Boxoffice (Apr-Jun 1937)
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"Shall We Dance" the Week's Best Draw
BOSTON
Boston~Two Wise Maids (Rep); As Good as
Married (Univ) 75
Fenway — Wake I'p and Live (Para), 2d run;
Time Out for Komanee (20th-Fox) 125
Memorial — Sliall We Dance (RKO) 160
Metropolitan — Prince and the Pauper (FN)
with stage show 115
Orpheum — Night Must Fall (M-G-M); Good
Old Soak (M-G-M) 120
Paramount — Make Up and Live (Para), 2d run;
Time Out for Komanee (20th-Fox) 120
State— Night Must Fall (M-G-M); Good Old Soak (M-G-M) 120
CHARLOTTE
Broadway — I Promise to Pay (Col) 115
Broadway — That Man’s Here Again (FN) 90
Carolina — Wake X'^p and Live (20th-Fox) 100
Carolina — Top <if the Town (Univ) 95
Imperial — The Good Old Soak (M-G-M) 100
Imperial — Sea Devils (RKO) 110
State — Trapped (Col) 100
State — Bengal Tiger (WB) 100
CHICAGO
Apollo — King of Gamblers (Para) R5
Chicago — Cafe Metropole (20th-Fox) 90
Palace — Shall We Dance (RKO), 2d wk 95
Roosevelt— Good Old Soak (M-G-M) 100
United Artists — A Star Is Born (UA) 120
CINCINNATI
Capitol — Marked M’oman (FN), 2d d. t. wk.llO
Qiand — (hxKl Old Soak (M-G-M). 2d d. t. wk..ll0
Keith’s — Hit Para<le (Rep) 110
Ivyric — Her Hushand I^ies (Para) 100
Palace — Shall We Dance (RKO), held over... 150 Shubert — Make I’p and Live (20th-Fox). held over 150
CLEVELAND
Allen— Night Key (Univ) 80
Hanna — Lost Horizon (Col), roadshow, 2d wk..l00 Hippodrome — M'ake I’p and Live (20th-Fox),
2d wk 80
Palace — Cafe Metropole (20th-Fox), and
stage show 120
State — A Star Is Born (UA) 120
Stillman— M ay Our M est (M-G-M) 60
DALLAS
Capitol — Great O’Malley (WB) 100
Capitol — Breezing Home (Univ) 70
Majestic — A Star Is B<»rn (UA) 170
Melba — .Murder in the Ked Barn (Olympic);
with Chuck Connors jr. as M.C. on stage... 80
Palace — f'afe iMetropoIe (20th-Fox) 110
Tower— Call It a Day CWB) 90
DENVER
Aladdin — M’ake Cp and I>ive (20th-Fox). following a week at the Denver 110
Broadway — The Hit Para<le (Rep), following
a week at the Aladdin 90
Denham — King of (iamhiers (Para) 80
Denver — A Star Is Born (UA) 125
Orpheum — shall M’e Dance (RKO) 150
Paramount — Call It a Da> (\VB) and That
.Man’s Here Again (FN) 100
DETROIT
Adams — M’ake I’p and Live (20th-Fox). 2d
1st run wk.; Off to the Races (20th-Fox) . . . . 85
Cinema — Ecstasy (Jewel), 9th wk 75
Downtown— Munler in the Red Barn (International): Juggernaut (GN) 75
Fox — Cafe Metrop<ile (20th-Fox). stage show.. 90
Madison— Call It a Day (WB) 85
Michigan — Shall Me Dance (RKO), stage show;
picture moved to Madison for continued run.. 90 State — China Passage (RKO); Great O’Malley
(WB) 85
United Artists — The Prince and Pauper (FN) . . 95
INDIANAPOLIS
Alamo — I.aw of tlie Ranger (Col) 80
Alamo-^Headline Craslier (Rep) 70
Ambassador^ — Penrod and Sam (FN) 60
Apollo — M'ake I'p and lave (20th-Fox) 110
Cirrie — The M’oman I la»ve (RKO) 85
I,oew’s~The Go<kI Old S<.ak (M-G-M) 80
Lyric — Night Key (Univ) 110
KANSAS CITY
Mainstreet — Shall M'e Dance (RKO) 185
Midland — Night Must Fall (M-G-M); I Promise
to Pay (Col) 95
Newman — Mountain Justice (FN); Murder
Goes to College (Para) 65
Tow'er — 3Iidnight Taxi (20th-Fox); Major
Bowes’ girl unit on stage 125
Uptown — Charlie Chan at the Olympics (20thFox); reissue of David Hanirn (20th-Fox).
5 days 70
(AVERAGE IS 100%)
Top Hits of the Week
Shall We Dance — Kansas City
and Los Angeles 185
A Star Is Born (dual) — Omaha.. 175
A Star Is Born — Dallas 170
Shall We Dance — Omaha 170
No Man of Her Own — Pittsburgh 160
Shall We Dance — Boston, New Haven and Washington 160
EXTENDED RUNS
Lost Horizon, 10th wk. of two-a-day at Globe. New York.
Ecstasy, 9th wk. at Cinema, Detroit.
I.ost Horizon, 9th wk. at Geary, San Francisco.
.V Star Is Born, 3rd wk. at Music Hall, New York.
LOS ANGELES
Chinese — Night Must Fall (M-G-M); M’ay
Out M’est (M-G-M) 120
Downtown — Mountain Justice (FN); Melodv
f<»r Two (WB) ‘ 80
Hillstreet — Shall Me Dance (RKO) 175
Hollywood — Same as Downtown 80
Pantages — Same as Hillstreet 185
Paramount — Internes (’an’t Take .M<mey (Para),
stage show 65
State — Same as Chinese 115
MILWAUKEE
<';ardon — Ecstasy (Eureka) 115
Pabst — Cloistered (Best) 100
Palace — Dangercuis Number (M-G-M); Slums
of Paris on stage 125
Riverside — Paradise Express (Rep), stage show. .120 Strand — King and tlie C'liorus Girl (FN);
Marked M’oiiian (FN) 100
M’arner — The M’oman I I^ove (RKO); M’e Have
Our ^Moments (Univ) 105
■Wi.scon.sin — M’ake Fp and Live (20th-Fox);
Mings of the Morning (20th-Fox) 130
MINNEAPOLIS
.Aster— Parole Racket (Col); Man Mho r«>nnd
Himself (RKO) 90
<'entury — (’all It a Day (M’B) 80
Minnesota — Make I’p and lave (2flth-Fox) 90
Orpheum — History Is Made at Night (UA) 85
State— Nobody’s I?ahy (M-G-M); (Vack-l’p
(20th-Fox) 90
AVorld — Nine Days a (Jueen (GB) 75
NEW HAVEN
College — .V Star Is Born (UA) ; Let’s Get
Married (RKO). 2d w’k 115
Loew’s Poli — (’afe Metropole (20th-Fox);
^lidnight Taxi C20th-Fox) 100
Paramount — No Alan of Her Own (Para);
Girl Fr<)m Scotland Y’ard (Para) 80
Roger Sherman — Shall M’e Dance (RKO);
The Man Mho F<uind Himself (RKO),
8 days 160
NEW ORLEANS
Center — John Yleade’s M’oman (Para), revival.. 55 Globe — Midsummer Night’s Dream (WB), re
vival 70
lyiberty — I Pr<)mise to Pay (Col) 65
Orpheum — Shall Me Dance (RKO) 90
Saenger — Internes ('an’t Take Money (Para) .... 135
St. Charles — The Greiit O’Malley (WB) 70
State — A Star Is B<»rn (UA) 130
Strand-Man of Affairs (GB) 60
Tudor — NaiK-y Steele Is Missing ( 20th-Fox) . . . . 80
NEW YORK CITY
Astor — Captains Courageous (M-G-M). first five days of two-a-day; capacity plus few
standees 105
Capitol — Call It a Day (WB) 75
Central — Tliat I May Live (20th-Fox), and
11th episode of Dick Tracy serial 100
Criterion— Make May for Tomorrow (Para).... 95
Globe — L<»st Horiz<m (Col), 10th wk. of
tw’o-a-day 70
Palace — That Man’s Here Again (FN), 1st
and M’oman I Love (RKO). 2d run 100
Paramount — Internes Can’t Take Money
(Para), stage show 115
Radio City Music Hall — A Star Is Born
(UA). stage show; 3rd w'k 110
Rialto — Mountain Justice (FN) 100
Rivoli — ('ate YIetropole (20th-Fox), 2d wk ....110 Roxy — M’ake Up and Live (20th-Fox), stage
show; 3rd wk 115
Strand — The Prince and the Pauper (FN)....130
OKLAHOMA CITY
Criterion — Shall Me Dance (RKO) 150
Liberty — 50 Roads to Town (20th-Fox);
The Man Mho Found Himself (RKO) 100
Midwest — Night Must Fall (M-G-M) 125
State— The King Steps Out (Col) 100
Warner — The Oime Nobody Saw (Para) ;
plus stage show 125
OMAHA
Brandeis — Shall M’e Dance (RKO) 170
Omaha — A Star Is Born (UA); Her Husband
Lies (Para) 175
Orpheum— Night 3Iust Fall (M-G-M); Nobody’s Baby (M-G-M), 6% days 80
PITTSBURGH
Alvin — Two M’ise Maids (Rep); Time Out for
Romance (20th-Fox) 100
Fulton — No Man of Her Own (Para), reissue. 1st wk 160
Penn — Romeo and Juliet (M-G-M) 85
Stanley — History Is Made at Night (UA) ;
Major Bowes all-nations unit 110
M’^arner — Maytime (M-G-M), 3rd d. t. wk 100
PORTLAND, ME.
Empirp — Fifty I{<)a<ls to Town (20th-Fox):
Crimiiml l.awyer (RKO) 100
State — Kinjr of Gamblers (Para): Her Hus
bainl's Seeretary (FN) 95
PORTLAND, ORE.
Blue Mouse — M'aikiki M'edding (Para); Time
Out for Romance (20th-Fox) 105
Broadway — Prince an(l the Pauper (FN); Way
Out M’est (M-G-M) 120
Mayfair M’hen Love Is Y’oung (Univ); Trouble
in Morocc<) (Col) 110
Orpheum — Fifty Roads to Town (20th-Fox);
Charlie Chan at the Olympics (20th-Fox) . . .120 Paramount — King and the ('horus Girl (WB);
Outcast (Para), 2d wk 115
United Artists — Mountain Justice (FN) 115
PROVIDENCE
Albee — Shall M’e Dance (RKO). 2d wk 100
Fays — (’alif<irnia Straight Ahead (Univ),
stage show 120
Majestic — Call It a Day (WB); Let Them
Live (Univ) 100
State — Romeo and Juliet (M-G-M);
i:Uh (’liair (M-G-M) 100
Strand-'rininder in the City (Col); Navy
Blues (Rep) 100
SALT LAKE CITY
Cardtol — f’afe IMetr(»pole (20th-Fox); M’e’re
on the Jury (RKO) 105
Orpheum — I*riiice and the Pauper (FN); That
Man’s Here Again (FN) 115
Paramount — A Star Is Born (UA) 110
Studio — M’ake I’p and Live (20th-Fox), a
holdover 100
Victory^ — f'liarlie Chan at the Olympics (20thFox); Hills of Old M yoming (Para) 110
SAN FRANCISCO
Fox — M’ake Fp and iJve (20th-Fox); Song of
the f'ity (M-G-M). 2d wk 120
Geary — Lost Horizon (Col); roadshow, 9th wk. . 85 Golden Gate — M’oman I Love (RKO), stage
show 90
Orpheum — l..ct’s Get Married (Col); Night Key
(Univ) 85
Paramount — Hit Paraxle (Rep); That I May
Live (20th-Fox) 100
St. Francis — Go*k1 Old Soak (M-G-M); Doctor’s
Diary (Para), 2d d. t. wk 115
Ignited Artists — A Star Is Bom (UA) 120
Warfield — Call It a Day (WB); Midnight
Taxi (20th-Fox) 95
WASHINGTON
Capitol — M’oman Chases Man (UA); with
stage show 100
Columbia— M’aikiki M’edding (Para), 3d d.t.
wk., first 2 wks. at Palace 135
Earle — Mings of the .Morning (20th-Fox)
with stage show 80
Keiths — Shall Me Dance (RKO). 2d wk., the
1st wk. was split wk. of 3 days 160
Metropolitan — That Man’s Here Again (FN) ..100 Palace — A Star Is Born (UA) 90
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BCXCrnCE :: May 22, 1937