Boxoffice (Apr-Jun 1939)

Page scan 0001204 from Boxoffice

Record Details:

Title:
Boxoffice
Date:
Apr-Jun 1939
Publisher:
Kansas City, Associated Publications
Volume:
Boxoffice (Apr-Jun 1939)
Leaf #:
0001204
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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MISCELLANEOUS v WARNED. Sookinq ^hatt TO A GUIDE CURRENT RELEASES Date at top oi column is week ending. Number in square is national release date, 1938-39. Production number is at right. Running time (company estimate) follows title. Letter "A" indicates Adult classification, otherwise Family suitability. R— is review date. Symbol indicates BOXOFFICE Blue Ribbon Award Winner. Symbol © indicates color photography. DECEMBER 10 DECEMBER 17 DECEMBER 24 DECEMBER 31 JANUARY 7 JANUARY 14 |~§~[ Western 9202 Rio Grande (67) Charles Starrett Ann Doran R — Apr. 8 |Js| Western 8206 California Frontier (57) Buck Jones R — Dec. 24 |l5| Drama 9022 Strange Case of Dr. Meade (66) (For. Outside the Law) J. Holt R — Oct. 29 [24] Comedy Mystery 9006 There’s That Woman Again (70) Melvyn Douglas Virginia Bruce R— Dec. 17 [29| Melodrama 9015 Smashing the Spy Ring (63) Ralph Bellamy Fay Wray R — Jan. 28 [5] Melodrama 9035 Homicide Bureau (59) B. Cabot-R. Hayworth R — Feb. 11 [J2I Western 9203 Thundering West (57) Chas. Starrett Iris Meredith R — Apr. 15 • 1 6 1 Western Wl-i Water Rustlers (64) Dorothy Page; R-Mar. 18 [~6~] Action Drama 313 Long Shot (69) Gordon Jones Marsha Hunt R — Dec. 31 [J4] Western Wl-13 Trigger Pals (56) Art Jarrett Lee Powell A1 St. John R — Jan. 21 |~9~[ Drama 915 Dramatic School (78) Luise Rainer Alan Marshal Paulette Goddard R — Dec. 10 [10] Drama 917 ()A Christmas Carol (69) Reginald Owen Terry Kilburn R— Dec. 17 [23| Comedy Drama 916 The Girl Downstairs (77) (For. The Awakening of Katerina) Franchot Tone Franciska Gaal R — Dec. 31 |3q| Musical Drama 910 ^©Sweethearts (110) N. Eddy-J. MacDonald R — Dec. 24 [U] Historical Drama 918 Stand Up and Fight (95) Wallace Beery Robert Taylor R — Jan. 7 IJ3] Action Drama 919 1 Burn ’Em Up O’Connor (67) Dennis O’Keefe R — Jan. 14 [~7~| Western 3861 Song: of the Bnckaroo (60) (For. Little Tenderfoot) Ter Ritter R — Jan. 14 [J4] Drama 3812 I Am a Criminal (73) John Carroll Kay Linaker R — Dec. 3 [2J) Western 3852 Wild Horse Canyon (50) (For. Last Outlaw) Jack Randall R — Jan. 7 [28] Melodrama 3819 Tough Rid (61) F. Darro-J. Allen R— Jan. 14 J | j [JJ] Action Drama 3815 Ride a Crooked Mile (70) Akim Tamiroff Frances Farmer Leif Erlkson R — Dec. 10 [Jo] Western 3856 Frontiersman (74) William Boyd Evelyn Venable R — Nov. 26 [23] Com. Drama 3816 Tom Sawyer, Detective (68) Donald O’Connor Billy Cook R— Dec. 24 |3p] Comedy 3817 Artists and Models Abroad (90) J. Benny-Joan Bennett R — Nov. 6 |~j~| Action Drama 3818 Disbarred (68) Otto Kruger Gail Patrick R — Jan. 14 [J3] Drama 3819 , Zaza (86) Claudette Colbert Herbert Marshall R — Jan. 7 [JJ] Drama 819 Orphans of the Street (64) Tommy Ryan Bob Livingston R— Dec. 17 |22] Western 864 Red River Range (56) Three Mesquiteers R — Apr. 29 |23| Western 852 Shine on Harvest Moon(57) Roy Rogers-Mary Hart [27] Melodrama 820 Federal Man-Hnnt (64) R. Livingston J. Travis R — Jan. 14 * [~6~| Action Drama 808 Fighting Thoroughbreds (65) Mary Carlisle Ralph Byrd R — Jan. 21 [Jo] Mystery-Comedy 809 , Mysterious Miss X (62) Mary Hart Michael Whalen R — Jan. 21 [s~[ Action Drama 914 Pacific Liner (76) Victor McLaglen Chester Morris R — Dec. 31 IJ3] Comedy 913 • Great Man Votes (70) John Barrymore Peter Holden R — J an. 14 |~9~| Comedy 924 Up the River (75) Tony Martin Phyllis Brooks R — Nov. 12 [Jo] Comedy Drama 920 Down on the Farm (61) Jones Family Jed Prouty-S. Deane R— Oct. 15 |23] Com. with Music 917 Thanks for Everything (70) Adolphe Menjou Arleen Whelan Jack Oakle R — Dec. 10 [30] Action Drama 923 ©Kentucky (95) Loretta Young Richard Greene R — Dec. 24 |~6~[ Action Drama 922 While New York Sleeps (61) (For. Inside Story) Michael Whalen Jean Rogers R — Oct. 22 [J3] Action Drama 928 < Charlie Chan in Honolulu (65) R— Dec. 24 S. Toler-P. Brooks [22] Action Drama Trade Winds (94) Fredric March Joan Fontaine R — Dec. 31 [29] Drama Duke of West Point (106) Louis Hayward Joan Fontaine R— Dec. 24 [12] Comedy . Topper Takes a Trip (78) Connie Bennett Roland Young R — Jan. 7 [“9] Action Drama 3028 Secrets of a Nurse (69) Edmund Lowe Helen Mack R — Nov. 19 [Jo] Musical 3021 Swing, Sister, Swing (69) Ken Murray-K. Kane R — Dec. 17 [Jq| Western 3054 Ghost Town Riders (54) Bob Baker [23] Action Drama 3015 Newsboys Home (73) Jackie Cooper Wendy Barrie R — Jan. 28 |~6~| Melodrama 3027 Last Warning (63) Preston Foster Frances Robinson R — Dec. 10 IJ3] Horror Drama 3004 Son of Frankenstein (94) * Basil Rathbone Boris Karloff Bela Lugosi R — Jan. 21 [J3] Western 3055 Honor of the West (58) B. Booker-M. Bell [Jo] Action Drama FN362 ©Heart of the North (74) Dick Foran-G. Dickson R — Dec. 17 [24| Action Drama WB303 Dawn Patrol (103) Errol Flynn Basil Rathbone R — Dec. 24 jjjJJ Com. with Mus. FN359 Going Places (8 4) Dick Powell Anita Louise R — Dec. 24 [J3] Com. Drama W'B307 ■ They Made Me a Criminal (89) John Garfield R — Jan. 7 [Jq| Negro Western Sack Bronze Buckaroo ( . . ) Herbert Jeffrey Mantan Moreland |~7~| Negro Western Sack Harlem Rides the Range (..) Herbert Jeffrey Mantan Moreland 130 BOXOFFICE May 27, 1939 DK