Requests

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Thankfully we get lots of requests for new pages.  Well…the wife recently informed me that my way of collecting my requests was pretty weak.  She seems to think that writing down requests on whatever piece of paper or napkin or bill that is currently on my desk is not the way to do it.  So….since she is way smarter than me….I have decided to create a page just for requests.  Plus it should give a good idea of what pages are coming down the pike.

My logic in picking which page to do next….I lean heavily towards the subject that has the most requests.

  • Roger Corman – request by Dan
  • Peter Cushing – request made by SteveLensman, Dan & Brando 90
  • Disney Live Action 1967-1980 – request by Mimic
  • Foreign Movies requested by Laurent
  • Samuel Goldwyn – request by Dan
  • Sam Katzman – request by Dan
  • Fritz Lang – request by Lupino, Just Me
  • Bruce Lee – request by Brando 90
  • Harold Lloyd – request by Søren, Me
  • Henry Mancini – request by Flora
  • Patricia Medina – request by Dan
  • Mirisch Brothers – request by Dan
  • Edward Small – request by Dan
  • Rudolph Valentino – request by Laurent

Completed requests:

Many more to come…have to find all of my old napkins and transfer the requests to this page.

 

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1,621 thoughts on “Requests

  1. Maybe there’s not enough data left these days, but just in case…!

    Coming soon is the 160th birthday of one of the top stars from the early box office, William S Hart. It would be awesome to see him listed among the other luminaries here.

    Thanks as always for all that you do!

    1. Hi,
      There is not much available on William S. Hart movies until 1922 when B.O. data was more available.
      I found only the following movies from the top 20 to 25 cities domestic only. B.O. data.
      Maybe Mr. Cogerson or someone else has more.

      1922 Travelin’ On $44,950.00
      1923 Hollywood $302,073.00
      1923 Wild Bill Hickok $110,238.00
      1924 Singer Jim McKee $70,628.00
      1925 Tumbleweeds $103,000.00
      1928 Show People CAMEO ONLY $1,100,000.00

      Thx

  2. Hi Mr. Cogerson,
    I have a completed my Variety research for movies made from 1921-1969.

    My first actor to use is Rita Hayworth.

    Here a some missing western movies not on your list. The data from that time was from top 27 cities

    Rebellion $0.00 Rita Hayworth Tom Keene 1936
    Trouble in Texas $500.00 Rita Hayworth Tex Ritter 1937
    Old Louisiana $471.00 Rita Hayworth Tom Keene 1937
    Hit the Saddle $225.00 Rita Hayworth Robert Livingston 1937
    The Renegade Ranger $14,467.00 Rita Hayworth George O’Brien 1938

    The average Tom Keene and Robert Livingston movie was $30,000 per movie.
    The average Tex Ritter was $80,000 per movie.
    The average George O’Brien was$175,000 per movie.
    This data is from an article in 1939.

    Here are the remaining movies she made before her star status.
    The Game That Kills $33,200.00 Rita Hayworth Charles Quigley 1937
    The Shadow $29,192.00 Rita Hayworth Charles Quigley 1937
    Juvenile Court $47,298.00 Rita Hayworth Paul Kelly 1938
    Who Killed Gail Preston? $36,125.00 Rita Hayworth Don Terry 1938
    Convicted $11,433.00 Rita Hayworth Charles Quigley 1938
    Homicide Bureau $71,603.00 Rita Hayworth Bruce Cabot 1939
    Special Inspector $6,839.00 Rita Hayworth Charles Quigley 1939.

    U.S. only data=
    There was about 3700 first run owned theaters owned by the major studios.
    There was about 3500 independently owned theaters.
    There was 11,000 independently operated theaters.
    This data is round up or down.
    about 11,000,000 seats
    Do the math if you want/
    Just for fun

    1. Hey Mike. You are doing so much more research on classic movie box office grosses than me these days. I appreciate all your hard work. You should get all of this down in one place so more people can see it. HubPages is free….and where I started oh so many years ago. As for the missing westerns, I will add it to my list of movies to include in the database. I am frantically trying to finish Book 5 (you are mentioned in that book….twice) before I go back to full time teaching starting next week. Hope all is going well. Great information as always!

      1. Hey Mr. Cogerson,
        Thx for the mention in the book.
        I tried that I idea of hub page on my computer, it crashed for some reason, virus maybe.
        I won’t try that again sorry,
        i will post bits and pieces on your site if that is ok,
        Use what you want but if someone sees it they can use it,
        I have done every money from 1914 to present day.
        I just like your site. If you or they want to use them so be it. if not oh well,
        Nothing gained nothing lost.
        If you cannot devote the time like the old days to it that’s fine.

        I never answered your survey in the past because my past is not very delightful.
        I was just me for everything that i did. I do not have any personal favorite movies or actors.
        Just watch them love or hate dosen’t matter. i am no critic or expert. Just enjoy them for entertainment only watching the different changes is great.

        thx

        1. Hi Mike, I also really enjoy this type of box office research and I have a background as a programmer and in data science. I have my doubts about HubPages giving you a virus, but I would be more than happy to at least help you organize your data if you are interested.

  3. Hi Mr. Cogerson,

    Hey I was reviewing a Universal Studio monsters Dracula, Frankenstein, Mummy which you have the people that did them Bela Lugosi and Boris Karloff. You are missing another character The Wolf Man played by Lon Chaney Jr. He also played all the other monsters also.
    I want to submit a request for him in your database.
    You also have his father Lon Chaney.
    You already have several movies that you linked to him in your database. Here is a list of some of them.

    1943 Frontier Badmen $318,233.00 
    1943 Son of Dracula $263,353.00 
    1943 Calling Dr. Death $184,720.00
    1932 Bird of Paradise $1,400,000.00
    1933 Lucky Devils $500,000.00
    1934 The Life of Vergie Winters $1,400,000.00
    1935 Captain Hurricane $400,000.00
    1935 Accent on Youth $1,500,000.00
    1936 The Singing Cowboy $100,000.00
    1937 Love Is News $4,000,000.00
    1937 This Is My Affair $4,000,000.00
    1937 Slave Ship $4,400,000.00
    1937 Thin Ice $5,200,000.00
    1937 Wife, Doctor and Nurse $162,000,000.00
    1937 Life Begins in College $6,000,000.00
    1937 Second Honeymoon $3,400,000.00
    1938 Happy Landing $8,000,000.00
    1938 Sally, Irene and Mary $1,200,000.00
    1938 Alexander’s Ragtime Band $12,000,000.00
    1938 Josette $2,400,000.00
    1938 Submarine Patrol $3,800,000.00
    1939 Jesse James $9,500,000.00
    1939 Union Pacific $5,500,000.00
    1939 Frontier Marshal $2,600,000.00
    1938 Mr. Moto’s Gamble $72,900,000.00
    1939 Of Mice and Men $2,600,000.00
    1940 North West Mounted Police $161,200,000.00
    1940 One Million B.C. $0.800,000
    1941 Billy the Kid $6,300,000.00
    1941 Badlands of Dakota $700,000.00
    1941 The Wolf Man $2,400,000.00
    1942 The Ghost of Frankenstein $2,100,000.00
    1943 Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man $2,400,000.00
    1943 Crazy House $2,900,000.00
    1944 Follow the Boys $6,500,000.00
    1944 Cobra Woman $36,800,000.00
    1944 House of Frankenstein $44,100,000.00
    1945 Here Come The Co-Eds $86,000,000.00
    1945 Strange Confession $400,000.00
    1947 My Favorite Brunette $8,400,000.00
    1948 Albuquerque $4,600,000.00
    1948 Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein $5,900,000.00
    1950 Captain China $4,200,000.00
    1951 Inside Straight $1,600,000.00
    1951 Behave Yourself! $2,900,000.00
    1951 Bride of the Gorilla $300,000.00
    1951 Flame of Araby $4,300,000.00
    1952 Thief of Damascus $1,400,000.00
    1952 High Noon $9,400,000.00
    1952 Springfield Rifle $6,700,000.00
    1952 The Black Castle $1,500,000.00
    1953 Raiders of the Seven Seas $1,600,000.00
    1953 A Lion Is in the Streets $3,000,000.00
    1954 Jivaro $1,600,000.00
    1954 The Boy from Oklahoma $3,300,000.00
    1954 Casanova’s Big Night $8,600,000.00
    1954 Passion $1,600,000.00
    1955 Not as a Stranger $20,300,000.00
    1955 I Died a Thousand Times $1,100,000.00
    1955 The Indian Fighter $7,000,000.00
    1956 The Black Sleep $1,200,000.00
    1956 Pardners $10,300,000.00
    1958 The Defiant Ones $7,900,000.00
    1958 Money, Women and Guns $1,000,000.00
    1963 The Haunted Palace $3,400,000.00
    1964 Law of the Lawless $2,300,000.00
    1965 Black Spurs $1,500,000.00
    1967 Hillbillys in a Haunted House $500,000.00

    Here is a list of additional movies I researched he was also in thru his long career.
    I used your 2.5 multiplier to show what they could have been. If you want to use them
    Be my guest if not that’s alright. What a hard working lead and character actor,

    1935 Hold ‘Em Yale $209,950.00
    1936 Rose Bowl $386,500.00
    1937 Midnight Taxi $268,562.50
    1937 That I May Live $171,042.50
    1937 Angel’s Holiday $194,437.50
    1937 Born Reckless $263,062.50
    1937 Wild and Woolly $317,125.00
    1937 The Lady Escapes $174,125.00
    1937 One Mile From Heaven $344,500.00
    1937 Charlie Chan on Broadway $297,750.00
    1937 Checkers $337,965.00
    1937 Love and Hisses $868,845.00
    1938 City Girl $249,220.00
    1938 Walking Down Broadway $385,267.50
    1938 Speed to Burn $366,020.00
    1938 Passport Husband $266,875.00
    1938 Straight, Place and Show $769,167.50
    1938 Road Demon $204,427.50
    1939 Charlie Chan in City in Darkness $170,812.50
    1941 Man-Made Monster $155,007.50
    1941 San Antonio Rose $296,737.50
    1942 North to the Klondike $211,687.50
    1942 Eyes of the Underworld $282,042.50
    1942 The Mummy’s Tomb $314,222.50
    1944 Weird Woman $223,125.00
    1944 Ghost Catchers $435,645.00
    1944 The Mummy’s Ghost $211,187.50
    1944 Dead Man’s Eyes $326,840.00
    1944 The Mummy’s Curse $438,187.50
    1945 The Frozen Ghost $221,697.50
    1945 The Daltons Ride Again $905,375.00
    1945 House of Dracula $499,392.50
    1945 Pillow of Death $284,905.00
    1948 The Counterfeiters $282,750.00
    1948 16 Fathoms Deep $260,500.00
    1949 There’s a Girl in My Heart $703,250.00
    1950 Once a Thief $354,000.00
    1952 The Bushwhackers $206,125.00
    1952 Battles of Chief Pontiac $239,375.00
    1954 The Black Pirates $168,000.00
    1955 Big House, U.S.A. $500,500.00
    1956 Manfish $232,750.00
    1956 Indestructible Man $346,250.00
    1956 Daniel Boone, Trail Blazer $153,875.00
    1957 The Cyclops $176,187.50
    1964 Stage to Thunder Rock $160,000.00
    1964 Witchcraft $317,500.00
    1966 Johnny Reno $247,750.00
    1967 Welcome to Hard Times $294,750.00

  4. Hi Mr. Cogerson,

    Hi are you there? Are You getting ready for School? You Never reply to my request anymore these days?
    Oh well, I wanted to let you know a movie needs to be added to the 1952 year.

    Only the Valiant/Fort Invincible starring Gregory Peck.
    It grossed $2,000,000 in rentals per Wikipedia. Also $3,085,000 per William Schaefer Ledger.

    Thx
    Let me know how things are going.

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