The box office digest annual (May 1938)
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STMS AND FEATURED PLAYERS CREDITS
MARY BRIAN
CLAIRE TREVOR
193B °/
"Killer at Large". . . . . . . . — COL.... 79
"Spendthrift" . . . . . . . . . ..PAR.... 75
"Week-end Millionaire" . . . . . G.B . 75
1936 AVERAGE.... 76
1937
"Affairs of Gappy Ricks". . . . REP.... 77
"Navy Blues" _ _ _ _ . ..REP... .82
"Romance and Riches".. G.N — 74
1937 AVERAGE ... 78 1936-37 AVERAGE.... 77
MICKEY ROONEY
1936
"A Midsummer Night's Dream".... _ _ WAR.... 78
"The Devil is a Sissy" . . . MGM....
1937
"Hoosier Schoolby" . . . MONO.... 77
"Slave Ship" ..FOX . .
"Thoroughbreds Don't Cry"—.. . ..MGM.-. 80
"You're Only Young Once" . . ....MGM— . 74
1937 AVERAGE.... 77 1936-37 AVERAGE.... 77
CLAUDE RAINS
1936
"Anthony Adverse . . . WAR—
"Hearts Divided" . . . . . ..WAR....
1937
"Prince and the Pauper". . . WAR. ..
"Stolen Holiday" . . . . . ....WAR....
"They Won't Forget" _ WAR. 77
1936-37 AVERAGE.... 77
GEORGE MURPHY
1937
"Broadway Melody of 1938" . . . MGM....
"London by Night" . . . MGM.... 71
"Top of the Town".. . UNIV.... 89
"Women Men Marry"... . . . MGM.... 74
"You're a Sweetheart".. . . . . . UNIV....
1937 AVERAGE ... 77
WHEELER AND WOOLSEY
1937 %
"Career Woman" . ....FOX.... 84
”15 Maiden Lane" _ _ ..FOX.... 73
"Human Cargo" _ FOX.— 74
"My Marriage" _ .FOX.... 71
"Navy Wife" . FOX.... 71
"Song and Dance Man" _ _ _ FOX.— 75
"Star For A Night" _ _ _ _ FOX.... 78
"To Mary — With Love" . . FOX
1936 AVERAGE ... 75
1937
"Big Town Girl" _ _ _ FOX— 74
"Dead End" _ _ _ _ _ _ _ UA_...
"King of the Gamblers" _ _ PAR.... 82
"One Mile From Heaven" _ _ FOX.... 71
"Second Honeymoon" . . . . . FOX....
"Time Out for Romance". . . . . FOX. 79
1937 AVERAGE.... 76
1936-37 AVERAGE.... 76
PRESTON FOSTER
1936
"Annie Oakley" . . ... _ .....RKO.._.
"Love Before Breakfast"... _ _ UNIV—
“Muss 'Em Up" . . . . . . . . RKO.... 78
"Condemned Row" _ RKO.... 83
1936 AVERAGE.... 81
1937
"First Lady" _ _ _ _ _ _ WAR.... 66
"Outcasts of Poker Flat" _ _ RKO.... 77
"Sea Devils" . . . . . . . RKO.... 98
"The Plough and the Stars". . . . RKO....
"The Westland Case" _ ....UNIV.... 77
"You Can't Beat Love" . . .. .. ... ....... RKO. .. 68
1937 AVERAGE.... 77
1938
"Double Danger" .... .... . RKO.... 76
"Everybody's Doing It"..... ... _ RKO ... 74
1938 AVERAGE ... 75 1936-37-38 AVERAGE. .. 76
1936
"Mummy's Boys" . — . .RKO.... 77
"Silly Billies" . . . RKO— 77
1936 AVERAGE.... 79
1937
"High Flyers" _ _ RKO.... 77
"On Again, Off Again" . . RKO.— 72
1937 AVERAGE.... 75 1936-377 AVERAGE. .. 77
ANNA NEAGLE
1937
"Back Stage" . ..GB— 79
"Victoria the Great" . . . . . ..RKO-.. 78
1937 AVERAGE— 79
1938
"Look Out For Love" _ _ _ _ GB. .. 73
1937-38 AVERAGE.... 77
KENNY BAKER
GUY KIBBEE
1936
'Captain January" _
. . . . FOX..
“Little Lord Fauntleroy"
UA.
'M'Liss" . . . ....
_ _ .......RKO..
. 72
"The Big Noise" _ _
. . . WAR.
... 65
"The Captain's Kid" _
_ _ ......WAR.
... 78
1936 AVERAGE..
... 72
1937
"Don't Tell the Wife" .
_ _ _ _ RKO..
.. 80
“Jim Hanvey, Detective"..
. _ _ REP..
... 67
“Mama Steps Out" . .
MGM
83
“Mountain Justice" _
. . . ....MGM.
... 82
“The Big Shot" . .
. . . . . RKO..
... 74
“Walking On Air" .
_ RKO..
... 80
1937 AVERAGE.
... 78
1936-37 AVERAGE..
... 76
1937
"52nd Street" . . . . . . UA— .
"Mr. Dodds Takes the Air” . . WAR.... 77
1938
"Radio City Revels" . . . ...RKO ...
1937-38 AVERAGE ... 77
NOAH BEERY, SR.
1936
"King of the Damned" . . . . ..GB. .. 78
"Stranaers on a Honeymoon" _ _ _ GB.... 77
1936 AVERAGE.... 77
LUPE VELEZ
1937
"High Flyers" _ _ _ ..RKO.... 77
ROBERT KENT
1936
ANITA LOUISE
1936
"Anthony Adverse" . . WAR....
"Brides Are Like That" _ WAR.... 73
"Midsummer Night's Dream" . WAR....
"The Life of Louis Pasteur" _ _ _ WAR....
1937
"Call It a Day". _ _ _ WAR.... 86
"First Lady" _ _ _ _ _ _ _ WAR . 66
"Green Light" _ _ _ _ _ WAR .
"That Certain Woman" . . WAR....
"The Go-Getter" . . . . . . . WAR. .. 85
"Tovarich" _ WAR....
1937 AVERAGE ... 80 1936-37 AVERAGE.... 76
"Dimples" . . . . . . . . FOX —
"Hands Across the Table"... . PAR....
"Klondike Annie" _ _ _ _ _ _ PAR....
"Love Before Breakfast" _ _ ....UNIV _
"Reunion" _ FOX.—
"The Country Beyond" . . . . . . . . FOX... .
"The Crime of Dr. Forbes".... _ _ _ _ FOX.... 76
1937
"Angels' Holiday" . FOX....
"Born Reckless" . . FOX.... 78
"Charlie Chan at Monte Carlo" _ _ _ FOX—
"Nancy Steele is Missing" . FOX—
"Step Lively, Jeeves" . FOX.... 73
"That I May Live" _ _ FOX.... 77
1937 AVERAGE.... 76 1936-37 AVERAGE.... 76
UNA MERKEL
1936
"Born to Dance".... . . . MGM....
Riff Raff" _ MGM— .
"Speed" _ _ _ MGM.... 73
"We Went to College" . . . . MGM.... 74
1936 AVERAGE.... 73
1937
"Don't Tell the Wife". _ _ _ _ RKO.... 80
“Saratoga" _ MGM....
"The Good Old Soak" _ MGM....
"True Confession" . .....PAR....
1938
"Checkers" . FOX .
1936-37-38 AVERAGE.... 76
ROCHELLE HUDSON
1936 °/
"Everybody's Old Man". . . . FOX 65
"Poppy" _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ PAR....
"Reunion" _ _ _ _ _ FOX .
"Show Them No Mercy" . . . FOX—
"The Country Beyond" . . . FOX— 87
"The Music Goes Round" _ _ COL.... 81
1936 AVERAGE.... 77
1937
"Born Reckless' _ ...FOX.... 78
"She Had To Eat" . . . FOX.... 67
"That I May Live" _ _ _ _ _ _ FOX. .. 77
"Woman Wise" _ FOX.... 78
1937 AVERAGE ... 75 1936-37-AVERAGE. 76
DONALD WOODS 1938
"Anthony Adverse" . WAR....
"A Son Comes Home" _ _ _ _ PAR.... 71
"Road Gang" . . . . . . .WAR.... 84
"White Angel" _ _ _ _ WAR ..
1936 AVERAGE.... 77
1937
"Big Town Girl"... _ _ _ _ _ FOX— 74
"Charlie Chan on Broadway" _ FOX—
"Once a Doctor"— . . . . . .WAR. .. 81
"Talent Scout" . . . . . . WAR.... 72
"Case of the Stuttering Bishop" _ WAR . . 77
1937 AVERAGE.... 76
1938
"Black Doll" . . . . . . UNIV 73
1936-37-38 AVERAGE.... 76
CHARLES STARRETT
1936
"Along Came Love" . . PAR.... 76
1937
Columbia Westerns ..... _ COL—
1936-37
AVERAGE....
76
RALPH BELLAMY
1936
"Dangerous Intrigue" . .
. COL....
77
"Navy Wife" _ _ _
. FOX—
71
"Roaming Lady" . . . . .
. COL
84
"Straight From the Shoulder" _
. . PAR....
75
"Final Hour" . . .
. ..COL...
76
"The Man Who Lived Twice"... .
. . ......COL,...
78
1936
AVERAGE....
77
1937
"Counterfeit Lady" . . .
COL
70
"It Can't Last Forever".. . .
_ COL....
74
"Let's Get Married" . . .
. . .COL....
79
"The Awful Truth" .
. COL....
1937
AVERAGE....
75
1936-37
AVERAGE....
76
WARREN WILLIAM
1936
"Go West, Young Man" _ _ _ _
. ....PAR....
"Satan Met a Lady" . . .
_ WAR....
78
"Stage Struck" _ _ _ _
_ WAR....
"The Case of the Velvet Claws" _
_ WAR....
81
"The Widow From Monte Carlo"...
. ..WAR....
78
"Times Square Playboy" _ _
. . .WAR—
71
1936
AVERAGE—
77
1937
"Madame X" _ _ _
. . MGM....
75
"Midnight Madonna" . .
_ _ PAR....
64
"Outcast" _ _ _ _ _ _
PAR
78
"The Firefly" _ _
MGM
1937
AVERAGE....
72
1938
"Arsene Lupin Returns".... .
_ MGM....
83
1936-37-38
AVERAGE....
76
LEWIS STONE
1936
“Don't Turn 'Em Loose" _
. —RKO—
85
"Small Town Girl" . ..
. MGM
"Suzy" _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
. . MGM....
"Sworn Enemy" . . . . . .
_ MGM....
82
"Unguarded Hour" . . . . .
. MGM
1936
AVERAGE....
83
1937
“Outcast" . . . .
PAR
78
"The Man Who Cried Wolf" _
. . ...UNIV....
73
“Thirteenth Chair" . . .
MGM
77
"You're Only Young Once".
. MGM....
67
1937
AVERAGE....
74
1936-37
AVERAGE....
76