Boxoffice (Apr-Jun 1947)

SHORTS CHART 20th Century-Fox Prod. No. Title Rel. Date Rating Rev'd. DRIBBLE PUSS PARADE 6902 Muscle Maulers (8) .... 5-31 (9).. 1-17 + 7901 Monkey-Tone News (9).. 1-17 7951 Fisherman’s Nightmare (8) 5 2 2-22 14 SPORTS 7301 Football Fanfare (9) 8-23 -f 7351 Winter Holiday (8) 9-27 7352 Summer Trails (8) 11 8 7353 Playtime’s Journey (8) . . .12-13 7302 Style of the Stars (10) . . 2 7 7303 Tanbark Champion (8). ...5-23 FOX MOVIETONE NEWS (Released Twice Weekly) MARCH OF TIME Vol. 12, No. 9 Wanted — More Homes! (20) 4-19 Vol. 12, No. 10 Tomorrow’s Mexico (■•) 5-17 Vol. 12, No. 11 Problem Drinkers (19) 6-14 Vol. 12, No. 12 The New France 7-12 Vol. 12, No. 13 Atomic Power (19) 8-9 Vol. 13, No. 1 Is Everybody Happy? (--) 9-6 Vol. 13, No. 2 World Food Problem (-■) 10 4 Vol. 13, No. 3 The Soviet's Neighbor (17%) 11 1 Vol. 13, No. 4 The American Cop (••) 11-29 Vol. 13, No. 5 Nobody’s Children (••) 12-27 Vol. 13, No. 6 Germany — Handle With Care (19) 1-24 Vol. 13, No. 7 Fashion Means Business (..) 2-21 Vol. 13, No. 8 The Teachers’ Crisis (■•) 3-21 Vol. 13, No. 9 Storm Over Britain (■•) 4-18 MOVIETONE ADVENTURES (Color) 6259 Cradle of Liberty (8) . . . 6-21 .... 6260 Across the Great Divide (8) 7-5 7251 Sous of Courage (8) .... 8 2 + 10 5 7252 Jamaica ( . . ) 9-13 .... 7253 Historic Capetown (..).. 10-18 .... 7254 Girl and Gaos (8) 11-22 ± 4-12 7201 Fantasy of Siam (8) .... 1 3 -f 1-18 7202 Royalty of the Range (9) 3-7 -j 4-19 7255 The Cape of Good Hope (8) 4-11 + 4-19 7256 Zululand (8) 6-6 ± 4-26 7257 Gardens of the Sea 6-13 .... 7258 Romance of the Fjords (..) 6-27 7203 Harvest of the Sea (9) . . 7 4 Universal-International Prod. No. Title Rel. Date Rating Rev’d. ANSWER MAN SERIES 2391 Answer Man No. 1 (10) . .10-21 + 9-21 2392 No. 2 Nature's Atom Bomb (10) 12-30 + 1-4 2393 No. 3 The Jungle Gangster (9) 3-3 ± 4-19 2394 No. 4 Red Fury (8) 3-24 ± 5-3 JUVENILE JURY SERIES 2361 No. 1 (11) .12-16 + 2362 No. 2 (10) 3-31 + LANTZ CARTUNES (Technicolor) 2321 Fair Weather Fiends (7). 11-18 2322 Wacky Weed (7) 12-16 2323 Musical Moments (8)... 2-24 2324 Smoked Hams (7) 4-28 2325 Coo-Coo Bird (. .) 6 9 2326 Overture to William Tell (7) 6-16 2 8 4-19 125 215 5 3 -H 4-20 ■H 5-18 NAME BAND MUSICALS -H 6-15 1308 Takin’ the Breaks (15) . . 5-22 + 7 1 ■H 7-20 Russ Morgan & Orch. + 8-10 1309 Banquet of Melody (15) . 5-29 + 4-27 Matty Malneck & Orch. 1310 Swingin' Down the Scale + 10-12 (15) Alvino Rey & Orch. 6-26 + 7 1 1311 Breakin’ It Down (15).. 8-28 + 6-17 + 11 2 Del Courtney & Orch. 11-30 2301 Frontier Frolic (15) 10 9 + 1 4 Bob Wills & Orch. +t 12-28 2302 Champagne Music (15).. 11-20 -H 1-18 + 1-25 Lawrence Welk & Orch. 2303 Tumbleweed Tempos (16) 12 4 2 1 2-22 Spade Cooley & Orch. 3-22 2304 Moonlight Melodies (15) 12-18 + 1-11 Frankie Carle & Orch. -H 4-19 2305 Tex Beneke and the Glenn Miller Orch. (15) . . . 3-26 -H 4-19 2306 Melody Maestro (15) 2307 Tommy Tucker & Orch 2308 Charlie Barnet & Orch (■) 2309 Charlie Spivak & Orch (--) i 2310 Jitterumba ( . . ) . 4 2 .)... 416 514 625 TERRY-TOONS (Technicolor) 6515 Mighty Mouse in Throwing the Bull (7) 5-3 6516 Mighty Mouse in the Trojan Horse (7) 7-26 6517 Dinky Finds a Home (7) 6 7 6518 Mighty Mouse in the Johnstown Flood (7) 6-28 6519 Gandy Goose in Peacetime Football (7) 7-19 6520 Gandy Goose in the Golden Hen (7) 5-24 7501 Mighty Mouse in Winning the West (7) 8-16 7502 The Tortoise Wins Again (7) 8-30 7503 Mighty Mouse in the Electronic Mouse Trap (7) 9-6 7504 Mighty Mouse in the Jail Break (7) 9-20 7505 The Snow Man (7) 10-11 7506 The Housing Problem (7) 10-25 7507 Mighty Mouse in the Crackpot King (7) 11-15 7508 Talking Magpies in the Uninvited Pests (7) 11-29 7509 Mighty Mouse and the Hep Cat (7) 12 6 7510 Beanstalk Jack (7) 12-20 7511 Mighty Mouse in Crying Wolf (7) 1-10 7512 The Talking Magpies in McDougal’s Rest Farm (7) 1-31 7513 Mighty Mouse in Dead End Cats (7) 2-14 7514 The Talking Magpies in Happy Go Lucky (7) 2-28 7515 Gandy Goose in Mexican Baseball (7) 3-14 7516 Mighty Mouse in Aladdin’s Lamp (7) 3-28 7517 The Talking Magpies in Cat Trouble (7) 4-11 7518 Mighty Mouse in Sky Is Falling (7) 4-25 7519 Talking Magpies in the Intruder (7) 5-9 7520 Mighty Mouse Meets Deadeye Dick (7) 5-30 5 3 + 5-4 + 6-8 ± 7-20 + + 6 8 6 8 4-27 10-19 -j 9-21 + 2-15 tt 4-19 PERSON-ODDITIES 1369 Scientifically Stung (9) . . 6-10 + 7 1 1370 Lone Star Padre (9) . . . . 6-17 1371 Artist's Antics (9) . 6-24 + 7 6 1372 Picture Pioneer (9) . . . . . 7 1 + 7 6 1373 Hobo Hound (9) . 8-19 + 9-28 1374 Sampson Junior (9).... . 8-19 10-19 1375 Rural Rhapsody (9) . . . . . 8-26 10-26 SING AND BE HAPPY SERIES 2381 Bit of Blarney (10) 9-30 + 10-26 2382 The Singing Barbers (9) . . 2-17 + 2-22 2383 Let's Sing a College Song <•■) 4-14 2384 Let’s Sing a Western Song (•■) 5-19 SPECIAL FEATURETTES (2 REELS) 1201 Tiny Terrors of the Timberlands (20) 6-26 -H 4-6 UNIVERSAL NEWS (Released Twice Weekly) VARIETY VIEWS 1349 Dog of the Seven Se 1350 Magic Mineral (9). 1353 Mr. Chimp to the Rescue (9) 1354 Mr. Chimp on Vacation (10) 2341 Bear Facts (10) 2342 Pelican Pranks (9) 2343 Wild West Chimp (9) . . . SERIALS 1681-1693 The Royal Mounted Rides Again 10-23 + 1-26 13 Chapters 1781-1793 The Scarlet Horseman 1-22 ++ 2-16 13 Chapters 1881-1893 Lost City of the Jungle 4-23 ± 4-27 13 Chapters 2581-2593 Mysterious Mr. M.. . 7-23 + 8-10 Warner Bros. Prod. No. Title Rel. Date Rating Rev'd. BLUE RIBBON HIT PARADE (Technicolor) 2310 Little Brother Rat (7).. 6 8 2311 Johnny Smith & Poker Huntas (7) 2312 Rohm Hood Makes Good (7) 2313 Little Red Walking Hood (7) 3301 Fox Pop (7) 9-28 3302 wacky Worm (7) 10-12 3303 You re an Education (7) 10-26 3304 Have You Got Any Castles (7) 3305 Pigs Is Pigs (7) 2-22 3306 Cat's Tale (7) 3-29 3307 Goofy Groceries (7) 4-19 BUGS BUNNY SPECIALS (Technicolor) 6 S litas + 6-22 6-22 + 8-10 7 6 + 8 3 8-17 9-14 9-28 ++ 10 5 10-12 + 11 9 10-26 + 11-16 2 1 5 3 2-22 , 3-29 . 4-19 + 4-19 2725 Rhapsody Rabbit (7) . . . 2726 Hare Grows in Manhattan (7) 5-25 -H 6 1 6-29 + 6-22 10 5 -t 12-28 11 9 •ft 1 4 3-22 FEATURETTES 3101 Okay for Sound (20) . 3103 Alice in Movieland (2C 3104 Dog in the Orchard ( 9 7 12-21 -H 7-20 1-11 -H 3-29 2 8 -H 4-12 3106 Remember When (20) .... 4-5 JOE McDOAKES COMEDIES 3401 So Yod Want to Keep Your Hair (10) 12-7 3= 11-30 3402 So You Want to Play the Horses (10) 10-5 ++ 10-26 3403 So You Think You're a Nervous Wreck (10)... 12-28 it: 4-5 3404 So You’re Going to Be a Father (10) 5-10 MELODY MASTERS 2609 Musical Memories (10).. 7-6 .... 2610 Enric Madriguera & Orch. (10) 8-10 ct 8-24 3601 Desi Arnaz & Band (10). 10-12 .... 3602 Melody of Youth (10) 12-14 -H 4-19 3603 Big Time Revue (10) .... 1-25 -f 3-8 3604 Stan Kenton & Orch. (10) 2-22 =£ 4-19 3605 Vaudeville Revue (10) . . . 4-12 ± 5-3 MERRIE MELODIES (Technicolor) 2701 Kitty Kornered (7) 2702 Hollywood Daffy (7).... 2703 Eager Beaver (7) 2704 Great Piggy Bank Robbery (7) 2705 Bacall to Arms (7) 2706 Of Thee I Sting (7) 2707 Walky Talky Hawky (7).. 2708 Fair and Wormer (7) . . . . 2709 Mousmerized Cat (7).... 2710 Mouse Menace (7) 2711 Roughly Squeaking (7) . . 2712 One Meat Brawl (7) . . . . 2713 Goofy Gophers (7) 2714 Gay Anties (7) 2715 Scent1 mental Over You (7) 3 8 2716 Birth of a Notion (7)... 4-12 2717 Tweetie Pie (7) 5-3 2718 Rabbit Transit (7) 5-10 2719 Hobo Bobo (7) 5-17 SPECIALS (Technicolor) 6 8 + 6-22 6-22 + 6-22 7-13 8 3 7-20 + 8-10 8 3 8-24 8-17 -f 8-31 8-31 -H 9-14 . 9-28 10-19 -H 12-2i 11 2 12-14 11-23 4-19 . 1-18 . 1-25 2-15 4-1.9 2005 South of Monterrey (20). 6 1 -H 6-22 2006 Hawaiian Memories (20). 6-15 ++ 5-25 2007 Down Singapore Way (10) 7-20 2806 Adventures in South America 8 3 GO) 8-10 8-31 2008 Men of Tomorrow (10). . 8-24 -H 7 6 TWO-REEL SPECIALS (Technicolor) 3001 Cinderella’s Feller (20) . 3002 The Last Bomb (20) . . . . 9-21 .11 2 6-17 + 7 6 3003 A Boy and His Dog (20) . 4-26 -H 7 1 + 6 1 3004 Saddle Up (20) 3 1 8-12 8-26 -H 7 6 10 5 3005 Song of a Nation (20) . 5-31 8-26 11 9 SPORTS PARADE 2511 Beach Days (10) 7-13 . 8-26 -+ 9-28 2512 Ranch in White (10) . . . . 8 3 . 2-24 . 2-24 + 4-19 4-26 2513 Dominion of Sports (10) 3501 King of the Everglades .8-31 . 3-17 -4 5 3 GO) 9-14 . 4-21 3502 Lazy Hunter (10) 10-26 9-21 9-21 4-26 8-31 831 928 12 7 5 3 322 419 3503 Battle of Champs (10).. 1-18 ± 3504 American Sports Album (10) 3-8 + 3505 Let’s Go Swimming (10). 1 4 ± 3506 Arrow Magic (10) 3-22 3507 Harness Racing (10).... 5-3 .... 3508 Flying Sportsmen in Jamaica (10) 5-24 TECHNICOLOR ADVENTURES 3801 Star Spangled City (10). 1019 ++ 11 2 3802 Rubber River (10) 11-16 ± 12-14 3803 Kingdom of the Wild (10) 3-15 -f 4-19 Miscellaneous Republic SERIALS 584 The Crimson Ghost (..).. 10-26 12 Chapters 691 Son of Zorro ( . . ) 1-18 13 Chapters 692 Jungle Girl (..) rerelease. 4-19 15 Chapters Jesse James Rides Again. . . 3-21 13 Chapters The Black Widow. . . . 13 Chapter* G-Men Never Forget. 13 Chapters United Artists DAFFY DITTIES The Lady Said No (8). . 4-26 ++ 4-27 Choo Choo Amigo (8) • . 7 5 ++ 7-20 ©Pepito’s Serenade (..) . 8-16 tt 9-14 LOEW MUSICOLOR Toccata and Fugue (10) . .10-15 •H 10-19 Movietone News, No. 70: Marshall returns from Moscow as parley fails; special session of UN; train blown up in Palestine; Moscow — behind the Iron Curtain; gale wrecks British ship; mine safety equipment; Lew Lehr; sports — Babe Ruth day. News of the Day, No. 268: Palestine issue goes to UN; terror flares anew in the Holy land; Marshall home from Moscow, Truman praises firm stand; Warspite on rocks; mine perils demonstrated; sports. Paramount News, No. 71: Drake relays set pace for Olympics; spotlight on labor; UN-Palestine session opens; Marshall returns home with Moscow report; baseball honors one and only Babe Ruth. Pathe News, No. 73: Marshall home — reports to the President; UN mission on Palestine; baseball honors Babe Ruth; religion in Russia. Universal News, No. 34: UN general assembly undertakes settlement of Palestine question; train blown up as terrorists strike again in Holy land; bureau of mines re-creates coal mine explosions in demonstration tests; Marshall returns from tourpower conference; bulletproof vest demonstrated in Philadelphia; nation's baseball fans honor Babe Ruth; Montreal team wrestlers clash head on. Movietone News, No. 71: Marshall reports on failure of Moscow parley; religion— Charles Gilbert is installed as bishop of Protestant church; Truman welcomes Mexican president to U.S.; Chiang Kai-shek; British royal family — names in the news; Australian girls wear scarves for bathing suits; sports. News of the Day, No. 269: Mexican S resident gets huge ovation on visit to . S . ; royal family sees Victoria falls; religion in the news; Chiang on vacation; strange visitors; British football classics. Paramount News, No. 72: Viva Aleman — capital hails Mexican president; royalty meets in Rhodesia; animal world headlines; intimate films — Chiang visits birthplace; 1947 pioneer-veteran wins stake in rich acres. Pathe News, No. 74: Czech collaborators sentenced; Princess Catherine weds; assembly line homes; Chiang on vacation; Mexican president visits U.S. Universal News, No. 35: Mexican president welcomed to nation's capital; dynamite blast set off by Palestine terrorists; royal family visits Victoria falls; stirring funeral rites for Danish king in Denmark; General Franco reviews victory parade in Madrid; Greek king takes oath in Athens; Australia's "platypus" draws throngs to Bronx zoo; Yo-Yo demonstration at Houston, Tex. All American News, Vol. 5, No. 237: Chicago's famous Sheil house is haven for kids; Negro ball teams exhibit "stuff”; the old Arkansas artist; the senator from Detroit; the Penn relays. BOXOFFICE BookinGuide :: May 12, 1947 13