BOXOFFICE MAGAZINE

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JOHN HARRY TOLER SR
(3rd Cousin 3X Removed)

John Harry TOLER was born on April 18, 1892, in Polk, Missouri, his father, Henry, was 39 and his mother, Philomena, was 19. He married Cornelia Marie KNOBLAUCH on June 4, 1913, in Kansas City, Missouri. 

They had two children - Lucerne Harriet and John Harry "Jack" Jr. 



FAMILY PHOTO 1937



J. Harry Toler worked as a writer and editor at Boxoffice Magazine in Kansas City and later Chicago, Illinois during the 1930's and 40's. 

I found this quote from him on the Internet attached to the 
reopening of a theater in Teaneck New Jersey...

"Exhibitors, both owners and managers are asserting themselves in a most logical manner. 
They are no longer content merely to let nature take its course as regards the will of the people 
and the way patronage reacts to this picture or that. They're putting their houses in order 
or a return to real prosperity, in which a theatre, to be profitable, 
must become an attraction within itself."

BOXOFFICE is a film industry magazine dedicated to the movie theatre business published by Boxoffice Media LP. It started in 1920 as The Reel Journal, taking its current name in 1931and still publishes today, with an intended audience of theatre owners and film professionals.

Cornelia Marie Knoblauch
Graduation Day in Kansas

Burial Site for John Harry Toler SR


"Cinema should make you forget you are sitting in a theater."
Roman Polanski

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