Boxoffice (Oct-Dec 1939)

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Record Details:

Title:
Boxoffice
Date:
Oct-Dec 1939
Publisher:
Kansas City, Associated Publications
Volume:
Boxoffice (Oct-Dec 1939)
Leaf #:
000282
Language:
English
Collection:
Hollywood Studio System
Format:
Periodicals
Contributor:
Media History Digital Library
Sponsor:
Media History Digital Library
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Description:
BOXOFFICE was the leading American exhibitor trade paper of the post-World War II era. But the publication had modest beginnings. In 1920, Ben Shlyen founded the paper, orginally titled THE REEL JOURNAL, in an office located in Kansas City's Film Row district. Like other regional exhibitor publications, THE REEL JOURNAL focused its attention on the local -- in this case, KC and the nearby territories that the city's distribution exchanges served. By the end of the 1920s, however, Shlyen had acquired or founded several more small exhibitor papers serving other US markets. In 1932, their titles all changed to BOXOFFICE, though they continued to be published in regional editions for decades to follow. -- Eric Hoyt, 2015
Date Added:
June 06, 2024
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"D-BOAT 29" EMERGES TO TOP WITH 200 MARK BOSTON Fenway — What a late (Para); Televisi<ni Spy (Para) 120 Memorial — Fifth Avenue Girl (KKO); Full Confession (KKO), 2nd wk 55 Metropolitan— The Rains Came (20th-Fox), 2nd wk. ; vStop, Look and Love (2Uth-Fox) . . . GO Orpheuin — Thunder Afloat (M-G-M); Fast and Furious (M-G-M) 120 Paramount — Same as Fenw^ay 120 State — Same as Orpheum 115 CHARLOTTE Carolina — Fifth Avenue Girl (RKO), 1st half.. 90 Carolina — The Kent Glory (UA), 2iul half.... 100 Imperial — Fast and Furious (M-G-M), 1st half. 90 Imperial — lispionag'e Ag'ent (FN), 2nd half.... 90 iState — Frontier Pony Flxpress (Rep) 100 CHICAGO Apollo — The Old Maid (FN), 3rd loop wk 100 Chicago — The Rains Came (20tli-Fox), plus stage show, held 2nd wk 120 Garrick — All <hii<?t on the Western Front (Univ), new version; Night Work (Para)... 140 Oriental — JStanley & Ivivingstone (20th-Fox); l^ady of the Tropics (M-G-M), plus stage show; both pictures 2nd loop showings 100 Palace — Nurse Kdith Cavell (KKO), plus stage show 100 Koosevelt — Dust Be My Destiny (FN), 2nd wk. .110 State-Lake — Coast Guard (Col), plus stage show 95 United Artists — The Women (M-G-M), 4th wk. .110 CINCINNATI Albee — Here I Am a Stranger (20th-Fox) 100 Capitol — Daneing Co-ed (M-G-M) 120 Keith'.s — Angels Wash Their F'aees (FN) 130 Lyric — Honeymoon in Bali (Para), 2nd wk 130 Palace — Hollywood Cavalcade (20th-Fox), held 130 Shubert — The Fnder-Fup (Univ), plus stage show 120 CLEVELAND Allen — The Kains Came (20th-Fox), 3rd wk. ..135 Hippodrome — F'ifth Avenue Girl (RKO) 110 Palace — Dust Be jMy Destiny (FN). Stage: Watercade 85 State — Intermezzo (UA) 80 Stillman — They Shall Have Music (UA) 05 DALLAS Capitol — Behind Prison Gates (Col), 1st half. . 90 Capitol — Angels Wash Their Far-es (FN), 2nd half 100 Palace — Honeymoon in Ball (Para) 125 Majestic — Hollywood Cavalcade (20th-Fox) . . . .125 Rialto — Coast Guard (Col), 1st half 100 Rialto — Under-Pui, (Univ), 2nd half 100 Tower — The Women (M-(>-M), 2nd w'k 120 DENVER Aladdin — Tlie Fight for Peace (Mono) C5 Broadway — Fifth Avenue Girl (RKO): Coiisinraey (RKO), after a wk. at the Orpheum. 100 lienham — $1,000 a Tonehdt)wii (Para), 2 days after full wk. ; What a Life (Para), 5 days to start full wk 125 Denver — The Old Maid (FN) 120 Orpheum — Thunder Afloat (M-G-M); Way Down South (RKO) 95 Paramount — Angels Wash Tiieir Faces (FN); Hawaiian Nights (Univ) 120 Rialto — The Kains Came (20th-Fox), after a wk. at each tlie Denver and Aladdin; Whispering Flnemies (Col) 115 DETROIT Adams — The Kains Came (20th-Fox), 2nd wk., after 2 wks. at Fox; In Name Only (KKO), after wk. at Pox 90 Cinema — All (Juiet on the Western Front (LTniv). 2nd wk., after 1 wk. at Adams; The E<lge of the AVorld (Jack Rock Prod., England) 90 Fox — The Koad to Glory (20tli-Fox): Here I Am a Stranger (20th-Fox) 95 Michigan — Four F’eathers (UA) ; Fast and Furious (M-G-M) 85 Palms State — Honeymoon in Bali (Para), after wk. at Michigan; What a Life (Para), after wk. at Michigan 90 United Artists — The Women (M-G-M), 3rd wk. . 85 INDIANAPOLIS Alamo — Kiders of Black Kiver (Col); Mutiny on the Blaekhawk (Univ) 75 Apollo — $1,000 a Touchdown (Para); Full Confession (RKO) 75 Circle — All Quiet on the Western Front (Univ); The Fnder-Pup (Univ) 90 Indiana — The Old Maid (FN); Hohhy F'amily (FN) 110 Loew’s — Golden Boy (Col); XT-Boat 39 (Col)... 85 Lyric — Indlanaindis Si>eedway (WB); Ozzie Nelson orchestra stage show 120 AVERAGE IS 100% Top Hits of the Week U-Boat 29 — New York 200 Intermezzo — New Orleans 150 Babes in Arms — Philadelphia 150 All Quiet on the Western Front (dual) — Chicago 140 The Real Glory (dual) — New Haven 140 Dust Be My Destiny — New York 135 The Rains Came — Cleveland (3rd wk.) 135 EXTENDED RUNS Goodbye, -Mr. Chips, 22nd wk., New York City. End of a Day, 5th wk., Filmarte, New York City. Staidey and Livingstone, 4th wk., Pittsburgh. The Women, 4th wk,, Chicago; 3rd wk., Detroit, New York, Seattle. Fifth Avenue Girl, 3rd wk., Portland. Honeymoon in Bali, 3rd wk.. New York City. Luerezia Borgia, 3rd wk., Minneapolis. The Old Maid, 3rd loop wk., Chicago. The Rains Came, 3rd wk., Cleveland, Oklahoma City, Pittsburgh. KANSAS CITY Esquire — Here I Am a Stranger ( 20th-Fox) . . . 85 Midland — Golden Boy (Col); I'-Boat 39 (Col).. 75 Newman — Honeymoon in Bali (Para), holdover. 70 Orpheum — Tlie Old Maid (FN); Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase (WB), holdover.... 80 Tower — Hero for a Day (Univ), Gene Austin on stage 125 Uptown — Here 1 Am a Stranger (20th-Fox) . . . 85 LOS ANGELES Chinese — Here I Am a Stranger (20th-Fox); Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (20th-Fox) . . 100 Downtown — Angels Wash Their F’aees (FN); Kid Nightingale (WB) 90 Four Star — Hollywood Cavalcade (20th-Fox) . . 100 Hillstreet — Fiftli .Avenue Girl (RKO); Full Confession (RKO), 2nd wk 125 Hollywood — Same as Downtown 90 Pantages — Same as Hillstreet 110 Paramount — What a Life (Para); Count Basie and Dead End Kids on stage 209 State — Same as Chinese 100 MILWAUKEE Palace — Honeymoon in Bali (Para); Coast Guard (Col) 120 Riverside — Calling .Ml Marines (Rep), plus stage show 125 Strand — The Kains Caine (20tli-Fox); Lnexpeeted Father (Liniv) 100 Warner — Espionage Agent (FN); The Under Kup (Univ) 90 Wisconsin — The AVomen (M-G-M); .Aiiraeles for Sale (M-G-M), 2nd wk 90 MINNEAPOLIS Aster — Deatlij of a Champion (Para); Stop, lA)ok and Love (20th-Fox) 90 Century — When Tomorrow Comes (Univ) 90 Gopher — What a Life (Para) 100 Minnesota — Mickey the Kid (Rep), plus stage show 95 Orpheum — The Man in the Iron Mask (UA) .... 95 State — The Women (M-G-M), 2nd wk 100 Time — Luerezia Borgia (Foreign). 3rd wk 80 World — Stolen Life (Para), 2nd wk 90 NEW HAVEN College — Ail Quiet on the AV’estern F’ront (Univ): F’lve Little Peppers (Col) 110 Loew-Poli — Goden Boy (Col); Fast and Furious (M-G-M) 105 Paramount — .$1,000 a Touehdown (Para); Island of I>ost Men (Para), 6 days 75 Roger Sherman — The Real Glory (UA); Hawaiian Nights (Univ), 8 days 140 NEW ORLEANS Center — Griwie Allen Murder Case (Para) 75 Globe — When Tomorrow Comes (Univ) 80 Libert.v — 1 Stole a Million (Univ) 90 Orpheum — Dust Be My Destiny (FN) 125 Saenger — Honeymoon in Bali (Para) 130 State— Intermezzo (UA) 150 Tudor — The Kains Came (20th-Fox), 2nd run.. 95 NEW YORK CITY Astor — Goodbye, Mr. Chips (M-G-M), 21st wk., held 100 Capitol — Tlie Women (M-G-M), 3rd wk 130 Criterion— .$1,000 a Touehdown (Para) 90 Globe — U-Boat 39 (Col) 2U0 Paramount — Hoiie.vmoon in Bali (Para), 3rd wk., plus stage show ]20 Radio City Music Hall — Iiiterinezzo (UA), plus stage show 125 Kivoli — Real Glory (UA), final 6 days of 4th wk 100 Roxy — Eternally Yours (UA), plus stage show.. 125 Strand — Dust Be My Destiny (FN), plus stage show 135 OKLAHOMA CITY Criterion — The AVoinen (M-G-M) 115 Liberty — The (diieken Wagon Family (20thFox): Charlie Chan at Treasure Island (20th-Fox) 100 Midwest — Dust Be My Destiny (FN) 85 Plaza — The Kains Came (20th-Fox), 3rd wk. . . 90 State — Sabotage (Rep); Mlekey the Kid (Rep), 4 days 100 State — AVhisiiering Enemies (Col); The Zero Hour (Rep), 3 days 100 Tower — Here 1 Am a .Stranger (20th-Fox) 80 OMAHA Brandeis — Nurse Edith Cavell (RKO); The Day tlie Bookies AVept (RKO) 130 Omaha — The Real Glor.y (UA); Miracles for Sale (M-G-M) 115 Orpheum — The Under-Pup (Univ) ; Stage, Glen Gray and his Casa Loma orchestra 105 PHILADELPHIA Aldine — Intermezzo (UA), 2nd wk 75 Boyd — Babes in Arms (M-G-M) 150 Earle — Kio (Univ), with Ted Fio-Rito’s orchestra on stage 75 Fox — Hollywood Cavalcade (20th-Fox) 90 Karlton — Honeymoon ill Bali (Para), 2nd run. 110 Palace — The Old Maid (FN), 3rd run 125 Stanley — Beau Geste (Para), 2nd wk., 5 days 120 Stanton— Espionage Agent (FN) 115 PITTSBURGH Alvin — Here I Am a Stranger (20th-Fox) . . . . 70 Barry — Conspiracy (RKO); Code of the Secret Service (WB) 80 Fulton — Stanley and Livingstone (20th-Fox), 4 days, 4th wk., with Louis-Pastor fight pictures 90 Penn— Blackmail (M-G-M) 90 Senator — The Rains Came (20th-Fox), 3rd d. t. wk 130 Stanley — These Glamour Girls (M-G-M); stage shows resumed with Eddie Cantor Kevue...200 Warner — Way Down South (RKO); The Saint in London (RKO) 65 PORTLAND. ORE. Broadway — Dust Be My Destiny (FN); The Under-Pup (Univ) 120 Liberty — Fifth Avenue Girl (RKO); Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (20th-Fox), 3rd wk 90 Mayfair— Thunder Afloat (M-G-M); Forgotten Woman (Univ) 90 Orpheum — W'aterfront (WB); Jimmie Grier and Band 110 Paramount — Honeymoon in Bali (Para); Stolen Life (Para), 2nd wk 90 United Artists — The Women (M-G-M), 3rd wk...l00 SALT LAKE CITY Capitol — Hawaiian Nights (Univ); Chicken W-agon Family (20th-Fox) 105 Centre — Hollywood Cavalcade (20th-Fox) 115 Paramount — Four Feathers (UA) 120 Studio — The Star Maker (Para) 115 Utah — WTiat a Life (Para); $1,000 a Touchdown (Para) 120 Victory — Adventures of Robin Hood (FN), 2nd run; Frontier Pony Express (Rep) 115 SEATTLE Fifth Avenue — Fifth Avenue Girl (RKO); Hero for a Day (Univ) 100 Liberty — The Real Glory (UA) 100 Music Box — The AA’omen (M-G-M). 3rd wk. . . . 90 Orpheum — Thunder Afloat (M-G-M); Stronger Than Desire (M-G-M), 2nd wk 100 Palomar — Espionage Agent (FN), plus stage show 90 Paramount — Hollywood Cavaleade (20th-Fox); Chan at Trea,sure Island (20th-Fox) 110 18 BOXOFFICE : : October 21, 1939