Harrison's Reports (1938)

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A REVIEWING SERVICE FREE FROM THE INFLUENCE OF FILM ADVERTISING VoL_XX SATURDAY, JANUARY 1, 1938 No. "l Box Office Performances of 1937-38 Season's Pictures — No. 3 Twentieth Century-Fox Excellent 1 ; Excellent-Very Good, 1 ; Excellent-Good, "Hot Water," with Jed Prouty, Spring Byington, Shirley ] ; Very Good-Good, 3 ; Very Good-Fair, 2 ; Good-Fair, Deane, and Russell Gleason, produced by Max Golden and 4 : Good-Poor, 2 ; Fair, 6 ; Fair-Poor, 2. directed by Frank Strayer, from a screen play by Robert The first 22 of the 1936-37 season exclusive of the west Chapin and Karen DeWolf : Good-Poor (mostly Fair) . erns, were rated as follows : "Life Begins in College," with the Ritz Brothers, Tony ExcellentVery Good, 1 ; Very Good, 2 ; Very GoodMartin, and Gloria Stuart, produced by Harold Wilson and Good, 4 ; Good, 6 ; Good-Fair,2 ; Fair, 4 ; Fair-Poor, 3. directed by William A. Seiter, from a screen play by Karl A decided improvement this season. Tunberg and Don Ettlinger : Very Good-Good. "Lancer Spy," with George Sanders, Dolores Del Rio, United Artists Peter Lorre, and Virginia Field, produced by Samuel G. "Farewell Again," with Leslie Banks, Flora Robson, and Engle and directed by Gregory Ratoff, from a screen play Sebastian Shaw, produced by Erich Pommer and directed by Philip Dunne : Good-Poor. by Tim Whelan, from a screen play by Ian Hay : Fair. "Roll Along, Cowboy," with Smith Ballew and Cecilia "Stand-In," with Joan Blondell, Leslie Howard, HumParker, produced by Sol Lesser and directed by Gus Meins, phrey Bogart, and Maria Shelton, produced by Walter from a screen play by Dan Jarrett : Fair. Wanger and directed by Tay Garnett, from a screen play "Heidi," with Shirley Temple, Jean Hersholt, Arthur by Gene Towne and Graham Baker : Good. Treacher, Sidney Blackmer, and Marcia Mae Jones, pro "52nd Street," with Ian Hunter, Leo Carrillo, Pat Pater duced by Raymond Griffith and directed by Allan Dwan, son, and Kenny Baker, produced by Walter Wanger and from a screen play by Walter Ferris and Julien Josephson : directed by Harold Young, from a screen play by Grover Excellent-Good (most reports said Very Good). Jones: Poor. "Charlie Chan On Broadway," with Warner Oland, Joan "Nothing Sacred," with Carole Lombard, Frederic Marsh, Keye Luke, and J. Edward Bromberg, produced by March, Charles Winninger, and Walter Connolly, proJohn Stone and directed by Eugene Forde, from a screen duced by David O. Selznick and directed by William A. play by Charles Belden and Jerry Cady : Good-Fair. Wellman, from a screen play by Ben Hecht : Excellent "Ali Baba Goes To Town," with Eddie Cantor, Tony Vefy Good. Martin, Roland Young, and June Lang, produced by "Murder on Diamond Row," with Edmund Lowe, proLawrence Schwab and directed by David Butler, from a duced by Alexander Korda and directed by William K. screen play by Harry Tugend and Jack Yellen : Very Good Howard, from a screen play by Edward O. Berkman : Fair. ^a'r' Eleven pictures have been reported since the beginning "Danger— Love At Work," with Ann Sothern, Jack Df the season, rated as follows : Haley, and Mary Boland, produced by Harold Wilson and _ „ „ , „ „ „ „ . , „ , „ directed by Otto L. Preminger, from a screen play by Ben ExcellentVery Good 3 ; Excellent-Good 1 ; Good, 2; Markson and J. E. Grant : Good-Fair (mostly Poor). Good-Poor, 1 ; Fair, 2; FairPoor, 1 ; Poor, 1. "Dangerously Yours," with Cesar Romero, Phyllis The first eleven of the 1936"37 season were rated as Brooks, and Alan Dinehart, produced by Sol Wurtzel and follows : directed by Mai St. Clair, from a screen play by Lou Bres Very Good-Good, 2 ; Good, 5 ; GoodFair, 2; Fair-Poor, low and John Patrick : Fair-Poor. ] ■ Poor, 1. "Second Honeymoon," with Loretta Young, Tyrone A decided improvement this season. Power, Lyle Talbot, Stuart Erwin, Claire Trevor, and Marjorie Weaver, produced by Raymond Griffith and di Universal rected by Walter Lang, from a screen play by Kathryn "Law For Tombstone," with Buck Jones, produced by Scola and Darrell Ware : Very Good-Good. Buck Jones and directed by W. B. Eason, from a screen "Forty-Five Fathers," with Jane Withers, Thomas Beck, play by Frances Guilian : Fair, and Louise Henry, produced by John Stone and directed by "Idol of the Crowds," with John Wayne and Sheila James Tingling, from a screen play by Frances Hyland and Bromley, produced by Paul Malvern and directed by Albert Ray : Very Good-Fair. Arthur Lubin, from a screen play by George Waggner and "Dinner at the Ritz," with Annabella, Paul Lukas, and Harold Buckley: Fair-Poor. David Niven, produced by Robert T. Kane and directed by "Trouble At Midnight," with Noah Beery, Jr., produced Harold D. Schuster, from a screen play by Roland Pertwee by Ben Koenig and Barney Sarecky and directed by Floyd and Romney Brent: Fair. Beebe, from a screen play by Maurice Geraghty"; Fair "Big Town Girl," with Claire Trevor, Donald Woods, Poor, and Alan Baxter, produced by Milton H. Field and "That's My Story," with Gaudia Morgan, William directed by Alfred Worker, from a screen play by I^ou Lundigan, and Bernardene Hayes, produced bv Robert Breslow, John Patrick, Robert Ellis and Helen Logan: Presncll and directed by Sidney Salkow, from a screen Fair. p]ay Dy Barry Trivers : Fair-Poor. "Borrowing Trouble," with Jed Prouty, Spring Bying "The Westland Case," with Preston Foster, Carol ton, Shirley Deane, and Russell Gleason, produced by Max Hughes, Astrid Allwyn, and Frank Jenks, produced by Golden and directed by Frank R. Strayer, from a screen Irving Starr and directed by Christy Cabanne, from a play by Robert Chapin and Karen DeWolf : Fair. screen play by Robertson White : Fair-Poor. The number of pictures reported since the beginning of "A Girl with Ideas," with Wendy Barrio, Walter Pid the season are 22. rated as follows: (Continued on last page)