Gala Premiere, Tuesaday, January 1, 1935 @ 12:00 AM
Regular Engagement: Tuesday, January 1, 1935 - Wednesday, January 9, 1935 (1 Week)
Kid Millions
Starring Eddie Cantor and Ann Harding
Directed by Roy Del Ruth
A Samuel Goldwyn Production / A United Artists Release
90 Minutes
Day and Date:
Loew's State Theatre, Downtown

Reported Gross "Kid Millions" @ 30¢ - 65¢
Week
Week Ending
Perfs.
Gross
1
Wednesday, January 9, 1935 (9 Days)
45
$12,400
Totals
7 Days
Daily Average: $1,771
--
--
1 Week
Average Performance: $276
45
$12,400
Source: Variety
 
 
Thursday, January 10, 1935 - Wednesday, January 16, 1935 (1 Week)
The Painted Veil
Starring Greta Garbo and Herbert Marshall
Directed by Richard Boleslawski
A Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Picture
85 Minutes
"The Emerald Isle" A FitzPatrick Traveltalk in Technicolor / A Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Short Subject
"Fate's Fathead" Starring Charlie Chase and Dorothy Appleby / A Hal Roach Production / A Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Release
Day and Date:
Loew's State Theatre, Downtown

Reported Gross "The Painted Veil" @ 30¢ - 65¢
Week
Week Ending
Perfs.
Gross
1
Wednesday, January 16, 1935
35
$7,500
Totals
7 Days
Daily Average: $1,071
--
--
1 Week
Average Performance: $214
35
$7,500
Source: Variety
 
 
Thursday, January 17, 1935 - Wednesday, January 23, 1935 (1 Week)
The Mighty Barnum
Starring Wallace Beery and Adolphe Menjou
Directed by Walter Lang
A 20th Century Picture / A United Artists Release
85 Minutes
"Rugby" A Pete Smith Specialty/ Directed by Ray McCarey / A Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Short Subject
"My Grandfather's Clock" Starring Franklin Pangborn and Charles Judels / Directed by Felix E. Feist / A Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Short Subject
Day and Date:
Loew's State Theatre, Downtown

Reported Gross "The Mighty Barnum" @ 30¢ - 65¢
Week
Week Ending
Perfs.
Gross
1
Wednesday, January 23, 1935
35
$8,100
Totals
7 Days
Daily Average: $1,157
--
--
1 Week
Average Performance: $231
35
$8,100
Source: Variety
 
 
Thursday, January 24, 1935 - Thursday, January 31, 1935 (1 Week)
Forsaking All Others
Starring Joan Crawford and Clark Gable
Directed by W.S. Van Dyke
A Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Picture
83 Minutes
"Mickey's Man Friday" Starring Mickey Mouse / Directed by David Hand / A Walt Disney Cartoon
"Zeeland, the Hidden Paradise" A FitzPatrick Traveltalk in Technicolor / A Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Short Subject
"Newsreel Cameraman: Casting for Luck"
Day and Date:
Loew's State Theatre, Downtown

Reported Gross "Foresaking All Others" @ 30¢ - 55¢
Week
Week Ending
Perfs.
Gross
1
Thursday, January 31, 1935 (8 Days)
40
$10,100
Totals
8 Days
Daily Average: $1,263
--
--
1 Week
Average Performance: $253
40
$10,100
Source: Variety
 
 
Friday, February 1, 1935 - Thursday, February 7, 1935 (1 Week)
The County Chairman
Starring Will Rogers and Evelyn Venable
Directed by John Blystone
A Fox Picture
80 Minutes
Universal News
Graham McNamee, announcing
"Hey Hey Fever" A Harman / Ising Cartoon in Cinecolor / Directed by Hugh Harman / A Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Cartoon
Debut Screen Edition of The March of Time
Saionji
Speakeasy Street
Belisha Beacons
Moe Buchsbaum
Fred Perkins
Metropolitan Opera
A Time-Life Production / An R-K-O Radio Pictures Release
Chinese Theatre Executive Staff
--
Managing Director - Sid Grauman
Manager - Robert T. Smith
Assistant Manager - Frank Kilduff
Treasurer - Gene MacMasters
Advertising - Thornton Sargent
Secretary - Gertrude Skall
Day and Date:
Loew's State Theatre, Downtown

Reported Gross "The County Chairman" @ 30¢ - 55¢
Week
Week Ending
Perfs.
Gross
1
Thursday, February 7, 1935
35
$7,400
Totals
7 Days
Daily Average: $1,057
--
--
1 Week
Average Performance: $211
35
$7,400
Source: Variety


An issue of The Playgoer, dated Monday, January 28, 1935 exisits for this engagement.
 
Friday, February 8, 1935 - Thursday, February 21, 1935 (2 Weeks)
David Copperfield
Starring W. C. Fields and Lionel Barrymore
Directed by George Cukor
A Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Picture
130 Minutes
Continuous Showings from 11:00 AM Daily
In Person Opening Night: Principal Players of 'David Copperfield' at the Sate Theatre at 8:00 PM, Grauman's Chinese at 9:15 PM"
Day and Date:
Loew's State Theatre, Downtown

Reported Gross "David Copperfield" @ 30¢ - 55¢
Week
Week Ending
Perfs.
Gross
1
Thursday, February 14, 1935
35
$13,700
2
Thursday, February 21, 1935
35
$8,500
Totals
14 Days
Daily Average: $1,586
--
--
2 Weeks
Average Performance: $317
70
$22,200
Source: Variety

 
Friday, February 22, 1935 - Thursday, February 28, 1935 (1 Week)
Clive of India
Starring Ronald Coleman and Loretta Young
Directed by Richard Boleslawski
A 20th Century Picture / A United Artists Release
94 Minutes
"Star Night at the Cocoanut Grove" Starring Leo Carillo and Ted Fio Rito / Directed by Louis Lewyn / A Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Short Subject in Technicolor
Day and Date:
Loew's State Theatre, Downtown

Reported Gross "Clive of India" @ 30¢ - 55¢
Week
Week Ending
Perfs.
Gross
1
Thursday, February 28, 1935
35
$9,800
Totals
7 Days
Daily Average: $1,400
--
--
1 Week
Average Performance: $280
35
$9,800
Source: Variety
 
 
Friday, March 1, 1935 - Thursday, March 7, 1935 (1 Week)
One More Spring
Starring Janet Gaynor and Warner Baxter
Directed by Henry King
A Fox Picture
87 Minutes
"Tit for Tat" Starring Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy / Directed by Charley Rogers / A Hal Roach Production, released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Day and Date:
Loew's State Theatre, Downtown

Reported Gross "One More Spring" @ 30¢ - 55¢
Week
Week Ending
Perfs.
Gross
1
Thursday, February 28, 1935
35
$6,000
Totals
7 Days
Daily Average: $1,057
--
--
1 Week
Average Performance: $171
35
$6,000
Source: Variety
 
 
Friday, March 8, 1935 - Wednesday, March 13, 1935 (1 Week)
Biography of a Bachelor Girl
Starring Ann Harding and Robert Montgomery
Directed by Edward H. Griffith
A Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Picture
82 Minutes
2nd Screen Edition of The March of Time
Germany
New York Daily News
Leadbelly
Mohawk
Disaster
Speed Camera
A Time-Life Production / An R-K-O Radio Pictures Release
"The Lost Chick" A Harman/Ising Cartoon in Cinecolor / Directed by Hugh Harman and Rudolf Ising / A Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Cartoon
Day and Date:
Loew's State Theatre, Downtown

Reported Gross "Biography of a Bachelor Girl" @ 30¢ - 55¢
Week
Week Ending
Perfs.
Gross
1
Wednesday, March 13, 1935 (6 Days)
30
$4,400
Totals
6 Days
Daily Average: $733
--
--
1 Week
Average Performance: $147
30
$4,400
Source: Variety
 
 
Thursday, March 14, 1935 - Wednesday, March 20, 1935 (1 Week)
The Little Colonel
Starring Shirley Temple and Lionel Barrymore
Directed by David Butler
A Fox Picture
81 Minutes
"Mickey's Service Sation" A Mickey Mouse Cartoon / Directed by Ben Sharpsteen / A Walt Disney Production / A United Artists Release
"Kids! Free Photos of Shirley"
Thursday, March 14, 1935:

Bill Robinson performs his "Stair Dance" on stage at 7:45 at the Chinese, at 9:30 at the State
Day and Date:
Loew's State Theatre, Downtown
Thursday, March 14, 1935 @ 7:00 PM
Shirley Temple (6) Forecourt Ceremonies
 
Reported Gross "The Little Colonel" @ 30¢ - 55¢
Week
Week Ending
Perfs.
Gross
1
Wednesday, March 20, 1935
35
$8,200
Totals
7 Days
Daily Average: $1,171
--
--
1 Week
Average Performance: $234
35
$8,200
Source: Variety

Theatre manager Robert T. Smith and Sid Grauman oversee Shirley Temple at her Forecourt ceremony.
Thursday, March 21, 1935 - Wednesday, March 27, 1935 (1 Week)
After Office Hours
Starring Clark Gable and Constance Bennett
Directed by Robert Z. Leonard
A Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Picture
72 Minutes
"Buried Loot" Starring Brooks Benedict and James Ellison / Directed by George B. Seitz / Crime Does Not Pay Series Chapter 1 / A Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Short Subject
Day and Date:
Loew's State Theatre, Downtown

Reported Gross "After Office Hours" @ 30¢ - 55¢
Week
Week Ending
Perfs.
Gross
1
Wednesday, March 27, 1935
35
$5,900
Totals
7 Days
Daily Average: $843
--
--
1 Week
Average Performance: $169
35
$5,900
Source: Variety
 
 
Thursday, March 28, 1935 - Wednesday, April 3, 1935 (1 Week)
Folies Bergère
Starring Maurice Chevalier and Merle Oberon
Directed by Roy Del Ruth
A 20th Century Picture, released by United Artists
83 Minutes

Universal News
Graham McNamee announcing
"The Golden Touch" A Walt Disney Silly Symphony in Technicolor / Directed by Walt Disney A Walt Disney Production / A United Artists Release
"The Fixer-Uppers" Starring Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy / Directed by Charles Rogers / A Hal Roach Production / A Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Release
Chinese Theatre Executive Staff
--
Managing Director - Sid Grauman
Manager - Robert T. Smith
Assistant Manager - Frank Kilduff
Treasurer - Rupert Moore
Advertising - Thornton Sargent
Secretary - Gertrude Skall
Chief Projectionist - Fred Weaver
Stage Manager - George Ormston
Assistant Stage Manager - William Thorneycroft
Chief of Service - William Eakin
Assistant Chief of Service - Joseph Passen
Engineer - Harry Borthistle
Day and Date:
Loew's State Theatre, Downtown
An undated issue of The Playgoer, exisits at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Margaret Herrick Library for this engagement.



Major Studio Preview, Friday, March 29, 1935 at 8:15 PM:

LES MISÉRABLES
Starring Frederic March and Charles Laughton
Directed by Richard Boleslawski
A 20th Century Picture, released by United Artists
108 Minutes

Reported Gross "Folies Bergère" @ 30¢ - 55¢
Week
Week Ending
Perfs.
Gross
1
Wednesday, April 3, 1935
33
$7,800
Totals
7 Days
Daily Average: $1,114
--
--
1 Week
Average Performance: $236
33
$7,800
Source: Variety
 
Thursday, April 4, 1935 - Wednesday, April 10, 1935 (1 Week)
Life Begins at 40
Starring Will Rogers and Rochelle Hudson
Directed by George Marshall
A Fox Picture
85 Minutes
"Chums" An Animal Oddity
"Make Believe Revue" A Color Rhapsody / A Columbia Cartoon
"The Old Camp Ground" Starring Charles Carlile and The Foursome Quartet / Directed by William Watson / A Fox Short Subject
Day and Date:
Loew's State Theatre, Downtown

Reported Gross "Life Begins at 40" @ 30¢ - 55¢
Week
Week Ending
Perfs.
Gross
1
Wednesday, April 10, 1935
35
$7,200
Totals
7 Days
Daily Average: $1,029
--
--
1 Week
Average Performance: $206
35
$7,200
Source: Variety
 
 
Thursday, April 11, 1935 - Wednesday, April 17, 1935 (1 Week)
The Wedding Night
Starring Gary Cooper and Anna Sten
Directed by King Vidor
A Samuel Goldwyn Production / A United Artists Release
83 Minutes
Day and Date:
Loew's State Theatre, Downtown

Reported Gross "The Wedding Night" @ 30¢ - 55¢
Week
Week Ending
Perfs.
Gross
1
Wednesday, April 17, 1935
35
$5,200
Totals
7 Days
Daily Average: $742
--
--
1 Week
Average Performance: $236
35
$5,200
Source: Variety
 
 
Thursday, April 18, 1935 - Wednesday, April 24, 1935 (1 Week)
Reckless
Starring Jean Harlow and William Powell
Directed by Victor Fleming
A Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Picture
97 Minutes
3rd Screen Edition of The March of Time
Huey Long
Munitions
Mexico
Transpacific
A Time-Life Production / An R-K-O Radio Pictures Release
"Mickey Kangaroo" Starring Mickey Mouse / Directed by David Hand / A Walt Disney Production / A United Artists Release
30¢ until 1:00 PM Weekdays
Day and Date:
Loew's State Theatre, Downtown

Reported Gross "Reckless" @ 30¢ - 55¢
Week
Week Ending
Perfs.
Gross
1
Wednesday, April 24, 1935
35
$7,000
Totals
7 Days
Daily Average: $1,000
--
--
1 Week
Average Performance: $200
35
$7,000
Source: Variety
 
 
Thursday, April 25, 1935 - Wednesday, May 1, 1935 (1 Week)
West Point of the Air
Starring Wallace Beery and Robert Young
Directed by Richard Rosson
A Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Picture
89 Minutes
30¢ until 1:00 PM
Day and Date:
Loew's State Theatre, Downtown

Reported Gross "West Point of the Air" @ 30¢ - 55¢
Week
Week Ending
Perfs.
Gross
1
Wednesday, May 1, 1935
35
$4,200
Totals
7 Days
Daily Average: $600
--
--
1 Week
Average Performance: $120
35
$4,200
Source: Variety
 
 
Thursday, May 2, 1935 - Wednesday, May 8, 1935 (1 Week)
Cardinal Richelieu
Starring George Arliss and Maureen O'Sullivan
Directed by Roland V. Lee
A 20th Century Picture / A United Artists Release
82 Minutes
"The Robber Kitten" A Silly Symphony in Technicolor / Directed by David Hand / A Walt Disney Production / A United Artists Release
"Friendly Spirits" Starring Ernest Truex / Directed by Al Christie / A Fox Short Subject
30¢ until 1:00 PM Weekdays
Day and Date:
Loew's State Theatre, Downtown

Reported Gross "Cardinal Richelieu" @ 30¢ - 55¢
Week
Week Ending
Perfs.
Gross
1
Wednesday, May 8, 1935
35
$6,000
Totals
7 Days
Daily Average: $857
--
--
1 Week
Average Performance: $171
35
$6,000
Source: Variety
 
 
Thursday, May 9, 1935 - Wednesday, May 15, 1935 (1 Week)
Naughty Marietta
Starring Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy
Directed by Robert Z. Leonard and W.S. Van Dyke
A Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Picture
105 Minutes
Universal News
Graham McNamee announcing
"Good Little Monkeys" A Harman/Ising Cartoon in Cinecolor / Directed by Hugh Harman / A Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Cartoon
Chinese Theatre Executive Staff
--
Managing Director - Sid Grauman
Manager - Robert T. Smith
Assistant Manager - Frank Kilduff
Treasurer - Rupert Moore
Advertising - Thornton Sargent
Secretary - Gertrude Skall
Chief Projectionist - Fred Weaver
Stage Manager - George Ormston
Assistant Stage Manager - William Thorneycroft
Chief of Service - William Eakin
Assistant Chief of Service - Joseph Passen
Engineer - Harry Borthistle
Day and Date:
Loew's State Theatre, Downtown

Reported Gross "Naughty Marietta" @ 30¢ - 55¢
Week
Week Ending
Perfs.
Gross
1
Wednesday, May 15, 1935
35
$10,000
Totals
7 Days
Daily Average: $1,429
--
--
1 Week
Average Performance: $285
35
$10,000
Source: Variety
 
 
Thursday, May 16, 1935 - Wednesday, May 22, 1935 (1 Week)
Our Little Girl
Starring Shirley Temple
and Rosemary Ames
Directed by John S. Robertson
A Fox Picture
65 Minutes 		Baby Face Harrington
Starring Charles Butterworth
and Una Merkel
Directed by Raoul Walsh
A Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Picture
62 Minutes
  "The Band Concert" Starring Mickey Mouse / Directed by Wilfred Jackson / A Walt Disney Production in Technicolor / A United Artists Release
"Big New Summer Policy - 2 Quality Pictures"
No Advance in Prices: 30¢ until 1:00 PM
Day and Date:
Loew's State Theatre, Downtown
Saturday, May 18, 1935:

Grauman's Chinese Theatre 8th Birthday Today

Reported Gross "Our Little Girl" @ 30¢ - 55¢
Week
Week Ending
Gross
1
Wednesday, May 22, 1935
$6,100
Totals
7 Days
Daily Average: $871
--
1 Week
 
$6,100
Source: Variety
 
 
Thursday, May 23, 1935 - Wednesday, May 29, 1935 (1 Week)
The Flame Within
Starring Ann Harding
and Herbert Marshall
Directed by Edmund Goulding
A Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Picture
72 Minutes 		George White's 1935 Scandals
Starring Alice Faye
and James Dunn
Directed by George White
A Fox Picture
84 Minutes
  "Chain Letter Dimes" Starring Pete Smith / Directed by Albert Ray / A Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Short Subject
30¢ until 1:00 PM
Day and Date:
Loew's State Theatre, Downtown

Reported Gross "The Flame Within" @ 30¢ - 55¢
Week
Week Ending
Gross
1
Wednesday, May 29, 1935
$6,200
Totals
7 Days
Daily Average: $886
--
1 Week
 
$6,200
Source: Variety
 
 
Thursday, May 30, 1935 - Wednesday, June 5, 1935 (1 Week)
Doubting Thomas
Starring Will Rogers
and Billie Burke
Directed by David Butler
A 20th Century-Fox Picture
73 Minutes 		The Casino Murder Case
Starring Paul Lukas
and Rosalind Russell
Directed by Edwin L. Marin
A Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Picture
82 Minutes
  4th Screen Edition of The March of Time
Navy War Games
Russia
Washington News
A Time-Life Production / An R-K-O Radio Pictures Release
Day and Date:
Loew's State Theatre, Downtown

Reported Gross "Doubting Thomas" @ 30¢ - 55¢
Week
Week Ending
Gross
1
Wednesday, June 5, 1935
$7,800
Totals
7 Days
Daily Average: $1,114
--
1 Week
 
$7,800
Source: Variety
 
 
Thursday, June 6, 1935 - Wednesday, June 12, 1935 (1 Week)
Under the Pampas Moon
Starring Warner Baxter
and Ketti Gallian
Directed by James Tinling
A 20th Century-Fox Picture
78 Minutes 		Let 'em Have It
Starring Richard Arlen
and Virginia Bruce
Directed by Sam Wood
An Edward Small Production
A United Artists Release
96 Minutes
  "Water Babies" A Silly Symphony in Technicolor / Directed by Wilfred Jackson / A Walt Disney Production / A United Artists Release 30¢ until 1:00 PM
Day and Date:
Loew's State Theatre, Downtown

Reported Gross "Under the Pampas Moon" @ 30¢ - 55¢
Week
Week Ending
Gross
1
Wednesday, June 12, 1935
$8,500
Totals
7 Days
Daily Average: $1,214
--
1 Week
 
$8,500
Source: Variety
 
 
Thursday, June 13, 1935 - Wednesday, June 19, 1935 (1 Week)
No More Ladies
Starring Joan Crawford
and Robert Montgomery
Directed by Edward H. Griffith
A Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Picture
80 Minutes 		Black Sheep
Starring Edmund Lowe
and Claire Trevor
Directed by Allan Dwan
A 20th Century-Fox Picture
76 Minutes
  "Los Angeles, the City Beautiful" A Fitzpatrick Traveltalk / A Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Short Subject
30¢ until 1:00 PM
Day and Date:
Loew's State Theatre, Downtown

Reported Gross "No More Ladies" @ 30¢ - 55¢
Week
Week Ending
Gross
1
Wednesday, June 19, 1935
$11,000
Totals
7 Days
Daily Average: $1,571
--
1 Week
 
$11,000
Source: Variety

Photo by Burton Frasher
 
Thursday, June 20, 1935 - Wednesday, June 26, 1935 (1 Week)
Public Hero Number 1
Starring Lionel Barrymore
and Jean Arthur
Directed by J. Walter Ruben
A Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Picture
89 Minutes 		Vagabond Lady
Starring Robert Young
and Evelyn Venable
Directed by Sam Taylor
A Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Picture
71 Minutes
  "The Cookie Carnival" A Silly Symphony in Technicolor / Directed by Ben Sharpsteen / A Walt Disney Production / A United Artists Release
30¢ until 1:00 PM
Monday, June 24, 1935 at 9:00 PM:

In Person: Chester Morris and Joseph Calleia
Day and Date:
Loew's State Theatre, Downtown

Reported Gross "Public Hero Number 1" @ 30¢ - 55¢
Week
Week Ending
Gross
1
Wednesday, June 26, 1935
$7,400
Totals
7 Days
Daily Average: $1,057
--
1 Week
 
$7,400
Source: Variety
 
 
Thursday, June 27, 1935 - Wednesday, July 3, 1935 (1 Week)
Charlie Chan in Egypt
Starring Warner Oland
and Pat Paterson
Directed by Louis King
A 20th Century-Fox Picture
73 Minutes 		Age of Indiscretion
Starring Paul Lukas
and Madge Evans
Directed by Edward Ludwig
A Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Picture
78 Minutes
  30¢ until 1:00 PM
Day and Date:
Loew's State Theatre, Downtown
Major Studio Preview, Friday, June 28, 1935:

ANNA KARENINA
Starring Greta Garbo and Fredric March
Directed by Clarence Brown
A Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Picture
95 Minutes

Reported Gross "Charlie Chan in Egypt" @ 30¢ - 55¢
Week
Week Ending
Gross
1
Wednesday, July 3, 1935
$6,800
Totals
7 Days
Daily Average: $971
--
1 Week
 
$6,800
Source: Variety
 
 
Thursday, July 4, 1935 - Wednesday, July 10, 1935 (1 Week)
Escapade
Starring William Powell
and Luise Rainer
Directed by Robert Z. Leonard
A Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Picture
92 Minutes 		The Daring Young Man
Starring James Dunn
and Mae Clark
Directed by William A. Seiter
A 20th Century-Fox Picture
73 Minutes
  Day and Date:
Loew's State Theatre, Downtown

Reported Gross "Escapade" @ 30¢ - 55¢
Week
Week Ending
Gross
1
Wednesday, July 10, 1935
$10,000
Totals
7 Days
Daily Average: $1,428
--
1 Week
 
$10,000
Source: Variety
 
 
Thursday, July 11, 1935 - Wednesday, July 17, 1935 (1 Week)
Ginger
Starring Jane Withers
and Jackie Searl
Directed by Lewis Seiler
A 20th Century-Fox Picture
80 Minutes 		Murder in the Fleet
Starring Robert Taylor
and Jean Parker
Directed by Edward Sedgwick
A Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Picture
69 Minutes
  "Who Killed Cock Robin?" A Silly Symphony in Technicolor / Directed by David Hand / A Walt Disney Production / A United Artists Release
30¢  until 1:00 PM
Day and Date:
Loew's State Theatre, Downtown

Reported Gross "Ginger" @ 30¢ - 55¢
Week
Week Ending
Gross
1
Wednesday, July 17, 1935
$7,000
Totals
7 Days
Daily Average: $1,000
--
1 Week
 
$7,000
Source: Variety
 
 
Thursday, July 18, 1935 - Tuesday, July 23, 1935 (1 Week)
Orchids to You
Starring John Boles
and Jean Muir
Directed by William A. Seiter
A 20th Century-Fox Picture
74 Minutes
Calm Yourself
Starring Robert Young
and Madge Evans
Directed by George B. Seitz
A Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Picture
70 Minutes
  Thursday, July 18, 1935: "Miss Jean Muir — In Person Onstage Tonight
30¢  until 1:00 PM
Day and Date:
Loew's State Theatre, Downtown

Reported Gross "Orchids to You" @ 30¢ - 55¢
Week
Week Ending
Gross
1
Tuesday, July 24,1935
$7,500
Totals
7 Days
Daily Average: $1,071
--
1 Week
 
$7,500
Source: Variety
 
 
Wednesday, July 24, 1935 - Tuesday, August 6, 1935 (2 Weeks)
The Call of the Wild
Starring Clark Gable
and Loretta Young
Directed by William Wellman
A Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Picture
95 Minutes 		Silk Hat Kid
Starring Lew Ayres
and Mae Clark
Directed by H. Bruce Humberstone
A 20th Century-Fox Picture
68 Minutes
  "Mickey's Garden" Starring Mickey Mouse / Directed by Wilfred Jackson / A Walt Disney Production in Technicolor / A United Artists Release
30¢  until 1:00 PM
Day and Date:
Loew's State Theatre, Downtown

Reported Gross "Call of the Wild" @ 30¢ - 55¢
Week
Week Ending
Gross
1
Tuesday, July 30, 1935
$12,500
2
Tuesday, August 6, 1935
$8,300
Totals
14 Days
Daily Average: $1,486
--
2 Weeks
 
$20,800
Source: Variety
 
 
Wednesday, August 7, 1935 - Tuesday, August 13, 1935 (1 Week)
The Farmer Takes a Wife
Starring Janet Gaynor
and Henry Fonda
Directed by Victor Fleming
A 20th Century-Fox Picture
91 Minutes 		The Murder Man
Starring Spencer Tracy
and Virginia Bruce
Directed by Tim Whelan
A Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Picture
69 Minutes
  30¢  until 1:00 PM
Day and Date:
Loew's State Theatre, Downtown

Reported Gross "The Farmer Takes a Wife" @ 30¢ - 55¢
Week
Week Ending
Gross
1
Tuesday, August 13, 1935
$9,200
Totals
7 Days
Daily Average: $1,314
--
1 Week
 
$9,200
Source: Variety
 
 
Wednesday, August 14, 1935 - Friday, August 23, 1935 (1 Week)
Curly Top
Starring Shirley Temple
and John Boles
Directed by Irving Cummings
A 20th Century-Fox Picture
75 Minutes 		Pursuit
Starring Chester Morris
and Sally Ellers
Directed by Edwin L. Marin
A Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Picture
60 Minutes

Pulled after two days, due to strength of "Curly Top" —ED
  By Popular Demand — The Triumphal Return of:
"Three Little Pigs" A Silly Symphony in Technicolor / Directed by Burt Gillett / A Walt Disney Production / A United Artists Release
30¢  until 1:00 PM
Open Daily at 10:30 AM
In Person Appearance, Sunday Morning, August 18, 1935:

Live! The Meglin Kiddies!
Day and Date:
Loew's State Theatre, Downtown
Friday, August 16, 1935 at Chinese Only:

Major Studio Preview
Friday, August 23, 1935 at 8:30 PM at Chinese Only:

Major Studio Preview

Reported Gross "Curly Top" @ 30¢ - 55¢
Week
Week Ending
Gross
1
Tuesday, August 20, 1935
$10,000
2
Friday, August 23, 1935 (3 Days)
$5,500
Totals
10 Days
Daily Average: $1,500
--
2 Weeks
 
$15,500
Source: Variety
 
 
Saturday, August 24, 1935 - Friday, August 30, 1935 (1 Week)
Steamboat 'Round the Bend
Starring Will Rogers and Anne Shirley
Directed by John Ford
A 20th Century-Fox Picture
81 Minutes
"Mickey's Fire Brigade" Starring Mickey Mouse / Directed by Ben Sharpsteen / A Walt Disney Production in Technicolor / A United Artists Release
5th Screen Edition of The March of Time
Army Invasion
Croix de Feu
Father Coughlin
A Time-Life Production / An R-K-O Radio Pictures Release
Grauman's Chinese Doors Open at 10:30 AM
Day and Date:
Loew's State Theatre, Downtown
Saturday, August 24, 1935:

"Major Studio Preview and N.B.C. Broadcast" at 2:00 PM
--
Midnight Show Tonight!

Reported Gross "Steamboat 'Round the Bend" @ 30¢ - 55¢
Week
Week Ending
Perfs.
Gross
1
Friday, August 30, 1935 (6 Days)
36
$12,300
Totals
7 Days
Daily Average: $1,787
--
--
1 Week
Average Performance: $341
36
$12,300
Source: Variety
 
 
Saturday, August 31, 1935 - Friday, September 13, 1935 (2 Weeks)
China Seas
Starring Clark Gable and Jean Harlow
Directed by Tay Garnett
A Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Picture
87 Minutes
Saturday, August 31, 1935:
Midnight Show Tonight!
Day and Date:
Loew's State Theatre, Downtown
Major Studio Preview, Thursday, September 3, 1935:

THE DARK ANGEL
Starring Fredric March and Merle Oberon
Directed by Sidney Franklin
A Samuel Goldwyn Production / A United Artists Release
106 Minutes

Reported Gross "China Seas" @ 30¢ - 55¢
Week
Week Ending
Perfs.
Gross
1
Friday, September 6, 1935
41
$15,300
2
Friday, September 13, 1935
42
$7,800
Totals
14 Days
Daily Average: $1,650
--
--
1 Week
Average Performance: $278
83
$23,100
Source: Variety
 
 
Saturday, September 14, 1935 - Friday, September 20, 1935 (1 Week)
The Dark Angel
Starring Frederic March and Merle Oberon
Directed by Sidney Franklin
A Samuel Goldwyn Production / A United Artists Release
106 Minutes
Midnight Shows Friday and Saturday
Day and Date:
Loew's State Theatre, Downtown

Reported Gross "The Dark Angel" @ 30¢ - 55¢
Week
Week Ending
Perfs.
Gross
1
Friday, September 20, 1935
37
$10,900
Totals
7 Days
Daily Average: $1,557
--
--
1 Week
Average Performance: $295
37
$10,900
Source: Variety
 
 
Saturday, September 21, 1935 - Wednesday, October 2, 1935 (2 Weeks)
Broadway Melody of 1936
Starring Jack Benny and Eleanor Powell
Directed by Roy Del Ruth and W.S. Van Dyke
A Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Picture
101 Minutes
6th Screen Edition of The March of Time
Bootleg Coal
Civilian Conservation Corps
Ethiopia
A Time-Life Production / An R-K-O Radio Pictures Release
Late Shows Saturday
Day and Date:
Loew's State Theatre, Downtown

Reported Gross "Broadway Melody of 1936" @ 30¢ - 55¢
Week
Week Ending
Perfs.
Gross
1
Friday, September 27, 1935
36
$12,600
2
Wednesday, October 2, 1935 (5 Days)
26
$7,400
Totals
14 Days
Daily Average: $1,428
--
--
2 Weeks
Average Performance: $322
62
$20,000
Source: Variety
 
 
Thursday, October 3, 1935 - Wednesday, October 9, 1935 (1 Week)
Barbary Coast
Starring Miriam Hopkins and Edward G. Robinson
Directed by Howard Hawks
A Samuel Goldwyn Production / A United Artists Release
91 Minutes
Fox Movietone News - Lowell Thomas Announcing
"Historic Mexico City" A FitzPatrick Traveltalk / Directed by Louis Lewyn / A Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Short Subject
"Dame Shy" Starring Buster West and Tom Patricola / Directed by Al Christie / A 20th Century-Fox Short Subject
Chinese Theatre Staff
--
Managing Director - Sid Grauman
Manager - Robert T. Smith
Assistant Manager - Earl Poggi
Treasurer - Carl Aaen
Advertising - Thornton Sargent
Secretary - Getrude 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 "Barbary Coast" @ 30¢ - 55¢
Week
Week Ending
Perfs.
Gross
1
Wednesday, October 9, 1935
35
$10,600
Totals
7 Days
Daily Average: $1,514
--
--
1 Week
Average Performance: $303
35
$10,600
Source: Variety

An issue of The Playgoer, dated Thursday, October 3, 1935 exisits for this engagement.
 
Thursday, October 10, 1935 - Wednesday, October 16, 1935 (1 Week)
Anna Karenina
Starring Greta Garbo and Fredric March
Directed by Clarence Brown
A Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Picture
95 Minutes
"Trained Hoofs" Starring Pete Smith / Directed by Albert Ray / A Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Short Subject
"On Ice" Starring Mickey Mouse / Directed by Ben Sharpsteen / A Walt Disney Production in Technicolor / A United Artists Release
30¢ until 1:00 PM
Day and Date:
Loew's State Theatre, Downtown

Reported Gross "Anna Karenina" @ 30¢ - 55¢
Week
Week Ending
Perfs.
Gross
1
Wednesday, October 16, 1935
35
$10,400
Totals
7 Days
Daily Average: $1,486
--
--
1 Week
Average Performance: $297
35
$10,400
Source: Variety
 
 
Thursday, October 17, 1935 - Tuesday, October 22, 1935 (1 Week)
Way Down East
Starring Rochelle Hudson and Henry Fonda
Directed by Henry King
A 20th Century-Fox Picture
80 Minutes
7th Screen Edition of The March of Time
NeutralityPalestine
Safety (—and Sudden Death)
Summer Theatres
A Time-Life Production / An R-K-O Radio Pictures Release
"The Old Plantation" A Harman/Ising Cartoon / Directed by Rudolf Ising / A Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Cartoon in Technicolor
30¢ until 1:00 PM
Day and Date:
Loew's State Theatre, Downtown

Reported Gross "Way Down East" @ 30¢ - 55¢
Week
Week Ending
Perfs.
Gross
1
Tuesday, October 22, 1935 (6 Days)
36
$4,400
Totals
6 Days
Daily Average: $733
--
--
1 Week
Average Performance: $122
36
$4,400
Source: Variety
 
 
Wednesday, October 23, 1935 - Wednesday, October 30, 1935 (1 Week)
I Live My Life
Starring Joan Crawford and Brian Aherne
Directed by W.S. Van Dyke
A Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Picture
97 Minutes
"Starlit Days at the Lido" Starring The Three Radio Rogues and Eddie Bartell / A Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Short Subject
"Football Teamwork" Starring Pete Smith / Directed by Felix E. Feist / A Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Short Subject
30¢ until 1:00 PM
Day and Date:
Loew's State Theatre, Downtown
Major Studio Preview, Saturday, October 26, 1935:

MUNITY ON THE BOUNTY
Starring Charles Laughton and Clark Gable
Directed by Frank Lloyd
A Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Picture
132 Minutes

Reported Gross "I Live My Life" @ 30¢ - 55¢
Week
Week Ending
Perfs.
Gross
1
Wednesday, October 30, 1935 (8 Days)
40
$9,600
Totals
8 Days
Daily Average: $1,250
--
--
1 Week
Average Performance: $240
40
$9,600
Source: Variety
 
Thursday, October 31, 1935 - Wednesday, November 6, 1935 (1 Week)
O'Shaughnessy's Boy
Starring Wallace Beery
and Jackie Cooper
Directed by Richard Boleslawski
A Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Picture
87 Minutes 		Charlie Chan in Shanghai
Starring Warner Oland
and Irene Hervey
Directed by James Tinling
A 20th Century-Fox Picture
71 Minutes
96 Minutes
  "Music Land" A Silly Symphony in Technicolor / Directed by Wilfred Jackson / A Walt Disney Production, released by United Artists
30¢ until 1:00 PM
ANNIVERSARY WEEK!
OUR GIFT TO YOU. . . BIG DOUBLE VALUE
Two feature bill. . . Each a hit in it's own right!. . .Celebrating the first year of the famous Loew's State - Grauman's Chinese policy!
--
(Oops! They were jumping theg un - just a little - the first film to day-and-date with Lowe's State downtown was THE WHITE PARADE, which opened November 16, 1934 —  ED)
Day and Date:
Loew's State Theatre, Downtown

Reported Gross "O'Shaughnessy's Boy" @ 30¢ - 55¢
Week
Week Ending
Gross
1
Wednesday, November 6, 1935
$6,200
Totals
7 Days
Daily Average: $886
--
1 Week
 
$6,200
Source: Variety
 
 
Thursday, November 7, 1935 - Wednesday, November 13, 1935 (1 Week)
A Night at the Opera
Starring The Marx Brothers and Kitty Carlisle
Directed by Sam Wood
A Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Picture
96 Minutes

MONEY-BACK GUARANTEE
So certain are we that this is one of the funniest pictures EVER produced, that we are making a sensational offer — the first time in our history. If you do not laugh, giggle, gurgle, chuckle of roar when you see "A Night at the Opera" — and you'll admit it in writing immediately after the performance (see manager) — we'll give you your money back! — signed, "X" (Groucho)
"Perfect Alibi / AKA: Alibi Racket" Starring Edward Norris / Directed by George B. Seitz / Crime Does Not Pay Series Chapter 2 / A Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Short Subject
"Pitcairn Island" Narrated by Carey Wilson / A Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Short Subject
30¢ until 1:00 PM
Day and Date:
Loew's State Theatre, Downtown

Reported Gross "A Night at the Opera" @ 30¢ - 55¢
Week
Week Ending
Perfs.
Gross
1
Wednesday, May 15, 1935
35
$13,000
Totals
7 Days
Daily Average: $1,857
--
--
1 Week
Average Performance: $371
35
$13,000
Source: Variety
 
Thursday, November 14, 1935 - Tuesday, November 19, 1935 (1 Week)
Thanks a Million
Starring Dick Powell and Ann Dvorak
Directed by Roy Del Ruth
A 20th Century-Fox Picture
87 Minutes
"The Orphan Kitties / Three Orphan Kittens" A Silly Symphony in Technicolor / Directed by David Hand / A Walt Disney Production / A United Artists Release
"Water Sports" Starring Pete Smith / Directed by Ray McCarey / A Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Short Subject
Day and Date:
Loew's State Theatre, Downtown

Reported Gross "Thanks a Million" @ 30¢ - 55¢
Week
Week Ending
Perfs.
Gross
1
Wednesday, November 20, 1935
35
$9,700
Totals
7 Days
Daily Average: $1,386
--
--
1 Week
Average Performance: $277
35
$9,700
Source: Variety

Dick Powell and Joan Blondell stop by the Chinese to see Thanks a Million, as one of the lobby wax figures looks on. The two would marry in September, 1936. Photo by Charles Rhodes.
 
Thursday, November 21, 1935 - Tuesday, November 26, 1935 (1 Week)
In Old Kentucky
Starring Will Rogers and Dorothy Wilson
Directed by George Marshall
A 20th Century-Fox Picture
86 Minutes
"Honeyland" A Harman/Ising Cartoon / Directed by Rudolf Ising / A Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Cartoon in Technicolor
"Gangsters of the Deep" one of The Adventures of a Newsreel Cameraman Series
30¢ until 1:00 PM
Day and Date:
Loew's State Theatre, Downtown
Major Studio Preview, Tuesday, November 26, 1935:

A TALE OF TWO CITIES
Starring Ronald Colman and Elizabeth Allen
Directed by Jack Conway
A Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Picture
128 Minutes

Reported Gross "In Old Kentucky" @ 30¢ - 55¢
Week
Week Ending
Perfs.
Gross
1
Tuesday, November 26, 1935
30
$6,000
Totals
6 Days
Daily Average: $1,000
--
--
1 Week
Average Performance: $200
30
$6,000
Source: Variety
 
 
Wednesday, November 27, 1935 - Tuesday, December 10, 1935 (2 Weeks)
Mutiny on the Bounty
Starring Charles Laughton and Clark Gable
Directed by Frank Lloyd
A Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Picture
132 Minutes
Awarded "Best Picture" by AMPAS, March 5, 1936, Biltmore Bowl, Biltmore Hotel
Fox Movietone News - Lowell Thomas Announcing
"Cock o' the Walk" starring Mickey Mouse / Directed by Ben Sharpsteen / A Walt Disney Production in Technicolor / A United Artists Release
Chinese Theatre Staff
--
Managing Director - Sid Grauman
Manager - Robert T. Smith
Assistant Manager - Earl Poggi
Treasurer - Carl Aaen
Advertising - Thornton Sargent
Secretary - Getrude Skall
Chief Projectionist - Fred Weaver
Stage Manager - George Ormson
Assistant Stage Manager - William Thorneycroft
Engineer - Harry Borthistle

Midnight Shows Opening Day
Opening Week, Chinese Open at 9:00 AM
30¢ until 1:00 PM
Day and Date:
Loew's State Theatre, Downtown
From Monday, December 2, 1935:
Chinese Open at 11:30 AM

Reported Gross "Mutiny on the Bounty" @ 30¢ - 55¢
Week
Week Ending
Perfs.
Gross
1
Tuesday December 4, 1935
36
$18,600
2
Tuesday December 10, 1935
35
$11,900
Totals
14 Days
Daily Average: $2,179
--
--
2 Week
Average Performance: $430
71
$30,500
Source: Variety

An issue of The Playgoer, dated "Week of" November 25, 1935 (1st Week), exisits for this engagement.
 
Wednesday, December 11, 1935 - Tuesday, December 17, 1935 (1 Week)
Rendezvous
Starring William Powell
and Rosalind Russell
Directed by William K. Howard
A Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Picture
94 Minutes 		Your Uncle Dudley
Starring Edward Everett Horton
and Lois Wilson
Directed by Eugene Forde and James Tinling
A 20th Century-Fox Picture
70 Minutes
  30¢ until 1:00 PM
Day and Date:
Loew's State Theatre, Downtown

Reported Gross "Rendezvous" @ 30¢ - 55¢
Week
Week Ending
Gross
1
Tuesday, December 17, 1935
$8,200
Totals
7 Days
Daily Average: $1,171
--
1 Week
 
$8,200
Source: Variety
 
 
Wednesday, December 18, 1935 - Tuesday, December 24, 1935 (1 Week)
Whipsaw
Starring Myrna Loy
and Spencer Tracy
Directed by Sam Wood
A Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Picture
82 Minutes 		Red Salute
Starring Barbara Stanwyck
and Robert Young
Directed by Sidney Landsfield
A Reliance Picture
A United Artists Release
80 Minutes
  30¢ until 1:00 PM
Day and Date:
Loew's State Theatre, Downtown

Reported Gross "Whipsaw" @ 30¢ - 55¢
Week
Week Ending
Gross
1
Tuesday, December 24, 1935
$7,600
Totals
7 Days
Daily Average: $1,086
--
1 Week
 
$7,600
Source: Variety
 
 
Wednesday, December 25, 1935 - Tuesday, December 31, 1935 (1 Week)
The Littlest Rebel
Starring Shirley Temple and John Boles
Directed by David Butler
A 20th Century-Fox Picture
73 Minutes
"Broken Toys" A Silly Symphony in Technicolor / Directed by Ben Sharpsteen / A Walt Disney Production / A United Artists Release
"Gymnastics" Starring Pete Smith / Directed by Charles T. Trego / A Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Short Subject
"In Rural Mexico" A FitzPatrick Traveltalk/ A Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Short Subject

Day and Date:
Loew's State Theatre, Downtown

Thursday, December 26, 1935:

Doors open at 9:00 AM Daily

Tuesday, December 31, 1935:
At the Chinese Only: Last Showing of "The Littelest Rebel" at 4:30 PM
--
Showings of "King of Burlesque" begin at 6:00 PM and runs continuously "until the early morn"
--
Tickets: $1.00

Reported Gross "The Littlest Rebel" @ 30¢ - 55¢
Week
Week Ending
Perfs.
Gross
1
Tuesday, December 31, 1935
32
$12,500
Totals
7 Days
Daily Average: $1,786
--
--
1 Week
Average Performance: $391
32
$12,500
Source: Variety
 
 
World Premiere, Tuesday, December 31, 1935, from 6:00 PM on
Regular Engagement: Wednesday, January 1, 1936 - Tuesday, January 7, 1936 (1 Week)
King of Burlesque
Starring Warner Baxter and Alice Faye
Directed by Sidney Landsfield
A 20th Century-Fox Picture
90 Minutes
Tuesday, December 31, 1935:

At the Chinese Only: Showings of "King of Burlesque" begin at 6:00 PM and runs continuously "until the early morn" Tickets: $1.00
Day and Date:
Loew's State Theatre, Downtown		  
 
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