Boxoffice (Jul-Sep 1940)

THE COMPLETE CHECK-UP ON CURRENT RELEASES riage discovered, costs the girl her job. Lana Turner. John Shelton. Director: Harold S. Bucquet. Monogram Hoys of the City . .40‘30. . (63) .July 15 Melodrama. Headed for camp, the East Side Kids, take refuge in a haunted chateau during a storm and find there a murdered man and a girl, bound and gagged. Thej' postpone vacation to solve the mystery. Bobby Jordan, Leo Gorcey, Dave O’Brien. Director: Joe Lewis. Chamber of Horrors. .3909. . (A) . .,(83) Aug.l2 Melodrama. A detective helps an heiress locate the fortune left her after tracking down the criminals who would block her. Leslie Banks, Lilli Palmer. Director: Norman Lee. Covered Wagon Trails. .3963. . (53) Apr. 10 Western. The cattlemen are convinced that settlers will not interfere with their business. Jack Randall. Director: Raymond Johnson. Cowboy From Sundown. .3955. . (58) May 9 Western. A sheriff solves a financially crippling quarantine when he apprehends the banker poisoning cattle. Tex Ritter. Director: Spencer Bennet. Ihiomed to Die . . 3908 ..(..) Aug. 5 Mystery-Melodrama. Se\eral other murders impel the sleuth to release his original suspect and round up the guilty ones. Boris Karloff, Grant Withers. Marjorie Reynolds. Director: William Nigh. Golden Trail, The. .3956. . (52) July 3 Western. A gang that kills miners as they strike pay dirt, is tracked down. Tex Ritter. Director: A1 Herman. Haunted House. .3910. . (68) ...July 17 Murder Mystery. An office boy in a small town newspaper office proves the innocence of his friend, charged -with murder. Jackie Moran Marcia Mae Jones, Christian Rub. Director: Bob McGowan. Kid From Santa Fe. The . . 3965 . . (50) May 23 Western. A sheriff and his daughter help an innocent man. charged Tvith murder, escape that he may find the real killer. Jack Randall. Director: Raymond K. Johnson. Land <»f Six Guns .. 3964 .. (54) May 2 Western. Getting involved by smugglers makes a peaceful rancher again take up his guns. Jack Randall. Director: Raymond K. Johnson. Last Alarm, The. . 3927 .. (61) June 25 Melodrama. A retired fireman tracks down a dangerous incendiary. J. Farrell MacDonald, Warren Hull. Polly Ann Young. Director: Wil liam West. Mysterious Mr. Reeder. .3926. . (77) ....Apr. 30 Melodrama. An elderly eccentric unmasks a counterfeiting gang. Will Fyffe. Director: Jack Raymond. On the Spot . .3915 . ..(62) June 11 Melodrama. A soda-jerk solves a murder when a wounded gangster staggers into his store. Frankie Dario, Mantan Moreland. Director: Howaid Bretherton. Orphans of the North ..(..) July 29 Melodrama. Adventures in the far north where at times nature’s harshness makes man and beast friends in their own interest. Bob Webster. Mary Joyce. Ann Henning. Puls ol the Silver Sage . .3954 .. (52) Apr. 20 Western. Discovering the rustlers who are stealing his hostess’ cattle, Ritter joins and apprehends them. Tex Ritter. Director: A1 Herman. Rainbow Over the Range .. 3957 ..(..). July 29 Western. A gang of horse thieves who also control town politics are cleaned up. Tex Ritter, Dorothy Fay. Director: A1 Herman. Riders From Nowhere. .3966. . (45) May 30 Western. Posing as a ranger whose body he found, a man is accused of murder, but unmasks the real killer and stays as sheriff. Jack Randall, Margaret Roach. Director: Raymond K. Johnson. Sky Bandits. .3928. . (56) Apr, 15 Western. The unwitting aide of a gang of plane thieves brings about their capture. James Newill. Director: Ralph Staub. Son of the Navy. .3902. . (72) Mar. 30 Comedy-Drama. A runaway orphan finds a sailor and a girl to adopt him. James Dunn, Jean Parker. Director: William Nigh. Tomboy . .11 .. (70) Apr. 5 Comedy-Drama. A mean uncle makes amends when his nephew tackles two tramps, saving his uncle from harm and retrieving his money. Jackie Moran, Marcia Mae Jones, Grant Withers. Director: Robert McGowan. Wild Horse Range. .3960. . (51) June 18 Western. Two pals escape from a gang of horse thieves they have discovered and succeed in corraling the culprits. Jack Randall, Frank Yaconelli. Director: Raymond K. Johnson. Paramount Adventure in Diamonds. .3928. . (80) Apr, 5 Melodrama. Diamond thieves who smuggle the gems out of South African mines are apprehended. George Brent, Isa Miranda. Director: George Fitzmaurice. Biscuit Eater, The . . 3931 . . (80) May 24 Drama. Story of a boy’s love for his dog. Billy Lee, Cordell Hickman. Director: Stuart Heisler. Buck Benny Rides Again. .3932. . (82) May 3 Comedy. Benny on a dude ranch, bribes the hands to let him insult them, thereby impressing the girl, who is fond of “tough” men. Jack Benny, Ellen Drew. Director: Mark Sandrich, ©Dr. Cyclops. .3929. . (79) Apr. 12 Melodrama. A mad scientist reduces living beings to diminutive proportions. Albert Dekker, Janice Logan. Director: Ernest Schoedsack. Farmer’s Daughter, The. .3927. . (60) Mar. 29 Comedy. A summer theatre on her father's farm brings Martha romance, and when the star goes temperamental, success on the stage. Martha Raye, Charlie Ruggles, Gertrude Michael. Director: James Hogan. French Without Tears 3930. . (67) Apr. 26 Farce Comedy. The routine of a group of English students in a school near Paris is pretty well shattered when the sister of one of them arrives and proves a heart-breaker. Ray Milland, Ellen Drew, Director: Anthony Asquith. Ghost Breakers, The . . 3938 . . (82) . June 21 Mystery-Comedy. Adventures of an heiress in an allegedly haunted castle. Bob Hope, Paulette Goddard, Richard Carlson. Director: George Marshall. Gidden Gloves. .3942. . (67) Aug. 2 Melodrama. A reporter and a promising amateur expose the operation of a crooked boxing arena. Richard Denning, Jean Cagney, Robert Paige. Diiector: Edward Dmytryk. Hidden Gold . .3958 . . (61) June 7 Western. A gang w^ho are stealing gold from a mine are trapped. William Boyd. Director: Lesley Selander. I Jght of Western Stars . . 3931 . . (63) Apr. 19 Western. Framed by gun-runners and sought by officials, a ranch foreman, in love with the ranch mistress, cleans up the villains. Victor Jory, Jo Ann Sayers, Noah Beery jr. Director: Lesley Selander. ^Mystery Sea Raider. .3943. . (75) Aug. 9 Melodrama. A boat seized by foreign agents, posing as export businessmen, and used as a supply ship for raiders, is regained by the captured crew, Henry Wilcoxon. Carole Landis, Onslow Stevens. Director: Edward Dmytryk. Opened by Mistake 3933. . (66) May 10 Mystery Drama. A reporter and his buddy become involved in a murder which they solve with the aid of a girl. Charlie Ruggles, Janice Logan. Director: George Archainbaud. Oueeii of the Mob .39.39 . (61) June 28 Drama. A mother trains three of her sons to become outlaws: the fourth becomes an attorney and is responsibe for the gang’s apprehension. Blanche Yurka, Ralph Bellamy. Director: James Hogan. Road to Singapore. .3926. . (84) Mar. 22 Comedy with Music. Two confirmed bachelors flee marriage and work but fall in love with the same girl on a South Sea island. Bing Crosby, Bob Hope, Dorothy Lamour. Director: Victor Schertzinger. Safari. 3937. . (81) June 14 Drama. The guest on a yachting trip falls for a game hunter whom she finally bags despite the opposition of her host. Madeleine Carroll, Douglas Fairbanks jr., Tullio Carminati. Director: Edward H. Griffith. Stagecoach War. .3959. . (61) . ... July 12 Western. A battle between two stagecoach lines for the Wells-Fargo franchise occupies Hoppy and his pals. Bill Boyd, Russell Hayden. Director: Lesley Selander. Those W ere the Days. .3936. . (70) May 31 Romantic Comedy. American college-campus life during the horse and buggy age. William Holden. Bonita Granville. Director: J, Theodore Reed, Typhoon. .3934. . (70) May 17 Melodrama. A pearl-hunting American and a strange white princess find romance in the south seas. Dorothy Lamour, Robert Preston. Director: Louis King. ©Fntained . . 3941 . . (8.3) July 26 Melodrama. A society doctor w'ho flees to the far north to sober up falls in love with the wife of a woodsman. Ray Milland, Patricia Morison, Akim Tamiroff. Director: George Archainbaud. Way of All Flesh . . ,3940 . (82) July 5 Melodrama. Years after a man has forsaken his family to save them humiliation, he returns to find them happy, and he leaves, without disclosing himself. Akim Tamiroff, (Jladys George. Director: Louis King. Republic Carolina Moon. .944. . (65) July 15 Western. A cowboy saves several southern plantation owuiers from losing their homes. Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette. Director: Frank McDonald. Carson City Kid.. (57) July 17 Western. Posing as a desperado, the hero tracks down the murderer of his brother. Roy Rogers, Bob Steele. Joe Kane directed. Covered Wagon Days. .965. . (56) Apr. 22 Western. The Three Mesquiteers find the guilty party in a silver smuggling episode on the border. Director: George Sherman. Crooked Road, The. .923. . (66) May 10 Drama. A man is freed from involvement in the killing of an extortioner, but loses his girl to his friend. Edmund Lowe, Irene Hervey. Director: Phil Rosen. Dark Command .. 901 .. (92) Apr. 15 Historical Drama. The looting of Kansas during the early days of the Civil War by guerillas. Claire Trevor, John Wayne, Walter Pidgeon. Director: Raoul Walsh. Gangs of Chicago .. 924 .. (66) May 19 Action Drama. A trapped racketeer sacrifices himself to save his school-days friend, a lawyer. Lloyd Nolan. Barton MacLane, Lola Lane. Director: Arthur Lubin. Gaucho Serenade. .943. . (66) May 10 Musical Western. Two pals prove the benefactors o' «» man framed for an embezzling and a society girt. Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette. Director: Frank McDonald, Ghost Valley Raiders. .991. . (57) Mar. 26 Western, The man responsible for repealed stagecoach robberies is discovered. Donald Barry, Lona Andre. Director: George Sherman. Girl From God’s Country . . (71) July 30 Melodrama. Law and romance overtake a doctor w'ho, as the ministering friend of settlers and natives, had found sanctuary from an unju.st murder indictment in the far north. Chester Morris. Jany Wyatt, Charles Bickford. Director: Sidney Salkow. tJrand OIc Opry. .908. . (67) June 25 Western. A mayor runs for governor, outsmarting the crooked politician who was bossing the state. Weaver Bros., Elviry. Director: Frank McDonald. Grandpa Goes to Town. .922. . (65) Apr. 19 Comedy. Finding a real gold mine just when the rumor they mistakenly spread about a false one damages, saves the Higginses from irate westerners. James Gleason. Lucile Gleason, Russell Gleason. Director: Gus Meins. Hi-Yo, Silver. .129. . (65) Apr. 10 Western. The lone ranger frees a small town of an outlaw’s rule, Lee Powell. Herman Briggs, Chief Thundercloud, Lynn Roberts. Directors: William Whitney, John English. In Old Missouri. .921. . (67) Apr. 17 Mu.sical, Sharecroppers change places with their landlord who then discovers his partners are crooked. Weaver Bros, and Elviry. Director: Frank McDonald. One Man’s Law . . 992 . . (57) June 29 Western. Two wanderers overcome the opposition in a town that would halt a railroad from coming in, Don Barry. Director: George Sherman. Raneho Grande. .942. . (66) Mar. 22 Western, The foreman trustee of a ranch saves it from a lawyer’s clutches by bringing irrigation. Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette, June Storey. Director: Frank McDonald. Ranger and the Lady. .956. . (59) July 30 Western. A ranger fights racketeers who toll wagon trains on the Santa Fe trail. Roy Rogers, George Hayes, Jacqueline Wells. Director: Joseph Kane. Rocky Mountain Rangers. .966. . (58) May 24 Western. Western terrorists are tracked down by the Three Mesquiteers when one of them poses as an outlaw. Director: George Sherman. Scatterbrain. .909. . (72) July 20 Comedy. A hillbilly songstress, signed up for a film by mistake, proves a sensation. Judy Canova, Alan Mowbray. Director: Gus Meins. Sing, Dance, Plenty Hot. .910. . (70) Aug. 10 Musical Comedy. A theatrical agent’s partner walks out with the funds realized in a charity show, leaving his partner to carry on. Ruth Terry. Johnny Downs, Billy Gilbert. Director: Lew Landers. Three Faces West. .903. . (81) July 3 Drama. An Austrian surgeon and his daughters aid midwestern farmers in their fight against dust and drought. Charles Coburn. John Wayne, Sigrid Gurie. Director: Bernard Vorhaus. 76 BOXOFFICE :: August 10, 1940