Boxoffice (Jan-Mar 1940)

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[26] Drama Maymon Tevya (93) Yiddish with Eng lish titles. Maurice Schwartz R — Jan. 27 MISCEL. [25] Drama FN453 Four Wives (110) R — Deo. 2 [30] M’drama WJL5408 Invisible Stripes (75) Geo. Raft: R-Jan. 6 |~6~| M’drama WB415 A Child Is Born (79) Geraldine Fitzgerald Jeffrey Lynn R — Aug. 5 [13] Comedy WB406 Brother Rat and a Baby (87) Priscilla Lane Wayne Morris R — Jan. 13 [20] M’drama WB416 British Intelligence (60) Boris Karloff Margaret Lindsay R — Jan. 13 [27] Drama FN451 Fighting 69th (85) James Cagney Pat O’Brien R — Jan. 13 [3~| M’drama WB420 Calling Philo Vance (62) James Stephenson Margot Stevenson R — Jan. 6 [To] Com. Dr. WB421 Granny Get Your Gun (56) May Robson R — Jan. 6 [17] Drama Castle on the Hud son (77) R-Dec. 16 (Form. Years With out Days) [~2~| Drama Dr. Ehrlich’s Magic Bullet (101) Edw. G. Robinson Ruth Gordon R — Feb. 10 [l6] Comedy Three Cheers for the Irish ( . . ) Dennis Morgan Priscilla Lane g Drama Virginia City ( . . ) Errol Flynn Miriam Hopkins WARNER-F. N. |22| Comedy Charlie McCarthy, Detective (77) R — Dec. 23 [29] Act. Drama 4002 Destry Rides Again (94) ! Marlene Dietrich James Stewart R — Dec. 9 |~5~| Melodrama 4021 Oh, Johnny, How You Can Love (63) R — Jan. 13 [l2] Mys. M’dr. 4000 Invisible Man Re turns (81) Nan Grey Vincent Price R — Jan. 13 |j9j Western 4061 West of Carson City (55) Johnny Mack Brown Bob Baker [26] Drama Green Hell (87) Doug. Fairbanks jr. Joan Bennett R — Jan. 6 ]~2~] Act. Drama 4055 Danger on Wheels (61) Richard Arlen Andy Devine R — Jan. 20 [9] Comedy My Little Chickadee (84); R— Feb. 10 Mae West W. C. Fields [l6] Com. Dr. 4038 Honeymoon Deferred (59) Edmund Lowe Margaret Lindsay [~2~[ Drama Framed (60) Frank Albertson Constance Moore R — Jan. 13 [Y| Melodrama Double Alibi ( . . ) Wayne Morris Margaret Lindsay William Gargan [~3~| Drama Zanzibar ( . . ) Lola Lane James Craig [22] Com. with Mus. It’s a Date ( . . ) Deanna Durbin Kay Francis Walter Pidgeon —1 m ec IAJ 3 [22] Melodrama Slightly Honorable (83) (Form. "Send An other Coffin”) R — Jan. 13 [29| Com. M'drama Raffles (71) David Niven ; Olivia DeHavilland R — Dec. 23 [12] Drama Of Mice and Men (104) Burgess Meredith R — Dec. 30 [jtj] Melodrama Lion Has Wings (76) Merle Oberon Ralph Richardson R — Jan. 27 [16] Comedy A Chump at Oxford (63) Laurel & Hardy [~T~[ Melodrama House Across the Bay ( . . ) Joan Bennett Geo. Raft [22] Drama My Son, My Son ( . . ) Brian Aherne Madeleine Carroll UNITED ARTISTS [22] Com. Drama 029 Everything: Happens at Night (77) Sonja Henie Ray Milland ; R — Dec. 23 [29] O’door Dr. 012 Cisco Kid and the Lady (74) 1 Cesar Romero Marjorie Weaver R — Dec. 2 [~5~| Mus. Drama 017 ®Swanee River (86) Don Ameche Andrea Leeds A1 Jolson R — Dec. 30 [12] Drama 027 City of Chance (56) Lynn Bari Donald Woods C. Aubrey Smith R — Dec. 30 [29] Drama 023 He Married His Wife (83) Joel McCrea Nancy Kelly R — Jan. 6 |26] Comedy 028 High School (74) Jane Withers Joe Brown jr. R — Jan. 6 |~2~| Melodrama 1030 Man Who Wouldn’t Talk (74) Lloyd Nolan Jean Rogers R — Jan. 20 [9] Mus. Drama 031 Little Old New York (100) Alice Faye R— Feb. 3 |l6] Comedy 032 Young as You Feel (59) Jones Family R — Jan. 27 [23] Drama 033 They Came by Night (..) Will Fyffe [Y] O’d’r Drama 034 Earthbound ( . . ) Warner Baxter [TT] Melodrama 035 Charlie Chan in Panama (68) Sidney Toler Jean Rogers R — Jan. 30 r2'S •S ffl £ ^ c ci © H fe 2 j 20TH-F0X [22] Mias. Drama 945 Escape to Paradise (60) Bob Breen Kent Taylor R — Dec. 9 [29] Drama 015 Hunchback of Notre Dame (114) Chas. Laughton , Maureen O’Hara R — Dec. 23 [~5~| Western 082 Legion of the Law less (59) George O’Brien R — Nov. 25 [X2| Comedy 016 Mexican Spitfire (67) Lupe Velez R — Dec. 16 [X9] Drama 014 Married and in Love (60) Barbara Read Alan Marshal R — Dec. 16 [26] Melodrama 021 Saint’s Double Trou ble, The (67) George Sanders Helene Whitney R — Jan. 20 [~2~| Melodrama 018 Marines Fly High (68) Richard Dix C. Morris-L. Ball R — Feb. 3 [~9~| Drama 007 Vigil in the Night (73) Carole Lombard [ie] Drama 019 Swiss Family Rob inson (93) Fred Bartholomew R — Feb. 3 [23] Anim. Cart. 091 ©Pinoceliio (80) R— Feb. 3 [~1~| Comedy 020 Little Orvie ( . . ) Ernest Truex John Sheffield pH 0 a .2 £ « a ai o , 01 fg’l’in 1 M [l5j Comedy Millionaire Playboy (. .) Joe Penner Linda Hayes [22] Drama Primrose Path ( . . ) Ginger Rogers Joel McCrea RKO RADIO [2d| Western 953 Days of Jesse James (61) Roy Rogers George Hayes R — Dec. 23 [27] Drama 916 Thou Shalt Not Kill (64) Charles Bickford Doris Day R — Dec. 16 |28| Comedy 917 Money to Burn (66) Gleason Family R — Dec. 30 [jo| Western 963 Heroes of the Sad dle (56) Three Mesquiteers R — Jan. 20 [2s] Melodrama 918 Wolf of New York (69) Edmund Lowe Rose Hobart R — Jan. 27 fio] Mus. Drama Village Bam Dance (74) Richard Cromwell Doris Day R — Feb. 10 REPUBLIC 0 pH 01 M i z d CD » ^ 0J M & <N S ~~ 0 3 g d # SJ* Eh O gQ [Ml 3 6-1 1 [29] Drama 3916 C^The Great Victor Herbert (92) Mary Martin Allan Jones R — Dec. 9 [~5~| Act. Drama 3917 Emergency Squad (60) j William Henry Louise Campbell R — Jan. 13 g O’door Dr. 3918 Geronimo! (90) Preston Foster Ellen Drew R; — ’Nov. 25 [19] Drama 3919 Remember the Night (86) Barbara Stanwyck Fred MacMurray R — Jan. 13 [26] Western 3956 Santa Fe Marshal (68) William Boyd R — Jan. 20 [~2~] Drama 3920 Parole Fixer (60) William Henry Virginia Dale R — Feb. 10 [TT] Drama 3921 Light That Failed (97) Ronald Colman R — Dec. 30 [Tel Mus. Comedy 3922 Sidewalks of Lon don (84) Chas. Laughton R — Jan. 27 [23] Western 3923 Knights of the Range ( . . ) Russell Hayden Jean Parker [~T] Comedy Seventeen ( . . ) Betty Field Jackie Cooper |~8~| Melodrama Adventure in Dia monds (80) George Brent Isa Miranda R — Jan. 20 [15] Drama Women Without Names ( . . ) Ellen Drew Robert Paige [22] Musical Road to Singapore (. .) Bing Crosby Bob Hope Dorothy Lamour PARAMOUNT [25] Drama 3912 Gentleman From Arizona (73) C. Reynolds-J. King R — Feb. 3 [Ip] Act. Drama 3939 Danger Ahead (56) [is] Melodrama 3924 Secret Four (79) (Form. “Four Just Men’’) R— Dec. 16 |l5] M’drama 3909 Fatal Hour (65) Ri — Jan. 13 |2p| M’drama 3922 Hidden Enemy (63) [25] Western 3961 Pioneer Days (51) Jack Randall R — Feb. 10 | |30j Melodrama 3917 Chasing Trouble (64) Frankie Darro R — Feb. 3 [ip] Melodrama 3924 East Side Kids (62) Vince Barnett Dennis Msore ITT] Act. Drama 3940 Murder on the Yukon ( . . ) James NewiU [24] Western 3962 Cheyenne Kid ( . . ) Jack Randall [~2~| Western 3953 Rhythm on the Rio Grande ( . . ) Tex Ritter ! ["9] Melodrama Human Monster 1 (• •) Bela Lugosi [l6] Melodrama Tomboy ( . . ) Jackie Moran Marcia Mae Jones |H Comedy Son of the Navy (• .) Jean Parker Martin Spellman MONOGRAM [22] Comedy 16 Judge Hardy & Son (90) Mickey Rooney Lewis Stone R — Dec. 16 I29] Mus. Drama 17 Balalaika (102) Nelson Eddy Ilona Massey R — Dec. 23 [~5~] Com. M’dr. 18 Earl of Chicago (88) Robert Montgomery Edward Arnold Rl — Jan. 6 [l2] Com. -Drama 20 Shop Around the Comer (100) James Stewart Margaret Sullavan R — Jan. 13 [19] Com. Drama 19 Congo Maisie (70) Ann Sothern John Carroll R — Jan. 20 ©i CO to >> iS s ^ * >, ^ o u ■gs* f a] Drama 26 1 Take This Woman (98) Spencer Tracy Hedy Lamarr R — Feb. 3 |~9~| Musical 21 Broadway Melody of ’40 (100) R-Feb. 10 Eleanor Powell Fred Astaire [ii| Drama 24 Man From Dakota (. .) Wallace Beery Dolores Del Rio [23] Drama 25 Northwest Passage (127) Spencer Tracy Robert Young [T| Drama 23 Strange Cargo ( . . ) Clark Gable Joan Crawford |~8~| Com. Drama Untitled Morgan Picture Frank Morgan Ann Rutherford [Te] Drama Young Tom Edison (— ) Mickey Rooney Fay Bainter M-G-M [28| Drama 1033 My Son Is Guilty (63) Jacqueline Wells Bruce Cabot [T| Western 11503 Two Fisted Rangers (61) Chas. Starrett Iris Meredith R — Jan. 13 [10] Musical 1018 Music In My Heart (70) Tony Martin Rita Hayworth Andre Kostelanetz R — Dec. 30 [Tjj] Melodrama 1003 His Girl Friday (92) Cary Grant Rosalind Russell Ralph Bellamy R — Jan. 13 [26] Mys. Drama 1019 Lone Wolf Strikes Warren William (66) R — Jan. 27 |3l| Drama 1054 Convicted Woman (63) R. Hudson |T| Western 1212 Pioneers of the Frontier (58) [~8~| Comedy Five Little Peppers at Home (60) Edith Fellows 29] Comedy Blondle on a Bud get ( . . ) Penny Singleton Arthur Lake [~s] Western 1204 Bullets for Rust lers (■■).. |~7~| Melodrama Outside the Three Mile Limit ( . . ) COLUMBIA DEC. 23 DEC. 30 JAN. 6 JAN. 13 JAN. 20 JAN. 27 FEB. 3 FEB. 10 FEB. 17 FEB. 24 MAR. 2 MAR. 9 MAR. 16 MAR. 23