The box office digest annual (May 1938)

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STARS AAU FEATURED PLAYERS EREDITS 1937 7 LEW AYRES "Charlie Chan on Broadway" _ _ FOX... . 82 1936 % "Charlie Chan at Monte Carlo" _ FOX... . 79 ''Lady, Be Careful" . . .......PAR... 87 'Charlie Chan at the Olympics".. _ FOX... . 83 "Panic on the Air" _ . COL... 77 1937 AVERAGE... . 82 "Shakedown” _ _ _ _ _ _ . . COL... 85 1936-37 AVERAGE... 83 "Leathernecks Have Landed".. . . _ REP... 76 MAY ROBSON "Murder With Pictures" _ _ _ . PAR... 81 1936 "Rainbow on the River" _ _ RKO "Three Kids and a Queen" _ UNIV “Wife vs. Secretary" _ MGM 1937 "A Star Is Born" _ _ U.A. 'The Perfect Specimen" _ _ WAR "Woman in Distress" _ _ COL 1936-37 AVERAGE GEORGE BANCROFT 1936 'Hellship Morgan" _ _ COL 'Mr. Deeds Goes to Town" _ _ COL. 85 80 83 ..... 87 'Wedding Present" _ _ . ..PAR... . 86 1936 AVERAGE... . 86 1937 'Doctor's Diary" _ _ _ _ _ _ . . PAR... . 74 "John Mead's Woman" . . . . . PAR... . 87 "Racketeers in Exile" _ . . COL . 77 1937 AVERAGE... . 79 1936-37 AVERAGE... . 83 CHARLES RUGGLES 1936 "Anything Goes" . . . . . _ PAR... Early to Bed" _ _ PAR... . 81 "Hearts Divided" _ _ WAR... . 83 1936 AVERAGE... . 82 1937 'Exclusive" . . . _ PAR... . 92 'Mind Your Own Business" _ . . . .PAR... . 73 "Turn Off the Moon"... . . . _ PAR... . 91 1937 AVERAGE... . 85 1936-37 AVERAGE... . 83 PHIL REGAN 1936 "Laughing Irish Eyes" _ _ _ _ REP... . 80 1937 'Happy Go Lucky" _ _ _ _ _ . REP... . 77 'Hit Parade" _ _ _ _ . REP... . 90 'Manhattan Merry-Go-Round" .... . REP... . 92 1937 AVERAGE... . 86 1938 "Outside of Paradise" _ _ _ _ . REP .. . 75 1936-37-38 AVERAGE... . 83 MARY CARLISLE 1936 'Lady Be Careful" _ PAR. 1937 87 'Double or Nothing". PAR. 'Hold 'Em Navy".... . . . . PAR... . 83 'Hotel Haywire" _ _ PAR... . 78 1937 AVERAGE... . 82 1936-37 AVERAGE... . 83 MARGARET SULLIVAN 1936 "The Moon's Our Home".. . . PAR... . 87 “Next Time We Love" _ _ UNIV... . 80 1936 AVERAGE... . 83 CHARLES LAUGHTON 1936 'Mutiny on the Bounty" _ _ _ MGM. 'Rembrandt" _ U.A.. HUMPHREY BOGART 1936 "Bullets or Ballots” . . WAR. "China Clipper" _ WAR. Isle of Fury"... _ _ _ WAR. 'Petrified Forest" _ _ WAR. "Two Against the World".... . . . WAR 1936 AVERAGE. 1937 "Black Legion" . . WAR 'Dead End" . . U.A.. "Kid Galahad" _ WAR. "Marked Woman" . WAR. “Stand In" . U.A.. "San Quentin" . WAR "Great O'Malley" . . WAR 1937 AVERAGE. 1938 "Swing Your Lady" . WAR 1936-37 AVERAGE. 83 .105 ... 73 59 ... 78 .. 88 97 81 88 81 83 1936 AVERAGE 1937 Hold 'Em Navy" . . . . . . . . ..PAR. The Crime Nobody Saw" . . . . PAR. The Last Train From Madrid" _ _ PAR. 1937 AVERAGE. 1938 Scandal Street" _ _ _ _ PAR. 1936-37-38 AVERAGE. GLADYS SWARTHOUT 1936 Give Us This Night” _ ....PAR Rose of the Rancho" _ _ PAR. 1936 AVERAGE 1937 Champagne Waltz" . PAR. 1938 Romance in the Dark” . . PAR. 1936-37-38 AVERAGE. JUDY GARLAND 1936 Pigskin Parade" . FOX 1937 Broadway Melody of 1938" _ MGM Thoroughbreds Don't Cry" _ . MGM 1938 Everybody Sing" _ MGM 1936-37-38 AVERAGE CESAR ROMERO 1936 15 Maiden Lane" _ Love Before Breakfast".. Nobody's Fool" _ Public Enemy's Wife”... Rendezvous" _ Show Them No Mercy" 81 83 86 83 84 78 82 . 70 . 88 . 79 .106 . 66 . 82 . FOX. . . . UNIV. . . . UNIV. . WAR. . MGM. . FOX. 1936 AVERAGE. 1937 'Armored Car" . . . ‘Dangerously Yours" . 'She's Dangerous" . . .UNIV. ...FOX .UNIV 80 89 84 .. 73 83 .. 94 130 ... 87 72 71 76 1937 AVERAGE.. 73 1936-37 SALLY EILERS AVERAGE... 81 1936 'Don't Get Personal" . . .....UNIV... 83 ‘Florida Special" . . . _ PAR... 80 'Remember Last Night". . _ UNIV... 86 'Strike Me Pink".... .... . UNIV... 'Without Orders" . . RKO... 95 1936 AVERAGE ... 86 1937 'Danger Patrol" _ .. . . ...RKO... 76 'Talk of the Devil" . . G 3. 74 'We Have Our Moments" _ UNIV... 83 1937 AVERAGE .. 78 1938 'Lady Behave" .... . . . REP... 76 'Everybody's Doing It"... . . ...RKO... 75 1938 AVERAGE... 75 1936-37-38 IDA LUPINO AVERAGE... 81 1936 'One Rainy Afternoon" . _ U A. 90 "The Gay Desperado" _ U.A... "Yours for the Asking" _ PAR 1937 "Artists and Models" _ _ PAR. "Fight for Your Lady" _ _ RKO.. "Let's Get Married".. . . . COL. "Sea Devils" _ RKO 1937 AVERAGE 1936-37 AVERAGE. FRANCES LANGFORD 1936 "Born to Dance" _ _ _ _ MGM.. "Palm Springs" . PAR. "Collegiate" _ PAR 1937 "Broadway Melody of 1938" _ MGM. "Hit Parade" _ _ REP 1938 "Hollywood Hotel" . WAR 1936-37 38 AVERAGE. 76 79 77 81 72 90 81 FAY WRAY 1936 % "Roaming Lady" . . . . . COL.... 84 "They Met in a Taxi" _ . COL 83 1936 AVERAGE ... 83 1937 "It Happened in Hollywood".. . . . COL. .. 75 "Murder in Greenwich Village".. . . COL 82 1937 AVERAGE.... 79 1936-37 AVERAGE.... 81 MELVYN DOUGLAS 1936 "Annie Oakley" . . . . RKO . "Mary Burns, Fugitive" . ..PAR... . "And So They Were Married' _ _ _ COL.. "The Gorgeous Hussy"..... _ MGM.. "The Lone Wolf"..... _ _ _ _ _ COL.. Theodora Goes Wild".. . . . . COL 1936 AVERAGE.. 1937 ’Angel" . _ PAR. 'Captains Courageous" . . . ...MGM. 'I'll Take Romance" . ......COL. ‘I Met Him in Paris". ... . . PAR. 'Women of Glamour". . _. _ COL. 1937 AVERAGE. 1938 'Arsene Lupin Returns" . . MGM. 1936-37-38 AVERAGE. GLORIA STUART 1936 'Poor Little Rich Girl" . FOX. 'Professional Soldier" FOX 'The Prisoner of Shark Island" . . ...FOX. 'The Crime of Dr. Forbes"... . FOX. The Girl on the Front Page" _ UNIV. '36 Hours to Kill"... _ FOX. 'Wanted: Jane Turner" . ..RKO. 1936 AVERAGE. 1937 'Girl Overboard" . . ...UNIV. 'Life Begins in College" . . FOX. 'The Lady Escapes" . . FOX. 1937 AVERAGE. 1938 'Change of Heart" _ . . .FOX. 1936-37-38 AVERAGE. JACK HOLT 1936 'Crash Donovan" . . . UNIV. 'Dangerous Waters" _ UNIV. 'North of Nome" . COL 'San Francisco" MGM 'The Littlest Rebel".... . . ...FOX. 1936 AVERAGE. 1937 'Outlaws of the Orient". . . COL. 'Roaring Timber" _ COL. 'Trouble in Morocco" _ COL. 'Trapped by G-Men" _ COL. 'Under Suspicion" . ...COL. 1937 AVERAGE. 1938 'Making the Headlines" _ COL. 1936-37 AVERAGE. ALICE BRADY 1936 'Go West, Young Man" . . . PAR. 'My Man Godfrey" . . ....UNIV. 'The Harvester" .. . .....REP. 'Three Smart Girls".... UNIV 1937 'Call It a Day"... . . WAR. 'Mr. Dodd Takes the Air" . WAR. 'Mind Your Own Business" . . PAR. 'Mama Steps Out" MGM 'Merry-Go-Round of 1938" . UNIV. '100 Men and a Girl" _ UNIV. 1937 AVERAGE. 1938 'In Old Chicago" . . FOX. 1936-37-38 AVERAGE. BORIS KARLOFF 1936 'Charlie Chan at the Opera” . FOX. 'The Invisible Ray" . . ...UNIV. 'The Man Who Lived Twice" . . G.B.. 'The Walking Dead" . . WAR. 1936 AVERAGE.. 75 ”75 75 77 84 82 84 80 76 88 78 83 81 76 77 77 80 80 83 80 77 80 79 80 81 80 78 79 82 80 78 86 77 73 83 86 ... 81 .. 80 92 84 78 82 84