Boxoffice (Jul-Sep 1939)

gat fur hijackers smuggling their loot across the Canadian border. Charles Quigley, Rita Hayworth. Director; Leon Barsha. G-39 Spy of Napoleon. . (77) Unity Historical Melodrama. English-made film portraying the intrigue and machinations surrounding the reign of Napoleon HI, war with Prussia in 1870, and the downfall of the French ruler. Richard Barthelmess, Dolly Haas. Director: Maurice Elvey. 7-39 Texas Wildcats. . (58) Victory Western. Tim McCoy poses as the "Phantom” to avenge the death of his partner. Tim McCoy, Joan Barclay, Forrest Taylor. Director; Sam Newfield. 7.39 Three Waltzes. . (80) Vedis Filins French Operetta. Depicts the loves of the Grandpres and the de Chalencey of 1867 France, covers three generations and Strauss’s music, and brings the story to a halt in a modern film studio. Yvonne Printemps, Pierre Fresnay. Director: Dr. Ludwig Berger. 6-39 Tiger Hunt.. (54) 0 Adventure Travelog. The story of a tiger that terrorized a native jungle village and evaded all traps set for him, until a beautiful girl is offered as prize to the hero capturing the beast. Native cast. Producer: Marquis de la Falaise. Tumbleweeds. (82).. Reissue.. Astor June 9 Western. The same picture produced by William S. Hart in 1925, with Hart speaking to the audience for the first time in an 8-minute prologue. ^ William S. Hart, Barbara Bedford, Lucien Littlefield. Director; King Baggot. 7-39 Tjjihoon Treasure.. (68) State Rights Outdoor Adventure. A pearler whose schooner is wrecked in a typhoon trails through a perilous jungle to save the treasure from thieves. Campbell Copelin, Joe Valll. Director; Noel Monkman. 7-3S Will of the People, The.. (55) States Right Documentary. A documentary compilation from the government’s film archives and newsreel clips showing the Loyalist struggle against the combined Fascist forces of Franco, Germany and Italy, Commentary: By Producer Bouis Frank. With a Smile.. (78) Malmar Comedy with Music. Paris’s leading impresario hires back his former boss whom he supplanted and convinces him that everything m life awaits those who learn to smile, (in French with English sub-titles.) Maurice Chevalier, Marie Glory. Eirector: Maurice Tourneur, Without a Home.. (88) Foreign Cinema Arts Drama. A man brings his family to America, but in his eagerness to make good in the land of opportunity, neglects his family for his job. ^ Yiddish film, with English sub-titles). Ida Kaminska, A. Marten, Warsaw Synagogue Choir. Director; A. Marten. 20th Century-Fox Arizona Wildcat. .929. . (69) Feb. 3 Comedy. When her foster-father is accused of lawlessness, Jane organizes a band of nightriders to find the guilty party. Jane Withers. Leo Carrillo. Director; H. I. Leeds. Roy Friend . . 943 . . ( 70) 3Iay 19 Comedy. When a murder occurs in tlie police training school which Jane’s brother attends, she and her sweetheart turn sleuths and capture the crooks. Jane Withers, George Ernest, Arleen Whelan. Director; James Tinling. Charlie Chan in Honolulu. .928. . (65) Jan. 13 Mystery. While at home in Hawaii, awaiting the birth of his first grandchild, Chan solves a murder committed on a tramp steamer. Sidney Toler, Phyllis Brooks. Director: H. Bruce Humberstone. CharUe Chan in Reno. .948. . (71) June 16 Mystery Drama. Charlie Chan finds the solution of a murder by the elimination process difficult because of dislike for the victim by so many individuals. Sidney Toler, Ricardo Cortez, Phyllis Brooks, Director; Norman Foster. Chasing Hanger. . 941 .. (60) May 6 Action Drama, Second of the "Camera Daredevil series, in which two newsreel cameramen are thrown on the track of gun runners supplying an Arabian leader with ammunition for an uprising. Preston Foster, Wally Vernon, Lynn Bari. Director; Ricardo Cortez. Kverybody’s Baby . .935. . (62) Mar. 24 Comedy Drama. One of the Jones family series, in which a quack child psychologist hits the town and the young mother falls for his fraud. Jed Prouty, Shirley Deane, Spring Byington, Russell Gleason. Director; Malcolm St. Clair. Gorilla, The . . 944 . . ( 66) May 26 Comedy Mystery. A mad gorilla, on the loose, terrorizes a vicinity, and the Ritz Brother Detectives are assigned to the case. Ritz Bros., Anita Louise, Patsy Kelly, Director; Allan Dwan. Hound of the Baskervilles, The. ,936. . (80) ..Mar. 31 Melodi'ama. A. Conan Doyle’s fictionized detective comes to the screen to end the terror of a 3U0-year-old curse. Richard Greene, Basil Rathbone, Wendy Barrie. Director; Sidney Lanfield. Inside Story . .934. . (61) Mar. 10 Action Drama. A newspaper man, who meets a night-club hostess through a "stunt” ad, saves her from being killed by the owner of the club who feared her disclosure of a murder to which she had been an eye-witness. Michael Whalen, Jean Rogers, Douglas Fowley. Director; Ricardo Cortez. Inspector Hornleigh. .945. . (76) Apr. 21 Melodrama. A detective with a stamp collecting hobby solves a most baffling murder mystery. Gordon Harker, Alastair Sim, Hugh Williams. Director; Eugene Forde. It Could Happen to You. .950. . (72) June 30 Comedy Drama. A faithful wife didn’t think it could happen, but a dead woman is found in the back of her husband’s car when he returns from his boss’s party. Stuart Erwin, Gloria Stuart, Douglas Fowley. Director; Alfred Worker. Jesse James. .921. . (105) © Jan. 27 uutdooi Drama. 'The tragic destiny of America’s boldest desperado. Tyrone Power, Henry i'oiida, Nancy Kelly. Director; Henry King. Jones Family in Hollywood, ’The. .946. . (60) June 2 Comedy Drama. The family of Pa Jones tags along when he goes to Hollywood as a delegate to the American Legion convention, and are bitten by the motion picture bug. Jed Prouty, Spring Byington, Shirley Deane. Director; Malcolm St. Clair. Kentucky ..923. .(95) © Dec. 30 Action Drama. F’amlly feuding, which keeps two lovers apart, is forgotten when the girl’s horse wins the Kentucky Derby. Loretta Young, Richard Greene, Ralph Morgan. Director; David Butler. Little I'rincess. .932. . (93) © Mar. 17 Comedy with Music. Little Shirley is treated like a princess until her father is reported killed in the Boer War. She doubts the reports and runs away from school in search of her father. Shirley 'Temple, Richard Greene, Anita Louise, Artliur ’Treacher. Director; Walter Lang. Mr. Molo on Hanger Island. .937. . (64) Apr. 7 Melodrama. Mr. Moto is called upon by a diamond syndicate to run down a gang of clever gem smugglers. Peter Lorre, Jean Hersholt, VV'arren Hymer. Director; Herbert 1. Leeds. Mr. Mutu’s Last Warning. .926. . (71) Jan. 20 Melodrama. Moto masquerades as an Oriental shopkeeper to trap a renegade who tries to blow up the French fleet as It enters Port Said, thus averting a world war. Peter Lorre, Ricardo Cortez, Virginia Field. Director; Norman Foster. Pardon Our Nerve . .931 .. (68) Feb. 24 Comedy Drama. Two girls, jobless and broke, find adventure and profit in managing a prize fighter. Lynn Bari, June Gale, Guinn Williams, Michael Whalen. Director; H. Bruce Humberstone. Return of the Cisco Kid, The. .940. . (71) . .Apr. 28 Outdoor Drama. The Cisco Kid bucks the boss of the countryside to help a girl recover the deed to her ranch. Warner Baxter, Lynn Bari, Cesar Romero, Henry Hull. Director; Herbert 1. Leeds. Rose of Washington Square . .942 .. (86) May 12 Musical. The songs of yesteryear are highlighted in this story of a burlesque showgirl who turns down a theatrical contract to marry a confidence man. Alice Faye, Tyrone Power, A1 Jolson, Marie Wilson. Director; Roy Del Ruth. Second Fiddle. .949. . (85) July 14 Musical Comedy. A school teacher wins a screen test contest, and a press agent tries to promote a publicity romance between her and a waning matinee idol, but falls in love with her himself. Sonja Henie, Tyrone Power, Rudy Vallee. Director; Sidney Lanfield. Smiling Along. .933. . (85) Jan. 20 Musical Comedy. The adventures of a troupe of musical comedy artists which goes on its own when the manager tries to chisel on a benefit show. Grade Fields, Roger Llvesey, Mary Maguire. Director; Monty Banks. .Stor.v of Alexander Graham Bell, The ..938. (97) Apr. 14 Epic Drama. The story of a great love that was responsible for one of the greatest inventions of all mankind. Don Ameche, Loretta Young. Henry Fonda. Director; Irving Cummings. Susannah of the Mounties. .954. . (78) June 23 Outdoor Adventure. Shirley, as sole survivor of an Indian massacre, is taken under the wing of a Canadian Mountie. She averts another uprising and saves the latter’s life when the Blackfeet tribe try to burn him at the stake. Shirley Temple. Randolph Scott, Margaret Lockwood. Director; William A. Seiter. Tall Spin. .925. . (83) Feb. 10 Action Drama. A saga of pulchritudinous women fliers who risk their lives in speed planes, competing for honors in airway races. Alice Faye. Constance Bennett, Nancy Kelly. Director; Roy Del Ruth. Thanks for Everything. .917. . (70) Dec. 23 Comedy with Music. The head of an advertising agency tries to make a human guinea pig out of a young man who comes to collect the 825,000 prize he won from the agency In a national contest. Adolphe Menjou, Jack Oakle, Jack Haley. Arleen Whelan. Director; William A. Seiter. Three Musketeers, 'The. .927. . (72) Feb. 17 Romantic Comedy Drama. A musical comedy version of Alexander Dumas’ novel of the love of a swashbuckling adventurer for a lady-inwaiting. Don Ameche, Ritz Bros., Binnie Barnes. Gloria Stuart. Director; Allan Dwan. While New York Sleeps. .934. . (61) Mar. 10 Action Drama. A newspaper man, who meets a night-club hostess through a strange ad, saves her from being killed by the owner of the club who feared her disclosure of a murder to which she had been an eye-witness. Michael Whalen, Jean Rogers, Douglas Fowley. Director: Ricardo Cortez. Wife, Husband and Friend. .930. . (75) Mar. 3 Comedy. A business man with a wife aspiring to operatic ambitions, takes voice lessons himself to wean her away from the idea. Loretta Young. Warner Baxter, Binnie Barnes, Cesar Romero. Director: Gregory Ratoff. Winner Take All. .939. . (61) Apr. 21 Comedy Drama. A crooked promoter makes a boxing sensation out of a cowboy by fixing his fights for him, but it took a girl to turn him into a real fighter. Tony Martin, Gloria Stuart, Henry Armetta, Robert Allen. Director: Otto Brower. Young Mr. IJncoln . . 947 . . (101) ^ June 9 Historical Drama. A portrait of Lincoln’s earlier years as a rail-splitter, humorist, pie-eating contestant, and his experiences as a lawyer. Henry Fonda, Alice Brady, Arleen Whelan. Director: John Ford. United Artists Captain Fury (90) May 26 Action Drama. An exiled Irelander breaks the rule of a tyrant and saves the land holdings of the Austrian Colonists. Brian Aherne, Victor McLaglen, George Zucco, June Lang. Director: Hal Roach. Duke of West Point, The.. (105) Dec. 29 Drama. An arrogant cadet proves to his classmen his unselfishness when he takes the blame for an infraction of rules to save a friend. Louis Hayward, Joan Fontaine, Tom Brown. Director; Alfred E. Green. King of the Turf.. (87) Feb. 17 Action Drama. After years of bad breaks, a former race track biggie comes back because of his interest in a young jockey, whom he later learns is his son. For his son’s sake, he tries to throw the race, but the boy “double crosses” him and wins the big handicap. Adolphe Menjou. Roger Daniel, Dolores Costello, Walter Abel. Director: Alfred Green. Made for Each Other. . (85) Feb. 10 Comedy Drama. The story revolves around the love, trials and tribulations of a couple of newlyweds. Carole Lombard, James Stewart. Director: John Cromwell. Man in the Iron Mask, The..(..) June 15 Adventure. Louis XIV of France orders his twin brother locked in an iron mask and executed. The latter is saved by friends, and the King falls victim to his own plot. Louis Hayward, Joan Bennett, Warren William. Director: James Whale. Prison Without Bars.. (79) Mar. 15 Drama. The new superintendent of a women’s prison in France introduces more humane methods of penology, but loses her lover to an inmate she had befriended. Corinne Luchaire, Edna Best, Sally Wisher, Barry Barnes. Director: Brian Desmond Hurst. Stagecoach . . (92) Mar. 3 Outdoor Drama. Portrays the harrowing events that transpire during a stagecoach journey. Claire Trevor, John Wayne, Andy Devine. Director: John Ford. Topper Takes a Trip. .(78) Jan. 12 Comedy Fantasy. Continues the adventures of 98 BOXOFFICE :: July 15. 1939