Boxoffice (Apr-Jun 1939)

"I'M FROM MISSOURI" SHOWS LEADING GROSS BOSTON Fenway — Stand Up and Fight (M-G-M); Fast and Loose (M-G-M), 2nd run 155 Memorial — Duke of West Point (UA) ; Three Musketeers (20th-Fox) 120 Metropolitan — -Oklahoma Kid (WB); Nancy Drew, Reporter (FN) 140 Orpheum — Pygmalion (M-G-M); 2nd wk. ; Let Us Live (Col) 125 Paramount — Same as Fenway 155 State — Same as Orpheum 105 CHARLOTTE Broadway — Devil’s Island (WB) 110 Carolina — lee Follies of 1939 (M-G-M) 90 Imperial — Oklahoma Kid (WB) 105 State — Orphans of the Street (Rep), 1st half.. 100 State — Arizona Legion (RKO), 2nd half 110 CHICAGO Apollo — Pygmalion (M-G-M), held 7th wk 100 Chicago — Midnight (Para), plus stage show.. 90 Garrick — Yes, My Darling Daughter (FN), 2nd loop wk 90 Oriental — Code of the Streets (Univ); Tail Spin (20th-Fox), stage show 80 Palace — You Can’t Cheat an Honest Man (Univ), 2nd wk. ; stage show 85 Roosevelt — Wings of the Navy (WB), 1st half of wk. ; Little Princess (20th-Fox), 2nd half of week 100 State-Lake — Charlie Chan in Honolulu (20th-Fox), stage show 85 United Artists — Made for Kaeh Other (UA), held 2nd wk 100 World Playhouse — Pagliacci (GB), 2nd wk 85 CINCINNATI Albee — Love Affair (RKO), held 130 Capitol — Cafe Society (Para), 2nd wk 110 Grand — You Can’t Take It With You (Col), return 120 Keith’s — King of the Turf (UA), held 120 Lyric — . . . one-third of a nation . . . (Para) 100 Palace — You Can’t Cheat an Honest Man (Univ), held 120 Shubert — Yes, My Darling Daughter (FN), held 130 CLEVELAND Allen — The Beachcomber (Para), 2nd wk 125 Hippodrome — Oklahoma Kid (WB) 115 Palace — Wife, Husband and Friend (20th-Fox); Stage: Vincent Lopez and his stage show... 115 State — Ice Follies of 1939 (M-G-M) 70 Stillman — St. Louis Blues (Para) 70 DALLAS Capitol — Boy Slaves (RKO), 1st halt 125 Capitol — North of Shanghai (Col), 2nd halt. . . 90 Majestic — last and Loose (M-G-M); Yacht Club Boys on stage 125 Melba — Blondie (Col) 100 Palace — Pygmalion (M-G-M) 125 Tower — Made for Bach Other (UA) 100 DENVER Aladdin — Wings of the Navy (WB), after a week at the Denver 100 Broadway — Pygmalion (M-G-M), after a wk. at the Orpheum. 125 Denham — Midnight (Para) 115 Denver — Topper Takes a Trip (UA) 120 Orpheum — Love Affair (RKO) Twelve Crowded Hoars (RKO) 110 Paramount — Let Us Live (Col); Lone Wolf Spy Hunt (Col) 105 DETROIT Adams — Service Be Luxe (Univ) ; Newsboys’ Home (Univ) 60 Cinema — Lady Vanishes (GB), 2nd wk 85 Fox — Tail Spin (20th-Fox), plus stage show.. 120 Michigan — Made for Each Other (UA); Secret Service of the Air (WB) 80 Palms-State — Yes, My Darling Daughter (FN), after one wk. at Michigan; . . . one-third of a nation (Para) 90 United Artists — Pygmalion (M-G-M) 95 INDIANAPOLIS Alamo — Outlaws’ Paradise (Sup); Mystery Plane (Mono), 1st half ' 75 Alamo — Where the Buffalo Roam (Mono), 2nd half 65 Apollo — Little Princess (20th-Fox) 80 Circle — Sudden Money (Para), plus stage show 100 Indiana — Love Affair (RKO) 95 Loew’s — Huckleberry Finn (M-G-M) 100 Lyric — Blackwell’s Island (FN), plus stage show 120 KANSAS CITY Esquire — Pygmalion (M-G-M), 2nd run 80 Midland — Stagecoach (UA) ; First Offenders (Col) 70 AVERAGE IS 100% Top Hits of the Week I’m From Missouri — Kansas City (world premiere) 300 Love Affair (dual) — New Haven. .210 Love Affair (dual) — Los Angeles. .200 Three Smart Girls Grow Up — New York 200 Stand Up and Fight (dual) — Boston 155 Love Affair — Kansas City 150 Ice Follies of 1939 (dual) — Omaha 135 Made for Each Other (dual) — Milwaukee 130 Oklahoma Kid (dual) — Omaha.... 130 Yes, My Darling Daughter — Cincinnati 130 EXTENDED RUNS Pygmalion, 15th wk., New York City; 13th wk., Los Angeles; 7th wk., Chicago; 3rd wk., Minneapolis, Seattle. Blackwell’s Island, 3rd wk., New York. Crisis, 3rd wk.. New York. You Can’t Cheat an Honest Man, 3rd wk., Pittsburgh. Newman — I’m From Missouri (Para), world premiere 300 Orpheum — Love Affair (RKO), held over 150 Tower — Spirit of Culver (Univ) ; Kisky Business (Univ) 90 Uptown — Little Princess (20th-Fox), holdover.. 75 LOS ANGELES Chinese — Wife, Husband and Friend (20th Fox); Arizona Wildcat (20th-Fox) 100 Downtown — Oklahoma Kid (WB) ; Adventures of Jane Arden (WB) 125 Four Star — Pygmalion (M-G-M), 13th wk 75 Hillstreet — Love Affair (RKO); The Last Warning (Univ) 175 Hollywood — Same as Downtown 125 Pantages — Same as Hillstreet 200 Paramount — Ne\er Say Die (Para), plus stage show 80 State — Same as Chinese 100 MILWAUKEE Little Theatre — Club de Femmes 190 Palace — Moonlight Sonata (Malmar); Woman Doctor (Rep) 70 Riverside — The Lone Wolf Spy Hunt (Col); Jan Garber and George Givot on stage 150 Strand — Stagecoach (UA) ; Nancy Drew, Reporter (FN) 100 Warner — Made for Each Other (UA) ; The Great Man Votes (RKO) 135 Wisconsin — The Little Princess (20th-Fox); Charlie Chan in Honolulu (20th-Fox) 125 MINNEAPOLIS Aster — Devil's Island (WB); Arizona Wildcat (20th-Fox) 100 Century — The Beachcomber (Para) 125 Gopher — Duke of West Point (UA) 105 Orpheum — Trade Winds (UA) 80 State — Cafe Society (Para) 85 Time — Assassin of Youth (SR), 2nd wk 100 World — Pygmalion (.M-G-M), 3rd wk 100 NEW HAVEN College — First Offenders (Col); Pacific Liner (RKO), 7 y2 days 75 Loew-Poli — Huckleberry Finn (M-G-M); Let Us Live (Col), 7 days 120 Paramount — Grand Illusion (SR); Comet Over Broadway (FN), 6% days 80 Roger Sherman — Love Affair (RKO); Secret Service of the Air (WB), 7 days 210 NEW ORLEANS Center — Inside Story (20th-Fox) 90 Globe — Stand Up and Fight (M-G-M) 100 Liberty — Heart of the North (FN) 90 Orpheum — Love Affair (RKO) 100 Regent — Professor Mamloek (SR) 80 Saenger — Beachcomber (Para) 100 State — Stagecoach (UA) 125 Tudor — Persons in Hiding (Para) 95 NEW YORK CITY Astor — Pygmalion (M-G-M), 15th wk 100 Capitol — Ice Follies of 1939 (M-G-M) 75 Criterion — Fast and Loose (M-G-M), 2nd wk. 100 Globe — Blackwell’s Island (FN), 3rd wk 125 Paramount — King of Chinatown (Para), plus stage show 85 Radio City Music Hall — Love Affair (RKO), plus stage show 120 Rivoli — Three Smart Girls Grow Up (Univ).. .200 Roxy — Little Princess (20th-Fox), 2nd wk., plus stage show 95 Strand — Oklahoma Kid (WB), 2nd wk., plus stage show 100 OKLAHOMA CITY Criterion--The Beachcomber (Para), 6 days.. 50 Liberty — Lost Patrol (RKO); Star of Midnight (RKO), both reissues, 7 days 120 Midwest — Wings of the Navy (WB) 70 Plaza — Pygmalion (M-G-M), moveover from, Midwest 100 State — Western Jamboree (Rep); Mr. Wong, Detective (Mono) 80 Tower — Honolulu (M-G-M), moveover from Criterion 90 OMAHA Brandeis — Love Affair (RKO); The Saint Strikes Back (RKO), 2nd wk 115 Omaha — Ice Follies of 1939 (M-G-M) ; Charlie Chan in Honolulu (20th-Fox) 135 Orpheum — Oklahoma Kid (WB) ; The Three Musketeers (20th-Fox) 130 PHILADELPHIA Aldine — Prison Without Bars (UA) 60 Boyd — Love Affair (RKO) 115 Earle — Gunga Din (RKO) 120 Fox — Yrou Can’t Cheat an Honest Man (Univ), with stage show featuring Hal Kemp’s Orch 150 Karlton — Stagecoach (UA) 100 Keith’s — Ice Follies of 1939 (M-G-M) 95 Palace — . . . one third of a nation . . . (Para) 120 Stanley— Cafe Society (Para) 60 Stanton — King of Chinatown (Para) 100 PITTSBURGH Alvin — Spirit of Culver (Univ) 60 Barry — Bullets or Ballots (WB), revival; Flight to Fame (Col) 85 Fulton — You Can’t Cheat an Honest Man (Univ), 3rd wk. (3 days); The Little Princess (20th-Fox), 1st wk 140 Penn — Honolulu (M-G-M) 90 Senator — YTou Can’t Take It With You (Col), return for 1 wk 70 Stanley — Fast and Loose (M-G-M); Benny Goodman stage show 130 Warner — Four Girls in White (M-G-M); Persons in Hiding (Para) 90 PORTLAND, ORE. Broadway — Yes, My Darling Daughter (FN) ; Newsboys’ Home (Univ) 120 Mayfair — Stagecoach (UA); Society Smugglers (Univ), 3rd wk 110 Orpheum — The Oklahoma Kid (WB); Beauty for the Asking (RKO) 100 Paramount — Love Affair (RKO); North of Shanghai (Col) 100 United Artists — Pygmalion (M-G-M), 2nd wk. .130 SALT LAKE CITY Centre — Stagecoach (UA) 125 Paramount — Made for Each Other (UA) 105 Studio — Pygmalion (M-G-M), 2nd wk 105 Utah — Never Say Die (Para): Ride a Crooked Mile (Para) ; personal appearance of Martha Raye 100 Victory — Mr. Moto on Danger Island (20thFox); Zaza (Pa.ra) 105 SEATTLE Blue Mouse — You Can’t Cheat an Honest Man (Univ); Fisherman’s Wharf (RKO), 2nd wk. Moved over from Orpheum 100 Fifth Avenue — Ice Follies of 1939 (M-G-M); Beauty for the Asking (RKO) 90 Liberty — King of the Turf (UA) ; Homicide Bureau (Col) 85 Music Box — Pygmalion (M-G-M), 3rd wk 90 Orpheum — Oklahoma Kid (WB); Bum ’Em Up O’Connor (M-G-M) 95 Palomar — Pirates of the Skies (Univ); Navy Secrets (Mono); vaudeville headed by Norvell 85 Paramount — Wife, Husband, Friend (20th-Fox), Arizona Wildcat (20th-Fox) 90 84 BOXOFFICE :: April 1, 1939