Boxoffice (Oct-Dec 1938)

THE COMPLETE CHECK-UP ON CURRENT RELEASES i reatuie* Medodrama. A studio manager Is murdered and a stooge he had fired, together with the latter’s girl friend, are accused. Prank Albertson, Eleanor Lynn, Bradley Page. Director: Leslie Goodwins. Go Chase Yourself . .825. . (70) Apr. 22 Comedy. Bank robbers steal a trailer with Joe Penner In it. Further hazards arise when they pick up a runaway heiress whom the bandits hold as ransom, forcing Penner to aid them. Joe Penner, Lucille Ball, Vicki Lester. Director: Edward Cline. Gun Laiv. .881. . (60) May 13 Western. A U. S. marshal takes the Identity of a dead bandit to gain a gang’s confidence and becomes town marshal, to make the mob believe his dual role is to avert suspicion of his connection with the gang. George O’Brien, Rita Oehman. Director: David Howard. Having AVonderful Time. .819. . (70) July 1 Comedy. Romances and rigmaroles of a summer vacation camp. Ginger Rogers, Douglas Fairbanks jr. Director: A1 Santell. Hawaii Calls . . 846 . . ( 73) Mar. 11 Comedy with Music. The adventures of Bobby Breen and his newsboy pal as stowaways to Hawaii. Bobby Breen, Ned Sparks, Irvin S. Cobb, Warren Hull, Mamo Clark, Raymond Paige and orchestra. Director: Eddie Cline. I’m From the City. .834. . (71) Aug. 5 Comedy. Normally afraid of horses, Joe Penner shines as a trick rider when under the influence of a ruthless manager. Seeing his performance, a girl takes him west to ride in a race against an Indian. Joe Penner, Richard Lane, Kay Sutton. Director: Ben Holmes. Joy of Living. .826. . (91) Apr. 16 Comedy. A mad, whirlwind courtship by a carefree globe trotter of a career-minded stage star who supports a family of leeches in luxury. Irene Dunne, Douglas Fairbanks jr., Guy Kibbee, Eric Blore. Director: Tay Garnett. Law of the Underworld. .827. . (61) May 6 Melodrama. The leader of a dangerous gang poses as a society man, and in his efforts to escape the prosecutor two innocent youngsters become involved. Chester Morris, Anne Shirley, Richard Bond, Walter Abel. Director: Lew Landers. Maid’s Night Out . . 822 . . (61) Mar. 4 Comedy. A millionaire’s son and a society girl accidentally meet and fall in love, she believing him to be a milkman and he thinking her a housemaid. Joan Fontaine, Allan Lane. Director: Ben Holmes. Man to Remember, A..905..(..) Oct. 14 Drama. The life story of a rural doctor, whose humanitarianism stands out in sharp contrast to the selfish, hypocritical town biggies who are antagonistic to him during his lifetime. Edward Ellis, Ann Shirley. Director: Garson Kanin. Mother Carey’s Chickens. .833. . (80) July 29 Comedy Drama. The struggles of an English captain’s widow living on a meager pension, and the love triangle of her two daughters who are in love with the same man. Anne Shirley, Ruby Keeler, James Ellison, Fay Bainter. Director: Rowland V. Lee. Mr. Doodle Kicks Off . .904. . (76) Oct. 7 Comedy. The father of a collegiate swing band leader, offers to donate $200,000 to the university if the coaching staff can make a football star of his son who dislikes the game. Joe Penner, June Travis. Director: Leslie Goodwins. Night Spot.. 821.. (60) Feb. 25 Drama. A night club singer aids two rookie cops to capture a band of jewel thieves. Parkyakarkus, Allan Lane, Joan Woodbury. Director: Christy Cabanne. Painted Desert. .883. . (59) Aug. 12 Western. The hero thwarts the efforts of villains to gain control of a tungsten mine located on his ranch. George O’Brien, Loraine Johnson, Ray Whitley. Director: David Howard. Renegade Ranger. .884. . (60) Sept. 16 Western. A girl attempts to remedy the wrongs of land thieves and is arrested for murder, but the hero pins the killing on a crooked tax collector and wins the girl. George O’Brien, Rita Hayworth. Director: David Howard. Room Service . . 901 . . (80) Sept. 30 Comedy. A penniless theatrical producer and his assistants fake measles to keep from being thrown out of their hotel and persuade the manager to finance their show. Marx Brothers, Ann Miller, Frank Albertson. Director: William A. Seiter. Saint in New York. .930. . (72) June 3 Detective Melodrama. Based on the “Saint” stories by Leslie Charteris, in which the “Saint” turns Robin Hood and helps a civic committee clean up a gang of desperadoes. Louis Hayward, Kay Sutton, Paul Guilfoyle. Director: Ben Holmes. Sky Giant. .835. . (80) July 22 Melodrama. Two daredevil aviators of a commercial airline are assigned to map the world from the air, and nearly lose their lives when imperfect maps cause them to crash. Richard Dix, Chester Morris, Joan Fontaine. Director: Lew Landers. Smashing the Rackets. .832. . (80) Aug. 19 Melodrama. A G-Man quits to become junior prosecutor in the office of the D. A., where he learns of the existence of protected rackets, and sets out to clean up the town. Chester Morris, Bruce Cabot, Frances Mercer. Director: Lew Landers. This Marriage Business. .824. . (71) Apr. 8 Comedy-Drama. A meek, small-town, marriage clerk gains sudden prominence and runs for Mayor against the crooked element. Victor Moore, Vicki Lester. Director: Christy Cabanne. Vivacious Lady. .740. . (90) May 13 Comedy. A young college professor marries a night-club singer, then faces the problem of breaking the news to his parents. Ginger Rogers. James Stewart, James Ellison. Director: George Stevens. State Rights Country Bride. . (85) Amkino Comedy. A gay Russian comedy dealing with the trials and tribulations of a pair of collective farm workers in love. F. N. Kurikhin, Maria Ladynina. Director: Ivan Pirlov. Courier of Lyons. . (92) Pax Films Drama. The story of an 18th century mail robbery in France, in which all the thieves but the leader are caught. The wrong man is mistaken as the leader and Is guillotined on circumstantial evidence. Pierre Blanchar, Dita Parlo. Dorville. Director: Maurice Lehamn. Dark Sands.. (75) Record Pictures Drama. A soldier, unjustly accused of murder, flees the army and becomes leader of a desert tribe, due to his medical and general knowledge, but is unaware that his superior officer who befriends him is court-martialed. Paul Robeson, Henry Wilcoxon. Director: Thornton Freeland. Delinquent Parents (62) Progressive Drama. Woman judge makes amends for her daughter whom she placed in a foundling home. Doris Weston. Maurice Murphy, Helen MacKellar. Director: Nick Grlnde. Duke Is Tops, The. . (65) Million Dollar Prod. Musical. An all-Negro musical. The hero sacrifices his own stage ambitions for his sweetheart singer, while he goes down the ladder and ends up with a medicine show. Ralph Cooper, Lena Horne. Director: Bill Nolty. Great John Ericsson, The. . (94) ...., .Scandinavian Swedish picturization of a phase of American history, depicting a chapter in John Ericsson’s life, the man who turned the tide of the Civil War. As a prologue. Count Bernadotte. nephew to King Gustav V of Sweden, greets America. Victor Seastrom, Marta Ekstrom, Sigurd Wallen. Director: Gustaf Edgren. Lenin in October. . (92) Amkino Drama. A chronicle of the life of Lenin end the events leading up to the Revolution. Boris V. Shchukin, N. Svobodln. Director: Mikhail Romm. Life and Loves of Beethoven .. (80) World Drama. A French production bringing the immortal musio of the famous composer to the screen and unfolding his tragic love story. Harry Bauer, Annie Ducaux. Pauley Debucourt, Janny Holt. Director: Abel Gance. Paroled From the Big House.. (60) J.D.K. Drama. The story of what happens to paroled convicts, the love interest being centered around a girl whose father has been killed by the gangsters and a cop masquerading as a convict to avenge the death of his pal. Jean Carmen, Richard Adams. Director: Elmer Clifton. Slipper Episode, The.. (80) French Film Farce. Two casual acquaintances tour a large slice of Europe to return a missing slipper to a faithless wife. Betty Stockfield, Roger Treville. Director: Jean De Limur. Tarzan and the Green Goddess. . (72) ... .Principal A statue containing a secret formula for an explosive is the center of a rigorous search by an English party and an unscrupulous outfit who fight It out in the Guatemalan jungle for possession of the formula. Herman Brlx, Ula Holt. Director: Edward Kull. Ten Laps to Go.. (67) Ace Pictures Action Drama. A romance of the speedway in which a racing driver loses his nerve after a crackup, but regains it in time to save his boss from an unscrupulous driver who attempts to steal his invention plans and wreck his machine. Rex Lease. Muriel Evans, Tom Moore. Director: Elmer Clifton. They Were Five.. (78) Lenaner Drama. Five friends, banded together by adversity, win a small fortune in a lottery and pool their resources to build an Inn. As the picture closes only two of the five friends are left. Jean Gabin, Charles Vanel. Director: Julien Duvivier. Three Legionnaires. . (63) General Comedy. Two doughboys stationed in an obscure Siberian village, unaware that the war is over, stage some hectic incidents that nearly land them before the firing squad. Robert Armstrong, Lyle Talbot, Fifi D’Orsay, Donald Meek, Anne Nagel, Man Mountain Dean. Director: Hamilton MacFadden. 20th Century-Fox Alexander’s Ragtime Band. .903 . . (105) . . .Aug. 19 Musical Comedy. A cavalcade of American music for the past 25 years, featuring Irving Berlin’s song hits of those decades. Tyrone Power, Alice Faye, Don Ameche. Director: Henry King. Always Goodbye. .852. . (75) July 1 Drama. A young mother makes a sacrifice for her son and for the man she loves. Barbara Stanwyck, Herbert Marshall, Ian Hunter. Director: Sidney Lanfield. Baroness and the Butler. .835. . (80) Feb. 18 Comedy Drama. A butler is elected to the parliament on the opposition ticket to his master but continues as his butler, only to be elected as Prime Minister and marries his former master’s daughter. William Powell, Annabella, Gregory Ratoff, Henry Stephenson, Joseph Schildkraut, Helen Westley. Director: Walter Lang. Battle of Broadway. .845. . (84) Apr. 22 Comedy. A couple of steel workers are drafted by their boss in an attempt to save his son from a girl he thinks is a gold digger. Victor McLaglen, Brian Donlevy, Louise Hovick, Raymond Walburn. Director: George Marshall. Four Men and a Prayer. .848. . (85) April 29 Drama. The story of four brothers who undertake to establish the innocence of their father, a disgraced army officer who is murdered. Loretta Young, Richard Greene, George Sanders, David Niven, C. Aubrey Smith. Director,: John Ford. Gateway. .901 . . (74) Aug. 5 Drama. Innocently involved in a ship scandal, an Irish lass is rescued from Ellis Island by efforts of the hero. Arleen Whelan. Don Ameche, Binnie Barnes, Gregory Ratoff. Director: Alfred Werker. Hold That Co-ed. .907. . (80) Sept. 16 Comedy. Politics and football are humorously blended when a wind-jamming politician ties up his senatorial campaign with the state university football team. John Barrymore, George Murphy, Joan Davis. Director: George Marshall. I’ll Give a Million. .855. . (70) July 22 Comedy Drama. A millionaire, tired of moneygrabbing leeches, changes clothes with a tramp and wanders off in search of some one who would be kind to him for himself. Warner Baxter, Marjorie Weaver, Peter Lorre. Director: Walter Lang. In Old Chicago. .840. . (110) Apr. 15 Historical Drama. An epic of the rise of Chicago. In which is depicted the spectacular scene of the great Chicago fire. Tyrone Power, Alice Faye, Don Ameche. Director: Henry King. Island in the Sky. .843. . (67) Apr. 1 Drama. A young man, innocently accused of murder, is saved from the electric chair by the district attorney’s financee, who makes a private investigation to prove the boy’s innocence. Gloria Stuart, Michael Whalen. Director: Herbert I. Leeds. Josctte. .839. . (70) JuneS Musical Comedy. A New Orleans cafe cutie doubles for a French songbird who has flown, and finds herself a target for the romantic whims of two brothers. Don Ameche, Simone Simon, Robert Young. Director: Allan Dwan. Keep Smiling. .902. . (77) Aug. 12 Drama. A little girl treks to Hollywood to be with her uncle and crashes the movies, at the same time helping her uncle who is down-andout. Jane Withers, Henry Wilcoxon, Gloria Stuart. Director: Herbert I. Leeds. Kentucky Moonshine. .844. . (85) May 13 Comedy with Music. Loaded with moonshine and gags, the RItz brothers turn hill-billies and go off on another of their rampages. The Ritz Brothers, Tony Martin, Marjorie Weaver. Director: David Butler. Kidnapped . .846. . (90) May 27 Historical Drama. Based on the immortal novel by Robert Louis Stevenson portraying Scotland’s struggle for equality during the 18th century, with an appealing romantic interlude woven into the theme. Warner Baxter, Freddie Bartholomew, Arleen Whelan. Director: Alfred Werker. BOXOFFICE October 8, 1938