Boxoffice (Apr-Jun 1939)

THE COMPLETE CH E,C K-UP ON CURRENT RELEASES reatute5 20th Century-Fox Always in Trouble. .914. . (70) Not. 4 Comedy Drama. Jane Withers tries to get her family to give up their social-climbing Ideas after her father suddenly becomes a multimillionaire, and plunges everything Into a turmoil. which is straightened out by the U. S. Coast Guard. Jane Withers. Eddie Collins, Jean Rogers, Nana Bryant. Director: Joseph Santley. Arizona Wildcat. .929. . (69) Feb. 3 Comedy. When her foster-father is accused of lawlessness, Jane organizes a band of nightriders to find the guilty party. Jane Withers. Leo Carrillo. Director: H. I. Leeds. Boy Friend. .943. . (70) May 19 Comedy. When a murder occurs In the police training school which Jane’s brother attends, she and her sweetheart turn sleuths and capture the crooks. Jane Withers, George Ernest, Arleen Whelan. Director: James Tinling. Charlie Chan in Honolulu. .928. . (65) Jan. 13 Mystery. While at home in Hawaii, awaiting the birth of his first grandchild, Chan solves a murder committed on a tramp steamer. Sidney Toler, Phyllis Brooks. Director: H. Bruce Humberstone. Chasing Danger. . 941 .. (60) May 5 Action Drama. Second of the “Camera Daredevil" series, in which two newsreel cameramen are thrown on the track of gun runners supplying an Arabian leader with ammunition for an uprising. Preston Foster, Wally Vernon, Lynn Bari. Director: Ricardo Cortez. Down on the Farm. .920. . (61) Dee. 16 Comedy Drama. The Jones Family vacation* on a farm, and Pa Jones is forced to make good his boasts at the corn-husking bee to win nomination to the state senate. Jed Prouty, Spring Byington, Louise Fazenda. Director: Malcolm St. Clair. Everybody’s Baby . .935. . (62) Mar. 24 Comedy Drama. One of the Jones family series, in which a quack child psychologist hits the town and the young mother falls for his fraud. Jed Prouty, Shirley Deane, Spring Byington, Russell Gleason. Director: Malcolm St. Clair. Hound of the Baskervilles, The. .936. . (80) ..Mar. 31 Melodrama. A. Conan Doyle’s fictionized detective comes to the screen to end the terror of a 300-year-old curse. Richard Greene, Basil Rathbone, Wendy Barrie. Director; Sidney Lanfield. Inside Story . .934. . (61) Mar. 10 Action Drama. A newspaper man, who meets a night-club hostess through a "stunt" ad, saves her from being killed by the owner of the club who feared her disclosure of a murder to which she had been an eye-witness. Michael Whalen, Jean Rogers, Douglas Fowley. Director: Ricardo Cortez. Inspector Hornleigh. .945. . (76) Apr. 21 Melodrama. A detective with a stamp collecting hobby solves a most baffling murder mystery. Gordon Harker, Alastair Sim. Hugh Williams. Director: Eugene Forde. Jesse James. .921. . (105) © Jan. 27 Outdoor Drama. The tragic destiny of America’s boldest desperado. Tyrone Power, Henry Fonda, Nancy Kelly. Director: Henry King. Just Around the Corner. .915. . (71) Not. 11 Comedy Drama. America’s child sweetheart plays the role of an architect's daughter, whom she helps get a new start in his career. Shirley Temple, Joan Davis, Bill Robinson, Charles Farrell. Director: Irving Cummings. Kentucky . .923. . (95) © Dec. 30 Action Drama. Family feuding, which keeps two lovers apart, is forgotten when the girl’* horse wins the Kentucky Derby. Loretta Young, Richard Greene, Ralph Morgan. Director: David Butler. Little Princess. .932. . (93) © Mar. 17 Comedy with Music. Little Shirley is treated like a princess until her father is reported killed in the Boer War. She doubts the reports and runs away from school in search of her father. Shirley Temple, Richard Greene, Anita Louise, Arthur Treacher. Director: Walter Lang. Mr. Moto on Danger Island. .937. . (64) Apr. 7 Melodrama. Mr. Moto is called upon by a diamond syndicate to run down a gang of clever gem smugglers. Peter Lorre, Jean Hersholt, Warren Hymer. Director: Herbert I. Leeds. Mr. Moto’s Last Warning. .920. . (71) Jan. 20 Melodrama. Moto masquerades as an Oriental shopkeeper to trap a renegade who tries to blow up the French fleet as It enters Port Said, thus averting a world war. Peter Lorre, Ricardo Cortez, Virginia Field. Director: Norman Foster. Mysterious Mr. Moto. .912. . (62) Oct. 21 Melodrama. Mr. Moto, on the trail of International assassins, deliberately has himself Imprisoned on Devil’s Island, where he “escapes’’ with a member of the suspected band, who un wittingly leads him to the assassins' hideout. Peter Lorre, Mary Maguire. Director: Norman Foster. Pardon Our Nerve. .931. .(68) Feb. 24 Comedy Drama. Two girls, jobless and broke, find adventure and profit in managing a prize fighter. Lynn Bari, June Gale, Guinn Williams, Michael Whalen. Director: H. Bruce Hum berstone. Return of the Cisco Kid, The. .940. . (71) . .Apr. 28 Outdoor Drama. The Cisco Kid bucks the boss of the countryside to help a girl recover the deed to her ranch. Warner Baxter, Lynn Bari, Cesar Romero, Henry Hull. Director: Herbert I. Leeds. Road Demon. .918. . (70) Dec. 2 Action Drama. Racketeers responsible for the killing of an Indianapolis racetrack driver try similar treatment on his son, but are outwitted by a truckdriver who takes the boy’s place at the wheel. Henry Arthur, Joan Valerie, Henry Armetta, Tom Beck. Director: Otto Brower. Rose of Washington Square . . 942 ..(..).... May 12 Musical. The songs of yesteryear are highlighted in this story of a burlesque showgirl who turns down a theatrical contract to marry a confidence man. Alice Faye, Tyrone Power, A1 Jolson, Marie Wilson. Director: Roy Del Ruth. Sharpshooters. .916. . (64) Nov. 18 Action Drama. A couple of roving newsreel cameramen save a boy ruler of a mythical European kingdom from assassination. Brian Donlevy, Waliy Vernon, Lynn Bari. Director: James Tinling. Smiling Along. .933. . (85) Jan. 26 Musical Comedy. The adventures of a troupe of musical comedy artists which goes on its own when the manager tries to chisel on a benefit show. Gracie Fields, Roger Llvesey, Mary Maguire. Director: Monty Banks. Story of Alexander Graham Bell, The ..938.. (97) Apr. 14 Epic Drama. The story of a great love that was responsible for one of the greatest inventions of ail mankind. Don Ameche, Loretta Young, Henry Fonda. Director: Irving Cummings. Submarine Patrol .. 969 .. (96) Not. 25 Action Drama. A rich man’s son, working at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, falls in love with the daughter of a munitions freighter skipper, who objects to the boy. But they win him over when they sink an enemy U-Boat. Richard Greene, Nancy Kelly, George Bancroft. Director: John Ford. Suez. .913. . (104) Oct. 28 Historical drama. A history of the construction of the Suez Canal, with the love interest woven around a countess who deserts the man who loves her to become the wife of Louis Napoleon. Tyrone Power, Annabella, Loretta loung, J. Edward Bromberg. Direetor: Allan Dwan. TaU Spin. .925. . (83) Feb. 10 Action Drama. A saga of pulchritudinous women fliers who risk their lives in speed planes, competing for honors in airway races. Alice Faye, Constance Bennett, Nancy Kelly. Director: Roy Del Ruth. Thanks for Everything. .917. . (70) Dec. 23 Comedy with Music. The head of an advertising agency tries to make a human guinea pig out of a young man who cornea to collect the 425,000 prize he won from the agency in a national contest. Adolphe Menjou, Jack Oakie, Jack Haley. Arleen Whelan. Director: William A. Setter. Three Musketeers, The. .927. . (72) Feb. 17 Romantic Comedy Drama. A musical comedy version of Alexander Dumas’ novel of the love of a swashbuckling adventurer for a lady-inwaiting. Don Ameche, Ritz Bros., Binnie Barnes, Gloria Stuart. Director: Allan Dwan. lip the River.. 924.. (75) Dec. 9 Comedy. A farce directed at football teams of penal institutions. Preston Foster, Tony Martin, Phyllis Brooks. Director: Alfred Worker. While New York Sleeps. .934 .. (61) Mar. 10 Action Drama. A newspaper man, who meets a night-club hostess through a strange ad, saves her from being killed by the owner of the club who feared her disclosure of a murder to which she had been an eye-witness. Michael Whalen, Jean Rogers, Douglas Fowley. Director: Ricardo Cortez. Wife, Husband and Friend. .930. . (75) Mar. 3 Comedy. A business man with a wife aspiring to operatic ambitions, takes voice lessons himself to wean her away from the idea. Loretta Young, Warner Baxter, Binnie Barnes, Cesar Romero. Director: Gregory Ratoff. Winner Take All. .939. . (61) Apr. 21 Comedy Drama. A crooked promoter makes a boxing sensation out of a cowboy by fixing hi3 fights for him, but it took a girl to turn him into a real fighter. Tony Martin, Gloria Stuart, Henry Armetta, Robert Allen. Director: Otto Brower. United Artists Captain Fury ..(..) May 26 Action Drama. An exiled Irelander breaks the rule of a tyrant and saves the land holdings of the Austrian Colonists. Brian Aherne, Victor McLaglen, George Zucco, June Lang. Director: Hal Roach. Cowboy and the Lady, The.. (91) Nov. 17 Comedy Drama. Gary Cooper, this time as a cowboy, teaches society folk good manners and wins the heart of rich Merle Oberon for keeps. Gary Cooper, Merle Oberon, Patsy Kelly, Walter Brennan. Director: H. O. Potter. Duke of West Point, The.. (165) Dec. 29 Drama. An arrogant cadet proves to his classmen his unselfishness when he takes the blame for an infraction of rules to save a friend. Louis Hayward, Joan Fontaine, Tom Brown. Director: Alfred E. Green. King of the Turf.. (87) Feb. 17 Action Drama. After years of bad breaks, a former race track biggie comes back because of his interest in a young jockey, whom he later learns is his son. For his son’s sake, he tries to throw the race, but the boy “double crosses” him and wins the big handicap. Adolphe Menjou. Roger Daniel, Dolores Costello, Walter Abel. Director: Alfred Green. Made for Each Other. .(85) Feb. 10 Comedy Drama. The story revolves around the love, trials and tribulations of a couple of newlyweds. Carole Lombard, James Stewart. Director: John Cromwell. Prison Without Bars.. (79) Mar. 15 Drama. The new superintendent of a women’s prison in France introduces more humane methods of penology, but loses her lover to an inmate she had befriended. Corinne Luchaire, Edna Best, Sally Wisher, Barry Barnes. Director: Brian Desmond Hurst. Stagecoach. . (92) Mar. 3 Outdoor Drama. Portrays the harrowing events that transpire during a stagecoach journey. Claire Trevor, John Wayne, Andy Devine. Director: John Ford. Topper Takes a Trip.. (78) Jan. 12 Comedy Fantasy. Continues the adventures of Topper and his spiritual ghost. Topper's wife seeks a divorce because of “another woman” who turns out to be a ghost. Constance Bennett, Roland Young, Billie Burke. Director: Norman Z. McLeod. Trade Winds.. (94) Bee. 22 Action Drama. A private detective trails a girl around the globe as a murder suspect, brings her back and proves her Innocent. Fredric March, Joan Bennett, Ralph Bellamy, Ann Sothern. Director: Tay Garnett. Wuthering Heights .. (103) Apr. 7 Drama. From Emile Bronte’s novel of a lovecrazed man whose unrelenting hatred in his revenge against a lost love, warped the lives of those around him. Merle Oberon, Laurence Olivier. Director: William Wyler. Young in Heart.. (90) Oct. 27 Comedy Drama. A vagabond family Is invited by a rich, kindly old lady, to live at her home. They accept with the idea of Influencing her to will them her fortune, but the old lady’s faith in each member of the family causes them to settle down. Janet Gaynor, Douglas Fairbanks jr., Roland Young, Minnie Dupree. Dlreotor: Richard Wallace. Zenobia. . (71) Apr. 21 Comedy. A village doctor treats a sick elephant, who develops a strong affection for her benefactor and becomes a 6,000-pound pest. Oliver Hardy, Harry Langdon. Director: Gordon Douglas. Universal Big Town Czar..(..) Apr. 21 Action Drama. A big shot gangster makes a strong impression on his younger brother, who leaves school to join his gang. But tragedy soon takes the place of glamour. Barton MacLane, Tom Brown, Eve Arden. Director: Arthur Lubin. Code of the Streets. .3019. . (70) Apr. 14 Action Drama. “The Little Tough Guys” come to the rescue of an innocent man, doomed to die. Harry Carey, Frankie Thomas, Paul Fix, "Little Tough Guys.” Director: Harold Young. East Side of Heaven. .3006. . (88) Apr. 7 Comedy With Music. A singing cab driver helps a mother by watching her child, but gets involved in a city-wide kidnap hunt. Bing Crosby, Joan Blondell, Mischa Auer, Sandy. Director: David Butler. Exposed . . 3632 . . (63) Nov. 4 Action Drama. 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