Boxoffice (Jan-Mar 1939)

THE COMPLETE CHECK-UP ON CURRENT RELEASES TfQatu'LQ5 smugglers who are using the ranch as their base. George O’Brien, Laraine Johnson, John Miljan. Director: David Howard. Breaking the Ice. .845. . (83) Aug. 36 Comedy with Music. A young iad of much promise in the ice skating rink, gives it all up to fulfill his ambition to take his mother to Goshen, Indiana. Bobby Breen, Dolores Costello, Irene Dare. Director: Eddie Cline. Carefree . . 837 . . (83) Sept. 3 Musical Comedy. A psychiatrist attempts to aid a young lawyer and his fiancee, who refuses to marry him until she, too, becomes a lawyer. Humorous complications evolve, and when the smoke has cleared the doctor finds he is in love with the girl. Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Ralph Bellamy. Director: Mark Sandrich. Crime Ring. .836. . (70) July 8 Melodrama. A newspaper reporter exposes the fortune-telling racket, with the aid of a girl who poses as a mystic to gather evidence against the syndicate which tries to collect 10 per cent of her "take." Allan Dane, Frances Mercer. Director: Leslie Goodwins. Fugitives for a Night. .803. . (63) Sept. 33 Melodrama. A studio manager is murdered and a stooge he had fired, together with the latter’s girl friend, are accused. Frank Albertson. Eleanor Lynn, Bradley Page. Director: Leslie Goodwins. Great Man Votes, The. .913. . (70) ...Jan. 13 Comedy. An academic scholar turns to drink when his wife dies, but reforms when the Children’s Society threatens to take away his two children. John Barrymore, Peter Holden, Virginia Weidler. Director: Garson Kanin. Having Wonderful Time. .819. . (70) July 1 Comedy. Romances and rigmaroles of a summer vacation camp. Ginger Rogers, Douglas Fairbanks jr. Director: A1 Santell. I’m From the City. .834. . (71) Aug. 6 Comedy. Normally afraid of horses, Joe Penner shines as a trick rider when under the influence of a ruthless manager. Seeing his performance. a girl takes him west to ride in a race against an Indian. Joe Penner, Richard Lane, Kay Sutton. Director: Ben Holmes. Law West of Tombstone. .909. . (73) Nov. 18 Western. A dramatization of the days of the old west, in which an ex-outlaw moves to a new frontier and establishes law and order. Harry Carey, Tim Holt, Evelyn Brent. Director: Glenn Tyron. Lawless Valley . .981. . (69) Nov. 4 Western. A young cowboy, sent to prison on a false charge of stage robbery, is paroled, and returns to find his sweetheart held prisoner on her ranch by a couple of lawless valley overlords, one of whom is guilty of the robbery charge. George O’Brien, Kay Sutton. Director: David Howard. Mad Miss Manton. .906. . (78) Oct. 31 Mystery Comedy. A society girl with a detective complex uncovers a murder but can’t get the police to believe her. A newspaper berates her and is sued for libel, and in the interim the girl solves the mystery. Barbara Stanwyck, Henry Fonda. Director: Leigh Jason. Man to Remember, A. .905.. (80) Oct. 14 Drama. The life story of a rural doctor, whose humanitarianism stands out in sharp contrast to the selfish, hypocritical town biggies who are antagonistic to him during his lifetime. Edward Ellis, Ann Shirley. Director: Garson Kanin. Mother Carey’s Chickens. .833. . (80) July 39 Comedy Drama. The struggles of an English captaiw’s widow living on a meager pension, and the love triangle of her two daughters who are In love with the same man. Anne Shirley, Ruby Keeler, James Ellison, Pay Bainter. Director: Rowland V. Lee. Mr. Doodle Kicks Off . .904. . (76) Oct. 7 Comedy. The father of a collegiate swing band leader, offers to donate $200,000 to the university if the coaching staff can make a football star of his son who dislikes the game. Joa Penner, June Travis. Director: Leslie Goodwins. Next Time I Marry (formerly Trailer Romance) . .910. . (65) Dec. 3 Comedy. Paced with loss of an inheritance unless, she gets an American husband, but in love with a Count, a girl marries a WPA worker. The quick divorce agreed upon Is forgotten when romance enters. Lucille Ball, James Ellison, Lee Bowman. Director: Garson Kanin. Pacific Liner. .914. . (76) Jan. 6 Action Drama. A ship’s doctor tries to stem the spread of Asiatic cholera aboard a traveling vessel, but the chief engineer hampers his efforts, while threats of mutiny and death prevail. Victor McDaglen, Chester Morris, Wendy Barrie. Director: Lew Landers. Painted Desert. .883. . (59) Aug. 13 Western. The hero thwarts the efforts of villains to gain control of a tungsten mine located on his ranch. George O’Brien, Laraine Johnson, Ray Whitley. Director: David Howard. Peck's Bad Boy With the Circus. .948. . (68) Nov. 35 Comedy Drama. Tommy pinchhits for Ann as a bareback rider with the circus when Ann is hurt. He comes through with flying colors. Tommy Kelly, Ann Gillis. Director: Edward F. Cline. Renegade Ranger. .884. . (60) Sept. 16 Western. A girl attempts to remedy the wrongs of land thieves and is arrested for murder, but the hero pins the killing on a crooked tax collector and wins the girl. George O’Brien, Rita Hayworth. Director: David Howard. liooiu Service. .901. . (80) Sept. 30 Comedy. A penniless theatrical producer and his assistants fake measles to keep' from being thrown out of their hotel and persuade the manager to finance their show. Marx Brothers, Ann Miller, Frank Albertson. Director; William A. Seller. Saint in New York. .830. . (73) June 3 Detective Melodrama. Based on the "saint’’ stories by Leslie Charteris, in which the "Baint” turns Robin Hood and helps a civic committee clean up a gang of desperadoes. Louis Hayward, Kay Sutton, Paul Gullloyle. Director; Ben Holmes. Sky Giant. .835. . (80) July 33 Melodrama. Two daredevil aviators of a commercial airline are assigned to map the world from, the air, and nearly lose their lives when imperfect maps cause them to crash. Richard Dix, Chester Morris, Joan Fontaine. Director: Lew Landers. Smashing the Rackets. .833. . (80) Aug. 19 Melodrama. A G-Man quits to become Junior prosecutor in the office of the D. A., where he learns of the existence of protected rackets, and sets out to clean up the town. Chester Morris, Bruce Cabot, Frances Mercer. Director: Lew Landers. Tarnished Angel (formerly Miracle Racket) 907.. (67) Oct. 38 Melodrama. A nightclub hostess, hiding out from police, disguises herself as an evangelist and plots to steal a priceless necklace until she discovers her fake “faith cures” are getting results. Sally Eilers, Lee Bowman. Director; Leslie Goodwins. State Rights Country Bride. . (85) Aiukino Comedy. A gay Russian comedy dealing with the trials and tribulations of a pair of collective farm workers in love. F. N. Kurlkhln, Maria Ladynina. Director; Ivan Plrlov. Courier of Lyons. . (93) Pax Films Drama. The story of an 18th century mail robbery in France, in which all the thieves but the leader are caught. The wrong man is mistaken as the leader and is guillotined on circumstantial evidence. Pierre Blanchar, Dita Parlo. Dorville. Director: Maurice Lehamn. Dark Sands.. (75) Record Pictures Drama. A soldier, unjustly accused of murder, flees the army and becomes leader of a desert tribe, due to his medical and general knowledge, but is unaware that his superior officer who befriends him is court-martialed. Paul Robeson, Henry Wllooxon. Director: Thornton Freeland. Delinquent Parents (63) Progressive Drama. Woman judge makes amends for her daughter whom she placed in a foundling home. Doris Weston, Maurice Murphy, Helen MacKellar. Director: Nick Grinde. Duke Is ’Tops, The.. (66) Million Dollar Prod. Musical. An all-Negro musical. The hero sacrifices his own stage ambitions for his sweetheart singer, while he goes down the ladder and ends up with a medicine show. Ralph Cooper, Lena Horne. Director: Bill Nolty. Great John Ericsson, The.. (94) Scandinavian Swedish picturization of a phase of American history, depicting a chapter in John Ericsson’s life, the man who turned the tide of the Civil War. As a prologue. Count Bernadette, nephew to King Gustav V of Sweden, greets America. Victor Seasirom, Marta; Ekstrom, Sigurd Wallen. Director. Gustaf Edgren. I.enin in October. . (93) Amlrino Drama. A chronicle of the life of Lenin and the events leading up to the Revolution. Boris V. Shchukin. N. Svobodln. Director: Mikhail Romm. Life and Loves of Beethoven. . (80) World Drama. A French production bringing the immortal music of the famous composer to the screen and unfolding his tragic love stoi^. Harry Baur, Annie Ducaux, Pauley Debucourt, Janny Holt. Director; Abel Gance. Paroled From the Big House.. (60) J.D.K. Drama. The story of what happens to paroled convicts, the love interest being centered around a girl whose father has been killed by the gangsters and a cop masquerading as a convict to avenge the death of his pal. Jean Carmen, Richard Adams. Director: Elmer Clifton. Slipper Episode, Tlte..(80) French Film Farce. Two casual acquaintances tour a large slice of Europe to return a missing slipper to a faithless wife. Betty Stockflcld, Roger Trevllle. Director; Jean De Llmur. Tarzan aud the Green Goddess. . (73) ... .Principal A Statue containing a secret formula for an explosive is the center of a rigorous search by an English party and an unscrupulous outfit who fight it out in the Guatemalan jungle for possession of the formula. Herman Brix, Ula Holt. Director; Edward Kull. ’Ten Laps to Go.. (67) Ace Pictures Action Drama. A romance of the speedway in which a racing driver loses his nerve after a crackup, but regains it in time to save his boss from an unscrupulous driver who attempts to steal his invention plans and wreck his machine. Rex Lease, Muriel Evans, Tom Moore. Director: Elmer Clifton. ’They Were Five.. (78) Lenauer Drama. Five friends, banded together by adversity, win a small fortune in a lottery and pool their resources to build an inn. As the picture closes only two of the five friends are left. Jean Gabin, Charles Vanel. Director: Julien Duvivier. Three Legionnaires. . (63) General Comedy. Two doughboys stationed in an obscure Siberian village, unaware that the war is over, stage some hectic Incidents that nearly laud them before the firing squad. Robert Armstrong, Lyle Talbot, Fifi D’Orsay, Donald Meek, Anne Nagel, Man Mountain Dean. Director: Hamilton MacFadden. 20th Century-Fox Alexander’s Ragtime Band. .903. . (105)4|!. .Aug. 19 Musical Comedy. A cavalcade of American music for the past 25 years, featuring Irving Berlin’s song hits of those decades. Tyrone Power, Alice Faye, Don Ameche. Director: Henry King. Always Goodbye. .853. . (75) July 1 Drama. A young mother makes a sacrifice for her son and for the man she loves. Barbara Stanwyck, Herbert Marshall, Ian Hunter. Director; Sidney Lanfield. Always in Trouble. .914. . (70) Nov. 4 Comedy Drama. Jane Withers tries to get her family to give up their social-climbing ideas after her lather suddenly becomes a multimillionaire, and plunges everything into a turmoil, which is straightened out by the U. S. Coast Guard. Jane Withers, Eddie Collins, Jean Rogers, Nana Bryant. Director; Joseph Santley. Charlie Chan in Honolulu. .938. . (65) Jan. 13 Mystery. While at hom.e in Hawaii, awaiting the birth of his first grandchild, Chan solves a murder committed on a tramp steamer. Sidney Toler, Phyllis Brooks. Director; H. Bruce Humberstone. Down on the Farm. .930. . (61) Dec. 16 Comedy Drama. The Jones Family vacations on a farm, and Pa Jones is forced to make good his boasts at the corn-husking bee to win nomination to the state senate. Jed Prouty, Spring Byington, Louise Fazenda. Director: Malcolm St. Clair. Five of a Kind. .919. . (83) Oct. 14 Comedy Drama. The Dionne Quints in a dancing and singing role, woven into a plot of two rival newspaper reporters, one a girl, who attempt to scoop each other on every occasion until they agree to pool their interests in marriage. Dionne Quintuplets, Claire Trevor, Cesar Romero. Director: Herbert I. Leeds. Gateway. .901. . (74) Aug. 5 Drama. Innocently involved in a ship scandal, an Irish lass is rescued from Ellis Island by efforts of the hero. Arisen Whelan, Don Ameche, Binnie Barnes, Gregory Ratoff. Director: Alfred Werker. Hold That Co-ed . .907 .. (80) Sept. 16 Comedy. Politics and football are humorously blended when a wind-jamming politician ties up his senatorial campaign with the state university football team. John Barrymore, George Murphy, Joan Davis. Director: George Marshall. I’ll Give a Million. .855. . (70) July 33 Comedy Drama. A millionaire, tired of money BOXOFFICE January 21, 1939 95