Boxoffice (Oct-Dec 1948)

An interpretative analysis oi opinions deducted from onH ^rade nress reviews. The plus and minus signs indicate the degree and P , , ju review. This department serves also as an ALPHABETICAL INDEX to feature releases. Numeral preceding ***^® Picture Guide Review page number. In parentheses after title is runni g ^ o O u xo: oz M 911 Madonna of the Desert (60) Rep... 3-13-48 -f ± + ± ± — -Eater of Kumaon (80) U-l 6 26-48 + ± 945 Man 908 Man From Texas, The (71) EL. Marshal of Amarillo (..) Rep.. 914 Mating of Millie, The (87) Col.. 914 Meet Me at Dawn (89) 20-Fox. 946 Mickey (87) EL. . 962 Miraculous Journey (76) FC 2-21-48 970 Miss Tatlock’s Millions (100) Para. 9-18-48 917 Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House (96) SRO 4 3-48 949 Mr. Peabody and the Mermaid (89) U-l 7-10-48 904 Mr. Reckless (67) Para 2-21-48 918 Money Madness (73) FC 4 3-48 970 Moonrise (90) Rep 9-18-48 879 Mourning Becomes Electra (173) RKO 12 6-47 953 Music Man (66) Mono 7-24-48 968 My Dear Secretary (94) UA 9-11-48 925 My Dog Rusty (67) Col 5 1-48 893 My Girl Tisa (95) WB 1-24-48 948 Mystery in Mexico (66) RKO 7 3-48 + + + 6-48 + ± ± + ± ... 3-20-48 + + + . . . 3-20-48 + -1 — — . . . 5-22-48 ■H + ++ ++ +f ... 6-19-48 -H -t + ... 6-26-48 + rfc + .Fox 6-19-48 -f + UA 3 6-48 + •H -f ++ +t ■H + + -f ± -f + + + + ++ 7-i 56+ 24+ 42+ 17-i 24+ 312-1 16+ 27-1 5 51 210-1 4-1 2 61 1 ± H 9-1-1 ± -1 -f. ± ± -f ■H• -l ± H tt + 9-11-48 + + + 5 1-48 dz 1-24-48 + + -f + 7 3-48 -f -1 ± tt 7-1 23-1 73+ 3 61 3 71 22-f 36+ 5-1 5H 15-1 4 N 896 Naked City, The (96) U-l 1-31-48 876 Nicholas Nickleby (95) U-l 11-22-47 951 Night Has a Thousand Eyes (81) Para 7-17-48 968 Night Wind (68) 20-Fox 9-11-48 920 Noose Hangs High, The (77) EL. . . . 4-10-48 950 Northwest Stampede (79) EL 7-10-48 (O 913 October Man, The (85) EL 3-20-48 907 Oklahoma Badlands (59) Rep 3 6-48 921 Old Los Angeles (87) Rep 4-17-48 967 Olympic Cavalcade (57) UA 9-11-48 971 Olympic Games of 1948 (88) EL.. 9-25-48 926 On an Island With You (107) MGM 5 1-48 964 One Touch of Venus (82) U-l 8-28-48 898 On Our Merry Way (formerly Miracle Can Happen, A) (107) UA 2 7-48 893 Open Secret (70) EL 1-24-48 971 Out of the Storm (61) Rep 9-25-48 P 895 Panhandle (84) Mono.' 1-31-48 888 Paradine Case, The (117) SRO.... 1 3-48 903 Pearl, The (77) RKO 2-21-48 Perilous Waters (64) Mono 907 Phantom Valley (53) Col 3 6-48 897 Piccadilly Incident (87) MGM 2 7-48 918 Pirate, The (102) MGM 4 3-48 957 Pitfall (85) UA 8 7-48 923 Port Said (69) Col 4-24-48 R 948 Race Street (78) RKO 7-3-48 958 Rachel and the Stranger (92) RKO.. 8 7-28 959 Range Renegades (54) Mono) 8-14-48 937 Raw Deal (78) EL 5-29-48 952 Red River (104) UA 7-17-48 892 Relentless (92) Col 1-17-48 934 Return of the Badmen (90) RKO... 5-22-48 912 Return of the Whistler, The (63) Col. 3-13-48 962 Return of Wildfire (81) SG 8-21-48 932 River Lady (78) U-l 5-15-48 974 Road House (. .) 20-Fox 10 2-48 959 Rocky (76) Mono 8-14-48 942 Romance on the High Seas (102 WB 6-12-48 963 Rope (80) WB 8-28-48 Rusty Leads the Way (..) Col 915 Ruthless (102) EL 3-27-48 8 897 Saigon (95) Para 2 7-48 908 ‘Sainted’ Sisters, The (90) Para.... 3 6-48 967 Saxon Charm, The (88) UA 9-11-48 908 Scudda Hoo! Scudda Hay! (95) 20-Fox 3 6-48 967 Sealed Verdict (83) Para 9-U-48 914 Search, The (104) MGM 3-20-48 889 Secret Beyond the Door (98) U-l... 1-10-48 963 Secret Land. The (71) MGM 8-28-48 w ++ ■H 4+ 44 44 44 144 + dr + 44 4 6+ 1 + + + + 4 54 + 34 2 + + 4 d: 74 4 + + 44 74 3 + 4 4 54 3 + + 44 2 -t rt 4 4 6-4 3 — + 2-4 -f + 2-4 ■H + + + 44 4 4 9-4 + dr 4 S4 3 + + 4+ 4 4 8-4 2 + rt = — 4-4 6 — + 3-4 4 + + + 44 44 4 8-4 -H ++ If 44 44 44 H 14-4 — + 44 44 + 8-4 3 34 3 4 — 3-4 4 — 4 44 4— + + -h 4 44 44 + + -f dr + 44 44 +f 10-4 1 — dr 5-4 6 4 6-4 5 + + ± 4 — ■H 6-4 2 + — 1-4 1 + + -f d: 7-4 4 +f -H •H 44 44 44 12-4 t+ -f 4 44 4 4 9-4 1 -f rt rt 4 — 4 5-4 3 dr — d: 5-4 6 + 4 34 1 d: 4 4 4 + 6-4 2 + + 34 1 d: 3-4 3 +f 44 4 4 ± i(H 1 -H 44 4 10-4 2 4 2-4 1 + d: 4 4 4 d: 7-4 3 dr + 5-4 5 -f dr 4 7-4 5 ■ff 4 4 + 7-4 2 + + 4 4 + 64 1 d: 4-4 4 •H ■H -H 44 44 44 4+ 14-4 64 6 + 4 2-4 time. Dote following distributor is BOXOFFICE review date. Listings cover current reviews. It is brought up to date regularly. The meaning of the various signs and their combinations is as follows: ++ Very Good; + Good; — Fair; — Poor; = Very Poor. In the summary ++ is rated as 2 pluses; = as 2 minuses. E S i= 2 ro 0 3 ^ £ 2 1 iE >, s •o S bi W «/» C t i oz > E « — i -S s o X 'Z E z ® 5-= E q1 k Qc o cc ca X cc > tZ XQC O.S z o (/) 939 Secret Service Investigator (60) i.ap. *. 5-48 — + 44 + 7-4 4— 922 Shaggy (71) Para 4-17-48 d: — dr — 3-4 5 Shanghai Chest (65) Mono d: d: — — 2-4 4 960 Shed No Tears (70) EL 8-14-48 *+» dr 5-4 5 904 Sign of the Ram, The (85) Col 2-21-48 + dr + -4 44 + 7-4 1 919 Silent Conflict (61) UA 4-10-48 dz — — 3-4 5 928 Silver River (110) WB 5 8-48 dr + + 6-4 4 Sinister Journey ( . .) UA dr 2-4 2— 906 Sitting Pretty (84) 20-Fox 2-28-48 +t +4 44 44 44 44 44 14-4 941 Sixteen Fathoms Deep (82) Mono... 6-12-48 — dr 44 4-4 3 971 Smart Girls Don’t Talk (81) WB.. 9-25-48 dr dr — rt 3-4 4 912 Smart Woman (90) Mono 3-13-48 -H + 44 — — 8-4 3 933 So Evil, My Love (109) Para 5-22-48 dr -4 44 8-4 3 967 Sofia (83) FC 9-11-48 ++ + + 44 6-4 932 So This Is New York (79) UA 5-15-48 + + + + -4 dz 6-4 1 971 Son of God’s Country (60) Rep 8-25-48 + dr — 2-4 3— 964 Song Is Born, A (110) RKO 8-28-48 + + + 44 + 7-4 1 916 Song of Idaho (66) Col 3-27-48 — 3-4 4— 871 Song of My Heart (85) Mono 11 8-47 + + rt 44 + + 7-4 1 956 Sorry, Wrong Number (90) Para.... 7-31-48 •H + 44 44 44 11-4 2 953 Southern Yankee, A (91) MGM.... 8 7-48 + + -4 44 44 + S-4 906 Speed to Spare (58) Para 2-28-48 — rt 5-4 6 863 Spirit of West Point (77) FC 10-11-47 -f d: + 44 dr 44 8-4 2 958 Spiritualist, The (79) EL 8 7-48 + + 5-4 3 916 State of the Union (122) MGM.... 3-27-48 -H 4+ 44 44 44 44 44 14-4 935 Stage Struck (71) Mono 5-22-48 — dr — rt 3-4 5 966 Station West (92) RKO 9 4-48 dr + + -4 6-4 3— 907 Strawberry Roan (79) Col 3 6-48 -f + + rt 4-4 1 950 Street With No Name (91) 20-Fox.. 7-10-48 4+ + 44 44 + + 9+ 912 Summer Holiday (92) MGM 3-13-48 ■H + -4 44 44 + -4 10-4 937 Sword of the Avenger (76) EL 5-29-48 d: — zt 3-4 4 T 901 Take My Life (85) EL -. . 2-14-48 + rt -4 + ± 5-4 2 947 Tap Roots (109) U-l 7 3-48 + + + 44 44 + -4 9-4 917Tarzan and the Mermaids (67) RKO 4 3-48 + dr + -4 dr dr 7-4 4 856 Tawny Pipit, The (81) U-l 9-13-47 + + -4 rt 44 6-4 1 880 Tender Years, The (81) 20-Fox 12 6-47 + dr + -4 — 44 6-4 2 891 Tenth Avenue Angel (75) MGM.... 1-17-48 — — -4 — 5-4 5— 954 Texas, Brooklyn and Heaven (76) UA 7-24-48 rt zt 5-4 5 951 That Lady in Ermine (89) 20Fox. . 7-17-48 + dr + rt — -4 ' rt 6-4 4 13 Lead Soldiers (66) 20-Fox dr + — rt 4-4 4— 900 Three Daring Daughters (115) MG IV 2-14-48 rt -4 44 + + 44 10-4 1 949 Thunderhoof (77) Col 7-10-48 + dr + rt 6-4 4 947 Timber Trail, The (67) Rep 7 3-48 + dz + + dr 5-4 2 933 Time of Your Life, The (109) UA. 5-22-48 + + 44 + 44 44 10-4 1 913 Tioga Kid, The (54) EL 3-20-48 zt d: rt 4-4 4— 894 To the Ends of the Earth (109) Col 1-24-48 + rt + 44 + 44 + 9+ 1 918 To the Victor (99) B 4 3-48 + + + dz rt 7-4 4 908 Tornado Range (56) EL 3 6-48 zt rt 3-4 3 951 Trail to Laredo (54) Col 7-17-48 dr dr 2-4 2 952 Train to Alcatraz (60) Rep 7-17-48 rt dr + dr rt 6-4 6 929 Trapped by Boston Blackie (67) Col 5 8-48 dr rt 5-4 5 Triple Threat (. .) Col 2-4 2 945 Twisted Road (95) RKO 6-26-48 + + rt 44 44 8-4 2 958 Two Guys From Texas (86) WB... 8 7-48 + ± rt + dr dz 7-4 5 U 862 Unconquered (146) Para 10 4-47 ++ ± + 44 44 + + 10-4 1 931 Under California Stars (70) Rep. . 5-15-48 + + + 5-4 2 940 Up in Central Park (87) U-l 6 5-48 + ± 44 + + 8-4 3— 961 Urubu, the Story of Vulture People (66) UA 8-21-48 ± ± + 3-4 3 V 958 Variety Time (59) RKO 7 7-48 953 Velvet Touch, The (97) RKO 7-24-48 939 Vicious Circle, The (77) UA 6 5-48 886 Voice of the Turtle, The (103) WB.. 12-27-47 W 968 Walk a Crooked Mile (89) Col 9-11-48 934 Wallflower (78) WB 5-22-48 950 Walls of Jericho, The (106) 20-Fox 7-10-48 927 Waterfront at Midnight (63) Para... 5 8-48 916 West of Sonora (55) Col 3-27-48 899 Western Heritage (61) RKO 2-14-48 Westward Trail (58) EL 936 Whirlwind Raiders (54) Col 5-22-48 928 Who Killed ‘Doc’ Bobbin? (55) UA.. 5 8-48 940 Will it Happen Again? (62) FC 6 5-48 957 Winner’s Circle (70) 20-Fox 8 7-48 919 Winter Meeting (104) WB. 4-10-48 905 Woman From Tangier (66) Col 2-28-48 923 Woman in White, The (109) WB... 4-24-48 886 Woman’s Vengeance, A (96) U-l .. .12-27-47 891 Women in the Night (90) FC 1-17-48 899 Wreck of the Hesperus, The (68) Col. 2-14-48 Y 894 You Were Meant for Me (91) 20-Fox 1-24-48 -4 ± + 5-4 3 rt d: + 44 44 9-4 4 + — + dr rt 7-4 5 ++ +4 4+ -4 + 4" + 10-4 41 + -4 + 6-4 1 -4 -4 7-4 5 + dr 44 4 7-4 5 + rt + rt 6-4 A— + 4“ 3-4 2 + dz 5-4 4— dz 2-4 2— dr + 5-4 4 -4 4-4 4— rt 1-4 1 -4 — + 3-4 2— -4 — dr -4 5-4 4— rt — rt — 3-4 5 + dr -4 — + 44 6+ 2 + + + rt + -4 7-4 2 -4 — 3-4 3 + — + dr 3-4 2— j -f + 44 ± 4 ■4 8-4 1