Boxoffice (Apr-Jun 1945)

Page scan 0001266 from Boxoffice

Record Details:

Title:
Boxoffice
Date:
Apr-Jun 1945
Publisher:
Kansas City, Associated Publications
Volume:
Boxoffice (Apr-Jun 1945)
Leaf #:
0001266
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
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.




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.

tt Very Good; + Good; — Fair; -+ Mediocre; — Poor; = Very Poor. In the summary tt is rated as 2 pluses; — as 2 minuses. R 565 Rainbow Island (97) Para 9 9-44 2+ -+ 2+ + 44 2+ + 84 4 563 Range Law (57) Mono 9 2-44 2+ 2+ 2+2 2+ F1 2+2 6+ 6— 566 Reckless Age (63) Univ 9 9-44 2+ 2+2 + 2+2 P1 + 64 4 54S Return of the Ape Man (60) Mono. 7-15-44 — F 2+ + P1 44 4— Rhapsody in Blue (..) WB 44 24 631 Rhythm Round-Up (67) Col 6 2-45 p 14 1— Riders of Santa Fe (63) Univ 2+ 14 1 579 Riding West (58) Col 10-28-44 + +1 2+ 2+ 2+2 2±2 64 5 Road to Alcatraz (..) Rep F1 14 1— 623 Rockin' in the Rockies (67) Col. .. 4-21-45 — — 2— 605 Rogues' Gallery (60) PRC 2-17-45 2+ 2+ 2+2 = P1 54 7 606 Rough Riding Justice (58) Col.... 2-17-45 F1 F1 2+2 34 3 609 Rough, Tough and Ready (66) Col.. 3 3-45 2+ F~ 2+ 2+2 P1 P1 64 6 600 Roughly Speaking (128) WB 2 3-45 + 2+ 2+ + 2+2 44 44 94 3— 615 Royal Scandal, A (94) 20-Fox.... 3-24-45 2+ tt 44 + + + 4 9-4 1— 581 Rustler’s Hideout (62) PRC 11-11-44 — FF 2+ 2+ 2+2 54 5 s 593 Saddle Leather Law (55) Col 12-30-44 14 2 598 Sagebrush Heroes (54) Col 1-20-45 2+ P1 24 2 621 Salome, Where She Danced (90) Univ r 4-21-45 + + + + 2+ 2+2 74 3— 608 Salty O’Rourke (100) Para 2-24-45 + 4 2+ + + 2+ 44 84 2 San Antonio Kid, The (56) Rep... 2+2 2+2 24 2 566 San Diego, 1 Love You (83) Univ... 9 9-44 + + + + 44 + 2+2 8+ 1 562 San Fernando Valley (74) Rep 9 2-44 + 2+ + It + ■ It 64 3 Saratoga Trunk (..) WB 44 24 620 Scared Stiff (64) Para 4 7-45 P1 = 2+ 2+2 P1 ± 5+ 7 626 Scarlet Clue, Tire (..) Mono 4-28-45 2+ 2+2 it It 2+2 ± ± 74 7 543 Secrets of Scotland Yard (68) Rep. . 6-24-44 ± 2+ + 2+2 + 2+2 64 4 602 See My Lawyer (69) Univ . 2-10-45 2+ 2+ P1 P1 2+2 2+ 64 6 544 Sensations of 1945 (86) UA . 6-24-44 -4 + + 44 + + + 84 1 584 Sergeant Mike (60) Col .11-18-44 ± FF 2+ 2+ 2+ + P1 74 6 557 Seven Doors to Death (62) PRC.. 8-19-44 ± 2+2 — 2+ 2+ 2+ 2+2 6-4 7— 552 Seventh Cross, The (112) MGM , 7-29-44 2+2 + 44 + — + 44 84 2 575 Shadow of Suspicion (68) Mono... 10-21-44 ±1 2+ 2+ + 2+ it 74 6 575 Shadows in the Night (67) Col... .10-21-44 ± 2+ 2+2 2+ 2+ 2+ 64 6 596 She Gets Her Man (74) Univ 1-13-45 ■±2 ± P1 + + + P1 74 4— 551 She's a Soldier Too (67) Col . 7-29-44 2+ FF 2+ + 4 P1 64 4 587 She's a Sweetheart (69) Col .12 9-44 Hh 2+ 2+ P1 44 4 Sheriff of Cimarron (..) Rep + 14 Sheriff of Las Vegas (55) Rep + 14 Sheriff of Sundown (56) Rep + 2+ 24 1 560 Sign of the Cross (118) Para . 8-26-44 + 44 2+ 44 1— Silver City Kid (55) Rep P1 P1 24 2 617 Silver Fleet, The (77) PRC . 3-31-44 + + + 44 64 1 552 Since You Went Away (174) UA.. 7-29-44 4+ 4+ 44 44 44 44 44 144 595 Sing Me a Song of Texas (66) Col.. . 1-13-45 + 2+2 24 1 558 Sing, Neighbor, Sing (70) Rep.... . 8-19-44 2+ + P1 2+ P1 2+ P1 74 7 570 Singing Sheriff, The (63) Univ. . . . 9-23-44 F1 2+ P1 — 2+2 4 54 6 582 Something for the Boys (87) 20-Fox 11-11-14 F1 2+ 2+ 44 + 2+2 4 84 4— 622 Son of Lassie (102) MGM .4-21-45 2+2 44 + + 2+ 44 84 2 607 Song for Miss Julie (69) Rep . 2-24-45 — 2+ P1 + = 34 5— 542 Song of Nevada (75) Rep 6-17-44 + + + + 4 54 626 Song of the Sarong (65) Univ 4-28-45 = — 2+ — 2+ 2+2 34 7 599 Song to Remember, A (112) Col.. 2 3-45 4+ + 44 + 44 44 44 124 564 Sonora Stagecoach (51) Mono.... . 9 2-44 + + — 2+ 2+2 P1 54 4 559 Soul of a Monster, The (61) Col.... , 8-26-44 P1 = — + 2+2 -+ 54 7 628 Southerner, The (91) UA . 5 5-45 + + 2+ + 44 44 84 1 610 Spell of Amy Nugent, The (60) PRC 3 5-45 2+ “P 2+2 34 3 Stagecoach to Monterey (55) Rep.. + 2+2 24 1 545 Step Lively (88) RKO . 7 1-44 + 2+ 2+ + 44 + 74 2 Steppin’ in Society (..) Rep 2+2 14 1 562 Storm Over Lisbon (86) Rep . 9 2-44 P1 2+ P1 I£ + 2+2 64 5 573 Strange Affair (78) Col 10-14-44 2+ 2+ + 2+ + 2+2 P1 74 5 603 Strange Illusion (87) PRC . 2-17-45 + 2+ + + 4 54 1— Stranger From Santa Fe (..) Mono P1 14 1— Strangers in the Night (56) Rep... + + 2+2 34 1 612 Sudan (76) Univ . 3-10-45 2+ + -+■ + 4 2+2 74 4 588 Sunday Dinner for a Soldier (86) 20Fox 12 9-44 + + + + + 44 44 94 553 Sundown Valley (55) Col 8 5-44 2+ 2+ 2+2 2+ 2+2 54 5 594 Suspect, The (85) Univ 12-30-44 + 44 44 + + 44 4 104 554 Sweet and Lowdown (75) 20-Fox... 8 5-44 + 2+ 2+2 + + 4 4 74 2 582 Swing Hostess (76) PRC .11-11-44 2+2 2+ 2+ 2+2 44 4— Swing in the Saddle ( . . ) Col Hr 14 1 Swing Out, Sister (60) Univ T 2+ 2+ 2+ PF 44 4— 593 Tahiti Nights (63) Col .12-30-44 2+2 F1 P1 F1 P1 — 64 7— 539 Take It Big (76) Para . 6-10-44 H= F1 2+ + + ;+; 2+2 74 5 548 Take It or Leave It (70) 20Fox. . . 7-15-44 -4 + + + 2+2 2+2 64 3 572 Tall in the Saddle (87) RKO . 9-30-44 + + 44 + + 44 + 94 10 616 Tarzan and the Amazons (75) RKO. 3-24-45 2+2 -+ 2+2 ± i + 2+2 «+ 5 Tell It to a Star ( . . ) Rep 2+ i+ 1— 631 Ten Cents a Dance (60) Col 6 2-45 F1 2+2 2+ a 569 That’s My Baby (68) Rep 9-23-44 = 2±2 2+ 2+2 + 2+ 5+ 6 632 That's the Spirit (93) Univ . 6 2-45 2+2 2+2 + + + tt 7+ 2 — Thera Goes Kelly (..) Mono P1 PF 2+ PF 4+ 4— 589 They Shall Have Faith (83) Mono. 12-16-44 2+2 + 2+2 + + 5+ 2— 587 Thin Man Goes Home (101) MGM 12 9-44 + + 2+2 2+2 tt tt + 9+ 2— 584 Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo (138) MGM 11-18-44 + tt tt tt tt tt tt 13+ 595 This Man's Navy (100) MGM 1-13-45 + 2+2 ±2 + + + 2+ 7+ 3— Thoroughbreds (55) Rep 2+2 2+2 ± ± P1 5+ 5— 621 Those Endearing Young Charms (81) RKO 4-21-45 + P1 2+2 + 2+ 3+ 3 590 Three Caballeros, The (71) RKO.. 12-16-44 + tt tt + tt 8+ 585 Three Is a Family (81) UA 12 2-44 -H + + tt tt tt + tt+ 554 Three Little Sisters (69) Rep.... 8 5-44 2+2 2+2 2+2 + 2+2 + 2+ 7+ 5— 563 Three of a Kind (67) Mono 9 2-44 2+2 P1 2+2 P1 4+ 4 Three's a Crowd (..) Rep — 2+ 1+ 2 631 Thrill of a Romance (67) MGM... 6 2-45 + + tt + + tt + 9+ 599 Thunderhead — Son of Flicka (78) 20-Fox .2 3-45 + + + + + tt + 8+ 572 Thundering Gun Slingers (60) PRC 9-30-44 P1 — 2+2 P1 -+ 4+ 5 565 Till We Meet Again (88) Para.... 9 9-44 P1 2+ + + 2+2 + tt 8+ 3 581 Together Again (100) Col 11-11-44 tt + tt tt tt tt tt 13+ 574 To Have and Have Not (100) WB 10-14-44 + + + + + + tt 8+ 591 Tomorrow the World (87) UA .12-30-44 + tt tt + + tt tt 12+ 600 Tonight and Every Night (92) Col. 2 3-45 + tt tt + tt + + 10+ Topeka Terror, The (55) Rep 2+2 1+ lr 581 Town Went Wild, The (79) PRC.. . 11-11-44 2+2 tt T + + + = 7+ 4— 599 Tree Grows in Brooklyn, A (128) 20-Fox . 2 3-45 + tt tt + Tf tt tt 12+ Trigger Law (54) Mono P1 1+ 1— Trouble Chasers (..) Mono = — 3— 538 Tucson Raiders (55) Rep . 6 3-44 + + + 2+ 4+ 1 631 Twiced Blessed (76) MGM 6 2-45 2+2 + 2+2 2+ 4+ 3 539 Twilight on the Prairie (62) Univ. 6-10-44 F1 2+2 ±2 — ±1 4+ 5— 624 Two O’clock Courage (..) RKO... . .4-21-45 2+2 2+2 P1 — 2+2 2+ 2+2 6+ 8 U 549 U-Boat Prisoner (65) Col . 7-22-44 — 2+2 T 2+2 + 2+ 2+ 7+ 6 597 Under Western Skies (57) Univ... . 1-20-45 — P1 P1 2+2 P1 — 4+ 6 556 Underground Guerrillas (82) Col... . 8-12-44 T 2+2 + 2+2 P1 2+ 6+ 5 608 Unseen, The (80) Para . 2-24-45 P1 2+2 + 2+2 + 2+ tt 8+ 4— 582 Unwritten Code, The (61) Col.... .11-11-44 2+2 P1 P1 2± 2+2 2+ FF 7+ 7 Utah (..) Rep + + + 2+2 4+ 1— Utah Kid, The (57) Mono 2+ 1+ 1— V 621 Valley of Decision, The (102) MGM 4-21-45 tt tt tt tt + tt tt 13+ 563 Valley of Vengeance (56) PRC... . 9 2-44 2+2 2+2 P1 + P1 F1 6+ 5— 625 Vampire's Ghost, The (59) Rep... . 4-28-45 = — 2+2 — P1 2+ 6 Vengeance of the West (..) Col... 2+ 1+ 1 573 Very Thought of You, The (99) WB .10-14-44 + + 2+2 2+ tt 2+ + 8+ 3 Vigilantes of Dodge City (55) Rep. 2+2 2+ 2+ 2 W 553 WAVE, a Wac, a Marine, A (70) Mono . 8 5-44 2+2 — 2+2 + FF P1 5+ 5 Way Ahead, The (..) 20-Fox + tt 3+ 580 West of Rio Grande (57) Mono... .10-28-44 2+2 2+2 2+2 2+2 P1 4+ 4— 602 What a Blonde (71) RKO . 2-10-45 2+2 2+2 2+2 +1 + P1 — 6+ 6— 557 When Strangers Marry (67) Mono. . 8-19-44 + tt + + + + 7+ 570 When the Lights Go On Again (74) PRC . 9-23-44 + + + + + + + 7+ Where Do We Go From Here? (78) 20-Fox. . + tt + + tt 7+ 550 Whistler, The (59) Col . 7-22-44 2+2 2+2 2+2 2+2 2+2 + 6+ 5 Wild Horse Phantom (..) PRC.... 2+ 1+ 1 556 Wilson (158) 20-Fox 8-12-44 tt tt tt tt tt tt tt 14+ 550 Wing and a Prayer (97) 20-Fox. . . 7-22-44 2±2 + tt + tt tt tt 11+ 1 586 Winged Victory (130) 20-Fox... 12 2-44 tt + tt tt tt tt tt 13+ 616 Without Love (111) MGM 3-24-45 + 2+2 tt tt + tt + 10+ 1— 574 Woman in the Window, The (99) RKO .10-14-44 tt tt + tt tt tt U+ 626 Wonder Man, The (96) RKO 4-28-45 tt tt tt tt tt tt 12+ Y 595 Youth on Trial (59) Col . 1-13-45 2+2 2+2 2+ 3+ 3 546 Youth Runs Wild (67) RKO . 7 1-44 — 2± — + + 2+ 4+ 4 z 623 Zombies on Broadway (68) RKO... 4-21-45 P1 2+2 2+ 2+2 4+ 5 BOXOFFICE Showmandiser :: June 9, 1946