Boxoffice (Apr-Jun 1939)

Record Details:

Title:
Boxoffice
Date:
Apr-Jun 1939
Publisher:
Kansas City, Associated Publications
Volume:
Boxoffice (Apr-Jun 1939)
Leaf #:
0001435
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 the This Index is designed as a time saving guide for exhibitors \ 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 Across the Plains (Mono) June 3 3855 Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (M-G-M) Feb. 18 923 Adventures of Jane Arden (IVB) Feb. 18 321 Almost a Gentleman (RKO) Mar. 11 920 Ambush (Para) Jan. 21 3820 Arizona Legion (RKO) Jan. 14.. 982 Arizona Wildcat (20th-Fox) Nov. 12 929 Asking: for Trouble (GB) 8012 Awful Truth (Col), reissue 1072 B Back Door to Heaven (Para) Apr. 15 3833 Beachcomber, The (Para) Dec. 3.3863 Beauty for the Asking (RKO) Jan. 28 915 Big Town Czar (Univ) Apr. 22 3018 Blackwell’s Island (FN) Mar. 4 Blind Alley (Col) Apr. 29 Blondie Meets the Boss (Col) Mar. 4 Blue Montana Skies (Rep) May 6.844 Boy Friend (20th-Fox) May 13. . 943 Boy Slaves (RKO) Jan. 21 911 Boy Trouble (Para) Feb. 4 3824 Boys Reformatory (Mono) May 6 3820 Bridal Suite (M-G-M) May 27 . . 937 Broadway Serenade (M-G-M) Apr. 8 931 Bulldog Drummond’s Secret Police (Para) Apr. 8 3831 Burn ’Em Up O’Connor (M-G-M) Jan. 14 919 C Cafe Society (Para) Feb. 11.... 3826 Calling Dr. Kildare (M-G-M) Apr. 29 932 Captain Fury (UA) May 13 Career (RKO) Charlie Chan in Honolulu (20th-Fox) Dec. 24 928 Charlie Chan in Reno (20th-Fox) June 3 948 Chasing Danger (20th-Fox) Jan. 7 941 Climbing High (20th-Fox) Apr. 22 8012 Code of the Secret Service (FN) May 13 374 Code of the Streets (Univ) Jan. 28 3019 Confessh ns of Nazi Spy (FN) Apr. 2 i 353 Convict’s Code (Mono) Feb. 18.3822 Crashing Through (GN) 327 D Dark Victory (FN) Mar. 11... 354 Dawn Patrol (WB) Dec. 24 303 Disbarred (Para) Jan. 14 3818 Dodge City (WB) Apr. 8 304 Down the Wyoming Trail (Mono) 3864 Drifting Westward (Mono) Mar. 25 3854 Duke of West Point (X A) Dec. 24 E East Side of neaven (Univ) Apr. 15 3006 Everybody’s Baby (20th-F«x) Dec. 3 935 Ex-Champ (Univ) May 20 3010 Exile Express (GN) Feb. 18 301 F Fast and Loose (M-G-M) Feb. 18. 924 Family Next Door (Univ) Apr. 15 3020 Federal Man-Hunt (Rep) Jan. 14 820 Fighting Thoroughbreds (Rep) Jan. 21 808 First Offenders (Col) Mar. 11.. 9030 Fisherman’s Wharf (RKO) Feb. 4 841 Five Came Back (RKO) 927 Fixer Dugan (RKO) Apr. 29... 922 Flying Irishman (RKO) Mar. 11 919 For Love or Money (Univ) 3030 May 13 Forged Passport (Rep) Feb. 11.. 823 Four Girls in White (M-G-M) Jan. 21 921, Frontier Pony Express (Rep) Apr. 15 854 Frontiers of ’49 (Col) Mar. 11... 9212 G Gambling Ship (Univ) Dec. 24. .3023 Girl and the Gambler (RKO) June 10 926 Girl Downstairs (M-G-M) Dec. 31 916 Girl From Mexico (RKO) 928 Going Places (FN) Dec. 24 359 Good Girls Go to Paris (Col) . . Gorilla, The (20th-Fox) May 27. 944 Gracie Allen Murder Case (Para) May 13 3839 Grand Jury Secrets (Para) May 20 3842 Great Man Votes (RKO) Jan. 14 913 Gunga Din (RKO) Jan. 28 912 H nardys Ride High (M-G-M) Apr. 22 934 Harlem Rides the Range (Sack) Hell’s Kitchen (WI5) 312 Heritage of the Desert (Para) Mar. 25 3843 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 (Univ) 3055 Hotel Imperial (Para) Apr. 22.. 3836 llound of the Baskervilles (20th-Fox) Apr. 1 936 House of Fear (Univ) May 20 . 3038 I I Stole a Million (Univ) 1 Was a Convict (Rep) Feb. 25. 824 I’m From Missouri (Para) Mar. 25 3830 Ice Follies of 1939 (M-G-M) Mar. 11 925 Idiot’s Delight (M-G-M) Feb. 4. 920 In Old Caliente (Rep) 856 Inside Information (Univ) June 10 Inside Story (20th-Fox) Get. 22.-934 Inspector Hornleigh (RKO) Apr. 22 945 Invitation to Happiness (Para) May 20 3841 Island of Lost Men (Para) It Could Happen to You <20tli-Fox) June 3 950 It’s a Wonderful World (M-G-M) May 13 936 I Jesse James (20th-Fox) Jan. 21.. 921 Jones Family in Hollywood (20th-Fox) May 27 946 Juarez (IVB) Apr. 29 301 K Kentucky (20th-Fox) Dec. 24. .. 923 Kid From Kokomo (FN) May 27 . 363 Kid From Texas (M-C.-M) Apr. 8 929 King of Chinatown ( Para) Mar. 11 3827 King of the Turf (UA) Feb. 18 King of the Underworld (WB) Jan. 14 317 L Lady and the Mob (Col) Mar. 11.9013 Lady's From Kentucky, The (Para) Apr. 15 3834 Last Warning (Univ) Dec. 10... 3027 Law Comes to Texas (Col) May 27 9214 I.et Freedom Ring (M-G-M) Feb. 25 926 Let Us Live (Col) Feb. 18 9007 Little Pal (Mono) 3828 Tattle Princess (20th-Fox) Feb. 25 932 Lone Star Pioneers (Col) Apr. 15 9213 I.one Wolf Spy Hunt (Col) Jan. 28 9014 Long Shot (GN) Dec. 31 313 Lost Horizon (Col) reissue 1071 Lost Patrol (RKO) Love Affair (RKO) Mar. 18 916 Lucky Night (M-G-M) May 6. . . 933 M Made for Each Other (UA) Feb. 11 Maisic (M-G-M) Man About Town (Para) Man From Sundown (Col) 9208 Man in the Iron Mask (UA) .... Man of Conquest (Rep) Apr. 15. . 801 Man Who Dared (FN) Apr. 8... 375 Mexicali Rose (Rep) Apr. 1 843 Mickey the Kid (Rep) Midnight (Para) Mar. 11 3828 Million Dollar Legs (Para) .... Missing Daughters (Col) Apr. 29.9027 Mountain Rhythm (Rep) 845 Mr. Moto on Danger Island (20th-Fox) Mar. 18 937 Mr. Moto Takes a Vacation <20th-Fox) Nov. 19 952 Mr. Moto’s Last Warning (20th-Fox) July 30 926 My Son Is a Criminal (Col) Mar. 18 9029 My "Wife’s Relatives (Rep) Mar. 11 810 Mysterious Miss X (Rep) Jan. 21 809 Mystery of Mr. Wong (Mono) Mar. 18 3806 Mystery of the White Room (Univ) Apr. 1 3037 Mystery Plane (Mono) Mar. 4. ...3809 N Nancy Drew, Reporter (FN) Jan. 28 372 Nancy Drew, Trouble Shooter (WB) 324 Naughty But Nice (WB) 311 Navy Secrets (Mono) Feb. 18... 3805 Never Say Die (Para) Mar. 11.. 3832 Newsboys Home (Univ) Jan. 28.. 3015 Night Riders (Rep) Apr. 8 865 North of Shanghai (Col) Mar. 11.9038 North of Yukon (Col) 9205 O Off the Record (WB) Jan. 28... 314 Oklahoma Kid (WB) Mar. 18... 308 On Borrowed Time (M-G-M) .... On Trial (WB) Mar. 25 323 One Third of a Nation (Para) Feb. 11 3825 Only Angels Have AA’ings (Col) May 20 9001 Outside These Walls (Col) June 3 9031 P Pacific Liner (RKO) Dec. 31... 914 Panama Lady (RKO) May 13... 925 Panama Patrol (GN) Feb. 25 . . . . 314 Pardon Our Nerve (20th-Fox) Nov. 19 931 Parents on Trial (Col) Paris Honeymoon (Para) Dec. 24 3821 Persons in Hiding (Para) Jan. 28.3823 Phantom Stage (Univ) 3056 Pirates of the Skies (Univ) 3033 Pride of the Navy (Itep) Jan. 28. 822 Prison Without Bars (UA) Feb. 25 Pygmalion (M-G-M) Dec. 11 980 R Racketeers of the Range (RKO) May 20 984 Red River Range (Rep) Apr. 29 861 Return of the Cisco Kid (20th-Fox) Apr. 29 940 Ride ’Em Cowgirl (ON) Jan. 28.W1-2 Risky Business (Univ) Mar. 11.. 3029 Romance of the Redwoods (Col) Apr. 29 Rolling Westward (Mono) Apr. 1.3863 Rookie Cop (RKO) Apr. 29 923 Rose of Washington Square (20th-Fox) May 13 942 Rough Riders Roundup (Rep) Mar. 25 853 S Saint in London (RKO) 929 St. Louis Blues (Para) Jan. 28 3822 Snint Strikes Back (RKO) Feb. 18 918 Second Fiddle (20th-Fox) Secret Service of the Air (WB) Feb. 11 320 Sergeant Madden (M-G-M) Mar. 25 927 Shine On, Harvest Moon (Rep) May 27 852 Should a Girl Marry? (Mono) .. 3823 Silver on the Sage (Para) Feb. 18 3858 Singing Cowgirl (GN) June 3..WI-3 Six Gun Rhythm (GN) Feb. 18 WI-19 6,000 Enemies (M-G-M) June 3. . 938 Smiling Along (20th-Fox) Dec. 17 933 Smoky Trails (Metropolitan) . . . Society Lawyer (M-G-M) Apr. 1 930 Society Smugglers (Univ) Mar. 11 3024 Some Like It Hot (Para) May 13 3837 Son of Frankenstein (Univ) Jan. 21 Sorority House (RKO) Apr. 22.. 924 S. O. S. Tidal Wave (Rep) June 3 Southward Ho! (Rep) 855 Spirit of Culver (Univ) Mar. 4.. 3014 Spoilers of the Range (Col) June 10 9206 Stagecoach (UA) Feb. 11 Stand Up and Fight (M-G-M) Jan. 7 918 @h.Gtt CURRENT RELEASES Star of Midnight (RKO) reissue Star Reporter (Mono) Feb. 25.. 3822 Stolen Life (Para) Apr. 29 3861 Story of Alexander Graham Bell (20th-Fox) Apr. 8 938 Story of Vernon and Irene Castle (RKO) 838 Street of Missing Men (Rep) Apr. 29 Streets of New York (Mono) Apr. 15 3802 Stronger Than Desire (M-G-M) 941 Stunt Pilot (Mono) Submarine Patrol (20th-Fox) Nov. 5 909 Sudden Money (Para) Mar. 25 Sun Never Sets, The (Univ) June 10 Sundown on the Prairie (Mono) Apr. 1 3862 Sunset Trail (Pnra) Oet. 29 3857 Susannah of the Mounties (20th-Fox) 954 Sweepstakes Winner (FN) Apr. 22 373 Sweethearts (M-G-M) Dec. 24... 910 T Tail Spin (20th-Fox) 925 Tarzan Finds a Son! (M-G-M) June 3 939 Tell No Tales (M-G-M) May 20. 935 Texas Stampede (Col) 9204 Thanks for Everything (20th Fox) Dec. 10 917 There’s That Woinnn Again (Col) Dec. 17 9000 They All Come Out (M-G-M) . . They Asked for It (Univ) 3040 They Made Her a Spy (RKO) Mar. 25 '. . 920 They Made Me a Criminal (WB) Jan. 7 307 Three Musketeers (20th-Fox) Feb. 11 927 Three Smart Girls Grow Up (Univ) Mar. 25 3001 Three Texas Steers ( Rep) 866 Thundering West (Col) Apr. 15.. 9203 Timber Stampede (RKO) 985 Tom Sawyer, Detective (Para) Dec. 24 3816 To the Rescue (GN) 328 Topper Takes a Trip (UA) Jan. 7 Torehy in Chinatown (FN) 371 Torchy Runs for Mnyor (WB) Apr. 1 322 Tough Kid (Mono) Jan. 14 3819 Trade Winds (UA) Dec. 31 Trapped in the Sky (Col) 9024 Trigger Pals (GN) Jan. 21 Wl-13 Trigger Smith (Mono) May 13... 3854 Trouble in Sundown (RKO) Mar. 11 983 12 Crowded nours (RKO) Feb. 18 917 U Undercover Agent (Mono) 3824 Undercover Doctor (Para) May 27 3840 Union Pacific (Para) May 6... 3835 Unmarried (Para) May 27 3838 W Wanted by Scotland Yard (Mono) Apr. 29 3829 AA’nter Rustlers (GN) Mar. 18..4V1-1 XAaterfront (AVB) 325 AVestern Caravans (Col) 9207 AVhile 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 AVinner Take All (20th-Fox) Feb. 25 939 AVithin the Law (M-G-M) Mar. 18 928 AVolf Call (Mono) May 27 3813 Woman Doctor (Rep) Feb. 4.... 808 AA’omen in the AVind (AVB) Feb. 4 316 AVulhering Heights (UA) Apr. 1 Y Yes, My Darling Daughter (FN) Feb. 11 357 A’ou Can’t Cheat an Honest Man (Univ) Feb. 25 3005 You Can’t Get Away With Murder (FN) Jan. 28 364 Young Mr. Lincoln (20th-Fox) . . . 947 z Zaza (Para) Jan. 7 3819 Zenobia (UA) Mar. 18 Zero Hour (Rep) May 27 BOXOFFICE :: June 10, 1939 101