Boxoffice (Apr-Jun 1945)
Reading and Downloading:
Record Details:
Something wrong or inaccurate about this page? Let us Know!
Thanks for helping us continually improve the quality of the Lantern search engine for all of our users! We have millions of scanned pages, so user reports are incredibly helpful for us to identify places where we can improve and update the metadata.
Please describe the issue below, and click "Submit" to send your comments to our team! If you'd prefer, you can also send us an email to mhdl@commarts.wisc.edu with your comments.
View OCR Text
We use Optical Character Recognition (OCR) during our scanning and processing workflow to make the content of each page searchable. You can view the automatically generated text below as well as copy and paste individual pieces of text to quote in your own work.
Text recognition is never 100% accurate. Many parts of the scanned page may not be reflected in the OCR text output, including: images, page layout, certain fonts or handwriting.
REVIEW DIGEST
AND PICTURE GUIDE INDEX
An interpretative analysis of opinions deduced from the language of lay and trade press reviews. The plus and minus signs indicate the degree of favor or disfavor of the review. Blank spaces indicate no review. This department serves also as an ALPHABETICAL INDEX to feature releases. Numeral preceding title is Picture Guide Review page number. In parenthesis after title is running time. Date following distributor is BOXOFFICE review date. Listings cover current reviews. It will be brought up to date regularly. The meaning of the various signs and their combinations is as follows:
ft Very Good; + Good; ± Fair; rp Mediocre; — Poor; = Very Poor.
iluses; = as 2 minuses.
at
0
0
X
"c
0
’Z 0
re £■
>*
>2
O
5
0 .
0 at
II
at
5 w
^ 5
n
>»
n
E
E
cn
xoc
>
IZ
xcc
Q. S
z 0
</>
2+2
Hr
2+ 2
=
2+2
2+2
+
+
+
+
6+ 4
2+2
1+ 1
P
-p
2+ 2
2+
2*z
P
2+2
2+2
2+
6+ 6
+
2+2
P
H
2+2
± 2
2+2
7+ 6 —
+
2+2
2+
2+2
4+ 3
P
P
2+
2+2
-P
H
7+ 7
2+2
—
2+2
2+ 3
±
P
P
2+2
2+2
±
H
7+ 7
2+
2+2
+
+
+
+
7+ 3
H
H
H
H
H
6+ 6
2+
2+2
+
+
+
2+2
2+2
7+ 4
+
+
+
2+
+
+
ff
8+ 1
HH
2+2
P
2+2
±2
+
2+2
7+ 6
±
2+2
—
+
+
-P
2+2
6+ 5—
—
-+■
H
H
H
H
5+ 7
+
P
P
+
2+2
—
5+ 3
2+2
+
2+2
+
+
Hr
7+ 4
+
-H
ft
+
+f
+
+
10+
+
+
P
+
+
+
6+ 1
2+
2+2
2+2
3+ 3
rp
+
P
±
dr
—
5+ 5—
H;
2+2
+
±
2+2
“P
6+ 5
+
±
+
+
+
—
2+
6+ 3
ft
+
-H
+
■H
2+2
2+2
10+ 2
+
ft
-H
+
tt
tt
ff
12+
2+
P
2+
^P
4+ 4 —
+
P
-+2
±
2+2
H
7+ 6
+
2+2
2+2
±
2+
+
2+
7+ 5
+
+
ft
+f
++
+
9+
2+2
H^
2+2
—
2+
2+
5+ 6
2+
2+2
P
+
2+2
2+2
6+ 5
+
2+2
+
2+
+
+
2+2
7+ 3
P
2+2
2+2
2+2
6+ 6
±
P
2+2
2+2
-+
5+ 5
2+2
2+
±
H
2+2
H
6+ 6—
rh
2+2
2+2
2+2
+
2+
—
6+ 6
-H
2+2
+
+
+
+
ff
9+ 1
+
2+2
2+2
2+2
-P
+
-P
7+ 5
+
2+2
2+
+
+
2+2
-P
7+ 4
+
2+2
+
+
+
2+2
+
7+ 2
-P
+
—
H
H
4+ 4—
H
1+ 1
2+
2+2
2+ 2
+
ft
+
+
ft
ff
9+
1+ 1
+
+
2+
+
■±2
+
+
7+ 2
2+2
H
H
3+ 3
=
2+2
2+
2+2
2+2
=
2+2
5+ 9
2+
2+2
2+
H
2+2
2+
6+ 6
2+
2+2
2+2
3+ 3
+
+
+
-H
++
+
2+
9+ 1
+
Hr
2+
+
++
2+2
-P
8+ 4—
2+2
+
2+
+
H
5+ 3
2+2
1+ 1
2+
-P
2+ 2
2+2
1+ 1
1+ 1
—
-P
—
1+ 3
±
P
2+2
qz
2+2
+
+
7+ 5
2+
+
—
ff
2+2
6+ 4
+
1+
±2
P
2+
2+2
2+
2+2
2+
7+ 7
2+
2+2
H
2+
+
H
H
7+ 6
P
2+2
+
2+2
±
5+ 4
P
H
2+2
-P
4+ 4 —
> „ 1-5
z o
549 Abroad With Two Yanks (SO) UA. . 7-22-44 + ± -f +
606 Adventures of Kitty O'Day (63) Mono. 2-17-45 ± dr dr
620 Affairs of Susan, The (110) Para. . 4 7-45 f+ +
573 Alaska (76) Mono 10-14-44 dr dr +
Along Came Jones (..) RKO
545 Amazing Mr. Forrest (71) PRC 7 1-44 dr dr rp +
546 American Romance, An (122) MGM. 7 1-44 dr +■ ff
575 And Now Tomorrow (85) Para 10-21-44 + + +
544 Are These Our Parents? (73) Mono 6-24-44 rp rp rp
524 Arizona Whirlwind (59) Mono 4-15-44 + dr
589 Army Wives (68) Mono 12-16-44 ± dr rp
562 Arsenic and Old Lace (118) WB 8 2-44 + -+ ■+
555 Atlantic City (85) Rep 8-12-44 -f + ±
542 Attack (80) RKO 6-17-44 + ++
+
ft
tt
± ± ± ±
— -+--* +
B
572 Babes on Swing Street (70) Univ. . 9-30-44 dr ± dr
632 Back to Bataan (97) RKO 6 2-45 + dr +
553 Barbary Coast Gent (87) MGM 8 5-44 dr dr dr
Bedside Manner (..) UA
Behind City Lights (..) Rep....
Bell for Adano, A ( . • ) 20-Fox
586 Belle of the Yukon (84) RKO 12 2-44 -f dr +
Bells of Rosarita (..) Rep +
540 Beneath Western Skies (56) Rep.. 6-10-44 rp — + dr dr dr
610 Betrayal From the East (85) RKO.. 3 3-45 rp rp dr
596 Between Two Women (83) MGM... 1-13-45 dr + dr
Beyond the Pecos (..) Univ
596 Big Bonanza, The (60) Rep 1-13-45
568 Big Noise, The (74) 20-Fox 9-23-44 +
597 Big Show-Off, The (69) Rep 1-20-45 +
565 Black Magic (64) Mono 9 9-44 dr
557 Block Busters (60) Mono 8-19-44 rp
586 Blonde Fever (69) MGM 12 2-44
Blonde From Brooklyn (..) Col dr
Blonde Ransom (..) Univ rp dr
628 Blood on the Sun (94) UA 5 5-45 + ■+■+ +
578 Bluebeard (73) PRC 10-28-44 rp dr + +
610 Body Snatcher, The (78) RKO. ■■ 3 3-45 ± + + +
Bordertown Trail (56) Rep
569 Boss of Rawhide (59) PRC 9-23-44 — rp rp
Boston Blackie Booked on Suspicion (..) Col
Both Barrels Blazing (58) Col
Bowery Champs (62) Mono ± d: +
578 Bowery to Broadway (94) Univ. . . 10-28-44 dr ± dr +
Brand of the Devil (61) PRC
577 Brazil (91) Rep 10-28-44 + +
614 Brewster's Millions (79) UA 3-17-45 + +
552 Bride by Mistake (81) RKO 7-29-44 dr +
627 Brighton Strangler, The (67) RK0-. 5 5-45 rp dr
603 Bring On the Girls (91) Para 2-17-45 + dr
622 Bullfighters, The (61) 20-Fox 4-21-45 — ±
c
564 Call of the Jungle (60) Mono 9 2-44 = rp —
538 Candlelight in Algeria (85) 20-Fox. 6 3-44 dr ±
589 Can't Help Singing (89) Univ 12-16-44 + + f(
571 Carolina Blues (81) Col 9-30-44 dr dr ±
554 Casanova Brown (92) RKO 8 5-44 ■+ + #
Castle of Crimes (60) PRC, dr dr
Cheyenne Wildcat (56) Rep
604 Chicago Kid (68) Rep 2-17-45 dr dr +
622 China Sky (78) RKO 4-21-45 + dr dr
628 China’s Little Devils (..) Mono.... 4-28-45 dr rp dr
542 Christmas Holiday (93) Univ 6-17-44 + dr + ■+
603 Circumstantial Evidence (67) 20-Fox 2-17-45 dr dr rp ±
Cisco Kid Returns (..) Mono dr dr
571 Climax, The (86) Univ 9-30-44 + ± + +
616 Clock, The (92) MGM 3-24-45 rp + 44 dr
Code of the Prairie (50) Rep
620 Colonel Blimp (148) UA 4 7-45 + + + rp
Conflict (..) WB
574 Conspirators, The (101) WB 10-14-44 rp dr dr +
619 Corn Is Green, The (114) WB 4 7-45 + +
44 + + + ± + + ± + +
44
+
44
+
+
+
7+ 1
H
H
7+ 7
+
4+
+
2+
±
6+ 4
ff
2+
P
5+ 4
ff
+
+
9+ 1
+
ff
+
8+
+
—
+
7+ 4
2+2
±
4+ 3—
—
-+
2+
6+ 7
ff
+
10+
+
2+2
6+ 2
ff
ff
9+
+
2+
2+2
7+ 6—
ff
+
7+ 1
+
2+
+
7+ 4—
2+2
1+ 1
H
1+ 1
+
1+
ff
2+
8+ 4
±1
+
4+ 2—
2+2
2+2
2+
5+ 5
2+2
+
+
7+ 5
+
2+2
6+ 3
Hp
1+ 1
±
-P
2+2
7+ 6—
+
+
2+2
6+ 4
+
=
P
6+ 7
2+
2+2
5+ 5
2+2
2+2
—
5+ 7
—
±
5+ 4
1+ 1
2+ 2
+
ff
9+
+
+
6+ 2
2+2
+
+
7+ 2
2+
1+ 1
P
3+ 4—
■P
1+ 1
2+2
1+ 1
2+2
P
5+ 5
+
+
+
7+ 3
^P
1+ 1
+
ff
+
9+
+
+
+
7+
ff
ff
+
9+ 2
2+
+
+
7+ 4
+
4
+
7+ 1
2+
—
P
5+ 6
2+2
2+ 8
+
+
5+ 3
+
+
ff
10+
+
2+
2+
7+ 5
ff
+
ff
12+
P
4+ 4—
H
2+2
2+ 2
2+2
2+2
2+
7+ 6
=
2+2
±
6+ 6
H
±
5+ 5
ff
+
8+ 1
2+2
2+2
2+2
7+ 7
P
3+ 3
+
2+2
2+2
7+ 3
H
ff
ff
10+ 3—
+
2+2
2+ 1
rp
ff
ff
8+ 1
ff
2+
—
+
2+
6+ 5
+
+
4+
+ = dr dr
Corpus Christi Bandits (..) Rep
619 Counter-Attack (89) Col 4 7-45
Cowboy From Lonesome River (55) Col
Crazy Knights (63) Mono
553 Crime by Night (72) WB 8 5-44
602 Crime Doctor's Courage, The
(70) Col 2-10-45
601 Crime, Inc. (74J/2) PRC 2-10-45
560 Cry of the Werewolf (63) Col 8-26-44
583 Cyclone Prairie Rangers (56) Col. . .11-18-44
594 Dancing in Manhattan (60) Col ... .12-30-44 557 Dangerous Journey (73) 20-Fox.... 8-19-44
591 Dangerous Passage (62) Para 12-23-44
566 Dark Mountain (56) Para 9 9-44
583 Dark Waters (89) UA 11-18-44
526 Days of Glory (86) RKO 4-22-44
569 Dead Man’s Eyes (64) Univ 9-23-44
609 Delightfully Dangerous (92) UA. .. 3 3-45
547 Delinquent Daughters (72) PRC.... 7-15-44
587 Destiny (65) Univ 12 9-44
622 Diamond Horseshoe (104) 20-Fox. . 4-21-45 614 Dillinger (74) Mono 3-17-45
Divorce (71) Mono
548 Dixie Jamboree (72) PRC 7-15-44
611 Docks of New York (62) Mono 3-10-45
592 Double Exposure (64) Para 12-23-44
561 Doughgirls, The (102) WB 9 2-44
550 Dragon Seed (145) MGM 7-22-44
540 Drifter, The (60) PRC 6-10-44
E
602 Eadie Was a Lady (67) Col 2-10-45
611 Earl Carroll Vanities (..) Rep 3-10-45
603 Enchanted Cottage, The (92) RKO.. 2-17-45
End of the Road (51) Rep
561 Enemy of Women (86) Mono 9 2-44
585 Enter Arsene Lupin (72) Univ 12 2-44
625 Escape in the Desert (81) WB 4-28-45
609 Escape in the Fog (62) Col 3 3-45
611 Eve Knew Her Apples (62) Col ... 3-10-45
567 Ever Since Venus (74) Col 9-23-44
587 Experiment Perilous (91) RKO. . . .12 9-44
578 Faces in the Fog (71) Rep 10-28-44
588 Falcon in Hollywood (67) RKO.... 12 9-44
554 Falcon in Mexico (70) RKO 8 5-44
Fashion Model (..) Mono
Fatal Witness, The (. .) Rep
Fighting Guardsman, The (..) Col
595 Fighting Lady, The (61) 20-Fox... 1-13-45
Firebrands of Arizona (55) Rep
623 Flame of the Barbary Coast (91) Rep 4-21-45
Flame of the West (..) Mono
606 Fog Island (67) PRC 2-17-45
544 Follow the Leader (65) Mono 6-24-44
549 Forty Thieves (60) UA 7-22-44
568 Frenchman’s Creek (113) Para. . . . 9-23-44
606 Frisco Sal (94) Univ 2-17-45
564 Frontier Outlaws (58) PRC 9 2-44
Frozen Ghost, The (••) Univ
Fuzzy Settles Down (60) PRC
G
Gangs of the Waterfront (. .) Rep
Gangster’s Den (. .) PRC
570 Gangsters of the Frontier (56) PRC. 9-23-44
591 Gentle Annie (80) MGM 12-23-44
540 Ghost Catchers (68) Univ 6-10-44
Ghost Guns (60) Mono
612 G. I. Honeymoon (70) Mono 3-10-45
544 Gildersleeve Sees Ghost (63) RKO.. 6-22-44
Girl in the Case, The (64) Col
Girl Who Dared, The (56) Rep
BOXOFFICE Showmandiser
June 9, 1945