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 cove current reviews. It is brought up to date regularly. The meaning of the various signs and their combinations is as follows; +!■ Very Good; + Good! — Fair; — Poor; = Very Poor. In the summary is rated as 2 pluses; = as 2 minuses. 922 Letter From an Unknown Woman (87) U-l 4-17-48 924 Lightnin’ in the Forest (58) Rep... 4-24-48 869 Linda Be Good (67) EL 11 1-47 892 Lone Wolf in London, The (68) Col. 1-17-48 866 Lost Moment, The (88) U-l 10-18-47 923 Lost One, The (84) Col 4-24-48 847 Louisiana (85) Mono 8-16-47 873 Love From a Stranger (81) El 11-15-47 M 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 10-25-47 908 Man From Texas, The (71) EL.... 3 6-48 898 Man of Evil (90) UA 2 7-48 895 Mary Lou (66) Col 1-31-48 914 Mating of Millie, The (87) Col 3-20-48 914 Meet Me at Dawn (81) 20th-Fox 3-20-48 934 Melody Time (76) RKO 5-22-48 839 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) SRO 4 3-48 904 Mr. Reckless (66) Para 2-21-48 918 Money Madness (73) FC 4 3-48 879 Mourning Becomes Electra (173) RKO 12 6-47 925 My Dog Rusty (67) Col 5 1-48 893 My Girl Tisa (95) WB 1-24-48 882 My Wild Irish Rose (101) WB 12-13-47 N 896 Naked City, The (96) U-l 1-31-48 876 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 o 913 October Man, The (85) EL 3-20-48 907 Oklahoma Badlands (59) Rep 3 6-48 921 Old Los Angeles (87) Rep 4-17-48 926 On an Island With You (107) MGM 5 1-48 898 On Our Merry Way (formerly Miracle Can Happen, A) (107) UA 2 7-48 870 On the Old Spanish Trail (75) Rep. 11 1-47 893 Open Secret (70) EL 1-24-48 875 Out of the Past (96) RKO 11-22-47 P 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 907 Phantom Valley (53) Col 3 6-48 897 Piccadilly Incident (87) MGM 2 7-48 918 Pirate, The (102) MGM 4-3-48 876 Pirates of Monterey (78) U-l 11-22-47 923 Port Said (69) Col 4-24-48 Prairie Express (55) Mono 879 Prince of Thieves, The (72) Col 12 6-47 B 937 Raw Deal (78) EL 5-29-48 892 Relentless (92) Col 1-17-48 934 Return of the Badmen (90) RKO... 5-22-48 871 Return of Rin Tin Tin, The (67) EL 11 8-47 912 Return of the Whistler, The (63) Col. 3-13-48 932 River Udy (78) U-l 5-15-48 871 Road to Rio (101) Para 11 8-47 869 Road to the Big House (74) SG 11 1-47 Rocky (76) 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! Scudda Hay! (95) f 20-Fox 3 6-48 914 Search, The (92) MGM 3-20-48 889 Secret Beyond the Door (98) U-l... 1-10-48 + — + f 5-f 2 it + 5+ 4 ± ■+: ■± 6-1 6 zt _ — 4-f 6— — it + + ■H 7-f 4 + + + 3-1 + + ++ ± 6-f 2 + ± + 7-1 5 + -f ± tt 7-4 5— -f + + + 44 7-4 1 — — — 4-t 7 + + + + -4 7-4 2 -f — 4-4 4 — ± 2-4 3 ± zt 6+ 6 it + 44 + + 7-4 2 + + __ -4 4-4 2 •H + •tt 44 it 44 44 12-4 1— + 4+ ±: + 7-4 3 -1 +f -i 44 -H 44 10-4 + + + + zt 44 44 9-4 1 — — — — 3+ 7 2-4 2 -1 _ 44 -f 7-4 2 3-4 3 + + + -f 44 + 8-4 1 4+ it 44 ± -4 -4 8-4 2 44 44 44 44 44 -H 14-4 + ±: + 44 + 64 1 + + -4 6-4 3 + -4 -4 44 + 8-4 2 + + + 7-4 4 -4 ±: — -4 -4 5-4 3 -4 -4 4-4 2 + it + -4 5-4 2 44 + + -4 44 8+ -4 -4 44 -4 -4 8-4 2 -4 it 44 44 ■4 7-4 1 + ziz = — 4-4 6— -4 ± + -4 44 -4 + 8-4 1 + + + 44 44 + 8-4 44 fl 44 44 44 44 44 14-4 •— -4 44 44 + 8-4 3 3-4 3 -4 — 2-4 2 ± — -4 44 4 + + -4 -4 44 44 -4 9-4 44 -1 ±1 8-4 5 — 5-4 6 3-4 3 -4 zt — -4 -4 5-4 3 -4 -4 -4 6+ 3 44 zt -4 -4 ++ -f 9-4 1 -4 -4 — 4-4 3 — ±: + Hh 5-4 5 zt — it 5-4 6 zt -4 + + + 6+ 2 -4 + -H 4t ++ 10-4 — ± 3-4 4— zt zt 2-4 2 44 + 3+ ± — 2-4 3 ± tz + ± + — 6-4 5 -4 ± d= + + + 6-4 2 -4 — 5-4 5 -4 zt -4 di 7-4 5 -4 zt -4 -4 -4 + 6+ 1 44 44 44 44 44 4+ ■H 14-4 zt ± it 6-4 6~ 939 Secret Service Investigator (60) Rep. 6 5-48 883 Senator Was Indiscreet, The (81) U-l 12-20-47 880 Shadow Valley (58) EL 12 6-47 922 Shaggy (71) Para 4-17-48 830 Shepherd of the Valley (103) 20-Fox 6-14-47 904 Sign of the Ram, The (85) Col 2-21-48 919 Silent Conflict (61) UA 4-10-48 928 Silver River (110) WB 5 8-48 906 Sitting Pretty (84) 20-Fox 2-28-48 890 Six-Gun Law (54) Col 1-10-48 892 Sleep, My Love (97) UA 1-17-48 896 Slippy McGee (65) Rep 1-31-48 Smart Politics (68) Mono 912 Smart Woman (93) Allied Artists... 3-13-48 892 Smugglers, The (85) EL 1-17-48 933 So Evil, My Love (109) Para 5-22-48 932 So This Is New York (^) UA 5-15-48 870 So Well Remembered (114) RKO U 1-47 916 Song of Idaho (66) Col 3-27-48 871 Song of My Heart (85) Allied Artists 11 8-47 Song of the Drifter (52) Mono 906 Speed to Spare(5S) Para 2-28-48 863 Spirit of West Point (77) FC 10-11-47 916 State of the Union (124) MGM.... 3-27-48 935 Stage Struck (71) Mono 5-22-48 896 Stage to Mesa City (52) EL 1-31-48 907 Strawberry Roan ( . . ) Col 3 6-48 912 Summer Holiday (92) MGM 3-13-48 858 Sweet Genevieve (68) Col 9-20-47 937 Sword of the Avenger (76) EL 5-29-48 867 Swordsman, The (81) Col 10-25-47 T BS4T-Men (92) EL 12-20-47 901 Take My Life (85) EL 2-14-48 917Tarzan and the Mermaids (67) RKO 4 3-48 856 Tawny Pipit, The (81) U-l 9-13-47 880 Tender Years. The (81) 20-Fox 12 6-47 891 Tenth Avenue Angel (75) MGM 1-17-48 868 That Hagen Girl (83) WB 10-25-47 13 Lead Soldiers (66) 20-Fox 861 This Time tor Keeps (105) MGM.. 10 4-47 900 Three Daring Daughters (115) MGM 2-14-48 933 Time of Your Life, The (109) UA. . 5-22-48 913 Tioga Kid, The (54) EL 3-20-48 894 To the Ends of the Earth (109) Col. 1-24-48 918 To the Victor (99) WB 4 3-48 908 Tornado Range (56) EL 3 6-48 929 Trapped by Boston Blackie (67) Col. 5 8-48 890 Treasure of Sierra Madre (126) WB 1-10-48 885 Two Blondes and a Redhead (70) Col. 12-27-47 878 Tycoon (128) RKO 11-29-47 U 862 Unconquered (146) Para 10 4-47 931 Under California Stars (70) Rep... 5-15-48 883 Under Colorado Skies (65) Rep 12-20-47 858 Unsuspected, The (105) WB 9-20-47 940 Up in Central Park (87) U-l 6 5-48 869 Upturned Glass, The (85) U-l 1 1-47 V 939 Vicious Circle, The (77) UA 6 5-48 886 Voice of the Turtle. The (103) WB . 12-27-47 W 934 Wallflower (78) WB 5-22-48 927 Waterfront at Midnight (63) Para... 5 8-48 916 West of Sonora (55) Col 3-27-48 899 Western Heritage (61) RKO 2-14-48 Westward Trail (58) EL Where the North Begins (40) SG 864 Where There’s Life (SO) Para 10-11-47 936 Whirlwind Raiders (54) Col 5-22-48 876 Whispering City (98) EL 11-22-47 928 Who Killed ‘Doc’ Robhin? (55) UA.. 5 8-48 875 Wild Horse Mesa (60) RKO U-22-47 940 Will It Happen Again? (62) FC 6 5-48 919 Winter Meeting (104) WB.... 4-10-48 905 Woman From Tangier (66) Col 2-28-48 923 Woman in White, The (109) WB 4-24-48 886 Woman’s Vengeance, A (96) U-l 12-27-47 891 Women in the Night (90) FC 1-17-48 899 Wreck of the Hesperus, The (68) Col. 2-14-48 Y 894 You Were Meant for Me (91) 20-Fox 1-24-48 -4 1-4 1 -4 44 44 44 -4 -4 10-1 1 -4 3-4 2 — -4 4-4 4 -4 -4 44 44 -4 9-4 2 -4 -4 -4 44 -4 7-4 1 — — 2-4 4 it -4 -4 64 4— 44 44 44 44 44 44 44 14-4 ± — 3-4 4 -4 it it 44 -4 -4 it 8-4 3 -4 it -4 — 6-4 5 2-4 2 44 + ± 44 7-4 2 -4 dz -4 — -4 -4 5-4 2 44 zt -4 5-4 2 -4 + -4 -4 -4 ± 6-4 1 -4 + 44 44 44 -4 -4 10-4 — it 3-4 4 -4 + 44 + -4 7-4 1 1-4 1 — it 4-4 5 -4 zt -4 44 44 8-4 2 44 44 44 44 44 44 14-4 — — 1-4 3 -4 — ± 4-4 4 -4 -4 -4 “4“ 4+ 1 44 + -4 44 44 -4 9-4 — — 3-4 5 — 2-4 3 -4 -4 44 -4 -4 -4 8-4 1 +4 If -4 ■H If + 10+ -4 -4 + 5-4 2 -4 -4 -4 ± 7-4 4 -4 -t -4 If 6-4 1 -4 -4 -4 — If 6-4 2 it it -4 — zt 5-4 5 ± ■±_ — -4 — ±: 5-4 6 -4 — zt it 4-4 4 + -4 If + + 8-4 2 -H -4 If + ■f fl 10-4 1 + -4 -H + If 8-4 1 it 3-4 3 -4 H + If + 9-4 1 + -4 + ± 7-4 4 it ± 3-4 3 it it 4-4 4 + + fl 1^ H 8-4 zt dz — — 3-4 5 it ± ± H zt 8+ 5 If ± + +4 H -4 -4 10-4 1 -4 -4 -4 5-4 2 zt -4 5-4 4 If -4 -1 4f Ih -4 9-t 4 If -4 -4 64 1 it zt -4 it 6-4 5— -4 ± ± + 4-4 2 4+ ++ 4+ -4 -4 -4 -4 10-4 Zt 4 -4 5-4 3 -I dz 4 5-4 3 -4 2-4 1 + :t 5-4 4 ± ± 2-4 2 — 1 4 4 If -4 If zt 8+ * it ± 3-4 3 5-4 5 ± -4 4-4 3 ± ± + 5-4 4 dz 1+ 1 4 . — + 5-4 4 — ± ± — 34 5 4 zt 4 — 4 44 6-4 2 4 4 -4 4 -4 7-4 2 4 ± — 3+ 3 4 “ 4 3+ 2 4 -4 4 44 4 + »4 1