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JL HE MOST IMPORTANT NEWS of many moons to this industry is the matter-of-fact announcement by Technicolor
that it will put into effect a flat reduction of one cent a foot on
release prints processed after August 1st.
"There is a great industrial story of days and nights and
months and years behind the manner in which Dr. Kalmus and his
associates have boosted the quality and service of color to the
industry, beaten down the price step by step, and maintained a
great spirit of cooperation with production and exhibition. TECHNICOLOR MOTION PICTURE CORPORATION HERBERT T. KALMUS, President
, 617 North La Brea Avenue, Los Angeles, Subscription Rate, $10.00 Per ■Ml ^Ite. DIGEST ANNUAL
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D OMESTIC box office standings take on values in this year of vanished foreign markets that are tremendous in importance.
They are the only ratings that mean anything to the producer, director, player, and exhibitor.
Gone—at least for years to come—are the days when known box office failures in the American market could be pushed to fabulous income heights and foisted on the suffering American exhibitor because of a shadowy "for¬ eign value.”
Gone are the days—and we hope forever—when producers could know¬ ingly, and with "malice aforethought,” set out on the production of top budgetted pictures that would admittedly have no appeal to American mass audiences, earn no dimes for American exhibitors.
All because of that same shadowy foreign market.
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So THE DIGEST ANNUAL comes to you at an opportune time.
It is the only factual record published of the DOLLARS AND CENTS earnings of picture creators at BOX OFFICES.
It is the one "poll” that is not a poll—in the sense that so many polls represent some one individual’s opinion, or the opinions of many individuals of undetermined prejudices and strictly personal likes and dislikes.
It is the voice of the CUSTOMER—registered in the ballot box of thea¬ ters in every corner of the land, spoken with the voice of CASH laid on the line.
So, entering its fifth year of publication, BOX OFFICE DIGEST is proud to be the echo of that box office voice in the presentation herewith of—
BOX OFFICE ANNUAL FOR 1940.
Published by Robert E. Welsh, 617 North La Brea Avenue, Los Angeles, California; WEbster 5373. $5.00 the Copy. BOX OFFICE DIGEST ★ HONOR BOX ★ The Biggest Grossing Picture of 1939
Twentieth Century-Fox wins with "JESSE JAMES"-182%
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Associate Producer and Original Screenplay NUNNALLY JOHNSON Vice-President in Charge of Production Director DARRYL F. ZANUCK HENRY KING
Historical data assembled by ROSALIND SHAFFER JO FRANCES JAMES Featured:
HENRY HULL Photographer GEORGE BARNES SLIM SUMMERVILLE J. EDWARD BROMBERG Technicolor Photographer JOHN CARRADINE W. H. GREENE DONALD MEEK Technicolor Director JOHN RUSSELL NATALIE KALMUS JANE DARWELL Musical Director CLAIRE DU BREY LOUIS SILVERS WILLARD ROBERTSON Film Editor BARBARA McLEAN TYRONE POWER
j-ibNKY FONDA NANCY KELLY RANDOLPH SCOTT BRIAN DONLEVY How Percentages Are Figured
• DURING the past four years we have constantly had many requests to explain our method of figuring percentages on pictures as they are printed in our BOX OFFICE DIGEST from week to week.
Accordingly, we are printing this page to explain in detail to our readers how the percentages are arrived at.
Below we have taken the box office receipts on one individual picture— "JESSE JAMES’’—which should be explanatory to our readers.
The percentages used in our DIGEST are based on actual business, etc. The figures from all types of houses, both large box office figures received from exhibitors all over the nation. and small, throughout the country, are then averaged out, with Naturally, 100% is always considered the normal average. In the per cent after the name of the picture, being the actual per other words, if a theater whose average is $10,000 weekly, cent of business, that that certain picture has played to. grosses $7,500 on a given picture, then that picture draws a 75% In order to give our readers a more concrete example of rating on that particular run. On the other hand, if another how percentages are figured out, we are utilizing this page, to picture in that same theater grosses $15,000 it is given a 150% give a complete "break-down” on a given pitcure. For this ex¬ rating on that particular run. In the first case mentioned, the ample, we are using the box office figures on the 20th Century- picture would be running 25% below normal, while in the sec¬ Fox production—"JESSE JAMES,” which was the biggest box ond instance, the picture would be running 50% above normal office feature of 1939.
BOX OFFICE RETURNS ON "JESSE JAMES”
In New York City, New York, this picture opened at the Roxy Theatre (average weeklv gross is $40,000). It grossed, $68,986.00 on its first week, which is equal to 172% %—that is 72% % above normal business. 172% % $40,000 ) $68,986
OTHER KEY CITY RUNS, WITH THEATER GROSSES AND PER CENTS, ARE LISTED BELOW
0/ City and Theater Week’s Gross % City and Theater Week’s Gross Memphis, Tenn., State Theater — _ $11,844 197 Pittsburgh, Pa., Alvin Theater . _...... 17,943 257 Chicago, Ill., Chicago Theater ...... 39,995 148 New Orleans, La., Sanger Theater _ ... 15,357 191 Springfield, Ill., Lincoln Theater __ ..... 5,925 192 Rochester, N. Y., Palace Theater _ .... 13,327 153 Dallas, Texas, Majestic Theater _ ...... 14,366 202 Toronto, Canada, Imperial Theater _ ..... 10,593 153 Louisville, Ky., Rialto Theater __ _ ...... 12,991 194 Charlotte, N. C., Carolina Theater _ ... 6,924 186 Indianapolis, Ind., Indiana Theater _ ...... 11,862 192 Cleveland, Ohio, Hippodrome Theater .... 17,028 170 Tulsa Okla., Orpheum Theater _ 10,817 198 Dayton. Ohio, Keith Theater ...... 13,153 173 Kansas City, Mo., Esquire Theater _ ...... 7,513 244 Oklahoma City, Okla., Criterion ...... 10,105 288 Kansas City, Kan., Uptown _ _ ..... 7,408 212 San Francisco, Calif., Fox Theater ...... 20,978 147 Albany, N. Y., Palace Theater _ ... 10,243 182 Salt Lake City, Utah, Center Theater ... 9,355 169 Des Moines, Iowa, Des Moines Theater .... 7,833 184 Richmond, Va., State Theater _ ..... 5,498 172 Des Moines, Iowa, Roosevelt Theater 2,386 169 Richmond, Va., Bird Theater _...... 6,625 186 New Haven, Conn., Palace Theater _ ...... 10,983 174 Philadelphia, Pa., Stanley Theater _ ...... 17,949 133 Portland, Me., Strand Theater _ —- 5.398 162 Milwaukee, Wis., Wisconsin Theater _ 10,458 174 Toledo, Ohio, Paramount Theater _ 11,728 176 Washington, D. C., Palace Theater _ ... 17,547 147 Houston, Texas, Majestic Theater . _ .... 14,527 202 Detroit, Mich., Fox Theater ___ 33,001 232 Boston, Mass., Metropolitan Theater ...... 24,512 167 Denver, Colo., Denver Theater ..... 11,571 143 Bridgeport, Conn., Palace Theater _ _. 10,320 183 Syracuse, N. Y., Keith Theater _ ...... 8,943 157 Miami, Fla.. Lincoln Theater _ ...... 7,923 166 St. Louis, Mo., Fox Theater _ ..... 27.018 181 Buffalo, N. Y., Shaes Theater _ ...... 14,705 143 Providence, R. I., Majestic Theater _ 8,232 129 Montreal, Canada, Capitol Theater_ ... 8,949 152 Norfolk, W. Va., Norva Theater _ — 9,637 177 Atlanta, Ga., Fox Theater _ ...... 16,646 147 Minneapolis, Minn., State Theater —...... 9,637 177 Omaha, Neb., Orpheum Theater _ ...... 11,333 142 Utica, N. Y., Olympic Theater .... 4,007 174 Fort Worth, Tex., Hollywood Theater _ ..... 9,818 179 Los Angeles, Calif.. Loew’s State __ ..... 20,781 175 Hartford, Con., Poli-Capitol Theater ...... 10,754 166 Hollywood, Calif., Chinese Theater _ ..... 15,886 176 Scranton, Pa., Strand Theater _ ..... 9.978 177 New York. N. Y., Roxv Theater _ 68,986 172 Seattle, Wash., 5th Avenue Theater_ 8,851 143 53 ) 9406 Average on 53 Key City First Runs__ .177% 7 Chain Theater Circuit Reports Show an Average of_186 563 Independent Theater Reports Show an Average of—.183 3 ) 560 Present Box Office Value of "JESSE JAMES”_ _182%
N. B.—It might be of interest to our readers to know that a picture that runs 82% above normal business at the box office, will probably gross in the neighborhood of $3,250,000 in the world market. Production cost of "Jesse Jaems” was slightly in excess of $1,500,000.—The Editor. Names and Credits of the BIG TEN PICTURES OF
TITLES AND No. DIST. PRODUCER DIRECTOR STAR ESTIMATED GROSSES
Darryl F. Zanuck JESSE JAMES —T Tyrone Power 1. FOX Henry King Nancy Kelly $3,250,000 Nunnally Johnson Henry Fonda (Asso. Prod.)
Pan Berman GUNGA DIN Cary Grant 2. RKO George Stevens Doug Fairbanks, Jr. $3,100,000 George Stevens Victor McLaglen (Asso. Prod.)
Harry Cohn MR. SMITH GOES TO Jean Arthur 3. WASHINGTON COL. Frank Capra James Stewart $2,700,000 Frank Capra (Asso. Prod.)
Darryl F. Zanuck THE RAINS CAME Myrna Loy 4. FOX Clarence Brown Tyrone Power $2,600,000 Harry Joe Brown George Brent (Asso. Prod.)
BABES IN ARMS Judy Garland 5. MGM Arthur Freed Busby Berkeley Mickey Rooney $2,550,000
Hal Wallis DODGE CITY — T Olivia DeHavilland 6. WAR. Michael Curtiz Errol Flynn $2,400,000 Robert Lord (Asso. Prod.)
THE WOMEN Norma Shearer 7. MGM Hunt Stromberg George Cukor Joan Crawford $2,400,000 Rosalind Russell
Ben Goetz GOODBYE, MR. CHIPS 8. MGM Sam Wood Robert Donat
$2,300,000 Victor Saville (Asso. Prod.)
THE WIZARD OF Judy Garland 9. OZ — T MGM Mervyn LeRoy Victor Fleming Frank Morgan $2,300,000
Darryl F. Zanuck DRUMS ALONG Claudette Colbert 10. THE MOHAWK — T FOX John Ford Henry Fonda $2,200,000 Raymond Griffith (Asso. Prod.)
T — Indicates Technicolor Box Office "Big Ten" of 1939 1939 GROSS $25,000,000
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY FEATURED FILM EDITOR CAMERAMAN WRITERS WRITERS
Randolph Scott Henry Hull George Barnes Brian Donlevy Nunnally Johnson Jane Darwell Nunnally Johnson Barbara McLean W. H. Greene Donald Meek (Technicolor) John Carradine
Sam Jaffe Rudyard Kipling J oel Sayre Joan Fontaine Henry Berman Ben Hecht Eduardo Cianelli Joseph H. August Fred Guiol John Lockert Montagu Love Chas. MacArthur
Claude Rains Edward Arnold Guy Kibbee Gene Havlick Lewis R. Foster Sidney Buchman Joseph Walker Thomas Mitchell A1 Clark Eugene Pallette Beulah Bondi
Joseph Schildkraut Brenda Joyce Philip Dunne Jane Darwell Louis Broomfield Barbara McLean Arthur Miller Nigel Bruce Julien Josephson Mary Nash Marjorie Rambeau
Guy Kibbee Lorenz Hart Kay Van Riper Charles Winninger Frank Sullivan Ray June June Preisser Richard Rodgers Jack McGowan Henry Hull
Ann Sheridan Frank McHugh John Litel Robert Buckner Robert Buckner George Amy Sol Polito Alan Hale Bruce Cabot Guinn Williams
Mary Boland Anita Loos Paulette Goddard Clare Booth Robert Kern Oliver T. Marsh Joan Fontaine Jane Murfin Virginia Weidler
Eric Maschwitz Greer Garson James Hilton Claudine West Charles Frend F. A. Young Terry Kilburn R. C. Sherriff
Billie Burke Noel Langley Jack Haley Florence Ryerson Blanche Sewell Harold Rosson Ray Bolger L. Frank Baum Bert Lahr Edgar Allan Woolf
Edna May Oliver Eddie Collins Lamar Trotti Walter D. Edmonds Robert Simpson Bert Glennon John Carradine Sonya Levien Jessie Ralphs Financial Statements
1937 NET EARNINGS OF NATIONAL FILM 1938 NET EARNINGS OF NATIONAL FILM PRODUCER-DISTRIBUTORS PRODUCER-DISTRIBUTORS Profit or Loss Profit or Loss 1. Loews, Inc. (MGM) $14,426,062.00 1. Loew’s, Inc. (MGM) $9,862,400.00 2. 20th Century-Fox _ 8,617,114.00 2. 20th Century-Fox 7,252,466.00 3. Paramount* _ 6,045,103.00 3. Paramount Pictures 4,105,676.00 4. Warner Brothers* 5,876,133.00 4. Gaumont British _ 1,273,357.00 5. R. K. O.*_ 1,821,166.00 5. Republic _ 616,696.00 6. Columbia 1,317,371.00 6. Warner Brothers _ 347,927.00 7. Gaumont British 976,065.00 7. Columbia Pictures _ 183,393.00 8. Republic ...... 605,755.00 8. R- K. O. 173,578.00 9. Universal _ —1,084,999.00 9. Universal Pictures —591,178.00 10. Grand National —636,202.00 10. Monogram _____..._—180,817.00 11. Monogram _ —239,076.00 11. Grand National (Receivership) Off the Curb 12. United Artists (Priv. Corp.) no statement issued 12. United Artists (Priv. Corp.) no statement issued Profit of above (except U. A.) $37,724,642.00 Profit of above (except U. A.) $23,043,498.00
1939 NET EARNINGS OF NATIONAL FILM PRODUCER-DISTRIBUTORS 1. Loew’s Inc. (MGM) $9,841,531.00 7. Monogram _ 41,641.00 2. 20th Century-Fox 4,146,814.00 8. R. K. O...... —186,495.00 9. United Artists (Priv. Corp.) no statement issued 3. Paramount Pictures 3,870,000.00 10. Republic (Priv. Corp.) no statement issued 4. Warner Brother1 2,279,232.00 11. Gaumont British (not producing) 5. Universal Pictures 1,455,962.00 12. Grand National (in receivership) Off the Curb 6. Columbia Pictures 183,032.00 Profit of above (except U.A. and Republic) $21,631,717.00
EDITOR’S NOTE: Where financial statements for the past fiscal year ending December 31, 1939, were not available, then the last financial state¬ ment issued for a past 12 months’ period, was used instead. The net earnings of MGM, Paramount, Warner Brothers, and RKO, also includes 100% of the theater incomes of their agiliated circuits. 85% of the 20th Century-Fox earnings were derived from production, as that company has much smaller theater holdings; (40% of Wesco and National Theaters). Statements furnished through courtesy of E. F. HUTTON AND COMPANY, Members of New York Stock Exchange. Producer-Distributors Profits in 1939 Almost Equal to 1938 1939 PROFITS DROP OFF $1,500,000 FROM THE PREVIOUS YEAR
The boxes printed above clearly indicate the profits of the major industry. In 1938 their profit was only a third of a million dollars, while Producer-Distributor Corporations over the past three year period. In in 1939 their profit is slightly in excess of two and a quarter millions. 1937 all of the combined film companies showed a profit of over $37,- This may be due in part to the way they handle their financial write-off, 000,000; in 1938, the combined profits dropped off 35% to $23,000,000, particularly on heavy budgeted pictures. If Warners can continue their and last year, 1939, the earnings of all dropped to $21,600,000, which high production standard without increased negative costs they will prob¬ is only about $1,500,000 below the previous year. ably have a prosperous 1940, if their loss isn’t too heavy in the European In plain figures it is easy to see that the picture industry in 1937 was market. quite prosperous but took a big drop in 1938 and a slightly bigger drop UNIVERSAL: Universal Pictures have made a very fine showing in 1939. Just how 1940 will end is a matter of much discussion, but it for the past year. In 1937 this company lost over $1,000,000, which doesn’t look very healthy. The past few weeks, since the Belgian-Dutch- was cut to a half a million loss in 1938; but in 1939 the company, under French invasion, has kept so many people home listening to their radios Nate Blumberg’s direction, has had a very successful year, going from that it has seriously affected the box office receipts of our domestic thea¬ red to black with a profit of almost a million and a half, undoubtedly tres. The fact that the major Producer-Distributors collected approxi¬ much of this profit is due to Joe Pasternak for his very successful hand¬ mately $25,000,000 in foreign revenue which at this writing is practically ling of Deanna Durbin and other pictures, and also in the addition of eliminated, will just about throw every company into red ink unless pro¬ Bing Crosby to Universal’s program duction costs are cut considerably or the American theatre revenue in¬ COLUMBIA: Columbia Pictures have again had another bad year. creased, which doesn't look possible at the present time. In 1937 this company thowed a profit of a million and a third, which LOEW’S, INC.: The parent company of MGM, Loew’s Inc., has dropped to $183,000 in 1938, and this same figure is practically repeated had a very successful 1939, grossing just a few thousand dollars below again in 1939. This isn’t a verv big profit for a company that produces the previous year, which still leaves them the top money making company so many big pictures, and furthermore, Columbia would have undoubt¬ of the industry. It is estimated that approximately 50% of Loew’s profit edly been in red ink if it wasn’t for the one big Frank CaDra production is derived from studio operation and the other 50% from theater opera¬ in 1939. With Capra out of the company, Producer Harry Cohn is tion. primarily the Loew’s Circuit. attempting to get some other big grossing pictures for this "ear with the TWENTIETH CENTURY-FOX: Twentieth Century-Fox Pictures addition of such nrominent directors as Wesley Ruggles and Frank Lloyd. have taken a drop of a little over $3,000,000 in the oast year. Their MONOGRAM: In spite of strong competitive markets, Monogram profit in 1938 was slightly in excess of $7,000,000, while in 1939 it was is still continuing in its struggle for existence, and their profits for the only a little over $4,000,000. Sidney R. Kent, president of Fox, blames past vear seem a little better. In 1937 Monogafm Ios tover a quarter of this mostly to the loss of the foreign market and bad domestic conditions. a million dollars, which was cut to $180,000 loss in 1938, and in 1939 To make this up the coming year, Mr. Kent and salesmanager, Herman (first six months only) Monogram turned around and showed a profit of Wobber, are asking exhibitors to give better play-dates and longer play¬ $41,000, which isn’t much to operate on, but still much better than red ing time to the big box office attractions, which due to union conditions ink. At the time of going to press Monogram had not issued or given are costing the studios much more to produce. out their statement or the last six months of 1939. so it is hard to say PARAMOUNT: Paramount Pictures had a fairly good vear for whether the year ended in red or black ink for this little independent 1939, netting almost $3,900,000, which is only about $200,000 behind company. the previous year. However, according to inside information from the RKO: RKO-Radio Pictures all through their 77-B struggle have been home-office, most of this profit was made through theater operation. trying to get into the heavier black ink. In 1937. this company showed Mr. Y. Frank Freeman, capable assistant to President Barnev Balaban, a profit of almost $2,000,000, due mostly to the Astaire-Rogers pictures, is sitting at the studio and in collaboration with William LeBaron is but in 1938 their profits dropped to $173,000 and the company would constantly cutting production costs and believes that he can keen the have been in red ink if it had not been for the percentage they earned company out of red ink. It is also interesting to note that Mr. Balaban for distributing Disney’s "Snow White.” In the past year—1939—RKO has announced that there will be no "B” pictures in the Paramount is in the red almost $200,000. grouo for 1940-41. UNITED ARTISTS: Due to the fact that United Artists is a nrivate WARNERS-FIRST NATIONAL: Warners-First National have corporation belonging to five members: Sam Goldwyn, Alexander Korda, shown the biggest profit gain in the past year of any company in the (Continued on Next Page) Number of Releases and Batting Averages of Producer Distributors For Past Four Years
DISTRIBUTORS’ BATTING AVERAGE FOR 1937 DISTRIBUTOR’S BATTING AVERAGE FOR 1936 0/ JO JO 1. M. G. M. 50 Releases ___101 1. M. G. M. 52 Releases 107 2. United Artists 23 Releases 99 2. United Artists 18 Releases 100 3. 20th Century-Fox 56 Releases 94 3. 20th Century-Fox 59 Releases 92 4. Paramount 54 Releases 91 4. Warner Brothers 60 Releases 90 5. Warner Brothers 59 Releases 88 _29 Releases 90 5. Universal 6. R. K. O. 53 Releases 82 6. Paramount 64 Releases 87 7. Columbia 42 Releases 81 7. R. K. O. 47 Releases 86 8. Universal 34 Releases 78 8. Columbia 43 Releases 84 9. Republic 27 Releases 74 9. Gaumont British 16 Releases 82 10. Gaumont British _17 Releases 73 10. Grand National 4 Releases .... 73 11. Grand National _26 Releases . 73 11. Republic 24 Releases 70 12. Monogram _ 12 Releases .. 72
416 Features 453 Features
DISTRIBUTORS’ BATTING AVERAGE FOR 1938 DISTRIBUTORS’ BATTING AVERAGE FOR 1939 0/ o/ JO /o 1. M. G. M. 45 Releases 103 1. United Artists 18 Releases.. 97 2. 20th Century-Fox _ 52 Releases 92 2. 20th Century-Fox 54 Releases 96 3. United Artists 17 Releases 92 3. M. G. M. _ 51 Releases_ 95 4. Paramount 40 Releases 88 4. Paramount 51 Releases 85 5. Warner Bros. 53 Releases 87 5. Warner Brothers 52 Releases 84 6. RKO .39 Releases 83 6. RKO-Radio _ 39 Releases_ 82 7. Columbia 33 Releases 80 7. Universal _ 44 Releases_ 80 8. Universal 39 Releases 77 8. Columbia 35 Releases_ 78 9. Republic _25 Releases 73 9. Republic _23 Releases_ 69 10. Monogram 14 Releases 69 10. Monogram 19 Releases 67 11. Grand National 4 Releases 66 11. Grand National 4 Releases _ 66 12. Gaumont British .. _10 Releases 59 12. Gaumont British 2 Releases 65
371 Features 392 Features
ANNUAL RELEASES Producer-Distributor 1936 _:_416 Profits for 1939 1937 ___453 (Continued from Preceding Page) 1938 _371 Mary Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks and Charles Spencer Chaplin, they 1939 __392 do not issue any financial statement for publication, but only have their (Above does not include Westerns) own private records. However, it is estimated that this company is show¬ (There are an average of 70 Western Features produced ing a very good profit and that the five owner-members declare them¬ selves very good dividends from time to time. President Murray Silver- annually in Hollywood) stone is endeavoring to increase the usual fifteen Unitd Artists releases a year to about twenty-five or thirty, anticipating greater profits for his company and giving the exchanges something to sell from week to week. Plainly shown above are the number of major releases for the REPUBLIC: Republic Pictures, like United Artists, is a closed cor¬ past four years, practically all of which were made in Holly¬ poration controlled by H. J. Yates, and this past year they have issued no financial statement so far, although it is reported that they may do so wood with the exception of a few English pictures. at a later date. The two previous years, 1937 and 1938, Republic showed It is interesting to note that last year—-in 1939—there were a profit slightly in excess of a half million dollars and it’s quite likely they netted about the same amount for 1939. While Republic only 392 feature pictures, which is 21 more than were produced in makes 24 regular features a year they also make a group of about 20 1938. However, over the last ten year period there was an aver¬ westerns headed by their cowboy star Gene Autry, and it is from these age of 430 feature pictures produced a year (not including Westerns that a great deal of the company’s profits are realized. In an Westerns). So while the Hollywood studios made 21 more attempt to bolster the company’s profits. Producer Moe Siegel, has an¬ nounced that Republic will make at least three big heavy budget pictures pictures last year over the previous year, they are still produc¬ for the coming season. ing approximately 40 pictures less a year than they have over GAUMONT BRITISH: Gaumont British, in the past the leading the past ten year period. British producing and exhibiting corporation, has shown fairly good On account of the European war situation, and the terrific profits, particularly in 1937 and 1938. However, for 1939 this company loss of foreign revenue, practically every major producer and discontinued production and is now only an exhibiting concern. Their distributor has announced that they are making from 10 to 15 last few releases that fan over into 1939, including re-issues, were sold pictures less for the coming 1940-41 season. So exhibitors can’t through the Twentieth Century-Fox exchanges in the United Stares. look for more than around 350 pictures at most from all major GRAND NATIONAL: In 1937 this company showed a loss of over distributors for the coming season. This probably means that half a million dollars and not having sufficient capital to operate on, exhibitors will have to give the bigger box office attractions ex¬ went into receivership in 1938. As the studios and exchanges have since tended playing time or fill in their open dates with re-issues. been liquidated, there is natutally no statement issued for 1939. All Major Features Released in 1939 QQ < i^. : >a K5. H o ■W9. o s u- os o o
General Executive Producers
1939
1 DARRYL F. ZANUCK 2. PANDRO S. BERMAN (20th Century-Fox) (RKO-Radio) 1. DARRYL F. ZANUCK FOX (24) 109 2. PANDRO S. BERMAN RKO (11) 105 3. HAL B. WALLIS WAR (25) 102 4. EDDIE MANNIX MGM (36) 98 5. WILLIAM LeBARON PAR (25) 92 6. HARRY COHN COL (13) 91 7. CLIFF WORK and his associates Milt Feld Jack Gross Milton Schwarzwald UNIV (44) 79 8. M. J. SIEGEL REP (23) 69 9. SCOTT DUNLAP MONO (12) 67
4. E. L. MANNIX 3. HAL B. WALLIS (MGM) (Warner Brorh»r«i
6. HARRY COHN 5. WILLIAM LeBARON (Columbia) (Paramount)
7. CLIFF WORK 8. MOE SIEGEL 9. SCOTT DUNLAP (Universal) (Republic) (Monogram) BOX OFFICE DIGEST ANNUAL General Executive Producers' Credits for 1939
DARRYL F. ZANUCK Honolulu ___MGM._107 Ex-Champ __ UNIV ... 72 Alexander Graham Bell _FOX . 117 Henry Goes To Arizona . .... MGM.. 72 Family Next Door ...... _UNIV ... 66 Adventures of Sherlock Holmes ... FOX 72 It’s A Wonderful World _MGM ... 99 First Love _UNIV._123 Barricade „__FOX ... 80 Ice Follies of 1939 ...... MGM.... 93 Forgotten Woman _ UNIV... 68 Drums Along the Mohawk _FOX .. 151 Idiot’s Delight _MGM ... 77 For Love or Money __UNIV_ 68 Daytime Wife ___FOX ... 96 Call on The President _MGM._ 77 Gambling Ship _UNIV.... 69 Everything Happens At Night FOX 100 Kid From Texas _____MGM ... 60 Hawaiian Nights _UNIV.... 70 Hotel For Women FOX 97 Lady of the Tropics __MGM._100 Hero For a Day _UNIV.... 71 Hollywood Cavalcade FOX. 136 Let Freedom Ring MGM ... 83 House of Fear ___UNIV.... 67 Hound of the Baskervilles ...FOX . 94 Lucky Night _ _ .... MGM 98 I Stole A Million _ ....UNIV.... 71 Here I Am A Stranger_ _FOX 75 Maisie _MGM ... 97 Inside Information .... _ UNIV 68 Jesse James ...... FOX .182 Ninotchka .___MGM... 144 Laugh It Of! _ ...UNIV ... 70 Kentucky __FOX ...138 Nick Carter, Detective ...... MGM. 74 Legion of Lost Flyers __ UNIV._ 73 Little Princess .....FOX...112 On Borrowed Time _ MGM ... 90 Little Accident _UNIV_ 73 Return of the Cisco Kid . FOX 80 Remember? ...MGM ... 98 Man From Montreal__UNIV.... 74 Rose of Washington Square.. FOX. 128 Six Thousand Enemies ___ MGM ... 63 Missing Evidence _UNIV_ 70 Second Fiddle _____ FOX ...114 Sergeant Madden _ MGM . 84 Mutiny on the Blackhawk _ _UNIV.... 75 Stanley and Livingstone .... _FOX 151 Society Lawyer _MGM ... 73 Mystery of the White Room _ UNIV.... 71 Susannah of the Mounties FOX 86 Stronger Than Desire MGM 70 One Hour To Live _UNIV_ 72 Tailspin ...... FOX 90 Stand Up and Fight MGM . 123 Pirates of the Sky _ UNIV 71 The Gorilla ...FOX 80 Thunder Afloat __MGM.. . 110 Rio _UNIV.... 73 The Rains Came ...... FOX 165 The Women __MGM...158 Risky Business ...... _UNIV ... 64 The Three Musketeers ..FOX.... 81 They All Come Out ....MGM ... 64 Society Smugglers __UNIV.... 72 Wife, Husband and Friend FOX 90 Wizard of Oz _ MGM... 156 Son of Frankenstein _ _UNIV._ 98 Young Mr. Lincoln _ FOX 94 AVERAGE 98 Spirit of Culver _UNIV.... 63 AVERAGE .109 Sun Never Sets ___UNIV __ 79 WILLIAM LeBARON PANDRO S. BERMAN The Mikado _UNIV.... 77 Beau Geste _PAR.__.126 Allegheny Uprising RKO 84 The Underpup _____UNIV_ 78 Cafe Society _PAR ... 81 Bachelor Mother .....RKO... 127 The Witness Vanishes ... UNIV_ 72 Cat and the Canary _ PAR 92 Boy Slaves _. RKO ... 73 They Asked For It _UNIV. .. 66 Disnuted Passage PAR 96 Flying Irishman RKO 63 Three Smart Girls Grow Up_UNIV ... 131 Geronimo _ _PAR ... 90 Hunchback of Notre Dame RKO 142 Tower of London ___UNIV.... 87 Gracie Allen Murder Case PAR 64 In Name Only _____RKO ..102 Tropic Fury ___UNIV ... 74 Honeymoon in Bali _ PAR 99 Love Affair ...... RKO .120 Two Bright Boys ..... UNIV ... 74 Hotel Imperial PAR ... 66 Fifth Avenue Girl RKO 108 Unexpected Father _UNIV ... 70 I’m From Missouri ___PAR ... 79 Vernon and Irene Castle _ RKO .116 When Tomorrow Comes . UNIV . 120 Invitation To Happiness PAR 102 That’s Right, You're Wrong RKO 122 Can’t Cheat An Honest Man UNIV....121 Lady’s From Kentucky ___PAR ... 77 AVERAGE. 105 AVERAGE ... 79 Man About Town _PAR 122 HAL WALLIS Magnificent Fraud _PAR 71 MOE SIEGEL Angels Wash Their Faces ... WAR 82 Midnight PAR 1 1 1 Calling All Marines REP. 68 Confessions of a Nazi Spy WAR 112 Never Say Die _ PAR 78 Federal Man Hunt _ REP... 68 Dark Victory ____WAR... 128 Night of Nights .....PAR_ 80 Fighting Thoroughbreds ..REP.— 69 Daughters Courageous__ .. WAR .112 Our Leading Citizen PAR 67 Flight At Midnight ..._ .... . REP ... 77 Dodge City -WAR ...158 Our Neighbors, The Carters ... PAR 70 Forged Passports _ REP ... 66 Dust Be My Destiny .... WAR 98 Paris Honeymoon PAR 102 I Was A Convict _ REP ... 68 Espionage Agent _ WAR ... 80 Rulers of the Sea ..PAR— 88 Jeepers Creepers _ REP. .. 66 Each Dawn I Die _ WAR._120 Saint Louis Blues .... _PAR 87 Main Street Lawyer _REP._ 73 Four Wives _ WAR ... 110 The Star Maker _PAR....118 Man of Conquest _REP 96 Invisible Stripes _WAR ... 87 Union Pacific ____PAR ...145 Mickey the Kid _REP_ 70 Juarez - WAR ...123 What A Life __PAR ... 90 Money To Burn _ REP_ 67 Indianapolis Speedway _ WAR 75 Zaza ___ PAR ... 98 Mysterious Miss X _ REP_ 70 Kid From Kokomo _ WAR 85 AVERAGE. 92 My Wife’s Relations _ REP.. 66 Naughty But Nice _ WAR ... 86 HARRY COHN Orphans of the Streets .. REP.— 70 Off The Record .. WAR. .. 85 Amazing Mr. Williams ___COL... 92 Pride of the Navy _ REP. .. 70 Oklahoma Kid _WAR...110 Beware Spooks ____..COL ... 74 Sabotage ___REP. .. 69 On Your Toes _WAR ... 78 Blondie Brings Up Babv _COL . 78 She Married A Cop _ REP.... 70 Elizabeth and Essex _ ... _ WAR ...114 Blondie Meets the Boss _COL ... 81 Should Husbands Work? ... REP ... 63 They Made Me A Criminal _ WAR 92 Blondie Takes a Vacation _COL ... 73 Smuggled Cargo ... REP ... 63 The Old Maid __ WAR 139 Coast Guard _COL ... 78 S.O.S. Tidal Wave __REP ... 65 The Roaring Twenties .... _ _ WAR ...115 Blind Alley _COL ... 71 Street of Missing Men .... _ .. .REP ... 63 We Are Not Alone ___WAR_ 92 Golden Boy ...COL.... 102 Woman Doctor _ REP. .. 72 You Can’t Get Away With Murder WAR ... 76 Good Girls Go To Paris _COL.... 95 Zero Hour ___ _ REP.... 65 Yes, My Darling Daughter _WAR ...106 AVERAGE... 69 Wings of the Navy _ WAR 94 Lady and the Mob _COL._ 74 Let Us Live _COL ... 77 AVERAGE. 102 SCOTT DUNLAP Mr. Smith Goes to Washington_COL ...167 EDDIE MANNIX Boy’s Reformatory .... _ _MONO ... 63 Only Angels Have Wings _■__COL ...119 Adventures of Huckleberry Finn..MGM....111 AVERAGE 91 Irish Luck _MONO ... 65 Another Thin Man _ MGM ...144 Mr. Wong in Chinatown _ MONO ... 65 CLIFF WORK Marx Bros, at the Circus _ _M(GM.___103 Mysterious Mr. Wong _ MONO ... 71 Bad Little Angel _:_MGM-.. 70 and associates: Milt Feld, Jack Gross, Mystery Plane _MONO ... 64 Balalaika _____MGM._114 Milton Schwarzwald Mutiny in the Big House ...... _ MONO ... 70 Babes In Arms _ MGM.__.159 Big Guy _UNIV_ 76 Navy Secrets _MONO._ 68 Blackmail __MGM ... 87 Big Town Czar _UNIV..._ 70 Streets of New York _ _MONO_ 68 Broadway Serenade ..MGM_ 84 Call A Messenger ___ UNIV_ 68 Sky Patrol ...MONO_ 63 Bridal Suite ___MGM_ 70 Charlie McCarthy, Detective _UNIV.... 84 Star Reporter ___ MONO... 63 Dancing Co-ed _MGM_ 78 Code of the Streets _UNIV ... 66 Tough Kid_MONO.... 70 Four Girls in White ____MGM_ 84 Destry Rides Again _UNIV ... 134 Wolf Call _ MONO ... 68 Girl Downstairs ___MGM_ 79 East Side of Heaven _UNIV ... 110 AVERAGE ... 67 cc O ” H - to ffi & “ D po c/3 < o ^<03 :w- ■< X —-■ § p c S n C/3M B o 3 i = 't"’S:3g. 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1939
% 1. ARTHUR FREED MGM (1) 159 2. VICTOR SAVILLE MGM (1) 156 3. HUNT STROMBERG MGM (3) 145 4. NUNNALLY JOHNSON FOX (3) 133 5. MERVYN LeROY MGM (3) .127 6. BUDDY DeSYLVA RKO (1) 127 7. DAVID LEWIS WAR (2) 124 8. LESTER COWAN UNIV (1) 121 9. ROBERT LORD WAR (4) 118 10. JOSEPH PASTERNAK UNIV (4) 116 11. HENRY BLANKE WAR (5) 115 12. HARRY JOE BROWN FOX (6) 112 13. JOSEPH MANKIEWICZ MGM (1) 111 14. GEORGE HAIGHT RKO (2) 109 15. ARTHUR HORNBLOW, Jr. PAR (3) 108 16. RAYMOND GRIFFITH FOX (4) 108 3. HUNT STROMBERG 17. JACK CUMMINGS MGM (1) 107 4. NUNNALLY JOHNSON 18. LAURENCE WEINGARTEN MGM (1) 107 19. KENNETH MACGOWAN FOX (5) 106 20. GENE MARKEY FOX (4) 102 21. MILTON BREN MGM (2) 100 22. FRANK ROSS U.A. (1) 100 23. FRANK DAVIS MGM (1) 99 24. BENJAMIN GLAZER WAR (2) 99 25. AL LEWIN _PAR (1) 98
5. MERVYN LeROY 6. B. G. DeSYLVA
7. DAVID LEWIS 8. LESTER COWAN 9. ROBERT LORD 10. JOSEPH PASTERNAK BOX OFFICE DIGEST ANNUAL
Unit Producers' Credits for 1939
ARTHUR FREED JACK CUMMINGS LOU EDELMAN Babes In Arms _ MGM 159 Honolulu _MGM_107 Dust Be My Destiny ... WAR. .. 98 Espionage Agent ..__WAR.... 80 VICTOR SAVILLE LAURENCE WEINGARTEN Invisible Stripes ___WAR. 90 Goodbye, Mr. Chips _,_ MGM ...156 Balalaika _MGM_107 Wings of the Navy _ WAR . 94 KENNETH MACGOWAN HUNT STROMBERG AVERAGE.... 90 Alexander Graham Bell . FOX 117 Another Thin Man _ .MGM.. .144 Return of the Cisco Kid _FOX— 80 SIDNEY FRANKLIN Idiot’s Delight _MGM 133 Stanley and Livingstone _ FOX 151 On Borrowed Time _MGM.... 90 The Women ...... MGM... .158 Susannah of the Mounties FOX.. 86 HARLAN THOMPSON AVERAGE .145 Young Mr. Lincoln __i. FOX ... 94 Disputed Passage _ .... PAR ... 96 NUNNALLY JOHNSON AVERAGE ...106 Magnificent Fraud ... __ .. PAR 71 Jesse James _FOX.. 182 GENE MARKEY Paris Honeymoon ... PAR 102 Rose of Washington Square .FOX. 128 Adventures of Sherlock Holmes _ FOX ... 72 AVERAGE.... 90 Wife, Husband and Friend_FOX .. 90 Hound of the Baskervilles _FOX. .. 92 FRED STEPHANI AVERAGE.. 133 Little Princess _ FOX_118 Fast and Furious . MGM 91 MERVYN LeROY Second Fiddle . FOX_128 Fast and Loose _MGM.... 86 Marx Bros, at the Circus _MGM.....103 AVERAGE 102 AVERAGE .. 88 Stand Up and Fight _MGM.....123 MILTON BREN JEFF LAZARUS Wizard of Oz _ MGM.. ..156 Remember .. MGM 93 Cafe Society ....PAR 81 AVERAGE 127 Topper Takes A Trip _UA._106 Honeymoon in Bali _ PAR 99 BUDDY DeSYLVA AVERAGE - 99 Lady’s From Kentucky PAR ... 77 Bachelor Mother _ RKO.. .127 FRANK ROSS St. Louis Blues ....PAR ... 87 DAVID LEWIS Of Mice and Men ...... UA ... 100 AVERAGE .. 86 Dark Victory _WAR . ...128 FRANK DAVIS P. J. WOLFSON Each Dawn I Die _ WAR. ...120 It’s A Wonderful World MGM._ 99 Allegheny Uprising _ RKO— 86 AVERAGE. ...124 BENJAMIN GLAZER NAT LEVINE LESTER COWAN They Made Me A Criminal WAR_ 92 Four Girls in White _ MGM 84 Can’t Cheat an Honest Man UNIV. ...121 Yes, My Darling Daughter WAR ...106 ALBERT LEVOY AVERAGE 99 Bad Little Angel _ ..MGM._ 73 ROBERT LORD AL LEWIN Blackmail .....MGM_ 87 Confessions of a Nazi Spy.. .. .WAR. 112 Zaza _ ...PAR 98 AVERAGE ... 82 Dodge City __ WAR.. ...158 JOHN CONSIDINE, JR. Elizabeth and Essex _WAR.. ...116 LOUIS D. LIGHTON Blackmail ____... MGM... 87 On Your Toes _ ...WAR _ 78 Lucky Night __MGM— 98 Society Lawyer _MGM ... 73 AVERAGE. ...118 ROBERT RISKIN AVERAGE ... 80 JOSEPH PASTERNAK The Real Glory ___UA_106 They Shall Have Music _UA_... 70 HARRY RAPF Destry Rides Again _ ..UNIV. -130 AVERAGE 98 Burn ’Em Up O’Connor.. . MGM.... 65 First Love _ ....UNIV ...123 Henry Goes To Arizona _ MGM — 75 The Underpup _ UNIV. - 78 J. WALTER RUBEN Ice Follies of 1939 MGM.... 93 Three Smart Girls Grow Up _UNIV 131 Maisie __ MGM . 97 Let Freedom Ring .... _ . MGM.... 83 AVERAGE -115 Sergeant Madden _'.-MGM.— 84 The Girl Downstairs .... _ _ MGM ... 79 Thunder Afloat _MGM—110 HENRY BLANKE AVERAGE.... 79 AVERAGE 97 Daughters Courageous _WAR. ...112 PAUL JONES CHARLES ROGERS Four Wives _ WAR. -113 I’m From Missouri ...... _ PAR 79 Our Neighbors, The Carters .... _ PAR 75 Juarez - .WAR. ...123 Never Say Die ...... PAR 78 Star Maker ___ PAR—.118 The Old Maid WAR. ...139 AVERAGE.... 78 AVERAGE... 96 We Are Not Alone _WAR - 90 MAX SIEGEL AVERAGE. 115 EVERETT RISKIN Angels Wash Their Faces _ . ...WAR 82 Amazing Mr. Williams _. COL... 96 HARRY JOE BROWN Indianapolis Speedway _ .... _ WAR 75 SAM BISCHOFF Everything Happens at Night _FOX ...118 AVERAGE... 78 Kid From Kokomo .... WAR 85 Here I Am A Stranger _ FOX ... 75 ROBERT SPARKS Naughty But Nice _WAR. 86 Hollywood Cavalcade . FOX. 143 Beware Spooks .. . COL 76 Off The Record _ WAR 85 Tailspin _FOX - 90 Blondie Brings Up Baby _ COL 76 Oklahoma Kid ... WAR ...HO The Gorilla _ FOX - 80 Blondie Meets the Boss _ ... COL 81 The Roaring Twenties _... WAR 115 The Rains Came _ FOX 165 Blondie Takes A Vacation COL 73 You Can’t Get Away With Murder WAR . 76 AVERAGE 112 AVERAGE ... 77 AVERAGE 93 JOSEPH MANKIEWICZ JOSEF SOMLO Huckleberry Finn . _MGM ...11 1 IRVING ASHER The Mikado ... UNIV ... 77 Clouds Over Europe . _ COL 70 GEORGE HAIGHT BEN PIVAR Four Feathers _ _ _ UA .130 In Name Only RKO ...102 Legion of Lost Flyers ___ UNIV.... 75 U-Boat 29 COL 93 Irene and Vernon Castle _ RKO 116 Man From Montreal ____ UNIV... 78 Winter Carnival ...... UA . 77 AVERAGE .108 Mutiny on the Blackhawk UNIV... 75 AVERAGE 92 ARTHUR HORNBLOW, JR. Tropic Fury _____ UNIV... 74 Cat and the Canary PAR 92 SAM ZIMBALIST AVERAGE. 75 Man About Town PAR .122 Lady of the Tropics _ MGM 100 ED KAUFMAN Midnight _ PAR 111 Tarzan Finds A Son ...... MGM . 91 FOX 83 AVERAGE ...108 These Glamour Girls MGM 82 Charlie Chan On Treasure Island FOX 74 RAYMOND GRIFFITH AVERAGE 91 News Is Made At Night FOX.... 68 Daytime Wife _FOX 96 WILLIAM PERLBERG AVERAGE 75 Drums Along the Mohawk . FOX -151 Golden Boy _ COL .102 B. B. KAHANE Hotel For Women _ FOX 97 Good Girls Go To Paris _COL ... 95 Those High Grey Walls _ ...COL... 75 Three Musketeers . FOX 81 Let Us Live __—COL ... 77 HOWARD GREEN AVERAGE 108 AVERAGE .. 91 Inside Story _ ... FOX 75 BOX OFFICE DIGEST ANNUAL
Unit Producers' Credits for 1939 .. ■ Continued
DAVID HEMPSTEAD EDWARD T. LOWE MAX GOLDEN Bulldog Drummonds Secret Police PAR.... 69 It Could Happen To You ...... FOX ... 74 Family Next Door _ UNIV. . 6? Persons in Hiding ... _ PAR 72 For Love or Money _UNIV . 68 FRED KOHLMAR Television Spy _ _ .... PAR 73 Hawaiian Nights _UNIV . 70 Blind Alley _ COL 71 Undercover Doctor _ PAR 68 They Asked For It _ UNIV . 66 Coast Guard ___ _ COL . 78 AVERAGE... 70 AVERAGE— . 68 The Lady and the Mob ... COL ._ 74 JOHN STONE AVERAGE 74 LUCIEN HUBBARD Arizona Wildcat _FOX Nick Carter, Detective ■ _MGM.. 78 . 80 Boy Friend _FOX. MONROE SHAFF 6,000 Enemies _ _MGM.... 63 . 75 Charlie Chan in Honolulu _FOX . Meet Dr. Christian _ RKO 74 AVERAGE.... 70 . 74 Charlie Chan in City of Darkness FOX... . 73 BURT KELLY WALLACE MacDONALD Charlie Chan in Reno _FOX... . 71 UNIV.... Big Guy _ _ 77 Behind Prison Bars .. . COL 66 Cisco Kid and the Lady _FOX... . 80 Code of the Streets _UNIV 66 Konga, the Wild Stallion _COL. 66 Everybody’s Baby _FOX... . 69 72 Ex-Champ _UNIV. Romance of the Redwoods _COL 70 High School _FOX . 75 I Stole A Million _UNIV. 71 They Man They Could Not Hang COL 77 Jones Family in Hollywood _FOX... . 70 Risky Business _UNIV.. 64 AVERAGE. 70 Mr. Moto in Danger Island _FOX ” . 68 Spirit of Culver _UNIV. 63 Quick Millions _FOX... 68 Two Bright Boys _ UNIV.. IRVING STARR 74 Too Busy To Work .. . _FOX . 71 Gambling Ship _UNIV. 69 AVERAGE.. 63 average’” Inside Information _UNIV 68 68 EUGENE ZUKOR Mystery of the White Room _UNIV 71 RALPH COHN A Woman is the Judge _COL— Island of Lost Men _—PAR 73 The Witness Vanishes _ UNIV 72 . 66 Parents on Trial _COL AVERAGE 70 . 70 ROBERT NORTH Scandal Sheet _ COT MEL SHAUER . 68 Main Street Lawyer . REP. 73 AVERAGE- Unmarried _ PAR 70 68 CLIFF REID ROBERT FLOREY LOU OSTROW Almost a Gentleman _RKO... . 66 Disbarred _ PAR 73 Within the Law .. MGM ... 70 Conspiracy _RKO . 65 SOL SIEGEL ROBERT SISK Fixer Dugan -RKO... . 68 Man of Conquest _ REP.. 96 Career ___RKO.___ 53 Lady and the Gambler _RKO... . 70 My Wife’s Relations ...REP.. 66 Five Came Back ___RKO._ 85 Panama Lady _RKO . 62 She Married A Cop _REP. 70 Full Confession __...RKO ... 63 Sued for Libel ___RKO . 72 Should Husbands Work? _REP 63 Girl From Mexico _RKO_ 70 The Spellbinder ___ _RKO . 72 Woman Doctor __ REP 72 Pacific Liner _RKO.— 76 AVERAGE 68 Zero Hour _ REP. 65 Reno __RKO ... 77 EDMUND GRAINGER AVERAGE 72 Sorority House __RKO.... 71 Forgotten Woman _ -UNIV— . 68 The Saint Strikes Back __RKO_ 68 GEORGE YOHALEM House of Fear _UNIV . 67 The Day the Bookies Wept _ RKO _ 70 AVERAGE . 67 One Hour To Live _UNIV 72 They Made Her A Spv __RKO.._„ 70 T. R. WILLIAMS WILLIAM THOMAS Three Sons ___RKO— 67 Heroes in Blue _MONO- Million Dollar Legs _ PAR . 71 Twelve Crowded Hours RKO 72 . 67 AVERAGE ... 70 #1,000 A Touchdown __PAR 81 FRANK MELFORD Some Like It Hot ___PAR 69 RUDOLPH FLOTHOW Convict’s Code _MONO... . 69 Sudden Money _PAR.- 66 Fugitives At Large _ COL._ 70 I Am A Criminal _ MONO . 69 AVERAGE 72 Trapped in the Sky _ COL ... 70 Star Reporter _MONO 63 AVERAGE.... 70 AVERAGE . 67 MARK HELLINGER Hell’s Kitchen _WAR 82 GEORGE ARTHUR LINDSAY PARSONS Adventures of Jane Arden _WAR 68 Gracie Allen Murder Case _ PAR._ 64 Boy’s Reformatory ...... _MONO... . 63 Kid Nightingale _ WAR.. 74 Night of Nights _PAR ... 80 Tough Kid- MONO... . 70 Women in the Wind _WAR.. 63 Our Leading Citizen _ PAR._ 67 AVERAGE... 66 AVERAGE. 72 AVERAGE ... 70 ROBERT STEVENSON The Ware Case _GB_ JERRY HOFFMAN HERMAN SCHLOM . 66 I Was A Convict ...REP_ 68 Winner Take All _FOX ... 72 WILLIAM WRIGHT Mickey The Kid _REP.... 70 Ambush _PAR... . 70 JACK FIER Mysterious Miss X ___REP ... 70 Boy Trouble _;_PAR— _ 65 Cafe Hostess _ COL.. 73 Orphans of the Streets _ REP._ 70 Death of a Champion _PAR __ . 68 Pride of the Navy _ REP 70 Five Little Peppers _COL.. 70 Night Work ___PAR . 61 AVERAGE 71 Sabotage ...REP._ 69 AVERAGE..’ . 66 AVERAGE.... 69 BARNEY SARECKY EDDIE SUTHERLAND WILLIAM T. LACKEY Zenobia _UA.__ 66 Pirates of the Skies _UNIV. 71 Mr. Wong in Chinatown _MONO._ 68 . EDGAR SELWYN Mysterious Mr. Wong _MONO_ 71 BERT GILROY Navy Secrets ...MONO.... 68 Rookie Cop _ RKO... . 66 Bridal Suite _ MGM_ 70 Streets of New York _ MONO_ 68 Dancing Co-ed _ MGM.. 78 B. P. FINEMAN AVERAGE ... 69 Call on the President _MGM. 75 Beauty For the Asking _RKO . 66 GRANT WITHERS The Kid From Texas _MGM 60 GORDON HOLLINGSHEAD AVERAGE.. 71 Irish Luck _MONO_ 65 The Man Who Dared _WAR... 65 Mutiny in the Big House _ MONO_ 73 STUART WALKER AVERAGE.... 69 EDWARD CHODOROV Bulldog Drummond’s Bride _PAR 72 Tell No Tales _MGM... 65 WILLIAM SISTROM King of Chinatown _PAR 70 Lone Wolf Spy Hunt _COL._ 67 PAUL MALVERN AVERAGE. 71 The Saint in London _RKO.— 70 Mystery Plane _MONO... 64 GUS MEINS AVERAGE ... 69 Sky Patrol _MONO 63 Wolf Call _ MONO 66 Money To Burn _REP ... 71 ARMAND SCHAEFER AVERAGE- 64 Calling All Marines __ .. .REP— 68 KENNETH GOLDSMITH Federal Man Hunt _ REP.— 68 JACK CHERTOK Big Town Czar _ UNIV.. 70 Fighting Thoroughbreds -REP— 69 They All Come Out _MGM.... 64 Call A Messenger _ ..UNIV. 72 Flight at Midnight _REP.— 77 JERROLD BRANDT Hero For a Day _UNIV.. 71 Jeepers Creepers _REP.— 68 The Girl From Rio _MONO.... 62 Society Smugglers _UNIV.. 72 S.O.S. Tidal Wave _ REP_._ 65 Unexpected Father _UNIV.. 70 Street of Missing Men _REP.— 65 ANTHONY ALLEN AVERAGE.. 71 AVERAGE ... 68 This Man Is News __ ..PAR... 54 BOX OFFICE DIGEST ANNUAL
Producer - Directors' Credits for 1939
GEORGE STEVENS GREGORY LA CAVA P. J. WOLFSON Gunga Din ___RKO—180 Fifth Avenue Girl _RKO.__.108 Boy Slaves -----RKO.... 72 FRANK CAPRA WESLEY RUGGLES WILLIAM K. HOWARD Mr. Smith Goes To Washington COL 167 Invitation To Happiness _PAR 102 Back Door To Heaven ... PAR. .. 70 PAUL SLOANE PHIL ROSEN C. B. DeMILLE Geronimo _PAR.... 90 Missing Evidence ___ UNIV. .. 70 Union Pacific ___PAR....145 TED REED AL ROGELL ERNST LUBITSCH What A Life _ _PAR ... 90 Laugh It Off _ UNIV.... 70 Ninotchka _MGM_144 FRANK LLOYD PAUL CZINNER WILLIAM WELLMAN Rulers of the Sea _PAR 88 Stolen Life _ PAR ... 67 Beau Geste . PAR____126 ROWLAND V. LEE CHARLES LAMONT DAVID BUTLER Son of Frankenstein _UNIV._ 98 Little Accident .. UNIV ... 72 That’s Right, You’re Wrong RKO 122 Sun Never Sets ___UNIV.... 79 Long Shot _GN_ 67 LEO McCAREY Tower of London ___UNIV_ 87 Panama Patrol ___ GN.... 58 Love Affair ..RKO .... 120 AVERAGE. .. 88 AVERAGE . . 66 JOHN STAHL FRANK TUTTLE JOHN AUER When Tomorrow Comes _UNIV 120 Charlie McCarthy, Detective . UNIV 84 Forged Passports _ REP 66 HOWARD HAWKS ROBERT Z. LEONARD Smuggled Cargo _ . REP 63 Only Angels Have Wings _COL 119 Broadway Serenade MGM 84 AVERAGE 65 Directors' Credits for 1939
HENRY KING DAVID BUTLER ERICH POMMER Jesse James __FOX.... 182 East Side of Heaven __ UNIV....110 The Beachcomber PAR 110 Stanley and Livingstone _ . FOX ...151 Kentucky __ ... FOX—138 GEORGE B. SEITZ AVERAGE ...167 AVERAGE 124 Judge Hardy and Son MGM____132 VICTOR FLEMING SAM WOOD Six Thousand Enemies MGM. 63 The Wizard of Oz ___MGM.. . 156 Goodbye, Mr. Chips MGM . 156 The Hardys Ride High _ MGM_130 CLARENCE BROWN Raffles _UA_ 93 Thunder Afloat _ ..MGM_110 Idiot’s Delight _....MGM ...133 AVERAGE... 124 AVERAGE ...109 The Rains Came ___FOX....165 IRVING CUMMINGS EDDIE BUZZELL AVERAGE. 149 Alexander Graham Bell FOX 117 At the Circus _ MGM. 103 Everything Happens At Night FOX 110 WILLIAM DIETERLE Honolulu _ MGM_107 Hunchback of Notre Dame _RKO .148 Hollywood Cavalcade _FOX.__.143 AVERAGE... 105 Juarez _WAR_123 AVERAGE ...123 JOHN CROMWELL AVERAGE.. 136 JOHN FORD In Name Only _ RKO ... 102 ZOLTON KORDA Drums Along the Mohawk FOX 151 Made For Each Other .. UA- .ll? Stagecoach ___ UA.___126 Four Feathers _UA._130 AVERAGE ...107 GEORGE CUKOR Young Mr. Lincoln _ .... FOX_ 94 AVERAGE 123 HENRY HATHAWAY The Women _ MGM_158 The Real Glory _UA.__.106 MARK SANDRICH Zaza __ PAR_ 98 SIDNEY LANFIELD AVERAGE. 128 Man About Town _PAR_122 Hound of the Baskervilles _ FOX ... 94 EDMUND GOULDING GARSON KANIN Second Fiddle _ FOX ...114 Bachelor Mother RKO 127 Dark Victory ____WAR._128 AVERAGE... 104 HENRY KOSTER The Old Maid . WAR.... 139 We Are Not Alone ...... WAR. .. 90 ROUBEN MAMOULIAN First Love _UNIV .123 Golden Boy _ COL_102 Three Smart Girls Grow Up_UNIV. ..131 AVERAGE ...119 WILLIAM WYLER AVERAGE 127 WALTER LANG The Little Princess _ FOX 118 Wuthering Heights _UA...102 GEORGE MARSHALL H. C. POTTER Destry Rides Again _UNIV_130 JAMES WHALE Man With Iron Mask UA 117 Blackmail ___MGM— 87 You Can’t Cheat Honest Man ....UNIV_121 Vernon and Irene Castle ... RKO_115 AVERAGE... 126 BUSBY BERKELEY AVERAGE..101 Babes In Arms .. MGM ...159 MICHAEL CURTIZ Fast and Furious _ MGM_ 91 HAL ROACH Daughters Courageous _WAR_112 They Made Me A Criminal WAR 92 Captain Fury _ —. ... UA ... 98 Dodge City _WAR....158 AVERAGE....! 14 Housekeeper’s Daughter .... _ UA... 104 Elizabeth and Essex _WAR_116 WILLIAM KEIGHLEY AVERAGE 101 Four Wives __ WAR....113 Each Dawn I Die _WAR ... 120 RICHARD THORPE AVERAGE 125 Yes, My Darling Daughter WAR .106 Adventures of Huckleberry Finn MGM....Ill W. S. VAN DYKE AVERAGE .113 Tarzan Finds A Son _ MGM— 91 Andy Hardy Gets Spring Fever MGM. 133 AVERAGE_101 ANATOLE LITVAK Another Thin Man _MGM.__.144 RAOUL WALSH Confessions of a Nazi Spy WAR 112 It’s A Wonderful World _MGM ... 99 The Roaring Twenties . . WAR . 115 Stand Up and Fight . MGM_123 MITCHELL LEISEN St. Louis Blues .. .PAR.— 87 AVERAGE 125 Midnight ___PAR. Ill AVERAGE 101 TOP PRODUCER-DIRECTORS
1939
1. GEORGE STEVENS _ RKO (1) 180 2. FRANK CAPRA COL (1) 167 3. C. B. DeMILLE PAR (1) 145 4. ERNST LUBITSCH MGM (1) 144 1. GEORGE STEVENS 2. FRANK CAPRA 5. WILLIAM WELLMAN PAR (1) 126 6. DAVID BUTLER RKO (1) 122 7. LEO McCAREY RKO (1) .120 8. JOHN STAHL UNIV (1) 120 9. HOWARD HAWKS COL (1) 119 10. GREGORY LA CAVA RKO (1) 108 11. WESLEY RUGGLES PAR (1) 102 12. PAUL SLOANE PAR (1) 90 13. TED REED __ PAR (1) 90 14. FRANK LLOYD PAR (1) 88 15. ROWLAND V. LEE UNIV (3) 88 16. FRANK TUTTLE UNIV (1) 84 17. ROBERT Z. LEONARD MGM (1) 84 18. P. J. WOLFSON MGM (1) 84 19. WILLIAM K. HOWARD PAR (1) 70 4. ERNST LUBITSCH 20. PHIL ROSEN UNIV (1) 70 21. AL ROGELL _ UNIV (1) 70 22. PAUL CZINNER PAR (1) 67 23. CHARLES LAMONT UNIV (3) 66 24. JOHN AUER REP (2) 65
5. WILLIAM WELLMAN 6. DAVID BUTLER
7. LEO McCAREY 8. JOHN STAHL 9. HOWARD HAWKS 10. GREGORY LA CAVA BOX OFFICE DIGEST ANNUAL Directors' Credits lor 1939 ■ ■ ■ Continued
RHEINHOLD SCHUNZEL VINCENT SHERMAN RALPH MURPHY Balalaika ...._MGM_107 Return of Dr. X _WAR __ 85 Our Neighbors, The Carters _ PAR_ 75 Ice Follies of 1939 __.MGM_ 93 HERBERT WILCOX ROBERT SINCLAIR AVERAGE _ 100 Nurse Edith Cavell __RKO—. 85 Call on the President __ ...MGM.... 75 JAMES FLOOD NORMAN McLEOD JAMES TINLING Off The Record _ WAR 85 Remember? _.MGM_ 93 Boy Friend _FOX— 75 Topper Takes A Trip _UA._106 LEW SEILER AVERAGE.. . 99 Dust Be My Destiny _WAR 98 BEN STOLOFF The Lady and the Mob _COL_ 74 TAY GARNETT Kid From Kokomo _WAR ... 85 Eternally Yours __UA.... 98 King of the Underworld _WAR_ 81 GEORGE AMY Hell’s Kitchen __WAR.... 82 Kid Nightingale _ WAR— 74 GREGORY RATOFF You Can’t Get Away With Murder .WAR_ 76 TOHN BRAHM Barricade _FOX 83 AVERAGE.... 84 Let Us Live _ COL._ 77 Daytime Wife _ FOX_ 96 JOSEF VON STERNBERG Rio _UNIV.... 71 Hotel For Women _FOX... 97 Sergeant Madden _MGM_ 84 AVERAGE— 74 Intermezzo _ UA_ 90 STUART WALKER Rose of Washington Square _FOX—128 ED MARIN Disbarred _ PAR— 73 Wife, Husband and Friend _FOX.. 90 Fast and Loose _MGM ... 86 AVERAGE. 97 Henry Goes To Arizona _MGM ... 75 EDWARD DMYTRYK Maisie _MGM_ 97 Television Spy ___PAR ... 73 FRANK BORZAGE Society Lawyer _MGM.... 73 JAMES HOGAN Disputed Passage _PAR_ 96 AVERAGE. 83 ROY DEL RUTH Bulldog Drummond’s Bride _PAR_70 ALLAN DWAN Here I Am A Stranger _FOX_ 75 Bulldog Drummond Secret Police .. PAR._69 Frontier Marshal _ FOX_ 88 Tailspin _FOX_ 90 Grand Jury Secrets ....PAR.... 70 The Gorilla _FOX_ 80 The Starmaker _PAR—.118 $1,000 A Touchdown _ PAR._ 81 Three Musketeers _FOX_ 81 AVERAGE.... 94 AVERAGE.... 72 AVERAGE ... 83 MICHAEL POWELL CHARLES VIDOR EDWARD SUTHERLAND U-Boat 29 _ _COL—. 93 Blind Alley _ COL ... 71 Flying Deuces _RKO__._ 82 JACK CONWAY Romance of the Redwoods _COL._ 70 E. A. DuPONT Lady of the Tropics _ MGM 100 Those High Grey Walls _ COL._ 75 Hell’s Kitchen . WAR.... 82 Let Freedom Ring _MGM_ 83 AVERAGE.... 72 RAY ENRIGHT AVERAGE ... 92 PHIL ROSEN Angels Wash Their Faces _WAR—. 82 LEWIS MILESTONE Ex-Champ _ UNIV.... 72 Naughty But Nice _WAR_ 86 Night of Nights _ PAR_82 On Your Toes _WAR.... 78 HAROLD SCHUSTER Of Mice and Men _UA_100 AVERAGE.... 82 One Hour To Live .. UNIV._ 72 AVERAGE 91 THEODORE REED LEW COLLINS HAROLD BUCQUET I’m From Missouri _PAR_ 79 Fugitives At Large _ COL .... 70 Calling Dr. Kildare _MGM— 90 EDWARD LUDWIG Hidden Power _COL .... 72 On Borrowed Time __.. MGM_90 Coast Guard _COL_ 78 Trapped in the Sky _ COL .... 70 Secret of Dr. Kildare _ MGM_94 Whispering Enemies . COL .... 75 AVERAGE ... 91 RICHARD WALLACE The Underpup UNIV . 78 AVERAGE — 72 LLOYD BACON FRANK R. STRAYER WILLIAM THIELE Espionage Agent _ _ WAR ... 80 Blondie Brings Up Baby _COL_ 76 Bad Little Angel _MGM.... 73 Indianapolis Speedway _ WAR ... 75 Blondie Meets The Boss _COL_ 81 Bridal Suite _ MGM_ 70 Invisible Stripes _ WAR 90 Blondie Takes A Vacation .COL_ 73 AVERAGE ... 71 Oklahoma Kid ... _ WAR — 100 AVERAGE ... 77 Wings of the Navy _ WAR ... 94 RICARDO CORTEZ AVERAGE ._ 90 VICTOR SCHERTZINGER Chasing Danger __FOX ... 70 The Mikado . ... UNIV. .. 77 E. H. GRIFFITH Escape _FOX._ 70 CHUCK REISNER Heaven With Barbed Wire Fence FOX ... 71 Cafe Society _ PAR ... 81 Winter Carnival _UA ... 77 Inside Story _FOX.... 75 Honeymoon in Bali _ PAR ._ 99 AVERAGE.... 71 AVERAGE ... 90 HERBERT LEEDS Arizona Wildcat _FOX.... 8C DUDLEY MURPHY NORMAN TAUROG Chicken Wagon Family _FOX._ 80 Main Street Lawyer ... _ REP__ 73 Lucky Night _ ....MGM ... 98 Cisco Kid and the Lady_FOX_ 80 MGM 79 One-Third of a Nation __ PAR— 70 City of Darkness _FOX_ 73 AVERAGE ... 71 AVERAGE — 90 Mr. Moto in Dan'-r Island .. _FOX_68 ALEXANDER HALL Return of the Cisco Kid _FOX._ 80 OTIS GARRETT Amazing Mr. Williams _ _COL ... 96 AVERAGE .. 77 Mystery of the White Room_UNIV 71 The Witness Vanishes _UNIV 72 Good Girls Go To Paris _COL. _ 95 BRIAN DESMOND HURST AVERAGE— 71 The Lady’s From Kentucky _PAR. ... 77 Prison Without Bars _UA_ 77 AVERAGE 89 SYLVAN SIMON ROSS LEDERMAN ALFRED HITCHCOCK Dancing Co-ed _MGM._ 78 North of Shanghai _COL— 71 Jamaica Inn _PAR.—103 Four Girls in White _MGM_84 KURT NEUMANN The Lady Vanishes _FOX 75 The Kid From Texas _MGM._ 60 Ambush _PAR ... 70 AVERAGE.. 89 These Glamour Girls _MGM ... 8? Island of Lost Men ___ _ PAR— 73 FRANK TUTTLE AVERAGE ... 76 Unmarried __—...PAR ... 70 I Stole A Million _UNIV._ 71 CHRISTY CABANNE AVERAGE ... 71 Paris Honeymoon ___PAR... 102 Man From Montreal _ UNIV_ 78 JACQUES TOURNER AVERAGE.... 87 Mutiny on the Blackhawk — _UNIV_ 75 Nick Carter, Detective _MGM .... 78 Tropic Fury _UNIV_ 74 WLLIAM SEITER They All Come Out -MGM — 64 AVERAGE.- 76 Allegheny Uprising _RKO._ 86 AVERAGE .._ 71 H. B. HUMBERSTONE Susannah of the Mounties _ FOX_86 BERNARD VORHAUS AVERAGE.... 86 Charlie Chan in Honolulu . ... FOX— 74 Fisherman’s Wharf _RKO — 74 Pardon Our Nerve ___FOX.... 77 .... 74 GEORGE NICHOLS (Deceased) AVERAGE... 75 Meet Dr. Christian _ RKO Way Down South _RKO __ 66 High School _FOX.— 75 WILLIAM CLEMENS AVERAGE 71 Man of Conquest _ REP._ 96 Devil’s Island ___WAR— 78 AVERAGE... 95 Nancy Drew and Hidden Staircase WAR — 70 AL WERKER ELLIOTT NUGENT Nancy Drew, Reporter _ WAR.— 71 Adventures of Sherlock Holmes— FOX— 72 Never Say Die ....PAR_ 78 Nancy Drew, Troubleshooter _WAR.— 71 It Could Happen To You -FOX ... 74 The Cat and the Canary - PAR— 92 On Dress Parade _ WAR— 86 News Is Made at Night --FOX.— 68 AVERAGE ... 85 AVERAGE.... 75 AVERAGE ... 71 THE 25 TOP DIRECTORS
1939
% 1. HENRY KING FOX (2) 167 2. VICTOR FLEMING MGM (1) 156 3. CLARENCE BROWN .... _MGM_(2) 149 4. WILLIAM DIETERLE _WAR (2) 136 5. ZOLTAN KORDA _ _U.A. (1) 130 2—VICTOR FLEMING 1—HENRY KING 6. GEORGE CUKOR MGM (2) 128 7. GARSON KANIN _ _RKO (1) 127 8. HENRY KOSTER _ _._UNIV_(2) 127 9. GEORGE MARSHALL UNIV (2) 126 10. MICHAEL CURTIZ WAR ..(4) 125 11. W. S. VAN DYKE MGM ... (4) 125 12. DAVID BUTLER RKO (2) 124 13. SAM WOOD MGM (2) 124 14. IRVING CUMMINGS FOX —(3) 123 15. JOHN FORD FOX_(3)_123 V 16. MARK SANDRICH PAR (1) 122 17. EDMUND GOULDING WAR (3) 119 A 3—CLARENCE BROWN 18. WALTER LANG FOX (1) 118 4—-WILLIAM DIETERLE 19. JAMES WHALE _ ___ U.A. (1) 117 20. BUSBY BERKELEY _ _ MGM (3) 114 21. WILLIAM KEIGHLEY WAR (2) 113 22. ANATOLE LITVAK WAR (1) 112 23. MITCHELL LEISEN PAR (1) 111 24. ERICH POMMER PAR (1) 110 25. GEORGE B. SEITZ MGM (2) 109
5—ZOLTAN KORDA 6—GEORGE CUKOR
7—GARSON KANIN 8—HENRY KOSTER 9—GEORGE MARSHALL 10—MICHAEL CURTIZ BOX OFFICE DIGEST ANNUAL Directors' Credits for 1939 .. ■ Continued
ARTHUR LUBIN MAL ST. CLAIR GUS MEINS Big Guy ____UNIV.... 77 FOX ... 69 Money To Burn _REP._ 71 Big Town Czar _UNIV_ 70 Jones Family in Hollywood _FOX... 70 Mysterious Miss X _REP____ 70 Call A Messenger _UNIV._ 72 FOX 68 My Wife’s Relations _'___REP_ 66 Mickey the Kid _REP_ 70 AVERAGE.... 69 Should Husbands Work ... REP.._. 63 Risky Business _._UNIV.... 64 WILLIAM NIGH AVERAGE 67 AVERAGE. .. 71 I Am A Criminal _ MINO 69 HAL SMITH Joseph McDonough Mr. Wong in Chinatown MONO . 65 Code of the Secret Service WAR ... 64 Pirates of the Skies _UNIV_ 71 Mutiny in the Big House .... MONO 73 Cowboy Quarterback ....WAR.... 70 NICK GRINDE Mysterious Mr. Wong _ MONO 71 Playing With Dynamite .... WAR.... 67 Federal Man Hunt _ REP. .. 68 Streets of New York ..„ ... .._ MONO 68 Private Detective . WAR 70 Million Dollar Legs _ . PAR_ 71 AVERAGE 69 Secret Service of the Air ... WAR . 65 Scandal Sheet _ .J..COL_ 68 AL ROGELL AVERAGE... 67 Man They Couldn’t Hang _COE ~~ 77 For Love or Money _ _ UNIV ... 68 EUGENE FORD AVERAGE _. 71 Hawaiian Nights _ UNIV _. 70 Honeymoon’s Over FOX . 80 NORMAN FOSTER AVERAGE . 69 nspector Hornleigh FOX.. 54 Charlie Chan in fReno _FOX . 71 C. C. COLEMAN AVERAGE 67 Charlie Chan on Treasure Island _FOX ... 74 Homicide Bureau _ COL . 71 AL SANTELL Mr. Moto’s Vacation _ FOX 66 Missing Daughters .... - _ COL . 73 Our Leading Citizen PAR . . 67 COL Mr. Moto’s Warning _ FOX_ 72 My Son Is A Criminal 64 ERLE KENTON AVERAGE.... 71 AVERAGE 69 Everything’s On Ice RKO 67 JOHN FARROW CHARLES LAMONT PETER GODFREY Five Came Back _ RKO_ 85 ._ UNIV. 68 Inside Information ... _ Lone Wolf Spy Hunt COL ._ 67 Full Confession __RKO— 73 Pride of the Navy _ REP 70 Saint Strikes Back _RKO— 68 Unexpected Father .... UNIV 70 EUGENE FRENKE Reno ---RKO— 77 AVERAGE 69 Exile Express . GN_ 67 Sorority House _ RKO 71 TERRY MORSE FRANK MacDONALD Women in the Wind ... _ WAR. .. 63 Adventures of lane Arden WAR 68 First Offenders . .COL ._ 66 AVERAGE 71 No Place To Go _ WAR 68 Jeepers Creepers REP_ 68 EDWARD SEDGWICK On Trial . WAR 70 They Asked For It _ UNIV._ 66 Beware Spooks _ COL ... 76 Smashing the Money Ring ..WAR ... 70 AVERAGE . . 67 Burn ’Em Up O’Connor _....MGM_ 65 Waterfront _ _WAR 66 WILLIAM WATSON AVERAGE ... 70 AVERAGE 68 Heroes In Blue ____MONO. 67 MICKEY BALCON TIM WHELAN C. AUBREY SCOTTO The Ware Case _GB._ 66 Clouds Over Europe _ COL 70 Gambling Ship _ UNIV.... 69 I Was A Convict - REP 68 GLENN TYRON GUSTAV MACHATY AVERAGE 68 Beauty For the Asking _RKO— 66 Within the Law . MGM .. 70 HAROLD YOUNG DAVE HOWARD ARCHIE MAYO Code of the Streets -_UNIV 66 Rookie Cop ....— RKO.. 66 They Shall Have Music _UA. .. 70 Forgotten Woman _ _ UNIV 68 NORMAN LEE LOUIS KING Hero For A Day - UNIV 71 Wanted by Scotland Yard MONO— 66 Persons In Hiding _ PAR_ 72 REP 69 Undercover Doctor _ _ PAR_ 68 AVERAGE 68 GORDON DOUGLAS Zenobia _____UA— 66 AVERAGE ... 70 GEORGE WAGGNER SIDNEY SALKOW Wolf Call MONO 68 HOWARD BRETHERTON Cafe Hostess _ ...COL... 73 JOE SANTLEY Boys’ Reformatory MONO— 63 Fighting Thoroughbreds _ REP 69 Family Next Door _ _ UNIV 68 Irish Luck ____MONO— 65 Flight at Midnight _ REP 77 Spirit of Culver --- - UNIV 63 Mysterious Mr. Wong MONO— 71 She Married a Cop _ REP 70 Two Bright Boys _ UNIV 74 Mystery Plane ...MONO— 64 Street of Missing Men _ REP 63 AVERAGE 68 Navy Secrets ___ MONO— 68 REP 72 CHARLES BARTON Sky Patrol .....MONO— 63 Star Reporter __MONO — 63 Zero Hour _ REP 65 Behind Prison Gates COL 66 Tough Kid ...... MONO— 70 AVERAGE 70 Five Little Peppers .... _COL 70 Undercover Agent _MONO— 63 AVERAGE 68 WILLIAM BEAUDINE AVERAGE.... 65 Torchy in Chinatown _ .WAR 70 ROBERT FLOREY MONTY BANKS Death of a Champion _ .PAR 68 OTTO BROWER Shipyard Sally -FOX.— 68 Hotel Imperial . PAR 66 Stop, Look, and Love ... FOX 68 Smiling Along --- FOX— 63 Magnificent Fraud PAR 71 Too Busy To Work _ FOX 71 AVERAGE ... 65 AVERAGE 68 Winner Take All FOX... 72 LAMBERT HILLYER SAM NELSON AVERAGE.... 70 Convict’s Code ..MONO— 69 Konga, the Wild Stallion - COL 66 Girl From Rio ___MONO— 62 AL GREEN Parents on Trial COL... 70 Should A Girl Marry? _MONO._ 64 Gracie Allen Murder Case ... PAR 64 AVERAGE... 68 AVERAGE.... 65 King of the Turf _ UA 70 JACK HIVELY 20,000 Men A Year _ FOX 77 Panama Lady ~ - _RKO . . 62 CRANE WILBUR AVERAGE 70 ...... RKO 72 The Man Who Dared -W AR— 65 LEW LANDERS They Made Her A Spy _RKO 72 GEORGE ARCHAINBAUD RKO 65 RKO 67 Boy Trouble _PAR— 65 Fixer Dugan ...... _ RKO 68 AVERAGE_ 68 Night Work .... ____ PAR— 61 Pacific Liner _ __ RKO 76 JOHN AUER Some Like It Hot - .... PAR 69 The Girl and the Gambler ._ RKO 70 Calling All Marines REP 68 AVERAGE... 65 Twelve Crowded Hours _ RKO 72 Orphans of the Streets _ REP 70 LESLIE FENTON AVERAGE ... 70 SOS Tidal Wave ..- REP 65 Tell No Tales __MGM— 65 AVERAGE... 68 CARROL REED JOE MAY WILLIAM McGANN .... UNIV.... Climbing High - ~GB_. 63 House of Fear _ 67 Blackwell’s Island WAR 77 ..... UNIV... 72 TOD BROWNING Society Smugglers _ Everybody’s Hobby .... WAR 63 AVERAGE.... 69 Miracles For Sale ---MGM — 60 Pride of the Bluegrass ...... WAR 66 LEIGH JASON LESLIE GOODWINS Sweepstakes Winner _ ... WAR.... 64 Career ....—-- RKO— 53 Almost A Gentleman _ RKO... 66 AVERAGE... 67 The Flying Irishman _RKO— 63 Sued For Libel _ RKO . 72 RAY McCAREY AVERAGE.... 58 The Day the Bookies Wept . RKO 70 Outside These Walls - COL ... 65 The Girl From Mexico _ RKO 70 Torchy For Mayor _ WAR 70 DAVID MacDONALD AVERAGE ... 69 AVERAGE 67 This Man Is News -- PAR 54 19 3 9
BABES IN ARMS
19 4 0
(In Production)
STRIKE UP THE BAND
(In Preparation)
LITTLE NELLIE KELLY ★
19 3 9
ANOTHER THIN MAN
IDIOT’S DELIGHT
THE WOMEN
★
19 4 0
NORTHWEST PASSAGE
SUSAN AND GOD
PRIDE AND PREJUDICE
★
Ml HUNT STROMBERG Producer — Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer n n J~D j tn
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19 3 9
THREE SMART GIRLS GROW UP
THE UNDERPUP
DESTRY RIDES AGAIN
FIRST LOVE
★
19 4 0
Current:
IT’S A DATE
Coming:
SPRING PARADE
IOE PASTERNAK Producer ★
19 3 9
THE RAINS CAME
HOLLYWOOD CAVALCADE
JOHNNY APOLLO
EVERYTHING HAPPENS AT NIGHT
TAILSPIN
★
19 4 0
FOUR SONS
YOUNG PEOPLE
Preparing: DOWN ARGENTINE WAY
WESTERN UNION
DOWN TO THE SEA IN SHIPS
★
HARRYIOE RROWN Producer J~D
★
19 3 9
GUNGA DIN RKO-Radio
★
19 4 0
Current: VIGIL IN THE NIGHT RKO-Radio
Coming: A SPECIAL FOR COLUMBIA
GEORGE STEVENS Producer-Director ★
19 3 9
KENTUCKY (20th Century-Fox)
EAST SIDE OF HEAVEN (Universal)
THAT’S RIGHT, YOU’RE WRONG (RKO)
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19 4 0
IF I HAD MY WAY (Universal)
Preparing: KAY KYSER—Second Feature (RKO)
BLOOD WILL TELL RKO
★
DAVID BUTLER Producer-Director LOVE AFFAIR
★
19 4 0
MY FAVORITE WIFE
★
Producer-Director J~D 1 n f~D
★
19 3 9
INVITATION TO HAPPINESS Paramount
★
19 4 0
Current Release: TOO MANY HUSBANDS Columbia
★
In Production: ARIZONA Columbia
WESLEY RUGGLES Producer-Director '
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19 3 9
MAN ABOUT TOWN (Paramount)
★
BUCK BENNY RIDES AGAIN
Preparing: LOVE THY NEIGHBOR Jack Benny-Fred Allen Picture
MARK SANDRICH Director — Paramount 1
★
19 3 9 JESSE JAMES STANLEY AND LIVINGSTONE (20th Century-Fox)
★
19 4 0 LITTLE OLD NEW YORK MARYLAND (20th Century-Fox)
★
HENRY KING Director m
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19 3 9
IDIOT’S DELIGHT (MGM)
THE RAINS CAME (20th Century-Fox)
19 4 0
EDISON THE MAN (MGM)
★
CLARENCE BROWN Warner Bros.-First National
THE STORY OF LOUIS PASTEUR
THE LIFE OF EMILE ZOLA
JUAREZ
THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME (RKO)
DR. EHRLICH’S MAGIC BULLET
* * * Now in Production: THE MAN FROM FLEET J~D
★
19 3 9
YOU CAN’T CHEAT AN HONEST MAN Universal
DESTRY RIDES AGAIN Universal
★
19 4 0
Current: THE GHOST BREAKERS Paramount
Now Directing: WHEN THE DALTONS RODE Universal
★
GEORGE MARSHALL Director ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL HOLLYWOOD CAVALCADE EVERYTHING HAPPENS AT NIGHT (20th Century-Fox)
19 4 0 ■ LILLIAN RUSSELL (20th Century-Fox) - ' V. ; ; .
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■ IRVING ■ ■ mmm CUMMINGS Director . - ★
19 3 9
THE REAL GLORY (Samuel Goldwyn)
★
19 4 0
JOHNNY APOLLO (20th Century-Fox)
Next: BRIGHAM YOUNG (20th Century-Fox)
In Preparation: THE SHEPHERD OF THE HILLS (Paramount)
★
HENRY HATHAWAY ST. LOUIS BLUES (Paramount)
THE ROARING TWENTIES (Warner Bros.)
★
19 4 0
THE DARK COMMAND (Republic Pictures)
In Production: THEY DRIVE BY NIGHT (Warner Bros.) Current:
IT’S A DATE (Universal)
Coming:
HIRED WIFE Producer-Director (Universal)
ILLI| SEITER Top Independent Producers
1939
% 1. BEN GOETZ _ MGM _(1). 156
1. BEN GOETZ 2. GABRIEL PASCAL .MGM._(1). .131 3. ERICH POMMER _PAR (2) ...107 4. ALEXANDER KORDA -U.A—(2). ...104 5. DAVID SELZNICK -U.A. (2) ...101 6. WALTER WANGER _ ... U.A. (3) 100 7. HAL ROACH _ U.A. (5) 95 8. EDDIE SMALL -U.A. (2). 94 9. SAMUEL GOLDWYN U.A. (4) 92 10. HERBERT WILCOX RKO (1) 85 11. BORIS MORROS ...RKO_(I). 82 12. HARRY SHERMAN PAR (6) 80 13. GEOFFREY TO YE UNIV (1) ... 77 14. WILLIAM STEPHENS RKO (1) ._ 74 15. LARRY DARMOUR COL (4) .. 73 16. SOL LESSER ...RKO_(3) 70 17. HAROLD ORLOB PAR (1) 70 3. ERICH POMMER 4. ALEXANDER KORDA 18. EUGENE FRENKE G.N. (1) 67 19. FRANKLYN WARNER G.N_(1) 67 20. ROBERT KANE FOX (2) 66 21. E. B. DERR MONO (6) 65
5. DAVID SELZNICK 6. WALTER WANGER
7. HAL ROACH 9. SAMUEL GOLDWYN 10. HERBERT WILCOX BOX OFFICE DIGEST ANNUAL Independent Producers' Credits
BEN GOETZ Zenobia _ UA ... 66 Whispering Enemies _COL. 75 Goodbye, Mr. Chips _ MGM_156 AVERAGE ... 95 AVERAGE ... 73 GABRIEL PASCAL EDWARD SMALL SOL LESSER Pygmalion ___MGM....131 King of the Turf _UA 70 Everything’s On Ice _ RKO ... 69 ERICH POMMER Man in the Iron Mask UA 117 Fisherman’s Wharf ___ RKO 74 Jamaica Inn . PAR._103 AVERAGE 94 Way Down South ___RKO.___ 66 The Beachcomber_PAR._110 SAMUEL GOLDWYN AVERAGE ... 70 AVERAGE ..107 Raffles _ ___.UA._.. 91 WILLIAM K. HOWARD ALEXANDER KORDA The Real Glory __.UA—.106 Back Door To Heaven .... _ . PAR 70 Four Feathers _UA...130 They Shall Have Music UA ... 70 EUGENE FRENKE Prison Without Bars _ UA_ 77 Wuthering Heights ___UA.__.102 Exile Express .... _ ...GN_ 67 AVERAGE.... 104 AVERAGE 92 FRANKLYN WARNER DAVID SELZNICK HERBERT WILCOX Long Shot ____.GN_ 67 Intermezzo, A Love Story .UA_ 93 Nurse Edith Cavell _RKO ... 85 Made For Each Other _ UA...112 BORIS MORROS ROBERT KANE AVERAGE . .101 The Flying Deuces . RKO _. 82 Shipyard Sally ___FOX ... 68 WALTER WANGER HARRY SHERMAN Smiling Along ___FOX ... 63 Eternally Yours .... UA 98 Hopalong Cassidy Series (6) _ PAR ___ 80 AVERAGE. 66 Stagecoach _ UA.__.126 GEOFFREY TOYE E. B. DERR Winter Carnival ....UA.... 77 The Mikado _UNIV.... 77 Convict’s Code ____ MONO ... 69 AVERAGE 100 WILLIAM STEPHENS Girl From Rio __...MONO... 62 HAL ROACH Meet Dr. Christian ...RKO ... 74 I Am A Criminal _ ___ MONO . 69 Captain Fury _ _ UA 98 LARRY DARMOUR Should A Girl Marry? _MONO 64 Housekeeper’s Daughter UA . 102 Fugitives At Large _COL 71 Star Reporter ...MONO ... 63 Of Mice and Men _ UA.__.105 Hidden Power _____COL ... 72 Undercover Agent _ ... MONO 63 Topper Takes A Trip UA.__.106 Trapped in the Sky _COL ... 71 AVERAGE . 65 General 'B' Producers' Credits
JOE COHN BRYAN FOY Undercover Doctor ... PAR 68 Adventures of Jane Arden _ WAR 68 Unmarried .....PAR ... 70 Andy Hardy Gets Spring Fever MGM ... 133 AVERAGE .. 70 Calling Dr. Kildare ... _MGM 90 Blackwell’s Island WAR 77 Fast and Loose _MGM.... 86 Code of the Secret Service _ WAR 64 LEE MARCUS Hardys Ride High _MGM.__.130 Devil’s Island _ WAR 78 Almost a Gentleman __ RKO.... 62 Judge Hardy and Son _ MGM.... 132 Everybody’s Hobby _ WAR 63 Beauty for the Asking .... RKO 66 Miracles for Sale _ _ MGM. .. 60 Cowboy Quarterback _ _ WAR 70 Career ___RKO.... 53 Fast and Furious _ MGM 91 Hell’s Kitchen ____ WAR.... 82 Conspiracy _____RKO . . 65 Secret of Dr. Kildare _ MGM 89 Kid Nightengale _ WAR 74 Day the Bookies Wept _ RKO .. 73 These Glamour Girls ... _ MGM._ 82 King of the Underworld _ WAR 81 Fixer Dugan _RKO ... 68 Tell No Tales _MGM 65 Man Who Dared _. .. WAR 65 Five Came Back .... RKO ... 85 Tarzan Finds A Son _ MGM 91 Nancy Drew and Hidden Staircase WAR 70 Full Confession ____RKO ... 63 Within the Law ...... MGM. 70 Nancy Drew, Reporter _ WAR 71 Girl From Mexico ___RKO . 70 AVERAGE 93 Nancy Drew, Troubleshooter . WAR ... 71 Girl and the Gambler _ RKO 70 No Place To Go _ WAR ... 68 Pacific Liner __RKO — 76 SOL WURTZEL Dead End Kids on Dress Parade_ WAR 82 Panama Lady _ RKO.... 62 On Trial ... .. _ _ WAR 70 Reno __—.- RKO.— 77 Arizona Wildcat ... FOX. 80 Playing With Dynamite _ WAR 69 Rookie Cop .— ..RKO ... 66 Boy Friend _FOX_ 75 Pride of the Bluegrass _ WAR 86 Saint in London _ RKO.... 70 Charlie Chan in Honolulu .... _FOX ... 74 Private Detective _ WAR ... 68 Saint Strikes Back .RKO .. 68 Charlie Chan in Reno _ ... FOX ... 71 Return of Doctor X _ WAR 85 Sorority House ___RKO ... 71 Charlie Chan On Treasure Island FOX_ 71 Smashing the Money Ring _ WAR 72 Sued For Libel _RKO.... 72 Charlie Chan in City of Darkness . FOX ... 73 Secret Service of the Air WAR 65 Three Sons ___RKO ... 67 Chasing Danger _FOX. . 70 Sweepstakes Winner _ WAR 64 The Spellbinder ____. RKO ... 72 Cisco Kid and the Lady _ FOX ... 80 Torchy Blane in Chinatown .... _ WAR ... 70 They Made Her a Spy _RKO ... 70 Chicken Wagon Family _ _FOX ... 80 Torchy Blane For Mayor _ WAR ... 70 Twelve Crowded Hours ... RKO „ 72 Everybody’s Baby ___FOX._ 69 Waterfront __ WAR ... 66 AVERAGE ... 69 Escape __FOX ... 70 Women in the Wind _ WAR 63 Frontier Marshal _FOX_ 88 AVERAGE ... 71 IRVING BRISKIN High School _FOX._ 80 A Woman is the Judge ...... COL ... 66 Heaven With Barbed Wire Fence FOX. 71 HAROLD HURLEY Behind Prison Gates ---COL ... 66 It Could Happen To You ... _ FOX ... 74 PAR 70 Cafe Hostess ..—..COL .. 71 Inside Story _FOX ... 75 Boy Trouble .... _ _ PAR 63 First Offenders ----— COL ... 66 Jones Family in Hollywood _FOX ... 70 Bulldog Drummond’s Secret Police PAR 69 Five Little Peppers ... COL ... 70 Mr. Moto’s Last Warning _ FOX ... 72 Bulldog Drummond’s Bride PAR 70 Homicide Bureau _COL... 71 Mr. Moto in Danger Island_ FOX____ 68 Disbarred _ . _ PAR 73 Konga, the Wild Stallion COL 66 Mr. Moto Takes A Vacation _ FOX ... 66 Death of a Champion PAR 68 Lone Wolf Spy Hunt _ .— COL 67 News Is Made At Night _FOX ... 68 Grand Jury Secrets _ PAR 76 Missing Daughters -----COL ... 73 Pardon Our Nerve _FOX . 77 Island of Lost Men .... PAR 73 My Son is a Criminal ...... COL . 64 Pack Up Your Troubles _ FOX 78 King of Chinatown .... PAR... 7? North of Shanghai ___COL ... 71 Quick Millions___FOX ... 68 Million Dollar Legs _ PAR 71 Outside These Walls _ _ COL ... 65 Stop, Look and Love _FOX._ 68 Night Work . _ PAR 61 Parents on Trial .... __ COl. ... 70 20,000 Men A Year .... _ FOX ... 80 Persons in Hiding _ . PAR ... 72 Romance of the Redwoods COL 70 Too Busy To Work FOX 71 Some Like It Hot __ _ . PAR ... 69 Scandal Sheet ___— COL ... 66 The Honeymoon’s Over FOX 80 Sudden Money _ .... - PAR 66 The Man They Couldn’t Hang COL 77 Winner Take All _ _ FOX 72 $1,000 A Touchdown —. . PAR 81 Those High Grey Walls _ COL 75 AVERAGE ... 74 Television Spy ... _ _ PAR 73 AVERAGE 69 GENERAL "B" PRODUCERS
1. JOE COHN 2. SOL WURTZEL
1939
1. JOE COHN ___ MGM (12) 93 2. SOL WURTZEL _FOX (29) _ 74 3. BRYAN FOY WAR (27) . 71 4. HAROLD HURLEY PAR (18) . 70 5. LEE MARCUS RKO (22) 69 6. IRVING BRISKIN COL (17) 69
3. BRYAN FOY 4. HAROLD HURLEY
5. LEE MARCUS 6. IRVING BRISKIN THE 25 TOP ACTRESSES
1939
% 1. NORMA SHEARER MGM (2) 146 2. JEAN ARTHUR _COL (2) 144 1. NORMA SHEARER 3. GRETA GARBO MGM (1) 144 4. MYRNA LOY MGM (3) 136 5. MARLENE DIETRICH ....UNIV (1) 134 6. BETTE DAVIS WAR (4) 128 7. DEANNA DURBIN ...UNIV (2) 127 8. BARBARA STANWYCK PAR (2) 123 9. GINGER ROGERS RKO (3) 117 10. CLAUDETTE COLBERT PAR (4) 115 11. IRENE DUNNE UNIV (3) 115 12. LORETTA YOUNG U.A. (4) 111 13. ALICE FAYE FOX (4) 108 14. SONJA HENIE FOX (2) 108 15. PRISCILLA LANE WAR (5) 108 16. ELEANOR POWELL MGM (1) 107 17. CAROLE LOMBARD RKO (2) 107 4. MYRNA LOY 3. GRETA GARBO 18. JOAN BENNETT U.A. (3) 105 19. SHIRLEY TEMPLE FOX (2) 102 20. MERLE OBERON U.A. (1) 102 21. HEDY LAMARR MGM (1) 100 22. CONSTANCE BENNETT U.A. (2) 97 23. CLAIRE TREVOR RKO (3) 94 24. JOAN CRAWFORD MGM (2) 93 25. OLIVIA DeHAVILLAND WAR (4) 93
5. MARLENE DIETRICH 6. BETTE DAVIS
7. DEANNA DURBIN 8. BARBARA STANWYCK 9. GINGER ROGERS 10. CLAUDETTE COLBERT THE 25 TOP ACTORS
1939
% 1. SPENCER TRACY _MGM (1) 151 2. WILLIAM POWELL MGM (1) .144 1. SPENCER TRACY 3. TYRONE POWER FOX (5) 137 2. WILLIAM POWELL 4. ROBERT DONAT MGM.(2) 136 5. ERROL FLYNN WAR (2) 136 6. CLARK GABLE ...MGM .(1) .133 7. MICKEY ROONEY MGM (5) 133 8. CARY GRANT COL (3) 133 9. JACK BENNY PAR (1) 122 10. JAMES STEWART MGM (5) 121 11. CHARLES BOYER RKO (2) 120 12. GEORGE BRENT WAR .(4) 120 13. W. C. FIELDS UNIV (1) 120 14. CHARLES LAUGHTON ..PAR (3) 119 15. GARY COOPER U.A..— (2)_116 16. FRED ASTAIRE _ RKO (1) .116 17. JAMES CAGNEY _ WAR (3) .115 3. TYRONE POWER 18. DON AMECHE FOX (4) 111 4. ROBERT DONAT 19. LESLIE HOWARD MGM (2) 111 20. BING CROSBY PAR (3) 110 21. DOUG FAIRBANKS, Jr. UNIV (4) .110 22. PAUL MUNI WAR (2) 107 23. WALLY BEERY MGM (3) 106 24. BRIAN AHERNE _U.A. (3) 105 25. ROBERT TAYLOR MGM (4) 104
5. ERROL FLYNN 6. CLARK GABLE
7. MICKEY ROONEY 8. CARY GRANT 9. JACK BENNY 10. JAMES STEWART BOX OFFICE DIGEST ANNUAL
PLAYERS' CREDITS FOR 1939
SPENCER TRACY GEORGE BRENT PRISCILLA LANE Stanley and Livingstone _FOX_151 Dark Victory _WAR .128 Daughters Courageous ___WAR ...112 The Old Maid _WAR -139 Dust Be My Destiny ___WAR . 98 NORMA SHEARER The Rains Came _ WAR.... Four Wives __WAR.. .110 _MGM_ Idiot’s Delight_ 133 Wings of the Navy __ WAR_ 94 Roaring Twenties _WAR_115 The Women _MGM_..158 AVERAGE 120 Yes, My Darling Daughter_WAR. .106 AVERAGE...... 146 W. C. FIELDS AVERAGE. 108 JEAN ARTHUR You Can’t Cheat Honest Man UNIV . .120 ELEANOR POWELL Mr. Smith Goes To Washington_COL ..169 Honolulu ___MGM....107 Only Angels Have Wings_COL_. ..119 CHARLES LAUGHTON AVERAGE.. .144 Hunchback of Notre Dame_RKO 142 PAUL MUNI Jamaica Inn _PAR_103 J uarez ___WAR ..123 WILLIAM POWELL We Are Not Alone ..WAR ... 93 Another Thin Man _ MGM. ..144 The Beachcomber _PAR....110 AVERAGE 107 GRETA GARBO AVERAGE . .119 Ninotchka _MGM .144 GINGER ROGERS CAROLE LOMBARD TYRONE POWER Bachelor Mother ___RKO—127 In Name Only ...... RKO.... 102 Daytime Wife _FOX 96 Fifth Avenue Girl _RKO . 103 Made For Each Other ___UA.__.112 Jessie James _FOX. -182 Vernon and Irene Castle RKO... 116 AVERAGE.... 107 AVERAGE 117 Rose of Washinton Square_ FOX ...128 WALLY BEERY Second Fiddle _FOX. ...114 GARY COOPER Sergeant Madden ___ MGM ... 84 The Rains Came _FOX ...165 Beau Geste _PAR_126 Stand Up and Fight ___ MGM ...123 AVERAGE ...137 The Real Glory _UA.... 106 Thunder Afloat _MGM... 110 MYRNA LOY AVERAGE 116 AVERAGE .106 Another Thin Man . MGM .144 FRED ASTAIRE BRIAN AHERNE Lucky Night _MGM ... 98 Vernon and Irene Castle_ RKO 116 Captain Fury ____UA._ 99 The Rains Came _ FOX 165 CLAUDETTE COLBERT Juarez ..WAR—-123 AVERAGE .136 Drums Along the Mohawk ... FOX .151 Merrily We Live _ UA 95 ROBERT DONAT It’s A Wonderful World_MGM ... 99 AVERAGE 105 Goodbye Mr. Chips _MGM 156 Midnight _ PAR .111 The Citadel _ MGM ...117 JOAN BENNETT Zaza __ PAR ... 98 Green Hell ___UNIV. .. 97 AVERAGE ...136 AVERAGE... 115 ERROL FLYNN Housekeeper’s Daughter .... _ UA...102 IRENE DUNNE Man In the Iron Mask UA... .117 Elizabeth and Essex _ WAR -114 Invitation To Happiness _PAR 102 AVERAGE 105 Dodge City - WAR. ...158 Love Affair _RKO 120 AVERAGE ...136 ROBERT TAYLOR When Tomorrow Comes _UNIV... 120 Lady of the Tropics . MGM 100 MARLENE DIETRICH AVERAGE 115 Destry Rides Again _UNIV. -134 Lucky Night _MGM_ 98 JAMES CAGNEY CLARK GABLE Remember? __ MGM_ 96 Each Dawn I Die __.WAR. 120 Stand Up and Fight MGM ...123 Idiot’s Delight _MGM ...133 Oklahoma Kid _WAR... .110 AVERAGE ...104 MICKEY ROONEY The Roaring Twenties _WAR 115 MARX BROTHERS Adventures of Huckleberry Finn ...MGM 111 AVERAGE .115 At The Circus .... _ MGM .103 Babes In Arms _MGM ...159 DON AMECHE Andy Hardy Gets Spring Fever. ..MGM .133 Alexander Graham Bell -FOX 117 RANDOLPH SCOTT Judge Hardy and Son _MGM 132 Hollywood Cavalcade _FOX... 136 Coast Guard ___COL ... 79 The Hardys Ride High_MGM -.130 Midnight _ PAR 111 Frontier Marshal .FOX .. 88 AVERAGE ...133 The Three Musketeers _ FOX 81 Jesse James _____FOX ...182 CARY GRANT AVERAGE 111 20,000 Men A Year .. FOX ... 79 Gunga Din _ .RKO 180 LORETTA YOUNG Susannah of the Mounfies FOX 86 In Name Only _ RKO ...102 Alexander Graham Bell _ .. FOX 117 AVERAGE....102 Only Angels Have Wings_ COL .119 Eternally Yours _ UA 98 SHIRLEY TEMPLE AVERAGE . 133 Kentucky - FOX 138 Little Princess ___FOX ...112 BETTE DAVIS Wife, Husband and Friend _FOX . 90 Susannah of the Mounties _ FOX .. 86 Dark Victory _WAR —128 AVERAGE 1 1 1 AVERAGE. 102 Elizabeth and Essex _WAR ...114 LESLIE HOWARD Juarez _WAR — 123 EDGAR BERGEN-CHARLIE McCARTHY Intermezzo, A Love Story- UA . 92 You Can’t Cheat An Honest Man UNIV.... 120 The Old Maid _ WAR .139 Pygmalion _MGM 131 AVERAGE 128 Charlie McCarthy, Detective _UNIV ... 84 AVERAGE 111 AVERAGE 102 DEANNA DURBIN BING CROSBY MERLE OBERON First Love _UNIV ... 125 East Side of Heaven UNIV 110 Wuthering Heights __....UA...102 Three Smart Girls Grow Up UNIV_13 1 Paris Honeymoon _PAR . 102 EDWARD G. ROBINSON AVERAGE 127 The Starmaker _ PAR .118 Blackmail ___MGM.... 87 BARBARA STANWYCK AVERAGE . 110 Golden Boy _ COL ...102 Confessions of a Nazi Spy_WAR—.112 DOUGLAS FAIRBANKS, JR. AVERAGE....100 Union Pacific . PAR ...145 Gunga Din _ RKO 180 AVERAGE ...123 Green Hell __-.UNIV.. . 97 JOEL McCREA JACK BENNY Rulers of the Sea - PAR .. 97 Espionage Agent ___WAR ... 83 Man About Town _PAR._122 The Sun Never Sets_ UNIV... . 78 They Shall Have Music _____ UA ... 71 JAMES STEWART AVERAGE 110 Union Pacific ... PAR .145 Destry Rides Again _UNIV_134 ALICE FAYE AVERAGE 100 Ice Follies of 1939 _MGM_ 93 Barricade ....—.FOX . 90 HEDY LAMARR It’s A Wonderful World_MGM... 99 Hollywood Cavalcade -FOX .136 Lady of the Tropics_ _MGM ...100 Made For Each Other _UA._112 Rose of Washington Square -FOX .128 NELSON EDDY Mr. Smith Goes To Washington... COL .169 Tailspin _ FOX .. 90 AVERAGE.... 121 AVERAGE 108 Balalaika .. MGM ...114 Let Freedom Ring __ MGM ... 83 CHARLES BOYER SONJA HENIE AVERAGE.... 99 Love Affair _ RKO_120 Everything Happens At Night- FOX .102 When Tomorrow Comes . UNIV_120 Second Fiddle -- FOX ..114 ALLAN JONES AVERAGE .120 AVERAGE 108 Honeymoon in Bali .. .. PAR 99 BOX OFFICE DIGEST ANNUAL Players' Credits for 1939 ... Continued
DAVID NIVEN ADOLPHE MENJOU WAYNE MORRIS Bachelor Mother _RKO Golden Boy _COL_102 Kid From Kokomo _WAR 85 Eternally Yours _UA_ 98 Housekeeper’s Daughter _ UA 102 Return of Dr. X _WAR 85 Raffles __.UA.... 93 King of the Turf _ UA 70 AVERAGE . . 85 The Real Glory _UA.... That’s Right, You’re Wrong RKO ANNA NEAGLE Wuthering Heights __UA. 102 AVERAGE.... 91 Nurse Edith Cavell _RKO._ 85 AVERAGE ... 98 JOHNNY WEISMULLER JEANETTE MacDONALD CONSTANCE BENNETT Tarzan Finds A Son ...... _MGM ... 91 Broadway Serenade _ ...... MGM ... 84 Merrily We Live _UA____ 95 WARNER BAXTER Tailspin ___FOX ... 90 MADELEINE CARROLL Barricade _FOX ... 80 Topper Takes A Trip....UA._106 Cafe Society .... _ _PAR.... 81 Return of the Cisco Kid_FOX._ 80 AVERAGE.... 97 Honeymoon In Bali _ PAR ... 99 AVERAGE 90 Wife, Husband and Friend_FOX 90 HENRY FONDA AVERAGE... 84 Alexander Graham Bell _ FOX. 117 ROBERT MONTGOMERY ROBERT YOUNG Drums Along the Mohawk _...... FOX._ Fast and Loose _ MGM 86 Bridal Suite _ MGM ... 70 Jessie James __ FOX____ Earl of Chicago _ ... MGM ... 94 Honolulu _ MGM ...107 Let Us Live _ .. .COL.... 77 AVERAGE . 90 Maisie _ MGM ... 97 Young Mr. Lincoln _FOX.... 94 LEW AYRES Miracles For Sale _ MGM .. 60 AVERAGE.. 96 Broadway Serenade _ ...... MGM ... 84 AVERAGE ... 84 JOHN GARFIELD Calling Dr. Kildare _ _ MGM.... 90 CESAR ROMERO Blackwell’s Island .... WAR._ 77 Ice Follies of 1939 _ _MGM... 93 Charlie Chan in Treasure Island FOX.— 74 Daughters Courageous _WAR....112 Remember _ ....MGM 96 Dust Be My Destiny _WAR. .. 98 Cisco Kid and the Lady _ FOX ... 80 These Glamour Girls _ _MGM ... 82 Frontier Marshal _FOX._ 88 They Made Me a Criminal_WAR __ 92 The Secret of Dr. Kildare _. _MGM ... 89 AVERAGE.... 95 Return of the Cisco Kid _FOX. .. 80 AVERAGE 89 The Little Princess __ FOX— JOHN WAYNE JOAN BLONDELL Wife, Husband, and Friend _FOX._ 90 Allegheny Uprising _RKO.... 86 AVERAGE ... 84 New Frontier __REP... 72 Amazing Mr. Williams .... _COL ... 92 Stagecoach ___UA....126 East Side of Heaven .... __UNIV.... MAUREEN O’SULLIVAN AVERAGE.... 95 Good Girls Go To Paris_ _COL... 95 Let Us Live _COL._ 77 Kid From Kokomo _ _WAR... 85 Tarzan Finds A Son _MGM._ 91 FRED MacMURRAY Off The Record _ _ .... WAR ... 85 AVERAGE.... 84 Cafe Society _ PAR.... 81 AVERAGE... 89 Honeymoon in Bali ___PAR 99 HUMPHREY BOGART Invitation To Happiness _PAR..102 LIONEL BARRYMORE Dark Victory __WAR ... AVERAGE ... 94 Calling Dr. Kildare _ ...... MGM ... 90 Invisible Stripes _ _WAR._ 93 CLAIRE TREVOR Let Freedom Ring _ _MGM.- 83 King of the Underworld _WAR._ 81 Allegheny Uprising .....RKO._ 84 On Borrowed Time _ _MGM... 90 Oklahoma Kid _WAR.... I Stole A Million _ UNIV.__. 71 The Secret of Dr. Kildare.... _MGM... 89 The Roaring Twenties _WAR. .. Stagecoach ...UA_126 AVERAGE... 88 The Return of Dr. X _WAR._ 85 Can’t Get Away With Murder_ PAR_ 76 AVERAGE.... 94 ROLAND YOUNG AVERAGE ... 84 JEFFERY LYNN Here I Am A Stranger _ FOX 75 Espionage Agent _WAR. .. 80 Night of Nights _ _PAR . 82 IAN HUNTER Daughters Courageous __WAR ... Topper Takes A Trip __ UA ... 105 Bad Little Angel _ MGM._ 73 Four Wives __ WAR.... Yes, My Darling Daughter . _WAR... Broadway Serenade _MGM_ 84 The Roaring Twenties _WAR ... AVERAGE... 88 Little Princess __— FOX.___ Yes, My Darling Daughter.... WAR ... 106 Maisie ___MGM._ 97 VICTOR McLAGLEN AVERAGE.. 93 Tarzan Finds A Son ___MGM.... Captain Fury _UA_ 98 Tower of London _UNIV.— 84 JOAN CRAWFORD Ex-Champ _UNIV_ 72 Yes, My Darling Daughter_WAR_ Ice Follies of 1939 _ _.MGM.___ 93 Full Confession _RKO 63 AVERAGE ... 84 The Women _ MGM—. Gunga Din _RKO_180 OLIVIA DeHAVILLAND Let Freedom Ring __MGM... 83 DEAD END KIDS Dodge City _WAR.... Pacific Liner __UNIV... 76 Angels Wash Their Faces _WAR.— 82 Elizabeth and Essex _WAR.... The Big Guy __UNIV... 77 Dust Be My Destiny _WAR — Raffles _ UA.... 93 The Devil’s Party _ _UNIV.... 68 Hell’s Kitchen _ WAR ... 82 Wings of the Navy __WAR._ 94 Rio _ _ _ _UNIV... 71 On Dress Parade _WAR— 82 AVERAGE ... 93 AVERAGE... 87 They Made Me A Criminal _WAR._ 92 AVERAGE ... 84 DOROTHY LAMOUR ROSALIND RUSSELL Disputed Passage _PAR ... 96 Fast and Loose _ _MGM... 87 JANE BRYAN Man About Town _PAR— The Women _ _MGM ... Each Dawn I Die ..WAR.— St. Louis Blues __ PAR_87 Invisible Stripes _WAR.— 93 AVERAGE.... 92 DICK POWELL These Glamour Girls - MGM.... 82 BRIAN DONLEVY Naughty But Nice _ _WAR ... 86 The Old Maid ___WAR... Beau Geste __PAR._126 LAURENCE OLIVIER The Man Who Dared _WAR— 65 Jessie James ... FOX — Clouds Over Europe _ _COL.... 70 We Are Not Alone _WAR ... 92 Destry Rides Again _UNIV._ Wuthering Heights _ _UA- 102 AVERAGE.... 83 Allegheny Uprising .....FOX_ 86 AVERAGE ... 86 EDWARD ARNOLD Behind Prison Gates _COL._ 66 Idiot’s Delight -MGM... Union Pacific ___PAR_ MELVYN DOUGLAS Let Freedom Ring _MGM ... 83 AVERAGE ... 92 Amazing Mr. Williams ... _COL. . 94 Good Girls Go To Paris _COL 95 Man About Town _ PAR— PAULETTE GODDARD Mr. Smith Goes To Washington-COL.. Cat and the Canary ....PAR_ 92 ..... MGM. .. The Women _MGM — ... MGM ... 65 BASIL RATHBONE AVERAGE... 85 GEORGE RAFT Hound of the Baskervilles -FOX— 94 Rio _ UNIV.... 71 Each Dawn I Die _WAR.—120 FRANCHOT TONE Son of Frankenstein _UNIV.— 98 Invisible Stripes __ WAR._ 93 .MGM ... 91 Fast and Furious _ Sun Never Sets ...UNIV— 79 I Stole A Million _UNIV.... 71 _MGM 79 The Girl Downstairs _ Sherlock Holmes _FOX.— 72 The Lady’s From Kentucky _PAR.— 77 AVERAGE 85 AVERAGE.... 91 Tower of London _UNIV— 84 AVERAGE.... 83 ANN SOTHERN RICHARD GREENE Call On the President_MGM.:.. 77 Hound of Baskervilles . _FOX ... 95 RAY MILLAND Fast and Furious _..MGM— 91 Little Princess _ _FOX... Hotel Imperial _PAR.— 66 Hotel For Women _FOX— 97 Stanley and Livingstone ... _FOX Everything Happens at Night-FOX.—101 Maisie _ ‘—MGM_ 97 Here I Am A Stranger _FOX 75 Beau Geste _PAR.— AVERAGE.- 91 AVERAGE... 85 AVERAGE ... 83 BOX OFFICE DIGEST ANNUAL PldyOlfS Credits for 1939 ■ ■ ■ Continued
ANN SHERIDAN JOHN HOWARD MARGARET LINDSAY Angels Wash Their Faces _WAR . 82 Bulldog Drummond’s Secret Police PAR 69 On Trial -WAR.... 70 Dodge City _ _ _WAR Bulldog Drummond’s Bride _ PAR 70 Hell’s Kitchen ___WAR._ 82 Indianapolis Speedway . _ _WAR 75 Disputed Passage .... _PAR 96 20,000 Men A Year _ FOX_ 77 Naughty But Nice _ _WAR ... 86 Grand Jury Secrets _ __ _PAR 70 The Underpup _UNIV 78 They Made Me A Criminal . WAR 92 What A Life ..... _PAR . 90 AVERAGE.... 77 Winter Carnival _ _ _ _ UA ... 77 AVERAGE.... 79 ANITA LOUISE AVERAGE.... 82 WALTER CONNOLLY The Gorilla ---FOX ... 80 PAT O’BRIEN Adventures of Huckleberry Finn ...MGM The Little Princess _FOX.... Indianapolis Speedway _WAR . 75 Bridal Suite . _MGM ... 70 These Glamour Girls _ MGM.___ 82 Off The Record __ _WAR.... 85 Coast Guard _COL 78 Main Street Lawyer _REP 73 Night of Nights _ PAR . 82 Fifth Avenue Girl .... . RKO Reno -RKO_ 77 The Kid From Kokomo ... . _ WAR 85 Good Girls Go To Paris _COL . 95 Hero For A Day ___UNIV 71 AVERAGE.... 82 Those High Grey Walls . _COL 75 AVERAGE. .. 77 LAUREL AND HARDY The Girl Downstairs _ . MGM 79 Flvinz Deuces ... RKO 82 AVERAGE... 79 GLADYS GEORGE BORIS KARLOFF Here I Am A Stranger__FOX._ 75 ROSEMARY LANE Devil’s Island ____ _ WAR 78 I’m From Missouri _PAR.... 79 Blackwell’s Island _ _WAR 77 Man They Could Not Hang..COL ... 77 The Roaring Twenties _ WAR Daughters Courageous _ _WAR Mysterious Mr. Wong _ .... MONO ... 71 AVERAGE.... 77 Four Wives _WAR Mr. Wong in Chinatown _ . .. MONO ... 65 Oklahoma Kid _ _ _WAR KENNY BAKER Son of Frankenstein __ UNIV . 98 Return of Dr. X _ _ .. WAR 85 At The Circus _MGM ... The Tower of London ...... _UNIV 84 AVERAGE... 81 The Mikado _UNIV... 77 AVERAGE.... 79 ANN RUTHERFORD ALAN HALE Andy Hardy Gets Spring Fever_MGM .. MARJORIE WEAVER Dodge City -WAR.... Dancing Co-ed _ _MGM.... 78 Chicken Wagon Familv _ _FOX ... 79 Elizabeth and Essex _WAR ... Four Girls In White MGM... 84 The Honeymoon Is Over FOX 80 Man in the Iron Mask_UA.__. Judge Hardy and Son ... _MGM. . Young Mr. Lincoln FOX On Your Toes _WAR ... 78 The Hardys Ride High _MGM.... AVERAGE.... 79 Pacific Liner _ RKO_ 76 These Glamour Girls _ ... MGM 82 JOE E. BROWN AVERAGE.... 77 Beware Spooks _ . .. COL AVERAGE.... 81 76 PRESTON FOSTER $1,000 A Touchdown _ PAR UNA MERKEL 81 Society Smugglers _UNIV... 72 AVERAGE ... Destry Rides Again . _ UNIV.... 78 Geronimo . PAR._ 90 On Borrowed Time _ _ MGM ... 90 ARTHUR LAKE News Is Made At Night..FOX ... 68 Some Like It Hot _ PAR 69 Blondie Brings Up Baby ... ..COL ... 77 Chasing Danger _ FOX. .. 70 AVERAGE... 81 Blondie Meets the Boss _ _COL... 81 Cafe Hostess _ COL____ 71 THE RITZ BROTHERS Blondie Takes A Vacation _COL ... 74 Missing Evidence _ UNIV_ 72 The Three Musketeers .... _FOX 81 AVERAGE.... 78 AVERAGE ... 76 PENNY SINGLETON The Gorilla __FOX 82 FAY BAINTER COL Pack Up Your Troubles _FOX 78 Blondie Brings Up Baby . 77 Daughters Courageous _ WAR_ Blondie Meets the Boss __COL ... AVERAGE ... 80 81 Our Neighbors, The Carters ... _PAR_ 76 BOB HOPE Blondie Takes A Vacation .. _COL... 74 The Lady and the Mob ... COL._ 76 Cat and the Canary _ _PAR 92 AVERAGE.... 78 Yes, My Darling Daughter_ WAR ... Never Say Die _ PAR 78 GAIL PATRICK AVERAGE ... 76 Some Like It Hot _ PAR 69 Disbarred _ _ _ PAR 73 WENDY BARRIE AVERAGE ... 80 Grand Jury Secrets _ PAR 70 Man of Conquest _ REP 96 Daytime Wife _^_FOX... RICHARD DIX Five Came Back .._.RKO ... 85 Here I Am A Stranger_ FOX 75 Reno _ _ RKO 76 AVERAGE.... 78 Hound of the Baskervilles_ FOX ... Man of Conquest _ REP 96 Pacific Liner _ RKO ... 76 Reno __ _ RKO ... 77 FRANCIS DEE Saint Strikes Back _ RKO_ 68 Twelve Crowded Hours ...__RKO 72 Coast Guard _ _COL... 78 The Witness Vanishes _UNIV_ 73 AVERAGE... 80 RICHARD CARLSON AVERAGE.... 76 MARTHA RAYE These Glamour Girls _ _MGM ... 82 FRANK McHUGH Never Say Die _ PAR ... 78 Dancing Co-ed _ _MGM ... 78 Dodge City _WAR._ $1,000 A Touchdown PAR ... 81 Little Accident _ _ _UNIV 73 Daughters Courageous _ WAR_ AVERAGE.... 80 Winter Carnival _ _UA... 77 Four Wives _WAR._ AVERAGE 78 BILLIE BURKE Indianapolis Speedway _WAR_ 75 Bridal Suite _ _MGM. _ 70 ZORINA On Your Toes __WAR.... 78 Eternally Yours _ _UA... On Your Toes __WAR.... 78 The Roaring Twenties _WAR_ Remember _MGM GLORIA JEAN Wings of the Navy _ WAR ... Topper Takes A Trip _ _ ...UA.: 106 The Underpup _ .. UNIV 78 AVERAGE... 76 The Wizard of Oz _MGM... EDDIE ALBERT EDNA BEST Zenobia _ . _UA ... 66 Four Wives _ .. _ _WAR AVERAGE... 80 Intermezzo, a Love Story_UA_ On Your Toes __WAR ... 78 Prison Without Bars _UA 76 LANA TURNER CHESTER MORRIS Calling Dr. Kildare _ ...... MGM... Blind Alley _ ...... _COL 71 VIRGINIA BRUCE Dancing Co-ed _ MGM ... 78 Five Came Back __ RKO 85 Let Freedom Ring _ MGM._ 84 These Glamour Girls ...... MGM ... 82 Pacific Liner ____ _LIN IV 76 Society Lawyer _MGM ... 73 AVERAGE.... 80 Thunder Afloat . _ _ _MGM ... Stronger Than Desire _ MGM_ 70 AVERAGE.... 75 JANE WITHERS AVERAGE . . 77 Arizona Wildcat _ _ FOX 80 JANE WYMAN RALPH BELLAMY Boy Friend _ _ . FOX 77 Kid Nightengale ____WAR... 74 Blind Alley _COL_ 71 Chicken Wagon Family ___FOX 80 Kid From Kokomo __WAR 85 Coast Guard _COL._ 78 High School __ FOX 78 Playing With Dynamite __WAR... 67 Let Us Live _COL... 77 Pack Up Your Troubles ..._FOX 78 Private Detective __WAR 70 AVERAGE ... 75 AVERAGE... 79 Tailspin _ - _ FOX 90 LEO CARRILLO GALE PAGE AVERAGE... 77 Arizona Wildcat _FOX_80 Daughters Courageous _WAR. .. LEWIS STONE Chicken Wagon Family _FOX._80 Four Wives _WAR._ Andy Hardy Gets Spring Fever....MGM ... Fisherman’s Wharf _ RKO ... 74 Indianapolis Speedway _ WAR ... 75 The Hardys Ride High _ _MGM... Girl and the Gambler _RKO_ 70 Naughty But Nice ...WAR_ 86 ... MGM... Rio _UNIV.... 71 Can’t Get Away With Murder_WAR.... 76 Call on the President _ _MGM 77 Society Lawyer _MGM ... 73 AVERAGE ... 79 Ice Follies of 1939 _ _MGM AVERAGE... 75 BOX OFFICE DIGEST ANNUAL Players' Credits for 1939 .. ■ Continued
RICHARD ARLEN WALTER BRENNAN GLORIA STUART Man From Montreal _ ..UNIV... 78 Call on the President_MGM.... 77 It Could Happen To You_FOX._ 74 Mutiny on the Blackhawk_ UNIV.... 75 Stanley and Livingstone _FOX._ Three Musketeers _FOX._ Missing Daughters _ COL ... 73 They Shall Have Music ____UA._ 70 Winner Take All ...FOX.... 72 Legion of Lost Flyers _ _ ..UNIV.... 73 Vernon and Irene Castle _RKO AVERAGE... 73 Tropic Fury _ _ UNIV.... 74 AVERAGE.... 74 PRESTON FOSTER AVERAGE.... 75 BOB BURNS Beau Geste ___PAR— JACKIE COOPER I’m From Missouri _PAR— 79 Disbarred _PAR. .. 73 Big Guy ...... _ . . UNIV.... 79 Our Leading Citizen _PAR— 68 Union Pacific _ PAR._ Two Bright Boys _ ... _ ..UNIV... 74 AVERAGE— 74 JOE PENNER Streets of New York _ MONO ... 68 PHYLLIS BROOKS Day The Bookies Wept _RKO_73 Spirit of Culver _ ..UNIV.... 63 Charlie Chan in Honolulu..FOX.... 74 FRANK MORGAN What A Life _ .PAR... 90 JOHN PAYNE Broadway Serenade _MGM.... AVERAGE... 75 Indianapolis Speedway _WAR.... 75 Balalaika ...MGM_ STU ERWIN Kid Nightingale _WAR— 74 Henry Goes To Arizona _MGM— 73 Hollywood Cavalcade _ ...FOX... Wings of the Navy _WAR- The Wizard of Oz ___MGM— Honeymoon Is Over _ FOX... 80 AVERAGE... 74 ROBERT BALDWIN It Could Happen To You _ FOX 74 JEAN HERSHOLT Main Street Lawyer _REP._ 73 Back Door To Heaven _ ...PAR ... 70 Dr. Christian _RKO 74 AVERAGE ... 75 IDA LUPINO PHIL REGAN Adventures of Sherlock Holmes_FOX_ 75 ROBERT CUMMINGS Flight At Midnight _REP._ 77 Lone Wolf Spy Hunt _COL. .. 67 Charlie McCarthy, Detective _ ..UNIV.... She Married A Cop _REP.... 70 The Lady and the Mob __ COL._ 74 Everything Happens At Night_ .....FOX... AVERAGE. .. 74 AVERAGE.... 72 UNIV .. 71 VIRGINIA WEIDLER LUCILLE BALL The Underpup __ ...UNIV... 78 Bad Little Angel _MGM. 73 Beauty For the Asking_ RKO._ 67 Three Smart Girls Grow Up UNIV. Henry Goes To Arizona _MGM.— 75 Five Came Back _RKO._ 85 AVERAGE ... 75 Fixer Dugan ___ RKO.— 68 Panama Lady _RKO_ 62 NAN GREY Lone Wolf Spy Hunt _COL.— 67 Twelve Crowded Hours _ RKO._ 72 Ex-Champ ...... _ .. UNIV.... 72 Outside These Walls _COL.— 65 That’s Right, You’re Wrong_RKO.... Three Smart Girls Grow Up_ UNIV Rookie Cop _RKO._ 66 AVERAGE ... 72 The Underpup _ ...UNIV.... 78 The Underpup _UNIV— 78 RAYMOND WALBURN Tower of London _ ..UNIV... The Women ___MGM— Heaven With Barbed Wire Fence FOX.___ 71 AVERAGE... 75 AVERAGE.... 73 It Could Happen To You_FOX.— 74 MARGARET LOCKWOOD JACK HOLT Eternally Yours _UA.... Ruler of the Seas __PAR_ Fugitives At Large _COL.— 71 Let Freedom Ring _MGM Susannah of the Mounties _ _FOX... Hidden Power _ COL.— 72 The Underpup ___UNIV— The Lady Vanishes _ ... FOX... 75 Trapped in the Sky _ COL ... 71 AVERAGE.... 72 BRENDA JOYCE Whispering Enemies _COL.— 75 JOHN CARRADINE Here I Am A Stranger FOX 75 AVERAGE.... 73 Drums Along the Mohawk _FOX The Rains Came FOX . RONALD REAGAN Jesse James . FOX... PAUL LUKAS Angels Wash Their Faces -WAR.— 82 Hound of the Baskervilles -FOX.— Captain Fury _ __UA Code of Secret Service _ WAR— 64 Three Musketeers __—.FOX— Confessions of a Nazi Spy_ ....WAR.... Dark Victory _WAR.— Frontier Marshal _FOX— The Lady Vanishes _ .....FOX... 75 Hell’s Kitchen _WAR.... 82 Mr. Moto’s Last Warning _FOX____ 72 ALAN MARSHALL Naughty But Nice ___WAR— Captain Fury _UA— Secret Service of the Air _WAR.— 65 Exile Express _GN._ 67 Stagecoach -UA— Four Girls in White . MGM_ 84 Smashing the Money Ring _WAR— 72 Five Came Back ___ RKO.— AVERAGE.... 73 Hunchback of Notre Dame _RKO._ LYNN BARI AVERAGE.... 75 JEAN PARKER City of Darkness _FOX.— 73 ZASU PITTS Flying Deuces _RKO— 82 Chasing Danger -FOX.... 70 Eternally Yours__ UA._ Flight at Midnight _REP.— 77 Hotel For Women ---FOX— Naughty But Nice _WAR._ Parents on Trial _COL— 70 News Is Made At Night_FOX.— 68 Nurse Edith Cavell .__RKO._ Romance of the Redwoods _COL.— 70 Pardon Our Nerve _FOX.— 77 Mickey The Kid. _ . _ REP.. 70 Zenobia _ UA.... 66 Pack Up Your Troubles _FOX ... AVERAGE.... 73 The Lady’s From Kentucky _PAR... 77 Return of the Cisco Kid - FOX.— AVERAGE ... 74 ANNA MAY WONG AVERAGE— 72 ANDY DEVINE Island of Lost Men _PAR.— 72 ANNE SHIRLEY _.... PAR . . King of Chinatown _ PAR.— 73 Boy Slaves _ RKO— 73 Legion of Lost Flyers __UNIV.... 73 AVERAGE— 73 Sorority House _RKO— 71 Man From Montreal ___ _UNIV.... 78 EDMUND LOWE AVERAGE.... 72 Mutiny on the Blackhawk .... _UNIV... 75 Our Neighbors, The Carters -PAR.— 75 JOSEPH SCHILDKRAUT The Witness Vanishes _-UNIV— 72 Never Say Die _ .... PAR.... 78 Idiot’s Delight _MGM— AVERAGE— 73 Spirit of Culver _ _UNIV... 63 Three Musketeers _FOX.— SIDNEY TOLER Stagecoach ..._UA.... The Rains Came -FOX— Charlie Chan in Honolulu.--FOX.— 74 AVERAGE.... 74 Lady of the Tropics -MGM__._ GUY KIBBEE Charlie Chan in City of Darkness FOX.— 73 Man in the Iron Mask -UA— Babes In Arms ....MGM.— Charlie Chan on Treasure Island... FOX— 74 Mr. Moto Takes A Vacation-FOX.... 66 Bad Little Angel _MGM-.-. 73 Charlie Chan in Reno -FOX— 71 Pack Up Your Troubles - FOX— 78 Henry Goes To Arizona _MGM.... 75 Disbarred _PAR— 73 AVERAGE... 72 It’s A Wonderful World... MGM ... King of Chinatown -PAR ... 72 The Kid From Kokomo _WAR ... DOLORES DEL RIO Let Freedom Ring _ MGM.... International Settlement -FOX— 72 Mr. Smith Goes To Washington_...COL— AVERAGE— 73 AVERAGE.... 74 SLIM SUMMERVILLE KAY FRANCIS LLOYD NOLAN Charlie Chan in Reno -FOX- In Name Only -RKO.— Ambush _ PAR.— 70 Jesse James ---FOX.— King of the Underworld -WAR.... 81 Magnificent Fraud _PAR.— 71 Henry Goes To Arizona -MGM— 75 Women in the Wind -WAR — 63 AVERAGE.... 72 St. Louis Blues ___PAR ... 87 Winner Take All -FOX.— 72 Undercover Doctor _PAR— 68 AVERAGE.... 73 RICARDO CORTEZ AVERAGE ... 74 JOSEPH CALLEIA Mr. Moto’s Last Warning -FOX ... 72 BONITA GRANVILLE Five Came Back --RKO— 84 ROBERT ARMSTRONG Angels Wash Their Faces--WAR.... 82 Full Confession ...RKO— 63 Flying Irishman -RKO— 63 Nancy Drew, Reporter _WAR.— 71 Golden Boy ---COL.— Flight At Midnight -REP ... 77 Nancy Drew, Troubleshooter _WAR.— 71 The Gorilla - FOX— Call A Messenger -UNIV— 72 Nancy Drew and Hidden Staircase .WAR.— 70 Juarez ___WAR.— Winter Carnival . UA___. 72 AVERAGE ... 74 AVERAGE— 73 AVERAGE ... 72 BOX OFFICE DIGEST ANNUAL Pl&y61lSf Credits for 1939 ■ ■ ■ Continued
ARLEEN WHELAN TOM BROWN REGINALD OWEN Boy Friend -FOX____ 75 Big Town Czar _UNIV 70 Bad Little Angel _MGM.... 73 Sabotage -REP_ 69 Ex-Champ _ UNIV.. 72 Bridal Suite .... ._ _ _ MGM 70 Young Mr. Lincoln _FOX __ Sergeant Madden _MGM._ Fast and Loose _ _MGM... AVERAGE.... 72 These Glamour Girls _ MGM Fast and Furious .... _MGM ... BETTY GRABLE AVERAGE. 71 Hotel Imperial _ PAR ... 66 Day the Bookies Wept _RKO._ 73 JOAN DAVIS Remember? _MGM... Man About Town _PAR_ Daytime Wife _FOX.. The Girl Downstairs —. _MGM.... Million Dollar Legs _PAR._ 71 Tailspin -FOX The Real Glory .. . . .UA.... AVERAGE_72 Too Busy To Work _ FOX.. AVERAGE.... 70 LUPE VELEZ 71 The Girl From Mexico _RKO 72 ANN DVORAK SPRING BYINGTON MARION MARSH Blind Alley _COL._ 71 Alexander Graham Bell FOX Missing Daughters___ COL _ 72 Cafe Hostess _ COL._ 71 Chicken Wagon Familv ... _FOX BILL HENRY Stronger Than Desire _MGM 70 Everybody’s Baby __FOX . 69 Geronimo _PAR_ AVERAGE 71 Jones Family in Hollywood _FOX 70 Television Spy _PAR_ 72 HUGH HERBERT loo Busy To Work .... . —. FOX 71 PATRICIA MORRISON Eternally Yours _UA.. Quick Millions _ _ FOX 68 I’m From Missouri _PAR_ Family Next Door _ UNIV.. 68 AVERAGE.... 70 Persons In Hiding _PAR._ 72 The Lady’s From Kentucky _PAR BARTON MacLANE Little Accident _ UNIV DORIS NOLAN 73 Big Town Czar _ _UNIV.... 70 One Hour To Live _UNIV_ 72 AVERAGE 71 I Was A Convict _ _REP.... 68 HENRY WILCOXON HENRY ARMETTA Mutiny in the Bighouse .... MONO... 73 Arizona Wildcat _FOX._ Escape _FOX._ Stand Up and Fight _ _WAR 70 Chasing Danger _ FOX . Fisherman’s Wharf _RKO_74 70 Torchy in Chinatown _ _WAR.... 70 Tarzan Finds A Son _MGM _ I Stole A Million _ UNIV— 71 Torchy Runs for Mayor ..._ WAR . 70 The Lady and the Mob _COL..__ 74 Woman Doctor _ ..REP- 72 AVERAGE— 70 Winner Take All __... FOX_ 72 AVERAGE. 71 FLORENCE RICE AVERAGE.... 72 BABY SANDY At The Circus . . . MGM AKIM TAMIROFF East Side of Heaven ____UNIV._ Four Girls in White _ MGM ... 84 Disputed Passage _PAR ... Little Accident _ UNIV _ 73 Kid From Texas __MGM... 61 Honeymoon in Bali _PAR_ Unexpected Father _ UNIV. 70 Little Accident .... _UNIV... 73 Magnificent Fraud _PAR._ 71 AVERAGE 71 Miracles For Sale _ . MGM... 61 King of Chinatown _PAR_72 TONY MARTIN Stand Up and Fight ... ______MGM... Paris Honeymoon _PAR_ Music In My Heart _COL 70 AVERAGE ... 70 Union Pacific _PAR_ Winner Take All _ FOX 72 DICK FORAN AVERAGE ... 71 AVERAGE 71 Daughters Courageous . WAR._ JOHN LITEL BARBARA REED Four Wives __ WAR_ Dust Be My Destiny _WAR._ Sorority House _ _RKO 71 Hero For A Day _UNIV_ 71 Dodge City _WAR.— The Spellbinder _ RKO 72 Inside Information _UNIV.... 68 Nancy Drew, Reporter _WAR_ 71 AVERAGE 71 I Stole A Million .. UNIV_ Nancy Drew, Troubleshooter _WAR_ 71 Private Detective . WAR_70 Nancy Drew and Hidden Staircase. WAR_ 70 WYNNE GIBSON AVERAGE.... 70 Cafe Hostess ___COL... 71 On Trial _:WAR ... 70 ROCHELLE HUDSON Dead End Kids on Dress Parade_WAR._ BETTY FURNESS North of Shanghai _COL... 71 Konga, The Wild Stallion _COL_ 66 One Hour To Live _UNIV.. 73 Missing Daughters _ COL. 73 Return of Dr. X _WAR. CONSTANCE WORTH Pirates of the Skies ....UNIV_ 71 Secret Service of the Air _WAR _ 65 Mystery of the White Room _UNIV__ 71 Pride of the Navy _REP.— 70 Wings of the Navy _WAR... BOBBY BREEN Smuggled Cargo ..REP... 63 You Can’t Get Away With Murder. WAR_ 76 Fisherman’s Wharf __ RKO... 74 A Woman is the Judge ..COL.— 66 AVERAGE_71 AVERAGE.... 70 WARREN HYMER Way Down South _ RKO.. 66 Boy Friend _ -FOX._ 75 AVERAGE 70 E. E. CLIVE Calling All Marines _REP._ 68 SYLVIA SIDNEY Bulldog Drummond’s Secret Police PAR— 69 Charlie McCarthy, Detective _UNIV_ One-Third of a Nation _PAR... 70 Bulldog Drummond’s Bride _PAR ... 70 Bachelor Mother _RKO.— Coast Guard _COL._ VIRGINIA FIELD Adventures of Sherlock Holmes_FOX.— 72 Mr. Moto in Danger Island_FOX ... 68 Bridal Suite _ MGM 70 Honeymoon Is Over .... FOX—. The Lady and the Mob _COL._ 74 Captain Fury _MGM AVERAGE.... 71 Hound of the Baskervilles _ FOX ... Cisco Kid and the Lady _FOX I’m From Missouri _PAR.— MARY CARLISLE Eternallv Yours _ UA... Little Princess ___FOX.... Beware Spooks _COL ... 76 King of the Turf .. UA... 70 Raffles _ UA— Call A Messenger _UNIV._ 72 Mr. Moto Takes a Vacation . FOX 66 Fighting Thoroughbreds _REP._ 69 Rose of Washington Square- FOX.— Mr. Moto’s Last Warning _ FOX 72 AVERAGE.... 70 Hawaiian Nights__ UNIV._70 The Sun Never Sets _ UNIV Inside Information _UNIV._ 68 AVERAGE 70 CONSTANCE MOORE AVERAGE.... 71 LEE TRACY Ex-Champ ___UNIV— 71 MICHAEL WHALEN Laugh It Off . .UNIV— 70 Inside Story ___FOX._ 75 Fixer Duftan _ RKO .. 68 72 Hawaiian Nights ___UNIV.— 70 Mysterious Mr. X _REP_ 70 The Spellbinder _ RKO... AVERAGE 70 Charlie McCarthy, Detective .—UNIV— Outside These Walls _COL._ 65 Mutiny on the Blackhawk . UNIV— Pardon Our Nerve _FOX_77 WALTER PIDGEON 74 Can’t Cheat Honest Man_UNIV— They Asked For It _UNIV ... 66 Nick Carter, Detective _ MGM AVERAGE ... 70 AVERAGE.... 71 Six Thousand Enemies _MGM 6^ BERT WHEELER BRUCE CABOT Society Lawyer _ MGM 73 Dodge City _ WAR_ Stronger Than Desire _ MGM 70 Cowboy Quarterback —.-WAR.— 70 Homicide Bureau _COL._ 71 AVERAGE 70 JUDITH BARRETT Mickey The Kid _ REP._ 70 RITA JOHNSON Disputed Passage ___PAR — Mystery of the White Room_ UNIV._ 71 Broadway Serenade _ MGM .. Gracie Allen Murder Case. PAR— 64 AVERAGE ... 71 Honolulu ... _ MGM .. I’m From Missouri ..PAR— IRENE HERVEY Nick Carter, Detective _MGM .. 74 Persons In Hiding _PAR ... 72 Destry Rides Again . UNIV._ Six Thousand Enemies __ MGM 63 Television Spy _ PAR— 73 East Side of Heaven _UNIV_ Stronger Than Desire _ MGM ._ 70 AVERAGE— 70 House of Fear _ UNIV_ 68 They All Come Out . MGM .. 64 MISCHA AUER Missing Evidence ..UNIV. 72 The Girl Downstairs _ MGM .. 70 Destry Rides Again _ UNIV.... Society Smugglers __ UNIV.... 72 Within the Law _ MGM .. 70 East Side of Heaven ___UNIV— AVERAGE.... 71 AVERAGE 70 Unexpected Father __ UNIV.... 70 BOX OFFICE DIGEST ANNUAL
Players' Credits for 1939 .. ■ Continued
RUTH HUSSEY JOAN WOODBURY WILLIAM GARGAN Another Thin Man _MGM ... Chasing Danger _FOX ... 70 A Call on the President___MGM._ 77 Blackmail ___MGM Mystery of the White Room_UNIV.... 71 Adventures of Jane Arden_WAR—_ 68 Maisie _____MGM._ AVERAGE.... 70 Broadway Serenade _MGM. The Women _ _MGM . . GLENDA FARRELL House of Fear _UNIV.... 67 Within The Law _ _MGM ... 70 Torchy Blane Runs For Mayor_WAR._ 70 Housekeeoer’s Daughter _ .UA_ J. CARROL NAISH Torchy Blane in Chinatown _WAR.... 70 Three Sons _RKO_ 67 ....PAR AVERAGE-. 70 Within The Law _MGM._ 70 Hotel Imperial _ _PAR.... 66 GLADYS SWARTHOUT Women in the Wind _ MGM _ 63 Island of Lost Men _ PAR . 73 Ambush ____PAR_ 70 AVERAGE.... 69 King of Chinatown _ _PAR 72 LEIF ERICKSON EDUARDO CIANELLI Persons In Hiding . _PAR 72 One-Third of a Nation _PAR_ 70 Angels Wash Their Faces _WAR.... Undercover Doctor _ ..PAR ... 68 Bulldog Drummond’s Bride _PAR.... 70 AVERAGE.... 70 FRANKIE THOMAS Invisible Stripes _WAR—. Gunga Din _RKO.... JEAN ROGERS Nancy Drew, Reporter ___WAR._ 71 Risky Business _UNIV_ 64 Hotel for Women _ _ _FOX . Nancy Drew, Troubleshooter _WAR._ 70 Society Lawyer _ MGM 73 Heaven With Barbed Wire Fence FOX.... 71 Nancy Drew and Hidden Staircase WAR_70 AVERAGE.... 69 Inside Story __FOX ... 75 Dead End Kids on Dress Parade_WAR- EDITH FELLOWS Stop, Look and Love _FOX... 68 AVERAGE... 70 Five Little Peppers _COL.... 71 AVERAGE.... 70 GEORGE SANDERS Pride of the Bluegrass __WAR . 66 ANNE NAGLE Allegheny Uprising _RKO— AVERAGE.... 69 Call A Messenger _ _UNIV 72 Mr. Moto’s Warning _FOX____ 72 PETER LORRE Convict’s Code _ .. MONO ... 69 Nurse Edith Cavell _RKO — Mr. Moto’s Last Warning _FOX_ 72 Legion of Lost Flyers _ UNIV ... 73 Saint in London ...... RKO.— 70 Mr. Moto In Danger Island_FOX.... 68 Should A Girl Marry? _MONO... 64 Saint Strikes Back ...RKO.— 68 Mr. Moto Takes A Vacation_FOX 66 AVERAGE... 70 AVERAGE.... 70 AVERAGE.... 69 SHIRLEY ROSS KATHERINE DeMILLE JONES FAMILY Cafe Society _ PAR_ Trapped in the Sky _COL— 70 Everybody’s Baby _FOX._ 69 Paris Honeymoon ___PAR._._ WALLACE FORD Jones Family in Hollywood _FOX._ 70 Some Like It Hot ..PAR._ 69 Back Door To Heaven _PAR.— 70 Too Busy To Work ...FOX._ 71 Unexpected Father _ UNIV_ 70 NOAH BEERY, JR. Quick Millions _ FOX... 68 AVERAGE ... 70 Of Mice and Men _UA.— AVERAGE.... 69 RITA HAYWORTH Only Angels Have Wings _COL._ SIGRUD GURIE Only Angels Have Wings _COL Parents On Trial ___ COL ... 70 Forgotten Woman ....UNIV ... 68 Homicide Bureau _COL 71 ANNABELLA Rio ___UNIV.... 71 Lone Wolf Spy Hunt ...COL__ 68 Bridal Suite ___MGM.— 70 AVERAGE.... 69 AVERAGE.... 70 LEE BOWMAN ELLEN DREW JAMES DUNN Pride of the Navy ... REP.... 70 Dancing Co-ed _ MGM._ Geronimo ___PAR.... Miracles For Sale _MGM ... 60 Gracie Allen Murder Case_PAR.... 64 JUDITH ALLEN Society Lawyer ___MGM. 73 The Lady’s From Kentucky_ PAR.... 77 Tough Kid _MONO ... 70 The Lady and The Mob ...COL._ 74 AVERAGE.... 70 LYNNE OVERMAN Stronger Than Desire _MGM._ 70 BENNY BAKER Death of a Champion _PAR.— 68 AVERAGE ... 69 Persons In Hiding _PAR._ 72 She Married A Cop _ _REP ._ 70 JACQUELINE WELLS DOLORES COSTELLO Union Pacific ___PAR.- AVERAGE.... 70 My Son is a Criminal _COL._ 64 King of the Turf _UA._ 70 These High Grey Walls _ _COL._ 75 Outside These Walls _COL.. 65 HELEN TWELVETREES AVERAGE.... 69 Whispering Enemies _COL ... 75 Unmarried _PAR.... 70 WILLIAM LUNDIGAN AVERAGE.... 70 POLLY MORAN Forgotten Woman _UNIV._ 68 HEDDA HOPPER Ambush ___PAR.... 70 Legion of Lost Flyers _UNIV._ 73 Laugh It Off _UNIV.... 70 ALINE McMAHON The Old Maid _.....WAR.... Midnight _PAR._ Back Door To Heaven _PAR._ 70 They Asked For It _ UNIV_ 66 The Women _ _MGM._._ WARREN WILLIAM Three Smart Girls Grow Up _UNIV_ What A Life _PAR.... Daytime Wife _FOX... AVERAGE.... 69 SALLY BLANE Gracie Allen Murder Case _ PAR ... 64 EDWARD NORRIS Alexander Graham Bell __..FOX ... Man In The Iron Mask _UA.— Frontier Marshal ___FOX ... Chan In Treasure Island _FOX ... 74 The Lady and the Mob _ COL ... 74 Here I Am A Stranger _ FOX._ Way Down South _RKO._ 66 AVERAGE ... 69 On Trial _WAR... 70 AVERAGE ... 70 FREDDIE BARTHOLOMEW Scandal Sheet _RKO.— 68 BEVERLY ROBERTS Soirit of Culver ...UNIV. .. 63 The Gorilla ___FOX.— First Offenders _COL._ 66 Two Bright Boys __UNIV ... 74 AVERAGE.... 69 I Was A Convict _._REP.— 68 AVERAGE.... 69 HELEN MACK Tropic Fury _UNIV.... 74 MARSHA HUNT Calling All Marines _ REP_ 68 AVERAGE.... 70 Call on the President_MGM ... 77 Gambling Ship _UNIV.— 69 PATRICIA ELLIS Long Shot _____GN.— 67 Mystery of the White Room _UNIV_ 71 Back Door To Heaven _ PAR._ 70 Star Reporter --MONO.— 63 AVERAGE ... 69 Fugitives At Large _COL._ 70 The Hardys Ride High _MGM.— GORDON JONES AVERAGE.... 70 Winter Carnival _ UA— Big Town Czar _UNIV.— 70 REGIS TOOMEY AVERAGE ... 69 Disputed Passage -PAR.__. Hidden Power _COL._ 72 GENE LOCKHART Henry Goes To Arizona _MGM.— Indianapolis Speedway _ WAR._ 75 Alexander Graham Bell __ FOX ... Long Shot ____GN.... 67 Mysterious Miss X _REP._ 70 _MGM ... 70 Pride of the Navy _ REP— 70 Street of Missing Men _REP_ 63 _MGM... AVERAGE.- 69 Society Smugglers _UNIV__ 72 Hotel Imoerial _ _PAR... 66 AMANDA DUFF Trapped in the Sky _COL ... 70 Our Leading Citizen _PAR .... 67 Escape _FOX— 70 Thunder Afloat _MGM I’m From Missouri — _ PAR. .. 79 Hotel For Women _FOX.— AVERAGE.... 70 Tell No Tales _ MGM... 65 Mr. Moto in Danger Island_.... FOX— 68 ANDREA LEEDS AVERAGE... 69 AVERAGE... 69 The Real Glory ..UA.... HEATHER ANGEL CLARENCE KOLB They Shall Have Music .. UNIV._ 70 Bulldog Drummond’s Secret Police PAR._ 69 Amazing Mr. Williams ..COL.— LYNNE CARVER Bulldog Drummond’s Bride _PAR.___ 70 Five Little Peppers _COL.— 70 Adventures of Huckleberry Finn....MGM— Undercover Doctor _ PAR. .. 68 I Was A Convict --- REP.— 68 Within the Law ___...MGM ... 70 AVERAGE... 69 AVERAGE ... 69 BOX OFFICE DIGEST ANNUAL Players' Credits for 1939 .. ■ Continued
JOY HODGES FAY WRAY BILLY GILBERT Little Accident _UNIV._ 73 Navy Secrets _MONO 68 Destry Rides Again ...... UNIV.... The Family Next Door _UNIV__ 68 Forged Passports _ REP 66 HARRY DAVENPORT They Asked For It .._ UNIV._66 Rio — ...... UNIV ... 71 Unexpected Father _UNIV_ 70 Exile Express _ GN._ 67 The Underpup _ UNIV.... AVERAGE ... 69 Death of a Champion _PAR 68 AVERAGE— 68 MARJORIE RAMBEAU Juarez ____WAR . . FRANK JENKS Heaven With Barbed Wire Fence FOX._ 71 Long Shot _ GN_ 67 Big Town Czar _ ....UNIV.... 70 Laugh It Off _UNIV.... 70 Made For Each Other _UA._ S.O.S. Tidal Wave _ REP.... 65 Sudden Money _PAR._ 66 Money To Burn __REP.. . 71 Society Smugglers _ ..UNIV... 70 The Rains Came _FOX._ My Wife’s Relations _REP 66 The Underpup _ ... .. UNIV.... AVERAGE . . 69 Tailspin _ FOX ... AVERAGE 68 The Hunchback of Notre Dame R KO REGINALD DENNY ROSCOE KARNS AVERAGE 6S Bulldog Drummond’s Secret Police. PAR_69 Dancing Co-ed _ MGM Bulldog Drummond’s Bride .... _PAR_ 70 JOHNNY DOWNS Everything’s On Ice . RKO 67 AVERAGE_ 69 First Offenders _COL ... 66 King of Chinatown ...... PAR 72 BETTY COMPSON Hawaiian Nights _UNIV._ 70 That’s Right, You’re Wrong ...... RKO ... Cafe Hostess _COL._ 71 Laugh It Off _WAR._ 70 AVERAGE ... 68 News Is Made At Night _FOX.... 68 Parents On Trial _ COL. .. 70 DENNIS O’KEEFE AVERAGE ... 69 Sweepstakes Winner _WAR._ 64 Burn ’Em Up O’Connor _ . . MGM ... 66 JED PROUTY AVERAGE 68 Kid From Texas _ . MGM ... 60 Everybody’s Baby _ FOX.— 69 Unexpected Father _ - UNIV.... 72 Exile Express ___GN— 67 ROBERT KENT AVERAGE... 68 Gracie Allen Murder Case PAR ... 64 Almost A Gentleman _RKO._ 66 ALAN BAXTER Hollywood Cavalcade _ FOX Calling All Marines _REP._ 68 Boy Slaves ... RKO ... 73 Jones Family in Hollywood FOX... 70 Convicts Code _MONO.... 69 Let Us Live _COL._ Too Busy To Work __FOX 71 East Side of Heaven ...UNIV._ My Son Is A Criminal _COL._ 64 Quick Millions _. FOX 68 For Love or Money . UNIV._ 68 Off The Record __ WAR ... AVERAGE... 68 AVERAGE . 68 AVERAGE 68 GLORIA DICKSON DICK PURCELL JOHN CARROLL Cowboy Quarterback _ .. WAR 70 I Am A Criminal __MONO._ 69 Blackwell’s Island _ WAR.... No Place To Go __WAR . 68 Only Angels Have Wings _COL._ Heroes in Blue ___MONO.... 67 On Your Toes _ WAR Wolf Call ___MONO ... 68 Irish Luck __ MONO ... 65 Private Detective _ WAR 70 AVERAGE ... 68 They Made Me A Criminal WAR Streets of New York _ MONO.... 68 Waterfront _ WAR... 66 Tough Kid ___MONO ... 70 ONA MUNSON AVERAGE 68 AVERAGE.... 68 Big Guy _ UNIV.... JIMMIE ELLISON Legion of Lost Flyers ___UNIV._ ROBERT WILCOX Scandal Sheet _ -COL_ 68 Almost A Gentleman - _RKO... 66 Blondie Takes a Vacation _COL_ Fifth Avenue Girl . - RKO EDGAR KENNEDY Gambling Ship __ UNIV_ 69 FOX ... Charlie McCarthy, Detective_UNIV._ Man They Couldn’t Hang _COL._ 77 Sorority House ___ RKO 71 Everything’s On Ice _ RKO_ 67 The Kid From Texas . ..MGM._ 60 Zenobia _ _ UA 66 Laugh It Off .... UNIV.... 70 Undercover Doctor _PAR.— 68 AVERAGE 68 AVERAGE— 68 AVERAGE.... 68 KENT TAYLOR INEZ COURTNEY Five Came Back - RKO OTTO KRUGER Beauty For The Asking _RKO.— 66 Four Girls In White - MGM A Woman Is the Judge _ COL ... 66 Blondie Meets the Boss .. COL._ Gracie Allen Murder Case PAR 64 Another Thin Man _MGM ... Missing Evidence _ UNIV_71 Pirates of the Skies _ UNIV... 71 Disbarred ___PAR.— 73 AVERAGE.... 68 Sued For Libel - - RKO 72 Scandal Sheet _RKO ... 68 RALPH BYRD RKO 67 Zero Hour _REP_ 65 Fighting Thoroughbreds ....REP__ 69 AVERAGE... 68 AVERAGE ... 68 Mickey the Kid _REP— 70 FRIEDA INESCOURT S.O.S. Tidal Wave ___REP— 65 A Woman is the Judge — _ COL. 66 SIDNEY BLACKMER AVERAGE 68 Beauty for the Asking - RKO... 66 Convicts Code _MONO.... 68 Tarzan Finds A Son - _MGM Fast and Furious __ MGM ... RUTH DONNELLY REP . 72 Hotel For Women _FOX_ Amazing Mr. Williams _COL— Zero Hour - REP 65 It’s A Wonderful World _MGM.... Family Next Door _UNIV— 68 AVERAGE— 68 Trapped in the Sky _COL_ Mr. Smith Goes to Washington-COL J~D
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19 3 9
ONLY ANGELS HAVE WINGS
MR. SMITH GOES TO WASHINGTON
★
19 4 0
Current:
TOO MANY HUSBANDS
Next Release: ARIZONA
★
IEAN ARTHUR Columbia 19 3 9
MIDNIGHT (Paramount)
IT’S A WONDERFUL WORLD (MGM)
DRUMS ALONG THE MOHAWK (20th Century-Fox) j/>A BJ N
19 4 0 BOOMTOWN (MGM)
Next Release: ARISE MY LOVE (Paramount)
CLAUDETTE COLBERT Paramount J~D
19 3 9
LOVE AFFAIR (RKO)
WHEN TOMORROW COMES (Universal)
Current Release: MY FAVORITE WIFE (RKO)
DUNNE w
★
19 3 9
ROSE OF WASHINGTON SQUARE
HOLLYWOOD CAVALCADE v 'it ■ . S:-i
★
19 4 0
LITTLE OLD NEW YORK
Current: LILLIAN RUSSELL
★
ALICE FAYE 20th Century-Fox ★
19 3 9
THREE SMART GIRLS GROW UP
FIRST LOVE
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19 4 0
Current: IT’S A DATE
Next Release: SPRING PARADE
★
DEANNA DURBIN Universal ★
19 3 9
LITTLE PRINCESS
SUSANNAH OF THE MOUNTIES
★
19 4 0
BLUEBIRD
Coming:
YOUNG PEOPLE
★
SHIRLEY TEMPLE 20th Century-Fox J~D
★
19 3 9
HONOLULU
★
19 4 0
BROADWAY MELODY OF 1940
Next Release: ZIEGFELD GIRL
★
ELEANOR POWELL MGM ^5
★
19 3 9
STANLEY AND LIVINGSTONE (20th Century-Fox)
★
19 4 0
I TAKE THIS WOMAN (MGM)
Current Release: EDISON THE MAN (MGM)
Next Release: BOOMTOWN (MGM)
SPENCER TRACY n j 19 3 9
ICE FOLLIES OF 1939 (MGM)
IT’S A WONDERFUL WORLD (MGM)
MADE FOR EACH OTHER (U.A.)
MR. SMITH GOES TO WASHINGTON (Columbia)
DESTRY RIDES AGAIN (Universal)
SHOP AROUND THE CORNER (MGM)
Current: MORTAL STORM (MGM)
Coming: NO TIME FOR COMEDY (Warner Brothers) DON AMECHE
OLD GOLD CIGARETTES Friday, 6-6:30 P.S.T.
Management George Frank, Inc. ★
19 3 9
BEAU GESTE (Paramount)
THE REAL GLORY (Samuel Goldwyn)
★
19 4 0 THE WESTERNER (Samuel Goldwyn)
NORTHWEST MOUNTED POLICE (Paramount)
Next: THE LIFE OF JOHN DOE (Frank Capra Productions)
In Preparation: NATCHEZ (Samuel Goldwyn)
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GARY COOPER FRED ASTAIRE ■ I FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT (William WellmanProduction) THE CITYTHATNEVER (Alfred HitchcockProduction PRIMROSE PATH for WalterWanger) UNION PACIFIC WELLS FARGO (Paramount) (Paramount) (RKO-Radio) (Paramount) SLEEPS 19 40 McCREA ★ ★ ★ IOEL 19 3 9
CONFESSIONS OF A NAZI SPY
BLACKMAIL (MGM)
19 4 0
DR. EHRLICH’S MAGIC BULLET
(Current) BROTHER ORCHID
(Coming) THE MAN FROM FLEET STREET
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★
19 3 9
MAN ABOUT TOWN
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19 4 0
BUCK BENNY RIDES AGAIN
Next Release: LOVE THY NEIGHBOR (With Fred Allen)
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* Paramount Randolph Scott G(xmyuztulaiio^Ar Bill!
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Starting His Sixth Year as Hopaiong Cassidy
Harry Sherman Productions ■
TOP WESTERN STARS
1939
Average Studio Gross 1. BILL BOYD PAR $225,000 2. GENE AUTRY REP 200,000 3. GEORGE O’BRIEN RKO 165,000 4. ROY ROGERS REP 90,000 5. JOHN M. BROWN UNIV 85,000 6. THE 3 MESQUITEERS REP 85,000 7. CHARLES STARRETT COL 85,000 8. BILL ELLIOTT COL 60,000 1—BILL BOYD 9. DON RED BARRY REP 60,000 10. TEX RITTER MONO 45,000 11. JACK RANDALL MONO 40,000 12. FRED SCOTT MONO 37,500
INACTIVE: WILLIAM S. HART TOM MIX HOOT GIBSON TOM KEENE TOM TYLER BOB ALLEN BUCK JONES KEN MAYNARD
EDITOR’S NOTE: In the past few years we have always recorded the Western Stars on a percentage basis the same as we do other stars and pictures. How¬ ever, due to the fact that Western pictures play in entirely different situations, it is hard to compare them to other major attractions in terms of percentage. Very few Western program pictures play the deluxe first-run houses or even the key city suburban run houses.
Accordingly we find that some of the Western series have very few bookings, and at very small film rentals which means they are not of much importance to the industry as a whole, but used more or less as a filler attraction. However, there are some very important Westerns, such as the Bill Boyd and Gene Autry series, which get several thousand bookings and play some very important houses, in the Western and Southern districts in particular.
So as noted above, to place the Western stars in their proper order we are giving the approximate gross busi¬ 3—GEORGE O’BRIEN ness that each particular star series averages. CROSS MARKS THE SPOT!
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