Boxoffice (Jul-Sep 1947)

An interpretative analysis oi opinions deduced from the language oi lay and trade press reviews. The plus and minus signs indicate the degree j oi favor or disfavor of the review. This department serves also as on : ALPHABETICAL INDEX to feature releases. Numeral preceding title is Picture Guide Review page number. In parentheses after title is running 776 Man 1 Love, The (96) WB .12-28-46 -f 4 74 5— 839 Marauders, The (100) UA . 7-19-47 + 4 34 1 760 Margie (94) 20-Fox .10-19-46 + -H + + -4 44 44 10-r 839 Merton of the Movies (83) MGM.. . 7-19-47 + 24 1 792 Michigan Kid (70) U-l . 2-22-47 dt zt 7-t 7 809 Mighty McGurk, The (85) MGM... 4-12-47 -f -f + 4 4 z± 74 2 B34Millerson Case, The (72) Col . 6-28-47 = zt = 14 6 798 Millie’s Daughter (70) Col . 3 8-47 + — zt 44 4— 818 Miracle on 34th Street (96) 20Fox 5-10-47 ++ ++ 44 44 44 144 779 Mister District Attorney (82) Col.. . 1-11-47 + it it dz 74 6 773 Mister Hex (63) Mono .12-21-46 dz it ■ 4 zt 64 5 813 Monsieur Verdoux (120) UA 4-26-47 ■H ± +f 4 zt 94 4 821 Moss Rose (82) 20-Fox 5-24-47 + + + 4 4 4 74 1 766 My Brother Talks to Horses (93) MGM + ■H + 4 4 84 2 758 My Darling Clementine (97 ) 20-Fox 10-12-46 + -f -f + 4 44 zt 84 1 791 My Favorite Brunette (88) Para 2-22-47 + -f + + 4 44 44 94 My Heart Goes Crazy (..) U-l.... 14 1 N 762 Never Say Goodbye (97) WB 11 2-46 + -f 74 5 815 New Orleans (89) UA 5 3-47 + -t + ■H zt tz 84 3 831 News Hounds (68) Mono 6-21-47 it -f 4 zt 54 3— 755 Nobody Lives Forever (100) WB... .10 5-46 + ±1 + 4 4 zt 4 74 2 757 Nocturne (87) RKO .10-12-46 Hh ± + 4 zt 4 74 4 787 Nora Prentiss (111) WB 2 8-47 ± it 4 4 zt 74 5 819 Northwest Outpost (91) Rep 5-17-47 -f 4 ± tz 64 4 761 Notorious Gentleman (108) U-l... 11 2-46 -f + 4 4 44 44 84 O 793 Odd Man Out (116) U-l 3 1-47 ■tt + 44 44 44 44 114 821 Oregon Trail Scouts (58) Rep .5-24-47 it 4 ± zt 54 4— 810 Other Love, The (95) UA 4-12-47 -f -f + 44 44 44 4 104 773 Out California Way (67) Rep 12-21-46 ±: Ip it ± 4 54 4 796 Over the Santa Fe Trail (63) Col.. . . 3 1-47 4 34 2 778 Overlanders, The (91) U-l 1 4-47 it -f dz 44 44 4 94 3 i P 834 Pacific Adventure (97) Col 6-28-47 14 1 823 Patient Vanishes, The (78) FC 5-31-47 + 4 24 765 Perfect Marriage, The (87) Para. . . 11-23-46 4 4 tz 74 5 822 Perils of Pauline (96) Para 5-24-47 + 44 it 44 44 104 1 1 815 Philo Vance Returns (64) PRC. . . 5 3-47 it 4 it _ 54 6 815 Philo Vance’s Gamble (62) PRC... 5 3-47 — — 4; zt zt 44 6 784 Pilgrim Lady, The (67) Rep 1-25-47 ± d: “ :t 64 6 836 Pioneer Justice (56) PRC 7 5-47 it dz 4 34 3 763 Plainsman and the Lady (82) Rep.. . 11 9-46 4 4 zt 74 5 S25 Possessed (108) WB 6 7-47 ++ +f ■H 44 44 4 4 124 Prairie Raiders (55) Col — dz 14 2 793 Private Affairs of Bel Ami, The (112) UA 3 1-47 it 4 zt 44 4 84 4— 791 Pursued (IBl) WB 2-22-47 + + 4 4 -4 44 74 Q 805 Queen of the Amazons (62) SG... 3-29-47 dz dz 34 4 R 793 Ramrtd (94) UA 3 1-47 -f It + 4 4 4 64 1 802 Range Beyond the Blue (54) PRC. . . 3-15-47 ± + 44 3 770 Razor’s Edge. The (146) 2S-Fax .. 12 7-46 + 44 4 74 1 785 Red House. The (93) UA 2 1-47 + + 4 4 44 44 94 1 787 Renegade Girl (65) SG 2 8-47 24 2 823 Repeat Performance (93) E-l 5-31-47 + it 4 44 44 4 84 1 767 Return of Monte Cristo, The (91) Col + 4 zt 44 84 4— 829 Riff-Raff (80) RKO 6-14-47 + 4 + 44 dz 4 74 1 796 Road to Hollywood (57) Astor. . . 3 1-47 ±: + 24 1 836 Romance of Rosy Ridge, The (105) MGM 7 5-47 + + + 44 44 74 837 Rustlers of Devil’s Canyon (58) Rep S 831 Saddle Pals (72) Rep -f it 4 34 1 6-21-47 _ 4 14 3 808 San Demetrio, London (76) 20-Fox. 4 5-47 ± d: ++ 4 44 84 3 769 San Quentin (66) RKO 12 7-46 -f 4 t 74 5 817 Sarge Goes to College (63) Mono.. 5-10-47 it ± dz = 54 7 Scared to Death (65) SG _ 2 790 Sea of Grass, The (131) MGM 2-15-47 -f -f -f 4 4 44 44 94 1— Second Chance (62) 20-Fox -f 24 1 767 Secret Heart, The (97) MGM 11-30-46 + U 4 4 4 74 1 840 Secret Life of Walter Mitty, The (110) RKO 7-19-47 -f -H 4+ 44 it 84 1 761 Secret of the Whistler (65) Col.... 11 2-46 — 44 4 826 Seven Keys to Baldpate (68) RKO. 6 7-47 -f it — 44 4— 795 Seven Were Saved (72) Para 3 1-47 dz 4 4 4 74 4 779 Shocking Miss Pilgrim, The (85) 20-Fox 1-11-47 -1 -1 4 4 64 2 809 Shoot to Kill (60) SG 4-12-47 + 4 tz ± 54 3 792 Sin of Harold Diddlebock, The (94) UA t-22-47 4 4 4 4 4 4 64 782Sinhad thp Sailor (117) RKO 1-18-47 + + + 4 4 4 4 74 time. Dote following distributor is BOXOFFICE review date. Listings cover current reviews. It is brought up to date regularly. The meaning of the various signs and their combinations is as follows: # Very Good; + Good; — Fair; ^ Mediocre; — Poor; = Very Poor. In the summary is rated as 2 pluses; = as 2 minuses. 777 Singin’ in the Corn (64) Col 1 4-47 770 Sioux City Sue (69) Rep 12 7-46 Six Gun Serenade (53) Mono Slave Girl (..) U-l 789 Smash-Up (103) U-l 2-15-47 So Well Remembered (..) RKO 786 Song of Scheherazade (106) U-l ... . 2 1-47 762 Song of the South (95) RKO 11 1-46 786 South of the Chisholm Trail (58) Col. 2 1-47 817 Spoilers of the North (66) Rep 5-10-47 832 Sport of Kings (68) Col 6-21-47 780 Stagecoach to Denver (56) Rep 1-11-47 773 Stairway to Heaven (103) U-l 12-21-46 805 Stallion Road (97) WB 3-29-47 775 Stars Over Texas (57) PRC 12-28-46 832 Stepchild (70) PRC 6-21-47 762 Strange Woman, The (101) UA 11 2-46 835 Stranger From Ponca City, The (56) Col 7 5-47 789 Suddenly It’s Spring (88) Para 2-15-47 766 Susie Steps Out (65) UA 11-23-46 770 Sweetheart of Sigma Chi (76) Mono. 12 7-46 771 Swell Guy (86) U-l 12-14-46 835 Swing the Western Way (66) Col. ... 7 5-47 T 806 Tarzan and the Huntress (72) RKO.. 3-29-47 761 Temptation (98) U-l 112-46 764 Terror Trail (55) Col 11 9-46 772 That Brennan Girl (95) Rep 12-14-46 791 That Way With Women (84) WB. . 2-22-47 825 That’s My Gal (66) Rep 6 7-47 810 That’s My Man (99) Rep 4-12-47 They Made Me a Fugitive (..) WB 820 They Won’t Believe Me (95) RKO... 5-17-47 77513 Rue Madeleine (95) 20-Fox 12-28-46 792 Thirteenth Hour, The (65) Col 2-22-47 811 This Happy Breed (110) U-l 4-19-47 809 Three on a Ticket (64) PRC 4-12-47 822 Thunder Mountain (60) RKO 5-24-47 765 Till the Clouds Roll By (135) MGM. 11-23-46 804 Time Out of Mind (88) U-l 3-22-47 772 Time, the Place and the Girl, The (105) WB 12-14-46 828 Too Many Winners (60) PRC 6 7-47 794 Trail Street (84) RKO 3 1-47 785 Trail to San Antone (67) Rep 2 1-47 Trailing Danger (58) Mono 779 Trap, The (68) Mona 1-11-47 837 Trespasser, The (71) Rep 7-12-47 819 Trouble With Women, The (SO) Para. 5-17-47 811 Twilight on the Rio Grande (71) Rep. 4-19-47 806 Two Mrs. Carrolls. The (99) WB.. 3-29-47 c 829 Under the Tonto Rim (61) RKO 6-14-47 826 Undercover Maisie (90) MGM 6 7-47 756 Undercurrent (115) MGM 10-5-46 772 Unexpected Guest (60) UA 12-14-46 824 Unfaithful, The (109) WB 5-31-47 808 Untamed Fury (59) PRC 4 5-47 V 808 Vacation Days (68) Mono 4 5-47 757 Vacation In Reno (60) RKO 10-12-46 840 Variety Girl (95) Para 7-19-47 766 Verdict, The (86) WB 11-23-46 799 Vigilantes of Boomtown (56) Rep. . . 3 8-47 827 Vigilantes Return, The (67) U-l 6 7-47 812 Violence (72) Mono 4-19-47 766 Wake Up and Dream (92) 20-Fox. .11-30-46 763 Wanted for Murder (91) 20-Fox 11 9-46 823 Web, The (87) (U-l) 5-31-47 831 Web of Danger (58) Rep 6-21-47 814 Welcome Stranger (106) Para 4-26-47 806 West of Dodge City (57) Col 3-29-47 816 West to Glory (61) PRC 5 3-47 Whispering City (..) E-L 771 Wicked Lady, The (98) U-l 12-14-46 762 Wife Wanted (73) Mono 11 2-46 785 Wild Country (57) PRC 2 1-47 769 Wild West (73) PRC 12 7-46 825 Winter Wonderland (71) Rep 6 7-47 820 Woman on the Beach, The (71) RKO 5-17-47 T * 810 Yankee Fakir (71) Rep 4-12-47 770 Yearling, The (128) MGM 12-7-46 882 Yean Between, The (Bi) U-l 3-15-47 -+■ dz — H 4-t 5 t -t 5+ 4 ■f l-t tz dz 2+ 2 + u -f + + H tt 10-t + 1-t + zt it -f -f + it 7-f 3 ++ H ++ -H tt t+ 14-t tz dz 3-f 3— it + — 5+ 5 + tz + 4+ 2 it dz -t t 5-t 4 + + +f 4+ +f tt 10-t zt 4 + + -f 7+ 3 d: ± 2+ 2 “ — — it — — 1-f 6 + d: + 4 -1 -f -t 7-t 1 l-t 1 + dz + 4 + + -t 7+ 1 tz t 6-f 6 + t + 6-f 4 zt + + 4 + tt 8-t 2 dz 1-t 2 + t: 4 ■f _ 6-f 4 tz zt t H + t S-t 4 2+ 2 it -h 4 dz 7+ 5 it zt zt t + +f t 8-f 5 — — — t = 2+ 7 -f + tz 4 + 4 7-t 2 4 1-t -ff + -H ++ 4+ 44 ll-t + + + + -1 ■H ++ 9+ zt t — ± 5-f 6 + dz + + -H ■H 9-f 2 + dz zt dz -f t 7+ 5 zt dz 4 ++ -f 6-t 5 4+ + ++ ++ ■ft ■H 11+ it t 7+ 7 4 4 + + dz ’ 7+ 3 zt dz 4 it t 6+ 5 zt dz 4 4 6+ 4 4 4 5+ 3 1+ 1 — t — 3+ 5 = ± + t _ 4+ 6 + zt 4 ++ + t 8-f 3 + t t — 4-1 4 4 dz ± + + 4 6+ 2 t t + + + 5+ 2 + + + + + 6+ 1 + t + tt + tt + 9+ 1 t ± dz t 6+ 6 ft n + tt tt + 10+ T t ~ + + t t 7-t 5 t — -h 3+ 4 — t t dz 7+ 7 tt 4 4 tt •ff 8+ + zt + It 4 + 7+ 3 + t + 4 ± 5+ 2 + dz 4 t it 6-t 4 t 4 t t t zr 7-t 6 it -f 4 ’+• tt t 8-t 5 dz it 4 4 + + 6+ 2 H 4 H ■H tt tt 11+ = t dz = dz 3+ 7 -H ++ + ++ ++ ++ 12+ ± t 4 3-t 2 t t 3-t 3 tt 2+ 4 t dz 4 + 6-t 3 t dz ± 4-f 4 t 4-1 4 dz + t t 5+ 4 t dz 4 4 4 5+ 2 — dz + 4 — t 4-t 4 + H t + t 6+ 4 tt •H tt tt tt 14+ d -I +4 74 4—