Boxoffice (Oct-Dec 1938)

CAPRA FILM LEADS FIRST-RDN GROSSES AGAIN BOSTON Fenway — If I Were King: (Para); Mysterious Mr. Moto (20th-Fox) 125 Fine Arts — Moonlight Sonata (Malmar), 23rd wk 140 Memorial — That Certain Agre (Univ) ; Mr. Doodle Kicks Off (RKO), 2nd wk 150 Metropolitan — Men With Wings (Para) ; Koad Demon (20th-Fox) 150 O pheum — You Can’t Take It With You (Col),; Vacation From Cove (M-G-M) 175 Paramount — -Same as Fenway 130 State — Same as Orpheum 155 CHARLOTTE Broadway — Sky Giant (RKO) 100 Carolina — Too Hot to Handle (M-G-M) 110 Imperial — Five of a Kind (20th-Fox) 100 State — Speed to Burn (20th-Fox), 1st part... 100 State — Born to Be Wild (Rep), 2nd part 90 State — Black Bandit (Univ), 3rd part 115 CHICAGO Apollo — Drums (UA), held 2nd wk 135 Chicago — If 1 Were King (Para), stage show.. 110 Garrick — Frankenstein (Univ) ; Dracula (Univ), reissues, held 2nd wk 175 Palace — That Certain Age (Univ), stage show, held 3rd wk 110 Roosevelt — Too Hot to Handle (M-G-M), held 2nd wk. 120 State-Lake — Girls’ School (Col), stage show. ... 95 United Artists — Boys Town (M-G-M), held 4th wk 100 World Playhouse — Moonlight Sonata (Malmar), held 3rd wk 140 CINCINNATI Albee — The Sisters (WB), held over 115 Capitol — That Certain Age (Univ), 2nd wk 110 Grand — Boys Town (M-G-M), 4th wk., held for 5th 110 Keith’s — Garden of the Moon (FN) 115 Lyric — Frankenstein and Dracula (Univ), 2nd wk 110 Palace — Stableinates (M-G-M), held 115 Shubert — You Can’t Take It With You (Col), 4th wk., held 115 CLEVELAND Allen — That Certain Age (Univ), 2nd wk 160 Hippodrome — The Sisters (WB) 100 Palace — Straight, Place and Show (20th-Fox) .110 State — If I Were King (Para) 100 Stillman — Give Me a Sailor (Para) 60 DALLAS Capitol — Sons of the Legion (Para) 80 Capitol — Mr. Wong, Detective (Mono) 90 Majestic — Too Hot to Handle (M-G-M) 150 Melba — Vacation From Love (M-G-M) 90 Palace — That Certain Age (Univ) 120 Tower — You Can’t Take It With You (Col), 3rd wk 110 DENVER Aladdin — That Certain Age (Univ), after a wk. at the Denver 120 Broadway — Boys Town (M-G-M); Rich Man, Poor Girl (M-G-M), 4 days after a wk. at each the Orpheum and the Broadway; Too Hot to Handle (M-G-M); Blockheads (M-G-M), 3 days after a wk. at the Orpheum 135 Denham — Sons of the Legion (Para), and Morton Downey stage show 150 Denver — You Can’t Take It With You (Col)... 130 Orpheum — Too Hot to Handle (M-G-M); Blockheads (M-G-M); 4 days on 2d wk. ; Room Service (RKO) ; A Man to Remember (RKO), 3 days 110 Paramount — Drums (UA) ; Personal Secretary (Univ) 115 Rialto — Five of a Kind (20th-Fox), after a wk. at each the Paramount and Aladdin; Convicted (Col) 90 DETROIT Adams — That Certain Age (Univ), after a wk. at Fox; Time Out for Murder (20th-Fox). 90 Cinema — The Life and Loves of Beethoven (SR) 80 Fox — Carefree (RKO), plus stage show 80 Michigan — Listen Darling (M-G-M); Vacation From Love (M-G-M) 75 Palms-State — Too Hot to Handle (M-G-M), after 2 wks. at United Artists 80 United Artists — Drums (UA) 95 INDIANAPOLIS • Alamo — Billy the Kid Returns (Rep), 1st half. . 80 Alamo — Durango Valley Raiders (Rep), 2nd half 50 Apollo — That Certain Age (Univ) 100 Circle — The Arkansas Traveler (Para) 100 Indiana — The Sisters (WB) 100 Loew’s — Stablemates (M-G-M) 100 Lyric — Broadway Musketeers (FN), plus stage show 85 (AVERAGE IS 100%) Top Hits of the Week You Can’t Take It With You — Los Angeles (4th wk.) 300 You Can’t Take It With You — Oklahoma City 265 You Can’t Take It With You — Boston (dual) ; Philadelphia.... 175 Stablemates — Philadelphia 175 Frankenstein and Dracula — Chicago (2nd wk.) 175 Suez (dual) — Omaha 175 That Certain Age (dual) — New Haven 170 Garden of the Moon (dual) — Omaha 160 Too Hot to Handle — Oklahoma City 160 That Certain Age — Cleveland (2nd wk.) 160 The Sisters — Philadelphia 155 EXTENDED RUNS Moonlight Sonata, 23rd wk., Boston; 3rd wk., Chicago. Marie Antoinette, 9th wk. of roadshow, New York City. You Can’t Take It With You, 4th wk., Cincinnati; 4th wk., Los Angeles; 4th wk., Washington; 3rd wk., Dallas; 3rd wk., Portland, Ore. Boys Town, 4th wk., Cincinnati; 4th wk.. Chicago; 3rd wk., Minneapolis. If I Were King, 4th wk., New York City. That Certain Age, 3rd wk., Chicago. Dark Rapture, 3rd wk., New York City. Too Hot to Handle, 3rd wk., Portland, Ore. KANSAS CITY Esquire — That Certain Age (Univ), holdover .. 125 Midland — Listen Darling (M-G-M); Flight to Fame (Col) 85 Newman — The Arkansas Traveler (Para), holdover 90 Orpheum — Mad Miss Manton (RKO) SO Tower — Youth Takes a Fling (Univ) ; Veloz and Yolanda on stage 175 Uptown — That Certain Age (Univ), holdover. . 100 LOS ANGELES Chinese — Stablemates (M-G-M); Vacation From Love (M-G-M) 125 Downtown — The Sisters (WB) ; Road to Reno (Univ), 2nd wk 100 Four Star — Drums (UA), 3rd wk 75 Hillstreet — You Can’t Take It With You (Col), 4th wk 300 Hollywood — Same as Downtown 100 Pantages — Same as Hillstreet 300 Paramount — Arkansas Traveler (Para), stage show 100 State — Same as Chinese 140 MILWAUKEE Palace — Sing Yon Sinners (Para); Gene Krupa and band on stage 150 Riverside — Swing That Cheer (Univ) ; Phil Spitalny and orchestra on stage 175 Strand — rile Walking Dead (WB); White Zombie (UA) 125 Warner — Garden of the Moon (FN); Youth Takes a Fling (Univ) .... 85 Wisconsin — Five of a Kind (20th-Fox); Straight, Place and Show (2'Oth-Fox) 100 MINNEAPOLIS Aster — Touchdown, Army (Para); Time Out for Murder (20th-Fox) 90 Century — Boys Town (M-G-M), 3rd wk 100 Orpheum — Hold That Co-ed (20th-Fox), plus stage show 150 State — Too Hot to Handle (M-G-M), 2nd wk. ..100 World — Drums (UA) 100 NEW HAVEN College — Stablemates (M-G-M) ; Mysterious Mr. Moto (20th-F'ox), 2nd wk 130 Loew-Poli — Straight, Place and Show (20thFox); Five of a Kind (20th-Fox), 6 days.... 80 Paramount — If I Were King (Para); When Were You Born? (FN), 2nd wk 75 Roger Sherman — That Certain Age (Univ) ; Broadway Musketeers (FN) 170 NEW ORLEANS Center — Fast Company (M-G-M) 95 Globe — Alexander’s Ragtime Band (20th-Fox).. 80 Liberty — You Can’t Take It With You (Col), 3rd consecutive run 100 Orpheum — Four Daughters (FN) 125 Saenger — Hold That Co-ed (20th-Fox) 115 State — Listen Darling (M-G-M) 130 Tudor — Marie Antoinette (M-G-M) 100 NEW YORK CITY Astor — Marie Antoinette (M-G-M), 9th wk. of roadshow 70 Capitol — Stablemates (M-G-M) 100 Criterion — Girls on Probation (WB) 75 Globe — Dark Rapture (LTniv), 3rd wk 130 Paramount — If I Were King (Para), 4th wk. plus stage show 150 Radio City Music Hall — The Mad Miss Manton (RKO), plus stage show 85 Rialto — Dracula and Frankenstein (Univ), reissues, 2nd wk 120 Rivoli — Service Deluxe (Univ) 50 Roxy — Suez (20th-Fox), 2nd wk., plus stage show 145 Strand — The Sisters (WB), plus stage show.. 125 OKLAHOMA CITY Criterion — Too Hot to Handle (M-G-M) 160 Liberty — Mr. Doodle Kicks Off (RKO); Wives Under Suspicion (LTniv), 4 days 8 5 Liberty — Freshman Year (LTniv) ; One Wild Night (20th-Fox), 3 days 90 Midwest — Stablemates (M-G-M) 125 State — You Can’t Take It W ith You (Col) 265 Tower — Four Daughters (FN), 4 days (move over) 75 Tower — That Certain Age (Univ), (move over) 95 OMAHA Brandeis — Garden of the Moon (FN) ; Secrets of an Actress (FN) 160 Omaha — Stablemates (M-G-M); Mr. Chump (WB), 2nd wk 105 Orpheum — Suez (20th-Fox); Keep Smiling (20th-Fox) 175 Paramount — Dracula (Univ) ; Frankenstein (Univ), reissues 150 PHILADELPHIA Aldine — There Goes My Heart (UA) 85 Boyd — Listen Darling (M-G-M) 90 Earle — Youth Takes a Fling (Univ), plus stage show featuring Freddie Bartholomew 120 Fox — Arkansas Traveler (Para) 85 Karlton — The Sisters (WB) 155 Keith’s — That Certain Age (Univ) 110 Stanley — You Can’t Take It With You (Col), 2nd wk 175 Stanton — Stablemates (M-G-M) 175 PITTSBURGH Alvin — That Certain Age (Univ) 150 Barry — Prairie Moon (Rep) ; Slander House (Monarch) 110 Fulton — Give Me a Sailor (Para); Bulldog Drummond in Africa (Para) 85 Penn — The Sisters (WB) 100 Stanley — The Arkansas Traveler (Para); Ted Lewis stage show 125 Warner — Stablemates (M-G-M), 2d d. t. wk. ...120 PORTLAND, ORE. Broadway — Stablemates (MG-M), 2nd wk 100 Mayfair — Boy Meets Girl (WB) ; Booloo (Para). 100 Orpheum — Arkansas Traveler (Para); Give Me a Sailor (Para), 2nd wk 80 Paramount — Y'ou Can’t Take It With You (Col), 3rd wk 100 United Artists — Too Hot to Handle (M-G-M), 3rd wk 105 SALT LAKE CITY Capitol — Five of a Kind (20th-Fox); Swing That Cheer (Univ) 115 Centre — Suez (20th-Fox) 110 Paramount — The Citadel (M-G-M) 110 Roxy — Action for Slander (UA) ; I Promise to Pay (Col) 100 Studio — Four Daughters (FN), 2nd wk 100 Utah — White Banners (WB) 100 Victory — Freshman Year (Univ) ; Road to Reno (Univ) 100 WASHINGTON Capitol — Sing You Sinners (Para), plus stage show 90 Columbia — Spawn of the North (Para), 2nd wk 85 Earle — Garden of the Moon (FN), plus stage show 75 Keith’s — That Certain Age (Univ), 2nd wk....l25 Metropolitan — You Can’t Take It With You (Col), 4th wk 100 Palace — Too Hot to Handle (M-G-M), 2nd wk. . 85 30-H BOXOFFICE :: November 5, 1938