average: $1,600
--
1 Week
$11,200
Source: Variety
Wednesday, September 15, 1937 - Tuesday, September 21, 1937 (1 Week)
Big City
Starring Luise Rainer
and Spencer Tracy
Directed by Frank Borzage
A Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Picture
80 Minutes
One Mile from Heaven
Starring Claire Trevor
and Sally Blaine
Directed by Allan Dwan A 20th Century-Fox Picture
67 Minutes
"The Romance of Celluloid" part one of a six-part a documentary showing the making of films at M-G-M / A Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Short Subject
30¢ until 1:00 PM
Day and Date: Loew's State Theatre, Downtown
Reported Gross "Big City" @ 30¢ - 75¢
Week
Week Ending
Gross
1
Tuesday, September 21, 1937
$9,300
Totals
7 Days
Daily Average: $1,329
--
1 Week
$9,300
Source: Variety
Riette Kahn is shown at the wheel of an ambulance donated by the American movie industry to the Spanish government in Los Angeles, California, on Sept. 18, 1937.
Wednesday, September 22, 1937 - Tuesday, September 28, 1937 (1 Week)
California Governor Frank Merrian alongside Culver City and Hollywood officials, who conduct a "Bury the Hatchet" ceremony on Monday, October 4, 1937, by presenting the Selznick International / Culver City-made The Prisoner of Zenda to members of the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce.
Wednesday, October 6, 1937 - Tuesday, October 12, 1937 (1 Week)
The Prisoner of Zenda
Starring Ronald Colman
and Madeline Carroll
Directed by John Cromwell
A Selznick International Picture
A
United Artists Release
101 Minutes
The Women Men Marry
Starring George Murphy
and Josephine Hutchinson
Directed by Errol Taggart A Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Picture
61 Minutes
30¢ until 1:00 PM
Monday, October 11, 1937:
Regular Afternoon Showings of "The Prisoner of Zenda" and
"The Women Men Marry"; Showings of "The Prisoner of Zenda" at 7:00 and 10:00 PM
--
World Press Preview at: 8:40 (sharp) PM:
FAREWELL AGAIN
aka: TROOPSHIP
Starring Leslie Banks and Flora Robson
Directed by Tim Whelan
A London Film / A United Artists Release
85 Minutes
Day and Date: Loew's State Theatre, Downtown
Reported Gross "The Prisoner of Zenda" @ 30¢ - 75¢
Week
Week Ending
Gross
1
Tuesday, October 12, 1937
$14,000
Totals
7 Days
Daily Average: $2,000
--
1 Week
$14,000
Source: Variety
Photo by Bob Plunkett.
Wednesday, October 13, 1937 - Tuesday, October 19, 1937 (1 Week)
"Clock Cleaners" Starring Mickey Mouse / Directed by Ben Sharpsteen / A Walt Disney Production in Technicolor / An R-K-O Radio Pictures Release
30¢ until 1:00 PM Day and Date: Loew's State Theatre, Downtown
Reported Gross "Heidi" @ 30¢ - 75¢
Week
Week Ending
Gross
1
Tuesday, November 16, 1937
$9,200
Totals
7 Days
Daily Average: $1,314
--
1 Week
$9,200
Source: Variety
Wednesday, November 17, 1937 - Tuesday, November 23, 1937 (1 Week)
The Firefly
Starring Jeanette MacDonald
and Allan Jones
Directed by Robert Z. Leonard
A Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Picture
131 Minutes
Wallaby Jim
Starring George Houston
and Ruth Coleman
Directed by Charles Lamont A George A. Hirlman Production
A
Grand National Pictures Release
61 Minutes
"Doors open at 11:30 AM - First Time at Popular Prices"
- 30¢ until 1:00 PM
Day and Date: Loew's State Theatre, Downtown
Reported Gross "The Firefly" @ 30¢ - 75¢
Week
Week Ending
Gross
1
Tuesday, November 23, 1937
$10,100
Totals
7 Days
Daily Average: $1,443
--
1 Week
$10,100
Source: Variety
Wednesday, November 24, 1937 - Tuesday, November 30, 1937 (1 Week)
Big Town Girl
Starring Claire Trevor
and Donald Woods
Directed by Alfred L. Werker A 20th Century-Fox Picture
66 Minutes
Wednesday, November 24, 1937
Late "Owl Show"
of "Navy Blue and Gold."
30¢ until 1:00 PM
Day and Date: Loew's State Theatre, Downtown
Reported Gross "Navy Blue and Gold" @ 30¢ - 75¢
Week
Week Ending
Gross
1
Tuesday, November 30, 1937
$9,200
Totals
7 Days
Daily Average: $1,314
--
1 Week
$9,200
Source: Variety
Wednesday, December 1, 1937 - Tuesday, December 7, 1937 (1 Week)
Nothing Sacred
Starring Carole Lombard
and Fredric March
Directed by William Wellman
A Selznick International Production
In Technicolor
A United Artists Release
77 Minutes
Beg, Barrow or Steal
Starring Frank Morgan
and Florence Rice
Directed by Wilhelm Thiele A Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Picture
72 Minutes
Wednesday, December 29, 1937 - Tuesday, January 4, 1938 (1 Week)
Love and Hisses
Starring Walter Winchell
and Simone Simon
Directed by Sidney Lanfield
A 20th Century-Fox Picture
82 Minutes
Checkers
Starring Jane Withers
and Stuart Erwin
Directed by H. Bruce Humberstone A 20th Century-Fox Picture
79 Minutes
Fox Movietone News - Lowell Thomas announcing
30¢ until 1:00 PM
Executive Staff
--
Managing Director - Sid Grauman
Manager - Harry Marx
Assistant Manager - Carl Aaen
Treasurer - Sydney J. Pink
Secretary - Gertrude Skall
Chief Projectionist - Fred Weaver
Engineer - Harry Borthistle
Stage Manager - George Ormson
Assistant Stage Manager - William Thorneycroft
Day and Date:
"All-New "Loew's State Theatre, Downtown
Friday, December 31, 1937:
Major Studio Preview with "Love and Hisses"; also added to the bill:
"Norman Alley's Bombing of the U.S.S. Panay" documentary / Directed by Charles E. Ford / A Universal Short Subject (Several theatres in Los Angeles were shipped prints of this film, playing it simultaniously - ED)
An undated issue of The Playgoer exisits for this engagement. Courtesy of Kurt Wahlner.
