The box office check-up of 1935 (1936)

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MAKING STARS OF 1934-35 FRED ASTAIRE and GINGER ROGERS JOAN CRAWFORD WALLACE BEERY JOE E. BROWN JAMES CAGNEY Freddie Bartholomew • 8% Alice Faye . . . 8% Rudy Vallee . . 7% Burns & Allen . . . 7% Virginia Weidler ... 7% Franchot Tone . . . 7% Edward Everett Horton ... 6% Harold Lloyd ■ • ■ 6% Chester Morris ■ • • 6% Bob Steele • ■ ■ 6% Jack Benny . . 6% Ann Harding • • ■ 6% Eleanor Powell • • • 6% Jean Arthur ■ ■ ■ 5% Leslie Howard ■ • • 5% Robert Young ■ • • 5% Rochelle Hudson ■ • ■ 5% Gene Raymond ■ • ■ 5% George Brent . . . 5% John Beal • • ■ 4% Ralph Bellamy ■ • ■ 4% Pauline Lord ■ • ■ 4% Fred MacMurray . . . 4% Barbara Stanwyck ■ ■ 4% Johnny Weissmuller . . . 4% Glenda Farrell • ■ ■ 4% Hugh Herbert . . . 4% Runners Up The following players won a 3 per cent ranking in the final tabulation. They are listed alphabetically in the two columns: Richard Arlen Henry Hull Walter Connolly Victor McLaglen Dolores Del Rio Marian Marsh Sally Eilers Tom Mix Maureen O'Sullivan Players receiving 2 per cent ranking, listed alphabetically, were these: Gene Autry Carole Lombard Richard Barthelmess Bela Lugosi Joan Bennett Una Merkel Ben Bernie Joe Morrison Carl Brisson Jean Muir Maurice Chevalier Bill Robinson Frankie Darro Ann Sothern Marie Dressier Lee Tracy Henry Fonda Tom Tyler Elissa Landi Fay Wray Blue Ribbons Given 1 per cent in the vote of the exhibitors were the following, who are listed in alphabetical order: Robert Armstrong Baby Jane Roscoe Ates Binnie Barnes Lou Ayres Mona Barrie John Barrymore The Barrymores Michael Bartlett Louise Beaver Constance Bennett Elisabeth Bergner Charles Bickford Mary Boland Charles Boyer Virginia Bruce Nancy Carroll Harry Carey Richard Cromwell Marlene Dietrich Madge Evans Stepin Fetchit James Gleason Betty Grable Cary Grant Ted Healy Josephine Hutchinson Sybil Jason Mr. & Mrs. Martin Johnson Patsy Kelly Jan Kiepura Florence Lake George Evelyn Laye Francis Lederer Aline MacMahon Herbert Marshall Nino Martini Marx Brothers Jesse Matthews Karen Morley Edna May Oliver Pat Paterson Mary Pickford Nova Pilbeam Roger Pryor Eddie Quillan Lyda Roberti Buddy Rogers Lanny Ross Alison Skipworth Charles Starrett Anna Sten Gloria Stuart Slim Summerville Lyle Talbot Frankie Thomas Lawrence Tibbett Claire Trevor Conrad Veidt Evelyn Venable White