Boxoffice (Jul-Sep 1939)

THE C O M P LE T E C H E C K and save his face with his mother. Frankie Darro, Grant Withers. Director: Howard Bretherton. Convict’s Code (formerly Parole) 3822.. (63) Jan. 18 Action Drama. A man paroled from prison, sets out to clear his name and to find the party who framed him. Robert Kent, Anne Nagel, Sidney Blackmer. Director: Lambert Hlllyer. Down the Wyoming Trail. .3864. . (63) May 18 Western. A ranch foreman dresses as Santa Claus to capture a cattle rustler, Tex Ritter, Mary Brodell, Horace Murphy, Charles King. Director: A1 Herman. Drifting Westward. .3854. . (.59) Jan. 35 Western. It's the old story of the hidden gold mine, who has the map and how it turns up accidentally after the hero is called Into service. Jack Randall, Edna Duran. Director: Bob Hill. Gang Bullets. .3818. .(63) Nov. 23 Melodrama. A district attorney “joins” a racketeering mob, finally driving them out of Bridgetown. Robert Kent, Ann Nagel, Charles Trowbridge. Director: Lambert Hillyer. Little Pal (formerly The Healer) .. Reissue . .3828. . (66) Feb. 3 Drama. A young doctor, operating a email town orthopedic clinic, effects cures that win him fame as a miracle healer. Ralph Bellamy, Karen Morley, Mickey Rooney, Judith Allen. Director: Reginald Barker. Mystery of Mr, Wong. .3806. . (67) Mar. 8 Melodrama. The Oriental sleuth tracks down an invisible killer. Boris Karloff, Dorothy Tree, Grant Withers, Director: William Nigh. Mystery Plane (formerly Sky Pirate) . .3809. . (60) Mar. 8 Action Drama. An inventor of a bombing device outwits a spy who kidnaps him to get the plans, and escapes in a plane, the spy in pursuit. An air fight ensues. John Trent, Milburn Stone, Marjorie Reynolds. Director: George Waggner. Navy Secrets. .3805. . (60) Feb. 1 Action Drama. Two Naval Intelligence Service workers find romance when they meet while working on the same case. Grant Withers, Fay Wray, William von Brincken. Director: Howard Bretherton. Rollin’ AVestward. .3863. . (67) Mar. 1 Western. Tex joins a gang of home.steaders but learns that their claims in the cattle country are illegal, and crime runs rampant until the guilty parties are brought to justice. Tex Ritter, Dorothy Fay. Director: A1 Herman. Should a Girl Marry? (formerly Girl From Nowhere) . .3823. . (57) June 10 Melodrama. Unaware that she was born in prison, a young bride is victim of a blackmail plot being aligned against her. But the blackmailer’s wife prevents the plot from taking form. Anne Nagel, Warren Hull, Lester Mathews, Mayo Methot. Director: Lambert Hillyer. Starlight Over Texas. .3869. . (59) Sept. 7 Western. The first in the series of eight prairie operas Monogram will make. Story concerns a Texas ranger in pursuit of r*attle rustlers. Tex Ritter. Director: A1 Herman. Star Reporter. .3823. . (62) Feb. 22 Melodrama. A young newspaper publisher inaugurates a campaign against crime, and gets himself in deep when he learns prominent people are involved. Warren Hull, Marsha Hunt, Morgan Wallace. Director: Howard Brether ton. Streets of New York. .3802. . (73) Apr. 12 Drama. A lad of the slums sets up Abraham Lincoln as his ideal and strives to become a lawyer in the face of poverty and a gangster brother. Jackie Cooper, Martin Spellman, George Irving. Director: William Nigh. Stunt Pilot. .3814. . (62) July 1 Action Drama. Second of the “Tailspin Tommy” series. A stunt pilot for a motion picture company, while making a war film, is involved in a murder mystery when real bullets are substituted for blanks and he innocently kills an other pilot. John Trent, Marjorie Reynolds, Milburn Stone. Director: George Waggner. Sundown on the Prairie . . 3862 . . (53) Feb. 8 Western. A mountain pass is dynamited to trap a gang of cattle smugglers. Tex Ritter, Dorothy Fay. Director: A1 Herman. Tough Kid. .3819. . (61) Dec, 28 Action Drama. A tough kid keeps his brother’s fight manager from resorting to trickery to throw the championship fight. Frankie Darro. Dick Purcell, Judith Allen. Director: Howard Bretherton. Trigger Smith . . 3854 . . (59) Mar. 22 Western. The sheriff’s son cleans up a gang of bank robbers who had killed his brother. Jack Randall, Frank Yaconelli, Dennis Moore, Joyce Bryant. Director: Alan James. Undercover Agent. .3824. . (56) Apr. 5 Melodrama. A postal inspector finds the party -UP ON CURRENT RELEASES behind a counterfeit sweepstakes ticket racket, thereby clearing his girl’s father of the charge. Russell Gleason, Shirley Deane, J. M. Kerrigan. Director: Howard Bretherton. AA'anted by Scotland Yard. .3839. . (63) Apr. 19 Melodrama. An ex-convict is framed Into going back into a criminal career when he Is led to believe his sweetheart has betrayed him. James Stephenson, Betty Lynne. Director: Norman Lee. Wild Horse Canyon (formerly Last Outlaw).. 3852.. (50) Dec. 21 Western. Two pals of the saddle ride the range searching for the murderer of the brother of one of them. Jack Randall, Dorothy Short. Director: Robert HUl. Wolf Call . . 3813 . . (65) May 22 Action Drama. Adapted from Jack London’s novel, of a New York playboy whose father, in order to make a man of him., sends him into the Northern wilds to operate a radium mine. John Carroll, Movita. Director: George Waggner. Paramount Ambush. .3820. . (62) Jan. 20 Action Drama. A gang of bandits kidnap a girl working in a bank because she recognized her brother as one of the bandits. The boy loses his life to save his sister. Gladys Swarthout, Lloyd Nolan, William Henry. Director: Kurt Neumann. Arrest Bulldog Drummond . . 3812 . . (68) Nov. 25 Melodrama. An international spy commits two murders to gain possession of an invention for explosives, valuable for use in warfare, but Bulldog Drummond and hi.s girl friend bring about the capture of the criminals. John Howard, Heather Angel, H. B. Warner. Director: James Hogan. Artists and Models Abroad. .3817. . (90) ... .Dec. 30 Comedy. The adventures of an American theatrical troupe stranded in Paris who are saved by a Texas oil millionaire and his daughter who join the troupe incognito. Jack Benny, Joan Bennett, Mary Boland, Yacht Club Boys. Director: Mitchell Leisen. Back Door to Heaven. .3833. . (85) Apr. 21 Drama. Five people in the same graduating class meet ten years later as a lawyer, a night club dancer, a bank president, a dishonored ship’s captain, and a fugitive from the law. Wallace Ford, Aline McMahon, Stuart Erwin, Patricia Ellis. Director: Wm. K. Howard. Beachcomber, The . . 3863 . . (89) Mar. 10 Drama. A shiftless drifter in the Dutch East Indies tropics wages a stiong fight against a woman missionary who tries to reform him. Charles Laughton. Elsa Lanchester. Director: Erich Pommer. Boy Trouble. .3824. . (74) Feb. 17 Comedy. Two adopted youngsters nearly wreck a household and almost cause a divorce, but the family is drawn together when one of the boys becomes 111. Charles Ruggle.s, Mary Boland, Billy T.ee, Donald O’Connor. Director: George Archainbaud. Bulldog Drummond’s Bride. .3844. . (57) ... .June 30 Melodrama. Drummond finally marries his fiancee, despite interruptions by a bank robbery and a midnight murder. John Howard, Heather Angel. Director: James Hogan. Bulldog Drummond’s Secret Police. .3831. . (55) Apr. 14 Melodrama. A valuable King’s treasure Is lost, and Drummond unearths a torture chamber in the secret passages of Rockingham Towers, and murder, explosions and horror prevail until the mystery is solved. John Howard, Heather Angel, Reginald Denny, E. E. Clive. Director: James Hogan. Cafe Society. .3826. . (83) Mar. 3 Drama. A glimpse into the Gotham circle of cafe society, where a news reporter meets and falls in love with a wealthy girl. Madeleine Carroll, Fred MacMurray, Shirley Ross. Director: Edward H. Griffith. Disbarred. .3818. . (58) Jan. 1 Action Drama. An expose of the criminal lawyer racket, in which a disbarred lawyer poses as a real estate operator and sets up a law office headed by a woman. Gall Patrick, Otto Kruger. Director: Robert Florey. Fr(»ntiersman . .3856. . (74) Dec. 16 Western. Hopalong Cassidy, In action against raiders of the Old West, finds romance when school teacher comes to the frontier. William Boyd, George Haye.s, Russell Hayden, Evelyn Venable. Director: Lesley Selander. Gracie Allen Murder Case. .3839. . (75) June 2 Comedy. Gracie sends the wrong man to jail, the police to an insane asylum and falls in love with the murderers, before .she and Philo Vance solve a murder mystery. Gracie Allen, Warren William, Kent Taylor, Ellen Drew. Director: Alfred E. Green. 7(2atute3 Grand Jury Secrets. .3842. . (68) June 23 Melodrama. Two brothers, one a star reporter and the other, an assistant district attorney, fight against each other for honors and scoops. John Howard, Porter Plall, Gail Patrick. Director: James Hogan, Heritage of the Desert .. 3843 .. (73) June 23 Western. A city-bred lad matches fists and wits with land thieves who try to deprive him of a ranch he inherits. Donald Woods, Evelyn Venable, Robert Barrat, Sidney Toler. Director: Lesley Selander. Hotel Imperial. .3836. . (80) May 12 Drama. A war drama of a young woman who, in search of an officer responsible for her sister’s suicide, falls in love with the man she hates. Isa Miranda, Ray Milland, Gene Lockhart, Reginald Owen. Director: Robert Florey. I’m From Missouri. .3830. . (77) Apr. 7 Comedy. Burns goes to London to interest the British army in his thoroughbred mules, and meets stiff competition when a tractor mogul tries to sell the government calvary tanks. Bob Burns, Gladys George, Gene Lockhart, Judith Barrett. Director: Theodore Reed. Invitation to Happiness. .3841. . (99) ..... .June 16 Drama. A low-brow prize fighter marries a high-brow girl. He loses the world’s heavyweight championship and his wife, but wins the latter back again. Fred MacMurray, Irene Dunne, Charlie Ruggles. Director: Wesley Rugbies. King of Chinatown. .3827. . (57) Mar. 17 Melodrama. A Chinese woman doctor nurses a gangster leader back to health after he had been shot, despite her hatred for him, and he falls in love with her, but is later killed by his henchmen. Anna May Wong, Akim Tamiroff, J. Carrol Naish. Director: Nick Grinde. Lady’s From Kentucky, The. .3834. . (77) , .Apr. 28 Comedy Drama. A hard-boiled bookmaker learns the real meaning of sportsmanship when he falls in love with a Kentucky belle. George Raft, Ellen Drew. Director: Alexander Hall. Man About Town. .3845. . (85) ... July 7 Musical. A shy producer, in love with his star who is unaware of the fact, creates some hilarious situations when he pretends to be a gay Casanova. Jack Benny, Dorothy Lamour, Edw'ard Arnold. Director: Mark Sandrich. IMidnight . . 3828 . . (93) Mar. 24 Comedy Drama. A young woman, stranded in Paris, pretends she is a Baroness, and a taxi driver aids her by posing as her husband. Claudette Colbert, Don Ameche, Francis Lederer, John Barrymore. Director: Mitchell Leisen. Million Dollar Legs ..(..) July 14 Comedy With Music. A bunch of college kids put their school on the athletic map in defiance of the wishes of the founder. Betty Grable, Jackie Coogan, John Hartley, Donald O'Connor. Director: Nick Grinde, Never Say Die . . 3832 . . (80) Apr. 14 Comedy With Music. A man with 30 days to live marries an heiress who is running away from a fortune hunter. Martha Raye, Bob Hope. Director: Elliott Nugent. . . . one-third of a nation . . . 3825. . (75) . .Feb. 24 Drama. A story of the housing problems, that deals with the slum sections. Sylvia Sidney, Leif Erickson. Director: Dudley Murphy. Paris Honeymoon. .3821. . (85) Jan. 27 Musical Comedy. A wealthy American goes to Europe to await the Paris divorce of his fiancee. In the interim he falls in love with a beautiful peasant girl. Bing Crosby, Franciska Gaal, Edward Everett Horton, Akim Tarniroff. Director: Frank Tuttle. Persons in Hiding. .38^3. . (69) Feb. 10 Action Drama. The astonishing story of a female Svengali who turns a small-time crook into America's most dangerous criminal. Based on the book by J. Edgar Hoover. Lynne Overman, Patricia Morison, J. Carrol Naish. Director: Louis King. 8t. Louis Blues. ..3822. . (87) Feb. 3 Musical Romance. A showgirl, fleeing a ruthless manager, joins a show boat troupe as a singer, and saves the owner from bankruptcy. Dorothy Lamour, Lloyd Nolan, Tito Guizar. Director: Raoul Walsh. Silver on the Sage. ,3858. . (68) Mar. 31 Western, Hopalong poses as a gambler to find the leader of a gang of rustlers, who uses a double as his alibi. William Boyd, George Hayes, Russell Hayden. Director: Lesley Selander. Some Like It Hot . . 3837 . . (65) May 19 Musical. A jam session of swing music aided by laughs and romance. Bob Hope, Shirley Ross. Una Merkel. Gene Krupa and orchestra. Director: George Archainbaud. Stolen Life. .3864. . (90) May 26 Drama. The story of twin sisters of opposite types, one of whom marries an explorer and is accidently drowned, whereupon the other as BOXOFFICE July 15, 1939 95