Boxoffice (Jul-Sep 1940)

THE COMPLETE CHECK-UP ON CURRENT RELEASES 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. Tulsa Kid, The. .071. . (57) Aug. 16 Western. An orphan and his foster father come to grips with guns when the latter is found in league with crooks swindling the ranchholders. Don Barry, Noah Beery, Luana Walters. Director: George Sherman. Wagons Westward. .907. . (70) June 19 Western. A good twin sets out to save the family name, about which his bad counterpart cares nothing. Chester Morris, Buck Jones. Director: Lew Landers. Women in War. .902. . (70) ^ June 6 Melodrama. Lives of nurses behind the front line trenches. Elsie Janis, Wendy Barrie, Patric Knowles. Director: John H. Auer. RKO Radio A Bill of Divorcement. .025. . (74) May 31 Drama. The issues precipitated by divorce and hereditary insanity are met by a refined English family. Maureen O’Hara, Adolphe Menjou. Fay Bainter, Herbert Marshall. Director: John Farrow. Abe IJncoIn in Illinois. .009. . (112) Apr. 19 Historical Drama. Lincoln as the peace-loving backwoodsman; his love for Ann Rutledge; and his checkered romance with Mary Todd who will settle for nothing else than Lincoln as president. Raymond Massey, Ruth Gordon. Director: John Cromwell. Anne of Windy Poplars .. 035 .. (8.5) June 28 Drama. A school teacher overcomes obstacles in a community prejudiced against her. Anne Shirley, James Ellison. Director; Jack Hively. Beyond Tomorrow. .031. . (83) May 10 Melodrama. Three benevolent spirits succeed in reuniting a couple — not unaided by a jealous spouse’s shooting. Charles Winninger, Jean Parker, Maria Ouspenskaya. Director: Lee Garmes. Cross Country Romance .. 039 .. (66) . July 12 Comedy-Drama. A spoiled runaway heiress hides in the trailer of a doctor headed for China, and they fall in love. Gene Raymond, Wendy Barrie. Director: Frank Woodruff. Curtain Call . . 027 . . (60) Apr.20 Comedy. A manuscript producers thought to use as a cudgel over their star turns out to please her immensely and proves a hit. Barbara Read, Alan Mowbray. Director: Frank Woodruff. Dance, Girl, Dance. .046. . (87) Aug. 30 Comedy-Romance with Music. Two girls are rivals to have their names in lights and both are after the same man. Maureen O’Hara. Lucille Ball. Ralph Bellamy, Maria Ouspenskaya. Director: Dorothy Arzner. Dr. Christian Meets the AVomen. .036. . (65) . . July 5 Comedy Drama. Dr. Christian works to restore health to the city’s women who flocked to a quack diet specialist. Jean Hersholt, Dorothy Lovett, Rod La Rocque. Director: William McGann. Irene. .024. . (101) May 3 Musical Comedy. A case of mistaken identity is solved for a girl before it becomes a predicament, by the fellow responsible. Anna Neagle, Ray Milland. Director: Herbert Wilcox. Lucky Partners. .038. . (102) Aug. 23 Comedy. An artist meets a girl with whom he shares a sweepstakes ticket; they win and depart on an “impersonal” but unconventional “honeymoon.” Ronald Colman, Ginger Rogers, Jack Carson. Director: Lewis Milestone. Men Against the Sky. . (74) Sept. 6 Melodrama. Behind-the-fence activities in a modern airplane factory. Richard Dix, Kent Taylor. Edmund Lowe. Director: Leslie Goodwins. Millionaires in Prison. .037. . (63) July 26 Comedy Drama. A research doctor, in for manslaughter, works with the prison doctor to discover a cure for a rare fever. Lee Tracy, Linda Hayes. Director: Ray McCarey. My Favorite AVife. .025. . (88) May 17 Comedy. An explorer-wife returns to find her husband married again, but manages to get him back. Irene Dunne, Cary Grant, Randolph Scott. Director: Garson Kanin. One Crowded Night. .042. . (66) Aug. 9 Melodrama. An escaped convict-husband hides in the desert auto court of his wife’s family and gunplay follows until matters are straightened. Billie Seward, Paul Guilfoyle. Director: Irving Reis. Pop Always Pays. .034. . (66) .....June 21 Comedy-Drama. An irascible father gets in a jam when he has to make good his promise of $1,000 to his daughter's suitor when the latter saves an e(iual sum. Leon Errol, Dennis O’Keefe. Director: Leslie Goodwin. Prairie Law . . 084 . . (59) June 7 Western. A land shark gets away with invading ranchers lands, but runs into trouble when he kills the friend of a hitherto peaceful onlooker, George O’Brien, Virginia Vale, Director: David Howard. 0Queen of Destiny . . 061 . . (95) Aug. 2 Drama. The reign of Queen Victoria. Anna Neagle, Anton Walbrook. Director; Herbert Wilcox, Ramparts AVe AVaieh, The . . 171 . . (87) Aug. 16 Propaganda. Some of the best World War scenes re-enacted, presented as an argument for keeping out of war. No cast credits. Saint Takes Over. .033. . (68) June 7 Comedy Melodrama. The Saint goes to America to solve the murders of which his friend is wrongly accused. George Sanders, Wendy Barrie. Director: Jack Hively. .Stage to Chino .. 085 .. (59) , July 26 Western. A postal inspector discovers that a rival stage line owner is behind the bandits that victimize other lines. George O’Brien, Virginia Vale. Director: Edward Killy. Tom Brown’s School Days. .029. . (82) July 19 Drama. English school life during the 19th century. James Lydon, Freddie Bartholomew, Cedric Hardwicke. Director: Robert Stevenson. Wildcat Bus. .043. . (63) Aug. 23 Melodrama. A bankrupt playboy, refused a job with a bus firm, joins crooks who operate against the firm. In the nick of time he returns to the legal way of doing business. Fay Wray, Charles Lang. Director: Frank Woodruff. You Can’t Fool Your AVife. .032. . (65) May 24 Comedy. Sudden entanglements with wine, women and song, pull a married couple out of a marital rut. Lucille Ball. James Ellison. Director: Ray McCarey. 20th Century-Fox ('barlie t'han at the AVax Museum.. 110. (63) Sept. 6 Mystery-Melodrama. Chan traps a dangerous killer who uses a wax museum as a hideout. Sidney Toler. Director: Lynn Shores. Charlie Chan’s Murder Cruise. .048. . (75) . . .June 21 Mystery-Melodrama. A mysterious strangler on a world cruise is captured after four or five murders. Sidney Toler. Marjorie Weaver, Lionel Atwill. Director: Eugene Forde. Farthhound. .034. . (67) June 7 Drama. Killed on his second honeymoon by a former flame, a man cannot leave the earth until his spirit is able to vindicate his love for his wife. Warner Baxter. Andrea Leeds, Lynn Bari. Director: Irving Pichel. Four Sons. .047. . (89) June 14 Drama. Invasion in Czechoslovakia divides four brothers and brings destruction to a home. Don Ameche, Eugenie T.<eontovich. Mary Beth Hughes. Director: Archie Mayo. Girl From Avenue A, The. .104. . (73) Aug. 9 Comedy Drama. A waif picked up by an author, leaves when she discovers his book ridicules her, but returns when the author and his family reveal they love the child. Jane Withers, Kent Taylor, Director: Otto Brower. I AA’as an Adventuress. .038. . (81) May 10 ComedyDrama. International intrigue and jewel-thievery. Zorina, Richard Greene, Peter Lorre. Director: Gregory Ratoff. Johnny Apollo. .042. . (93) Apr. 19 Drama. Railroaded to prison where his father, whom he spurned, is confined for embezzlement. father and son frustrate a prison break and are reconciled. Tyrone Power, Dorothy Lamour, Edward Arnold. Director: Henry Hathaway. Lillian Russell . .045. . (127) May 24 Biographical Drama. Story of the colorful woman who dominated the American theatre during the closing decades of the last century. Alice Faye, Henry Fonda. Edward Arnold, Don Ameche. Director: Irving Cummings. Lucky Cisco Kid. .049. . (67) . June 28 AVestern. A corrupt judge, who has designs on a widow’s ranch which controls the water supply, is exposed. Cesar Romero, Mary Beth Hughes. Director: H. Bruce Humberstone. Manhattan Heartbeat . .046. . (71 ) July 12 Drama. A woman hater and a girl who thinks marriage is slavery fall in love, and emerge through quarrel and struggle, happy. Virginia Gilmore. Robert Sterling, Joan Davis. Director: David Burton. Man I Married, The .. 101.. .,(77) Aug. 2 Drama. An American wife, married to a Nazi, learns the bitter tragedy of the Gorman phil TQatutQ6 osophy. Joan Bennett, Franci.s Lederer, Marie Ouspenskaya. Director: Irving Pichel. ©Maryland . . 0.50 . . (91) .July 19 Drama. An enthusiastic horsewoman foreswears riding wlien her husband is killed; but is rewon when her son rides the winner in the big race. Walter Brennan, Pay Bainter, Brenda Joyce. Director; Henry King. On Their Own. .044. . (65) May 10 Comedy Drama. The Joneses trek to CaIiforn;a to recoup their fortune. Spring Byington, Ken Howell. Director: Otto Brower. I'ier 13. .100. . (66) Ang. 2.3 Comedy Drama. A new cop, in romantic pursuit of a hash-slinger, finds lier sister involved with a big-time crook, which in due time he breaks up. Dynn Bari, Lloyd Nolan, Joan Valerie. Director: Eugene Forde. Return of Frank .James .. 103 .. (92) Aug. 16 Melodrama. Prank sets out to avenge the murder of his brother, Jesse. Henry Fonda, Gene Tierney, Jackie Cooper. Director: Fritz Lang. .Sailor’s Lady . . 052 . . (66) .July 5 Comedy. For a while a baby messes up romance for a couple. Nancy Kelly, Jon Hall. Director: Allan Dwan. Shooting High. .041. .(65) Apr. 26 Comedy-Western. Apprehending bank robbers smoothes out an old feud and helps the grandson of a famous sheriff get his girl. Jane Withers, Gene Autry, Marjorie Weaver. Director: Alfred E. Green. So This Is London ..043.. (84) May 3 Comedy. Children of an English and an American businessman who can't get together on a deal, become engaged and join the squabbles. George Sanders. Director: Thornton Freeland. Vonng People. .109. . (79) Aug. 30 Comedy witli Music. A troupe of vaudevillians learn to make a go of it on a farm. .Shirley Temple, .Tack Oakie, Charlotte Greenwood. Director: Allan Dwan. United Artists Captain Caution .. (85) Aug. 9 Melodrama. Slavers who come into control of an American vessel during the war of 1812 are defeated when the officers break through. Victor Mature, Leo Carrillo, Bruce Cabot, Louise Platt. Director: Richard Wallace. Foreign Correspondent. . (. .) Aug. 16 Drama. An American newspaper man tries to get the lowdown on the European situation. Joel McCrea, Laralne Day, Herbert Marshall. Director: Alfred Hitchcock. Kit Carson.. (97) Aug. 30 Drama. The scout who leads a wagon train of settlers through dangerous Indian country to California, then has to figlit the military governor who tries to dispose of the Americans. Jon Hall. Lynn Bari. Director: George B. Seitz. Our Town.. (90) May 24 Drama. One decade in the life of ordinary Americans at the turn of the century. William Holden. Martha Scott. Director; Sam Wood. Saps at Sea.. (57) May 3 Comedy. An escaping gangster comes aboard the decrepit boat of a pair of would-be yachtsmen. Stan Laurel. Oliver Hardy. Director; Gordon Douglas. South of Pago Pago.. (96) . July 18 Melodrama. A dance hall girl saves the life of a native chief’s son from a piratical captain. Victor McLaglen, Jon Hall, Frances Farmer. Director; Alfred E. Green. Turnabout. . (A) . . (83) May 17 Comedy. A scrappy husband and wife find they have exchanged bodies. Carole Landis, John Hubbard, Adolphe Menjou. Director: Hal Roach. Universal Alias the Deacon. .4015. . (73) May 17 Comedy. A card shark, posing as a deacon, thwarts an oil town’s villain. Bob Burns. Mischa Auer. Dennis O’Keefe, Peggy Moran. Director: Cliristy Cabanne. Argentine Nights. . (72) Sept. 6 Musical Comedy. Night life antics among the Latin-Americans. Ritz Bros., Andrews Sisters. Director: A1 Rogell. Bad Man From Reel Butte. .4063. . (58) May 31 Western. The lawless element kill the man who led them, but the latter’s brother cleans them up. Johnny Mack Brown, Bob Baker. Director: Ray Taylor. Black Diamonds. .4057. . (52) July 19 Melodrama. Unsafe mine operation is brought BOXOFFICE : : September 7, 1940 89