Boxoffice (Oct-Dec 1962)

Record Details:

Title:
Boxoffice
Date:
Oct-Dec 1962
Publisher:
New York, Boxoffice
Volume:
Boxoffice (Oct-Dec 1962)
Leaf #:
000601
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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'-lai ii_r I E BO O K IN 6 U IDE An Interpretive analysis ot lay and trodepress reviews. Running time Is In parentheses. The plus and minus signs indicate degree of merit. Listings cover current reviews, updated regularly. This department also serves as an ALPHABETICAL INDEX to feature releases. © Is for Cinemascope; ® VistaVision; © Superscope; © Ponovision ® Regolscope; ® Technirama. Symbol U denotes BOXOFFICE Blue Riblran Award; Q color photography. For listings by company in the order of release, see FEATURE CHART. Review digest AND ALPHABETICAL INDEX -H Very Good; + Good; — Foir; — Poor; = Very Poor. 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BV 2669 Bourbon St. Shadows (70) Cr MPA 2640 ©Boys' Night Out (115) © Com..MGM 2651 Brain That Wouldn't Die, The (71) Horror Dr AlP 2625 ©Broken Land, The (60) © Wn 20th-Fox 2619 Burn, Witch, Burn (89) Susp AlP 2633 Cabinet of Caligari, The (104) © Horror Drama 20th-Fox 2613 Cape Fear (105) Suspense Dr U-l 2658 Carnival of Souls (91) Psycho-Melodrama Herts-Lion 2673 Carry On, Teacher (86) Com. .. Governor 2659 ©Centurion, The (77) Spectacle PIP 2661 ©Chapman Report, The (125) Dr WB 2639 Clown and the Kid (65) Corn-Dr.... UA 2660 Coming-Out Party, A (98) Com.. Union 2645 Concrete Jungle, The (86) Dr. ..Fanfare 2650 Confessions of an Opium Eater (85) Shock Melodrama AA 2590 Continental Twist. The (See “Twist All Night") 2620 Convicts 4 (reviewed as “Reprieve") (106) Drama AA 2621 ^©Counterfeit Traitor. The (140) Drama Para 2690 Court Martial (82) War Dr UA 2665 Cry Double Cross (65) Melodrama Atlantic 2655 ©Damn the Defiant! (101) © Ac.. Col 2666 ©Damon and Pythias (99) Drama.. MGM 2671 ©Dangerous Charter (76) Ac Crown 2691 Days of Wine & Roses (117) Dr WB 2625 Dead to the World (87) Melo UA 2658 Devil's Messenger, The (72) Fantasy-Melodrama Herts-Lion Divorce — Italian Style (104) Eng-dubbed Comedy Embassy 2624 ©Doctor in Love (93) Com. Governor 2621 Don't Knock the Twist (87) Drama/Twist numbers Col — E — 2647 ©East of Kilimanjaro (72) Adv Parade 2657 ©Eegah (90) Corn-Fantasy Fairway 2588 ©El Cid (184) ® Hist. Spec AA 2680 Escape From East Berlin (94) Dr. MGM 2636 ©Escape From Zahrain (93) ® Adventure Drama Para — F— 2653 Fallguy (64) Crime Drama Fairway 2664 Firebrand, The (63) © W'n. . . 20th-Fox 2623 Five Finger Exercise (109) Dr Col 2654 ©Five Weeks in a Balloon (101) © Adv-Comedy 20th-Fox 2664 Flame in the Streets (93) 9-24-62 + 9-24-62 + 7-16-62 + 521-62 + 10 1-62 + 618-62 ++ 7-30-62 ± 4-30-62 ± 4 9-62 + 1+ 1+ 44 44 + 9+ 44 44 44 13+ 1+ 44 + + 44 10+2 + 1+11+1+ ± 4+2 5-28-62 + — + 44 + + + 7+1 3-19-62 + 44 + + + + + 11+ 8-20-62 + rt + 3+1 10-15-62 44 44 + 5+ 8-27-62 1+1 9 3-62 + 44 + — + 6+2 6-18-62 1+1 8-27-62 44 + 44 + + s+ 7 9-62 + + + 4+1 7-23-62 + 2+1 4 9-62 + + + + + 6+1 4-16-62 44 44 + + + + 44 13+ 12-10-62 + 2+1 9-17-62 + 1+ 8-13-62 + + + 44 -L 7+1 9-17-62 44 + + 44 7+1 10 8-62 + 3+2 12-17-62 44 + + 44 44 8+ 4-30-62 — 1+2 8-20-62 1+1 10 1-62 44 44 + 44 + + 9+ 4-23-62 + + + + 7+3 4-16-62 + + 7+5 7-16-62 1+1 8-20-62 + 1+ 12-18-61 44 44 + + + + 13+ 11 5-62 44 + 44 44 + 8+ 6 4-62 + + + + + + 7+1 8 6-62 1+1 9-10-62 2+3— 4-23-62 + 44 + + • 8+2 8 6-62 44 + + 44 + 44 + 10+ © Drama Atlantic 2618 ©Follow That Dream (110) ® Com. ..UA 2619 ©Forever My Love (115) Romantic Drama Para 2675 Frightened City. The (97) 2626 ©Geronimo (101) ® Outdoor Dr UA 2644 ©Gigot (104) Comedy 20th-Fox 2682 ©Girls! Girls! Girls! (106) Comedy Drama/Songs Para 2688 ©Girl Named Tamiko, A (110) ® 2651 Guns of Darkness (103) 2671 ©Gypsy (149) ® Musica Drama. . . . WB — H — 2626 ©Hands of a Stranger (BSJ/a) Susp. ..AA 2625 Harold Lloyd's World of Comedy (94) Comedy Cont'l 2634©Hatari! (159) Adv. Dr. Para 2634 Hell Is for Heroes (90) War Dr... Para 2639 ©Hemingway's Adventures of a Young Man (145) © Dr 20th-Fox 2668 ©Hero's Island (94) ® Period Adv. Drama UA 2620 ©Horizontal Lieutenant, The (90) Comedy © MGM 2641 Horror Chamber of Dr. Faustus, The (95) Horror Drama Lopert 2682 Horror Hotel (76) Ho Dr Trans-Lux 2623 House of Women (S3) Drama WB 2686 ©How the West Was Won (165) Cineram Historical Drama . . . . MGM-Cinerama 2662 ©Huns, The (85) Spectacle PIP 2636 ©I Like Money (81) © Com. . .20th-Fox 2635 Incident in an Alley (83) Dr UA 2661 ©If a Man Answers (102) Com... U-l 2626 Information Received (77) Dr U-l 2638 Interns. The (120) Col 2661 Invasion of the Animal People (55) Science-Fiction ADP-SR 2651 Invasion of the Star Creatures (81) Sc.-F'n Comedy AlP 2673 I Spit on Your Grave (100) Melo (Eng-dubbed) Audubon 2668 ©I Thank a Fool (100) © Drama.. MGM 2644 ©It Happened in Athens (92) © Comedy-Drama 20th-Fox 2685 It's Only Money (84) Comedy ....Para — 2645 ©Jack the Giant Killer (94) Adv-Fantasy UA 2615 ©Jessica (105) ® Rom. Comedy.... U A 2692 ©Joseph and his Brethren (103) Biblical Dr Colorama 2691 Juke Box Racket (61) Cr Dr. ... Brenner — K — 26S4 Kamikaze (89) Documentary. . Brigadier 2652©Kid Galahad (95) Com-Dr/Songs. . UA 2691 Kill or Cure (87) Comedy MGM 2672 Kind of Loving, A (112) Dr Govn'r — L— 2627 ©Lad; a Dog (98) Drama WB 2631 ©Last of the Vikings (102) Dyaliscope, Adv Medallion 2679 ©Legend of Lobo, The (67) Ad BV 2662 ©Lion, The (96) © Drama 20th-Fox 2630 ©Lisa (112) © Adv. Dr. 20th-Fox 2642 Lolita (152) Comedy-Drama MGM 2676 Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner, The (103) Dr Cont'l 2628 Lonely Are the Brave (107) © Outdoor Drama U-l 2675 Long Day's Journey Into Night (174) Drama Embassy 2674 Longest Day, The (180) © War Drama 20th Fox Reviewed Boxoffice 1 Harrison's Reports Variety | Film Daily Hollywood Reporter Parents’ Magazine New York Daily News (6 E 1 9-10-62 + 44 44 5+ 4 2-62 + + + 44 + 44 + 9+ 4 9-62 + + + + 44 8+2 12-10-62 44 44 4+ 10-22-62 + — 2+2 10-29-62 fl + + 44 44 9+ 4-30-62 + + + 44 + + rt 8+1 7 2-62 44 44 44 44 44 13+1 11-12-62 + + + 2^ 5+2 12 3-62 + + + 5+1 7-30-62 + ± 44 + + + 8+2 10 8-62 44 + 44 44 44 + 10+ 4-30-62 2^ 5+5 4-30-62 + ziz 44 44 44 44 10+1 5-28-62 H 44 + 44 + 44 44 12+ 5-28-62 + 2*2 + + + + &+1 6-18-62 44 2*2 + H 41 44 44 12+1 9-24-62 + 2*2 + 44 44 7+1 4 9-62 + 2^ + + 44 + 8+2 7 2-62 + ± 2+1 11-12-62 1+1 10-15-62 + 1+ 4-23-62 + + + — 6+4— 11-26-62 + + 44 44 8+ 9 3-62 1+1 11-26-62 + 1+ 6 4-62 + + 44 + + 7+1 6 4-62 2^ ± 3+3 9 3-62 + ± 44 + + ± 7+2 4-30-62 + + + + 5+1 6-11-62 -H 44 + 44 + + 10+1 9 3-62 1+1 7-30-62 1+1 10-15-62 + 1+ 9-24-62 + + + + 6+2 7 2-62 + + _ + 2± + 2*2 6+3 11-26-62 + 44 44 + 8+1 7 9-62 + 44 44 6+2 3-26-62 + + + 2*2 + 8+3 12-17-62 ± + ± 3+2 12-17-62 it 1+1 11-19-62 + + + 3+ 7-30-62 + + + 44 + + 8+ 12-17-62 + — 5+3 10 8-62 + 44 + 44 + 8+ 5 7-62 -H 2±: + + + 7+2 5-21-62 + + ±: 3+1 11 5-62 + 2*2 44 44 + + 9+1 9 3-62 44 44 44 44 9+ 5-14-62 + 44 + + 44 44 9+ 6-25-62 ++ + 44 44 44 11+2 10-22-62 + + # + 44 44 11+ 5 7-62 + + + + + 44 + 9+ 10-22-62 + 44 44 44 44 + 12+ 10-15-62 -H 44 44 44 44 44 12+ BOXOFFICE BookinGuide Dec. 24, 1962 5