The box office digest annual (May 1938)

Record Details:

Title:
The box office digest annual
Date:
May 1938
Publisher:
Hollywood : National Box Office Digest
Volume:
National box office digest annual (May 1938)
Leaf #:
000112
Language:
English
Collection:
Year Book
Contributor:
Media History Digital Library
Sponsor:
Media History Digital Library
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Date Added:
March 28, 2024
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STARS AND FEATURED PLAYERS EREDITS EDWARD ARNOLD 1936 % "Come and Get It'' . . . . — U.A . 116 "Crime and Punishment'' _ _ ...COL.... 80 "Meet Nero Wolf” _ _ — . COL—. 68 “Remember Last Night" UNIV— 86 "Sutter's Gold" _ _ _ _ UNIV— 88 1936 AVERAGE ... 88 1937 "Blossoms on Broadway" _ _ ... PAR. .. 73 "Easy Living" _ _ _ — PAR. ...109 "John Mead's Woman" _ _ — . . PAR. .. 87 "The Toast of New York" _ _ RKO 108 1937 AVERAGE. .. 94 1936-37 AVERAGE.... 91 LEO CARRILLO 1936 "If You Could Only Cook" _ _ ..COL ... 99 "The Gay Desparado" U.A .....110 1936 AVERAGE .104 1937 "52nd Street" ... U.A..... 86 "Hotel Haywire" _ _ _ PAR.... 78 "History Is Made at Night" _ U.A. 108 "I Promise To Pay". COL.... 84 "Manhattan Merry Go-Round" REP.— 94 "The Barrier" . . ....PAR—. 82 1937 AVERAGE.... 88 1938 "Little Miss Roughneck" _ COL.... 77 1936-37-38 AVERAGE.... 91 LAUREL and HARDY 1936 "Bohemian Girl" . . . . . . MGM. ... 89 "Our Relations" _ _ _ MGM.... 97 1936 AVERAGE. .. 93 1937 "Way Out West" _ _ .MGM.— 87 1936-37 AVERAGE. .. 91 JAMES STEWART 1936 "Born To Dance" . . . . — MGM . "Next Time We Love" _ _ _ UNIV 80 "Small Town Girl" . . . . MGM — . "Speed" . . MGM... . 73 "The Gorgeous Hussy" MGM — . "Wife vs. Secretary".. . — . . MGM.— . 1936 AVERAGE ... 77 1937 "After the Thin Man" _ _ _ MGM . "The Last Gangster" . . MGM "Navy Blue and Gold" _ MGM -.. 104 "Seventh Heaven" _ _ _ _ _ FOX— 107 1937 AVERAGE... .106 1938 "Of Human Hearts" . . MGM 85 1936-37-38 AVERAGE . . 90 VIRGINIA BRUCE 1936 "Born To Dance".... _ _ MGM . "Garden Murder Case" _ _ _ MGM.... 82 "The Great Ziegfeld" . MGM _ 1937 "Between Two Women" _ MGM.... 103 "When Love Is Young". _ _ UNIV. .. 79 "Wife, Doctor, and Nurse" _ FOX 11! "Women of Glamour" _ COL. .. 84 1937 AVERAGE. .. 89 1938 "Bad Man of Brimstone" _ _ ..MGM . "Arsene Lupin Returns".... _ _ MGM 84 "First 100 Years"... _ MGM.... 81 1936-37-38 AVERAGE. .. 90 BOBBY BREEN 1936 "Let's Sing Again" _ RKO.— 81 “Rainbow on the River" _ RKO. ...112 1936 AVERAGE. .. 96 1937 "Make a Wish”. _ _ _ _ RKO . 78 1938 "Hawaii Calls" . . . ..RKO. .. 87 1936-37-38 AVERAGE. .. 89 RANDOLPH SCOTT 1936 "And Sudden Death" _ _ PAR.... 71 "Follow the Fleet" _ _ _ RKO. . "Go West, Young Man" . . . .....PAR _ "Last of the Mohicans" _ ..... U.A. --.103 1936 AVERAGE.... 87 1937 % "High, Wide, and Handsome" _ _ PAR 97 1936-37 AVERAGE.... 90 HENRY FONDA 1936 "I Dream Too Much" . .. . RKO. ...103 "Spendthrift" . . . . . . . PAR— 75 "The Moon's Our Home" _ _ PAR.... 87 "The Trail of the Lonesome Pine" _ PAR.... . 1936 AVERAGE 88 1937 "Slim" . . — . . ......WAR....101 "That Certain Woman" _ _ —WAR "Wing's of the Morning" — FOX— 84 “You Only Live Once" _ U.A 97 1937 AVERAGE.... 94 1938 "I Met My Love Again" _ _ _ _ U.A..... 78 1936-37-38 AVERAGE. .. 89 ROSALIND RUSSELL 1936 "Craig's Wife" _ _ _ _ COL— 104 "It Had To Happen" _ FOX 91 "Rendezvous" _ MGM... . "Trouble for Two" _ MGM.... 87 "Under Two Flags" . . FOX 1936 AVERAGE. .. 94 1937 "Live, Love, and Learn" _ MGM ... 82 "Man Proof" _ _ MGM— . "Night Must Fall" _ MGM 83 1937 AVERAGE. .. 83 1936-37 AVERAGE.... 89 JOE E. BROWN 1936 "Earthworm Tractors" _ WAR.. ..100 "Polo Joe" . WAR.... 98 "Son's o’ Guns" . . . . WAR.... 95 1936 AVERAGE.... 98 1937 "Fit for a King" . . . . . . RKO ... 82 "Riding on Air" _ _ _ _ _ RKO.... 80 "When's Your Birthday" . . . . RKO ... 88 1937 AVERAGE.... 83 1938 "Wide Open Faces" _ _ _ _ ...COL.... 81 1936-37-38 AVERAGE.... 89 ALAN JONES 1936 "Showboat" _ _ _ _ UNIV— "Night at the Opera" _ _ _ MGM. . 1937 "A Day at the Races"... _ _ MGM. . "The Firefly" . . . . . . MGM— . 1938 "Everybody Sing" _ _ MGM 89 1936-37-38 AVERAGE ... 89 FRANCIS LEDERER 1936 "My American Wife” _ PAR 102 "One Rainy Afternoon" _ U.A. --. 90 1936 AVERAGE. .. 95 1937 "It's All Yours" . COL.... 82 1936-37 AVERAGE.... 89 GRETA GARBO 1937 "Camille" _ _ _ _ MGM . "Conquest" _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ MGM ... 89 1937 AVERAGE.... 89 MAUREEN O'SULLIVAN 1936 "Devil Doll" . MGM.... 90 "Tarzan Escapes" _ MGM _ "The Voice of Bugle Ann" _ MGM.... 87 1936 AVERAGE. .. 88 1937 "A Day at the Races". . . . MGM _ “My Dear Miss Aldrich" . . ... MGM.... 73 "The Emperor's Candlesticks" . MGM . . "Between Two Women" . . ...MGM . .103 1937 AVERAGE. .. 88 1938 "A Yank at Oxford" . . . MGM . 1936-37-38 AVERAGE ... 88 JOAN BENNETT 1936 % "Big Brown Eyes" . . ..PAR. .. 84 "The Bank of Monte Carlo". _ _ _ FOX . "13 Hours By Air".. . . . . . PAR.... 94 "2 In a Crowd".— . . . . UNIV— 83 "Wedding Present" . . . . . . ..... PAR. .. 86 1936 AVERAGE. .. 89 1937 "Vogues of 1938" _ _ _ _ U.A..... 99 1938 "I Met My Love Again" _ U.A . 78 1936-37-38 AVERAGE.... 88 RAY MILLAND 1936 "Big Broadcast of 1937" _ PAR... . "Jungle Princess" _ PAR.... 97 "Millions in the Air" _ _ PAR.... 72 "Next Time We Love". . . . . ..UNIV.... 80 "Return of Sophie Lang" _ _ PAR.... 67 "3 Smart Girls" _ _ UNIV _ 1936 AVERAGE.... 79 1937 "Bulldog Drummond Escapes" _ _ PAR.... 87 "Easy Living" . . . . . . . PAR.... 109 "Ebb Tide" . . . . .......PAR— 114 "Wings Over Honolulu" . UNIV.... 82 1937 AVERAGE.... 98 1938 "Wise Girl" . . RKO.... 77 1936-37-38 AVERAGE. .. 87 GEORGE ARLISS 1936 "East Meets West" . . G.B . 90 "Mr. Hobo" . G.B . 102 1936 AVERAGE.... 96 1937 "Dr. Syn" . G.B . 76 "Man of Affairs" _ G.B . 81 1937 AVERAGE.... 78 1936-37 AVERAGE. .. 87 JESSIE MATTHEWS 1936 "First a Girl" _ _ _ _ _ _ G.B..... 90 "It's Love Again" _ _ _ _ _ _ _ GB..._ 98 1936 AVERAGE.... 94 1937 "Gangway" . . . . .....G.B..... 77 "Head Over Heels" . . . . G.B _ 83 1937 AVERAGE.... 80 1936-37 AVERAGE.... 87 ROBERT YOUNG 1936 "It's Love Again” _ _ _ G.B . 98 "Secret Agent" . . . . . . . G.B _ 95 "Sworn Enemy" _ MGM.... 82 "The Bride Walks Out".. . . RKO . . "The Longest Night" . . . . . MGM—. 80 "3 Wise Guys" _ _ _ _ _ _ MGM.— 69 1936 AVERAGE.... 85 1937 "Dangerous Number" _ _ _ _ MGM.... 82 "I Met Him in Paris" . . . ... PAR. . "Married Before Breakfast".... . MGM.... 81 "Navy Blue and Gold" . . . MGM. ...104 "Stowaway" . . . . . . . . . FOX . "The Bride Wore Red" . . . MGM --. . "The Emperor's Candlesticks" . MGM . . 1937 AVERAGE.... 89 1938 "Paradise for Three" _ _ _ MGM.... 84 1936-37-38 AVERAGE.... 86 MADGE EVANS 1936 "Exclusive Story" . . . . . . . MGM.... 96 "Moonlight Murder" . . ..... . MGM.... 84 "Pennies From Heaven" . . . COL . "Piccadilly Jim" _ _ _ MGM . "Trans-Atlantic Tunnel" . . . . G.B . 91 1936 AVERAGE.... 90 1937 "Espionage" . MGM.... 82 "13th Chair" . MGM.... 77 1937 AVERAGE.... 79 1936-37 AVERAGE.... 86