Boxoffice (Apr-Jun 1939)

THE COMPLETE CHECK-UP ON CURRENT RELEASES out to avenge the murder of his partner. Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette, June Storey. Director: B. Reeves Eason. Come On, Rangers !. .818. . (57) Nov. 25 Western. Succeeded by the U. S. Cavalry, the Texas Rangers are reinstated when the army fails on a difficult task the ex-Rangers handle. Roy Rogers, Mary Hart, Raymond Hatton. Director: Joe Kane. Down in Arkansaw. .805. . (66) Oct. 8 Drama. A government man, sent to the backwoods of Arkansas to buy property for a dam, gradually overcomes the hostility of the natives. Weaver Bros, and Elviry, Ralph Byrd, Pinky Tomlin. Director: Nick Grinde. Federal Man-Hunt. . (64) Dec. 27 Action Drama. Believing him innocent, a girl aids a convict’s escape from prison, and helps the police recapture him when she learns his background. Robert Livingston, June Travis, John Gallaudet. Director: Nick Grinde. Fighting Thoroughbreds. .808. . (65) Jan. 6 Action Drama. The offspring of a thoroughbred they had tried to disqualify, grows up. enters the derby and wins the race. Ralph Byrd, Mary Carlisle, George Hayes. Director: Sidney Salkow. Forged Passport. .823. . (64) Feb. 15 Action Drama. After getting fired for being too ready with his fists, a government man goes after a gang of alien smugglers and is reinstated in the service. Paul Kelly, June Lang, Lyle Talbot. Director: Joe Kane. Frontier Pony Express. .854. . (57) Apr. 19 Western. A Pony Express Rider saves the army’s documents from Confederate spies. Roy Rogers, Mary Hart, Don Dillaway. Director: Joe Kane. Home on the Prairie. .842. . (58) Feb. 10 Western. The singing cowboy turns cattle inspector and solves the mystery of the hoof-andmouth disease in his district. Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette, June Storey. Director: Jack Townley. I Was a Convict. .824. . (62) Mar. 6 Melodrama. A multi-millionaire befriends two paroled convicts he had met while in prison for income tax evasion. One of them, intending to rob him, is rehabilitated when he falls for the man’s daughter, and saves his benefactor from a kidnap plot. Barton MacLane, Beverly Roberts, Clarence Kolb. Director: Aubrey Scotto. Man of Conquest. .801. . (97) May 15 Historical Drama. The story of Sam Houston and his fight for Texan independence from Mexico, and Texas’ ultimate entry into the Union. Richard Dix, Gail Patrick, Edward Ellis. Director: George Nicholls jr. Mexicali Rose . . 843 . . (58) Mar. 27 Western. Oil stock swindlers victimize a girl who runs an orphanage in Mexico. Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette, Noah Beery. Director: George Sherman. My Wife’s Relatives. .810. . (65) Mar. 20 Comedy. Mr. Higgins’ home-made candy business takes a sudden rise when a valuable diamond is lost, and his son, deducing it had fallen into the candy, advertises the fact to the public. James Gleason, Lucile Gleason, Russell Gleason. Director: Gus Meins. Mysterious Miss X. . 809.. (62) Jan. 10 Melodrama. An actor, accused of murder. Is freed by a peculiar twist of fate. But he and the dead man’s daughter together solve the murder. Michael Whalen, Mary Hart, Chick Chandler. Director: Gus Meins. Night Riders .. 865 .. (58) Apr. 12 Western. The Three Mesquiteers defy a gambler who uses a forged land grant to oust ranchers. John Wayne, Ray Corrigan, Max Terhune. Director: George Sherman. Orphans of the Streets. .819. . (64) Dec. 5 Drama. A man saves a dog’s life in this story of an Alsatian Shepherd dog on trial for the murder of a man. Robert Livingston, Tommy Ryan, June Storey. Director: John H. Auer. Pride of the Navy . . 822 . . (63) Jan. 26 Drama. A young seaman, who fails in the initial test of his torpedo-boat invention, later wins success and the captain’s daughter. James Dunn, Rochelle Hudson. Director: Charles Lamont. Red River Range. .864. . (56) Dec. 22 Western. Guests on a dude ranch discover they have unwittingly taken part in what they thought were "fake” rustling parties, headed by the ranch owner. John Wayne, Ray Corrigan, Max Terhune. Director: George Sherman. Rhvthm of the Saddle (formerly Song of the West).. 7108.. (58) Nov. 5 Western. Gene Autry and Smiley Burnette see to it all goes smooth at the Silver Saddle Ranch on Rodeo Day and also win the stagecoach race. Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette, Pert Kelton. Director: George Sherman. Rough Riders Roundup. .853. . (58) Mar. 13 Western. Two Border Patrolmen are suspended for allowing an outlaw gang to escape. They follow the leader to his hideout and capture the gang, which wins their reinstatement. Roy Rogers, Mary Hart, Raymond Hatton. Director: Joseph Kane. Santa Fe Stampede. .863. . (56) Nov. 18 Western. Following the murder of a rich ore mine owner and his little daughter, the Three Mesquiteers enter the town at Santa Fe to capture the culprits and replace the crooked mayor with an honest man. John Wayne, Ray Corrigan, Max Terhune. Director: George Terhune. Shine On, Harvest Moon. .852. . (57) Dec. 23 Western. A cattle rustler wants a certain ranch to store his stolen cattle and tries to burn down the place to get it. Roy Rogers, Mary Hart, William Farnum. Director: Joe Kane. Storm Over Bengal. .807. . (65) Nov. 7 Action Drama. A story of the army activities of British soldiers on India’s frontiers. Patric Knowles, Richard Cromwell, Rochelle Hudson. Director: Sidney Salkow. Street of Missing Men. .811. . (65) Apr. 25 Action Drama. Upon his release from Alcatraz, a former gangster leader sets out to wreck the newspaper which sent him' to prison. Charles Bickford, Harry Carey, Tommy Ryan, Guinn William's. Director: Sidney Salkow. Western Jamboree. .841. . (59) Dec. 2 Western. A ranch foreman saves his boss's property from two men anxious to get him to sell before he discovers his land holds valuable helium deposits. Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette, Jean Rouverol. Director: Ralph Staub. Woman Doctor. .808. . (65) Feb. 10 Drama. A woman surgeon, with little time for her husband and child, is faced with a divorce threat when her husband falls for a charmer. They are reconciled when their child is injured in an accident. Frieda Inescort, Henry Wilcoxon, Claire Dodd, Sybil Jason. Director: Sidney Salkow. RKO Radio Almost a Gentleman. .920. . (65) Mar. 31 Drama. A canine shows his love for, and proves his real worth to. his master, who had first befriended him after he had been condemned as an outcast, and then had defended him in court on a murder charge. James Ellison, Helen Wood, June Clayworth. Director: Leslie Goodwins. Annabel Takes a Tour. .908. . (61) Nov. 11 Comedy. A motion picture celebrity and her press agent go on a tour to restore her waning popularity, but the star tries to swap her career for a one-sided romance with a titled married novelist. Jack Oakie, Lucille Ball. Director: Lew Landers. Arizona Legion. .982. . (58) Jan. 20 Western. The hero, working secretly as head of a vigilante group, rids Arizona of marauding bandits. George O’Brien, Laraine Johnson. Director: David Howard. Beauty for the Asking. .915. . (64) Feb. 24 Comedy. A young beautician markets a new face cream, and complications ensue when her advertising agency secures financial aid for her through the wife of the man who had jilted her. Lucille Ball, Donald Woods, Patric Knowles, Frieda Inescort. Director: Glenn Tryon. Boy Slaves (formerly Pure in Mind).. 911 (71) Feb. 10 Melodrama. A gang of road kids are paroled to a man who pretends to befriend them, but they become prisoners in his turpentine camp. Anne Shirley, Roger Daniel. Director: P. J. Wolfson. Fisherman’s Wharf . . 844 . . (71) Feb. 3 Comedy Drama. A fisherman nearly loses the adopted son he loves, when he falls in love with a worthless woman. Bobby Breen, Leo Carrillo, Lee Patrick. Director: Bernard Vorhaus. Fixer Dugan. .922. . (68) Apr. 21 Action Drama. Romance and tragedy wend their way into this human story of circus folks, and how the “fixer” helps adjust their personal problems. Lee Tracy, Virginia Weidler, Peggy Shannon. Director: Lew Landers. Flying Irishman, The. .919. . (73) Apr. 7 Biographical Drama. A dramatization of the life of Douglas ("Wrong Way”) Corrigan. Douglas Corrigan, Paul Kelly, Robert Armstrong. Director: Leigh Jason. Great Man Votes, The. .913. . (70) ...Jan. 13 Comedy. An academic scholar turns to drink when his wife dies, but reforms when the Children’s Society threatens to take away his two children. John Barrymore, Peter Holden, Virginia Weidler. Director: Garson Kanin. Gunga Din. .912. . (117) Q Feb. 17 Action Drama. British military adventure in the mountain passes of Northern India, suggested vaguely by Rudyard Kipling’s famous poem of the Indian water boy. Cary Grant, Victor McLaglen, Douglas Fairbanks jr., Sam Jaffe, Eduardo Ciannelli. Director: George Stevens. Law West of Tombstone. .909. . (72) Nov. 18 Western. A dramatization of the days of the old west, In which an ex-outlaw moves to a new frontier and establishes law and order. Harry Carey, Tim Holt, Evelyn Brent. Director: Glenn Tyron. Lawless Valley. .981. . (59) Nov. 4 Western. A young cowboy, sent to prison on a false charge of stage robbery, Is paroled, and returns to find his sweetheart held prisoner on her ranch by a couple of lawless valley overlords, one of whom is guilty of the robbery charge. George O’Brien, Kay Sutton. Director: David Howard. Lost Patrol. . (reissue) .. (73) Feb. 17 Drama. A group of white men, lost in the desert, are shot down one by one by hostile Arabs, until only the leader is left to face the murderous tribe. Victor McLaglen, Boris Karloff, Wallace Ford, Reginald Denny. Director: John Ford. Love Affair. .916. . (87) Apr. 7 Comedy Drama. A couple break their engagement and agree to meet in six months, at the end of which time the girl is crippled in an accident. Irene Dunne, Charles Boyer. Director: Leo McCarey. Mad Miss Manton. .906. . (78) Oct. 21 Mystery Comedy. A society girl with a detective complex uncovers a murder but can’t get the police to believe her. A newspaper berates her and is sued for libel, and in the interim the girl solves the mystery. Barbara Stanwyck, Henry Fonda. Director: Leigh Jason. Next Time I Marry (formerly Trailer Romance) . .910. . (65) Dec. 2 Comedy. Faced with loss of an inheritance unless, she gets an American husband, but in love with a Count, a girl marries a WPA worker. The quick divorce agreed upon Is forgotten when romance enters. Lucille Ball, James Ellison, Lee Bowman. Director: Garson Kanin. Pacific Liner. .914. . (76) Jan. 6 Action Drama. A ship’s doctor tries to stem the spread of Asiatic cholera aboard a traveling vessel, but the chief engineer hampers his efforts, while threats of mutiny and death prevail. Victor McLaglen, Chester Morris, Wendy Barrie. Director: Lew Landers. Panama Lady. .925. . (65) May 12 Melodrama. A wealthy oil prospector goes through a complete rehabilitation at the hands of a dance hall girl. Lucille Ball, Allan Lane. Director: Jack Hively. Peck’s Bad Boy With the Circus. .948. . (68) Nov. 25 Comedy Drama. Tommy pinchhits for Ann as a bareback rider with the circus when Ann is hurt. He comes through with flying colors. Tommy Kelly, Ann Gillis. Director: Edward F. Cline. Rookie Cop. .923. . (60) Apr. 28 Melodrama. A young policeman shows his superiors the importance of police dogs in criminal detection. Tim Holt, Virginia Weidler, Janet Shaw, Ace the wonder dog. Director: George Howard. Saint Strikes Back, The. .918. . (64) Mar. 10 Mystery-Melodrama. The Saint helps a San Francisco lassie clear her name and to wipe out a band of thieves who had framed hef: father, the police commissioner. George Sanders, Wendy Barrie, Jonathan Hale. Director: John Farrow. Sorority House. .924. . (63) May 5 Comedy Drama. Presents a celluloid argument against the existing dangers of snobbishness among college sororities. Anne Shirley, J. M. Kerrigan, Barbara Read. Director: John Farrow. Star of Midnight. .Reissue. . (90) Feb. 17 Mystery Comedy-Drama. A Broadway star disappears, a columnist is murdered, and numerous suspects are rounded up before the mystery is cleared. William Powell, Ginger Rogers. Director: Stephen Roberts. Story of Vernon and Irene Castle, The.. 838 (92) Apr. 28 Musical. The rise of the two internationally successful ballroom dancers, taking the period from 1911 up to the death of Castle as a flying instructor in Texas during the war. Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers. Director: H. C. Potter. Tarnished Angel (formerly Miracle Racket) 907 . (67) Oct. 28 Melodrama. A nightclub hostess, hiding out from police, disguises herself as an evangelist and plots to steal a priceless necklace until she discovers her fake "faith cures” are getting results. Sally Eilers, Dee Bowman. Director: Leslie Goodwins. 98 BOXOFFICE May 20, 1939