Boxoffice (Oct-Dec 1961)

Record Details:

Title:
Boxoffice
Date:
Oct-Dec 1961
Publisher:
New York, Boxoffice
Volume:
Boxoffice (Oct-Dec 1961)
Leaf #:
000294
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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FEATURE CHART The key to letters and combinations thereof indicating story type; (Ad) Adventure Drama; (Ac) Action Drama; (An) Animated-Action; (C) Comedy; (CD) Comedy-Drama; (Cr) Crime Drama; (DM) Dromo 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 1 ti UNITED ARTISTS I ti UNIVERSAL-INT'L | WARNER BROS. | ti COMING MARCH 1 Sanctuary (90) © L. Remick. Y. Montand. B. Dillman Days of Thrills & Laujhter (93) Compilation C..114 0©The Trapp Family (106) D. .117 Buth Leuvrerik, Hans Holt Sniper's Ridge (61) Ac.. 116 Jack Ging. Stanley Clements ©The Alamo (162) Todd-AO Hi.. 6028 John Wayne, Laurence Harvey, Richard Wldmark, Richard Boone The Hoodlum Priest (101) 0..6107 Don Murray, Cindi Wood, Larry Gates Frontier Uprising (68) . .W. .6103 Jim Davis, Nancy Hadley ©Wings of Chance (76) . . OD . .6111 James Brown, Frances Rafferty ©The While Warrior (86) Ad . 010 Steve Reeves, Georgia Moll 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.. Janet Blair, Peter Cushing COLUMBIA ©Barabbas ® D . .\nthony Quinn, Silvana Mangano, .lack Balance, Ernest Borgnine Walk on the Wild Side D.. Laurence Harvey, Capuclne, Anne Baxter, Jane Fonda 13 West Street D . . APRIL 1 0AII Hands on Deck (98) © ..M .112 Pat Boone, Barbara Eden, Buddy Hackett QFerry to Hong Kong (103) © Ad.. no Orson Welles. Curl Jurgens, Svlrta Syms ©The Fiercest Heart (91) © 0D..120 Stuart Whitman, Juliet Prowse ©The Minotaur (92) ©..Ad.. 6115 Bob Mathias, Rosanna Schiaffino A Matter of Morals (90) . . D . .6108 Maj-Britt Nilsson. Patrick O'Neal, Eha Dahlback ©Tomboy and the Champ (92) 0D..6110 Candy Moore, Ben Johnson, Rex Allen The Secret Ways (112) ..D..6109 Richard Wldmark, Sonja Ziemann ©The Sins of Rachel Cade (123) D..003 Angie Dickinson, Peter Finch, Roger Moore Portrait of a Mobster (108) Ac. Oil Vie Morrow, Bay Danton ©The Steel Claw (96) Ac. .012 George Montgomery, Charito Luna 1 AVW ©Return to Peyton Place (122) © D..126 Carol Lynley. Eleanor Parker. Jeff Chandler, Tuesday Weld The Right Approach (92) © D/M..127 Frankie Vaughan. Juliet Prowse, Martha Hyer. Gary Crosby ©The Big Show (113) © Ad.. 123 Esther Williams. CUff Robertson, Darid Nelson The Young Savages (103) .. D . .6114 Burt Lancaster, Shelley Winters, Dina Merrill The Gambler Wore a Gun (67) W..6109 Jim Davis, Meiry Anders Gun Fight (62) W. .6113 James Brown. Joan Staley ©Posse From Hell (89) . W. .6112 Audie Murphy, J(^ Saxon, Zohra Lamport ©The Pharaoh’s Woman (88) © Ad.. 6113 Linda Cristal, John Drew Barrymore ©Ole Rex (40) Featurette. .6114 Rex (dog star), Billy Hughes, William Foster Alan Ladd, Rod Steiger The Notorious Landlady C.. .lack Lemmon. Kim Novak, Fred Astaire Advise and Consent D . . Cliarles Laughton, Henry Fonda, Walter Pidgeon, Gene Tierney ©Best of Enemies CD.. David Niven, .tlberto Sordi, Michael Wilding MGM ©Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse © D . . Glenn Ford, Ingrid Thulin, Charles Boyer, Lee J. Cobb ©Mutiny on the Bounty (Ultra Panavision-70) ...Ad.. Marlon Brando, Trevor Howard. Hugh Griffith, Tarita A Light in the Piazza D.. Rossano Brazzi. Oliria de Havlll.tnd, George Hamilton, Yvette Mimieux ©King of Kings ® . . . . Bib D .. Jeffrey Hunter. Slobhan McKenna ©Jumbo M.. Doris Day, Stephan Boyd, Jimmy Durante PARAMOUNT ©Escape From Zahrain D.. Yul Brynner, Madlyn Rhue ©Summer and Smoke (US) ® D..6107 Laurence Harvey, Oraldine Page JUNE 1 Battle at Bloody Beach (SO) © 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 Snake Woman (68) .... Ho. .6112 John McCarthy, Susan Travers ©Dr. Blood's Coffin (92) Ho . 6111 Kieron Moore, Hazel Court ©Revolt of the Slaves (100) © Ad. 6117 Rhonda Fleming, Lang Jeffries ©Romanoff and Juliet (112) C..6106 P. Ustinov. S. Dee, J. Gavin ©Curse of the Werewolf (91) Ho. .6115 Clifford Evans, Yvonne Romain The Shadow of the Cat (79) Ho. 6116 Barbara Shelley, Andre Morell ©The Last Sunset (112) 0D..6117 Rock Hudson. Kirk Douglas. Dorothy Malone, Joseph 0)tten The Fabulous World of Jules Verne (81) ....Ad.. 013 Ernest Revere, Louis Locke ©Bimbo the Great (81) ..Ad . 014 Charles Holm, Mary .tnn Shields JULY 1 ©Misty (92) © 0D..131 David Ladd, .\rthur O’Connell ©Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (105) © ...Ad.. 133 Walter Pidgeon, Joan Fontaine. Barbara Eden, Frankie .Avalon The Silent Call (63) D . .119 Roger Mobley, David McLean. Gall Russell ©By Love Possessed (116) Panavision D..6119 Lana Turner, Efrem Zimballst jr. The Last Time 1 Saw Archie (98) C..6118 Robert Mitchum, Jack Webb When the Clock Strikes (72) My.. 6116 James Brown, Merry Anders Trouble in the Sky (76) . .Ac. .6118 Michael Craig, BlUzabeth Seal 0©Tammy Tell Me True (97) CD. 6119 Sandra Dee, John Gavin ©Parrish (137) D..015 Troy Donahue, Claudette Colbert, Karl Malden, Connie Stevens AUGUST 1 ©Marines, Let's Go (104) © C. .137 David Hedisoo, Tom Tryon, Lln^ Hutchins ©The Big Gamble (100) © D..I34 Stephen Boyd, Juliette Greco, David Wayne The Naked Edge (102) My. .6120 Gary Cooper, Deborah Kerr Goodbye Again (120) . . . D . .6125 Ingrid Bergman, Yves Montand, Aiithony 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 Grazlano Blast of Silence (77) ..D..6120 Allen Baron, Molly McCarthy ©Fanny (133) D/M.. 016 Leslie Caron, Maurice ChevaUer, Charles Boyer, Horst Buchbolz ,lohn Wayne. Red Buttons Hell Is for Heroes D . . Steve McQueen. Bobby Darin Fess Parker, Bob Newhart ©My Geisha C.. Shirley MacLalne. Yves Montand, Rob’t Cummings, E!dw. G. Robinson The Errand Boy C.. Jerry Lewis 20TH-FOX Madison Avenue © D.. SEPTEMBER | ©Francis of Assisi (105) © D..132 Bradford DUlman, Dolores Hart, Stuart Whitman ©^ptember Storm (90) . .Ad. .139 Joanne Dru, Mark Stevens (35mm release) 20.00 Eyes (61) © Cr. .124 G. Nelson, M. Anders, J. Brown ©Upstairs and Downstairs (100) C..12S Michael Oaig. M. Demongeot You Have to Run Fast (73) Ac.. 6122 Craig HilL Blaine Eldwards Three on a Spree (S3) . . .C. .6122 Jack Watllng, Carole Lesley yThe Young Doctors (102) D. .6128 Fredric March, Ben Gazzara, Ina Balln. Dick Clark ©Exodus (212) Panav’n 70 D..6129 P. Nesvman, E. M. Saint, S. Mineo ©Come September (112) © C..6121 Rock Hudson, Gina Ixtllobrigida, Sandra Dee. Bobby Darin ©World by Night (103) Doc.. 151 A tour of world-famed night spots Claudelle Inglish (99) ... D..155 Diane McBaln, Arthur Kennedy, Will Hutchins. Constance Ford Dana Andrews, Eleanor Parker ©It Happened in Athens © ..Ad.. Jayne Mansfield, Nico Minardos ©Tender Is the Night ©....D.. •lennifer Jones, Jason Robards jr. Joan Fontaine, Jill St. John The Innocents © D. .138 Deborah Kerr, Mi(*ael Redgrave UNITED ARTISTS Something Wild D . . Carroll Baker, Ralph Meeker The Magic Sword B,asil Rathbnne. Estelle Winwood Judgment at Nuremberg D . . S. Tracy, B. Lancaster. R. Wldmark, M. Dietrich, M. Clift, J. Garland Birdman of Alcatraz D . . Burt Lancaster, Karl Malden The Children’s Hour D.. ■Audrey Hepburn, Shirley MacL.alne, •lames Gamer ©Sergeants 3 (Panavision) .. OD . . Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin OCTOBER 1 The Hustler (134) © D..136 P. Newman, P. Laurie, J. Gleason Seven Women From Hell (88) © Ac. 140 Patricia Owens, Denise Darcel, Cesar Romero, John Kerr ©Pirates of Tortuga (97) © Ad. 135 Ken Scott, Leticia Roman The Flight That Disappeared (72) SF..6129 Boy Who Caught a Crook (72) D..6127 Craig Hill, Paula Ra.vmond Town Without Pity (105) . . D . .6135 Kirk Douglas, Oiristine Kaufman Secret of Deep Harbor (70) Ac.. 6130 Explosive Generation (90) D..6134 Season of Passion (92) ..D..6133 A. Baxter. E, Borgnine, J. Mills ©Back Street (107) . . . . D . .6201 Susan Hayward, John Gavin ©Splendor in the Grass (124) D..154 Natalie Wood, Warren Beatty, Pat Hingle, Audrey Christie NOVEMBER ©The Comancheros (107) © 0D..141 John Wayne. Stuart Whltnran ©The Purple Hills (60) © Ac . 142 Gene Nelson, Joanna Barnes, Kent Taylor Paris Blues (98) D..6131 Paul Newman, Joanne Woodward ©X-15 (112) Panavision D..6137 Charles Bronson, Brad Dexter Dead to the World (..) Ac.. Rudy Taltnn, Jana Pearce The Sergeant Was a Udy (72) C..6202 Martin West, Venetia Stevenson, Bill Williams ©Susan Slade (116) D..157 Troy Donahue, Connie Stevens, Dorothy McGuire, Lloyd Nolan The Mask (S3) D..156 Depth-Dimension Paul Stevens, Claudette Nevins Melina Mercouri, Tony Perkins UNIVERSAL-INT'L ©Cape Fear D.. Gregory Peck, Polly Bergen The Outsider D.. Tony Curtis, .las. Franciscus ©Flower Drum Song M . . Nancy Kwan, James Shigeta, Miyoshi Umeki, Juaniti Hall ©Lover Come Back C.. Rock Hudson. Doris Day, Tony Randall. Bdie .Adams WARNER BROS. ©Merrill’s Marauders Ac.. .leff Chandler. Ty Hardin ©The Music Man ® M,. Robert Preston. Shirley Jones ©A Majority of One C. . Rosalind Ru.ssell, .Alec Guinness ©Lad. a Dog D . . Peter Breck. Peggy McCay 1 DECEMBER ©The Two Little Bears (..) © F/M 143 Brenda Lee, Eddie Albert, Jane Wyatt, Jimmy Boyd i ©The Second Time Around (99) © C. .144 ' Debbie Reynolds, Steve Forrest, ' •tndy Griffith. Tlielma Ritter, i Juliet Prowse. Ken Scott 1 ©Pocketful of Miracles (..) CD.. Glenn Ford, Bette Davis, Hope Lange ©The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone (100) D. .159 Vivien Leigh, Warren Beatty 8 BOXOFFICE BookinGuide Nov. 6, 1961