Boxoffice barometer (1945)

the body of Edouardes is discovered. Suspected of the murder, Peck flees. Miss Bergman follows him, applies psychiatric treatment and subsequent events conclude in a surprising denouement. Strange Woman Cast: Hedy Lamarr. Producers: Hunt Stromberg, Jack Chertok. Director: Not set. Original: Ben Ames Williams. Screenplay: Not set. Everybody thought Jennie Hager a perfect lady — except the seven men who knew her best. This story of a wicked but beautiful woman takes place in Bangor, Me., from the time of the War of 1812 through the Civil War. The original was a popular novel of the same name by Ben Ames Williams. Suddenly It's Spring Cast: Shirley Temple, Joseph Gotten. Pro ducer: Dore Schary tor Vanguard Films. Director: Not set. Original Screenplay: Sidney Sheldon. Laid in a modern midwestern city, this is a comedy concerning teen-age problems in love and life. Shirley Temple finds in Joseph Gotten an attractive and understanding ally throughout her puppy love affairs and growing pains. There Goes Lona Henry Cast: Not Set. Producer: Mary Pickford. Director: Leslie Fenton. Original: Polan Banks. Screenplay: Benedict Bogeaus. A Technicolor drama laid in Virginia in the early 1900s concerning an enchanting woman with a reputation. Therese Raguin Cast: Not set. Producer: Arnold Pressburger. Director: Not set. Original: Emile Zola. Screenplay: Anne Green. A love story, its background Prance in the ’80s, this is adapted from a novel by Emile Zola, noted French author. T-Man Cast: Not set. Producer-Director: Andrew Stone. Original: Not set. Screenplay: Not set. A dramatic thriller which reveals littlepublicized experiences of the treasury department’s secret service men. Tom Breneman's Breakfast in Hollywood Cast: Tom Breneman, Bonita Granville, Edward Ryan, Beulah Bondi, Raymond Walburn, Billie Burke, ZaSu Pitts. Producer: Robert S. Golden. Director: Harold Schuster. Original: Not set. Screenplay: Not set. This is based on a day-time radio program. Tom Breneman, along with his duties as emcee of the show, dashes blithely about playing cupid to various couples and bringing joy to gloomy widows, particularly ZaSu Pitts. Number one couple, Bonita Granville and Eddie Ryan, are brought together by him at one of his broadcasts. Varga Girl Cast: Not set. Producer: Charles R. Rogers. Director: Not set. Original: Not set. Screenplay: Not set. A musical extravaganza in Technicolor featuring flesh and blood beauties who represent the popular Esquire artists’ intriguing drawings. Whistle Stop Cast: George Raft, Ava Gardner, Victor McLaglen, Tom Conway, Jorja Curtwright, Florence Bates, Jane Nigh. Producer: Seymour Nebenzal. Director: Leonide Moguy. Original: Phillip Yordan. Screenplay: Not set. Returning to her “whistle stop’’ home town, Ava Gardner tries to make up her mind between shiftless George Raft and wealthy Bistro Owner Tom Conway. Raft hasn’t changed, so she allows Conway to lavish attentions on her. Incensed with the knowledge that he can’t have her without money. Raft hatches a plot to kill and rob Conway. The plot is foiled only to bring about a frameup by Conway to dispose of Raft. The situation works itself out. The Wizard of Whispering Falls Cast: Harold Lloyd. Producer-Director: Preston Sturges. Original Screenplay: Preston Sturaes. A sequel to “The Sin of Harold Diddleboch,” this will be a comedy in which Harold Lloyd finds himself figuratively out of the frying pan, into the fire, and out again. Young Widow Cast: Jane Russell, Louis Hayward, Faith Domergue, Penny S'ingleton, Marie Wilson, Kent Taylor, Connie Gilchrist Producer: Hunt Stromberg. Director: Edwin L. Marin. Original: Clarissa Fairchild Cushman. Screenplay: Richard Macauley. The plot deals with a timely, sociological problem with which many young women of today are faced — that of a widow whose husband has been killed overseas. Bewildered, Jane Russell goes to live with her aunt in Virginia, but familiar surroundings serve only to intensify her loss. En route to New York, she meets Hayward, who offers an entirely different philosophy to her situation. This association results in a romance between the two which culminates in marriage. UNIVERSAL Bad Men of the Border Cast: Kirby Grant, Armida, Fuzzy Knight, Barbara Sears, Francis McDonald, John Eldredge, Eddie Howard, Soledad Jiminiz. Producer-Director: Wallace Fox. Original Screenplay: Adele Buffington. A United States marshal robs a stage coach to win the confidence of a counterfeit ring operating south of the Isorder. In the process, he robs an entertainer who is an undercover agent for the Mexican government. He breaks up the counterfeit ring with her help. Because of Him Cast: Deanna Durbin, Franchot Tone, Charles Laughton, Helen Broderick, Stanley Ridges, Donald Meek. Producer: Felix Jackson. Director: Richard Wallace. Original: Not set. Screenplay: Edmund Beloin. Deanna Durbin works as a waitress, but dreams of becoming an actress. She is an ardent fan of Laughton, famous stage star. Deanna gets Laughton’s autograph on a sheet of paper, on the top of which she writes a letter of recommendation regarding her acting ability. Through the hoax she lands both the lead in Laughton’s play and Franchot Tone, the play’s author. Buck Privates Return Home Cast: Abbott and Costello. Producer: Not set. Director: William Setter. Original: Howard Green. Screenplay: Not set. When the zany Bud Abbott and Lou Costello return from their experiences overseas as army privates in World War II, the changes they find at home lead them from one escapade and adventure to another. Canyon Passage Cast: Dana Andrews, Brian Donlevy, Susan Hayward, Lloyd Bridges, Rose Hobart, Andy Devine, Patricia Roc. Producer: Walter Wanger. Director: Jacques Tourneur. Original: Ernest Haycox. Screenplay: Ernest Pascal. Dana Andrews, general store proprietor and operator of a mule frieight line, is in love with Susan Hayward, who is engaged to Gambler Brian Donlevy, his close friend. Donlevy’s gambling leads to the murder of a miner. Dana defends him during a kangaroo trial. Brian’s fate is left undecided when an Indian fight ensues, resulting in his death. Dana and Susan start life anew together, after the former’s store and mule trains are destroyed. Catch of the Season COit: Not set. Producer: Howard Welsch. Director: Not set. Original: Michael S. Boylan, t/illiam Pierce. Screenplay: Not set. An eligible young man with looks, money and a fair proportion of ambition is the desirable bait for scheming females in this comedy. Code of the Lawless Cast: Kirby Grant, Fuzzy Knight, Barbara Sears, Poni Adams, Harry Woods, Hugh Prosser, Rune Hultman. Associate Producer-Director: Wallace Fox. Original: Not set. Screenplay: Not set. Kirby Grant, newcomer to Pecos, aided by a mining prospector and a comely postmistress, succeeds in smashing a powerful holding company combine that had levied huge taxes upon Pecos ranchers. Grant poses as the long-missing son of Charles Miller, head of the corporation, in order to smash the gang of racketeering outlaws. When the mob is rounded up. Grant reveals himself to be an agent of the department of the interior. Crimson Canary Cast: Noah Beery jr., Danny Morton, Lois Collier, John Litel, Arthur Space, Steven Geray, Jimmy Ames. Associate Producer: Henry Blanklorl. Director: John Hollman. Original: Peggy Phillips. Screenplay: Henry Blonkfort, Peggy Phillips. Complications ensue for Noah Beery jr. and his jam band of World War II buddies when the songstress at the club refuses to marry the drummer and makes advances toward Beery. After the singer is murdered, the band skips town, only to be tracked down by the police. The real killer is revealed through aid from Beery’s fiance, Lois Collier. The Daltons Ride Again Cast; Alan Curtis, Kent Taylor, Lon Chaney, Martha O'Driscoll, Jess Barker, Noah Berry jr., Thomas Gomez. Producer-Director: Ray Taylor. Last of the four Dalton brothers, Emmett (Alan Curtis), on trial for his life, tells the story of the clan’s outlaw adventures and how he fell in love with Mary (Martha O’Driscoll), daughter of a militant publisher. Emmett is sentenced to a prison term by the court and Mary promises to wait for him. Frontier Gal Cast: Yvonne De Carlo, Rod Cameron, Andy Devine, Fuzzy Knight, Sheldon Leonard, Betty Sue Simmons, Andrew Tombes. Producer: Michael Fessier and Ernest Pagano. Director: Charles Lamont. Original Screenplay: Michael Fessier and Ernest Pagano. Cowboy Roy Cameron shoots one of his partner’s slayers and, fleeing from the law, seeks the other in a western village, where he meets Yvonne De Carlo, saloon operator. She interprets his attention as a proposal of marriage and forces him to go through with the ceremony, although he is already engaged to Jane Wiley, a school teacher. Next day, the bailiffs catch Rod and he goes to prison for six years. Upon his return, he finds he has a five-year-old daughter who in time wins her father’s affection and reunites her parents. Genius in the Family Cast: Myrna Loy, Don Ameche. Producer: Jack Skirball. Director: Frank Ryan. Original: Percy Maxim. Screenplay: Bruce Manning. A comedy romance which takes place in Brooklyn in the 1870s. The plot will be based on real-life facts of Percy Maxim’s father, who invented the machine gun and other mechanical marvels. Girl on the Spot Cast: Jess Barker, Lois Collier, Ludwig Stoessel, George Dolenz, Fuzzy Knight, Sara Edwards, Walter Sande. Associate Producer; George Blake. Director: William Beaudine. Original: George Blake, Jack Hartfield. Screenplay: Dorcas Cochran Jerry Warner. Tliree mobsters kill a night club owner and before they can escape, Lois Collier BOXOFFICE BAROMETER 133