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 #:
000121
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 ELEANOR HUNT 1937 % "Bank Alarm” . . . . . . GN— . 71 "Gold Racket” . . . . . — GN— 72 "Navy Spy” GN.... 73 "Yellow Cargo” GN.... 75 1937 AVERAGE.... 72 PHILIP HOUSTON 1936 "Big Game” RKO— "We're on the Jury” ... . . . — RKO— _ 73 1937 "Man Who Found Himself” _ RKO. .. 70 "Behind the Headlines” . . . . . . . RKO.... 1936-37 AVERAGE. .. 72 SHIRLEY ROSS 1936 "Big Broadcast of 1937” ....PAR.... "Hideaway Girl” . . . . . PAR.... 1937 "Blossoms on Broadway”. . . . .. .PAR---. 72 "Waikiki Wedding” . . —PAR— 193637 AVERAGE.... 72 ANNABELLA 1937 "Dinner at the Ritz" _ _ _ _ FOX.... 65 "Under the Red Robe" _ _ _ FOX.... 68 "Wings of the Morning”.. _ _ _ FOX... 84 1937 AVERAGE.... 72 1938 "Baroness and the Butler" . FOX— 193738 AVERAGE.... 72 ROBERT WILCOX 1937 "Armored Car" . . . . UNIV.... 72 "Carnival Queen" . . . . UNIV.— 72 "Man in Blue" . . . . . . .UNIV.... 71 1937 AVERAGE.... 72 WALLACE FORD 1936 "Another Face” . . . . . . . . RKO.... 68 1937 "Swing It, Sailor" . . . . GN.... 69 "You're in the Army Now" _ _ _ GB.... 78 1937 AVERAGE.... 73 1936-37 AVERAGE.... 72 DOUGLAS FAIRBANKS, Jr. 1936 "Amateur Gentleman” . . . . . UA 71 1937 "Accused” . . . . . . . . ..UA... . 77 "The Prisoner of Zenda”.... . . UA— "When Thief Meets Thief” _ _ _ UA.... 69 1937 AVERAGE.... 73 1936-37 AVERAGE.... 72 DON TERRY 1937 "A Dangerous Adventure” . . . . . COL.... 71 “Fight to the Finish” . COL— 74 "Paid To Dance" . . . . . COL 74 1937 AVERAGE.... 72 SALLY BLANE 1937 "Angel's Holiday” . . . FOX— "One Mile from Heaven" . . . . . ...FOX—. 71 "Great Hospital Mystery" _ _ FOX 74 1937 AVERAGE.... 72 WAYNE MORRIS 1937 "Kid Galahad” _ _ _ WAR 1938 "The Kid Comes Back" . . . WAR.... 75 "Love, Honor, and Behave” _ _ _ .. WAR 69 1938 AVERAGE ... 72 I. FARRELL MacDONALD 1937 "Slim” . . . . . . . . . . WAR.... "Parnell" _ _ _ _ , _ MGM____ "Shadows of the Orient" _ _ _ MONO.... 70 "Silent Barriers" _ _ _ _ _ GB 75 "County Fair” _ _ _ MONO.... 63 "My Dear Miss Aldrich"... . . MGM— 1937 AVERAGE.... 72 MARION TALLEY 1936 IAN KEITH 1936 % ‘White Legion” ..GN.... 72 MARION NIXON 1937 “Captain Calamity” . . — . ....GN.... 72 MICHAEL BARTLET 1938 “Follow Your Heart” _ _ — REP.... 72 LEAH RAY 1937 "Sing and Be Happy" FOX.... 72 EDITH FELLOWS 1937 "Life Begins with Love” _ COL. .. 72 BETTY FURNESS 1936 "All American Chump” MGM.... "Mr. Cinderella” _ MGM— "Magnificent Obsession” UNIV— "President's Mystery” ... REP.... "Swing Time” . RKO.... "Three Wise Guys” _ _ ..MGM— 1936 AVERAGE .... 1937 "Fair Warning" _ FOX.... "It Can't Last Forever" . . . . . .COL. .. “They Wanted To Marry” _ RKO.... “Mama Steps Out”... . . . MGM.... “The Good Old Soak" _ _ MGM— 1937 AVERAGE. .. 71 1936-37 AVERAGE. .. 72 TONY MARTIN 1936 “Back to Nature” . . . . . . _ _ FOX.... 69 "Banjo on My Knee"... . . . _ FOX.... "Pigskin Parade" . . . . . . FOX.... “Sira Baby, Sing".— . . . . . ...FOX.... 1936 AVERAGE.... 69 1937 “ Ali Baba Goes to Town" . . FOX.... “Life Begins in College" . . . . .FOX.... “Sing and Be Happy” . . . . . . FOX.... . 72 “The Holy Terror” . . . . . . FOX... “You Can't Have Everything”..... . FOX.... 1937 AVERAGE.... . 72 1936-37 AVERAGE.... . 71 WALTER PIDGEON 1938 % "Penitentiary" _ _ _ COL.... 88 1936-37-38 AVERAGE— 71 ERIC LINDEN 1936 "Ah! Wilderness” MGM . "Old Hutch" . MGM.... “Sins of Children” . . GN.... 72 1937 “A Family Affair" . . MGM— 80 “Girl Loves Boy” _ _ _ _ _ _ GN.... 64 "Here's Flash Casey" . . . . . GN.... 67 “The Good Old Soak” _ _ _ _ _ _ MGM— "Sweetheart of the Navy” _ _ _ GN — 72 1937 AVERAGE.... 71 1936-37 AVERAGE.... 71 LYLE TALBOT 1936 "Broadway Hostess" . . . . . WAR.... 66 "Boulder Dam” _ _ _ _ _ _ WAR.... 79 "Murder By an Aristocrat” _ _ WAR.... 69 "Trapped By Television" _ _ _ _ COL— 69 1936 AVERAGE.... 70 1937 “Affairs of Cappy Ricks” _ _ . ..REP.... 77 “Mind Your Own Business” _ _ PAR.... 73 "Second Honeymoon" . . .' . FOX.... "Westbound Limited" _ _ _ _ _ PAR.... 73 1937 AVERAGE.... 72 1936-37 AVERAGE.... 71 ALAN MOWBRAY 1937 “As Good As Married”_ _ UNIV.... 71 “The King and the Chorus Girl" _ WAR— ' Music for Madame” _ _ _ RKO _ 73 “On the Avenue" . . . _ . . . .FOX _ "On Such a Night” _ _ _ _ _ PAR.... 69 "Stand In” _ _ _ „ _ _ UA.... "Topper” _ MGM— "Vogues of 1938”.— . . . . . . UA — 1937 AVERAGE.... 71 WALTER ABEL 1936 "Fury" . _.MGM.___ "Second Wife” _ RKQ_.__ 67 "Two in the Dark" _ RKO.... 69 "The Witness Chair" . . ... RKO— "We Went to College" . . MGM.... 74 1936 AVERAGE.... 70 1936 “Brown Eyes” . . . . . . — . . . PAR.... “Fatal Lady” _ _ _ _ _ PAR ... 59 1937 “As Good As Married" . . UNIV.... 71 “A Girl With Ideas" . . . UNIV.— 70 “Girl Overboard" _ _ UNIV.— 76 “Man Proof” . MGM.... "My Dear Miss Aldrich” _ _ MGM.... 74 "Saratoga” _ _ _ MGM.... 'She's Dangerous" _ UNIV— 76 1937 AVERAGE.... 73 1936-37 AVERAGE.... 71 WILLIAM GARGAN 1936 "Blackmailer" _ COL-.. 70 “Manhunt” _ ...WAR.... 78 “Navy Born" . . REP.... 67 1936 AVERAGE.... 71 1937 "Behind the Mike".... _ UNIV— 66 "Breezing Home" . . .....UNIV.... 76 "Reported Missing" . . . . UNIV _ 70 "She Asked for It" . . PAR.... 67 “Some Blondes Are Dangerous” _ UNIV.— 70 “Wings Over Honolulu”. _ _ UNIV.... 82 1937 AVERAGE.... 72 1936-37 AVERAGE.... 71 WALTER CONNOLLY 1936 "Libeled Lady” _ MGM.... "Soak the Rich"... . . . . . . . .PAR.... 53 1937 "League of Frightened Men".. . COL — 71 “Let's Get Married" . . . . . COL— 79 “Nancy Steele Is Missing"..... _ _ _ FOX— . "Nothing Sacred” _ UA— "The First Lady” _ _ _ _ _ _ WAR— 66 "The Good Earth" . MGM.... 1937 AVERAGE.... 72 1937 "Portia on Trial” _ _ _ ....REP.... 74 1938 "Wise Girl” _ RKO.... 1936-37-38 AVERAGE.... 71 GERTRUDE MICHAEL 1936 "Forgotten Faces" _ _ PAR.... 65 "Return of Sophie Lang" _ _ PAR— 67 "Second Wife” RKO— 69 "Till We Meet Again” _ _ PAR.... 66 "Woman Trap” _ ..PAR.... 69 1936 AVERAGE.... 68 1937 "Sophie Lang Goes West” _ _ PAR.... 72 "Mr. Dood Takes the Air" . . . . . ...WAR.... 77 1937 AVERAGE.... 74 1936-37 AVERAGE.... 71 CECILIA PARKER 1936 "Sins of the Children".— _ _ _ _ _ GN _ 72 1937 “A Family Affair". . . MGM— “Girl Loves Boy” . . . GN.... 64 "Hollywood Cowboy" _ RKO.... "Sweetheart of the Navy” _ _ GN.... 72 "You're Only Young Once" _ MGM.... 74 1937 AVERAGE.... 70 1936-37 AVERAGE.... 71 CONRAD NAGEL 1936 “Girl from Mandalay".. . . . . . REP.... 65 1937 “Bank Alarm" . . . . . . . . . . . GN— . 71 “Gold Racket” . . . . . GN.... 72 “Navy Spy" _ _ _ _ _ _ _ GN.... 73 "Yellow Cargo” . . . . GN... . 75 1937 AVERAGE.... 72 1936-37 AVERAGE.... 71 “Follow Your Heart". ...REP.... 72