Harrison's Reports (1938)

100 June 18, 1938 BOX-OFFICE PERFORMANCES OF 1937-38 SEASON'S PICTURES— No. 4 Twentieth Century-Fox "The Baroness and the Butler," with William Powell and Annabella, produced by Raymond Griffith and directed by Walter Lang, from a screen play by Sam Hellman, Lamar Trotti, and Kathryn Scola : Good-Fair. "Love on a Budget," with Jed Prouty, Spring Byington, and Shirley Deane, produced by Max Golden and directed by Herbert Leeds, from a screen play by Robert Ellis and Helen Logan : Good-Fair. "Sally, Irene and Mary," with Alice Faye, Tony Martin, Joan Davis, and Marjorie Weaver, produced by Gene Markey and directed by William A. Seiter, from a screen play by Harry Tugend and Jack Yellen: Good-Fair (mostly good). "Walking Down Broadway," with Claire Trevor, Phyllis Brooks and Michael Whalen, produced by Sol M. Wurtzel and directed by Norman Foster, from a screen play by Robert Chapin and Karen De Wolf: Good-Poor. "Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm," with Shirley Temple, Gloria Stuart, and Randolph Scott, produced by Raymond Griffith and directed by Allan Dwan, from a screen play by Karl Tunberg and Don Ettlinger : Very Good-Good. "Mr. Moto's Gamble," with Peter Lorre, Keye Luke and Lynn Bari, produced by John Stone and directed by James Tinling, from a screen play by Charles Belden and Jerry Cady : Good-Fair. "Island in the Sky," with Gloria Stuart, Michael Whalen, and Paul Kelly, produced by Sol M. Wurtzel and directed by Herbert I. Leeds, from a screen play by Francis Hyland and Albert Ray: Good-Fair (mostly fair). "Rawhide," with Lou Gehrig, Smith Ballew, and Evalyn Knapp, produced by Sol Lesser and directed by Ray Taylor, from a screen play by Dan Jarrett and Jack Natteford: Good-Poor. "In Old Chicago," with Alice Faye, Tyrone Power, Don Ameche, and Alice Brady, produced by Kenneth Macgowan and directed by Henry King, from a screen play by Lamar Trotti and Sonya Levien : Excellent. "Battle of Broadway," with Victor McLaglen, Brian Donlevy and Louise Hovick, produced by Sol M. Wurtzel and directed by George Marshall, from a screen play by Lou Breslow and John Patrick: Very Good-Poor. "Four Men and a Prayer," with Loretta Young, Richard Greene, David Niven, George Sanders, and William Henry, produced by Kenneth Macgowan and directed by John Ford, from a screen play by Richard Sherman, Sonya Levien and Walter Ferris : Good-Fair. "A Trip to Paris," with Jed Prouty, Spring Byington, and Shirley Deane, produced by Max Golden and directed by Mai St. Clair, from a screen play by Robert Ellis and Helen Logan : Good-Fair. Forty-four pictures have already been released. Grouping the pictures of the different ratings (including Westerns) from the beginning of the season, we get the following results : Excellent, 2; Excellent-Very Good, 2; Excellent-Good, 1 ; Very Good-Good, 5 ; Very Good-Fair, 2 ; Very GoodPoor, 1; Good-Fair, 16; Good-Poor, 5; Fair, 7; FairPoor, 2; Poor, 1. The first 44 of the 1936-37 season, excluding Westerns and "As You Like It," were rated as follows : Excellent, 1 ; ExcellentVery Good, 3 ; Very Good, 3 ; Very Good-Good, 5; Good, 10; Good-Fair, 6; Fair, 10; FairPoor, 6. Universal "Forbidden Valley," with Noah Beery, Jr., and Frances Robinson, produced by Henry MacRae and directed by Wyndham Gittens, from a screen play by Wyndham Gittens : Fair-Poor. "Border Wolves," with Bob Baker and Connie Moore, produced by Paul Malvern and directed by Joseph H. Lewis, from a screen play by Norton S. Parker : Fair-Poor. "Mad About Music," with Deanna Durbin, Herbert Marshall, Gail Patrick, and Arthur Treacher, produced by Joseph Pasternak and directed by Norman Taurog, from a screen play by Bruce Manning and Felix Jackson: Excellent-Good (mostly excellent). "Crime of Dr. Hallett," with Ralph Bellamy, Josephine Hutchinson, and William Gargan, produced by Edmund Grainger and directed by Sylvan Simon, from a screen play by Lester Cole and Brown Holmes : Good-Fair. "State Police," with John King, Constance Moore, and William Lundigan, produced by Paul Malvern and directed by John Rawlins, from a screen play by George Waggncr : FairPoor. "Let's Make a Night of It," with Buddy Rogers and June Clyde, produced by Walter C. Mycroft and directed by Graham Cutts, from a screen play by Hugh Brooke : Fair-Poor. "Goodbye Broadway," with Alice Brady and Charles Winninger, produced by Edmund Grainger and directed by Ray McCarey, from a screen play by Roy Chanslor and A. Dorian Otvos : Good-Poor. "Reckless Living," with Robert Wilcox and Nan Grey, directed by Frank McDonald, from a screen play by Charles Grayson : Fair-Poor. "The Last Stand," with Bob Baker and Connie Moore, produced by Paul Malvern and directed by Joseph H. Lewis, from a screen play by Harry D. Hoyt and Norton S. Parker : Fair-Poor. "Nurse from Brooklyn," with Sally Eilers and Paul Kelly, produced by Edmund Grainger and directed by S. Sylvan Simon, from a screen play by Roy Chanslor : GoodFair (mostly fair). "Lady in the Morgue," with Patricia Ellis, Preston Foster, and Frank Jenks, produced by Irving Starr and directed by Otis Garrett, from a screen play by Eric Taylor and Robertson White : Fair. "Sinners in Paradise," with John Boles and Madge Evans, produced by Ken Goldsmith and directed by James Whale, from a screen play by Harold Buckley, Louis Stevens, and Lester Cole : Fair-Poor. "Air Devils," with Larry Blake and Craig Reynolds, produced by Paul Malvern and directed by John Rawlins, from a screen play by Harold Buckley and George Waggner : Fair. Thirty-eight pictures have already been released. Grouping the pictures of the different ratings (including Westerns) from the beginning of the season, we get the following results : Excellent-Very Good, 1 ; Excellent-Good, 1 ; Very Good-Good, 1; Good-Fair, 5; GoodPoor, 1; Fair, 12; Fair-Poor, 16; Poor, 1. Only thirty-three pictures, excluding Westerns, were released during the 1936-37 season; they were rated as follows : Excellent, 1 ; Excellent-Very Good, 1 ; Very GoodGood, 1; Good, 2; Good-Fair, 3; Fair, 13; Fair-Poor, 12. Warner Bros. "Love, Honor and Behave," with Wayne Morris and Priscilla Lane, produced by Lou Edelman and directed by Stanley Logan, from a screen play by Clements Ripley, Michel Jacoby, Robert Buckner, and Lawrence Kimble : GoodPoor. "He Couldn't Say No," with Frank McHugh and Jane Wyman, produced by Bryan Foy and directed by Lou Seiler, from a screen play by Joseph Shrank, Robertson White, and Ben Grauman Cohn : Fair-Poor. "Jezebel," with Bette Davis, Henry Fonda, and George Brent, produced by Henry Blanke and directed by William Wyler, from a screen play by Clements Ripley, Abem Finkel, and John Huston : Very Good-Good. "Over the Wall," with Dick Foran and June Travis, produced by Bryan Foy and directed by Frank McDonald, from a screen play by Crane Wilbur and George Bricker : Good-Poor. "Accidents Will Happen," with Ronald Reagan and Gloria Blondell, produced by Bryan Foy and directed by William Clemens, from a screen play by George Bricker, Anthony Coldeway and Morton Grant: Good-Poor. Nineteen pictures have already been released. Grouping the pictures of the different ratings from the beginning of the season, we get the following results : Excellent-Very Good, 1 ; Very Good-Good, 3 ; GoodFair, 5 ; Good-Poor, 4 ; Fair, 1 ; Fair-Poor, S. The first 19 of the 1936-37 season, excluding Westerns, were rated as follows : Very Good, 1 ; Very Good-Good, 3 ; Very Good-Poor, 1 ; Good, 1 ; Good-Fair, 5 ; Fair, 6; Fair-Poor, 2.