Boxoffice (Jan-Mar 1940)

THE COMPLETE CHECK-UP ON CURRENT RELEASES erans helps prove a young mechanic innocent of charges of sabotage in an airplane factory. Arleen Whelan, Gordon Oliver, Charley Grapewin, Lucien Littlefield. Director: Harold Young. Saga of Death Valley. .952. . (58) Nov. 22 Western with Music. A villain seeks to control a valley's water supply. Roy Rogers, George Hayes, Donald Barry, Frank M. Thomas. Director: Joe Kane. South of the Border. .941. . (70) Dec. 15 Western. Federal agents quell an uprising in Mexico. Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette, Mary Lee. Director: George Sherman. Thou Shalt Not Kill. .916. . (64) Dec. 27 Drama. An innocent lad awaits the death penalty, while a priest, unable to violate the sanctity of the confessional, uses his influence to get the real killer to confess. Charles Bickford, Owen Davis jr., Doris Day, Paul Guilfoyle. Director: John H. Auer. Village Barn Dance. . ( . . ) Jan. 26 Musical Drama. A young couple’s radio show saves a town from ruin when a factory it banked on fails to open. Richard Cromwell, Doris Day. Director: Frank McDonald. Wall Street Cowboy. .857. . (66) Sept. 6 Western. A battle of wits for the control of a ranch with mining possibilities. Roy Rogers, George Hayes, Raymond Hatton, Ann Baldwin. Director: Joseph Kane. RKO Radio Allegheny Uprising. 006 (81) Nov. 10 Outdoor Drama. The colonial government’s fight to suppress illegal trading in rum and weapons with the Indians. Claire Trevor, John Wayne, George Sanders, Brian Donlevy. Director: William A. Seiter. Conspiracy . . 935 . . (59) Sept. 1 Melodrama. A wireless operator on an American boat is marked for death by a foreign faction. Allan Lane, Linda Hayes. Director: Lew Landers. Day the Bookies Wept, The. .002. . (65) . . . .Sept. 15 Comedy. A nag that dotes on alcoholics is entered in the big race by a cab driver. Joe Penner, Betty Grable, Tom Kennedy. Director: Leslie Goodwins. Escape to Paradise. .945. . (60) Dec. 22 Drama with Music. A highly imaginative South American youngster aids in furthering a romance between a tourist and the daughter of a ranchero. Bobby Breen, Kent Taylor, Marcia Shelton. Director: Erie Kenton. Everything’s on Ice . . 946 . . (65) Oct. 6 Musical. A six-year-old shows her talent on ice. Irene Dare, Roscoe Karns, Edgar Kennedy. Director: Erie C. Kenton. Fifth Avenue Girl 934 .. (80) Sept. 22 Comedy Drama. Farce deriding the rich and those envying them. Ginger Rogers, Walter Connolly, James Ellison. Director: Gregory La Cava. Fighting Gringo, The. .986. . (60) Sept. 8 Western. Volunteer vigilantes aid the oppressed and administer justice. George O’Brien, Lupita Tovar. Director: David Howard. Flying Deuces. .010 . (65) Nov. 3 Comedy. Two foreign legionnaires inadvertently become heroes when they try to desert. Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Jean Parker. Director: A. Edward Sutherland. Full Confession. .003. . (72) Sept. 8 Drama. A priest impels a murderer to give himself up and save an innocent man. Victor McLaglen, Sally Eilers, Joseph Calleia. Director: John Farrow. Hunchback of Notre Dame, The. .015. . (114) Dec. 29 Drama. Medieval horror melodrama of the gypsy girl who is saved from a Paris mob by the Hunchback. Charles Laughton, Sir Cedric Hardwicke, Maureen O’Hara. Director: William Dieterle. Legion of the Lawless. . 082 .. (59) Jan. 5 Western. A western lawyer rides into a frontier settlement in time to prevent a crooked element from gaining control of the town and selling out to the railroad. George O’Brien, Virginia Vale, Norman Willis. Director: David Howard. Mexican Spitfire. .016. . (67) Jan. 12 Comedy. A hilarious mixup occurs when a friend impersonates a visiting English lord to help save a contract for the spitfire’s husband. Lupe Velez, Leon Errol, Donald Woods. Director: Leslie Goodwins. Married and in Love. .014. . (60) Jan. 19 Drama. A professor, married to a plain wife, meets his old college love and is forced to decide between the two women. Alan Marshal, Barbara Read, Patric Knowles, Helen Vinson. Director: John Farrow. Marshal of Mesa City, The. .081. . (61) Nov. 3 Western. A marshal ends the domination of a crooked sheriff over a frontier town. George O’Brien, Virginia Vale. *’ Director : David Howard. Meet Dr. Christian. .005. . (63) Nov. 17 Drama. Saving the mayor’s daughter wins a small town doctor his long-sought hospital. Jean Hersholt, Dorothy Lovett, Paul Harvey. Director: Bernard Vorhaus. Nurse Edith Cavell. .001. . (95) Sept. 29 Historical Drama. Story of the World War nurse who put humanitarianism above patriotism. Anna Neagle, Edna May Oliver, George Sanders. Director: Herbert Wilcox. Reno. .008. . (73) Dec. 1 Drama. How a young lawyer put Reno on the map. Richard Dix, Gail Patrick. Director: John Farrow. Sued for Libel . 012 . . (65) Oct. 27 Drama. False advice, broadcast, brings on a libel suit, until further research uncovers enough unpleasant facts to cause withdrawal of the suit. Kent Taylor, Linda Hayes, Lillian Bond. Director: Leslie Goodwins. Swiss Family Robinson. .019. . (. .) Jan. 26 Drama. En route to Australia, a family is shipwrecked on an island where they make a home for themselves. Thomas Mitchell, Edna Best, Freddie Bartholomew. Director: Edward Ludwig. That’s Right, You’re Wrong. Oil . . (90) . . . .Nov. 24 Musical. There’s a razz for the film capital in this story of the band coming to make a picture. Kay Kyser, Adolphe Menjou, May Robson, Lucille Ball, Edward Everett Horton. Director: David Butler. Three Sons . . 004 . . (72) Oct. 13 Drama. A department store owner’s dreams for his sons are changed by real life. Edward Ellis, J. Edward Bromberg, Virginia Vale, Robert Stanton. Director: Jack Hively. 20th Century-Fox Adventures of Sherlock Holmes .. 905 .. (85) . Sept. 1 Mystery. Holmes is baffled by a murderous fiend attempting to steal the crown jewels from the Tower of London. Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce, George Zucco. Director: Alfred Werker. Barricade. .026. . (71) Dec. 8 Melodrama. A girl and a newspaperman battle death when caught in the U. S. consulate during the invasion of China. Charlie Chan in the City of Darkness 021. (74) Dec. 1 Mystery Melodrama. Murder during a Paris blackout engages Chan’s attention. Sidney Toler, Lynn Bari, Harold Huber. Director: Herbert I. Leeds. Cisco Kid and the Lady, The. .012 .. (74) .. Dec. 29 Outdoor Drama. O. Henry’s mythical caballero and badman, saves a baby and a gold mine. Cesar Romero, Marjorie Weaver, Robert Barrat. Director: Herbert I. Leeds. City of Chance. .027. . (56) Jan. 12 Drama. A Texas girl, star reporter on a metropolitan newspaper, is assigned to expose a gambling establishment, only to learn the owner is her girlhood sweetheart. Lynn Bari, C. Aubrey Smith, Donald Woods. Director: Ricardo Cortez. Day-Time Wife. .020. (72) Nov. 24 Comedy Drama. Suspecting a love affair between her husband and his secretary, a wife turns the tables by taking a job as some other man’s secretary. Tyrone Power, Linda Darnell, Warren William. Director: Gregory Ratoff. QtiDruins Along the Mohawk. .015. . (103) . .Nov. 10 Historical Drama. Mohawk Valley pioneers wrest homes from the wilderness during the Revolution. Claudette Colbert, Henry Fonda. Director: John Ford. Escape, The. .010. . (60) Oct. 6 Drama. A doctor traces the path to crime followed by a group of tenement kids he brought into the world. Edward Norris, June Gale, Frank Reichter, Amanda Duff, Henry Armetta, Kane Richmond. Director: Ricardo Cortez. Everything Happens at Night. .029. .(77) . .Dec. 22 Comedy Drama. Intrigue and romance take to skiis in this story of a political refugee in Switzerland hounded by two American reporters who make love to his daughter. Sonja Henie, Ray Milland, Robert Cummings. Director: Irving Cummings. First World War. .Reissue .062. . (78) Oct. 27 Documentary. A symposium of chronological events of the World War. Bonny Powell, Russell Shields, Lou Lehr, Louis de Rochemont. Dialogue: He Married His Wife .. 023 ..(.. ) Jan. 19 Drama. A divorced husband tries to marry his ex-wife off to a former admirer to save himself alimony, but realizes he still loves his wife and marries her himself. Joel McCrea, Nancy Kelly, Roland Young. Director: Roy Del Ruth. Heaven With a Barbed Mire Fence.. 019 (62) Nov. 3 Drama. A ranch owner en route to Arizona and a Spanish refugee meet and marry to escape arrest. Jean Rogers, Raymond Walburn, Glenn Ford. Director: Ricardo Cortez. Here I Am a Stranger . . 009 .. (82) Sept. 29 Drama. A too-sheltered son meets conflict in the world. Richard Greene, Richard Dix, Brenda Joyce. Director: Roy Del Ruth. High School. .028. . (74) Jan. 26 Comedy. The cocky daughter of a wealthy rancher is reformed by her schoolmates. Jane Withers, Joe Brown jr. Director: George Nicholls jr. ^Hollywood Cavalcade. .007. . (70) Oct. 13 Musical. The development of motion pictures from custard pie days to sound. Alice Faye, Don Ameche, J. Edward Bromberg. Director: Irving Cummings. Honeymoon’s Over, The. .024. . (70) Dec. 15 Comedy Drama. Tribulations of newlyweds who do not choose friends wisely. Stuart Erwin, Marjorie Weaver. Director: Eugene Forde. Inspector Hornleigh on a Holiday. .022. . (77) .Dec. 1 Comedy Melodrama. Inspector Hornleigh and his aide investigate an insurance racket involving the disappearance of corpses from a London hospital. Gordon Harker, Alastair Sim, Linden Travers. Director: Walter Forde. Pack Up Your Troubles. .014. . (75) Oct. 20 Comedy. Mule guardians in the U. S. cavalry wind up as heroes. Ritz Bros., Jane Withers. Director: H. Bruce Humberstone. Rains Came, The. .011. . (103) Sept. 15 Drama. Love, romance and an earthquake in India. Myrna Loy, Tyrone Power, George Brent. Director: Clarence Brown. Road to Glory. .061. . (101) . .Reissue Oct. 13 War Drama. A captain loves a nurse who loves a lieutenant in the captain’s army. Fredric March, Warner Baxter, June Lang, Lionel Barrymore. Director: Howard Hawks. Shipyard Sally . . 018 . . (80) Oct. 20 Comedy. A pub owner’s daughter comes to be a fighting champion for the working class of England. Gracie Fields, Sydney Howard. Director: Monty Banks. Stop, Look and Love. .008. . (57) Sept. 22 Comedy. A meddlesome mother drives away her daughter’s suitors by talking too much. Jean Rogers, William Frawley, Robert Kelland. Director: Otto Brower. ®S\vanee River. .017 .. (84) Jan. 5 Musical Drama. Based on the life of Stephen Foster; introduces his songs and shows in sequence how each was conceived and written. Don Ameche, Andrea Leeds, A1 Jolson. Director: Sidney Lanfield. Too Busy to Work. .016. . (65) Nov. 17 Comedy. Pa Jones neglects his drug store to carry out his duties as Mayor; his wife neglects housework for the local stage. Jed Prouty, Spring Byington, Joan Davis. Director: Otto Brower. 20,000 Men a Year . .013. . (84) Oct. 27 Action Drama. A reckless, old-time pilot starts training collegians to fly. Randolph Scott, Preston Foster, Margaret Lindsay. Director: Alfred E. Green. United Artists Eternally Yours. . (95) Oct. 12 Comedy. A bishop’s daughter runs away with a magician on the eve of her marriage to a man she doesn’t love. Loretta Young, David Niven. C. Aubrey Smith. Director: Tay Garnett. Housekeeper’s Daughter .. (80) Oct. 26 Comedy. The daughter of a housekeeper is helped out of involvement in a murder by the son of the household. Joan Bennett, Adolphe Menjou, John Hubbard, Peggy Wood. Director: Hal Roach. Intermezzo. . (65) Sept. 22 Romantic Drama. A maestro falls in love with his daughter’s music teacher. Leslie Howard, Ingrid Bergman. Director: Gregory Ratoff. Of Mice and Men . (104) Jan. 12 Drama. A social study focused on a dim-witted Samson, who occasions grief for the one friend who understands him. Burgess Meredith, Betty Field, Lon Chaney jr., Charles Bickford. Director: Lewis Milestone. Raffles. . (. .) Dec. 29 Comedy Melodrama. The story of a man who couldn’t resist stealing jewels and who gloried in outwitting the police. David Niven, Olivia de Havilland, Dudley Digges, Lionel Pape. Director: Sam Wood. Real Glory, The . (95) Sept. 29 Melodrama. The building of a native army in the Philippines and overthrow of the rebellious Moros. Gary Cooper, Andrea Leeds, David Niven. Director: Henry Hathaway. Rebecca. . ( . . ) Jan. 19 Drama. How a second wife fought the mystery of the strange personality of a dead first wife, which menace threatened her happiness. 88 BOXOFFICE :: January 20, 1940