' zm. v<W SELZNICK INTERNATIONAL JANET DOUGLAS PAULETTE GAYNOR FAIRBANKS, JR. GODDARD in "THE YOUNG IN HEART” with Roland Young ' Billie Burke and introducing Richard Carlson and Minnie Dupree Screen Play by Paul Osborn Adaptation by Charles Bennett Directed by Richard Wallace CAROLE LOMBARD and JAMES STEWART in "MADE FOR EACH OTHER ” Story and Screen Play by Jo Swerling Directed by John Cromwell IN PREPARATION: “GONE WITH THE WIND ” Screen Play by Sidney Howard Director, George Cukor Producer DAVID O. SELZNICK /x/HAT price personality? That question is everlastingly applied in the evaluation of the prime fac- tors in the making of motion pictures. It is applied to the star, the producer, the director, the writer and the other human ingredients that combine in the production of a motion picture. • And for all alike there is a common denominator—the boxoffice. • It has often been stated that each per- sonality is as good as his or her last picture. But it is unfair to make an evaluation on such a basis. The average for a season, based on intakes at the boxoffices throughout the land, is the more reliable measuring stick. • To render a service heretofore lacking, the publishers of BOXOFFICE have surveyed the field of the motion picture theatre and herein present BOXOFFICE RECORDS that tell their own important story. BEN SHLYEN, Publisher MAURICE KANN, Editor Records is published annually by Associated Publica- tions at Ninth and Van Brunt, Kansas City, Mo. PRICE TWO DOLLARS Hollywood Office: 6404 Hollywood Blvd., Ivan Spear, Manager. New York Office: 9 Rockefeller Plaza, J. H. Gallagher, Manager. Published September 20, 1938. court ms BOXOFFICE RECORDS Feature PAGE PICTURE Records 3 STAR Records 11 PRODUCER Records . 35 DIRECTOR Records . 51 WRITER Records . 59 Originals ... 53 Screenplays . 3? Western PICTURE Records 83 STAR Records . 85 PRODUCER Records . 86 DIRECTOR Records 87 WRITER Records . 83 Originals ... 83 Screenplays ... 83 * COMPANY Records 91 ] VUe . S 91 Features Out of 412 (These Scored Ratings of 115% or More) Do Better Than Average SNOW WHITE AND THE SEVEN DWARFS (RKO) ... 215 (In Alphabetical Order) THE ADVENTURES OF ROBIN HOOD (FN) 152 A SPAWN OF THE NORTH (Para) 150 Pet. WELLS FARGO (Para) 146 Accidents Will Happen (WB) 85 TEST PILOT (M-G-M) 145 Action for Slander (UA) 75 LOST HORIZON (Col) 135 Adventures of Marco Polo, The (UA) 109 ROSALIE (M-G-M) 135 Adventures of Robin Hood, The (FN) 152 THIN ICE (20th -Fox) 135 Adventures of Tom Sawyer, The (UA) Ill THE HURRICANE (UA) 133 Adventure's End (Univ) 105 THE PRISONER OF ZENDA (UA) 130 VOGUES OF 1938 (UA) 130 Adventurous Blonde, The (FN) 88 THE BUCCANEER (Para) 128 Air Devils (Univ) 93 DEAD END (UA) 128 Alcatraz Island (FN) 102 THE AWFUL TRUTH (Col) 126 Ali Baba Goes to Town (20th-Fox) 113 ARTISTS AND MODELS (Para) 125 All-American Sweetheart (Col) 95 THE CROWD ROARS (M-G-M) 125 Always Goodbye (20th-Fox) 92 DOUBLE WEDDING (M-G-M) 125 IN OLD CHICAGO (20th-Fox) 125 Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse, The (FN).. 108 LITTLE MISS BROADWAY (20th-Fox) 124 Angel (Para) 93 DOUBLE OR NOTHING (Para) 122 Annapolis Salute (RKO) 85 THE LIFE OF EMILE ZOLA (WB) 121 '96 Army Girl (Rep) LOVE FINDS ANDY HARDY (M-G-M) 121 Arsene Lupin Returns (M-G-M) 93 BLUEBEARD'S EIGHTH WIFE (Para) 120 Arson Racket Squad (Rep) 95 LIFE BEGINS IN COLLEGE (20th-Fox) 120 SECOND HONEYMOON (20th-Fox) 120 Artists and Models (Para) 125 YOU CAN'T HAVE EVERYTHING (20th-Fox) 120 Atlantic Flight (Mono) 100 MAD ABOUT MUSIC (Univ) 113 Awful Truth, The (Col) 126 THE GIRL OF THE GOLDEN WEST (M-G-M) 117 B BOY OF THE STREETS (Mono) 116 THE GOLDWYN FOLLIES (UA) 116 Back in Circulation (FN) 100 TOVARICH (WB) 116 Bad Man of Brimstone, The (M-G-M) 109 TRUE CONFESSION (Para) 116 SOULS AT SEA (Para) 115 SUBMARINE D-l (FN) 115 Editor’s Note: 100% is average or normal business. * Insufficient reports for computation. VARSITY SHOW (WB) 115 f Westerns Not Included. WIFE, DOCTOR AND NURSE (20th-Fox) 115 (pkiuhSL (Rsxohdiu Baroness and the Butler, The (20th-Fox) 102 Condemned Women (RKO) 85 Barrier, The (Para) 95 Conquest (M-G-M) 110 Battle of Broadway (20th-Fox) 86 Convicted (Col) * Beg, Borrow or Steal (M-G-M) 96 Counsel for Crime (Col) 98 Behind the Mike (Univ) 65 County Fair (Mono) 78 Beloved Brat, The (FN) 82 Cowboy From Brooklyn (WB) 91 Big Broadcast of 1938 (Para) 86 Crashing Hollywood (RKO) 88 Big City (M-G-M) 110 Crime of Dr. Hallet, The (Univ) 84 Big Town Girl (20th-Fox) 86 Crime Ring (RKO) 92 Black Doll, The (Univ) 91 Crime School (FN) 105 Blazing Barriers (Mono) 97 Crowd Roars, The (M-G-M) 125 Blind Alibi (RKO) 79 D Blockade (UA) 97 Damaged Goods (GN) 98 Block-Heads (M-G-M) 88 Danger—Love at Work (20th-Fox) 98 Blond Cheat (RKO) 95 Danger on the Air (Univ) 95 Blonde Trouble (Para) 100 Danger Patrol (RKO) 80 Blondes at Work (WB) 105 Dangerous to Know (Para) 78 Blossoms on Broadway (Para) 91 Dangerously Yours (20th-Fox) 90 Bluebeard's Eighth Wife (Para) 120 Daredevil Drivers (FN) 84 Booloo (Para) 85 Dark Journey (UA) 80 Borneo (20th-Fox) 88 Daughter of Shanghai (Para) 85 Borrowing Trouble (20th-Fox) 97 Dead End (UA) 128 Boy Meets Girl (WB) 98 Desperate Adventure, A (Rep) * Boy of the Streets (Mono) 116 Devil's Party, The (Univ) 89 Breaking the Ice (RKO) * Dinner at the Ritz (20th-Fox)...- 73 Bride for Henry, A (Mono) 105 Divorce of Lady X, The (UA) 87 Bride Wore Red, The (M-G-M) 110 Doctor Rhythm (Para) 99 Buccaneer, The (Para) 128 Double Danger (RKO) 86 Bulldog Drummond Comes Back (Para) 103 Double or Nothing (Para) 122 Bulldog Drummond in Africa (Para) 78 Double Wedding (M-G-M) 125 Bulldog Drummond's Peril (Para) 85 Duke Comes Back, The (Rep) 95 Bulldog Drummond's Revenge (Para) 95 E C Ebb-Tide (Para) 100 Call of the Yukon (Rep) 83 Escape by Night (Rep) 73 Carefree (RKO) * Every Day's a Holiday (Para) 98 Carnival Queen (Univ) , 88 Everybody Sing (M-G-M) 94 Change of Heart (20th-Fox) 91 Everybody's Doing It (RKO) 101 Charlie Chan at Monte Carlo (20th-Fox) 89 Exiled to Shanghai (Rep) 90 Charlie on Broadway (20th-Fox) 100 Chan Expensive Husbands (WB) 89 Chaser, The 93 (M-G-M) Extortion (Col) 100 Checkers (20th-Fox) 99 City Girl (20th-Fox) 88 F City Streets (Col) 91 Fast Company (M-G-M) 98 Cocoanut Grove (Para) 86 Federal Bullets (Mono) 90 College Swing (Para) 92 Female Fugitive (Mono) 80 Come On, Leathernecks (Rep) * 52nd Street (UA) 99 BOXOFFICE RECORDS SEASON 1937 - 1938 4 (pkiuM, faaohdA. Fight for Your Lady (RKO)..... 102 Hold That Kiss (M-G-M) 90 Firefly, The (M-G-M) 113 Holiday (Col) 98 First Hundred Years, The (M-G-M) .....103 Hollywood Hotel (FN) 110 First Lady (WB) 88 Hollywood Stadium Mystery (Rep) 80 Fit for a King (RKO)... 90 Hoosier Schoolboy (Mono) 85 Flight Into Nowhere (Col) 84 Hot Water (20th-Fox) 100 Fools for Scandal (FN) 90 100 Men and a Girl (Univ) 110 45 Fathers (2Qth-Fox) 90 Hunted Men (Para) 82 Forty Naughty Girls 45 Hurricane, The (UA) ..133 Four Men and a Prayer (20th-Fox) 91 I Fury and the Woman (Mono) 60 I Am the Law (Col) 105 G I Married a Spy (GN) 75 Gaiety Girls, The (UA). 86 I Met My Love Again (UA) 93 Game That Kills, The (Col) 100 Idol of the Crowds (Univ) 90 Gangs of New York (Rep) 101 I'll Give a Million (20th-Fox) 92 Girl of the Golden West, The (M-G-M) 117 I'll Take Romance (Col) 98 Girl Said No, The (GN) 90 I'm From the City (RKO) 96 Girl Was Young, The (GB) 96 In Old Chicago (20th-Fox) 125 Girl With Ideas, A (Univ) 100 International Crime (GN) 103 Girls' School (Col) * International Settlement (20th-Fox)..... 85 Give Me a Sailor (Para) 96 Invisible Enemy (Rep) 88 Gladiator, The (Col) 101 Invisible Menace, The (WB) 93 Glamorous Night (Rep) 80 Island in the Sky (20th-Fox) 87 Go Chase Yourself (RKO) 83 It Happened in Hollywood (Col)... 95 Gold Diggers in Paris (WB) 83 It's Love I'm After (WB) 90 Gold Is Where You Find It (FN).. 97 J Goldwyn Follies, The (UA) 116 Jezebel (WB) ......110 Goodbye Broadway (Univ) 88 Josette (20th-Fox) 96 Great Garrick, The (WB) 90 Joy of Living (RKO) 90 H Judge Hardy's Children (M-G-M) 92 Happy Landing (20th-Fox) 113 Jury's Secret, The (Univ) 90 Having Wonderful Time (RKO) 99 Juvenile Court (Col) * Hawaii Calls (RKO) ' 89 K He Couldn't Say No (WB) 90 Kentucky Moonshine (20th-Fox) 89 He Loved an Actress (GN).. 83 Kid Comes Back, The (WB) 97 Heidi (20th-Fox) 114 Kidnapped (20th-Fox) 84 Held for Ransom (GN) 72 King of the Newsboys (Rep) 88 Her Jungle Love (Para) 95 Knight Without Armor (UA)... 95 Here's Flash Casey (GN) 95 Higgins Family, The (Rep)....... 100 L High Command (GN) 90 Ladies in Distress (Rep) 101 High Flyers (RKO) 91 Lady Behave (Rep) 85 High, Wide and Handsome (Para) .......105 Lady Fights Back, The (Univ) 50 Highway Patrol (Col) 85 Lady in the Morgue (Univ) 88 Hitting a New High (RKO) 93 Lady Objects, The (Col) * Hold 'Em Navy (Para) 105 Lancer Spy (20th-Fox) 100 BOXOFFICE RECORDS - SEASON 1937 - 1938 5 (pkiuhSL (RstcoJidiu Last Gangster, The (M-G-M) 97 Missing Guest, The (Univ) 75 Law of the Underworld (RKO) 85 Missing Witnesses (FN) 81 Legion of Missing Men, The (Mono) 50 Mother Carey's Chickens (RKO) 92 Let's Make a Night of It (Univ) 50 Mr.