Boxoffice (Apr-Jun 1939)

THE COMPLETE CHECK-UP ON CURRENT RELEASES i Teatuiel prominent prosecutor on the trail of a bandit gang succeed in rounding up the criminals and bringing them to justice. Glenda Farrell, Otto Kruger. Director: Harold Schuster Family Next Door.. (63) Mar. 31 Comedy. A couple spend their savings to buy land and are about to lose their investment when they discover rich mineral deposits in the soil. Hugh Herbert, Ruth Donnelly, Joy Hodges. Director: Joseph Santley. For Dove or Money.. (66) May 5 Comedy Drama. Two employes, entrusted with $50,000, lose the money, and their boss gives them 3 6 hours to produce. June Lang, Robert Kent, Edward Brophy. Director: Albert S. Rogell. Gambling Slop. .3023. . (60) Jan. 20 Action Drama. A young girl takes over the operation of her father's gambling vessel when he is murdered by a notorious rival. Romance blooms when a G-Man comes to the rescue. Robert Wilcox, Helen Mack, Irving PicheL Director: Aubrey Scotto. Ghost Town ltiders. .3051. . (51) Dec. 16 Western. A gang of crooks try to steal the claim on mining property owned by a girl, but the heio wipes them out in a gunfight. Bob Baker, Fay Shannon. Director: George Waggner. Guilty Trails . . 3052 . . (51 ) Oct. 21 Western. Bob Baker gives up his sheriff’s badge after the father of his girl dies. He becomes foreman of the girl’s ranch to help her pay off a note. He finds the note fraudulent and the holder the murderer. Bob Baker, Marjorie Reynolds. Director: George Waggner. llis Exciting Night (formerly Adam’s Evening) . .3036. . (63) Nov. 11 Comedy. Charlie Ruggles is the victim of a series of practical Jokes on the first night of his wedding, being snatched from his bride and getting Involved with a blonde. Director: Gus Meins. Honor of the West. .3055. . (58) Jan. 13 Western. A sheriff resigns rather than arrest his pal whom he knows is guilty of cattle rustling, but he captures the gang after his friend is killed. Bob Baker, Marjorie Bell, Carleton Young. Director: George Waggner. Lady in tile Morgue, The. .202? .. (10) Apr. 22 Mystery Drama, a Crime Club mystery wherein the body or a murdered woman disappears from the morgue. Preston Foster, Frank Jenks, Howland Drew, Patricia Ellis. Director: utls Garrett. Last Express, The. .3028. . (63) Oct. 28 Mystery Drama. An underworld chief hires a private detective to retrieve damaging evidence made against him, in the pursuit of which he is faced with the solution of two murders. Kent Taylor, Dorothea Kent, Addison Richards. Director: Otis Garrett. Last Warning, The. .3027. . (63) Jan. 6 Mystery Melodrama. One of the Crime Club series, in which Detective Crane is called in to track down the "Eye," a mysterious extortionist. Preston Foster, Frank Jenks, Joyce Compton. Director: A1 Rogell. Little Tough Guys in Society . .3011. . (70) . .Nov. 25 Drama. The family physician for a wealthy family prescribes as a cure for their spoiled and sullen child, his association with poor boys from the East Side of New York. Jackie Searl, Mary Boland, Mischa Auer, Little Tough Guys. Director: Erie Kenton. Mystery of the White Room. . 3037 . . (58) . . . Mar. 17 Melodrama. Mystery stalks through hospital corridors when the head surgeon is killed while performing an operation. Bruce Cabot, Helen Mack, Joan Woodbury. Director: Otis Garrett. Newsboys’ Home. .3015. . (73) Dec. 23 Action Drama. A newsboy helps his boss win a circulation war against an opposition paper, and helps the editor win the girl he loves. Jackie Cooper, Edmund Lowe, Wendy Barrie. Director: Harold Young. Pirates of the Skies. .3033. . (61) Feb. 3 Action Drama. A daredevil transport flier joins the State Air Force and uncovers a gang of crooks who have been transporting their stolen loot by plane. Kent Taylor, Rochelle Hudson, Lucien Littlefield. Director: Joe McDonough. Prairie Justice. .3053. . (57) Nov. 4 Western. The murderer of Bob Baker’s father and leader of a gang of outlaws undermining Dorothy Fay’s ranch, turns out to be the latter’s uncle. Bob Baker, Dorothy Fay, Jack Rockwell. Director: George Waggner. Risky Business. .3029. . (78) Mar. 3 Melodrama. A hard-boiled newspaper columnist interests himself in the news angle behind the abduction of a movie financier’s daughter, but loses his life to save the girl. George Murphy, Dorothea Kent, Eduardo Ciannelli, Frances Robinson. Director: Arthur Lubin. Secrets of a Nurse. .3022. . (69) Dec. 9 Action Drama. A criminal lawyer sacrifices his reputation to save his rival, a young boxer, who has been framed in the killing of his manager. Edmund Lowe, Helen Mack, Dick Foran. Director: Arthur Lubin. Service De Luxe. .3013. . (85) Oct. 21 comedy. A young woman, operating a personal service bureau is called upon by an eccentric millionaire to sidetrack his nephew, and does herseli a personal service by saving the latter ironi her man-crazy rival. Constance Bennett. Vincent Price. Director: Rowland V. Lee. Society Smugglers (formerly Key Woman) 3024.. (70) Feb. 24 Drama. A member of the Treasury Department trails a gang of international smugglers operating as luggage manufacturers. Preston Foster, Irene Hervey. Director: Joe May. Son of Frankenstein. .3004. . (94) Jan. 13 Horror Drama. A scientist’s son sets out to redeem his father’s name and succeeds in destroying the monster. Basil Rathbone, Boris Karloff, Bela Lugosi. Director: Rowland V. Lee. Spirit of Culver. .3014. . (90) Mar. 10 Drama. A war orphan in a military school is embittered over the belief his father was killed ill action in the World War. Jackie Cooper, Freddie Bartholomew, Henry Hull, Andy Devine. Director: Joseph Santley. Storm, The.. 3016.. (78) Oct.28 Melodrama. Men battle the elemenis and each other in this drama of two feuding brothers and a heartless ship captain who sends one ot two wireless operators needlessly to his death. Charles Bickiord, Preston Foster, Barton MacLane. Director: Harold Young. Strange Faces. .3035. . (66) Dec.2 Action Drama, A gangster, murdering an honest citizen whom he resembles, is nipped by two reporters in his attempt to marry the town’s rich heiress. Frank Jenks, Leon Ames, Dorothea Kent. Director: Errol Taggart. Swing, Sister, Swing. .3021. . (69) Dec. 16 Musical. A high-powered press-agent brings a group of hometown swing artists to New Tork to present their new dance, "The Baltimore Bubble.” Ken Murray, Johnny Downs, Eddie fjuillan. Director: Joseph Santley. Swing That Cheer. .3026. . (63) Oct. 14 Comedy Drama. Two college football team players who can t get along set their prejudices aside when they learn the coach’s job depends on their winning the games. Tom Brown, Andy Devine, Constance Moore. Director: Harold Schuster. That Certain Age. .2007 .. (95) Oct. 7 Musical uomedy. A group of adolescents, whose play -rehearsing In an empty house is disrupted uy new tenants moving In, arrange to "haunt" the house to make them move. Deanna Durbin, Meivyn Douglas, Jackie Cooper. Director: Edward Ludwig. They Asked for It..(..) May 19 Action Drama. A small town newspaper, trying to capitalize on sensational news, points to the death of a farmer as murder, and gradually uncovers enough evidence to prove it was real murder. William Lundigan, Joy Hodges, Michael Whalen. Director: Frank McDonald. Three Smart Girls Grow Up. .3001. . (87) .. .Mar. 24 Comedy With Music. Sequel to its predecessor, “Three Smart Girls,” in which complications and misunderstandings arise when one sister becomes engaged. Deanna Durbin, Nan Grey, Helen Parrish. Director: Henry Koster. You Can’t Cheat an Honest Man. .3005. . (76) ..Feb. 17 Comedy. Gags and guffaws against a circus background. W. C. Fields, Edgar Bergen, Charlie McCarthy. Director: George Marshall. Warner Bros. Adventures of Jane Arden. .321. . (58) Mar. 18 Action Drama. From the newspaper comic strip cartoon, detailing the adventures of the feminine star reporter, who is assigned to trace down the mysterious killing of a society girl. Roseila Towne, William Gargan, James Stephenson. Director: Terry Morse. Brother Rat. .355. . (89) Oct. 29 Comedy. From the Broadway hit stage play, revolving around the escapades and romances of cadets at Virginia Military Institute. Wayne Morris, Eddie Albert, Ronald Reagan, Priscilla Lane. Director: William Keighley. Dawn Patrol. .303. . (103) Dec. 24 Action Drama. The lives of two British fliers on the western front during the World War. Errol Flynn, Basil Rathbone. Director: Edmund Goulding. Devil’s Island.. 313.. (62) Jan. 7 Action Drama. A famous surgeon, unjustly sen tenced to the infamous Island, heads an escape party, which ironically is picked up by a ship bound for the colony. Boris Karloff, Nedda Harrigan, James Stephenson. Director: William Clemens. Dodge City. .304. . (104) 0 Apr. 8 Outdoor Drama. A spectacle of the west back in ’72 when the railroad reached Southwest Kansas and the steers out of Texas made that outpost town a roaring beehive of activity. Errol Flynn, Olivia De Havilland. Director: Michael Curtiz. Hard to Get.. 310.. (79) Nov. 8 Comedy. A young would-be architect, working in a gasoline station, refuses to accept as a charge the gas bought by a wealthy, spoiled heiress, and forces her to work it out. Dick Powell, Olivia de Havilland, Charles Winninger. Director: Ray Enright. King of the Underworld. . 317 .. (69) Jan. 28 Melodrama. A woman doctor avenges the murder of her husband by temporarily blinding a mob of gangsters, thus aiding the police in their capture. Humphrey Bogart, Kay Francis, James Stephenson. Director: Lewis Seiler. Nancy Drew, Detective. .319. . (65) Nov. 12 Drama. Bonita Granville turns detective to expose Charles Trowbridge, who drugs wealthy old women out of the way, then takes their fortune. Bonita Granville, John Litel, Frankie Thomas. Director: William Clemens. Off the Record (formerly Unfit to Print) 314.. (68) Jan. 21 Drama. A girl reporter marries a newspaperman so they can care for a youngster who has been made the tool of a gambling ring. Through the boy they find the leader. Joan Blondell, Pat O’Brien, Bobby Jordan. Director: James Flood. Oklahoma Kid. .308. . (80) Mar. 11 Outdoor Drama. A notorious outlaw avenges the murder of his father and brother, at the same time ridding a pioneer town from the rule of the gambler responsible for the murders. James Cagney, Humphrey Bogart, Rosemary Lane. Director: Lloyd Bacon. On Trial. .323. . (62) Apr. 1 Melodrama. A dramatization of Elmer Rice’s play, in which the main character, on trial for murder, refuses to lift a finger in his own defense. His wife disappears but turns up at the right moment to convince the jury that her husband’s act was justified. John Litel, Margaret Lindsay, James Stephenson. Director: Terry Morse. Secret Service of the Air. .326. . (61) Mar. 4 Action Drama. Based on the federal government’s activities in rounding up a ring of crooks smuggling aliens into the country across the Mexican border. Ronald Reagan, Ila Rhodes. Director: Noel Smith. Sisters, The. .302. . (99) Oct. 15 Drama. Portrays the lives and loves of three sisters and the type ot man each one marries. Bette Davis, Errol Flynn, Anita Louise. Director: Anatole Lltvak. They Made Me a Criminal. .307. . (89) Jan. 13 Comedy Drama. The social reform of a hardboiled fighter who, thinking himself guilty of murder, hides out on an Arizona fruit ranch. John Garfield, Claude Rains, Ann Sheridan, Dead End Kids. Director: Busby Berkeley. Torchy Gets Her Man. .318. . (62) Nov. 19 Comedy Drama. The sixth of the Torchy Blane series, in which a counterfeiter poses as a G-Man to gain police confidence, but is exposed by a girl reporter. Glenda Farrell, Barton MacLane, Tom Kennedy. Director: William Beaudine. Torchy Runs for Mayor. .322. . (60) May 13 Comedy Drama. When Torchy’s paper refuses to print an expose of crooked city politics, she decides a new mayor is necessary and through the perpetration of a practical joke becomes the winning candidate. Glenda Farrell, Barton MacLane. Director: Ray McCarey. Wings of the Navy. .309. . (89) Feb. 11 Action Drama. A pilot, jealous of his brother’s success in the naval air service, sets a record of his own. George Brent, Olivia de Havilland, John Payne. Director: Lloyd Bacon. Women in the Wind. .316. . (65) Apr. 15 Action Drama. An aviatrix, in need of money for an operation on her crippled brother, enters the women’s air derby, and ends up a la "Wrong Way” Corrigan. Kay Francis, William Gargan, Victor Jory. Director: John Farrow. You Can’t Get Away With Murder.. 364 (78) May 20 Action Drama. A boy of the slums pals around with a police character, who kills a pawnbroker, for which murder his sister’s patrolman fiance is charged. Humphrey Bogart, Gale Page, Billy Halop, Harvey Stephens. Director: Lewis Seiler. BOXOFFICE May 20, 1939 101