Boxoffice (Apr-Jun 1937)

THE COMPLETE CHECK-UP ON CURRENT RELEASES ^kott6 Mickey's Circus (9)^ — The circus goes to town for the benefit of the orphans and Donald Duck gets the works. Sept. 5, ’36. 3iickey*s Elephant (9) — Mickey’s new pet. a baby elephant, supplants Pluto in his master’s affections. Oct. 8, ’.36. Mickey's Moving Day (8) — Mickey, Donald Duck and the Goof help to move an animated piano to new quarters under Peg Leg Pete’s watchful eye. June 26, '36. Mickey's Rival (8) — Mortimer Mouse. Micke>''s old pal, returns to stir up some competition in the battle for Minnie’s affections. Aug. 27. ’36. ^oose Hunters (8) — Donald Duck and the Goof, disguised as a feminine moose, go hunting in the wilds with unexpected success. March 12. '37. SILLY SYMPHONIES Mother Pluto (S) — Mickey’s faithful pal. Pluto, a real he-dog. unintentionally turns motherly to a flock of little chickens. Nov. 12. '36. Three Blind Mousketeers (9) — The mouse trio In their ’’All for one and one for all” battle with the ferocious cat. Sept. 24. ’36. Universal GOING PLACES WITH I.OWEI.I. THOMAS No. .Sa (10) — Erosion in Bryce Canyon. Utah: a fairyland of rock di.scovered by an old Mormon pioneer; Charlie Jones’ strange intimacy with wild birds who come to him when they're hungry. Feh. 1. '37. No. 3.3 (9) — Miami. Fla., the world’s most famous tropical winter playground, is shown in its entirety from the palatial homes of the wealthy to the primitive tents of the original inhabitants, the Seminole Indians. March 15. ’37. No. 34 (8) — A fiesta to the ox in San Isidro, Mexico; borax deposits in Death Valley; the hottest spot in the United States: the two million dollar mystery man who lives in Death Valley. March 23, ’37. No. 3.5. (8) — Scenes in the snowscapes of the Cascade Mountains of the Pacific Northwest showing skiiers and the frosty beauty of winter. April 12. ’37. No. 3fi (10) — Life in Nassau, the Baliama Islands, including the tourists’ activities and the occupations of the dark-skinned natives. May 10, ’37. No. 37 (9) — Gathering maple syrup in New England; a bird colony in the Everglades; Actor Reginald Denny wlio has a profitable sideline in making miniature airplanes. June 7, ’37. MEANT, MINY MOE C.VKTOONS Big Race, The (7) — The three monkeys get into the big auto race and after a breathless ride across idlls and down dales they win the S5.000 purse from Barney Hippo, are contender. March 1. ’37. House of Maglo (7) — Three monkeys take refuge in a house of magic during a storm. Everything they touch produces bewildering result.s. Feb. 8, ’'37. I.nmber Camp (7) — A little bear makes life miserable for the wood-chopping chimpanzees hy continually snatching their flapjacks until the mother bear takes him over his knee. March 15. ’37. Steel Workers (7) — Noticing a sign offering free lunch with a job, the three little monkeys take a construction job and start tossing hot rivet.s. .\pril 26, ’37. MENTONE COMEDIE.S Bargain Matinee (10) — Val Irving, running an elevator 'in a departm.ent store, whisks his passengers to each floor where they can witness bargain entertainment matinees. Maple Leaf Trio, The Five Flats. Apr. 4, '37. Cor'ktail Party, The (10) — When the professional entertainers tail to show up the bartender and nightclub employes put on a show of their own. Lucille Page. Lew Parker. May 12, ’37. Fun Begins at Home (10) — Extravagant married couple give an expensive party while owing their butler back wages, but the latter evens matters hy selling tickets for the affair. Barry & Whitledge, Virginia Verrill. the Charioteers. Feb. 17. ’37. It’s on the Record (10) — Harry Rose, running a music store, receives a visit from a singer looking for an old record. Their reminiscences spring to life and entertain, Roy Smeck, Roy Campbell’s Royalists. Mar. 17. ’37. Shoes With Rh.ytlun (10) — A shoe shop is ha\ ing poor business until the girl partner r>uts on a show which makes passersliy stop and starts iiusiness booming. Frances Williams, tlie Rhythm Boys. June 9. ’37. OSW.M.D CARTOONS Birthday Party (7) — Oswald invites tlie three little ducklings to his birthday party with disastrous results to the presents and refreshments. March 29, '37. Duck Hunt (7) — Oswald and Elmer, his pooch, start out on a hunt with new mechanical duck decoys, but the dog proves too noisy, wild ducks pelt the pair with eggs and the hunt is generally exciting if unsuccessful. March 8, ’37. Ever.vI)od.v Sing (7) — Oswald, the rabbit, conducts a swing band in an up-to-date inn In Birdvllle but the gaiety is temporarily halted when three crow bandits raid the place. Feb. 22, '37. Trailer Thrills (7) — The little rabbit gets a trailer for his car but the two macliines want to go in opposite directions and the trip is a bust. May 3, ’37. STRANGER THAN FICTION No. 32 (10) — A cow who serves herself; a dog tricycle rider; 50-year old burning coal beds; device for selling worms automatically; mudbathing as a cure for ills; world’s tallest flights of stairs; monster fire engine, and a beer-drinkIng rooster. Feb. 1, '37. No. 33 (9) — A one-armed paperhanger; Chinese typewriter containing 5,000 characters; barnyard chickens with goggles; bicycle with up-anddown pedals; eyebrows a yard wide; fighting duck and cat; one-legged ski runner. Mar. 1. ’37. N'o. .34 (9) — A skyscraper made of matches; strange marriage rites of the gypsies; flowers made of candy; a breeding place for silk worms in Manhattan; a machine for wearing out fabrics: a. canine lifeguard who saves kittens. Mar. 29, ’37. No. 3.5 (10) — The president’s double; an egg poaching pooch; lighthouse-keeping in the middle of Atlantic City; a blind W'atchmaker; a school that played hookey; a Cuban Dr. Divine. April 26, ’37. No. 36 (9) — A collector of wooden horses; a bat farm; a girl who x-rays flowers: an alarm for dozing drivers; a one-pooch power cart for a crippled dog. No. 38 (9) — A I'retty .girl’s pet lion; a new gold mine just discovered in Nebraska: a 6 foot, in inch, army private; a pet deer for a dinner guest; a mausoleum decorated wltii life-size statues; a Cul^an ■wlio craclts cocoauuts on liis skull. ,Tuly 19, ’37. COMING SERIALS: Ace Drummond —13 episodes. Jangle ,Jim--12 episodes. Phantom Rider, The (changed from The Mystery Rider) — 15 episodes. Secret Agent X — 12 episodes. Vitaphone RIG TIME VAUDEVILI-E Bring on the Girls (10) — A vaudeville show with Alice Murphy’s Quintuplets, novelty act; Goff and Kerr, songs and Imitations; and Edgar Berger and his dummy, Charlie McCarthy. Mar. 6, '37. Nickel Lowdown (10) — A variety subject with Charles Kemper and Co.; Paul Robinson and the Horton Boys, hill-billy musicians; and Le Paul, magician. May 1, '37. Vitaphone Diversions (10) — The Five Juggling •Jew'^els; Dave Monahan, xylophonist; Brown. Rich and Ball, a comedy team; and Smith and Dale, dialect comedians. April 3, *37. BROAinVAY BREVITIES Captain Blue Bhjod (20) — The scene fades to colonial days w'hen a young man tries to convince his prospective mother-in-law that he has a family tree. Feb. 12, '37. Georgie Price, Nell O’Day. Feb. 13, '37. Hotel A I..a Swing: (21) — A troupe of theatrical performers take over a hotel and add entertainment to the other services of the place. March 13. '37. Kick Me Again (21)— Joe Palooka and Knobby try to go to France without Punchy, but the kid trainer stows away and is mistaken for a shipwreck survivor. In Paris Joe meets Ann Howe and wins a fight with the French champ. Robert Norton, Beverly Phalon, Shemp Howard. Feb. 6, '37. Mail and Female (21) — Ken Murray, about to get married, finds that his past amours prevent him from enjoying his marital bliss. March 27, ’37. Play Street (21) — Cherry Preisser, star in a Broadway show, invites her sister. June, and Duke McHale to a party where they demonstrate their dancing ability. April 3, '37. Ivifers of the Party, The (20) — Two policemen pursue the Yacht (ilub Boys to get them to play a benefit where they do their specialties. April 17, ’37. Roiiianc-e of Robert Burns (16) — The famous poet leaves his country sweetheart to go to Edinburgh where he meets a society girl but he returns to his home in time to marry his true love. Owen King. Linda Perry. In Technicolor. April 10, '37. Swing for Sale (20) — Hal, who owns a swing music shop, is in the clutches of a designing widow but before she can force a wedding, the sweet young girl who loves him steals a wedding dress and brings him to his senses. Hal Le Roy, June Allyson, Richard Keane. Feb. 27, '37. Taking the Count (20) — Joe Palooka tries to enter society but only succeeds in getting mixed up with a phony count who tried to marry his girl. April 24, '37. Under Southern Stars (18) — A young Confederate officer quarrels with his fiancee but during the famous charge at Chancellorsville he makes a daring dash through the Union lines to get news to General Lee, bringing promotion and a reconciliation. Fred Lawrence, Jane Bryan Fritz Leiber. In Technicolor. Feb. 20, '37. COLORTOUR ADVENTURES Cradle of Civilization (10) — E. M. Newman photographs places in the Levant and along the Mediterranean wdiere western civilization first began. April 17, '37. Lund of the Midnight Sun (10) — A camera trip to Scandinavia, stopping at Oslo and Bergen, Norway, and then up to the more primitive country of Lapland. Feb. 27. '37. Nature, the Artist (10) — The beauties of flower.'^ and plants are brought to the screen in all their natural glory through the medium of the color camera. March 20, '37. l^OONEY TUNES Porky's Romance (7) — Porky Pig displays his romantic nature to Petunia Pig but he finally decides to remain a bachelor. April 3, '37. MEI.ODY MASTER Hi De H<i (11) — Cab Calloway has visions of being a great orchestra leader and w'hen a fortune teller reads his teacup she pictures him singing and leading his own band. Feb. 20. '37. Jacques Fray and his Hotel St. Regis Orchestra (10) — The well-known orchestra leader and his pianist lead the band through several musical numbers. March 27. '37. Jam Sessions, The (10) — Clyde McCoy and his orchestra. after finishing a broadcast, go to a cabaret where they take part in the show. April 17. ’37. Musical Journey to South America (10) — The Rimac orchestra plays several tunes in sets representing Buenos Aires. Rio de Janeiro and the South American pampas. May 8, ’37. Roger Wolfe Kahn and His Orchestra (10) — A number of tunes in the Kahn manner with several of the orchestra doing specialties. Feb. 6, ’37. Special Arrangements (10) — Peter Van Steeden dreams of the day when he will have an orchestra of his own as the band plays several selections arranged by Van Steeden. Mar. 6, '37. MERRIE MELODY (In Color) Ain't AVe Got Fnn (7) — A cat is punished by being thrown out of the house wnen his master finds the ice-box empty, but mice really did the damage. May 1, ’37. Fella With the Fiddle, The (7) — The romance of a little violinist. March 27, ’37. T Only Have Eyes for You (7) — An iceman Is spurned by his girl friend who runs away with a crooning ventriloquist while a persistent old maid captures the iceman. Mar. 6, '37. PICTORIAL REVUE No. G (11) — Proper teaching methods for swimming; old and new fashions in women’s beauty aids; training horses for trotting, and Swiss woodcarvings in color. Feb. 13, ’37. No. 7 (10) — Explaining the manufacture of phonograph records; women playing polo; manufacture of lipsticks, the latter sequence in color. March 20. '37. N<>. 8 (10) — Bowling with melons; proper coiffure for milady; the latest styles in shoes for women. the latter sequence in color. April 10, '37. No. 9 (10) — Various new inventions, such as runner to prevent automobiles from skidding, and a bullet-proof suit. Also odd accidents about the house, the manufacture of men’s felt hats and the latest fashions in bathing suits. May 1, '37. VITAPHONE NOVEI/ITES Ghost to Ghost Hook-up, A (11) — The Radio Ramblers have an opportunity to display their famous imitations of popular stars in a haunted house. April 3, '37. Home Run on the Keys (9) — At a hunting lodge Byron Gay and Zez Confrey, composers, ar© trying to get an idea for a song when Babe Ruth reminisces about his baseball days, hence the title song. April 24, '37. Medium Well Done (10) — Theodore Hardeen, brother of the late Houdinl. explains the tricks which fake spiritualists play upon an unsuspecting public. Mar. 6. ’37. A\hale Ho (10) — The camera goes on a whaling expedition and takes pictures of harpooning, catching and cutting up a whale for its oil and blubber. P''ob. 3 3, '37. 38 BOXOFFICE :: May 15, 1937.