Boxoffice (Apr-Jun 1939)

Record Details:

Title:
Boxoffice
Date:
Apr-Jun 1939
Publisher:
Kansas City, Associated Publications
Volume:
Boxoffice (Apr-Jun 1939)
Leaf #:
000161
Language:
English
Collection:
Hollywood Studio System
Format:
Periodicals
Contributor:
Media History Digital Library
Sponsor:
Media History Digital Library
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Description:
BOXOFFICE was the leading American exhibitor trade paper of the post-World War II era. But the publication had modest beginnings. In 1920, Ben Shlyen founded the paper, orginally titled THE REEL JOURNAL, in an office located in Kansas City's Film Row district. Like other regional exhibitor publications, THE REEL JOURNAL focused its attention on the local -- in this case, KC and the nearby territories that the city's distribution exchanges served. By the end of the 1920s, however, Shlyen had acquired or founded several more small exhibitor papers serving other US markets. In 1932, their titles all changed to BOXOFFICE, though they continued to be published in regional editions for decades to follow. -- Eric Hoyt, 2015
Date Added:
June 06, 2024
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Alphabetical Index to™ Hooking Hhatt „„ _ «nr ovV^hi'inra whn A GUIDE TO CURRENT RELEASES This Index is designed as a time saving guide for exhibitors who know the title of a feature, but do not recall the producer or distributor. All features listed here appear in the BOOKING CHART in release week squares alongside the proper company headings. The date following title is issue of review. Number at end of line is production number. A Adventure in the Sahara (Col) Dec. 24 . ..9028 Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (M-G-M) Feb. 18 923 Adventures of Jane Arden (WB) Feb. 18 321 Almost a Gentleman (RKO) Mar. 11 930 Ambush (Para) Jan. 21 3820 Angels With Dirty Faces (FN) Oct. 29 351 Annabel Takes a Tour (RKO) Oct. 22 • 993 Arizona Legion (RKO) Jan. 14.. 982 Arizona Wildcat (20th-Fox) Nov. 12 929 Arkansas Traveler (Para) Oct. 8.3806 Arrest Bulldog Drummond (Para) Nov. 26 3812 Asking for Trouble (GB) 8012 B Back Door to Heaven (Para) . . 3833 Beachcomber, The (Para) Dec. 3.3863 Beauty for the Asking (RKO) Jan. 28 915 Big Town Czar (Univ) Blackwell’s Island (FN) Mar. 4 Blondie (Col) Nov. 5. ••;•••••■ 9011 Blondie Meets the Boss (Col) Boy Slaves (RKO) Jan. 21 9J1 Boy Trouble (Para) Feb. 4 382-1 Boys Reformatory (Mono) Broadway Serenade (M-G-M) . . . Bronze Buckaroo (Sack) Brother Rat (FN) Oct. 22 35o Bulldog Drummond’s Secret Police (Para) 8 Burn ’Em Dp O’Connor (M-G-M) Jan. 14 919 C Cafe Society (Para) Feb. 11 3826 California Frontier (Col) Dec. 24 -8206 Calling Dr. Kildare (M-G-M) . . . Captain Fury (DA) Charlie Chan in Honolulu (20th-Fox) Dec. 24 928 Christmas Carol, A (M-G-M) Dec. 17 91 * Cipher Bureau (GN) Get. 29 .. • ■ 31* Citadel, The (M-G-M) Oct. 29. . 909 Climbing High (20th-Fox) . . . • -8012 Come On Rangers (Rep) Dee. 3.. 818 Comet Over Broadway (FN) Dec# 17 Convict’s Code (Mono) Feb. 18.3822 Cowboy and the Lady (DA) Nov. 26 _ Crashing Through (GN) D Dark Victory (FN) Mar. 11... 354 Dawn Patrol (WB) Dec. 24 303 Disbarred (Para) Jan. 14 3818 Dodge City (WB) 304 Down on the Farm (20th-Fox) Oct. 15 820 Dramatic School (M-G-M) Dec. 15 9lf> Drifting Westward (Mono) Mar. 25 3854 Duke of West Point (DA) Dec. 24 E East Side of Heaven (Dniv) .... Everybody’s Baby (20th-Fox) Dec. 3 935 Exile Express (GN) Feb. 18 301 Exposed (Dniv) Nov. 26 3032 F Fast and Loose (M-G-M) Feb. 18. 924 Family Next Door (Dniv) Federal Man-Hunt (Rep) Jan. 14 820 Feud of the Range (Metropolitan) Fighting Thoroughbreds (Rep) Jan. 21 80S First Offenders (Col) Mar. 11.. 9030 Fisherman’s Wharf (RKO) Feb. 4 844 Five of a Kind (20th-Fox) Oct. 15 919 Fixer Dugan (RKO) 922 Flight to Fame (Col) 9026 Flirting With Fate (M-G-M) Dec. 3 914 Flying Irishman (RKO) Mar. 11 919 For Love or Money (Dniv) Forged Passport (Rep) Feb. 11.. 823 Four Girls in White (M-G-M) Jan. 21 921 . . 8011 . . 325 . .9212 . .3856 Frog, The (GB) Frontier Scout (GN) Sept. 17 Frontiers of ’49 (Col) Mar. 11 Frontiersman (Para) Nov. 26. G Gambling Ship (Dniv) Dec. 24. .3023 Gang Bullets (Mono) Dec. 10.... 3818 Gangster’s Boy (Mono) Nov. 12.. 3801 G-Dog (RKO) 923 Ghost Town Riders (Dniv) 3054 Girl Downstairs (M-G-M) Dec. 31 916 Girls on Probation (FN) Oct. 29.. 369 Going Places (FN) Dec. 24 359 Great Man Votes (RKO) Jan. 14 913 Great Waltz (M-G-M) Nov. 12.. 908 Guilty Trails (Dniv) 3052 Gun Packer (Mono) Nov. 19 3851 Gunga Din (RKO) Jan. 28 912 H Hard to Get (WB) Nov. 12 310 Harlem Rides the Range (Sack) Heart of the North (FN) Dec. 17 362 His Exciting Night (Dniv) Dec. 10 3036 Home on the Prairie (Rep) Feb. 18 842 Homicide Bureau (Col) Feb. 11.9035 Honolulu (M-G-M) Feb. 4 922 Honor of the West (Dniv) 3055 Hound of the Baskervilles (20th-Fox) Apr. 1 936 I I Am a Criminal (Mono) Dec. 3 I’m From Missouri (Para) Mar. 25 I Stand Accused (Rep) Oct. 22. I Was a Convict (Rep) Feb. 25 Ice Follies of 1939 (M-G-M) Mar. 11 Idiot’s Delight (M-G-M) Feb. 4. If I Were King (Para) Oct. 1... Illegal Traffic (Para) Nov. 5.. In Early Arizona (Col) Inside Story (20th-Fox) Oct. 22 Inspector Homleigh (RKO) ... 3812 3830 806 824 925 920 3810 3809 9211 .934 .945 I Jesse James (20th-Fox) Jan. 21. Just Around the Corner (20thFox) Nov. 5 K Kentucky (20th-Fox) Dec. 24.. Kid From Texas (M-G-M) King of Chinatown (Para) Mar. 11 King of the Turf (DA) Feb. 18 King of the Dnderworld (WB) Jan. 14 921 915 923 929 3827 317 Lady and the Mob (Col) Mar. 11.9013 Lady Vanishes (WB) Oct. 15. . .8010 Lady’s From Kentucky, The (Para) 3834 Last Express (Dniv) Oct. 22.... 3028 Last AVarning (Dniv) Dec. 10... 3027 Law Comes to Texas (Col) 9214 Law of the Texan (Col) Oct. 29.8285 Law West of Tombstone (RKO) Nov. 19 909 Lawless A’alley (RKO) Nov. 5. . . 981 Let Freedom Ring (M-G-M) Feb. 25 926 Let Ds Live (Col) Feb. 18 9007 Listen Darling (M-G-M) Oct. 22.. 904 Little Adventuress (Col) 9020 Little Orphan Annie (Para) Dec. 3 3814 Little Pal (Mono) 3828 Little Princess (20th-Fox) Feb. 25 932 Little Tough Guys in Society (Dniv) Nov. 26 3011 Lone Star Pioneers (Col) 9213 Lone AVolf Spy Hunt (Col) Jan. 28 9014 Long Shot (GN) Dec. 31 313 Inst Patrol (RKO) Love Affair (RKO) Mar. 18 916 Lucky Night (M-G-M) 933 M Mad Miss Manton (RKO) Oct. 15 906 Made for Each Other (DA) Man From Texas (Mono) 3864 Man to Remember (RKO) Oct. 8 905 Men AVith AVings (Para) Oct. 29.. 3808 Mexicali Rose (Rep) Apr. 1 843 Midnight (Para) Mar. 11 3828 Mr. Moto’s Last Warning (20th-Fox) July 30 926 Mr. Moto on Danger Island (20th-Fox) Mar. 18 937 My Son Is a Criminal (Col) Mar. 18 9029 My Wife’s Relatives (Rep) Mar. 11 810 Mysterious Miss X (Rep) Jan. 21 809 Mysterious Mr. Moto (20th-Fox) June 4 912 Mysterious Rider (Para) Sept. 24.3807 Mystery of Mr. AVong (Mono) Mar. 18 3806 Mystery of the AA'hite Room (Dniv) Apr. 1 3037 Mystery Plane (Mono) Mar. 4. . . . 3809 N Nancy Drew, Detective (WB)... 319 Nancy Drew, Reporter (FN) Jan. 28 372 Navy Secrets (Mono) Feb. 18... 3805 Never Say Die (Para) Mar. 11.. 3832 Newsboys Home (Univ) Jan. 28.. 3015 Next Time I Marry (RKO) Dec. 10 910 North of Shanghai (Col) Mar. 11.9038 North of Yukon (Col) 9205 o Off the Record (AVB) Jan. 28... 314 Oklahoma Kid (WB) Mar. 18 . . . 308 On Trial (AVB) Mar. 25 323 One Third of a Nation (Para) Feb. 11 3825 Only Angels Have AVings (Col) . . Orphans of the Street (Rep) Dec. 17 819 Out AVest AA'ith the Hardys (M-G-M) Nov. 26 913 P Pacific Liner (RKO) Dec. 31... 914 Pardon Our Nerve (20th-Fox) Nov. 19 931 Paris Honeymoon (Para) Dec. 24 3821 Peck’s Bad Boy With the Circus (RKO) Nov. 26 948 Peg of Old Drury (Tri-Nat’l) . . . Persons in Hiding (Para) Jan. 28.3823 Phantom Stage (Dniv) 3056 Pirates of the Skies (Dniv) 3033 Prairie Justice (Dniv) 3053 Prairie Nights (Col) Pride of the Navy (Rep) Jan. 28. 822 Prison Without Bars (DA) Feb. 25 Pygmalion (M-G-M) Dec. 11.... 980 R Red River Range (Rep) 864 Return of the Cisco Kid (20thFox) 940 Rhythm of the Saddle (Rep) Nov. 26 7108 Ride a Crooked Mile (Para) Dec. 10 3815 Ride ’Em Cowgirl (GN) Jan. 28.AV1-2 Rio Grande (Col) 9202 Risky Business (Dniv) Mar. 11.. 3029 Road Demon (20th-Fox) Aug. 27. 918 Romance of the Redwoods (Col) . Rolling AVestward (Mono) 3863 Rough Riders Roundup (Rep) Mar. 25 853 s St. Louis Blues (Para) Jan. 28.. 3822 Saint Strikes Back (RKO) Feb. 18 918 Santa Fe Stampede (Rep) Dec. 17 863 Say It in French (Para) Nov. 26.3813 Secret Service of the Air (Am) Feb. 11 320 Secrets of a Nurse (Dniv) Nov. 19 3022 Sergeant Madden (M-G-M) Mar. 25 927 Service DeLuxe (Dniv) Oct. 22.. 3013 Shadow’s Over Shanghai (GN) Sept. 17 311 Sharpshooters (20th-Fox) Sept. 24 916 Shine On, Harvest Moon (Rep) . . 852 Shining Hour (M-G-M) Nov. 19.. 912 Silver on the Sage (Para) Feb. 18 3858 Sisters, The (AA'B) Oct. 8 302 Smiling Along (20th-Fox) Dec. 17 933 Smoky Trails (Metropolitan)... Society Lawyer (M-G-M) Apr. 1 930 Society Smugglers (Dniv) Mar. 11 3024 Song of the Buckaroo (Mono) Jan. 14 3861 Son of Frankenstein (Dniv) Jan. 21 Spirit of Culver (Dniv) Mar. 4.. 3014 Spring Madness (M-G-M) Nov. 26 911 Stagecoach (DA) Feb. 11 Stand Dp and Fight (M-G-M) Jan 7 918 Star of Midnight (RKO) reissue Star Reporter (Mono) Feb. 25.. 3822 Storm, The (Dniv) Nov. 5 3016 Storm Over Bengal (Rep) Nov. 19 807 Story of Alexander Graham Bell (20th-Fox) 938 Story of A’ernon and Irene Castle (RKO) 838 Strange Case of Dr. Meade (Col) Oct. 29 9023 Strange Faces (Dniv) Dec. 10. . .30.35 Streets of New York (Mono) ... 3802 Submarine Patrol (20th-Fox) Nov. 5 909 Sudden Money (Para) Mar. 25 Suez (20th-Fox) Oct. 22 913 Sundown on the Prairie (Mono).. 3862 Sunset Murder Case (GN) 345 Sunset Trail (Para) Oct. 29 3857 Sweepstakes Winner (FN) 373 Sweetheart of Sigma Chi (Mono) reissue 3827 Sweethearts (M-G-M) Dec. 24... 910 Swing, Sister, Swing (Dniv) Bee. 17 3021 Swing That Cheer (Dniv) Nov. 19 3026 T Tail Spin (20th-Fox) 925 Tarnished Angel (RKO) Oct. 29. 907 Terror of Tiny Town (Col) July 30 9050 Texas Stampede (Col) 9204 Thanks for Everything (20th Fox) Dec. 10 917 Thanks for the Memory (Para) Nov. 12 38H The Hardys Ride High (M-G-M) There Goes My Heart (DA) Oct. 1 There’s That AA’oman Again (Col) Dec. 17 9006 They Made Her a Spy (RKO) Mar. 25 920 They Made Me a Criminal (AA'B) Jan. 7 307 Three Musketeers (20thFox) Feb. 11 927 Three Smart Girls Grow Dp (Dniv) Mar. 25 3001 Thundering West (Col) 9203 Titans of the Deep (GN) 326 Torn Sawyer, Detective (Para) Bee. 24 3816 To the Rescue (GN) 328 Topper Takes a Trip (DA) Jan. 7 Torchy Gets Her Man (AVB) Oct. 15 318 Torchy in Chinatown (FN) 371 Tough Kid (Mono) Jan. 14 3819 Trade AA'inds (DA) Dec. 31 Trigger Pals (GN) Jan. 21 Wl-13 Trigger Smith (Mono) 3854 Trouble in Sundown (RKO) Mar. 11 983 12 Crowded Hours (RKO) Feb. 18 917 U Dndereover Agent (Mono) 3824 Dnion Pacific (Para) Dp the River (20th-Fox) Nov. 12 924 W AA'anted by Scotland Yard (Mono) 3829 AA'ater Rustlers (GN) Ala r. 18..AV1-1 AVestern Jamboree (Rep) Dec. 24 841 AVhere the Buffalo Roam (Mono) Oct. 29 3860 AVliile New York Sleeps (20th Fox) Oct. 22 922 AVliispering Enemies (Col) Jan. 7 AVife, Husband and Friend (20th Fox) Feb. 18 930 AA'ild Horse Canyon (Mono) Jan. 7 3852 AA’ings of the Navy (AA'B) Jan. 21 309 AA'inner Take All (RKO) Feb. 25 939 AAitliin the Law (M-G-M) Mar. 18 928 AA’oman Doctor (Hep) Feb. 4. . . .808 Women in the AAind (AA'B) Feb. 4 316 Wuthering Heights (DA) Apr. 1 Y Yes, My Darling Daughter (FN) Fel>. 11 357 You Can’t Cheat an Honest Man (Dniv) Feb. 25 3005 Young Dr. Kildare (M-G-M) Oct. 22 907 Young in Heart (DA) Nov. 12.. Z Zaza (Para) Jan. 7 3819 Zenoltia (DA) Mar. 18 BOXOFFICE :: April 1, 1939 87