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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. This department serves also as an ALPHABETICAL INDEX to feature releases. Numeral preceding title is Picture Guide Review page number. In parentheses after title is running
fc£
21
■ a
801 Lost Honeymoon (71) E-L
3-15-47
H^
+
+
44
44
8+ 2
806 Love and Learn (85) WB
3-29-47
H;
2+2
2+2
—
H
5+ 6
769 Love Laughs at Andy Hardy (93)
MGM
.12 7-46
2+2
2+2
+
2+2
Hr
44
2+2
8+ 5
M
794 Macomber Affair, The (90) UA
1-25-47
+
2+2
-P
+
+
2+
44
8+ 3
Magic Bow, The ( . .) U-l
—
+
1+ 1
766 Magnificent Doll, The (94) U-l
.11-23-46
+
+
+
+
44
44
9+ 1
803 Magnificent Rogue, The (75) Rep...
3-22-47
H1
+
H
3+ 2
776 Man 1 Love, The (96) WB
.12-28-46
2+2
+
2+
-P
+
2+2
7+ 5
760 Margie (94) 20-Fox
.10-19-46
+
-H
+
+
+
44
44
10+
792 Michigan Kid (70) U-l
2-22-47
2±
Hh
2+2
2+2
H
Hp
2+2
7+ 7
809 Mighty McGurk, The (85) MGM...
4-12-47
+
±2
+
+
+
+
2+2
7+ 2
Millerson Case, The (72) Col
H”
1+ 1
798 Millie’s Daughter (70) Col
3 8-47
2+2
Hh
+
—
2+
4+ 4—
818 Miracle on 34th Street (96)
20Fox
ff
-H
ff
44
44
10+
748 Mister Ace (84) UA
8-31-46
+
±2
2+2
+
+
2+
+
7+ 3
779 Mister District Attorney (81) Col..
1-11-47
2+2
+
2+2
Hr
2+
2+2
7+ 6
773 Mister Hex (63) Mono
.12-21-46
Hh
2+2
2+2
2+2
+
2+
6+ 5
813 Monsieur Verdoux (120) UA
4-26-47
-H
2+2
-P
44
H
2+2
8+ 4
821 Moss Rose (82) 20-Fox
5-24-47
+
2+2
+
+
+
5+ 1
766 My Brother Talks to Horses (93)
MGM
+
2+2
4+
+
2+
+
7+ 2
758 My Darling Clementine (97) 20-Fox
10-12-46
+
+
+
+
+
44
2+2
8+ 1
791 My Favorite Brunette (87) Para. . .
2-22-47
+
+
+
+
+
44
44
9+
My Heart Goes Crazy (..) U-l
-P
1+ 1
N
762 Never Say Goodbye (97) WB
.11 2-46
+
2+2
2+2
+
-P
2+
2+2
7+ 5
815 New Orleans (89) UA
5 3-47
+
+
+
44
2+2
2+
7+ 2
755 Nobody Lives Forever (100) WB...
.10 5-46
+
2+2
+
+
+
2+
+
7+ 2
757 Nocturne (87) RK0
.10-12-46
2+2
2+2
+
2+2
+
2+2
+
7+ 4
747 No Leave, No Love (120) MGM...
8-31-46
+
+
44
+
2+
+
+
8+ 1
787 Nora Prentiss (111) WB
2 8-47
2+2
2+2
2+2
+
Hp
+
2+2
7+ 5
819 Northwest Outpost (91) Rep
. 5-17-47
+
2+2
2+2
+
2+
5+ 3
761 Notorious Gentleman (108) U-l . . .
.11 2-46
+
+
+
+
44
44
8+
O
793 Odd Man Out (118) U-l
3 1-47
ft
+
44
44
44
44
11+
821 Oregon Trail Scouts (58) Rep
. 5-24-47
2+2
+
2+
4+ 3
810 Other Love, The (95) UA
. 4-12-47
+
+
+
44
44
44
+
10+
773 Out California Way (67) Rep
.12-21-46
2+2
H
2+2
2+
+
5+ 4
796 Over the Santa Fe Trail (63) Col. . . .
. 3 1-47
2+2
+
H
3+ 2
778 Overlanders, The (91) E-L
. 1 4-47
2+2
2+2
+
2+
44
+
7+ 3
P
Patient Vanishes, The (78) FC....
+
1+
765 Perfect Marriage, The (87) Para. . .
.11-23-46
2+2
2+2
-P
+
+
2+2
2+
7+ 5
822 Perils of Pauline (93) Para
. 5-24-47
+
1+
742 Personality Kid (68) Col
. 8-10-46
±:
H
H
-P
+
2+2
6+ 5—
815 Philo Vance Returns (64) PRC...
. 5 3-47
+
Hr
2+2
+
2+
5+ 4
815 Philo Vance's Gamble (62) PRC...
. 5 3'47
—
—
2+2
2+2
2+
2+2
4+ 6
784 Pilgrim Lady, The (67) Rep
. 1-25-47
2+2
2+2
2+2
-P
2+2
6+ 6
763 Plainsman and the Lady (82) Rep. . .
.11 9-46
-+
2+2
+
+
2+2
2+2
7+ 5
741 Prairie Badmen (55) PRC
. 8-10-46
2+2
2+
H
H
5+ 5
793 Private Affairs of Bel Ami, The (115)
UA
2+2
2+2
+
2+
ff
7+ 4
791 Pursued (101) WB
. 2-22-47
+
+
+
+
+
44
7+
Q
805 Queen of the Amazons (61) SG
. 3-29-47
h1
2+
2+
3+ 4
R
Raiders of the South (58) Mono..
2+
2+
3+ 3
Rainbow Over the Rockies (54) Mono
-P
2+2
H
3+ 3
793 Ramrod (94) UA
. 3 1-47
+
±2
+
+
+
+
6+ 1
802 Range Beyond the Blue (54) PRC. .
. 3-15-47
+
2+
2+2
4+ 3
770 Razor’s Edge, The (146) 20-Fox.
.12 7-46
4+
2+2
+
44
+
7+ 1
785 Red House, The (93) UA
. 2 1-47
+
2+2
+
+
+
44
44
9+ 1
744 Rendezvous With Annie (90) Rep.
. 8-17-46
+
+
+
+
+
+
6+
787 Renegade Girl (65) SG
. 2 8-47
2+2
-P
2+ 2
767 Return of Monte Cristo, The (91)
.11-30-46
2±2
2+2
+
+
2+
ff
H
8+ 4
Riding the California Trail (61) Mono
+
Hp
2+ 1
796 Road to Hollywood (61) Astor....
. 3 1-47
2+2
+
■2+ 1
754 Roll On Texas Moon (68) Rep
. 9-28-46
2t
2+
+
+
5+ 3
760 Rolling Home (71) SG
.10-19-46
2+2
2+
2+ 2
s
808 San Demetrio, London (78) 20-Fox
. 4 5-47
2+2
44
+
-+
6+ 3
769 San Quentin (66) RK0
..12 7-46
-+
2+2
+
2+
+
2+2
2+2
7+ 5
Santa Fe Uprising (56) Rep
2+
2+2
2+ 2
817 Sarge Goes to College (63) Mono.
. . 5-10-47
2+2
2+2
2+
2+
5+ 5
790 Sea of Grass, The (123) MGM ... .
. . 2-15-47
+
2+2
+
+
+
44
44
9+ 1
767 Secret Heart, The (97) MGM
. .11-30-46
+
2+2
44
+
+
+
7+ 1
761 Secret .of the Whistler (65) Col. . .
. .11 2-46
H
2+
4+ 4—
745 Secrets of a Sorority Girl (58) PRC
. . 8-24-46
Hr
2+2
=
4+ 6
795 Seven Were Saved (72) Para
. . 3 1-47
H
H
2+
+
+
+
7+ 4—
744 Shadow of a Woman (79) WB
.. 8-17-46
H+
2t
2+
2+
H
7+ 7
756 Shadowed (70) Col
. .10 5-46
2+2
2+2
+
2+2
5+ 4
779 Shocking Miss Pilgrim, The (55)
20Fox
.. 1-11-47
+
2+2
2+
+
+
+
6+ 2
809 Shoot to Kill (65) SG
.. 4-12-47
2±
+
+
2+
2+2
5+ 3
743 Show-Off, The (84) MGM
.. 8-17-46
+
+
+
2+2
2+
+
HH
7+ 3
Silver Range (55) Mono.
2+2
2+ 2
time. Date following distributor is BOXOFFICE review date. Listings cover current reviews. It is brought up to date regularly. The meaning of the various signs and their combinations is as follows:
ft Very Good; + Good; — Fair; ^Mediocre; — Poor; = Very Poor.
In the summary ft is rated as 2 pluses; = as 2 minuses.
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792 Sin of Harold Diddlebock, The
(94) UA
. 2-22-47
+
+
+
+
+
+
6+
782 Sinbad the Sailor (117) RK0
. 1-18-47
+
+
+
+
+
+
+ 7+
741 Sing While You Dance (73) Col....
. 8-18-46
2+2
H
2+2
2+r
H
5+ 5
777 Singin' in the Corn (64) Col
. 1 4-47
H
2+2
2+2
_
+ 4+5
752 Singing on the Trail (69) Col
. 9-14-46
2+2
2+2
2+ 2
770 Sioux City Sue (69) Rep
.12 7-46
-P
2+2
2+2
2+2
+
5+ 4
Six Gun Serenade (53) Mono
+
1+
789 Smash-Up (103) U-l
. 2-15-47
+
++
+
+
+
44
44 10+
765 So Dark the Night (70) Col
.11-23-46
+
2+2
2+2
+
+
+
H
7+ 3
786 Song of Scheherazade (106) U-l...
. 2 1-47
+
±2
2+2
+
+
+
2+2
7+ 3
Song of the Sierras (55) Mono.....
+
2t
2+ 1
762 Song of the South (95) RKO
.11 1-46
ff
ff
4+
44
44
44
44 14+
786 South of the Chisholm Trail (58) Col. 2 1-47
2+2
2+2
HH
3+ 3
817 Spoilers of the North (66) Rep....
. 5-10-47
-+
2+2
2+2
+
H
—
5+ 5
745 Spook Busters (68) Mono
. 8-24-46
±1
2+2
H
2+
2t
H
2±
7+ 7
780 Stagecoach to Denver (56) Rep....
. 1-11-47
H
2+2
2+2
+
2+2
5+ 4
773 Stairway to Heaven (104) U-l
.12-21-46
+
+
44
44
44
44 10+
805 Stallion Road (97) WB
. 3-29-47
2+2
2+2
+
+
+
+
7+ 3
775 Stars Over Texas (57) PRC
.12-28-46
2+2
2+2
2+ 2
764 Strange Holiday (56) PRC
.11 9-46
2+2
2+2
T
2+
+
5+ 4
751 Strange Journey (67) 20-Fox
. 9-14-46
2+2
HH
2+
2+2
H
5+ 5
762 Strange Woman, The (101) UA...
.11 2-46
+
2+2
+
+
+
+
+
7+ 1
789 Suddenly It’s Spring (87) Para
. 2-15-47
+
2+2
+
+
+
+
+
7+ 1
766 Susie Steps Out (65) UA........
.11-23-46
2+2
2+2
2+2
2+
2+2
6+ 6
770 Sweetheart of Sigma Chi (76) Mono
12 7-46
2+2
2+2
+
2+
2t
+
6+ 4
771 Swell Guy (87) U-l
.12-14-46
2+2
+
+
+
+
±
44
8+ 2
T
SOGTarzan and the Huntress (72) RKO.
. 3-29-47
+
2+2
2+2
+
+
2+2
_
6+ 4
761 Temptation (100) U-l
.11 2-46
+
2+2
2±
2+2
44
+
2+2
8+ 4
764 Terror Trail (55) Col
.11 9-46
H
2+2
2+ 2
772 That Brennan Girl (95) Rep
.12-14-46
2+2
+
2+2
+
2+2
2+2
2+2
7+ 5—
791 That Way With Women (85) WB..
. 2-22-47
2+2
2+2
2+2
2+2
+
44
2+2
8+ 5
810 That's My Man (104) Rep
. 4-12-47
+
+
2+2
+
+
2+2
+
7+ 2
747 They Were Sisters (108) U-l
. 8-31-46
+
2+2
+
2+2
+
+
6+ 2
820 They Won’t Believe Me (95) RKO..
. 5-17-47
4+
+
44
44
7+
775 13 Rue Madeleine (95) 20-Fox....
.12-28-46
+
+
+
+
+
44
44
9+
792 Thirteenth Hour, The (62) Col....
. 2-22-47
2+2
2+2
2+2
H
2+2
5+ 6
811 This Happy Breed (110) U-l
. 4-19-47
+
2+
+
+
H
44
44
9+ 2
751 Three Little Girls in Blue (90) 20-Fox 9-14-46
+
+
+
44 +
44
44 10+
809 Three on a Ticket (62) PRC
. 4-12-47
+
2t
2+2
2t
+
2+2
6+ 4
747 Thrill of Brazil, The (91) Col
. 8-31-46
+
± 2
2+2
+
+
+
6+ 3
822 Thunder Mountain (60) RKO
. 5-24-47
2+2
2+2
+
44
5+ 2
765 Till the Clouds Roll By (120) MG M. .11-23-46 # + # ft ft ft 11+
743 Time of Their Lives, The (82) U-l.. 8-17-46 + ±± + + #±8+3—
804 Time Out of Mind (89) U-l 3-22-47 + -± + ±±7+7
772 Time, the Place and the Girl, The
(105) WB
12-14-46
2+2
2+2
+
+
+
+
2+2
7+ 3
794 Trail Street (83) RKO
3 1-47
2+2
2+2
+
2+2
2+2
+
6+ 4
785 Trail to San Antone (67) Rep
2 1-47
2t
2+2
+
2+2
+
5+ 3
Trailing Danger (58) Mono
2+2
1+ 1
779 Trap, The (68) Mono
1-11-47
—
2+2
—
3+ 5
819 Trouble With Women, The (80) Para
5-17-47
+
+
++
+
6+ 1
764 Tumbleweed Trails (57) PRC
11 9-46
H
2+2
2+2
2+2
4+ 4—
811 Twilight on the Rio Grande (71) Rep
4-19-47
+
2+2
2+2
—
2+2
4+ 4
806 Two Mrs. Carrolls, The (100) WB.
3-29-47
+
2+2
2±2
+
+
+
6+ 2
748 Two Years Before the Mast (98)
Para
2+2
2+2
++
+
+
ft
+
10+ 2
TJ
748 Under Nevada Skies (69) Rep
8-31-46
H
2+2
3+ 3
Undercover Maisie (93) MGM
+
+
+
H
+
5+ 1
756 Undercurrent (113) MGM
10 5-46
+
2+2
+
-H
+
-ft
+
9+ 1
772 Unexpected Guest (60) UA
12-14-46
2t
2+2
2+r
2+2
2+2
2+2
6+ 6—
808 Untamed Fury (61) PRC
4 5-47
H
2+2
-P
+
+
2+2
6+ 4
V
808 Vacation Days (68) Mono
4 5-47
2±
2+2
^P
3+ 4
757 Vacation in Reno (60) RKO
10-12-46
H
2+2
±2
2+2
^P
2+2
H
7+ 7
Valley of Fear (54) Mono
—
2+2
1+ 2
766 Verdict, The (86) WB
11-23-46
+
2+2
2+2
+
2+2
+
+
7+ 3
799 Vigilantes of Boomtown (96) Rep. . . .
3 8-47
+
2+2
+
+
2+2
5+ 2
812 Violence (72) Mono
. 4-19-47
2+2
2+2
+
2+2
2+2
6+ 5
w
766 Wake Up and Dream (92) 20-Fox.
.11-30-46
2+2
H
+
ft
2+2
8+ 5
763 Wanted for Murder (97) 20-Fox. . .
.11 9-46
2t
2+2
+
+
+
+
6+ 2
814 Welcome Stranger (106) Para. . . .
4-26-47
-H
-H
-H
-B
-ft
ft
12+
806 West of Dodge City (57) Col
. 3-29-47
2+2
2+2
+
3+ 2
816 West to Glory (61) PRC
. 5 3-47
2+2
2+2
3+ 3
Whispering City (..) E-L
4+
2+
751 White Tie and Tails (74) U-l
. 9-14-46
2+2
2+2
+
*4“
2+2
5+ 3
771 Wicked Lady, The (98) U-l
.12-14-46
+
2+2
2+2
+
+
6+ 3
762 Wife Wanted (73) Mono
.11 2-46
2+2
2+2
2+2
4+ 4—
743 Wild Beauty (61) U-l
. 8-17-46
H
Hp
+
2±
5+ 4
785 Wild Country (57) PRC
. 2 1-47
2+2
H
H
4+ 4
769 Wild West (73) PRC
.12 7-46
2+2
+
2+2
2+2
5+ 4
820 Woman on the Beach, The (71) RKO 5-17-47
2±
+
+
—
3+ 3
I
510 Yankee Fakir (71) Rep
. . 4-12-47
+
H
2+2
2+2
+
5+ 3
770 Yearling, The (135) MGM
.12 7-46
++
ff
++
++
ft
ff
++
14+
802 Years Between, The (88) U-l....
.. 3-15-47
2t
2+2
&
±
+
ff
7+ 4