Boxoffice (Jul-Sep 1947)

SOMETIMES 'A KNOCK' BECOMES 'A BOOST'. .. AND THIS TIME FROM ALL AMERICA IT BRINGS OVER TEN MILLION o^pr^ Americans, Canadians, Alaskans and South Americans can't be wrong! Eighteen Units of MOM AND DAD are giving 54 performances doily for thousands of people! More than a quarter-million persons hove token the time to write us commendations, proise, thanks and endorsements. From the head of the department of education of the world's largest University down to the most humble form hand, we appreciate deeply their enthusiastic support and encourogement. yourself! This it America — land of a free people! Never permit anyone to dictote whet's good for you. Use your own judgment! Ohe Quakers... say... 1 Ohe Church^ Christ says.. 1 ohe Presbyterian., says.. "... MOM AND DAD has the finest moral and deepest thinking of any film of the present decade ...” REV. J. K. ADAMS. Friends Church, Southern California “ It is impossible for me to tell you how important I think MOM AND DAD to be. Everyone should see this picture. It will keep many from falling into a pit of disgrace ...” REV. RALPH M. READ, Fargo Church of Christ, Avoca, Mich. Dhe episcopal 1 ... says.. ■ |ohe United Church says... '■ . . . MOM AND DAD will reach more people than could be contacted with these vital truths in any other ' ' ' REV. EDWARD H. FORREST. Reformed Episcopal, Ottawa, Ont.. ■' . . . MOM AND DAD is a forcefully honest presentation of an age-old problem that community leaders and church people are just beginning to face up to. Such interpretations must continue ’ . . ” REV. IRWIN HULBERT. JR.. St. Paul’s Episcopal Chhurch, Jesup, Ga. “ I wish this picture could be shown annually to our teenagers in the High and Technical Schools ...” REV. P. J. HOMMERSEN. B. A., B. D., The United Church of Canada, Sault Ste Marie, Ont, ' . . . Last night I saw the film MOM AND DAD and I was delighted to find that the whole question was presented in a manner to make both young and old realize the awful tragedy of ignorance. It is my hope that you will be able to show this remarkable film in every community in the Dominion ...” REV. R. J. LOVE, B. A., MINISTER, The United Church of Canada, Aldergrove, Langley Prairie, Murrayvillc . I have viewed MOM AND DAD and feel that it is a noteworthy production ...” REV. EARLE P. COCHRAN, Presbyterian Church, Pendleton, Ore ”... After personally viewing MOM AND DAD I commend you for the work you are doing with this film. I recommend this picture from a ministerial standpoint . . . ” REV. GLENN WHITLOCK, Presbyterian Church, Harrisburg, III. ok Mormon... says. ”... I believe that MOM AND DAD will open the eyes of our youth to the high price to be paid for unclean living ...” THOMAS L. ADAMS. BISHOP, Mormon Church, Las Vegas, Nev. ok Evangelical... says.. Lutherans., say... ohe Church God soys.. " . . 1 am the father of six girls ... I had all of themi go and see vour picture MOM AND DAD ...” EVANGELIST C. L. HUNTER. Fort Worth, 1, Texas ”... I am sure that when our young people see MOM AND DAD it will cause them to turn away from the follies of ‘cheap love.’ It is one of the most educational and entertaining pictures I have seen ...” REV. H. E. GRIMME, PASTOR, Evangelical Church. Walnut, Illinois Universalists.. say ”... MOM AND DAD is a ‘must’ for parents and young people of high school age ...” REV. FRED H. MILLER. First Universalist Church, Nashua, N. H. Ohe Jewish . . . says.. ”... MOM AND DAD was produced with a genuineness that such a subiect requires. I am convinced the picture teaches the need for social hygiene education. I am completelv unimpre'^sed bv anv argument trying to prove that the picture might be harmful rather than beneficial . . . ” RABBI ABRAHAM I. JACOBSON, Study 502 Main Street, Haverhill, Massachusetts ”... MOM AND DAD is just as near the Gospel as anything a man can preach ...” REV. W. C. THOMPSON, Church of God, Atlanta, Ga. Ohe Cbnareautional ■‘ . . . 1 believe that every Father and Mother who have the best interest of their children at heart, should see this picture ...” REV. E. G. SPINNEY, Congregational Church, Fort Meyers, Fla. “ . . . MOM AND DAD is well filmed and treats an important subject with fairness and completeness ...” REV. WALKER T. HAWLEY, First Congregational Church, Majichester, Vt. ■‘ . . . There is nothing immoral or obscene in MOM AND DAD and all teenage youngsters should see it. It could present the Bible as the basis for its moral ...” REV. E. C. POEHLMANN, L'utheran Church, Caldwell, Texas "... I hope you will accept my sincere apology. I preached against your picture MOM AND DAD last Sunday upon advice given me by a fellow clergyman. I wentto see your picture Wednesday night. I found it not onh wholesome, clean and moral, but overflowing with goo< < educational values ...” ’ REV. A. O. SMITH, Lutheran Church, St. Marys,