Boxoffice barometer (1944)

imir Sokoloff, George David. Producer: David Lewis. Director: Frank Borzage. Original: Play by Alfred Maury. Screenplay: Lenore Coffee. The work of the French underground in helping an American flyer, downed over occupied territory, return to safety and the fight for freedom is the basis of this drama. Underlying it is a love story between the pilot and a novice in a convent who gives her life to assure his escape. Too Good to Be True Cast: Betty Hutton, Sonny Tufts. Producer: Harry Tugend. Director: Not set. Original: No credits set. Screenplay: Harry Tugend. When Lawyer Sonny Tufts is discharged from the army he is sadly lacking in clients. To help him out. Showgirl Betty Hutton pleads guilty to a murder, so he can defend her and win desirable publicity. The results are the springboard for an assortment of comedy antics. The Trouble With Women Cast: Diana Lynn. Producer: Not set. Director: Not set. Original: Saturday Evening Post story by Dwight Mitchell Wiley. Screenplay: No credits set. Comedy-drama about a young couple who are married during this war and set an example in emotional stability and common sense for the ultra-modern and flighty parents of the girl who were wed during the first world war. Two Years Before the Mast Cast: Alan Ladd, Brian Donlevy, Howard Da Silva, Bill Bendix, Albert Dekker, Luis Von Rooten, Esther Fernandez. Producer: Seton I. Miller. Director: John Farrow. Original: Novel by Richard Henry Dana. Screenplay: Seton I. Miller. Based on Richard Henry Dana’s wellknown novel of the same title, this tells the story of the crew of the brig, Pilgrim, which sails around Cape Horn to California and back to Boston under the command of a martinet captain. The voyage is marked by adventures, terrible hardships and a touching love story. The Virginian Cart: Joel McCrea, Sonny Tufts, Brian Donlevy, Barbara Britton, Bill Frawley, Vince Barnett, Fay Bainter, Henry O'Neill. Producer: Paul Jones. Director: Stuart Gilmore. Original: Owen Wister novel. Screenplay. No credits set. The Virginian (Joel McCrea) is marshal in a Wyoming town. His friend Steve (Sonny Tufts) becomes involved with a gang of rustlers, headed by Trampas (Brian Donlevy). When the Virginian swears he will hang any rustler he catches, Trampas fixes it so Steve is caught. The Virginian supervises his hanging. Follow a series of scrapes between the Virginian and Trampas with the Virginian ultimately triumphing. The Well Groomed Bride Cast: Ray Milland, Sonny Tufts. Producer: Fred Kohlmar. Director: Sidney Lanfield. Original: Robert Russell. Screenplay: No credits set. Comedy-drama with a modern San Francisco locale. Whenever I Remember Cast: Not set. Producer: Hal Wallis. Director: Not set. Original: Play by Edmund Veland and Oscar Millard. Screenplay: Lenore Coffee. A romantic love story set against the background of England in World War II. You'll Be the Death of Me Cast: Jack Haley, Ann Savage. Producer: Maxwell Shone for William Pine and William Thomas. Director: Frank McDonald. Original: Geoffrey Homes. Screenplay: Goffrey Homes. A comedy-mystery concerning the adventures of a small town reporter with no nose for news, who accidentally stumbles into a series of murders in a California winery operated by middle-aged identical twins who haven’t spoken to each other in 20 years. Ziegfeld Follies Cast: Fred Astaire, Edward Arnold, Lucille Ball, Marion Bell, Lucille Bremer, Fanny Brice, James Craig and other stars. Producer: Arthui Freed. Directors: George Sidney and Vincente Minnelli. Original: No credits set. Screenplay: No credits set. A Technicolor musical without a story, this has 23 production numbers, including the opening circus scene, a Honolulu swimming routine; dances by Fred Astaire and Gene Kelly; a Baby Snooks act, etc. Music combines original songs with favorites by George Gershwin, Jerome Kern, Rudolf Friml and Victor Herbert. PRC PICTURES Bluebeard Cast: John Carradine, Jean Parker, Nils Asther, Ludwig Stossel, George Pembroke, Teala Loring, Sonia Sorel. Producer: Martin Mooney. Director: Edgar G. Ulmer. Original: Arnold Phillips and Werner H. Furst. Screenplay: Pierre Gendron. In Paris, a series of murders of beautiful women cause the police to warn the public a modern Bluebeard is rampant. Jean Parker does not suspect the artist in whom she is interested is the fiendish killer, but when her sister is slain, the evidence is damning. Accused by Jean, he almost destroys her, but the police arrive in time. Boss of Rawhide Cast: Dave "Tex" O'Brien, Jim Newill, Guy Wilkerson, Nell O'Day, Edward Cassidy, Jack Ingram, Billy Bletcher. Producer: Alfred Stern. Director: Elmer Clifton. Original Screenplay: Elmer Clifton. The Texas Rangers move into a corrupt town, clean it up and save the small ranchers from the machinations of a feudal overlord. Crime, Inc. Cast: Martha Tilton, J. Carrol Naish, Tom Neal. Producer: Marlin Mooney. Director: Lew Landers. Original: Book by Martin Mooney. Screenplay: Raymond L. Schrock. Based on the expose written by Martin Mooney, this is a story with a newspaper background, of a reporter who uncovers a crime syndicate in New York during the late 20s. His efforts and sensational disclosures bring about a cleanup campaign which introduces a clever prosecutor who does the job. Dead or Alive Cast: Tex Ritter, Dave C'Brien, Guy Wilkerson, Marjory Clements, Rebel Randall, Ray Bennett, (jharles King. Producer: Arthur Alexander. Director: Elmer Clifton. Original Screenplay: Harry Fraser. Tex Ritter comes to DeLano to help a secret committee rid it of outlaws. He enlists the aid of his pal, Dave O’Brien, who posing as a train robber, joins the robber band. The plan backfires. Dave Is captured by the committee; Tex by the outlaws. How they extricate themselves and best the villains supplies the balance of the story. Deadline Cast: Not set. Producer-Director: A1 Herman. Original: Harry C. Hoyt. Screenplay: No credits set. Melodrama with a newspaper background. Drums of Death Cost: Not set. Producer-Director: A1 Herman. Original: Not set. Screenplay: Not set. Eight men and two women are stranded in a jungle because of a plane crash. Each considers himself a special person with special privileges. But confronted with the perils of unfriendly savages, jungle beasts and the elements, they soon lose their outer veneer and it becomes a test for the survival of the fittest. Enchanted Forest Cast: Not set. Producer: Jack Schwarz. Direc tor: Not set. Original: Not set. Screenplay; Elizabeth Meehan. An outdoor story localed in the Redwood Forest of northern California and filmed in Technicolor. The End of Night Cast: Not set. Producer: Ruth-Greene-Rouse. Director: Not set. Original: No credits set. Screenplay: Not set. Title registered but no story developed so far. Fog Island Cast: Not set. Producer: Leon Fromkess. Director: Terry Morse. Original: Not set. Screenplay: Not set. An eerie tale concerning the perils of a young girl whose uncle leaves her an estate on an island where a murder is committed. She eventually solves the crime, following numerous narrow escapes. Forgotten Children Cast: Not set. Producer-Director: A1 Herman. Original: Jim Tully novel. Screenplay: No credits set. No screen story developed so far. Gangsters of the Frontier Cast: Tex Ritter, Dave O'Brien, Guy Wilkerson, Patti McCarty, Harry Harvey, Betty Miles, I. Stanford Jolley. Producer: Arthur Alexander. Director: Elmer Clifton. Original Screenplay: Elmer Clifton. The Texas Rangers (Tex Ritter, Dave O’Brien and Guy Wilkerson) are attacked by outlaws, who then take over the town of Red Rock, forcing the people to work for them in the mines. The Rangers organize the first law enforcement body in the territory and after an assortment of riding and shooting, trap the culprits. The Great Mike Cast: Stuart Erwin, Robert Henry, Carl Switzer, Edythe Elliot, William Halligan, Lane Chandler, Marion Martin. Producer: Martin Mooney. Director: Wallace W. Fox. Original: Martin Mooney. Screenplay: Raym,ond L. Schrock. The story of an 11 -year-old boy and a horse, which is given into his care, and which he hopes to own some day. Story is backgrounded against Santa Anita in the pre-Pearl Harbor era. There the boy meets and mixes with horse owners, gamblers and the behind-the-scenes crowd of a race track. Eventually he realizes his dream, sees his horse run to victory. Hello, Mom Cast: Not set. Producer: Martin Mooney. Director: Not set. Original: No credits set. Screenplay: No credits set. Story of a prizefighter who enters the armed forces. His Brother's Ghost Cast: Buster Crabbe, A1 St. John, Charles King, Ray Brent, Frank McCarrolI, Dick Alexander, Bud Osborne, Bob Cason. Producer: Sigmund Neufeld. Director: Sam Newfield. Original: Not set. Screenplay: Not set. A group of sharecroppers on a ranch have been terrified by bandit raids, during which four of their company were killed. They enlist the aid of Buster Crabbe, a heroic fighting figure, who, in his attempts to rout the outlaws, is kidnaped by by them. Buster, however, fights and shoots his way out, and peace on the ranch is eventually restored. ** Holl'ywood and Vine Cast: James Ellison, Wanda McKay, June Clyde, Ralph Morgan, Franklyn Pongborn, Leon Belasco, Emmett Lynn. Producer: Leon Fromkess. Director: Alexis Thurn-Toxis. Original: Edith Watkins, Charles Williams and Robert Wilmot. Screenplay: Edith Watkins and Charles Williams. A comedy romance with a studio background this concerns a girl, a boy and a dog. The girl arrives in Hollywood bent on becoming a star; the boy, a famous writer, conceals his identity while courting her; and the dog attains the fame his mistress wanted for herself, and is re BOXOFFICE BAROMETER 101