Boxoffice (Apr-Jun 1948)

An interpretative analysis of opinions deducted 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 time. Date following distributor is BOXOFFICE review date. Listings cov«, current reviews. It is brought up to date regularly. The meaning of thf various signs and their combinations ii as follows: ++ Very Good; + GoodI; — Fair; — Poor; = Very Poor. In the summary ++ is rated as 2 pluses; = as 2 minuses. Lost One, The (..) Col 847 Louisiana (85) Mono 8-16-47 873 Love From a Stranjer (81) EL. .. .11-15-47 M 792 Mad Wednesday (94) UA 2-22-47 911 Madonna of the Desert (60) Rep. .. 3-13-48 851 Magic Town (103) RKO 8-30-47 893 Main Street Kid, The (65) Rep 1-24-48 867 Man About Town (89) RKO 10-25-47 90S Man From Texas, The (71) EL.... 3 6-48 898 Man of Evil (90) UA 2 7-48 839 Marauders, The (100) UA 7-19-47 895 Mary Lou (66) Col 1-31-48 914 Mating of Millie, The (87) Col 3-20-48 914 Meet -Me at Dawn (81) 20-Fox 3-20-48 839 Merton of the Movies (83) MGM. . . . 7-19-47 907 Miracle of the Bells, The (120) UA 3 6-48 917 Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House (94).SR0 • 4 3-48 904 Mr. Reckless (66) Para 2-21-48 918 Money Madness (73) FC 4 3-48 813 Monsieur Verdoux (120) UA 4-26-47 852 Mother Wore Tights (107) 20-Fox .. 8-30-47 879 Mourning Becomes Electra (173) RKO 12 6-47 893 My Girl Tisa (95) J/VB 1-24-48 882 My Wild Irish Rose (101) WB 12-13-47 N 896 Naked City, The (96) U-l 1-31-48 831 News Hounds (68) Mono 6-21-47 876 Nicholas Nickleby (95) U-l 11-22-47 874 Night Song (102) RKO 11-15-47 865 Nightmare Alley (111) 20-Fox 10-18-47 920 Noose Hangs High, The (85) EL.... 4-10-48 860 North of the Border (40) SG 9-27-47 819 Northwest Outpost (91) Rep 5-17-47 O 913 October Man, The (85) EL 3-20-48 907 Oklahoma Badlands (59) Rep 3 6-48 921 Old Los Angeles (87) Rep 4-17-48 870 On the Old Spanish Trail (75) Rep. 11 1-47 893 Open Secret (70) EL 1-24-48 821 Oregon Trail Scouts (58) Rep 5-24-47 853 Out of the Blue (84) EL . 9 6-47 875 Out of the Past (96) RKO 11-22-47 P 834 Pacific Adventure (97) Col 6-28-47 895 Panhandle (84) Allied Artists 1-31-48 888 Paradine Case, The (129) SRO.... 1 3-48 903 Pearl, The (79) RKO 2-21-48 Perilous Waters (64) Mono.^ 839 Personal Column (formerly Lured) (102) UA 7-19-47 907 Phantom Valley (53) Col 3 6-48 897 Piccadilly Incident (87) MGM 2 7-48 836 Pioneer Justice (56) EL 7 5-47 876 Pirates of Monterey (78) U-l 11-22-47 918 Pirate, The (102) MGM 4 3-48 Prairie Express (55) Mono 879 Prince of Thieves, The (72) Col 12 6-47 R 866 Railroaded (72) EL 10-18-47 892 Relentless (92) Col 1-17-48 871 Return of'Rin Tin Tin, The (67) EL 11 8-47 873 Return of the Lash (53) EL 11-15-47 912 Return of the Whistler, The (63) Col. 3-13-48 857 Ride the Pink Horse (101) U-l 9-20-47 Ridin’ Down the Trail (53) Mono 871 Road to Rio (101) Para 11 8-47 869 Road to the Big House (74) SG 11 1-47 Robin Hood of Monterey (55) Mono 837 Roosevelt Story, The (80) UA 7-12-47 888 Rose of Santa Rosa (65) Col 1 3-48 872 Roses Are Red (67) 20-Fox 11 8-47 915 Ruthless (104) EL 3-27-48 S 897 Saigon (95) Para 2 7-48 908 'Sainted' Sisters, The (89) Para... 3 6-48 908 Scudda Hoo! 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(95) 20-Fox 3 6-48 914 Search, The (92) MGM 3-20-48 842 Second Chance (62) 20-Fox 7-26-47 I ■5 eo -f -1 24 + -f ++ bz 64 2 4 + 74 5 -f -f + + 4 4 64 -f + zb 74 5 -f + + 4 44 74 1 — zb zb — — zb 44 7 + ±i 4 4 4 + 74 2 -f zb — 44 4— — ± 24 3 4 4 — — 34 3 ±: 64 6— zb 4 -H 4 4 74 2 + zb + — 4 44 2 H zb -H + 74 3 + -H 4 ++ 44 44 104 -f + 4 + 4 ff 84 1 — — zb zb — -34 6 zb 24 2 4t zr bz +f 4 zb 94 4 -t + zb 44 4 ff 104 1 + zb ■H 44 4 7+ 2 + + 4 -f 44 + 84 1 ■ft zb ff 4 4 84 2 -H ff 4+ 44 44 fl 144 ^ zb + 4 64 4 + + 44 -f 64 1 -f b: zb + 4 64 3 + bz 4 44 4 zb 84 2 4 zb 4 4 64 2 -t 14 1 -f zb -f zb 74 5 H zb 4 . 44 3 + zb 4 44 2 + bz + 44 2 ■+ +f 44 4 74 1 -f zb zb = — 4-4 6 bz + ■ 64 5 + ff zb +f 44 4 104 2 zb 4 -f 44 4 + 84 1 44 44 3 -f + 4 -H 44 4 S4 -H -H ff -H 44 44 ff 144 — zb 4 ++ 4 + 74 3 zb 3-4 3 +1 + 4 4+ 4 4 + 94 ± — 14 2 — 34 4 — ± 4 — 34 4 ± b: 44 4 84 5 + 4 4 -4 44 44 S4 bz 34 3 -+ 4 4 zb 54 3 + zb 4 zb 64 4 tt 4 + 44 4 + 94 4 — 4 54 5 zb 34 3 zb — 54 6 -H 4 4+ + If 114 1 — 1— + + ff 44 44 If ilH ± “ 34 4 — 24 3 4+ 4 3+ — 24 3— zb 4 4 ± _ 64 5 + zb + 4 4 64 2 zb 4 ± 54 5 + bz bz 4 64 4 -f bz 4 4 4 4 64 1 ++ -f+ ff 44 44 44 ff 144 zb 4 4 — 64 5 ^ .5 5 ti Of E T3 1 w 0 "c 0 42 'Z e n ^ >, 0 £ ■a 0 V. 0 a> ^ 0 Of 1 >• s E o i-. QC ’0 oc ffi zpe > IT X OC ^ s (/> 889 Secret Beyond the Door (98) U-l.. 1-10-48 b: zb zb 6+ 6 840 Secret Life of Walter Mitty, The (105) RKO 7-19-47 + ++ tt H ++ +f 12-f 1 883 Senator Was Indiscreet, Th . (81) U-l 12-20-47 + zb -H -H -H -f 10+ 1 880 Shadow Valley (58) EL •. 12 6-47 + 3+ 2 922 Shaggy (71) Para 4-17-48 b: _ + 3+ 3— 830 Shepherd of the Valley (103) 20-Fox 6-14-47 zb + + ff -H + 9+ 2 904 Sign of the Ram, The (85) Col.... 2-21-48 + + -f ++ + 7+ 1 919 Silent Conflict (61) UA 4-10-48 — — 2+ 4 848 Singapore (79) U-l 8-16-47 zb zb zb -H zb 8+ 6 906 Sitting Pretty (84) 20-Fox 2-28-48 ■H ■H ++ -H ■H ++ ++ 14+ 890 Six-Gun Law (54) Col 1-10-48 zb bz — 3+ 4 892 Sleep, My Love (97) UA 1-17-48 + zb +f -f -t zb 8+ 3 896 Slippy McGee (65) Rep 1-31-48 + zb bz + zb _ 6+ 5 Smart Politics (68) Mono zb zb 2+ 2 912 Smart Woman (93) Allied Artists... 3-13-48 +f + -H zb 7+ 2 892 SmuggJers, The (85) EL 1-17-48 + zb -f — + + 5+ 2 870 So Well Remembered (114) RKO.... 11 1-47 -f .+ -H •H + + 10+ 842 Something in the Wind (89) U-l... 7-26-47 -f dz + ++ + + . + 8+ 1 916 Song of Idaho (66) Col 3-27-48 — 2+ 3 841 Song of Love (119) MGM 7-26-47 + + -H +f +f ff 11+ 1 871 Song of My Heart (85) Allied Artists 11 8-47 + + ■n + -f 7+ 1 844 Song of the Thin Man (86) MGM... 8 2-47 + + -t ++ + + zb 8+ 1 Snowbound (..) RKO + 1+ 906 Speed to Spare (57) Para 2-28-48 _ zb zb b: 4+ 5 863 Spirit of West Point (77) FC 10-11-47 + + ++ ff 8+ 2 832 Sport of Kings (68) Col 6-21-47 -f zb bz 4 5+ 3 916 State of the Union (124) MGM 3-27-48 ++ +f •H -H •H + 11+ 896 Stage to Mesa City (52) EL 1-31-48 -f — b: 4+ 4 907 Strawberry Roan ( . . ) Col 3 6-48 + 1+ 912 Summer Holiday (92) MGM 3-13-48 It + + ■H +f + 9+ 858 Sweet Genevieve (68) Col 9-20-47 — 3+ 5 835 Swing the Western Wav (66) Col... 7 5-47 b: 1+ 1 867 Swordsman, The (81) Col 10-25-47 -f zb + -f -t -f 8+ 1 T S84T-Men (92) EL 12-20-47 -H ++ -f ■H -H 10+ 901 Take My Life (85) EL 2-14-48 + + + b: 5+ 2— 917 Tarzan and the Mermaids (67) RKO 4 3-48 + bz + zb zb ‘+ 7+ 4 856 Tawny Pipit, The (81) U-l 9-13-47 -i + + +f 6+ 1~ 880 Tender Years, The (81) 20-Fox.... 12 6-47 -t zb -f + — -H 6+ 2 891 Tenth Avenue Angel (75) MGM.... 1-17-48 b: + — 5+ 5 868 That Hagen Girl (83) WB 10-25-47 — + — bz b: 5+ 6 861 This Time for Keeps (105) MGM.. 10 4-47 + zb -t zb -H + + 8+ 2 900 Three Daring Daughters (115) MGM 2-14-48 ++ '+ ■H + + ft 10+ 1 913 Tioga Kid, The (54) EL 3-20-48 bz 3+ 3 908 Tornado Range (56) EL 3 6-48 3+ 3-. 894 To the Ends of the Earth (109) Col. 1-24-48 + -F ++ -f ft -f 9+ 1— 918 To the Victor (99) WB 4 3-48 -f -i -f bz 6+ 3 890 Treasure of Sierra Madre (126) WB 1-10-48 + + •H ■H 8+ 819 Trouble With Women, The (80) Para 5-17-47 -t bz + ++ -f b: 8+ 3 885 Two Blondes and a Redhead (70) Col. 12-27-47 ± ± — _ 3+ 5 878 Tycoon (128) RKO 11-29-47 zb + -H 8+ 5 u 36^ Unconquered (146) Para .10 4-47 ft + ft ft + + 10+ 1 383 Under Colorado Skies (65) Rep .12-20-47 + 5+ 4 846 Unfinished Dance, The (118) MGM. . 8 9-47 + tt tt ft ft ft 12+ 1 358 Unsuspected, The (105) WB , 9-20-47 tt + + ft ft + 9+ 369 Upturned Glass, The (85) U-l 11 1-47 bz zb + 6+ 5 V 340 Variety Girl (95) Para . 7-19-47 ft + + ft ft + + 10+ 386 Voice of the Turtle, The (103) WB. . .12-27-47 ft ft ft + + + + 10+ W 916 West of Sonora (55) Col . 3-27-48 bz + 2+ 1 899 Western Heritage (61) RKO . 2-14-48 zb :b + ±: 5+ 4 Westward Trail (58) EL ± 2+ 2 859 When a Girl’s Beautiful (68) Col... . 9-27-47 zb + 5+ 4— Where the North Begins (40) SG.. — 1 864 Where There’s Life (80) Para .10-11-47 + + ft + ft 8+ 1 876 Whispering City (98) EL .11-22-47 zb zb 4+ 4 363 Wild Frontier, The (59) Rep .10-11-47 + + + ft ± ^ 1 845 Wild Harvest (92) Para . 8 9-47 — ± — + 4+ 5 875 Wild Horse Mesa (60) RKO .11-22-47 ± + 5+ 4 919 Winter Meeting (104) WB . 4-10-48 + — bz — + 4+ 4 862 Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap, The (78) U-l .10 4-47 + + ff ft ± 9+ 3 905 Woman From Tangier (66) Col.... . 2-28-48 bz — bz — 3+ 5 886 Woman’s Vengeance, A (96) U-l... .12-27-47 + ± + + + + 7+ 2 891 Women in the Night (90) FC , 1-17-48 + zb _ 3+ 3 899 Wreck of the Hesperus, The (68) Col. 2-14-48 + 2+ 2 T 894 You Were Meant for Me (91) 20-Fox 1-24-48 + + + ft + + atf 1