Box office digest annual (May 1938)

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STARS WU FEATURED PLAYERS EREDITS EDDIE QUILLAN 1936 % "Gentleman from Louisiana" . . REF 70 "Mandarin Mystery" REP.... 73 "Mutiny on the Bounty" _ MGM . 1936 AVERAGE.... 71 1937 "London By Night". _ MGM.... 71 1936-37 AVERAGE. .. 71 JANE DARWELL 1937 "Dangerously Yours" FOX—. 71 "Fifty Roads to Town" . . . . FOX ... "Laughing at Trouble" FOX 68 "The Great Hospital Mystery" FOX ... 74 1937 AVERAGE.... 71 ROGER PRYOR 1936 "$1,000 a Minute" _ RE? 69 "The Return of Jimmy Valentine"... . .....REP.... 68 "Sitting on the Moon" . . . REP.... 73 "Ticket to Paradise" REP.... 75 1936 AVERAGE.... 71 JOHN LITEL 1937 "Alcatraz Island" _ WAR.— "Midnight Court" . WAR.... 74 "Missing Witnesses" . WAR 67 1937 AVERAGE. .. 71 GENEVIEVE TOBIN 1936 "The Great Gambini" _ PAR.... 72 "The Man in the Mirror" _ GN 71 "Snowed Under" . . WAR ... 1936 AVERAGE. .. 71 HELEN VINSON 1936 “Love in Exile".. . . . _...GB.... 71 1937 "Vogues of '38" _ UA _ "Live, Love and Learn" _ _ ..MGM .... 1936-37 AVERAGE. .. 71 RAYMOND MASSEY 1936 "Things To Come"... _ _ _ _ _ _ UA— 1937 "Dreaming Lips" _ UA 71 "The Hurricane" . UA "The Prisoner of Zenda" . . . ..UA ... 1936-37 AVERAGE ... 71 GRANT WITHERS 1937 “Bill Cracks Down" _ REP ... 67 "Paradise Express” . . REP 76 1937 AVERAGE. .. 71 BILL ROBINSON 1936 "Littlest Rebel" _ FOX 1937 "One Mile from Heaven" _ FOX 71 1936-37 AVERAGE ... 71 TERRY WALKER 1937 "Federal Bullets" _ _ _ MONO ... 72 "23 V2 Hours Leave" _ _ _ GN 70 1937 AVERAGE ... 71 NOVA PILBEAN DIXIE DUNBAR 1936 % "Back to Nature".. . . . . . . . FOX ... 69 "Educating Father" _ _ FOX— 67 "First Baby" . . . . . . . FOX. .. 69 "Girls' Dormitory" . FOX.... "Pigskin Parade" _ _ _ FOX "Sing, Baby, Sing" . . . . . FOX 1936 AVERAGE .... 68 1937 "Sing and Be Happy" _ _ FOX 72 "One in a Million" _ _ _ _ _ FOX "Life Begins in College".. _ _ FOX.... 1936-37 AVERAGE. . 70 NAN GREY 1936 "Three Smart Girls" _ UNIV 1937 "Let Them Live"... . . . . . ...UNIV. .. 70 "Love in a Bungalow" _ UNIV.... 70 "Some Blondes Are Dangerous" _ UNIV.... 68 "The Man in Blue" _ UNIV—. 71 1937 AVERAGE. .. 70 RITA HAYWORTH 1937 "Criminals of the Air" ...COL ... 71 "Girls Can Play" _ _ COL.... 68 "Paid To Dance" _ COL 74 "The Game That Kills" . . . . . COL— 69 "The Shadow" . . COL.... 70 1937 AVERAGE. .. 70 JOAN FONTAINE 1937 "A Damsel in Distress" . . . RXO "Music for Madame" _ _ _ _ RKO 73 "The Man Who Found Himself" _ ...RKO.... 70 "You Can't Beat Love" . RKO— . 68 1937 AVERAGE. .. 70 JUDITH BARRETT 1936 "Flying Hostess" . . UNIV.... 79 "Yellowstone" _ UNIV.... 70 1936 AVERAGE... 74 1937 "Behind the Mike" _ _ UNIV.... 66 "The Good Old Soak" . MGM 1936-37 AVERAGE.. . 70 JOSEPHINE HUTCHINSON 1936 "The Melody Lingers On"... _ _ UA 61 "I Married a Doctor" . . . . . . WAR 1937 "Women Men Marry" _ _ _ MGM.... 74 "Mountain Justice" _ _ WAR.... 82 1937 AVERAGE. .. 78 1936-37 AVERAGE. .. 70 BARBARA REED 1936 "Three Smart Girls" _ ._ _ _ _ ..UNIV.... 1937 "Make Way for Tomorrow" . . PAR ... 68 "The Man Who Cried Wolf" _ UNIV .... 73 "The Road Back" . UNIV. .. 1937 AVERAGE. .. 70 JANE WYATT 1937 GAIL PATRICK 1936 % "Early to Bed" . . . PAR . "Murder With Pictures" _ ..... _ _ PAR "My Man Godfrey" . . . . . ... UNIV.... "Preview Murder Mystery" _ _ PAR 67 "The Lone Wolf Returns".. . COL.... 75 1936 AVERAGE. .. 71 1937 "Her Husband Lies" . . . . . PAR. .. 68 "John Mead's Woman". . PAR ... "Stage Door" . RKO.... "Artists and Models" _ _ _ _ PAR ... 1938 "Mad About Music" _ _ _ _ _ UNIV 1936-37-38 AVERAGE ... 69 ROSCOE KARNS 1936 "Border Flight" . . . . PAR.... 69 "Three Cheers for Love" _ _ _ PAR.... 72 "Woman Trap" . . . . PAR 69 1936 AVERAGE.... 70 1937 "Clarence" . . . . . . WAR. .. 70 "On Such a Night" _ PAR.... 69 "Murder Goes to College"-... . .. PAR ... 71 "Night of Mystery" . . . PAR.... 68 "Partners in Crime" . . . . . . PAR.... 69 1937 AVERAGE-. 69 1936-37 AVERAGE ... 69 ROSS ALEXANDER (Deceased) 1936 "Boulder Dam" . . . . . WAR ... 79 "Brides Are Like That" _ WAR.... 73 "China Clipper" . . . . . . .WAR.... "Here Comes Carter" _ _ _ _ _ WAR.... 67 "Hot Money" . . . . . . WAR. .. 58 "I Married a Doctor".. _ _ _ WAR 1936 AVERAGE.... 69 SPRING BYINGTON 1936 "Back to Nature" _ _ _ ..... ..... FOX 69 1936 AVERAGE.... 69 1937 "Big Business" _ _ _ _ _ _ _ FOX. .. 72 "Off to the Races" . FOX ... 67 "Penrod and Sam"... . . . . WAR ... “The Road Back" _ _ _ UNIV 1937 AVERAGE. .. 69 1936-37 AVERAGE.... 69 GORDON JONES 1936 "Condemned Row" _ _ _ _ _ _ _ RKO "Don't Turn 'Em Loose" . . . RKO... . "Night Waitress" . . RKO— 67 "Walking on Air". _ _ .... RKO 1936 AVERAGE. .. 67 1937 "They Wanted To Marry" _ _ RKO 72 1936-37 AVERAGE.... 69 HENRY HUNTER 1936 "Sutter's Gold" . . . . . UNIV... . "Love Letters of a Star".... . . . UNIV.... 68 "Nobody's Fool" . . . . . . . UNIV.... "Parole" . . . . . . . . . UNIV.... 70 "Yellowstone" . . . UNIV 70 1936 AVERAGE.... 69 1936 "Nine Days a Queen".... GB 71 BEVERLY ROBERTS 1936 "China Clipper" . . . . . . . WAR.... "Hot Money" . . . . . . . WAR.... 58 "Singing Kid" _ _ _ _ _ WAR.... "Son's o' Guns".... _ _ _ _ _ WAR ... "Two Against the World".. . . . . . WAR 59 1936 AVERAGE.... 59 1937 "Expensive Husbands" _ _ _ WAR. .. 74 "God's Country and the Woman" _ WAR— "Her Husband's Secretary" _ WAR 85 "The Perfect Specimen".. . . . . . ...WAR... "West of Shanghai" . . . . WAR 77 1937 AVERAGE.... 78 1938 "Dare Devil Drivers" _ _ _ _ _ _ _ WAR.... 68 1936-37-38 AVERAGE ... 70 "The Lost Horizon" _ _ COL "The Luckiest Girl in the World" _ UNIV.... 70 1937 AVERAGE. ... 70 REGIS TOOMEY 1937 "Shadows of the Orient" _ MONO 70 JANE WYMAN 1937 "Public Wedding" . ..WAR ... 70 ROBERT BALDWIN 1937 The Girl from Scotland Yard" . . . . PAR ... 70 ROD LaROCQUE 1937 "The Shadow Strikes" . . . . GN.... 70 ESTHER RALSTON 1937 "Shadows of the Orient"... MONO .... 70 JACQUELINE WELLS 1937 "Counsel for Crime" _ COL "Frame Up" . . . . . COL.... 67 "Girls Can Play". . . . . . . . COL.... 68 "Paid To Dance" . . . ..COL ... 74 "She Married an Artist" . COL 1937 AVERAGE.... 69 ANNE NAGEL "Here Comes Carter" "King of Hockey" _ "Advenutrous Blonde" "A Bride for Henry"..... "Flyaway Baby" _ "Footloose Heiress" ... 1936 WAR ... 67 WAR ... 70 1936 AVERAGE.... 68 1937 . WAR... MONO 67 . WAR... . WAR... 76 1937 AVERAGE.. . 71 1936-37 AVERAGE... 69