Boxoffice (Jul-Sep 1947)

SHORTS CHART Short subjects, listed by Company, in order ol release. Running time iollows title. First date is National release, second the date of review in BOXOFFICE. Symbol between dates is rating from the BOXOFFICE review: +fVery Good. + Good, — Fair, — Poor, = Very Poor. © Indicates color photography. Columbia ± 2-15 4 5 3-22 Prod. Mo. Title Rel. Date Rating Rev'd. ALL-STAR COMEDIES 8435 Andy Plays Hookey (Andy Clyde) (18) 12-19 8404 Half Wits' Holiday (Three Stooges) (17J/i) 1 9 8435 Meet Mr. Mischief (H. Von Zell) ilV/z).. 1-23 8424 Hot Heir (H. Herbert) (161/2) 2-13 8437 Scooper Dooper (S. Holloway) (18) 2-27 8405 Fright Right (Stooges) (17) 3-6 8438 The Good Bad Egg (J. DeRita) (17) 3-20 -h 6-7 8439 Bride and Gloom (S. Howard) (16) 3-27 8440 Two Jills and a Jack (A. Clyde (18) 4-17 ± 5-31 8406 Out West (Stooges) (171/2) 4-24 -I 4-12 8425 Cupid Goes Nuts (V. Vague) (16) 5 1 + 7-19 8426 Nervous Shakedown (H. Herbert) (15'/2) -5 8 ± 6-14 8427 Training for Trouble (Schilling & Lane) (IS'/a) 7-3 ± 8407 Hold That Lion (Stooges) (16'/2) 7-17 -1 9401 Brideless Groom (Stooges) (-•) 9-U 9431 Rolling Down to Reno (Von Zell) a&Zz) .... 9 4 9432 Hectic Honeymoon (Holloway) (17) 9-18 COLOR PHANTASIES 8701 Fowl Brawl (6) 1-9 + 3-29 8702 Uncultured Vulture (S/a) 2 6 ± 5-3 8703 Wacky Quacky (6) 3-20 -( 5-31 8704 Leave Us Chase It (6/2) 5-15 8705 Tooth or Consequences (6/a) 6-5 COLOR RHAPSODIES (Technicolor) 719 830 8501 Loco Lobo (6) . 1 9 + 4-19 8502 Cockatoos for Two (6) . 8503 Big House Blues (7)... 8504 Mother Hubba-Hubba . .2-13 . 3 6 + 5 3 Hubbard (6) . 5-29 6-14 8505 Up'n Atom (6) 9501 Swiss Tease (6) . 7-10 . 9-11 + 8 2 COMMUNITY SINGS 8654 No. 4 Pretending (Baker) (9/2) 12-19 -t 4-19 8655 No. 5 Rumors Are Flying (Leibert) (10) 1-23 ± 5-10 8656 No. 6 Ole Buttermilk Sky (Baker) (10) 2-27 8657 Ho. 7 The Coffee Song (Leibert) (9/2) 3-13 8658 No. 8 I’ll Close My Eyes (Baker) (IO/2) 4-17 ± 6-7 8659 No. 9 For Sentimental Reasons (Leibert) (IO/2) 5-22 ± 6-14 8660 No. 10 Managua, Nicaragua (Baker) (9/*) 7-19 ± 8-2 9651 No. 1 Linda (Leibert) (10) 9-4 + 8-30 SCREEN SNAPSHOTS 8854 No. 4 Skolsky Party (9/a) 12-26 ± 4-19 8855 lo. 5 Movie Columnists (9) 1-23 ± 5-17 8856 No. 6 Behind the Mike (9) 2 6 ± 5-17 ■857 Ra. 7 Holiday in Lu Vegas (18) 3-13 + 4-19 nSRHo. BMy Pal Ringtya (10) 4.H + 6-7 HS9 Ro. 9 Famous Hallywaad Mothers (!•) 5-1 + 5-14 la. 10 So Tkli It 'Ollyyrood (9) 6-11 ± 9851 HallywiMtf Cawkayi (9/t) 9 4 ± THRILLS OF MUSIC ■954 Ray McKinley * trek. (9/t) U-19 -i ■955 Shorty Sheroek M Oreb. (8/t) 1-13 ± i95< Buddy Harrow t Ortk. (9/t) 1-17 g57 Gaargi Tawna Ir Orek. (10) 3-17 50 Ray Anthony A Breb. (IB) 5-11 -f 9951 Boyd Raeburn A Orch. ( . .) 9-M SERIALS 6-14 ■•3f 1-U 5 3 7-19 I14B Jack Armstrang . 2 6 2 ■ IS Chapters K16B Th* Vigilante . 5-22 -1 5-14 15 Chapters 9120 The Sea Hound . 9 4 8-30 15 Chapters WORLD OF SPORTS R04 Best in Show Dogs (9).. 12 -12 5-10 8805 Polo (9) +f 5-17 8806 Cue Tricks (9) . 2-20 K07 Tennis Wizards (9) . . . . . 3-20 ■808 Goofy Golf (8) . 4-24 + 5-24 8809 Grappling Groaners (9) . . 5-29 6-14 1810 Volley-Oop (8) . 7-26 +f 8-30 9801 Cinderella Caeers (..). . 9-25 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Prod. No. Title Rel. Date Rating Rev'd. FITZPATRICK TRAVELTALKS (Technicolor) T-713 Land of Mayas (9) 1-26 T-714 Glimpses of Guatemala (8) 2-9 -I 2-16 T-715 Visiting Vera Cruz (10) 3-16 ++ 2-9 T-716 The Mission Trail (10) . . 4-13 T-717 Looking at London (10) .6-1-1 6-1 T-918 0ver the Seas to Belfast (9) 8-31 T-Sll Glimpses of California (9) 10-26 -I 4-19 T-812 Calling on Costa Rica (10) 3-15 -I 3-29 T-813 Around the World in California (9) 5-17 ± 7-5 T-814 On the Shores of Nova Scotia (8) 6-28 ++ 7-5 T-815 Glimpses of New Scotland (..) 8-30 M-783 Musical Masterpieces (10) MINIATURES 4-20 +t 4-6 M-784 Bikini — The Atom Island (10) 6-15 -I 6-15 NEWS OF THE DAY (Released Twice Weekly) PASSING PARADE K-775 Magic on a Stick (10) . . . 1 9 ++ 2-16 K-776 0ur Old Car (10 . 5-11 4+ 4 6 K-781 A Really Important Person (10) 1-11 ± 3-15 K-872 Tennis in Rhythm (10) , . 8-23 .... K-873 Amazing Mr. Nordill (10) 8-30 PETE SMITH S-760 Treasures From Trash (10) , S-S51 Football Thrills No. 9 (9) S-S52 Sure Cures (9) S-853 I Love My Husband SPECIALTIES 6 8 ± 6-1 9-7 .11-2 But (9) .12 7 S-854 Playing by Ear (10) . . . .12-28 +f 1-25 S-S55 Athletiquiz (9) . 1-11 + 4-19 S-856 Diamond Demon (9)... . 2 1 2-22 S-857 Early Sports Quiz (9) . . . 3 1 +f 4 5 S-858 1 Love My Wife But (9) 4-15 ++ 4-12 S-859 Neighbor Pests (9) . . . . 5 3 4-26 S-860 Pet Peeves (ID) . 7 5 7 5 S-951 Football Thrills No. 10 (..) . 9 6 SPECIALS A.702 Purity Squad (20)... .11 3 ++ 10 3 A-703 Traffic With the Devil (17) . 8-31 4+ 9-14 A-801 Luckiest Guy In th* World (21) 1-25 ± 2 1 A.802 Give U* the Earth (21) . 6-21 4 7. 5 TECHNICOLOR CARTOONS W-734 Lonesome Lenny (8) . . . 3 9 + 4 6 W-737The Hick Chick (7)... . 6-15 W-739 Northwest Heonded Pellca (8) 9-3 W-831 Henpecked Heboes (7) . .18-26 ++ 4-19 W-834 Hound Hunter* (7) . . . . 4-12 +t S-IB W-836 Red Het Rangen (8) . . 5-31 ± 7 5 W-839 Uncle Tom's Caban* (!) 7-19 TOM & JERRY CARTOONS (Technicolor) W-735 Springtime for Thomu (9) 3-30 -1 4-13 W-736The Milky Waif (7) 5-18 -i 7 1 W-738Trap Happy (7) 6-29 W-740 Solid Serenade (8) 8-31 W-832 Cat Fishin’ (8) 2-22 +4 4-19 W-833 Part Time Pal (8) 3-15 44 5 3 W-835 Cat Concerto (7) 4-26 44 5-10 W-837 Dr. Jekyl & Mr. Mouse (8) 6-14 5-10 W-838Salt Water Tabby (7).. 7-12 W-840 Mouse In the House (8) 8-30 Paramount Prod. No. Title Rel. Date Rating Rev'd. GEORGE PAL PUPPETOONS (Technicolor) U5-7 Jasper in a Jam (7) 10-18 ++ 12-14 U 5-8 Shoe Shine Jasper (7)... 2-28 + 2-15 U6-1 Wilbur the Lion (10) 4-18 + 5-17 U6-2 Tubby the Tuba (10) 7-11 U6-3Date With Duke (8) 10-31 U6-4 Rhapsody in Wood (9).. 12-19 GRANTLAND RICE SPORTLIGHTS R6 2 Dive Hi Champs (10).. 10-11 12-14 R6 3 Queens of the Court (10) 11-15 + 1-18 R6 4 Like Father, Like Son (10) 12-13 4+ 5-17 R6 5 Jumping Jacks (9/2) . . . 1-10 -f 5-24 R6 6 Selling the Sun (10) . . . 1-31 + 5-31 R6 7 Under White Sails (9) . . 2-28 ++ 5-17 R6 8 Iced Lightning (10) 4-18 -| 5-31 R6 9 Making the Varsity (10) 6-13 .... R6-10 Diamond Gals (10) 7-18 ± 8-2 R7 1 Riding the Waves (..).10 3 .... R7 2 Running the Hounds (..) 10-31 LITTLE LULU (Technicolor) D5-5 Musica-Lulu (7) 1-24 ff 2-1 D5-6 Scout With the Gout (7) 3 7 ± 3-15 D6-1 Loose in the Caboose (8) 5-23 ff 5-10 D6-2 Cad and Caddie (8) 7-18 ± 8-2 D6-3 A Bout With a Trout (8) .10-10 D6-4 Super Lulu (7) 11-21 D6-5The Baby Sitter (7) 11-28 MUSICAL PARADES (Technicolor) FF5-6 Golden Slippers (17).. 12-13 ± 12-13 FF6-1 Sweet and Low (19) 3-28 ± 4-5 FF6-2 Champagne for Two (20) 6-13 -| 6-21 FF6-3 Smooth Sailing (20) ... 8 8 6-21 FF6-4 Paris in the Spring (19) 9-26 -f 9-20 FF6-5 Midnight Serenade (..). 11-21 .... FF6-6 Jingle Jangle Jingle (..) 1-2 NOVELTOONS (Technicolor) P5-6 Sudden Fried Chicken (7) 10-18 P6-1 Spree for All (7) P6-2 Stupidstitious Cat (7). P6-3 The Enchanted Square (10) P6-4 Madhattan Island (9) . . P6-5 Much Ado About Mutton (8) P6-6 The We* Men (10) 8 8 P6-7The Mild West (7) 8-22 P6-8 Naughty But Mice (7)... 10-10 PACEMAKERS K6-2Love in Tune (9/2) 10-25 K6-3 Radio, Take It Away (11) 1-31 K6-4 Try and Catch Me (9) . . K6-5 Brains Can Be Beautiful (10) K6-6 Everybody Talks About It (10) K7-1 It Could Happen to You (..) 10 3 K7-2 Babies, They're Wonderful (..) 11-14 PARAMOUNT NEWS (Released Twice Weekly) POPEYE CARTOONS (Technicolor) E5-7 The Fistic Mystic (6) . . E5-8The Island Fling (7) E6-1 Abusement Park (7) E6-2 I’ll Be Skl-Ing Ya (8) . . . 6-13 E6-3 Popeye and the Pirates (8) E6-4 Rtyal Faur Flusher (6) E6-5Wotta Rnigkt (7).... E6-6 Safari So Good (7)... POPULAR SCIENCE (Color) J6-1R*. 1 (11) 11-1 # 11-7 J6-1 Th* Spang* Divers (11) . . 1-17 ± 4-19 J6-9 Alr-Borna Pastures (U) . . 1-18 ± 5-17 J6-4 Marine Miracles (IB) 4 4 ± 5-24 J6-5 Maon RockeU (IB) 6-6 ± 6-21 J6-6 Twentieth Century Vikings (11) 7-15 ± ■ 1 SPEAKING OF ANIMALS Y6-1 Pooch Parade (IB) 11-27 -| 3-22 Y6-3 Country Lift (9) 2-21 + 4-19 Y6-4 They're Hot So Dumb (8) 3-28 5-3 Y6-5 In Love (10) 5-30 -| 6-21 Y6-6AS Our Friends (10) 6-27 -I 8-2 Y7-1 Dog Crazy (. .) 10 3 Y7-2 Ain’t Nature Grand (..) 11-14 .... TWO-REEL SPECIALS 37 Two Decades of History (22/2) 1-4 10-18 -4 12-28 10-18 -1 10-26 4-25 5-10 5 9 44 5 3 . 6-27 44 8 2 . 7-25 H 8 2 8 8 44 8 2 8-22 + 9-13 10-25 44 11 9 1-31 44 4-19 2-14 -f 5-10 5-30 -1 6-21 8 1 9-13 2 7 44 11-30 3-14 44 12-21 4-25 44 5 3 6-13 -1 6-21 9-12 -f 9-20 9-12 10-24 .... 11 7 .... UNUSUAL OCCUPATIONS (Color) L6-1 No. 1 (10) 12-13 4f 11-23 L6-2 Swedish Glass Makers (10) 2-14 4 5-24 L6-3G.I. Hobbies (11) 3-14 -1 3-29 L6-4The Stunt Girl (11) 5 2 -1 6-21 L6-5 Arctic Artisan (11) 7 4 8 2 L6-6 Film Tot Fairyland (11) . . 9 5 9-13 RKO Radio Prod. Ha. Title Rei. Date Rating Rev'd. DISNEY CARTOONS (Technicolw) 64.112 Bath Day (7) 10-11 64.113 Frank Duck Brings ’Em Back Alive (7) 11 1 ± 7-27 64.114 Double Dribble (7) 11-29 ± 11-23 64.115 Pluto's Housewarming (7) 12-20 -f 2-15 64.116 Rescue Dog (7) 3-21 4-19 64,U7 Straight Shooter* (6) . . 4-18 + 5-17 64,118 Sleepy Time Donald (7) 5 9 d: 4-19 74.101 Figaro and Frankie (7) 5-30 .... 74.102 Clown of the Jungle (7) 6-20 ± 5-10 74.103 Donald’s Dilemma (7) . 7-U 5-24 74.104 Crazy With the Heat (7) 8 1 74.105 Bootle Beetle (7) 8-22 74.106 Wide Open Spaces (7) . . 9-12 .... 74.107 Mickey’s Delayed Date (7) 10-3 -f 9-20 74.108 Foul Hunting (7) 10-31 + 9-20 74.109 Mail Dog (7) 11-14 84.701 Hawaiian Holiday (reissue) (7) 10-17 84.702 Clock Cleaners (reissue) (7) 12-12 EDGAR KENNEDY COMEDIES 73,401 I’ll Build It Myself (15) .' 10-18 + 10-12 73,402 Do Or Diet (18) 2-10 4 5 73,403 Social Terrors (18) 4-11 73,404 Heading for Trouble (18) 6-10 8 2 73,405 Host to a Ghost (18) 7-18 8-30 73,406 Television Turmoil (18) 8-15 9-20 RAY WHITLEY WESTERN MUSICALS 73.502 Cupid Rides the Range (18) lO-U 73.503 Bandits and Ballads (17) 11-15 73.504 Buckaroo Broadcast (18) 12-20 U-16 1 4 FLICKER FLASHBACKS 74,202 No. 2 (9) 10-25 74,203 No. 3 (8) 12-6 74,204 No. 4 (10) 1-17 4-19 74,205 No. 5 (8) 2-28 4-19 74,206 No. 6 (9) 4-11 5-10 74,207 No. 7 (9) .... 5-23 44 5 3 HEADLINER REVIVALS 63.201 The Derby Decade (22) 9-21 63.202 Russian Dressing (18).. 11-23 ± 12-29 63.203 Twenty Girls and a Band (18) 1-18 -f 2-2 63.204 Sea Melody (19) 3-15 ± 4-13 LEON ERROL COMEDIES 63,706 Follow That Blonde (18) 9-27 ± 9-28 73.701 Borrowed Blonde (15) . . 3 7 — 3-22 73.702 Wife Tames Wolf (17) 3-28 ± 4-12 73.703 In Room 303 (17) .... 4-25 -f 5-17 73.704 Hired Husband (19)... 5 9 ± 6-7 73.705 Blonde’s Away (17) . . . 7-11 ± 8-30 MUSICAL FEATURETTES 73.201 Melody Time (18) 11-29 + 12-28 73.202 Follow That Music (18) 1-31 ± 2-8 73.203 Let’s Make Rhythm (18) 5-23 73.204 Carle Comes Calling (16) 9-12 -H 9-20 PATHE NEWS (Raleasid Twice Wnkly) PATHE SPORTSCOPES 74,982 Hall letr* Dam* (!) IB-ll ± u-n 74,303 Bowling Few (9)....: ll-U 11-38 74,304 Kentucly Buketeers (■) 1-13 44 1-U 74,905 Callega Cllmberi (■).. 1-lB db 4-19 74,306 Ski Champion (■).... 1-18 44 s-ia 74,307 lee Skippers (8) 3 7 + 5-17 74,308 Wild Turkey (8) 4 4 ± 5-14 74,309 Racing Sleuth (■).... 5 9 -1 5-31 74,310 A Summer’s Tale (■).. 5-90 .... 74,311 Ski Belles (8) 6-17 .... 74,312 Chasing Rainbows (8) . 7-25 + 8-30 74,313 Reading and Riding (8) 8-22 + 9-20 SPECIAL 73,901 Feotkall Highlights ef 1946 (18) 12-lB + U-ll THIS IS AMERICA 63,113 Northern Rampart (17) 10-17 44 11 2 73,101 Beauty for Sale (17). . 11-22 -h 11-16 73,102 Germany Today (16). . . 12-13 44 12-21 73,103 A Nation Is Born (17) 1-17 44 2 1 73,104 Campus Boom (16) . . . . 2 7 44 3 8 73,105 San Francisco (16) . . . 3 7 44 3-15 73,106 Forgotten Island (18) . . 4 4 44 4-26 73,107 Big Party (18) 5 2 “f“ 5-17 73,108 1 Am an Alcoholic (18) 1 6 6 44 7 5 73,109 Passport to Nowhere (19) 6-27 44 7-12 73,110 Whistle In the Right (19), 7-3B 44 ■ 1 73,111 Treasure House (15) . . 8-22 -f 8-30 12 BOXOFFICE BookinGuide ” Sept, 27, 1947