Boxoffice (Jan-Mar 1939)

THE COMPLETE CHECK-UP ON CURRENT “RELEASES Bxposed . . 3032 . . (63) Not. 4 Action Drama. A girl reporter and a former prominent prosecutor on the trail of a bandit gang succeed in rounding up the criminals and bringing them to justice. Glenda Farrell, Otto Kruger. Director; Harold Schuster Frohiiian Year. .3025. . (68) Sept. 2 Comedy Drama. Two college freshmen Institute a "flunk Insurance” bureau for students after one of the professors, shaken by an editorial in the college paper about him, changes the examination and the whole class flunks. Constance Moore, William Dundigan, Stanley Hughes. Director: Frank McDonald. Gambling Ship. .3023. . (60) Jan. 20 Action Drama. A young girl takes over the operation of her father’s gambling vessel when he is murdered by a notorious rival. Romance blooms when a G-Man comes to the rescue. Robert Wilcox, Helen Mack, Irving Plchel. Director: Aubrey Scotto. Ghost Town Riders. .3054. . (54) Dec. 16 Western. A gang of crooks try to steal the claim on mining property owned by a girl, but the hero wipes them out in a gunflght. Bob Baker, Fay Shannon. Director: George Waggner. Guilty Trails . . 3052 . . (57) Oct. 21 Western. Bob Baker gives up his sheriff’s badge after the father of his girl dies. He becomes foreman of the girl’s ranch to help her pay off a note. He finds the note fraudulent and the holder the murderer. Bob Baker, Marjorie Reynolds. Director: George Waggner. His Exciting Night (formerly Adam’s Evening) . .3036. . (63) Nov. 11 Comedy. Charlie Ruggles is the victim of a series of practical jokes on the first night of his wedding, being snatched from his bride and getting involved with a blonde. Director: Gus Meins. Honor of the West .. 3055 .. (68) Jan. 13 Western. A sheriff resigns rather than arrest his pal whom he knows is guilty of cattle rustling, but he captures the gang after his friend is killed. Bob Baker, Marjorie Bell. Carleton Young. Director: George Waggner. I.ady in the Morgue, The. .2027. . (70) Apr. 22 Mystery Drama. A Crime Club mystery whersin the body of a nvurdered woman disappears from the morgue. Preston Foster. Frank Jenks. Rowland Drew. Patricia Ellis. Director: Otis Garrett. East Express, The. .3028. . (63) Oct. 28 Mystery Drama. An underworld chief hires a private detective to retrieve damaging evidence made against him, in the pursuit of which he is faced with the solution of two murders. Kent Taylor. Dorothea Kent, Addison Richards. Director: Otis Garrett. Last Warning, The. .3027. . (63) Jan. 6 Mystery Melodrama. One of the Crime Club series, in which Detective Crane is called in to track down the "Eye," a mysterious extortionist. Preston Foster, Frank Jenks, Joyce Compton. Director: A1 Rogell. Little Tough Guy. .2008. . (83) July 22 Drama. Featuring the six "Dead End” kids in another drama of the slums, dealing with much the same sociological problems. Robert Wilcox, the "Dead End” Kids. Director; Harold Young. Little Tough Guys In Society. .3011. . (70) . .Nov. 25 Drama. The family physician for a wealthy family prescribes as a cure for their spoiled and sullen child, his association with poor boys from the East Side of New York. Jackie Searl, Mary Boland, Mischa Auer. Little Tough Guys. Director; Erie Kenton. Newsboys’ Home. .3015. . (73) Dec. 23 Action Drama. A newsboy helps his boss win a circulation war against an opposition paper, and helps the editor win the girl ho loves. Jackie Cooper, Edmund Lowe, Wendy Barrie. Director: Harold Young. Personal Secretary. .3034. . (62) Sept. 9 Drama. A young woman reporter takes a job as secretary to a rival newspaperman, without revealing her identity, in order to prove the innocence of a murdered man’s wife. Joy Hodges, William Gargan. Director: Max Golden. Pirates of the .Sides. .3033. . (61) Feb. 3 Action Drama. A daredevil transport flier joins the State Air Force and uncovers a gang of crooks who have been transporting their stolen loot by plane. Kent Taylor, Rochelle Hudson, Lucien Littlefield. Director: Joe McDonough. Prairie Justice. .3053. . (57) Nov. 4 Western. The murderer of Bob Baker’s father and leader of a gang of outlaws undermining Dorothy Fay’s ranch, turns out to be the latter’s uncle. Bob Baker, Dorothy Fay, Jack Rockwell. Director: George Waggner. Risky Business. . (78) Mar. 3 Melodrama. A hard-boiled newspaper columnist interests himself in the news angle behind the abduction of a movie financier’s daughter, but loses his life to save the girl. George Murphy, Dorothea Kent, Eduardo Ciannelli, Frances Robinson. Director; Arthur Lubin. Road to Reno, The . . 3017 . . (69) iSept. 23 r>uiiieu> Drama. A satirical comedy based on iiie Keiio divorce mill, ill which an opera singer’s laacher husband retuses to divorce her so that sue can marry another. Randolph Scott, Hope riaiiipiuii. Director: S. Sylvan Simon. Secrets of a Nurse. .3022. . (69) Dec. 9 Action Drama. A criminal lawyer sacrifices his reputation to save his rival, a young boxer, who has been framed in the killing of his manager. Edmund Lowe, Helen Mack, Dick boran. Director: Arthur Lubin. Service De Luxe. . 3013. . (85) Oct.21 womedy. A young woman, operating a personal service bureau is called upon by an eccentric millionaire to sidetrack bis nephew, and does lierselt a personal service by saving the latter ironi her man-crazy rival. Constance Bennett. Vincent Price. Director: Rowland V. Lee. Society Smugglers (formerly Key Woman) 3044.. (70) Feb. 24 Drama. A member of the 'rreasury Department trails a gang of international smugglers operating as luggage manufacturers. Preston Foster, Irene Hervey. Director; Joe May. Son of Frankenstein. . 3004 . . (94) Jan. 13 Horror Drama. A scientist’s son sets out to redeem his father’s name and succeeds in destroying the monster. Basil Rathbone, Boris Karlott, Bela Lugosi. Director: Rowland V. Lee. Spirit of Culver.. (90) Mar. 10 Diama. A war orphan in a military school is embittered over the belief his father was killed in action in the World War. Jackie Cooper, Freddie Bartholomew, Henry Hull, Andy Devine. Director: Joseph Santley. Storm, 'The. .3016. .(78) OctJiS Melodrama. Men battle the elements and each other in this drama of two feuding brothers and a heartless ship captain who sends one of two wireless operators needlessly to his death. Charles Bickford, Preston Foster, Barton MacLane. Director; Harold Young. Strange Faces. .3035. . (66) Dec.2 Action Drama, A gangster, murdering an honest citizen whom he resembles. Is nipped by two reporters in his attempt to marry the town’s rich heiress. Frank Jenks, Leon Ames, Dorothea Kent. Director: Errol Taggart. Swing, Sister, Swing. .3021. . (69) Dec. 16 Musical. A high-powered press-agent brings a group of hometown swing artists to New York to present their new dance, "The Baltimore Bubble.” Ken Murray, Johnny Downs, Eddie yuillan. Director; Joseph Santley. Swing That Cheer. .3026. . (63) Oct. 14 Comedy Drama. Two college football team players who can't get along set their prejudices aside when they learn the coach’s job depends on their winning the games. Tom Brown, Andy Devine, Constance Moore. Director: Harold Schuster. That Certain Age. .2007. . (95) Oct. 7 Musical Comedy. A group of adolescents, whoso play-rehearsing in an empty house is disrupted by new tenants moving in, arrange to “haunt” the house to make them move. Deanna Durbin, Melvyn Douglas, Jackie Cooper. Director: Edward Ludwig. You Can’t Cheat an Honest Man.. (76) Feb. 17 Comedy. Gags and guffaws against a circus background. W. C. Fields, Edgar Bergen, Charlie McCarthy. Director: George Marshall. Youth Takes a Fling. .3012. . (78) SepL 30 Comedy Drama. A farm boy, with ambitions to go to sea, comes to the city, meets and falls in love, and against the girl's wishes, is determined to realize his ambition. On board boat he becomes seasick and goes back to shore and the girl. Joel McCrea, Andrea Leeds, Frank Jenks. Director: Archie Mayo. Warner Bros. Adventures of Jane Arden. .321. . (58) Mar. 18 Action Drama. From the newspaper comic strip cartoon, detailing the adventures of the feminine star reporter, who is assigned to trace down the mysterious killing of a society girl. Rosella Towne, William Gargan, James Stephenson. Director; Terry Morse. Boy Meets Girl. .303. . (80) Aug. 37 Comedy Drama. With a boy-moets-loses-wlnsgirl theme against a motion picture studio background which burlesques picture-making problems. James Cagney, Pat O'Brien, Marie Wilson, Ralph Bellamy. Director: Lloyd Bacon. Brother Rat. .355. . (89) Oct. 29 Comedy. From the Broadway hit stage play, revolving around the escapades and romances of cadets at Virginia Military Institute. Wayne Morris, Eddie Albert. Ronald Reagan, Priscilla Lane. Director; William Keighley. Dawn Patrol . . 303 . . (103) Dec. 24 Action Drama. The lives of two British fliers on the western front during the World War. Errol Flynn, Basil Rathbone. Director: Edmund Gouldiiig. Devil’s Island. .313. . (62) Jan. 7 Action Drama. A famous surgeon, unjustly sentenced to the infamous Island, heads an escape party, which ironically is picked up by a ship bound for the colony. Boris Karloff, Nedda Harrigan, James Stephenson. Director: William Clemens. L'uutluose Heiress, The. .123. . (62) Aug. 21 Romaniic Comedy. The accidental appearance o£ a wealtliy lad disguised as a hobo, changes me marital status ol a young girl about to elope. Ann Sheridan. Craig Reynolds, Hugh O'Connell. Director; Williams Clemens. Four’s a Crowd. .213. . (95) Sept. 3 Comedy Drama. A newspaperman lampoons a millionaire stock market tycoon, runs off with his daughter, but falls in love with another girl. Errol Flynn, Rosalind Russell, Olivia de Havllland, Walter Connolly. Director; Michael Curtiz. Hard to Get. .310. . (79) Nov. » Comedy. A young would-be architect, working in a gasoline station, refuses to accept as a charge the gas bought by a wealthy, spoiled heiress, and forces her to work it out. Dick Powell, Olivia de Havilland, Charles Winninger. Director; Ray Enright. King of the Underworld .. 317 .. (69) Jan. 28 Melodrama. A woman doctor avenges the murder of her husband by temporarily blinding a mob of gangsters, thus aiding the police in their capture. Humphrey Bogart. Kay Francis, James Stephenson. Director; Lewis Seiler. Nancy Drew, Detective. .319. . (65) Nov. 12 Drama. Bonita Granville turns detective to expose Charles Trowbridge, who drugs wealthy old women out of the way, then takes their fortune. Bonita Granville. John Litel, Frankie 'rhomas. Director; William Clemens. Off the Record (formerly Unfit to Print) 314.. (68) Jan. 21 Drama. A girl reporter marries a newspaperman so they can care for a youngster who has been made the tool of a gambling ring. Through the boy they find the leader. Joan Blondell, Pat O’Brien, Bobby Jordan. Director: James Flood. Oklahoiua Kid.. (80) Mar. 11 Outdoor Drama. A notorious outlaw avenges the murder of his fatlier and brother, at the same time ridding a pioneer town from the rule of the gambler responsible for the murders. James Cagney, Humphrey Bogart, Rosemary Lane. Director; Lloyd Bacon. Secret Service of the Air. .320. . (61) Mar. 4 Action Drama. Based on the federal government’s activities in rounding up a ring of crooks smuggling aliens into the country across the Mexican border. Ronald Reagan, Ha Rhodes. Director: Noel Smith. Sisters, The . . 302 . . (99) Oct. 16 Drama. Portrays the lives and loves of three sisters and the type of man each one marries. Bette Davis, Errol P'lyiin, Anita Louise. Director: Anatole Lltvak. Tliey Made Me a Criminal .. 307 .. (89) Jan. 13 Comedy Drama. The social reform of a hardboiled fighter who, thinking himself guilty of murder, hides out on an Arizona fruit ranch. John Garfield, Claude Rains, Ann Sheridan, Dead End Kids. Director: Busby Berkeley. Torchy Gets Her Man. .318. . (62) Nov. 19 Comedy Drama. The sixth of the Torchy Blane series, in which a counterfeiter poses as a G-Man to gain police confidence, but is exposed by a girl reporter. Glenda Farrell, Barton MacLane, Tom Kennedy. Director: William Beaudine. Valley of the Giants. .305. . (79) © Sept. 17 Drama. A life and death battle between the land owners and a group of financial barons who W’ant to steal their timber land. Wayne Morris, Charles Bickford, Claire Trevor. Director: William Keighley. Wings of the Navy .. 309. . (89) Feb. 11 Action Drama. A pilot, jealous of his brother’s success in the naval air service, sets a record of his own. George Brent, Olivia de Havilland, John Payne. Director; Lloyd Bacon. BOXOFFICE :: March 18, 1939 109