Boxoffice barometer (1942)

++ Very Good; + Good; — Fair; Mediocre; — Poor; — Very Poor. In the summary 4+ is rated as 2 pluses; — as 2 minuses. Review Title Distr. Date Love Crazy (M-G-M) 5-17 Love on the Dole (UA) Lucky Devils (Univ) Lydia (UA) 8-23 M Mad Doctor, The (Para) 2-15 Mad Emperor, The (World) 4-5 Mail Train (20th-Fox) 7-12 Maisie Was a Lady (M-G-M) 1-11 Major Barbara (UA) 5-10 Maltese Falcon, The (WB) 10-4 Man Betrayed, A (Rep) 3-22 Man Hunt (20th-Fox) 6-21 Man at Large (20th-Fox) 9-13 Man From Montana (Univ) 10-11 Man Made Monster (Univ) 3-29 Man Who Lost Himself, The (Univ) 3-29 Man Who Seeks the Truth, The (Dome Films) 11-8 Mannerheim Line, The (Artkino) 4-5 Manpower (WB) 7-12 Marked Men (PRC) 2-1 Married Bachelor (M-G-M) 9-13 Marry the Boss* Daughter (20-Fox) 11-22 Masked Rider. The (Univ) 10-11. Mata Hari (M-G-M) Reissue Medico of Painted Springs (Col) 6-28... Meet Boston Blackie (Col) 3-8 Meet John Doe (WB) 3-22 Meet the Chump (Univ) 2-15 Melody for Three (RKO) 3-8 Melody Lane (Univ) 12-20 Men in Her Life. The (Col) 10-4 Men of Boys Town (M-G-M) 3-15 Men of the Timberland (Univ) 5-31 Mercy Island (Rep) 10-11. Mexican Spitfire's Baby. The (RKO) 9-6 Michael Shayne, Private Detective (20th-Fox) 12-28-40 Million Dollar Baby (WB) 5-31 Miracle Kid. The (PRC) 1-17-42 Miss Polly (UA) 11-8 Missing 10 Days (Col) 4-19 Missouri Outlaw, A (Rep) 11-22 Mr. and Mrs. Smith (RKO) 1-25 Mr. Celebrity (PRC) 11-1 Mr. District Attorney (Rep) 4-5. Mr. District Attorney in the Carter Case (Rep) 1-3-42 Mr. Dynamite (Univ) 3-15 Mob Town (Univ) 10-4 Model Wife (Univ) 4-19. Monster and the Girl (Para) 2-15 Moon Over Her Shoulder (20-Fox) 10-18 Moon Over Miami (20th-Fox) 6-21 Moonlight in Hawaii (Univ) 10-11 Moimtain Moonlight (Rep) 7-19 Murder Among Friends (20th-Fox) 3-15 Murder at the Baskervilles (Astor) 7-5 Murder by Invitation (Mono) 7-5 Mutiny in the Arctic (Univ) 5-17 My Life With Caroline (RKO) 7-19 Mystery of Room 13 (Film Alliance) 9-6 Mystery Ship (Col) 8-9 N Naval Academy (Col) 5-31 Navy Blue and Gold (M-G-M) Reissue 11-20-37 Navy Blues (WB) 8-16 Nevada City (Rep) 6-21 Never Give a Sucker an Even Break (Univ) 10-11 New Teacher, The (Artkino) 4-26 New Wine (UA) 8-2 _ New York Town (Para) 8-2 Niagara Falls (UA) 9-27 Nice Girl? (Univ) 3-1 Night of January 16, The (Para) 9-6 Nine Lives Are Not Enough (WB) 9-6 No Greater Sin (University Film) 6-28 ... North From the Lone Star (Col) Boxoffice Harrison's Reports Variety Film Daily Hollywood Reporter Hollywood Variety Parents' Magazine New York Daily News Summary ++ ++ ■H -tf ft + 13+ Z + + rp 5+ 3 + tf -H ff ft + + 12+ 1 + = + + ± + + 7+ 4 + 3+ 2— + ± + ft ft + + 10+ 2 ++ ++ + ft ft + -f 11+ -H + -H # ft + + 11 + — ± — + + It rp 6+ 6 ±1 ++ + + + + 9+ 3 + ±: _ + + It -f It 7+ 5 + + # ff -f 7+ + + + + It 8+ 4 ± + + + zt 8+ 4 ±2 +f + ++ ff ff ± 12-1 3 1 ++ + ft ft ff + ± 12+ 2 ± rp 2+ 8 ± + + 4-f 2 + ±: + ff ± 8+ 4 ± — + It 6+ 6 ■H ++ + ff ft ff + ff 14+ — ±: + + ip 7+ 6 -f -H ft + + ip 10+ 3 + + + + 6+ 2— zt. 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One Foot in Heaven (WB) 10-4 One Night in Lisbon (Para) 5-17 Our Wile (Col) 8-23 Out of the Fog (WB) 6-14 Outlaws of Cherokee Trail (Rep) 9-20 Outlaws of the Panhandle (Col) 5-17 Outlaws of the Rio Grande (PRC) 3-29 P Pals of the Pecos (Rep) 5-3 Paper Bullets (PRC) 6-14 Parachute Battalion (RKO) 7-19 Parson of Panamint, The (Para) 6-28 Passage From Hongkong (WB) 10-25 Penalty, The (M-G-M) 3-15 Penny Serenade (Col) 4-26... People vs. Dr. Kildare (M-G-M) 5-10 Pepe Le Moko (Mayer-Burstyn) 1-11 Perfect Snob, The (20th-Fox) 11-22 Personal Column (Pax Films) 4-5 Petticoat Politics (Rep) 2-22 Phantom Cowboy, The (Rep) 4-5 Philadelphia Story (M-G-M) 11-30-40 . Pinto Kid, The (Col) 2-8 Pioneers, The (Mono) 5-10 Pirate of the Seven Seas (Film All) 4-19 Pirates on Horse Back (Para) 5-24 Pittsburgh Kid, The (Rep) 9-6 Play Girl (RKO) 12-14-40 Playmates (RKO) 11-lb Poison Pen (Rep) 7-5 Pot O' Gold (UA) 4-21 Power Dive (Para) 4-12 Prairie Pioneers (Rep) 3-1 Prairie Stranger (Col) 9-13 Prisoner of Zenda (UA) Reissue 9-4-37 Private Nurse (20th-Fox) 7-26 Proud Valley (Supreme) 7-19 Public Enemies (Rep) 11-1 Puddin' Head (Rep) 7-5 Q Queen of Crime (Film Alliance) 4-5 Quiet Wedding (Univ) 1-3-42 R Rage in Heaven (M-G-M) 3-15 Rags to Riches (Rep) 8-16 Raiders of the Desert (Univ) 7-19 Rawhide Rangers (Univ) 8-23 Reaching for the Sun (Para) 4-12 Red River Valley (Rep) 1-3-42 Redhead (Mono) 5-24... Reg'lar Fellers (PRC) 9-6 Reluctant Dragon, The (RKO) 6-21 Repent at Leisure (RKO) Return of Daniel Boone (Col) 9-13 Richest Man in Town, The (Col) 6-14 ... Ride,. 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