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 #:
000115
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 CREDITS 1937 % "Juggernaut" . . — . — . G.B — 69 "Night Key" . . . . . . . UNIV— _ 79 "West of Shanghai" . — . . . . ..WAR-.. 77 1937 AVERAGE.... 75 1938 "Invisible Menace" WAR.... 79 1936-37-38 AVERAGE. .. 80 PETER LORRE 1936 "Crack Up" _ _ — . . ..FOX.... 86 "Crime and Punishment" . . . .. .COL—. 80 "Secret Agent” . . . . . ...G.B — 95 1936 AVERAGE.... 90 1937 "Lancer Spy" . — . FOX.... 72 "Nancy Steele Is Missing" _ _ FOX.. . "Thank You, Mr. Moto" . . . FOX.... 74 "Think Fast, Mr. Moto". . . . . . FOX.... 76 1937 AVERAGE.... 72 1936-37 AVERAGE . 80 EDMUND LOWE 1936 'Seven Sinners" _ _ _ _ _ _ . . ...G.B... .. 81 'The Garden Murder Mystery" — . MGM.. ... 82 'Great Impersonation" . . . — . ......UNIV.. .. 82 1936 AVERAGE.. ... 81 1937 "Espionage" _ _ _ . MGM. ... 82 'Murder in Diamond Row" _ U.A... ... 75 'Under Cover of Night" . . . MGM.. ... 81 1937 AVERAGE ... 79 1936-37 AVERAGE . .. 80 JEAN PARKER 1936 "Ghost Goes West" . . . . . ~ . . U.A... ...101 "Tpyots Rangers" _ _ . . ...PAR . "The Farmer in the Dell" ....... RKO. ... 59 1936 AVERAGE. ... 80 1937 "Life Begins With Love" — . . COL ... 74 "The Barrier" . . . . _ PAR. ... 82 1937 AVERAGE. ... 78 1938 "Penitentiary" . . . . . . ...COL. ... 88 1936-37-38 AVERAGE. ... 80 LEE TRACY 1936 "Sutter's Gold" — . . . . . . UNIV. ... 88 "Wanted: Jane Turner".... . . . . RKO. ... 83 1936 AVERAGE. ... 85 1937 "Behind the Headlines" _ . . RKO. ... 78 "Criminal Lawyer" . . . . . . RKO. .. 83 1937 AVERAGE.... 79 1938 "Crashing Hollywood" _ _ _ _ RKO.... 79 1936-37-38 AVERAGE.... 80 DAME MAY WHITTY 1937 "Conquest" . . . . . . . _ MGM . "Night Must Fall" . . . . . . . . MGM.... 83 "13th Chair" . . . . . . . MGM— 77 1937 AVERAGE.... 80 OLSEN AND JOHNSON 1936 "Country Gentleman" . . _ _ REP.... 83 1937 "All Over Town" _ _ _ _ REP. .. 78 1936-37 AVERAGE.... 80 BRIAN DONLEVY 1936 "Another Face" . . . . . .RKO.... 68 "Crack Up" . . . . _ FOX.... 86 ’’Half Angel" . . . . . . . . . FOX.... 74 "High Tension" _ _ . . FOX... 72 "Human Cargo" _ _ _ _ _ _ _ FOX.... 74 "Mary Burns, Fugitive" . . PAR.... "Strike Me Pink" . . . . . . U.A . "Thirteen Hours By Air" . . . PAR.... 94 "36 Hours to Kill" . . . . . . . . FOX.... 78 1936 AVERAGE.... 76 1937 "Born Reckless" . . . _ FOX.... 78 "Midnight Taxi" . . . . _ _ FOX.... 74 "This Is My Affair" . . . . _ FOX.... 1937 AVERAGE.... 76 1938 “In Old Chicago" . FOX 1936-37-38 AVERAGE.... 79 CHESTER MORRIS 1936 % "Counterfeit" . . . . . . . . . COL.... 77 "Frankie & Johnnie" REP.... 59 "Moonlight Murder" . . ___.MGM.... 84 "They Met in a Taxi" . . . . ....COL. .. 83 "Three Godfathers" . . . . . MGM.... 77 1936 AVERAGE.... 76 1937 "Devil's Playground" COL . . "Flight From Glory" . . . . — . RKO.... 81 "I'll Take Romance" . . . . COL "I Promise to Pay" . . . . COL.— 84 1937 AVERAGE.... 83 1936-37 AVERAGE.... 79 SLIM SUMMERVILLE 1936 ’ Captain January" _ _ .... FOX . "Country Doctor" . . . . . — FOX "Pepper" . . . . . . . FOX— . . "Reunion" . . . . . . ..FOX.— . "White Fang" . . . . . . FOX . 1937 "50 Roads to Town".. . . . .. . — . FOX "Love Is News" . . . . . . ..FOX . "Off to the Races"... FOX.... 67 "The Road Back" . . . — UNIV.... 89 1936-37 AVERAGE.... 79 JEAN HERSHOLT 1936 "His Brother's Wife" . . . . FOX "Reunion" . . . . . . . . . . FOX . — "Country Doctor" . . . FOX . "Sins of Man" . . . . FOX.... 79 1937 "One in a Million" . . . . . FOX "Heidi" . . . . . . . . FOX—. . "Seventh Heaven" . . . . . FOX . 1938 "Happy Landing" _ _ _ _ _ _ _ FOX.... . 1936-37-38 AVERAGE. ... 79 ARLINE JUDGE 1936 "Here Comes Trouble" . . . . . .....FOX — 80 "It Had to Happen" . . . . . . ....FOX — . "King of Burlesque" _ _ FOX.— . "Pigskin Parade" _ _ _ _ _ FOX.. . "Star for a Night"..... . . . . FOX— 78 "Valiant Carrie" . . . FOX 1936 AVERAGE.... 79 1937 "One in a Million" . . . . FOX 1936-37 AVERAGE.... 79 ROBERT ARMSTRONG 1936 "Dangerous Waters" _ _ UNIV. .. 80 "The Ex-Mrs. Bradford" _ _ _ _ RKO . . "Without Orders" _ _ _ _ RKO.... 95 1936 AVERAGE.... 87 1937 "It Can't Last Forever". _ _ I _ COL— 74 "Nobody's Baby" . . . . . . MGM.... 76 "The Girl Said No" . . . . . . G.N. _ 73 1937 AVERAGE.... 74 1936-37 AVERAGE.... 79 BILLY AND BOBBY MAUCH 1936 "White Angel" . . . . . . WAR _ "Anthony Adverse" . . . . —WAR.— . 1937 "Penrod and Sam" . . . ...WAR.... 79 "The Prince and the Pauper" _ WAR _ 1936-37 AVERAGE.... 79 CONSTANCE CUMMINGS 1936 "Remember Last Night" . . . . UNIV . — "Seven Sinners" _ _ _ _ _ _ G.B _ 81 1937 "Strangerg on a Honeymoon".. _ _ G.B . 77 1936-37 AVERAGE.... 79 FLORENCE RICE 1936 "Blackmailer" . . . . COL.— 70 “Panic on the Air" . . . COL.... 77 "Pride of the Marines" . . . COL.... 72 "Sworn Enemy" _ _ MGM— 82 "The Longest Night" . . . . . MGM—. 80 “Women Are Trouble".... _ _ _ _ MGM.... 76 1936 AVERAGE.... 76 1937 % "Beg, Borrow, or Steal" . . . . MGM .... 77 "Double Wedding" . . MGM “Man of the People" _ _ _ MGM.... 79 "Married Before Breakfast" _ _ _ _ MGM.... 81 "Navy Blue and Gold" _ _ _ MGM... . "Riding on Air" . . . . . . . . RKO . . "Under Cover of Night" _ MGM.... 81 1937 AVERAGE.... 79 1938 "Paradise for Three".... . . . MGM.— 80 1936-37-38 AVERAGE.... 78 MICHAEL WHALEN 1936 "Career Woman" _ _ _ _ FOX.... 84 "Poor Little Rich Girl" . . . . . FOX . "Sing, Baby, Sing" _ _ _ _ _ _ FOX . . "Song and Dance Man" . . . . FOX.... 75 "The Man I Marry" _ _ _ _ _ UNIV.... 76 "White Fang" . . . . FOX 87 1936 AVERAGE.... 81 1937 "The Lady Escapes"... . . . . . . FOX— 77 "Time Out for Romance".... . . . . FOX— 79 “Woman Wise" _ _ _ _ _ FOX.... 78 "Wee Willie Winkie". . . . FOX 1937 AVERAGE.... 78 1938 "Walking Down Broadway".... . .FOX.... 76 "Change of Heart".. _ _ _ _ _ FOX 78 1936-37-38 AVERAGE.... 78 MARGARET LINDSAY 1936 "Dangerous” . . . . . . . WAR. . "Frisco Kid" _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ WAR.. . "Isle of Fury" _ _ _ _ _ WAR.... 73 "Personal Maid's Secret"... . . . WAR.... 77 "Public Enemy's Wife" _ _ _ WAR.... 94 "The Law in Her Hands" _ _ _ WAR 66 1936 AVERAGE.... 78 1937 "Back in Circulation" . . . . . . . WAR . "Green Light" _ _ _ _ _ _ _ WAR . "Sinner Take All" . . . . . MGM 77 "Slim" . WAR... . "Song of the City" _ _ _ _ MGM 81 1937 AVERAGE.... 79 1936-37 AVERAGE.... 78 JIMMY ELLISON 1936 "Hopalong Cassidy Westerns . . . PAR.. . 1937 "Annapolis Salute" . . . . . ....RKO.... 81 "The Barrier" _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ PAR.... 82 "The Plainsman" . . PAR _ "23 V2 Hours Leave" . . . . . G.N . 70 1936-37 AVERAGE.... 78 GLENDA FARRELL 1936 "Nobody's Fool" _ ...WAR.... 83 "Snowed Under" _ _ WAR.... 79 "The Law in Her Hands" _ _ WAR.... 66 1936 AVERAGE.... 79 1937 "Adventurous Blonde" . . . . ..WAR _ 79 "Breakfast for Two" . RKO.... 84 "Dance Charlie Dance" . . WAR.... 73 "Fly Away Baby" . . WAR.... 75 "Gold Diggers of '37".... . . . . . WAR... . "Smart Blonde" . . RKO.... 80 1937 AVERAGE.... 78 1936-37 AVERAGE.... 78 FRANCES FARMER 1936 "Border Flight" _ PAR— 69 "Come and Get It" _ _ _ _ _ U.A . . "Rhythm on the Range".. . . . PAR . . "Too Many Parents" . . . PAR.... 72 1936 AVERAGE.... 71 1937 "Ebbtide" . . PAR.. . "Exclusive" . .....PAR.... 92 "Toast of New York" _ _ _ _ _ RKO . . 1936-37 AVERAGE.... 78 ANN DVORAK 1936 "Condemned Row" . .....RKO.... 83 "Thanks a Million" . . . FOX .