Boxoffice (Apr-Jun 1940)

THE COMPLETE CHECK-U P ON CURRENT RELEASES Cheyenne Kid, The. .3962. . (51) Feb. 20 Western. Trapped by a disgruntled foreman whom he succeeded, a cowboy is helped by his girl and his pal. Jack Randell, Louise Stanley. Director: Raymond K. Johnson. Covered Wagon Trails. .3963. . (53) Apr. 10 Western. The cattlemen are convinced that settlers will not interfere with their business. Jack Randall. Director: Raymond Johnson. Danger Ahead. .3939. . (56) Jan. 10 Action Drama. A robber gang’s tieup with a trucking concern is exposed. James Newill, Dorothea Kent. Director: Ralph Staub. East Side Kids. .3924. . (62) Feb. 10 Melodrama. Slum-raised children thwart a gang of counterfeiters. Vince Barnett, Dennis Moore. Director: Bob Hill. Fatal Hour, The (Formerly Mr. Wong at Headquarters) . .3909. . (65) Jan. 15 Melodrama. Several murders and a profusion of clues give a smart girl reporter the opportunity to match wits with a group of slippery knaves. Boris Karloff, Grant Withers, Marjorie Reynolds. Director: William Nigh. Gentleman From Arizona. .3912. . (73) Dec. 25 Drama. After the race horse, owned by his girl’s father, is poisoned, the hero rides his own horse to victory in the sweepstakes, wins the girl and a job as foreman on her father’s ranch. J. Farrell MacDonald, Joan Barclay, John King. Director: Earl Haley. Hidden Enemy. .3922. . (63) Jan. 20 Melodrama. Newspaperman loses his job protecting a girl he thinks a spy. All is cleared when it develops she works with the G-Men. Warren Hull, Kay Linaker. Director: Howard Bretherton. Human Monster, The. .3916. . (73) Mar. 9 Melodrama. An insurance head, concealing himself as administrator of a home for the blind, kills various persons after having them insured. Bela Lugosi. Director: Walter Summers. Lucky Texan, The. .Reissue. . (56) Dec. 10 Western. “Lucky” returns to the West from college, in time to save a prospector and his daughter from two villians. John Wayne, George Hayes, Barbara Sheldon. Director: R. N. Bradbury. Midnight Limited. .3921. . (61) Mar. 20 Melodrama. A series of robberies and murder on the Montreal-New York line are solved. John King, Marjorie Reynolds. Director: Howard Bretherton. Murder on the Yukon. . 3940. . (57) Feb. 25 Western. A miser’s death leads to the uncovering of a counterfeit ring. James Newill, Polly Ann Young. Director: Louis Gasnier. Pioneer Days. .3961. . (53) Jan. 25 Western. Apprehension of express agent killers also leads to restoration of a stolen saloon to the heroine. Jack Randall, June Wilkins. Director: Harry Webb. Rhythm of the Rio Grande. . 3953 .. (53) Mar. 2 Western. Ranch fires are traced to an owner who wants his neighbors’ lands. Tex Ritter, Susan Dale. Director: A1 Herman. Secret Four, The (Formerly Four Just Men) 3924.. (79) Jan. 15 War Melodrama. An English-produced picture. Four men uncover a conspiracy to destroy Great Britain. Hugh Sinclair, Griffith Jones, Francis L. Sullivan, Frank Lawton, Anna Lee. Director: Walter Ford. Son of the Navy .. 3902 .. (72) Mar. 30 Comedy-Drama. A runaway orphan finds a sailor and a girl to adopt him. James Dunn, Jean Parker. Director: William Nigh. Tomboy.. (..) Apr. 5 Comedy-Drama. A mean uncle makes amends when his nephew tackles two tramps, saving his uncle from harm and retrieving his money. Jackie Moran, Marcia Mae Jones, Grant Withers. Director: Robert McGowan. West of the Divide. .Reissue. . (55) Dec. 10 Western. A cowboy tracks down his father’s murderer and brings to justice a gang of cattle rustlers. John Wayne, George Hayes, Virginia Brown. Director: R. N. Bradbury. Westbound Stage. .3952. . (56) Dec. 15 Outdoor Musical. Tex captures the gang responsible for his brother’s death. Tex Ritter, Muriel Evans, Reed Howes. Director: Spencer Bennett. Yukon Flight. .3938. . (58) Dec. 5 Action Drama. A plane crash exposes the theft of gold shipments. James Newill, Louise Stanley, Dave O’Brien, Karl Hackett. Director: Ralph Staub. Paramount Adventure in Diamonds .. 3928 .. (80) Apr. 5 Melodrama. Diamond thieves who smuggle the gems out of South African mines are apprehended. George Brent, Isa Miranda. Director: George Fitzmaurice. All Women Have Secrets. .3914. . (70) Dec. 15 Drama. Problems that stem from student marriages. Virginia Dale, Joseph Allen jr., Jean Cagney, Peter Hayes. Director: Kurt Neumann. <v)Dr. Cyclops. .3929. . (79) Apr. 12 Melodrama. A mad scientist reduces living beings to diminutive proportions. Albert Dekker, Janice Logan. Director: Ernest Schoedsack. Einergencj' Squad. .3917. . (58) Jan. 5 Action Drama. A girl reporter solves the mysterious accidents in a municipal tunnel project. William Henry, Louise Campbell, Richard Denning. Director: Edward Dmytryk. Farmer’s Daughter, The. .3927. . (60) Mar. 29 Comedy. A summer theatre on her father’s farm brings Martha romance, and when the star goes temperamental, success on the stage. Martha Raye, Charlie Ruggles, Gertrude Michael. Director: James Hogan. Geroniino!. .3918. . (90) Jan. 12 Outdoor Drama. Historical version of the marauding Apache chief who terrorized the Southwest for many years after the Civil War, and his ultimate capture by the army. Preston Foster, Ellen Drew. Director: Paul H. Sloane. ytGreat Victor Herbert, The. .3916. . (92) . . .Dec. 29 Drama. Story of the life of the composer, bringing to the screen his famous, semi-classical melodies. Allan Jones, Mary Martin, Walter Connolly. Director: Andrew L. Stone. y0Gulliver’s Travels. .3915. . (74) Dec. 22 Technicolor Cartoon. Feature-length, fantasy cartoon, adapted from the Jonathan Swift classic. Singing Voices: Jessica Dragonette, Lanny Ross. Director: Dave Fleischer. Knights of the Range. .3923. . (68) Feb. 23 Western. Disgusted with his activities, a rustler joins the side of law and order, outwitting his old gang. Russell Hayden, Victor Jory, Jean Parker. Director: Lesley Selander. Light That Failed, The . . 3921 . . (97) Feb. 9 Drama. An artist, back from war in Egypt, struggles for fame and love, achieving the former as he goes blind. Ronald Colman, Walter Huston, Ida Lupino. Director: William A. Wellman. Llano Kid. .3913. . (69) Dec. 8 Western with Music. Starting to impersonate the missing heir of a Mexican land-baron, the deceiver turns on his partner-in-crime. Tito Guizar, Alan Mowbray, Gale Sondergaard. Director: E. D. Venturini. Night of Nights, The . . 3912 . . (87) Dec. 1 Drama. A heartbroken playwright triumphs in a play of his own, when he meets his daughter after 20 years. A fatal heart attack follows his triumph. Pat O’Brien, Olympe Bradna, Roland Young. Director: Lewis Milestone. Parole Fixer. .3920. . (64) Feb. 2 Melodrama. FBI work in rounding up criminals who are loosed by shyster lawyers and crooked parole boards. William Henry, Virginia Dale, Robert Paige. Director: Robert Florey. Remember the Night. .3919. . (86) Jan. 19 Drama. The assistant district attorney prosecutes the girl he loves who happens to be a jewel thief. Barbara Stanwyck, Fred MacMurray. Director: Mitchell Leisen. Road to Singapore. .3926. . (84) Mar. 22 Comedy with Music. Two confirmed bachelors flee marriage and work but fall in love with the same girl on a South Sea island. Bing Crosby, Bob Hope, Dorothy Lamour. Director: Victor Schertzinger. Santa Fe Marshal. .3956. . (68) Jan. 26 Western. The leader of a robber gang is exposed by a marshal who conceals his identity as a medicine show participant. William Boyd, Russell Hayden, Marjorie Rambeau. Director: Lesley Selander. Seventeen. .3924. . (78) Mar. 1 Comedy. An adolescent’s hectic courtship, financial troubles and his tragic defeat when the vamp leaves with another man. Jackie Cooper, Betty Field. Director: Louis King. Showdown, The. .3957. . (64) .Mar. 8 Western. A pal’s cargo of race horses is saved from the bad men. William Boyd, Russell Hayden. Director: Howard Bretherton. Sidewalks of London. .3922. . (84) Feb. 16 Drama. The lives of London’s “buskers,” sidewalk entertainers. Charles Laughton, Vivien Leigh. Director: Tim Whelan. Women Without Names. .3925. . (62) . Mar. 15 Melodrama. A bride breaks jail in time to free her unjustly accused husband from a murder charge. Ellen Drew, Robert Paige. Director: Robert Florey. *r<2atuze3 Republic Days of Jesse James. .953. . (61) Dec. 20 Western. Further adventures of Jesse James, and how a peace officer aids a railroad detective in cleaning up a frontier town. Roy Rogers, George Hayes, Pauline Moore. Director: Joseph Kane. Forgotten Girls. .920. . (67) Mar. 15 Drama. Circumstances force a girl to escape prison, which she almost preferred to her former squalid life. A reporter enters her life and all is squared. Louise Platt, Donald Woods. Director: Phil Rosen. Ghost Valley Raiders. .991 .. (57) Mar. 26 Western. The man responsible for repeated stagecoach robberies is discovered. Donald Barry, Lona Andre. Director: George Sherman. Heroes of the Saddle . .963 .. (56) Jan. 10 Western. The three mesquiteers rescue the daughter of their pal who was killed, and other inmates from a mis-run orphanage. Robert Livingston, Raymond Hatton, Duncan Renaldo. Director: William Witney. Hi-Yo, Silver. .129. . (65) Apr. 10 Western. The lone ranger frees a small town of an outlaw’s rule. Lee Powell, Herman Briggs, Chief Thundercloud, Lynn Roberts. Directors: William Whitney, John English. Money to 15iirn . .917 . . (66) Jan. 4 Comedy. Pa Higgins as an advertising agency employe and Ma with a contest mania. Ma gets Pa fired so she can enter a contest promoted by his agency. James Gleason, Lucile Gleason, Russell Gleason. Director: Gus Meins. Pioneers of the West. .964. . (56) Mar. 10 Western. The Three Mesquiteers rescue a wagon train from Indian attack; later save the group’s land, and finally save their proceeds, realized by a cattle sale. Director: Les Orlebeck. Rancho Grande. .942. . (66) Mar. 22 Western. The foreman trustee of a ranch saves it from a lawyer’s clutches by bringing irrigation. Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette, June Storey. Director: Frank McDonald. South of the Border. .941. . (70) Dec. 15 Western. Federal agents quell an uprising in Mexico. Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette, Mary Lee. Director: George Sherman. Thou Shalt Not Kill. .916. . (64) Dec. 27 Drama. An innocent lad awaits the death penalty, while a priest, unable to violate the sanctity v of the confessional, uses his influence to get the real killer to confess. Charles Bickford, Owen Davis jr., Doris Day, Paul Guilfoyle. Director: John H. Auer. Village Barn Dance. .919. . (74) Jan. 30 Musical Comedy Drama. The small-town girl is won by the handsome newcomer who also succeeds in regenerating the village skinflint. Richard Cromwell, Doris Day. Director: Frank MacDonald. Wolf of New York, The. .918. . (69) Jan. 26 Melodrama. A criminal lawyer becomes D. A. when a person he befriended is executed, though innocent. As D. A. he rounds up the guilty ones. Edmund Lowe, Rose Hobart, James Stephenson. Director: William McGann. RKO Radio A Bill of Divorcement. .025. . (74) Apr. 12 Drama. The issues precipitated by divorce and hereditary insanity are met by a refined English family. Maureen O’Hara, Adolphe Menjou, Fay Bainter, Herbert Marshall. Director: John Farrow. Bullet Code . . 083 . . (59) Apr. 5 Western. A cattleman’s efforts to make amends for a crime he thinks he committed but of which is innocent. George O’Brien, Virginia Vale. Director: David Howard. Courageous Dr. Christian. .030. . (67) Apr. 5 Drama. A doctor wins proper housing quarters for squatters only when an epidemic threatens the entire town. Jean Hersholt, Dorothy Lovett. Director: Bernard Vorhaus. Escape to Paradise. .945. . (60) Dec. 22 Drama with Music. A highly Imaginative South American youngster aids in furthering a romance between a tourist and the daughter of a ranchero. Bobby Breen, Kent Taylor, Marcia Shelton. Director: Erie Kenton. Hunchback of Notre Dame, The. .015. . (114) .Dec. 29 Drama. Medieval horror melodrama of the gypsy girl who is saved from a Paris mob by the Hunchback. Charles Laughton, Sir Cedric Hardwicke, Maureen O’Hara. Director: William Dieterle. BOXOFFICE :: April 13, 1940 83