Boxoffice (Jul-Sep 1939)

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Record Details:

Title:
Boxoffice
Date:
Jul-Sep 1939
Publisher:
Kansas City, Associated Publications
Volume:
Boxoffice (Jul-Sep 1939)
Leaf #:
000101
Language:
English
Collection:
Hollywood Studio System
Format:
Periodicals
Contributor:
Media History Digital Library
Sponsor:
Media History Digital Library
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Description:
BOXOFFICE was the leading American exhibitor trade paper of the post-World War II era. But the publication had modest beginnings. In 1920, Ben Shlyen founded the paper, orginally titled THE REEL JOURNAL, in an office located in Kansas City's Film Row district. Like other regional exhibitor publications, THE REEL JOURNAL focused its attention on the local -- in this case, KC and the nearby territories that the city's distribution exchanges served. By the end of the 1920s, however, Shlyen had acquired or founded several more small exhibitor papers serving other US markets. In 1932, their titles all changed to BOXOFFICE, though they continued to be published in regional editions for decades to follow. -- Eric Hoyt, 2015
Date Added:
June 06, 2024
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Alphabetical Index TO THE This Index is designed as a time soring guide ior exhibitors know the title oi a feature, but do not recall the producer or distributor. All features listed here appear in the BOOKING CHART in release week squores alongside the proper company headings. The date following title is issue of review. Number at end of line is production number. A Across the Plains (Alono) June 3 3856 Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (M-G-M) Feb. 18 923 Adventures of Jane Arden (WB) Feb. 18 321 Almost a Gentleman (BKO) Mar. 11 920 Ambush (Para) Jan. 21 3820 Andy Hardy Gets Spring Fever (M-G-M) Arizona Legion (RKO) Jan. 14.. 982 Arizona Wildcat (20th-Fox) Nov. 12 929 Asking for Trouble (GB) 8012 Awful Truth (Col), reissue. .. .1072 B Bachelor Mother (KKO) Back Door to Heaven (Para) Apr. 16 3833 Beachcomber, The (Para) Dec. 3.3803 Beauty for the Asking (RKO) Jan. 28 913 Behind Prison Gates (Col) Big Town Czar (Dniv) Apr. 22 3018 Blackwell’s Island (FN) Mar. 4 Blind Alley (Col) Apr. 29 9016 Blondie Meets the Boss (Col) Mar. 4 Blondie Takes a Vacation (Col) . Blue Montana Skies (Rep) May 6.844 Boy Friend (20th-rox) May 13 . . 943 Boy Slaves (RKO) Jan. 21 911 Boy Trouble (Para) Feb. 4 3824 Boys Reformatory (Mono) May 6 3820 Bridal Suite (M-G-M) May 27.. 937 Broadway Serenade (M-G-M) Apr. 8 931 Bulldog Drummond’s Bride (Para) Jime 24 3844 Bulldog Drummond’s Secret Police (Para) Apr. 8 3831 Burn ’Em Cp O’Connor (M-G-M) Jan. 14 919 C Cafe Society (Para) Feb. 11 3826 Calling Dr. Kildare (M-G-M) Apr. 29 932 Captain Fury (UA) May 13 Career (KKO) Charlie Chan In Honolulu (20th-Fox) Dec. 24 928 Charlie Chan In Reno (20th-rox) June 3 948 Chasing Danger (20th-Fox) Jan. 7 941 Climbing High (20th-Fox) Apr. 22 8012 Clouds Over Europe (Col) June 10 9012 Coast Guard (Col) Code of the Secret Service (FN) May 13 374 Code of the Streets (Univ) Jan. 28 3019 Colorado Sunset (Rep) 846 Confessions of Nazi Spy (FN) Apr. 29 353 Convict’s Code (Mono) Feb. 18.3822 Cowboy Quarterback (FN) 366 (Crashing Through (GN) 327 D Dark Victory (FN) Mar. 11... 3.54 Daughters Courageous (FN) June 24 360 Dodge City (WB) Apr. 8 304 Down the Wyoming Trail (Mono) June 17 3864 Drifting Westward (Mono) Mar. 26 3864 E East Side of Heaven (Dniv) Apr. 16 3006 Everybody’s Baby (20th-Fox) Dec. 3 935 Everything Is Rhythm (Astor) . Ex-Champ (Dniv) May 20 3010 Exile Express (GN) Feb. 18 301 F Fast and Loose (M-G-M) Feb. 18. 924 Family Next Door (Dniv) Apr. 15 3020 First Offenders (Col) Mar. 11.. 9030 Fisherman’s Wharf (RKO) Feb. 4 844 Five Came Back (KKO) June 10 927 Fixer Dugan (RKO) Apr. 29... 922 Plying Irishman (RKO) Mar. 11 919 For Love or Money (Dniv) 3030 May 13 Forged Passport (Rep) Feb. 11. . 823 Forgotten Woman (Dniv) Four Feathers (DA) June 24 Four Girls in W bite (M-G-M) Jan. 21 921 Frontier Marshal (20th-Fox) . . . 951 Frontier Pony Express (Rep) Apr. 15 854 Frontiers of ’49 (Col) Mar. 11... 9212 G Gambling Ship (Dniv) Dec. 24. .3023 Gay Nineties (Astor) Girl and the Gambler (KKO) June 10 926 Girl From Mexico (KKO) May 20 928 Good Girls Go to Paris (Col) June 24 9005 Goodbye, Mr. Chips (M-G-M) May 20 Gorilla, The (20th-Fox) May 27. 944 Grade Allen Murder Case (Para) May 13 3839 Grand Jury Secrets (Para) May 20 3842 Great Man Votes (KKO) Jan. 14 913 Giinga Din (RKO) Jan. 28 912 H Hardys Ride High (M-G-M) Apr. 22 934 Hell’s Kitchen (AVB) June 24 . . . 312 Heritage of the Desert (Para) Mar. 25 3843 Home on the Prairie (Rep) Feb. 18 842 Honolulu (M-G-M) Feb. 4 922 Honor of the West (Dniv) 30.55 Hotel Imperial (Para) Apr. 22.. 3836 Hound of the Baskervilles (20th-Fox) Apr. 1 936 House of Fear (Dniv) May 20.. 3038 I I Stole a Million (Dniv) I Was a Convict (Rep) Feb. 26. 824 I’m From Missouri (Para) Mar. 25 3830 Ice Follies of 1939 (M-G-M) Mar. 11 925 Idiot’s Delight (M-G-M) Feb. 4. 920 In Old Caliente (Rep) 856 Inside Information (Dniv) Jime 10 3040 Inside Story (20th-Fox) Oct. 22.. 934 Inspector Homleigh (RKO) Apr. 22 945 Invitation to Happiness (Para) May 20 3841 Island of Lost Men (Para) It Could Happem to You (20th-Fox) Jime 3 950 It’s a Wonderful AVorld (M-G-M) May 13 936 I Jesse James (20th-Fox) Jan. 21.. 921 .loiies Family in Holl.vwood (20th-Fox) May 27 946 Juarez (WB) Apr. 29 301 E Kid From Kokomo (FN) May 27 . 363 Kid From Texas (M-G-M) Apr. 8 929 King of Chinatown (Para) Mar. 11 3827 King of the Turf (DA) Feb. 18 King of the Underworld (WB) Jan. 14 317 L Lady and the Mob (Col) Mar. 11.9013 Ladv’s From Kentucky, The (Para) Apr. 15 3834 Law Comes to Texas (Col) May 27 9214 I.et F'reedom Ring (M-G-M) Feb. 25 926 Let Ds l,ive (Col) Feb. 18 9007 l.ittle Pal (Mono) 3828 Little Princess (20th-Fox) Feb. 25 932 Lone Star Pioneers (Col) Apr. 15 9213 l.oiie Wolf Spy Bunt (Col) •Ian. 28 9014 Lost Horizon (Col) reissue 1071 Lost Patrol (KKO) Lost Squatlron (RKO) reissue. . 994 Love Affair (RKO) Mar. 18.... 916 Lucky Night (M-G-M) May 6... 933 M Made for Each Other (DA) Feb. 11 Magnificent Fraud (Para) Maisie (M-G-M) June 17 940 Man About Town (Para) June 17 Man From Simdotvn (Col) 9208 Man From Texas (Mono) 3865 Man of Conquest (Rep) Apr. 15.. 801 Man Who Dared (FN) Apr. 8... 375 Mexicali Rose (Rep) Apr. 1 843 Mickey the Kid (Rep) Midnight (Para) Mar. 11 3828 Million Dollar Legs (Para) .... Miracles for Sale (M-G-M) Missing Daughters (Col) Apr. 29.9027 Modem Cinderella (Dniv) Mountain Rhythm (Rep) 845 Mr. Moto on Danger Island (20th-Fox) Mar. 18 937 Mr. Moto Takes a Vacation (20th-Fox) Nov. 19 952 Mr. Moto’s Last Warning (20th-Fox) July 30 926 My Man Godfrey (Dniv) Reissue M.v Son Is a Criminal (Col) Mar. 18 9029 M.v Wife’s Relatives (Rep) Mar. 11 810 M.vsterious Miss X (Rep) Jan. 21 809 M.vstery of Mr. Wong (Mono) Mar. 18 3806 M.vstery of the White Room (Dniv) Apr. 1 .3037 Mystery Plane (Mono) Mar. 4. ...3809 N Nanc.v Drew, Reporter (FN) Jan. 28 372 Nancy Drew, Trouble Shooter (WB) 324 Naughty But Nice (WB) June 10 311 Mav.t Secrets (Mono) F>b. 18...38o.‘> Never Sa.v Die (Para) Mar. 11.. 3832 News Is Made at Night (20th-Fox) . 953 Night Riders (Rep) Apr. 8 865 North of Shanghai (Col) Mar. 11.9038 North of Yukon (Col) 9205 O Off the Record (WB) .Ian. 28... 314 Of Human Bondage (RKO) reissue 993 Oklahoma Kid (WB) Mar. 18... 308 Oklahoma Terror (Mono).. 3856 On Borrowed Time (IM-G-M) .... On Trial (WB) Mar. 25 323 One Third of a Nation (Para) Feb. 11 .3825 Only Angels Have Wings (Col) May 20 9001 Out of Singapore (Astor) Outside These Walls (Col) June 3 9031 P Panama Lady (RKO) Ma.v 13... 925 Panama Patrol (GN) Feb. 25 314 Pardon Our Nerve (20tli-Fox) Nov. 19 931 Parents on 'Trial (Col) Paris Honeymoon (Para) Dec. 24 3821 Persons in Hiding (Para) Jan. 28.382:! Phantom Stage (Dniv) .3056 Pirates of the Skies (Dniv) 3033 Prnle of the Nav.v (Rep) Jan. 28. 822 Prison Without Bars (DA) Feb. 25 Pygmalion (M-G-M) Dec. 11.... 980 R Racketeers of the Range (RKO) May 20 984 Return of the Cisco Kid (20th-Fox) Apr. 29 940 Ride ’F]ni Cowgirl (GN) Jan. 28.W1-2 Risk.v Business (Dniv) Mar. 11.. 3029 Romance of the Redwoods (Col) Apr. 29 Rolling Westward (Mono) Apr. 1 .3863 Rookie Cop (RKO) Apr. 29 923 Rose of Washington Square (20th-Fox) May 13 942 Rough Riders Roundup (Rep) Mar. 25 853 S Saint in London (RKO) 929 St. I.oiiis Blues (Para) Jan. 28.. 3822 Saint Strikes Back (RKO) Feb. 18 918 .Second Fiddle (20th-Fox) Secret Service of the Air (WB) Feb. 11 :t20 Sergeant Madden (M-G-M) Mar. 25 927 She Married a Cop (Rep) Should a Girl Marry? (Mono).. 3823 Should Husbands Work? (Rep) . . Silver on the Sage (Para) Feb. 18 3858 Singing Cowgirl (GN) June 3. .WI-.3 Six Gun Rhythm (GN) Feb. 18 WI-19 6,000 Enemies (M-G-M) June 3.. 938 Smiling Along (20th-Fox) Dec. 17 93.3 Society Lawyer (M-G-M) Apr. 1 930 Society Smugglers (Univ) Mar. 11 3024 Some Like It Hot (Para) May 13 .38.37 Sorority House (KKO) Apr. 22 . . 924 (2hatt CURRENT RELEASES S. O. S. Tidal Wave (Rep) ,Iune 3 813 Southward Ho! (Rep) June 17.. 855 Si>ellbinder (KKO) 931 Spirit of Culver (Dniv) Mar. 4.. 3014 Spoilers of the Range (Col) June 10 9206 Stagecoach (DA) F'eb. II Star of Miilniglit (ItIvO) reissue Sfar Reporter (IMono) FVb. 25.. 3822 Stolen Life (Para) Apr. 29 .3861 Story of Alexander Graliaai Bell (20th-Fox) Apr. 8 938 .story of Vern^ai and Irene Castle (RKO) 8.38 Street of Missing Men (Rep) Apr. 29 Streets of New York (Mono) Apr. 15 3802 Stronger Than Desire (M-G-M) 911 Stunt Pilot (Mono) .3814 Submarine Patrol (20tli-Fox) Nov. 5 ao<) Smideti Money (Para) Mar. 2.5 Sun Never Sets. The (Univ) June 10 Sundown on the Prairie (Mono) Apr. I 3862 Sunset Trail (Para) 0<-t. 29 3857 Susannah of the Mounties (20th-Fox) June 17 954 Sweepstakes Winner (FN) Apr. 22 373 T Tail Spin (20th-Fox) Feb. 4.... 925 Tarzan F’inds a Son! (M-G-M) June 3 939 Tell No Tales (M-G-M) May 20. 935 Texas Stampede (Col) June 10. .9204 They All Come Out (M-G-M) . . 'They Asked for It (Dniv) 3040 They Made Her a Spy (RKO) Mar. 25 920 'Tlie.v Made iMe a Criminal (WB) Jan. 7 ;{()7 They Shall Have Music (UA) . . . 'Three I'losUeleers (20lb-l'<ix) Feb. II 927 'I'liree Smart Girls Grow Dp (Dniv) itlar. 25 rtOOl Three Texas Steers(Kep) June 24 866 'Thundering West (Col) Apr. 15.. 9203 Timber Stani|)ede (RKO) June 24 985 'To the Res,‘ue (GN» 328 Topper 'Takes a 'Trip (tIA) ,Jan. 7 'I'orchy in Chinalown (FN) 371 Torchy Runs for Mayor (WB) Apr. 1 322 Trapped in the Sky (Col) Feb. 18.9024 'I’rigger Pids (GN) Jan. 21.. .\VI-I3 Trigger Smith (Mono) May 13... 3854 'I’roalde in .Sundown (RKO) Mar. 11 983 Tumbleweeds (Astor) 12 Crowded IDuirs (RKO) Feb. 18 917 U D-67 (Astor) Undercover Agent (.Mono) 3824 Undercover Doctor (Para) May 27 3840 Unexpected Father (Univ) Union Pacific (Para) May 6.... 3835 Unmarried (Para) May 27 3838 W Wanted by Scotland Yard (Mono) Apr. 29 3829 IVare Case, 'The (20th-Fox) 8014 Waterfront (WB) 325 Way Down South (KKO) IVestern Caravans (Col) 9207 Whispering Enemies (Col) Jan. 7 Wife, Husband and F’riend (20th Fox) Feb. 18 9;t0 Wings of the Navy (WB) Jan. 21 309 YVinner Take All (20th-Fox) Feb. 25 939 Winter Carnival (DA) Within the Law (M-G-M) Mar. 18 928 W'olf Call (Mono) May 27 ..3813 Wimmn Doctor (Rep) Feb. 4.... 808 W'oman Is the Judge, A (Col).. Women in the Wind (WB) Feb. 4 316 Wuthering Heights (DA) Apr. 1 Wyoming Outlaw (Rep) 867 Y Yes, My Darling Daughter (FN) Feb. II .357 Y'ou Can't Cheat an Honest Man (Univ) Feb. 25 .3005 You Can’t Get Away With Murder (FN) Jan. 28 364 Young Mr. Lincoln (20th-Fox) June 10 947 Z Zaza (Para) Jan. 7 ..3819 Zenobia (DA) Mar. 18 '. . Zero Hour (Rep) May 27 BOXOFFICE :: July 1, 1939 87