Box office digest annual (1940)

BOX OFFICE DIGEST ANNUAL Directors' Credits for 1939 . . ■ Continued ARTHUR LUBIN Big Guy _ _ _ _ UNIV .... 77 Big Town Czar _ UNIV _ 70 Call A Messenger _ UNIV. _ 72 Mickey the Kid _ REP _ 70 Risky Business _ . _ UNIV.... 64 AVERAGE. .. 71 Joseph McDonough Pirates of the Skies _ UNIV _ 7 1 NICK GRINDE Federal Man Hunt _ REP. .. 68 Million Dollar Legs _ . PAR _ 71 Scandal Sheet _ .J..COL _ 68 Man They Couldn’t Hang _ COE ~~ 77 AVERAGE _. 71 NORMAN FOSTER Charlie Chan in fReno _ FOX . 71 Charlie Chan on Treasure Island _ FOX ... 74 Mr. Moto’s Vacation _ FOX 66 Mr. Moto’s Warning _ FOX _ 72 AVERAGE .... 71 JOHN FARROW Five Came Back _ RKO _ 85 Full Confession _ _ RKO — 73 Saint Strikes Back _ RKO — 68 Reno RKO — 77 Sorority House _ RKO 71 Women in the Wind ... _ WAR. .. 63 AVERAGE 71 EDWARD SEDGWICK Beware Spooks _ COL ... 76 Burn ’Em Up O’Connor _ .... MGM _ 65 AVERAGE ... 70 TIM WHELAN Clouds Over Europe _ COL 70 GUSTAV MACHATY Within the Law . MGM .. 70 ARCHIE MAYO They Shall Have Music _ UA . .. 70 LOUIS KING Persons In Hiding _ PAR _ 72 Undercover Doctor _ _ PAR _ 68 AVERAGE ... 70 SIDNEY SALKOW Cafe Hostess _ . ..COL... 73 Fighting Thoroughbreds _ REP 69 Flight at Midnight _ REP 77 She Married a Cop _ REP 70 Street of Missing Men _ REP 63 REP 72 Zero Hour _ REP 65 AVERAGE 70 WILLIAM BEAUDINE Torchy in Chinatown _ . WAR 70 OTTO BROWER Stop, Look, and Love ... FOX 68 Too Busy To Work _ FOX 71 Winner Take All FOX... 72 AVERAGE.... 70 AL GREEN Gracie Allen Murder Case ... PAR 64 King of the Turf _ UA 70 20,000 Men A Year _ FOX 77 AVERAGE 70 LEW LANDERS RKO 65 Fixer Dugan .... ... _ RKO 68 Pacific Liner _ _ _ RKO 76 The Girl and the Gambler ._ RKO 70 Twelve Crowded Hours _ RKO 72 AVERAGE ... 70 JOE MAY House of Fear _ .... UNIV .... 67 Society Smugglers _ ..... UNIV... 72 AVERAGE.... 69 LESLIE GOODWINS Almost A Gentleman _ RKO... 66 Sued For Libel _ RKO . 72 The Day the Bookies Wept . RKO 70 The Girl From Mexico _ RKO 70 AVERAGE ... 69 MAL ST. CLAIR FOX ... 69 70 68 Jones Family in Hollywood _ FOX... FOX AVERAGE .... 69 WILLIAM NIGH I Am A Criminal _ MINO 69 Mr. Wong in Chinatown MONO . 65 Mutiny in the Big House .... MONO 73 Mysterious Mr. Wong _ MONO 71 Streets of New York ..„ ... .._ MONO 68 AVERAGE 69 AL ROGELL For Love or Money _ _ UNIV ... 68 Hawaiian Nights _ UNIV _. 70 AVERAGE . 69 C. C. COLEMAN Homicide Bureau _ COL . 71 Missing Daughters .... _ COL . 73 My Son Is A Criminal COL 64 AVERAGE 69 CHARLES LAMONT Inside Information ... _ ._ UNIV. 68 Pride of the Navy _ REP 70 Unexpected Father .... UNIV 70 AVERAGE 69 TERRY MORSE Adventures of lane Arden WAR 68 No Place To Go _ WAR 68 On Trial . WAR 70 Smashing the Money Ring . . WAR ... 70 Waterfront _ _ WAR 66 AVERAGE 68 C. AUBREY SCOTTO Gambling Ship _ UNIV.... 69 I Was A Convict REP 68 AVERAGE 68 HAROLD YOUNG Code of the Streets _ UNIV 66 Forgotten Woman _ _ UNIV 68 Hero For A Day UNIV 71 REP 69 AVERAGE 68 GEORGE WAGGNER Wolf Call MONO 68 JOE SANTLEY Family Next Door _ _ UNIV 68 Spirit of Culver UNIV 63 Two Bright Boys _ UNIV 74 AVERAGE 68 CHARLES BARTON Behind Prison Gates COL 66 Five Little Peppers .... _ COL 70 AVERAGE 68 ROBERT FLOREY Death of a Champion _ . PAR 68 Hotel Imperial . PAR 66 Magnificent Fraud PAR 71 AVERAGE 68 SAM NELSON Konga, the Wild Stallion COL 66 Parents on Trial COL... 70 AVERAGE... 68 JACK HIVELY Panama Lady ~ _ RKO . . 62 ....... RKO 72 They Made Her A Spy _ RKO 72 RKO 67 AVERAGE _ 68 JOHN AUER Calling All Marines REP 68 Orphans of the Streets _ REP 70 SOS Tidal Wave . . REP 65 AVERAGE... 68 WILLIAM McGANN Blackwell’s Island WAR 77 Everybody’s Hobby .... WAR 63 Pride of the Bluegrass ... .... WAR 66 Sweepstakes Winner _ ... WAR.... 64 AVERAGE... 67 RAY McCAREY Outside These Walls COL ... 65 Torchy For Mayor _ WAR 70 AVERAGE 67 GUS MEINS Money To Burn _ REP. _ 71 Mysterious Miss X _ REP____ 70 My Wife’s Relations _ ' _ _ _ REP _ 66 Should Husbands Work ... REP.. _. 63 AVERAGE 67 HAL SMITH Code of the Secret Service WAR ... 64 Cowboy Quarterback . . . . WAR .... 70 Playing With Dynamite .... WAR .... 67 Private Detective . WAR 70 Secret Service of the Air ... WAR . 65 AVERAGE... 67 EUGENE FORD Honeymoon’s Over FOX . 80 nspector Hornleigh FOX.. 54 AVERAGE 67 AL SANTELL Our Leading Citizen PAR . . 67 ERLE KENTON Everything’s On Ice RKO 67 PETER GODFREY Lone Wolf Spy Hunt COL ._ 67 EUGENE FRENKE Exile Express . GN _ 67 FRANK MacDONALD First Offenders . .COL ._ 66 Jeepers Creepers REP _ 68 They Asked For It _ UNIV. _ 66 AVERAGE . . 67 WILLIAM WATSON Heroes In Blue _ _ _ _ MONO. 67 MICKEY BALCON The Ware Case _ GB._ 66 GLENN TYRON Beauty For the Asking _ RKO — 66 DAVE HOWARD Rookie Cop . . . . — RKO.. 66 NORMAN LEE Wanted by Scotland Yard MONO — 66 GORDON DOUGLAS Zenobia _ _ _ _ _ UA — 66 HOWARD BRETHERTON Boys’ Reformatory MONO — 63 Irish Luck _ _ _ _ MONO — 65 Mysterious Mr. Wong MONO — 71 Mystery Plane . . . MONO — 64 Navy Secrets _ _ _ MONO — 68 Sky Patrol . . . . . MONO — 63 Star Reporter _ _ MONO — 63 Tough Kid . . . . ..MONO — 70 Undercover Agent _ MONO — 63 AVERAGE.... 65 MONTY BANKS Shipyard Sally FOX. — 68 Smiling Along FOX — 63 AVERAGE ... 65 LAMBERT HILLYER Convict’s Code . . MONO — 69 Girl From Rio _ _ _ MONO — 62 Should A Girl Marry? _ MONO._ 64 AVERAGE.... 65 CRANE WILBUR The Man Who Dared W AR — 65 GEORGE ARCHAINBAUD Boy Trouble _ PAR — 65 Night Work ... . _ _ _ _ PAR — 61 Some Like It Hot .... PAR 69 AVERAGE... 65 LESLIE FENTON Tell No Tales _ _ MGM — 65 CARROL REED Climbing High ~GB_. 63 TOD BROWNING Miracles For Sale MGM — 60 LEIGH JASON Career . . . . — RKO — 53 The Flying Irishman _ RKO — 63 AVERAGE.... 58 DAVID MacDONALD This Man Is News PAR 54