Boxoffice (Jul-Sep 1948)

An interpretative analysis of opinions deducted from the language of lay and trade press reviews. The plus and minus signs indicate the degree of favor or disfavor of the review. This department serves also as cm ALPHABETICAL INDEX to feature releases. Numeral preceding title is Picture Guide Review page number. In parentheses after title is running time. Date following distributor is BOXOFFICE review date. Listings cover current reviews. It is brought up to date regularly. The meaning of the vcnrious signs and their combinations is as follows: +f Very Good; + Good; — Fair; — Poor; = Very Poor. In the summary ++ is rated as 2 pluses; = as 2 minuses. a> 1^ o « 5 2 o .S % O o '5 o •a K o ^ I >t E J. G. Title Runn Distr s oc o X o CQ XK > E iZ e S' XX c5 O.S l-s ZO E 3 to M 911 Madonna of the Desert (60) Rep... 3-13-48 + + rt 7-4 5 893 Main Street Kid, The (65) Rep.. 1-24-48 — dr — — 4-4 7— 945 Man-Eater of Kumaon (80) U-l. 6-26-48 + d: d: + + + 6^ 2— 908 Man From Texas, The (71) EL. 3 6-48 + dr dr dr — 4-4 4 898 Man of Evil (90) UA 2 7-48 — d: 2-4 S 895 Mary Lou (66) Col 1-31-48 rt rt 6+ 6 914 Mating of Millie, The (87) Col.. 3-20-48 rt d: + 44 + + 7-4 2— 914 Meet Me at Dawn (89) 20-Fox. 3-20-48 -f dr + — — + 4+ 3— 934 Melody Time (76) RKO 5-22-48 •H + 4+ 44 dr 44 44 12-4 1 944 Michael O’Halloran (79) Mono.. 6-19-48 4+ + dr + 6-4 2— 946 Mickey (87) EL 6-26-48 + rt + dr 7-4 5 944 Mine Own Executioner (102) 20 Fox 6-19-48 + -4 5-4 2 907 Miracle of the Bells, The (120) UA 3 6-48 + 44 + 44 44 44 10-4 917 Mr. Blendings Builds His Dream House (96) SRO 4 3-48 -f + + + rt 44 44 9-4 1 949 Mr. Peabody and the Mermaid (89) U-l 7-10-48 + + d: 44 dr + 7-4 2 904 Mr. Reckless (67) Para 2-21-48 — — rir — — 3-4 7— 913 Money Madness (73) FC 4 3-48 dr — 3-4 3 879 Mourning Becomes Electra (173) RKO + — 44 44 + 7-4 2 953 Music Main (66) Mono 7-24-48 zil — 2-4 3- 925 My Dog Rusty (67) Col 5 1-48 d: dr 4-4 4 893 My Girl Tisa (95) WB 1-24-48 + + + + # + »4 1 948 Mystery in Mexico (65) RKO... 7 3-48 ± d: + 5-4 4 882 My Wild Irish Rose (101) WB. . .12-13-47 +4 ± 44 rt + + 8+ 2— N 896 treked City, The (96) U-l .. 1-31-48 +4 44 44 44 44 44 44 14+ 876 Nicholas Nickleby (95) U-l 951 Night Has a Thousand Eyes ..11-22-47 -4 rt -4 44 -4 6+ 1 (81) Para .. 7-17-48 -4 -4 -4 -4 •h 5+ 874 Night Song (102) RKO ..11-15-47 -4 dr -4 -4 rt 6+ 3 920 Noose Hangs High, The (77) EL. . .. 4-10-48 -4 dr -4 -4 rt rt 7+ 4 950 Northwest Stampede (79) EL.... . . 7-10-48 ± -4 dr 44 7+ 3 O 913 October Man, The (85) EL 907 Oklahoma Badlands (59) Rep 3-20-48 3 6-48 -4 -4 rt rt -4 + -4 5+ 34+ 2 921 Old Los Angeles (87) Rep 4-17-48 + dr + -4 dr frf 3 926 On an Island With You (107) MGM 898 On Our Merry Way (formerly Miracle 5 1-48 44 -4 -4 + 44 -4 -4 9+ Can Happen, A) (107) UA 2 7-48 -4 -4 44 -4 + rt 8+ 2 893 Open Secret (70) EL 1-24-48 -4 = — 4+ 6 P 895 Panhandle (84) Allied Artists .. 1-31-48 + + + tt tt + n 888 Paradine Case, The (117) SRO.. . . 1 3-48 •H # tt tt # tt 14+ 903 Pearl, The (79) RKO .. 2-21-48 — ± + tt ± tt + B+ 3 Perilous Wata’s (64) Mono ± 3+ 3 907 Phantom Valley (53) Col . . 3 6-48 ± + _ 3+ 3 897 Piccadilly Incident (87) MGM.... . . 2 7-48 ± _ + 4+ 4— 918 Pirate, The (102) MGM .4-3-48 + + + tt tt + 876 Pirates of Monterey (78) U-t. ..11-22-47 db ± tt + ± 8+ 5 957 Pitfall (85) UA . . 8 7-48 + + rt + tt tf 8+ 1 923 Port Said (69) Col . . 4-24-48 — db 5+ 6 879 Prince of Thieves, The (72) Col. . . . + — + + ^ 3 R 948 Race Street (78) RKO . 7 3-48 d: zt + d: 5+ 4 958 Rachel and the Stranger (92) RKO. . . 8 7-48 + + zt — 3+ 2 959 Range Renegades (54) Mono) . . . , . .8-14-48 + — 1+ 1 937 Raw Deal (78) EL ,. 5-29-48 + + + ± db 7+ 4 952 Red River (104) UA . . 7-17-48 •H ■H ■ft tf tt tt 12+ 892 Relentless (92) Col ++ + + tt + + 9+ 1 934 Return of the Badmen (90) RKO.. ,. 5-22-48 + + — , + 5+ 3 912 Return of the Whistia, The (63) Col. 3-13-48 rt — dr dr 5+ 6 932 River Lady (78) U-l) dr + + + + 6+ 2 871 Road to Rio (101) Para + + tt tt tt tt 10+ 869 Road to the Big House (74) SG... ..11 1-47 zt. — Hh 3+ 4 959 Rocky (76) Mono . . 8-14-48 rt dr 3+ 3 942 Romance on the High Seas (102 WB 6-12-48 ++ -f tt tt + + 10+ 1 888 Rose of Santa Rosa (65) Col . 1 3-48 zt — 2+ 3 Rusty Leads the Way (..) Col... + 2+ 1 915 Ruthless (102) EL . . 3-27-48 + rt 4 -f + 6+ 2 S 897 Saigon (95) Para . . 2 7-48 ± + 5+ 5 908 ‘Sainted’ Sisters, The (90) Para. . . 3 6-48 + dr dr rt + rt 7+ 5 908Scudda Hoo! Scudda Hay! (95) 20-Fox + d: + + + + frf 1 914 Search, The (104) MGM . . 3-20-48 ■H -H tt tt tt tt tf 14+ 889 Secret Beyond the Door (98) U-l. . . 1-10-48 tz 6-}“ 6“ 939 Secret Service Investigator (60) Rep. 6 5-48 — zt + tt + 7+ 4 883 Senator Was Indiscreet, The (81) U ■1 12-20-47 + tt tt tt + + 10+ 1 922 Shaggy (71) Para ,. 4-17-48 rt — + 4+ 4 960 Shed No Tears (70) EL . 8-14-48 rt d: rt 3+ 3 904 Sign of the Ram, The (85) Col. . . . -1 d: + + tt + 7+ 1 919 Silent Conflict (61) UA . . 4-10-48 — — 3+ 5 . G. Page itie unningTim istributor I s Ok u £ o X o arrison’s eports >k <5 o E ollywood eporter o is ew York aily News >t E E a. 1 X o X CQ XX > u. XX O.S za V) 928 Silver River (110) WB 5 8-48 dr + + dr 6+ 4— 906 Sitting Pretty (84) 20-Fox 2-28-48 ■ff ff ff ff ff ff ff 14+ 890 Six-Gun Law (54) Col 1-10-48 tz dr dr — 3+ 4— 941 Sixteen Fathoms Deep (S3) Mono.. 6-12-48 zt — ff -H 3 892 Sleep, My Love (97) UA 1-17-48 + zt + + + dr 8+ 3— 896 Slippy McGee (65) Rep 1-31-48 + zt zt dr + — 6+ 5 Smart Politics (68) Mono dr zt 2+ 2 912 Smart Woman (93) Allied Artists... 3-13-48 ff + zt ff 7+ 2 892 Smugglers, The (85) EL 1-17-48 + zt + _ + + 5+ 2 933 So Evil, My Love (109) Para.... 5-22-48 ff zt dr + rt ff 8+ 3 932 So This Is New York (79) UA 5-15-48 + + + + + dr 6+ 1— 870 So Well Remembered (U4) RK 11 1-47 -f + ff ff ff + + 10+ 916 Song of Idaho (66) Col.O 3-27-48 _ rt dr 3+ 4— 871 Song of My Heart (85) Allied Artists 11 8-47 + + dr ff + + 7+ 1— Song of the Drifter (52) Mono.... rt 1+ 1— 956 Sorry, Wrong Number (90) Para.... 7-31-48 ff zt + ff ff 8+ 1— 958 Southern Yankee, A (91) MGM 8 7-48 + + 2+ 906 Speed to Spare (58) Para 2-28-48 — rt zt A+ 5 863 Spirit of West Point (77) FC 10-11-47 + dr + ff ff 8+ 2— 958 Spiritualist, The (79) EL 8 7-48 + dr zt + 4+ 2 916 State of the Union (122) MGM 3-27-48 ff ff ff ff ff ff ff 14+ 935 Stage Struck (71) Mono 5-22-48 — ± dr — 2+ 4— 907 Strawberry Roan (79) Col 3 6-48 + + + 4+ 1— 950 Street With No Name (91) 20-Fox.. 7-10-48 ff + ff ff + + 9+ 912 Summer Holiday (92) MGM 3-13-48 -ff + + ff + + + 10+ 937 Sword of the Avenger (76) EL 5-29-48 — 3+ 4— 867 Swordsman, The (81) Col 10-25-47 + + ff + + + 8+ 1— T 884T-Men (92) EL 12-20-47 ff ff +' ff ff + lOff 901 Take My Life (85) EL 2-14-48 + zt + + rt 5-+ 2 947 Tap Roots (109) U-l 7 3-48 + + + ff ff + 8+ 917 Tarzan and the Mermaids (67) RKO 4 3-48 + + + rt 7+ 4— 856 Tawny Pipit, The (81) U-l 9-13-47 + + + zt ff 6+ 1 880 Tender Years, The (81) 20-Fox.... 12 6-47 + + + — ff 6+ 2 891 Tenth Avenue Angel (75) MGM.... 1-17-48 dr + — dr 5+ 5— 954 Texas, Brooklyn & Heaven (76) UA 7-24-48 H rt zt dr 5+ 5— 951 That Lady in Ermine (89) 20-Fox.. 7-17-48 + dr + dr — + 5+ 3— 13 Lead Soldiers (66) 20-Fox dr + — bt dr 4+ 4— 900 Three Daring Daughters (115) MGIV 2-14-48 ff dr + ff + + ff 10+ 1 949 Thunderhoof (77) Col 7-10-48 + zt + dr dr 5+ 3 947 Timber Trail, The (67) Rep . 7-3-48 + dr + + dr 5+ 2— 933 Time of Your Life, The (109) UA.. 5-22-48 + + ff + ff ff 10+ 1— 913 Tioga Kid. The (54) EL 3-20-48 dr 4+ 4 894 To the Ends of the Earth (109) Col 1-24-48 + + ff + ff + 9+ 1— 918 To the Victor (99) WB 4 3-48 + rt + + rt dr dr it 4 908 Tornado Range (56) EL 3 6-48 ± zt 3+ 3 951 Trail to Laredo (54) Col . 7-17-48 rt 2+ 2 952 Train to Alcatraz (60) Rep 7-17-48 — dr dr + dr rt 6+ 6 929 Trapped by Boston Blackie (67) Col. 5-8-48 zt zt bt ± 5+ 5 890 Treasure of Sierra Madre (126) WB 1-10-48 + + ff ff ff »f 945 Twisted Road (95) RKO 6-26-48 + + bt rt ff ff 8+ 2— 958 Two Guys From Texas (86) WB.... 6 7-48 + zt dr d: 5+ 4 878 Tycoon (128) RKO 11-29-47 + ff ± 8f 5 u 862 Unconquered (146) Para .10 4-47 ff ± + ff ff + + 10+ 1 931 Under California Stars (70) Rep.. . 5-15-48 dr + -f + 5+ 2— 883 Under Colorado Skies (65) Rep.... .12-20-47 + zt rt rt 6-| 940 Up in Central Park (87) U-l . 6 5-48 +• dr rt dr ff + + 8+ 3 V 958 Variety Time (58) RKO . 7 7-48 + rt + 4+ 2 953 Velvet Touch, The (97) RKO . 7-24-48 dr zt + ff bt 7+ 4 939 Vicious Circle, The (77) UA . 6 5-48 + dr dr + bt 7+ 5 886 Voice of the Turtle, The (103) WB. .12-27-47 ff ff ff + + + + w 934 Wallflower (78) WB . 5-22-48 dr + + rt 7+ 5 950 Walls of Jericho, The (106) 20-Fox 7-10-48 + dr ff + rt 7+ 3 927 Waterfront at Midnight (63) Para.. . 5 8-48 + + bt rt 6+ 4 916 West of Sonora (55) Col . 3-27-48 + + 3+ 2 899 Western Heritage (61) RKO . 2-14-48 zt d: + rt 5+ 4 Westward Trail (58) EL dr 2+ 2 Where the North Begins (40) SG. — 1— 936 Whirlwind Raiders (54) Col . 5-22-48 zt dr + dr 5+ 4— 928 Who Killed ‘Doc’ Robbin? (55) UA. . 5 8-48 dr d: + 4+ 4— 875 Wild Horse Mesa (60) RKO .11-22-47 d: db zt + 5+ 4— 940 Will It Happen Again? (62) FC... . 6 5-48 rt 1+ 1 957 Winner’s Circle (70) 20-Fox . 8 7-48 + ± _ + 3+ 2 919 Winter Meeting (104) WB . 4-10-48 + — zt zt + 5+ -f 905 Woman From Tangier (66) Col.... . 2-28-48 dr — d: — 3+ 5 923 Woman in White, The (109) WB... . 4-24-48 + + — + ff 6+ 2 886 Woman’s Vengeance, A (96) U-l... .12-27-47 + dr + + rt + + 7+ 2-. 891 Women in the Night (90) FC . 1-17-48 + zt — 3+ 3 899 Wresk of the Hesperus, The (68) Col. 2-14-48 + — + 3f 2 Y 894 You Were Meant for Me (91) 20-Fox 1-24-48 + + + ff :t + + 8+ Ir