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Laurels to "Good Earth" and "Wake Up"
CHARLOTTE
Broadway— rail It a Day (WB) 115
('aiolina — Seventh Heaven (20th-Fox) 100
Carolina — Beloved Knemy (UA) 100
Imperial — -John Meade’s Woman (Para) 90
Imperial — The PIoiig:h and the Stars (RKO).... 80 Imperial — Breezing Home (Univ), plus stage
show 125
State^ — Maytime (M-G-M) 100
State Here Gomes Garter (FN) 110
State — Gareeny on the Air (Rep) 80
State — Koaring: Bead (Rep) 95
CINCINNATI
-Vlbee— Top of the Town (Univ) 120
Gapitol — Seventh Heaven (20th-Fox), 3d wk...ll0 Gland — Waikiki Wedding (Para), 4th wk; held
for 5th 110
Lyri< — Thunder in the City (Col) 100
Palace — Personal Property (M-G-M) 120
Shubert — The Good Karth (M-G-M), 2d wk...l00
CLEVELAND
Allen — Marked Woman (FN), 2d wk 130
Hippodrome — The M’oman 1 I^ove (RKO) 90
Pala>e — Gall It a Day (\VB); stage: Slums
of Paris 80
State — The Hit Parade (Rep); Stage: Ted Lewis
and His Band 105
Stillman — Men Are Not Gods (UA) 70
DALLAS
(.’apitol — Nar<*otic (SR), roadshow 100
(’apitol — Mysterious Grossing (Univ) 80
Palace — Wake I’p and Live (20th-Fox) 130
Melba— Kspionage (M-G-M) 90
Majestic — Marked Woman (FN) 100
Kialto — Lost Horizon (Col), roadshow two-a-day
$1.20 top No. Avg.
Tower — Waikiki We<lding (Para), 3d wk 90
DENVER
Aladdin — Fifty Roads to Town (20th-Fox) 175
Broadway — The Good Earth (M-G-M), roadshow 225
Henham — Internes Gan’t Take M<»ney (Para)... 95 Uenver — Ready, Willing and Able (WB), with
Ma.ior Bowes unit 250
Orpheum — The Woman I l.ove (RKO); S<»ng
of the City (M-G-M) 100
Paramount — Head Over Heels in I>ove (GB);
'rhat I May Live (20th-Fox) 75
DETROIT
Adams — Top of the Town (Univ), continued first-run 2d wk. from Fox; (iirl Overhoar<l
(Univ) 85
Cinema — F^cstasy (Jewel), 7th Detroit wk.,
held for 8th wk 135
Downtown — I Was a Captive of Nazi Germany
(SR); Sing While You’re Able (Melody) 75
Fox — Wake Up and Live (20th-Fox). stage
show 110
Madison — The Woman I I^ove (RKO). 2d wk... 85 Mic higan — Personal Property i M-G-M). 2d wk.
stage show 90
state — The King and the ('horus (iirl (WB),
2d wk.; Don’t Tell the Wife (RKO) 90
United Artists — Good Old Si»ak (M-G-M) 95
INDIANAPOLIS
Alamo— Last Ranger (Para) 8o
Apollo — Top of the Town (Univ) 90
I 'ircle — (Quality Street (RKO) 100
Loew’s Personal Property (M-G-M) 90
Lyric — Gall It a Day (WB), vaudeville 95
KANSAS CITY
Mainstreet^ — Internes Can’t Take .Money (Para):
Olsen and Johnson stage show 140
Midland — Good Old Soak (M-G-M); Song of
the City (M-G-M) 75
Newman — No Man of Her Own (Para), re
i,ssue; The Grime Nobody Saw (Para) 90
I irpheum — Lost Horizon (Col ). roadshow good
Tower — Make Up and Live (20th-Fox), .«tage
show 190
rptoAvn — Wake I'p and IJve (20tli-Fox); Dick Tra<'y (Rep). Episode No. 1 115
LOS ANGELES
Chinese — A Star Is Born (UA); Song of the
City (M-G-M) 150
Downtown — Gall It a Day (WB); Penrod and
Sam (FN) 100
Hillstreet — Girl I.,oves Boy (GN); 23V* Houri
l.eave (GN) 7 80
Hollywood — Same as Downtown 100
(AVERAGE IS 100%)
Top Hits of the Week
Good Earth — Denver 225
Wake Up and Live — Kansas City.. 190
50 Roads to Town — Denver 175
Wake Up and Live — New York 160
No Man of Her Own (dual) —
Omaha 155
A Star Is Born (dual) — Los Angeles 150
EXTENDED RUNS
(iood
F'arth,
12th
w’k.
of
two-a-day at
A.stor,
New York.
lyOst
Horizon,
8th
w'k.
of
two-a-day at
Globe, New York; 7th wk., Geary, San Francisco.
Ecstasy, 8th wk., Detroit.
History Is Maile at Night, 5th wk.. Liberty, Seattle; 4th wk., United Artists. San Francisco.
Maytime, 5th wk., Grand, Cincinnati; 4th d. t. wk.. Washington. 4th d. t. wk.. Seattle; 3rd wk.. Tower, Dallas; 3rd wk.. Paramount, Los Angele.s
F'antage.s — Same as Hillstreet 80
I’aramount — M'aikiki Wedding (Para), 3d wk..
stage show 100
State — Same as Chinese 150
MINNEAPOLIS
Aster Step Lively, Jeeves (20th-Fox); Mi<I
night Court (WB) 90
fentury — Playtime (M-G-M), 2d wk 125
Minnesota — King and the Chorus (iirl (WB).... 70 Orpheum — .50 Roads to Town (20th-Fox). stage
show 100
State — Mama Steps Out (M-G-M); Soldier and
the Lady (RKO) 90
Time — Head Over Heels in Love (GB) 70
World — Ghustered (Rest Film), 2d wk 70
NEW HAVEN
(’ollege — A F'amil> .\ffair (M-G-M); Town
Topb-s, local stage revue 200
Paramount — Waikiki Wedding (Para); Her
Husband IJes (Para), 2d wk 95
I’oli — (i<»<id Old Sojik (M-G-M); Song of the
City (M-G-M) 105
Roger Sherman — Top of the Town (Univ);
Her Husband’s Secretary (FN) 125
NEW ORLEANS
(’enter — Her Husband Lies (Para) 70
(ilobe — The Last of Mrs. Gheyney (M-G-M).
revival 125
Liberty — T.ost Horizon (Col) 125
Ori)heum— The A^'onian I T^ve (RKO) 95
Saenger — Seventh Heaven (20th-Fox) 135
St. Charle.s — M'oinan in Distress (Col), on stage
Folies d’Armour 130
State— (iood Old Soak (M-G-M) 130
strand — Mad Holiday (M-G-M). on .stage A1
Ritchie as Popeyei 105
Tudor— 'I'he Holy Terror (20th-Fox) 85
NEW YORK CITY
Astor — (iood Earth (M-G-M). )2th wk. of
two-a-day 75
( *apitol~(iood Old Soak (M-G-M) 90
(’entral — I Promise to Pay (Col); 9th episode
Dick Tracy serial 110
(’riterion — Thunder in the City (Col) 120
Globe — Lost Horizon (Col), 8th wk of two-a
day. . . 70
Paramount — Swing High, Swing I>ow (Para),
stage show; 2d wk 125
Radio City Music Hall — A Star Is liorn (UA).
stage show 140
Rialto— Outiusts of Poker F'lat (RKO) 100
Rivoli l><»ve I'rom a Stranger (UA). 4 days
of 2d wk 80
Rivoli — Cafe Metrop4)le (20th-Fox). 3 days 125
Roxy— Wake Gp and Live (20th-Fox), stage
show. 100
Strand — Marked M'oinan (FN), 3d wk 105
OKLAHOMA CITY
Criterion — Internes Can’t Take Money (Para).. 125 Liberty We Have Our Moments (Univ) ; Her
Husband’s Secretary (FN) 100
Midwest — Wake Up and Live (20th-Fox) 125
state— More Than a Secretary (Col) 100
Warner — Two Against the World (FN). plu.s
stage show 125
OMAHA
Rrandeis — The Woman I Love (RKO); Too
Man> Wives (RKO) 115
Omaha — No Man of Her Own (Para), re-issue;
M ings of the Morning (UA) 155
Orpheum — Top of the 'r(>wn (Univ); Time Out Lir Romance (20thI'ux) 120
PORTLAND, ORE.
Blue Mouse — I.ove Is News (20th-Fox); Murder
Goes to G<>llege (I’ara), 4th d. t. wk 105
Broadway — T»)p of the Town (Univ) ; Her Husband's Secretary (FN). 2d wk 110
Mayfair — Go<k1 lOarth (M-G-M), roadshow’,
2d wk 120
Orpheum — (Quality Street (RKO) ; Nancy Stecle
Is Missing (20th-Fox) 115
Paramount — Waikiki Wedding (Para); Time
Out f<>r Rtnnance (20th-Fox). 3d w'k 115
United Artists — Romeo & Juliet (M-G-M) 115
ST. LOUIS
Amba.ssador — Call It a Day (WB); 'I'hat Man’s
Here Again (FN) ; 105
Fox — Top of the Town (Univ); Too Many
Wives (RKO) 105
Loevv’s — History Is Made at Night (UA);
Elephant Boy (UA) 105
Missouri — F'ifty Roads to Town (20th-Fox);
Midnight Taxi (20th-Fox) 95
St. Louis — Her Husband Lies (Para); Johnny
Perkins on stage 115
SALT LAKE CITY
Capitol — (iood Old Soak (M-G-M); Head Over
Heels in l^ove (GB) 120
orpheum — Silent Barriers (GB) 110
Paramount — (iood F^arth (M-G-M), roadshow .. 1 25 Roxy — Great Gn.v (GN). plus stage show;
House of Secrets (Ches) 105
Studio -Maytime (M-G-M), holdover, 4th wk...l05 Victory — Song of the City (M-G-M); W-fiy
Out West (M-G-M) 115
SAN FRANCISCO
I'ox — Fifty Roads to Town (20th-Fox); That
Man’s Here Again (FN) 85
Gear>’ — Lost Horizon (Col); roadshow'. 7th
w^k 1 90
Golden Gate— Outcasts of Poker Flat (RKO);
stage show 105
1 Jrpheuin — When Love Is Yb)ung (Univ) ;
Racketeers in Flxile (Col) 80
Paramount — Seventh Heaven (20th-Fox); Step
iJvely, Jeeves C20th-Fox), 2d wk 65
St. Francis — Marked Woman (FN); F’amil.v
.Vffair (M-G-M). 2d d. t. wk 120
United Artists — History Is Made at Night (UA);
4 days, 4th w'k 100
Warfield — Romeo and Juliet (M-G-M) 75
SEATTLE
l^.lue Mou.se — Maikiki Wedding (Para), 4th
d. t. wk 105
Fifth Avenue — Wake Up and Live (20th-P'‘ox) ;
The Man Who F'ound Himself (RKO) 125
Liberty — History Is Made at Night (UA); I.#et’s
Get Married (Col), 5th wk 110
Music Box — Maytime (M-G-M), 5th wk 115
Orpheum — Marked Woman (FN); Time Out
for Romance (20th-Fox) 110
Palomar — Jim Hanvey, Detective (Rep), stage
show* 115
Paramount— The Good T)ld Soak (M-G-M);
Her Husband’s Secretary (FN) 120
WASHINGTON
Capitol — Hit Parade (Rep), stage show 100
Columbia — Ma.\time (M-(i-M), 4th d. t. wk.,
3 w'ks. 1st run at Palace 130
Karle — Internes (’an’t Take Money (Para),
stage show 105
Keith’.s Woman I Love (RKO) 120
Metropolitan — Marked Woman (FN), 2d d. t.
Avk.. 1st wk. at Earle 125
Palace — Waikiki W'edding (Para), 2d wk 95
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BOXOFFICE :: May 8, 1937.