Boxoffice (Oct-Dec 1940)

"THE WESTERNER" RIDES FIRST IN FILM PARADE BOSTON Fenway — Sea Hawk (WB); Charlie Chan at the Wax Museum (20th-Fox). 2nd run 110 Keith’s Memorial — Hired Wife (Univ); Men Agrain the Sky (RKO), 2nd wk 65 Loew’s Orpheum — Boom Town (M-G-M); Bady in Question (Col), 2nd wk 80 Loew’s State — Same as Orpheum 75 Metropolitan — Brigrham Young: — Frontiersman (20th-Fox): One Crowded Nigfht (RKO) 120 Paramount — Same as Fenway 105 CHARLOTTE Broadway — Bill of Divorcement (RKO). 1st half 90 Broadway— River’s End (WB), 2nd half 90 Carolina — Ducky Partners (RKO), 1st half.... 100 Carolina — No Time for Comedy (WB), 2nd half. 100 Imperial — Coinin’ Round the Mountain (Para’t), 1st half 90 Imperial — The Man I Married (20th-Fox), 2nd half 90 State — South to Karanga (Univ), 1st part 100 State — I>a Congra Nigrhts (Univ). 2nd part 100 State — Ragrtime Cowboy Joe (Univ), 3rd part.. 100 CHICAGO Apollo — Dr. Ivildare (ioes Home (M-G-M).... 70 Chicago — I Want a Divorce (Para’t), plus stage show 80 Garrick — He Stayeil for Br«ikfast (Col) 80 Oriental — Cross Country Romance (RKO), plus George Jessel stage show 170 Palace — Hired Wife (Univ); Mumm.v’s Hand (Univ) 145 Roosevelt — Rangers of Fortune (Para’t) 110 State-Lake — -Golden (iloves (Para’t). plus stage show 95 United Artists — Boom Town (M-G-M), 3rd wk 105 CINCINNATI Albee — The Howards of Virginia (Col) 110 Capitol — I*ul>lic l)el> No. 1 (20th-Fox) 90 Grand — No Time for Coined.v (WB). 2nd wk. ..100 Keitli'.s — Flowing Gold (WB) 95 Palace — City for Conquest (WB) 105 Sliubert — .\rgentine Nights (Univ) 115 CLEVELAND .\llen — Sea Hawk (WB), 3rd wk 100 Hippodrome — He Stayed for Breakfast (Col).. 100 Lake — Pastor Hall (UA) 160 Palace — Dance, Girl, Dance (RKO), plus Guy Lombardo on stage 115 State — Boom Town (M-G-M), 2nd wk 135 Stillman — Dr. Kildare Goes Home (M-G-M) ... 100 DALLAS Capitol — Girl From Go<l*s Country (Rep). 1st part 85 Capitol — Secret Seven (Col). 2nd part 90 t'apitol — (iirl From Havana (Rep), 3rd part... 90 Majestic — The Westerner (UA) 180 F^alace — Houards of Virginia (Col) 100 Rialto — Dr. Kildare Goes Home (M-G-M), 1st half 90 Rialto — Scatterbrain (Rep), 2nd half 90 Tower — B<iom Town (M-G-M). 3rd wk 150 DENVER .\laddin— He Stayeil for Breakfast (Col); The Lion Has Wings (UA). after wk. at Denver.. 125 Broadway — Boom Town (M-G-M), after 2 wks. at Orpheum 140 T>enham — I Want a Divorce (Para’t) 75 Denver— Brigham Young — Frontiersman (20th-Fox) 130 Orpheum — Danoe, Girl, Dance (RKO): Dr. Kildare (Joes Home (RKO) 100 Paramount — I*iiblie Deb No. 1 (20th-Fox): Yesterday’s Heroes (20th-Fox) 120 Rialto — Sea Hawk (WB), after wk. at each the Denver and Aladdin; Haunted House (Mono) 130 DETROIT Adam.s — Brigham Young — Frontiersman (20thFox), after wk. at Fox: Five Little Peppers in Trouble (Col) 120 Cinema — Mile. Ma Mere (SR); School for Husbands (SR) 150 Fox^ — The Howards of Virginia (Col); Pier 13 (20th-Fox) 110 Michigan — Strange Cargo (M-G-M); Dr. Kildare Goes Home (M-G-M) 125 Palms-State — The Sea Hawk (WB): Ladies Must Live (FN), after wk. at Michigan 130 United Artists — Boom Town (M-G-M), 5th wk.. 75 INDIANAPOLIS Alamo — Son of Roaring Dan (Univ); The Last Alarm (Mono) 70 Apollo — Captain Caution (UA) 25 Circle — Rangers of Fortune (Para’t): Mystery Sea Raider (Para’t) 80 Indiana — Brigham Young — Frontiersman (20thFox): Charlie Chan at the Wax Museum AVERAGE IS 100% Top Hits of the Week The Westerner — Dallas 180 New Orleans 175 Brigham Young — Frontiersman — New Orleans 175 Pastor Hall — Cleveland 160 Boom Town — Minneapolis 150 Hired Wife — New Orleans 150 He Stayed for Breakfast — Los Angeles 150 They Drive by Night (dual) — Salt Lake City 150 EXTENDED RUNS Gone With the AVind, 41st wk., New York City. Pride and Prejudice, 6th wk., Los Angeles. Boom Town, 5th wk., Detroit; 4th wk., Philadelphia, Seattle; 3rd wk., Minneapolis, New York City. Brigham Y'^oung, 5th wk., Salt Lake City. Foreign CorresiHuident, 5th wk., New York City. Sea Hawk, 3rd wk., Pittsburgh. Wyoming (dual), 3rd wk., Seattle. (20th-Fox) 90 Loew’s — The Westerner (UA); Blondie Has Servant Trouble (Col) 130 Lyric — The Leather Pushers (Univ), plus stage show 95 KANSAS CITY Esquire — The Great Profile (20th-Fox) 100 Midland — Howards of Virginia (Col); Out W’est AA'ith the Pei)i>ers (Col) 125 Newman — 'I’he Sea Hawk (WB), holdover 70 Orpheum — Dance, Girl, Dance (RKO); Tom Brown’s School Days (RKO) 130 Tower — Sing, Dance, Plenty Hot (Rep), plus .stage show 105 Uptown — .‘^ame as Esquire 95 LOS ANGELES I’hinese — Kit Carson (UA); The Golden Fleecing (M-G-M) 110 Downtown— -No Time for Comedy (WB) 125 Hillstreet — He Stayed for Breakfast (Col); Dr. Christian Meets the Women (RKO) 140 Hollywood — Same as Downtown 125 Pantages — Same as Hillstreet 150 Paramount — Rangers of Fortune (Para’t), plus Judy Canova on stage 135 .state — Same as Chinese 125 Four Star — Pride and Prejudice (M-G-M), 6th wk 65 MILWAUKEE Palace — He Stayed for Breakfast (Col); Blondie Has Servant Trouble (Col) 90 Riverside — Tlie Secret Seven (Col), plus stage show 125 Strand — Boom Town (M-G-M); The Golden Fleecing (M-G-M) 115 W^arner — No Time for Comedy (WB); The Ramparts AA> Watch (RKO) 125 Wisconsin — Brigham Young — Frontiersman (20th-Fox); I^iblic Deb No. 1 (20th-Fox) . . . . 110 MINNEAPOLIS -A.lvin — Sing, Dance, Plenty Hot (Rep), plus stage show 90 Aster — Ladies Must live (FN); Triple Justice (RKO) 95 Century — Boom Touti (M-G-M), 3rd wk 150 Esquire — I.fOst Horizon (Col), reissue 90 Gopher — Argentine Nights (Univ) 95 Orpheum—Foreign Correspondent (UA) 100 State — Brigham Young — Frontiersman (20th Fox) 125 W'orld — Rami>arts W'e Watch (RKO), 2nd wk. .125 NEW HAVEN College — Foreign Corres|)ondent (UA): Captain Is a I.a<]y (M-G-M), 2nd wk 110 Loew-Poli — Brigham Young — Frontiersman (20th-Fox); Blondie Has Servant Trouble (Col) 80 Paramount — Hired Wife (Univ); Golden Gloves (Para’t) 125 Roger Sherman — City for Conquest (WB); Money and the Woman (WB) 135 NEW ORLEANS Center — South of Pago Pago (UA) 125 Globe — Maryland (20th-Fox) 90 Liberty — When the Daltons Bode (Univ) 100 Loew’s — The Westerner (UA) 175 Saenger — Brigham Young — Frontiersman (20th-Fox) 175 Tudor — Biseuit Kater (Para’t) 100 Orpheum — Hired W'ife (Univ) 150 NEW YORK CITY Astor — Gone With the AVind (M-G-M), 41st wk 100 Capitol — Boom Town (M-G-M), 3rd wk 120 Criterion — Dr. Kildare Goes Home (M-G-M)... 90 Globe— Pastor Hall (UA) 130 Paramount — Rangers of Fortune (Para’t), plus stage show 115 Radio City Music Hall — The Ramparts AVe Watch (RKO), plus stage show 90 Rialto — The Mummy’s Hand (Univ) 85 Rivoli — Foreign Corresiiondent (UA), 4th wk...ll0 Fioxy^ — Brigham Young — Frontiersman (20th Fox), plus stage show 105 Strand — No Time for Comedy (WB), 3rd wk., plus stage show 105 OKLAHOMA CITY Criterion — The Sea Hawk (WB) 95 Liberty — The Captain Is a Lady (M-G-M), The Saint Takes Over (RKO), 1st part 90 Liberty — Pop Always Pays (RKO); Ski Patrol (Univ), 2nd part 85 Midwest — The Man I Married (20th-Fox) 90 State — Captain Caution (UA) ; Sing, Dance, Plenty Hot (Rep) 95 Tower — My Favorite AA’ife (RKO) 100 OMAHA Brandeis — I Want a Divorce (Para’t): Stranger on the Third Floor (RKO) 115 Omaha — Flowing Gold (WB); The Girl From Avenue A (20th-Fox) 90 Orpheum — Dr. Kildare Goes Home (M-G-M). plus Laurel and Hardy on stage 100 PITTSBURGH Alvin — He Stayed for Breakfast (Col) 135 Barry — Ride, Tenderfoot, Ride (Rep); Sing, Dance, Plenty Hot (Rep) 125 Fulton — Girl From Avenue A (20th-Fox); Charlie Chan at the AA’ax Museum (20th Fox) 60 Penn — Itoom Town (M-G-M), 2nd wk 140 Ritz — The Sea Hawk (WB), 3rd d. t. wk 85 Stanley — Dr. Kildare Goes Home (M-G-M), plus Mickey Rooney in person 300 Warner — Gold Rush Maisie (M-G-M): Over the -Aloon (UA) 100 PHILADELPHIA Aldine — Haunted Honeymoon (M-G-M) 70 Boyd — Brigham Y’oung — Frontiersman (20th Fox) 90 Earle— Boom Town (M-G-M), 4th wk 100 Fox — City for Conquest (WB) 135 Karlton — Private Affairs (Univ) 65 Keith’s — No Time for f!oinedy (WB) 95 Stanley— The Howards of A’irginia (Col), 2nd wk 90 Stanton — AA'yoming (M-G-M) 95 PROVIDENCE Albet — ItampartN We W’atoh (RKO); .Saps at Sea (UA) 110 Carlton — Boom Town (M-G-M); Lady in Question (Col), 3rd wk 175 Fays — Charlie Chan at Wax Museum (20th Fox); Colorado (Rep) 100 Majestic — Man Who Talked Too Much ( VV B ) ; River’s End (WB) 75 State — Foreign Corresimndent (UA) ; Golden Fleecing (M-G-M) 110 Strand — I Want a Divorce (Para’t): Girl From God’s Country (Rep) 90 SALT LAKE CITY Capitol — Charlie Chan at the AA’^ax Museum (20th-Fox); Private Affairs (Univ) 100 Centre — Boom Town (M-G-M), 2nd wk 125 Rialto — Dance, Girl, Dance (RKO); Beyond Tomorrow' (RKO) 120 Studio— Brigham Y’^oung (20th-Fox), 5th wk....l25 Utah — They Drive by Night (WB); Man I Married (20th-Fox) 150 SEATTLE Blue Mouse — Boom Town (M-G-M), 4th wk... 90 Fifth Avenue — Strike Up the Band (M-G-M).. 110 Liberty — Foreign Correspondent (UA) 100 Music Box — AA^yoming (M-G-M); Dr. Kildare Goes Home (M-G-M), 3rd wk 90 Orpheum — Argentine Nights (Univ); The Mummy’s Hand (Univ) 90 Palomar — Flowing Gold (WB), plus stage show Paramount — Hired AA’ife (Univ); The Gay Caballero (20th-Fox) 100 76 BOXOFFICE :: October 5, 1940