Boxoffice (Apr-Jun 1937)

THE COMPLETE C H E C K U P ON C U R R E N T RELEASES ^kott6 MINIATURES U’hat Do You Think? (10) — A youth is saved from almost certain death by the voice of his mother who is thousands of miles away at the time. William Henry. Jan. 23, '37. MUSICAE COMEDIES GirPs Best Years, A (19) — A much-sought-after playwright hires a sob sister to protect him from breach-of-promise suits but she falls in love with him herself. Mary Doran, John Warburton, Sheila Terry. Dec. 26, '37 Sometime Soon (20) — A day-dreaming factory girl, hoping that a romantic nobleman will marry her, meets a fellow worker who dupes her. Gregory Gaye, Inez Courtney. March G, '37. MUSICAE ROMANCE Song of the Islands (10) — The life of the Hawaiian natives including an outdoor banquet climaxed by the world-famous Hula-Hula. In Technicolor. May 21, ’37. OUR GANG Glove Taps (11) — The kids go in for the manly art of self-defense with Alfalfa pitted against a tough kid from the wrong side of the railroad tracks who finally gets knocked to the canvas. Spanky McFarland. Feb. 20, '37. Three Smart Boys (11) — The kids use a can of paint to start an epidemic and close the school. March 13, '37. PETE SMITH SPECIAETY Bar-Rae’s Night Out (10) — A common raccoon goes on a nocturnal walk during which he meets and fights with a bob-cat, a skunk and an elusive frog Feb. 27, '37. Gilding the Lily (8) — Jack Dawn, head of the M-G-M makeup department, demonstrates the unusual art while an ugly duckling is transformed into a lovely lady. Feb. 6, '37. TABLOID MUSICAL Little Maestro, The (11) — A ragged and hungry maestro wanders into an exclusive nightclub where they believe he is a famous musician. Jerry Bergen, Billy Gray. March 27, '37. Paramount BKTTY BOOP CARTOONS Hot Air Salesman, The (7) — Wiffle Piffle becomes a door-to-door salesman but his strange looking gadgets fail to work when he demonstrates them at Betty Boop’s house. Mar. 12, '37. Pudgy Picks a Fight (8) — The pup is heart-broken when he sees Betty fondling her fur neckpiece as he believes it is a new pet. May 14, '37. Pudg^' Takes a Bow-Wow (7) — Betty’s little dog engages in a fight with a troublesome cat while she is endeavoring to present her song and dance act. April 9, '37. Whoops, I’m a Cowboy (7) — Whiffle Piffle, eccentric little cartoon character, invades the west when he learns that Betty Boop desires a cowboy sweetheart. Feb. 12, 37. COLOR CLASSIC Bunny-Mooning (7)— The courtship and eventual wedding of a pair of cartoon rabbits for which the other residents of the wood make elaborate preparations. Feb. 12, '37. Chicken a la King (7) — A love-sick rooster-Sultan foresakes his harem of hens for a flirtatious duck. April 16, '37. HEADLINERS Blue Velvet Music (10) — Mark Warnow and his orchestra, Buddy Clark and the Symphonettes In their modern type of dance music. April 9. *37. Music by Morgan (11) — Russ Morgan, with his orchestra, demonstrates his versatility by playing the piano, trombone, trumpet and saxaphone simultaneously, and Linda Lee sings. Feb. 12, '37. Star Reporter No. 2, The (9) — Ted Husing Introduces some new talent in the entertainment field, including a young ballad singer, and also demonstrates why some headliners have remained at the top. Mar. 12, '37. Swing, Hutton, Swing (11) — Ina Rae Hutton and her Melodears, an all-girl orchestra, are seen and heard in a succession of current swing numbers. May 7, '37. Trees (9) — Inspired by Joyce Kilmer’s poem, the famous lines are interpreted musically and vocally in Technicolor. The Paramount symphony orchestra, baritone Earl Covert and basso Tudor Williams are also heard. March 19, '37. PARAGRAPHICS Game Ttails (9) — A group of adventurers travel deep into the Canadian woods to shoot big game — with cameras. April 30, '37. It’s a Living (11) — Showing an assortment of people who prove that there are any number of odd ways to keep the proverbial wolf from the door. Tn Cinecolor. March 5, '37. Nobody Home (10) — Shorty, the baby chimpanzee, finds plenty to amuse himself when left alone in a big house for the evening. April 2, '37. Where Snow Is King (9) — The little village of Zermatt, high in the Swiss Alps, is the headquarters for sports enthusiasts from all over Europe who go skiing, skating and racing. Commentary by Alois Havrilla. Feb. 5, '37. PARAMOUNT PICTORIAL No. 7 (9) — The story of the manufacture of Roquefort cheese; Albert Payson Terhune, famous American author, at his home; advance views of some milady’s new dancing frocks. Feb. 12, '37. No. « (10) — The amazing tides of the Bay of Fundy; Raini^ows in Hawaii; seven talented musician-brothers, the youngest three years old, playing in their native Mexico. Mar. 12, '37. No. 9 (11) — Buddy Clark singing during some pastoral scenes; some new uses for New York City’s rooftops; the mischievous antics of two little bear cubs. April 9, ’37. No. 10 (10) — ^Sailboats shown in the three seasons; a visualization in Technicolor of “Twilight on the Trail”; an electric organ half the size of a grand piano. May 7, '37. POPEYE THE SAILOR CARTOONS Ilo.spitaliky (7) — Popeye and Bluto try frantically to get injured in order to have Olive Oyl nurse them. April 16. '37. My Artistic Temperature (7) — Popeye invades the field of art. He and Bluto share a studio amicably until Olive Oyl puts both geniuses frantically to work turning out a portrait of her. March 19, ’37. Organ Grinder’s Swing (7) — Wimpy’s wooing of Olive with his music comes to an abrupt end through the intervention of Bluto. But Popeye fixes everything. Feb. 19, '37. Twisker Pitcher, The (7) — A hard-fought baseball game with Popeye heading one team and his enemy, Bluto, as captain of the other. May 14, '37. POPULAR SCIENCE No. 4 (11) — New scientific developments such as a snore-suppressor, a device to keep the feet warm and an alarm clock that not only rings liut sprays 'he late sleeper with water. Also a selection of new kitchen gadgets; the making of a modern microscope, and the manner in which oil wells are opened through the use of nitro-glycerine. Feb. 26, '37. No. 5 (11) — The world’s largest camera at the Bureau of Standards; new household gadgets; red ants for pets; the making of electric light bulbs and a 40-year-old automobile invention. April 30. '37. SCREEN SONG Twilight on the Trail (7) — While spinning his lariat, a cowboy artist makes fast-moving animated cartoons out of the rope’s gyrations. March 26, '37. GKANTLAND RICE SPORTLIGHTS King vSoccer (10) — A visit to Buenos Aires where this international sport, soccer, is played before huge crowds. Narration by Ted Husing. March 26, '37. On the Nose (10) — Devoted to three types of sporting dogs — fox hounds, Chesapeake Bay retrievers and bird dogs — and the manner in which their service.^ are utilized. Feb. 26, '37. Swing Stars (10) — Starting with the manufacture of a golf ball, the reel shows that the game is played by men from ten to 70. May 14. '37. Wrestling, It’s a Laugh (10) — Man Mountain Dean and some other champions in some hard-hitting bouts followed by a wrestling match betwen two girls. April 23, ’37. RKO Radio BILB CORUM Big l..eagiie (10) — An intimate story of baseball, leading off with training camps and finishing with scenes of games in Chicago, Boston and New York. May 7, '37. Foreign Sports (10) — The games of other nation.s starting with Ju Jitsu in Japan and ending with the Jai-Lai contests in Mexico and Cuba. April 9. '37. Puttin' on the Dog (11) — The finest bird dogs to be found in this country are shown in training and in action, among them setters, poodles an(i retrievers. Feb. 12. ’37. Saratoga Summers (10) — While tracing the history of the famous racing resort. Bill Corum shows many elaborate dwellings as well as glimpses of the racing stables and track. March 12. '37. HEADLINER COMEDIES Rhythm on the Rampage (18) — An orchestra leader makes a date with a blonde just before her tough boy friend gets out of prison and leads him a merry chase until he is captured while the orchestra is playing in a night club. Ted Fiorito and band. Apr. 2, '37. Singing in the Air (19) — Pilot of an airlin.er falls in love with the stewardess and this leads to his broadcasting fro mthe plane as an advertising stunt. Donald Kerr. Diana Lewis. Feb. 19, ’37. EDGAR KENNEDY COMEDIES Bad Housekeeping (19) — Trying to prove to each other that theirs is the easier job, Kennedy and liis wife switch jobs, with Mrs. K. at the office and Ed doing the housework. Vivian Oakland, Franklin Pangborn. March 5, '37. Diiinl>’s tlie AVord (18) — AVhile cleaning tlie attic of his house, Kennedy discovers a teapot full of gold pieces but it is finally taken away by his neighbor. June 11. '37. Lo<'ks and Bonds (19) — Edgar nearly turns the house upside down searching for some stock he thought worthless but is now selling high. When he finally locates it he finds the stock is only common while it is the preferred that is valuable. Edgar Kennedy, Kitty McHugh. April 16, ’37. AIARCH OF TIME No. 7 (20) Feb. 19. '37 No. S (20) March 19. ’37 No. 9 (21) April 16, '37 PA THE NEAA'S Released twice weekly. 1\VTHE TOPICS 193(}-,37 releases No. .5(9) Feb. 26, '37 No. (i (9) April 2, ’37 RADIO FLASH Horse l*lay (18) — AVhile watching a polo match, husband is swept by the fever and buys a horse and the complete oxitfit. To his wife’s annoyance the nag kicks a hole in the garage and ruins things generally. Jack Norton, Barbara Pepper. March 13, '37. RADIO MUSICAT. COMEDIES Mississippi Moods (17) — Mose loses all his money in a crap game and is afraid to go home. The other darkies give a rent party and save the day. The Hall Johnson Choir. July 23. '37. Thiiit Man Sampson (19)— The Hall Johnson Choir sing .several authentic spirituals against a background of the Negro’s concei>tion of Biblical incidents. May 27, ’37. SMART SET COMEDIES Inlawfnll (18) — Just as a couple of newlyweds settle down, some of the wife’s relatives arrive to gum up the works. Johnny Arthur, Maxine Jennings. April 30, '37. STRUGGLE TO LI\T5 Desert Land (9) — The constant search for food indulged in by reptiles and insects living in the desert wastes. April 5, '37. Forest Gangsters (10) — Two hunters engaged in a mountain lion hunt are tem])orarily thrown off the track_by a stray wildcat but their dogs eventually corner the lion and bring him down. Jan. 8. '37. SI PKRBAS Bridal Griefs (18) — Young man’s uncle promises him $10,000 on the day he marries, which causes many mixups when uncle arrives before the actual marriage takes place. Ford Sterling, I'dana Gibson. Franklin Pangborn. Feb. 5, ’37. Wife Insurance (16) — When his wife and motherin-law persuade him to take out life insurance Errol believes that they are trying to poison him. Leon Errol. Dot Farley. July 9, ’37. AA'rong R<»manee, The (19) — Quarrelsome newspaper editor hires an. actress in order to make his wife jealous but the schehie fails. Leon Errol, Vivian Oakland, Barbara Pepper. May 4, '37, AAOIIIA) ON PARADE California Missions (11)— -Places of worship erected liy the Franciscan Friars a century ago still retain their origin charm. April 16, ’37. Circus AA'inter (Jn^rters (10) — The spectacle rehearses, the acrobats limber up and the animals receive training in winter quarters in Sarasota, Fla. May 14, '37. Manhattan AA'aterfront (11) — A trip along New York’s waterfront where more than ten thousand ships of all kinds and sizes enter and leave each year. Feb. 17, '37. Mount A^ernon (10) — The camera takes a trip through this liistoric shrine, once the home of George AA^ashington. March 19, ’37. United Artists MK’KKY MOUSK Alpine Climbers (9) — Mickey Donald Duck, Pluto and a new cliaracter, a friendly St. Bernard dog get dizzy in the mountain heights. July 25, '36. Donald and IMuto (9) — Donald, the plumber, develops Pluto’s magnetic personality. Sept. 10, ’36. Don D<niald (8) — Donald, tlie duck, discards his trusty burro for a modern auto with disastrous results to his love affair. March 4. '37. Alagieian Mickey (9) — Mickey Mouse, doing his stunts before appreciative audiences, is constantly annoyed by Donald Duck in an upper box. Feb. 4, '37. BOXOFFICE May 15, 1937 37