Boxoffice (Oct-Dec 1961)

Record Details:

Title:
Boxoffice
Date:
Oct-Dec 1961
Publisher:
New York, Boxoffice
Volume:
Boxoffice (Oct-Dec 1961)
Leaf #:
000234
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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DECEMBER I NOVEi FEATURE CHART The key fo letters ond combinations thereof indicating story type: (Ad) Adventure Drama; (Ac) Action Drama; (An) Animated-Action; (C) Comedy; (CD) Comedy-Drama; (Cr) Crime Drama; (DM) Drama with Music; (Doc) Documentary; (D) Drama; (F) Fantasy; (FC) Farce-Comedy; (Ho) Horror Drama; (Hi) Historical Drama; (M) Musical; (My) Mystery; (OD) Outdoor Drama; (SF) Science-Fiction; (W) Western. 20TH-FOX Sanctuary (90) © D..115 L. Remick. Y. Montand, B. Dillman Days of Thrills & Laughter (93) Compilation C..114 y©The Trapp Family (106) D . .117 Ruth Leuwerik. Hans Holt Sniper's Ridge (61) Ac.. 116 Jack Ging, Stanley Clements > < ©All Hands on Deck (98) © M. .112 Pat Boone, Barbara EMen, Buddy H.ackett ©Ferry to Hong Kong (103) © Ad.. no Orson Welles, Curl Jurgens, Sylvia Syms ©The Fiercest Heart (91) © OD..120 Stuart Whitman, Juliet Prowse ©Return to Peyton Place (122) © D..126 Carol Lynley, Eleanor Parker, Jeff Chandler, Ttiesday Weld The Right Approach (92) © D/M..127 Frankie Vaughan, Juliet Prowse, M,artha Hyer, Gary Oosby ©The Big Show (113) © Ad.. 123 Esther Williams, Clift Robertson, Darid Nelsoti ©Misty (92) © 0D..131 David Ladd, .Irthur O'Connell ©Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (105) © . . . .Ad. .133 Walter Pidgeon, Joan Fontaine, Barbara Eden. Frankie .\valon The Silent Call (63) D. .119 Roger Mobley, David McLean, Gall Russell ©Marines. Let's Go (104) © C. .137 David Hedisoo, Tom Tryon, Linda Hutchins ©The Big Gamble (100) © D..134 Stephen Boyd, Juliette Greco, David Wayne ©Francis of Assisi (105) © D. .132 ^ I Bradford Dillm:ui, Dolores Hart, uj I Stuart Whitman ©September Storm (90) . . Ad . . 139 Joanne Dru, .Mark Stevens (35mm release) s/i (20,00 Eyes (61) © Cr..l24 fkme Nelson. Merry .Vnders, I James Broun I The Hustler (134) © D..136 P. Newman, P. Laurie. .1. Gleason O' Seven Women From Hell (88) © Ac. 140 Zl ! Patricia Owens, Denise Darcel, Cesar Romero, John Kerr UNITED ARTISTS g II ©The Alamo (162) Todd-AO Hi.. 6028 John Wayne. Laiuence Harvey, Richard Widmark. Richard Boone The Hoodlum Priest (101) 0..6107 Don Murray, Cindi Wood. Larry Gates Frontier Uprising (68) . .W. .6103 Jim Davis. Nancy Hadley ©The Minotaur (92) ©..Ad.. 6115 Bob Mathi;is, Rosanna Schiaffino A Matter of Morals (90) . . D . .6108 Maj-Britt Nilsson. Patrick O'Neal, ENa Dahlback The Young Savages (103) .. D . .6114 Burt Lancaster, Shelley Winters. Dina Merrill The Gambler Wore a Gun (67) W..6109 Jim Davis, Merry .\nders Gun Fight (62) W. .6113 James Brown, Joan Staley Battle at Bloody Beach (80) © . Ac . . 128 A. Murphy, G. Crosby. D. Michaels ©Wild in the Country (114) © .D/M. .129 E. Presley, H. Lange, T. Weld ©Snow White and the Three Stooges (107) © . . . . C. .130 Carol Helss, Stooges ©Pirates of Tortuga (97) © Ad. 135 Ken Scott, Leticia RoiiKin Snake Woman (68) .... Ho. .6112 John .McCarthy, Susan Travers ©Or. Blood's Coffin (92) Ho. . 6111 Kieron Moore, Hazel Court ©Revolt of the Slaves (100) © Ad.. 6117 Rhonda Fleming, Lang Jeffries ©By Love Possessed (116) Panavision D..6119 Lana Turner, Efrem Zimbalist jr. The Last Time I Saw Archie (98) C . . 6118 Robert Mitchum, Jaek Webb When the Clock Strikes (72) My.. 6116 James Brown, Merry Anders The Naked Edge (102) My.. 6120 Gary Cooper, Deborah Kerr Goodbye Again (120) ...D..6125 Ingrid Bergman, Yves Montand, Anthony Perkins The Cat Burglar (65) ..Ac.. 6121 Gregg Palmer, June Kenney Teenage Millionaire (84) (partly in color) .... C/M . .6126 Jimmy Clanton, Zasu Pitts, Rocky Graziano You Have to Run Fast (73) Ac.. 6122 Craig Hill, EUalne Eldwards Three on a Spree (83) . . . C . .6122 Jack Watling, Carole Lesley The Young Doctors (102) .. D . .6128 E'redric March, Ben Gazzara, Ina Balin, Dick Clark ©The Comancheros ( . . ) .OD. .141 John Wayne, Stuart Whitman ©The Purple Hills (60) © Ac. .142 Gene Nelson, Joanna Barnes, Kent Taylor ©The Two Little Bears (..) © F/M..143 Brenda Lee, Eridlc .Mbert, Jane Wyatt, Jimmy Boyd ©The Second Time Around (99) © CD.. 144 Defririe R^Tiolds. Steve Forrest, .Andy Griffith, TTielma Ritter, Juliet Prowse. Ken Scott The Flight That Disappeared (72) SF..6129 Boy Who Caught a Crook (72) D..6127 Craig Hill. Paula Raymond Town Without Pity (105) .. D . .6135 Kirk Douglas, Christine Kaufman Secret of Deep Harbor (70) Ac.. 6130 Explosive Generation (90) D..6134 Season of Passion (92) ..D..6133 A. Baxter. B. Borgnine, J. Mills Paris Blues t98) D..6131 Paul Newman, Joanne Woodward ©X-15 (112) Panavision D..6137 Charles Bronson, Brad De.\ter Dead to the World (..) Ac.. Rudy Tallon, Jana Pearce ©Pocketful of Miracles (. .) CD. Glenn E'ord, Bette Davis, Hope Lange UNIVERSAL-INT'L ii WARNER BROS. ©Wings of Chance (76) . . OD . .6111 James Brown, Fr.mces Rafferty ©Tomboy and the Champ (92) 0D..6110 Candy Moore, Ben Johnson, Rex Allen The Secret Ways (112) ..D..6109 Richard Widmark, Sonja Ziemann ©Posse From Hell (89) . W. .6112 Audie Murphy, John Saxon, Zohra Lampert ©The Pharaoh's Woman (88) © Ad. 6113 Linda Cristal, John Drew Barrymore ©Ole Rex (40) Featurette. .6114 Rex (dog star), Billy Hughes, William Foster ©Romanoff and Juliet (112) C..6106 P. Ustinov, S. Dee, J. Gavin ©Curse of the Werewolf (91) Ho. 6115 Clifford Evans, Yvonne Remain The Shadow of the Cat (79) Ho. 6116 Baibara Shelley, .Andre Morell ©The Last Sunset (112) 0D..6117 Rock Hudson, Kirk Douglas, Dorothy Malone. Joseph Cotten Trouble in the Sky (76) . Ac . .6118 Michael Craig, Elizabeth Seal 0©Tammy Tell Me True (97) CD. 6119 Sandra Dee, John Gavin Blast of Silence (77) ..D..6120 Allen Baron, Molly McCarthy ©Come September (112) © C..6121 Rock Hudson, Gbia LoUobrigida, Sandra Dee, Bobby Darin ©Back Street (107) D. .6201 Susan Hayward, John Gavin The Sergeant Was a Udy (72) C..6202 Martin West, Venetia Stevenson, Bill Williams ©The White Warrior (86) Ad.. 010 Steve Reeves, Georgia Moll ©The Sins of Rachel Cade (123) D..003 .Angie Dickinson, Peter Finch, Roger Moore Portrait of a Mobster (108) Ac.. Oil Vic Morrow, Ray Danton ©The Steel Claw (96) Ac.. 012 George Montgomery, Charito Luna The Fabulous World of Jules Verne (81) Ad.. 013 Ernest Revere, Louis Locke ©Bimbo the Great (81) ..Ad . 014 Charles Holm, Mary .Ann Shields ©Parrish (137) D..015 Troy Donahue. Claudette Colbert, Karl Malden, Connie Stevens ©Fanny (133) D/M.. 016 Leslie Caron, Maurice Chevalier, Charles Boyer, Horst Buchholz ©World by Night (103) Doc.. 151 A tour of world-famed night spots Claudelle Inglish (99) D..155 Di.ine McBain, Arthur Kennedy. Wi.l Hutchins. Constance Ford ©Splendor in the Grass (124) D..154 .Natalie Wood. Warren Beatty, i’at Hingle, Audrey Cliristie ©Susan Slade (116) D..157 Troy Donahue, (krnnie Stetens, Dorothy McGuire, Lloyd Nolan The Mask (S3) D..156 Depth-Dimension Paul Stevens, Claudette Nevins ©The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone (100) D . . 159 Vivien Leigh, Warren Beatty COMING ALLIED ARTISTS The Big Wave Ad.. Sessue Hayakawa Billy Budd D . . Peter Ustinov, Robert Ryan ©El Cid ® D. . Charlton Heston, Sophia Loren The George Raft Story D . . Ray Danton, Jayne Mansfield AMERICAN-INT'L Burn, Witch. Burn Ho.. ■lanet Blair, Peter Cushing COLUMBIA ©Barabbas ® D . . Anthony Q4iinn, Silvana Mangano, Jack Palance, Ernest Borgnine Walk on the Wild Side D . . Laurence Harvey, Capucine, Anne Baxter, Jane Fonda 13 West Street D . . .Alan Ladd, Rod Steiger The Notorious Landlady C . Jack Lemmon, Kim Novak, Fred Astaire Advise and Consent 0 . . Charles Laughton, Henry Fonda, Walter Pidgeon, Gene Tierney ©Best of Enemies CD.. David Niven, Alberto Sordi, Michael Wilding MGM ©Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse © 0 . Glenn Ford, Ingrid Thulin, Charles Boyer. Lee J. Cobb ©Mutiny on the Bounty (Ultra Panavision-70) ....Ad.. Marlon Rr.indo, Trevor Howard, Hugh Griffith, Tarita A Light in the Piazza D.. Rossano Brazzi, Olivia de Havilland, George Hamilton, Yvette Mimieux ©King of Kings ® . . . . Bib D.. Jeffrey Hunter, Siobhan McKenna ©Jumbo M . . Doris Day, Stephen Boyd, Jimmy Durante PARAMOUNNT ©Escape From Zahrain D.. Vul Brynner, Madlyn Rhue ©Summer and Smoke (118) ® D..6107 Laurence Harvey. Geraldine Page ©Hatari! Ad.. John Wayne, Red Buttons Hell Is for Heroes D.. Steve McQueen, Bobby Darin Fess Parker, Bob Newhart ©My Geisha C.. Shirley MacLaine. Yves Montand, Rob't Cummings, EMw. G. Robinson The Errand Boy C . . Jerry Lewis 20TH-FOX Madison Avenue © D.. Dana .Andrews, Eleanor Parker ©It Happened in Athens © ..Ad.. Jayne Mansfield, Nice Minardos ©Tender Is the Night ©....D.. Jennifer Jones, Ja.son Robards jr. Joan Fontaine, Jill St. John The I nnocents © D . . 138 Deborah Kerr, Michael Redgrave UNITED ARTISTS ©Exodus (212) Panavision 70 D..6101 (Special release) .. Paul Newman, Eha Marie Samt, Peter I.a.vford Something Wild D.. CarrnM Raker. Ralph Meeker The Magic Sword Basil Rathbone. Estelle Winwood Judgment at Nuremberg D.. S. Tracy, B. Lancairter, R. Widmark, M. Dietrich. M. Clift, J. Garland Birdman of Alcatraz D.. Bull Lancaster, Karl Malden UNIVERSAL-INT'L ©Care Fear D . . Gregory Peck. Polly Bergen The Outsder D.. Tony Curtis. .las. Franclscus ©Flower Drum Song M.. Nancy Kwan, James Shigeta, Mivoshi Umeki. Juanita Hall ©Lover Come Back C.. Rock Hudson. Doris Day. Tony Randall. EMie Adams Ac . WARNER BROS. ©Merrill’s Marauders Jeff Oiandler. Ty Hardin ©The Music Man ® M Robert Pre.ston. Shirley Jones ©A Majority of One C Rosalind Russell. Alec Guinness ©Lad, a Dog D Peter Breck, Peggy McCay 8 BOXOFFICE BookinGuide Oct. 30, 1961