The box office digest annual (May 1938)
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STARS AND FEATURED PLAYERS CREDITS
WYNNE GIBSON
''Come Closer, Folks"
''Michael O'Halleron" "Racketeers in Exile".. "Trapped by G-Men"
1936
%
......COL.... 78
1937
. . REP.... 71
. ...COL.... 77
. . . COL
1937 AVERAGE . 74
1936-37 AVERAGE. .. 75
"Lancer Spy"
"Life of Emile Zola"
"Slave Ship" _
"Souls at Sea" .
"Lady Behave"
1937 %
_ _ _ _ FOX. .. 72
_ _ WAR...
. .FOX....
_ _ PAR....
1938
_ _ _ _ REP. .. 76
1936-37-38 AVERAGE.... 74
MARIAN MARSH
ANNA LEE
1937
"King Solomon's Mines" — . — . GB.... 76
"Non Stop New York" _ _ .— . GB.... 73
"You're in the Army Now".... GB. .. 78
1937 AVERAGE.... 75
LYNNE OVERMAN
1936
'Jungle Princess'
_ PAR...
'Three Married Men"
. _ PAR—
74
"Yours for the Asking".... .
_ _ PAR .
1937
"Blonde Trouble" . . .
. . . PAR. ..
73
"Don't Tell the Wife" . .
. . . RKO....
80
"Hotel Haywire"
. . PAR ...
78
"Murder Goes to College"...
. ...PAR ....
71
"Night Club Scandal"
. . ... PAR—
76
_ MGM...
76
"Partners in Crime" _
. ......PAR...
69
"Wild Money" .
. .. PAR. ..
69
1937 AVERAGE....
74
1936-37 AVERAGE....
74
WENDY BARRIE
1936
. .......RKO. ...
85
"Speed"
_ _ MGM...
73
_ _ REP....
75
"Under Your Spell" . . . .
_ _ FOX....
57
1936 AVERAGE. ..
72
1937
"Breezing Home" . — UNIV— . 76
"Dead End" . . . . .... UA—
"A Girl With Ideas". . — . .UNIV— . 70
"Wings Over Honolulu". . — UNIV ... 82
1937 AVERAGE ... 76
1938
"Prescription for Romance" _ _ _ 72
1936-37-38 AVERAGE. .. 74
ANN SHERIDAN
1937
"Alcatraz Island" . WAR—
"Black Legion" . WAR ...
"Footloose Heiress" . . . . ~ . WAR ... 76
"San Quentin" . ...WAR—
"The Great O'Malley" . . .....WAR....
"Wine, Women, and Horses" . . . ..WAR.... 77
1937 AVERAGE ... 76
1938
"She Loved a Fireman" . . ...WAR. .. 72
"Patient in Room 18" . . WAR.... 74
1938 AVERAGE. .. 73
1937-38 AVERAGE. ... 74
EUGENE PALLETTE
1936
"My Man Godfrey" . . UNIV....
"The Ghost Goes West". ...UA....
1937
1936
"Come Closer, Folks" . . . . COL ... 78
"Crime and Punishment" . . ...COL---. 80
1936 AVERAGE. .. 79
1937
"Saturday's Heroes" _ RKO.... 69
"The Great Gambini" _ PAR.... 72
"When's Your Birthday"... _ _ RKO....
"Youth on Parole" . . . REP.... 67
1937 AVERAGE. .. 70
1936-37 AVERAGE.... 74
KENT TAYLOR
1936
"Ramona" . . . . . . . . FOX. ..
1937
"A Girl With Ideas" . . . . . UNIV.... 70
"Love in a Bungalow” . . . UNIV 70
"The Lady Fights Back" _ UNIV.... 72
"When Love Is Young" _ _ UNIV— 79
"Wings Over Honolulu" _ UNIV.— 82
1937 AVERAGE. ... 74
JOHN WAYNE
1936
"Conflict" . UNIV...
"Sea Spoilers" . . . . . . ..UNIV.... 71
Westerns . . . . . . .
1937
"Adventures End" . . . UNIV. .. 76
"I Cover the War".. _ _ _ _ _ UNIV. .. 77
"Idols of the Crowd".. . .....UNIV.... 73
"California Straight Ahead".... _ _ UNIV. ..
1937 AVERAGE ... 76 1936-37 AVERAGE. .. 74
EDNA MAY OLIVER
1936
"A Tale of Two Cities" . . . . . MGM ...
1937
"Parnell" . . . . . . . .....MGM....
"Romeo and Juliet" . . . . MGM. ..
"Rosalie" _ _ _ _ _ _ ...MGM. ..
"My Dear Miss Aldrich" . . . . . MGM. ... 74
1936-37 AVERAGE .... 74
GRACE BRADLEY
1936
"Don't Turn 'Em Loose" _ RKO
“Sitting on the Moon" _ REP. .. 73
"Three Cheers for Love" . . PAR. .. 72
1936 AVERAGE. .. 72
1937
"It's All Yours" _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ...COL. ..
"Larceny on the Air" _ _ _ ....REP— 74
"Roaring Timber" . . . . .COL— 80
"You're in the Army Now" . . GB.... 78
"Wake Up and Live" . . . . . FOX
1937 AVERAGE.... 77
1938
"Clarence" _ _ _ . PAR.... 70
"100 Men and a Girl" UNIV—
"She Had to Eat" . . . . . ..... .FOX— 67
"Stowaway" . FOX....
"The Crime Nobody Saw" _ PAR. ... 86
1 Topper" . . . . MGM... .
1937 AVERAGE.... 74
JACK HALEY
1 QTC
"F-Man" . . . . . . PAR 71
"Mr. Cinderella" . . . . MGM --. 68
"Pigskin Parade" . .FOX—
"Poor Little Rich Girl"— . FOX....
1936 AVERAGE.... 70
1937
"Danger — Love at Work".... _ _ _ _ FOX 77
"Pick a Star" . . . . . . MGM. .. 85
"She Had to Eat" _ _ FOX. .. 67
"Wake Up and Live" . . . . . FOX....
1937 AVERAGE. .. 76
1936-37 AVERAGE. ... 74
JOSEPH SCHILDKRAUT
1936
"Garden of Allah" . . . UA—
"Big Broadcast of 1938" . . . . PAR
1936-37-38 AVERAGE. .. 74
MARGUERITE CHURCHILL
1936
"Dracula's Daughter" . . . . . WAR ...
"Legion of Terror". _ _ _ _ COL....
"Manhunt" . . . . . . WAR. .. 78
"Murder by an Aristocrat" . . . . WAR. .. 69
"Final Hour" . . . . . . . COL. .. 76
1936 AVERAGE.... 74
TALA BIRELL
1936
"Crime and Punishment" _ _ COL. .. 80
"Lone Wolf Returns".. _ _ COL. .. 75
"White Legion" _ _ _ _ _ ..GN— 72
1936 AVERAGE.... 74
1937
"She's Dangerous" . . . . UNIV. .. 76
1936-37 AVERAGE.... 74
ANTON WALBROOK
1937
"The Soldier and the Lady" _ RKO. .. 78
"Victoria the Great" . . . RKO . . 78
1937 AVERAGE.... 78
1938 %
"The Rat" . . . ~ . ...RKO— 66
1937-38 AVERAGE.... 74
DONALD COOK
1937
"Beware of Ladies" _ _ _ REP.... 75
"Circus Girl" . . . . — REP.... 73
“Two Wise Maids" _ _ _ REP
1937 AVERAGE.... 74
DOUGLAS MONTGOMERY
1936
"Everything is Thunder" _ GB.... 75
1937
"Counsel for Crime" _ _ _ COL _ 76
"Life Begins With Love" _ _ _ COL.... 72
1937 AVERAGE.... 74
1936-37 AVERAGE.... 74
JAMES MELTON
1936
"Stars Over Broadway" _ -..WAR
1937
"Melody for Two" _ WAR.... 67
"Sing Me a Love Song". ... _ _ -WAR ... 82
1936-37 AVERAGE ... 74
GILBERT ROLAND
1937
"Last Train From Madrid" _ PAR....
"Midnight Taxi" . FOX.... 74
-1937 AVERAGE.... 74
DICKIE MOORE
1936
"Timothy's Quest" _ PAR.... 74
JOHN HOWARD
1936
"Border Flight" _ _ PAR. .. 69
"Easy to Take" _ PAR.... 73
"Millions in the Air" _ _ PAR.... 72
"Soak the Rich" _ _ _ PAR.... 53
"Valiant Carrie" _ PAR....
1936 AVERAGE.... 68
1937
"Bulldog Drummond Comes Back" _ PAR.... 78
"Bulldog Drummond's Revenge" _ _ PAR— 74
"Hold 'Em Navy" . PAR....
“Hitting a New High".... . RKO....
"Lost Horizon" _ _ COL—
"Let Them Live" . . . .. .UNIV.... 70
"Mountain Music" . PAR
1937 AVERAGE.... 74
1938
"Penitentiary" _ COL— 88
1936-37-38 AVERAGE.... 73
WARREN HULL
1936
"Big Noise" . ....WAR.... 65
"Bengal Tiger" _ WAR.... 78
"Freshman Love" _ WAR.... 74
"Fugitives in the Sky".... _ WAR.... 68
"Love Begins at 20" _ _ WAR ... 73
"Miss Pacific Fleet" . WAR....
“The Law in Her Hands" ... _ WAR.... 66
"Personal Maid's Secret" _ _ _ _ _ WAR.... 77
"The Walking Dead" _ WAR
1936 AVERAGE.... 71
1937
"A Bride for Henry" _ _ _ MONO.... 67
"Her Husband's Secretary" _ WAR.... 85
"Michael O'Halleron" . ...REP.... 71
"Night Key" _ UNIV.... 79
"Paradise Isle" _ MONO.... 76
"Rhythm in the Clouds" _ REP.... 66
1937 AVERAGE.... 76
1936-37 AVERAGE.... 73
DICK PURCELL
1936
"Brides Are Like That" . . . . WAR. .. 73
"Ceiling Zero" _ _ _ _ _ _ _ WAR....
"King of Hockey" _ _ WAR.... 70
"Man Hunt" _ WAR.... 78
"Public Enemy's Wife" _ WAR....
"The Milky Way" . . . . . ....PAR....
"The Case of the Velvet Claws" . . . .WAR
1936 AVERAGE.... 73
1937
"Men in Exile" . .WAR.... 67
"Missing Witnesses" _ _ WAR ... 67
"Navy Blues" . ....REP.... 82
"Public Wedding" _ _ WAR.... 70
"Wine, Women, and Horses"... . . WAR.... 77
1937 AVERAGE.... 75