Boxoffice (Jul-Sep 1940)

THE COMPLETE CHECK-UP ON CURRENT RELEASES Boys From Syracuse. .4003. . (72) Aug:. 9 Comedy. Modern day modes are spoofed by their counterpart in classical Greece. Allan Jones, Martha Raye, Joe Fenner, Charles Butterworth. Director: Edward Sutherland. Enemy Agrent. .4033. . (61) Apr. 19 Melodrama. A draftsman in an airplane factory finds the espionage ring stealing the plans. Richard Cromwell. Helen Vinson. Director: Lew Landers. Fugitive, The. .5046. . (77) June 28 Drama. A barber who commits robbery and murder is hounded by his conscience. Ralph Richardson, Diana Wynyard. Director: Brian Desmond Hurst. Hall a Sinner. .4040. . (61) Apr. 5 Comedy Romance. A school teacher, driving off in someone else’s car picks up a hitch-hiker and her adventures begin. Heather Angel, John King. Director: A1 Christie. Hot Steel. .4056. . (61) May 24 Melodrama. Discoverers of a new formula for finer steel lure the man who stole their sample bar into a police trap. Richard Arlen, Andy Devine. Director: Christy Cabanne. House of Seven Gables . .4013. . (89) Apr. 12 Drama. A money-mad man is caught in the same trap he set for another. Margaret Lindsay, George Sanders, Vincent Price. Director: Joe May. I Can’t Give You An>thiiig But Love.. 4037.. (01) June 21 Comedy. A gangster kidnaps a «.omposer for his lyrics and with racketeer tactics boosts his song to the top. Broderick Crawford, Johnny Downs. Director; Albert S. Rogell. II I Hud My Uay . .4005. . (94) May 3 omedy with Music. Adopting an orphan soon leads to Crosby and his friends entrance into business, which turns out successfully. Bing Crosby, Gloria Jean. Director: David Butler. lt*8 a Date. .4001. . (102) IVlar. 22 Comedy with Music. Feigning a love affair saves a coveted role in a play for Deanna when her mother was reaching for the part. Deanna Durbin, Kay Francis, Walter Pidgeon. Director: Walter Seiter. La Conga Nights. .4029. . (61) May 31 Comedy with Music. A boarding house is saved when the mortgage holder, a swing fan, is per.suaded to turn it into a night club. Hugh Herbert, Dennis O’Keefe, Constance Moore. Director: Lew Landers. Love, Honor and Oh, Baby .. 4036 .. (60) June 7 Drama. A fellow finds a new girl just as he was about to get himself killed when the first girl jilted him. The two later track down the professional killers. Wallace Ford, Kathryn Adams, Donald Woods. Director; Charles Lament. Private Affairs. .4007. . (75) July 5 Comedy Drama. The black sheep of a straightlaced family returns to help his daughter marry the man she loves. Nancy Kelly, Roland Young, Hugh Herbert. Director: Albert S. Rogell. aiders of Pasco Basin. .4062. . (57) Apr. 5 Western. The ranchers money, gathered for a crooked irrigation project, is retrieved. Johnny Mack Brown, Bob Baker. Director: Ray Taylor. Sandy Is a Lady .. 4008 .. (64) June 14 Comedy. Lost Baby Sandy comes home in time to help her daddy get a contract from his boss. Baby Sandy, Nan Grey, Tom Brown, Mischa Auer. Ski Patrol . .4031. . (62) May 10 Melodrama. A Finn and a Russian, great friends at the Olympic games, meet as foes on the battlefield. Philip Dorn, Lull Deste. Director: Lew Landers. Son of Roaring Dan .. 4064 . .,(60) July 26 Western. A man discovers the killer of his father, and with the ranchers, rounds up the gang of rustlers the murderer leads. Johnny Mack Brown. Director: Ford Beebe. South to Karanga. .4039. . (69) Aug. 2 Melodrama. An assortment of tropical types and their adventures, climaxed by a native attack upon a train and mining settlement in Africa. Charles Bickford. James Craig, Lull Deste. Director; Harold Shuster. When the Daltons Rode. .4006. . (81) July 26 Outdoor Drama. A semi-historical action yarn of the famous bandits of the last century. Randolph Scott, Kay Francis, Brian Donlevy. Director: George Marshall. You’re Not So Tough . . 4023 .. (72) July 26 Comedy-Melodrama. The kids of shanty-town discover law and justice merit a soft spot in their hearts. Billy Halop, Huntz Hall, Nan Grey. Director: Joe May. Warner Bros, Brtither Orchid .. 405 .. (91) June 8 Comedy Drama. A racketeer searches for “class” in Europe but in vain, and finds it only when his successor is taking him for a ride. Edw'ard G. Robinson, Ann Sothern, Humphrey Bogart. Director; Lloyd Bacon. (iainbling on the High Seas . . 424 . . (56) . . . . June 22 Melodrama. A newspaper apprehends the skipper of a gambling ship when murder is committed. Wayne Morris, Jane Wyman. Director: George Amy. It All Came True. .407. . (97) Apr. 6 Comedy-Drama. The son and daughter of partners who run a boarding house fall in love and tlie boarders remove the temporary obstacles. Ann Sheridan, Jeffrey Lynn, Humphrey Bogart, ZaSu Pitts. Director: Lew Seiler. King of tile Lumberjacks. .422. . (59) Apr. 13 outdoor Melodrama. A lumber crew boss marries a girl he befriends, discovers she loves another, and when about to kill them, relents and giants her a divorce. John Payne, Gloria Dickson, Stanley Fields. Director: William Clemens. My Love Came Back. .407. . (81) July 20 Comedy with Music. The tug-of-war between the Classics and swing in an academy of music with Its youthful students and rich patrons. Olivia de Havilland, Jeffrey Lynn, Jane Wyman. Director: Kurt Bernhardt. River’s End. .414 . . ( . . ) Aug. 10 Action Drama. A dying mountie is convinced of the innocence of the man he captures, and the latter resembling the mountie, is persuaded to pose as such and track down the real criminal. Dennis Morgan, Elizabeth Earl, Victor Jory. Director: Ray Enright. .Saturday’s Children. .410. . (100) May 11 Orama. Tricked into marriage, but not sorry, lack of money later separates a young husband iroiii his wire, but they finally are reunited. John Garfield, Anne Shirley. Director: Vincent Sherman. Tear Gas Squad. .423. . (55) May 4 Drama. A night club singer who joins the police force to please his girl, becomes a real officer wiien ills brother is murdered. Dennis Morgan, liloria Dickson. Director: Terry Morse. \ irgiiiia City. .404. . (120) Mar. 23 Historical Western. Opposing Civil War officers vie for military objectives and for a western belle. Errol Flynn, Miriam Hopkins, Randolph Scott. Director: Michael Curtiz. State Rights American Gang Busters (A) . . (60) . .Times Pictures Documentary. Assorted clips tracing the careers of such criminals as Clyde Barrow, John Dillinger. Machine Gun Kelly, Pretty Boy Floyd, Bruno Hauptmann, Alvin Karpis. 4-40 Captain Moonlight .. (58) Atlas Films Musical Drama. A girl is saved from marrying a card sharp when the hero unmasks him as a bigamist. John Garrick, Winifred Shotter. 5-40 Face Behind the Scar, The.. (71) Alliance Mystery Drama. An innocent fugitive returns but is hounded by the man who married his fiancee. Justice ultimately prevails. Griffith Jones, Rosalyn Boulter. 4-40 Frontier Crusader. . (62) -P-R-C Western. A fellow handy with gun and fists cleans up a town. Tim McCoy. 6-40 (ieorge Washington Carver.. (61) Bryant Negro Semi-Documentary. The life of the Negro scientist. Director: Ben Parker. 5-40 Hidden Menace. . (58) Alliance Filins Drama. A magician in love with a dancer seeks to do away with the acrobat she loves. Otto Kruger. Gertrude Michael. 5-40 Horrors of War (A) . . (51) Merit Pictures Drama. Several war scenes accenting the ravages. 4-40 I Take This Oath.. (67) Syndicate Drama. The son of an inspector tracks down the racketeers who murdered his father. Gordon Jones, Joyce Compton, J. Farrell MacDonald. Director: Sherman Scott. 5-40 Killers of the Wild.. (58) Times Outdoor Drama. Story of a group of people who live outdoors. Joan Valeria, James Bush. 4-40 Lightning Strikes W'est..(56) .....Colony Western. A special investigator traces a released criminal to where he has concealed stolen gold. Ken Maynard. 6-40 Lights Out in Europe. . A. . (70) . . . .Mayer-Burstyn Documentary. A story of nations at war; of people murdered and property destroyed. A study of the events which led to the present armed state. Narration by Fredric March. Script by James Hilton. 4-40 IMacusIila. . (60) Stellar Attrac. Melodrama. Romance of a girl and an Irish border guard who is hunting her brother for gun running. Pamela Wood, Liam Gaffney. 5-40 Mercy Plane.. (72) Syndicate Drama. A wizard flyer traps his girl’s brother selling stolen planes to foreign powers. James Dunn. Frances Gifford. 5-40 Mr. Wasliington Goes to Town . . (65) . . . Dixie-Nat’l All-Negro Comedy. Sennett-type slapstick with all the gags in the book. F. E. Miller, Manton Moreland. Director: Jed Buell. 5-40 Outsider, The (A) . . (90) Alliance Drama. Blocked by the medical profession, the inventor of a machine eventually cures a crippled girl. George Sanders, Mary Maguire. 4-40 Phantom Rancher. . (61) Colony Western. Maynard has to pose as a phantom rider to bring help to the farmers in a valley near his ranch. Ken Maynard, Dorothy Short. 4-40 Secrets of a Model.. (60) Times Pictures Melodrama. True love finally comes to the girl who fell victim to the villain. Sharon Lee, Phyllis Barry. 5-40 Son of Ingagi..(66) Sack All-Negro Melodrama. A laboratory-created monster kills his woman doctor captor and several others before the place Is burned down. Alfred Grant, Daisy Bufford. Director: Richard C. Kahn. 4-40 Suicide Legion.. (54) Film Alliance Drama An Italian officer meets his estranged Austrian wife years after the war which divided them. Tullio Carminatl, Lilli Palmer. Director; Herbert Wilcox. 5-40 Texas Renegades. .(59) Syndicate Western. Posing as an outlaw, a marshal rounds up the evildoers in a western town. Tim McCoy. 5-40 Two’s Company .. (68) Times Pictures Comedy. The hero takes his girl and her mother to England, hoping she will grow romantic, which she does, but for somebody else. Ned Sparks, Mary Brian. Director: Tim Whelan. 3-40 Foreign Dialogue Baker’s Wife, The. French. . (97) B. W. Inc. Drama. The village’s need for bread brings back the baker’s trifling wife. Raimu, Ginette Leclerc. Director: Marcel Pagnol. 3-40 Claiidine (A) . . (French) . . (82) French M. P. Comedy Drama. The hopeless love of a 16-yearold schoolgirl for an older man. Blanchette Brunoy, Max Dearly. 4-40 Friendship (Italian) . . (74) Esperia Comedy. A gay bachelor thinks he’s in love with his friend’s wife; so does his friend; and so does the wife, until she breaks up the friendship — then returning to her husband. Mario Besozzi, Elsa Merlini. 4-40 Great Light, The (ItaUan) . . (80) Esperia Drama. The religious atmosphere of a shrine dissuades a man from avenging himself upon one who had railroaded him for a crime he did not commit. Amedeo Nazzari, Leda Gloria. 4-40 I Condottieri . . Italian . . (89) Esperia Historical Drama. The historical beginnings of a united Italy. Luis Trenker. 3-40 Life of Giuseppe Verdi, The (Italian) (115) Esperia Drama with Music. Biography of the opera composer. Gaby Morlay, Fosco Giachettl. Director: Carmine Gallone. 4-40 Overture to Glory. .Yiddish. . (87) G&L Melodrama with Music. Leaving the synagogue for opera, a young cantor, years later, atones. Moishe Oysher, Helen Beverly. Director: Max Nosseck. 3-40 Skeleton on Horseback. .Czech. . (78) Mindlln Drama. A doctor, headed to save a dictator and his coterie with his unique remedy. Is killed by the forces they unloosed. 3-40 They Wanted Peace. .Russian. . (73) Amkino Historical Drama. The Bolshevik overthrow of the Kerensky government. F. Bagashvill, Tamara Markarova. 3-40 We Were Seven Widows. .Italian. . (80) ... .Esperia Comedy. A lawyer shipwrecked with seven women is left alone as each one’s husband turns up. Antonio Gandusio, Nino Taranto. 3-40 78 BOXOFFICE :: August 10, 1940