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Page 1: National Box Office Digest Annual (1943)archive.org/download/nationalboxoffic07nati/nationalbox... · 2017. 10. 23. · James Hilton West Harold JoeKress . Ruttenberg. Walter Huston

TECHNICOLOR pictures

place

first and second

in m3

according to

BoxOfficePigest

TECHNICOLOR MOTION PICTURE CORPORATION

HERBERT T. KALMUS

President and General Manager

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Productions [: For Paramount

Preparing: "STORM" "RHYTHM RANCH" "ONE BODY TOO MANY"

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Root O^ice

DIGEST Annual

Buy MORE War Bonds

Third Victory Loan Drive

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The Big Ten. TITLES AND

ESTIMATED GROSS DIST. PRODUCER DIRECTOR STAR

1. MRS MINIVER

$5,000,000 MGM Sydney Franklin William Wyler Greer Garson

2.

YANKEE DOODLE

DANDY

$4,500,000

WAR Hal Wallis

Vi m. Cagney Michael Curtiz James Cagney S

3. ROAD TO MOROCCO

$3,750,000 PAR Paid Jones David Butler

Bing Crosby

Bob Hope

Dorothy Lamour

4.

REAP THE WILD

WIND

$3,500,000

PAR C. B. DeMille C. B. DeMille

Ray Milland

John Wayne !

Paulette Goddard

5. BLACK SWAN

$3,000,000 FOX Robert Bassler Henry King Tyrone Power

6.

SOMEWHERE

I’LL FIND YOU

$2,500,000

MGM Pan Berman W esley Ruggles Clark Gable

Lana Turner

7. HOLIDAY INN

$2,225,000 PAR B. C. DeSylva Mark Sandrich Bing Crosby

Fred Astaire

8.

EAGLE SQUADRON

$2,100,000 UNIV Walter Wanger Arthur Luhin

9.

LOUISIANA PURCHASE

$2,100,000 PAR B. C. DeSylva

Harold Wilson

Irving Cummings Bob Hope

10. PRIDE OF THE

YANKEES RKO Samuel Goldwyn Sam W ood Gary Cooper

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Names and Credits of the Box Office “Big Ten” for 1942

j FEATURED ORIGINAL

WRITERS

SCREENPLAY

WRITERS FILM EDITOR CAMERAMAN

Walter Pidgeon

Teresa Wright Reginald Owen

Richard Ney

Jan Struther

Arthur Wimperas

George Froeshel

James Hilton

Claudine West

Harold Kress Joe Ruttenberg

Walter Huston

Joan Leslie ■ George Tobias

Jeanne Cagney

Robert Buckner Robert Buckner

Edmund Joseph George Amy James Wong Howe

Anthony Quinn Frank Butler

Don Hartman

Frank Butler

Don Hartman Irene Morra William Mellor

Robert Preston

Susan Hayward Raymond Massey Lynne Overman

Thelma Straybell

Alan LeMay

Charles Bennett

Jesse Lasky Jr. Anne Bauchens

Victor Milner

Wm. V. Skall

George Sanders Maureen O’Hara

Laird Cregar Thomas Mitchell

Rafael Sabatini Ben Hecht

Seaton I. Miller Barbara McLean Leon Shamroy

Robert Sterling Charles Hoffman

Adapted by

Walter Reisch

Marguerite Roberts Frank Hull Harold Rosson

Marjorie Reynolds Virginia Dale

Irving Berlin

Adapted by

Elmer Rice Claude Binyon Ellsworth Hoagland David Abel

Robert Stack John Loder j

Jon Hall

Diana Barrymore

Eddie Albert

C. S. Forester Norman Reilly Raine Philip Cahn Stanley Cortez

Zorina i Victor Moore

Irene Sordini

Morrie Ryskind

B. G. DeSylva

Jerome Chodrov

Joseph Fields LeRoy Stone

Ray Rennahan

Harry Hallenberger

Teresa Wright

Walter Brennan Virginia Gilmore

Babe Ruth

Paul Gallico Herman J. Mankiewicz

Joe Swerling Dan Mandell Rudolph Mate

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Financial Statements UNITED ARTISTS IS A PRIVATE CORPORATION AND ISSUES NO STATEMENT

1. 2. 3.

4. 5. 6. 7.

8. 9.

10. 11.

^ nC' (^GM). $14,426,062.00 -Oth Century-Fox 8,617,114.00

Paramount* 6,015,103.00 garner Brothers* 5,876,133 00

r, ?: 1,821,166.00 Columbia ■- 1.317,371.00 Ga umon t Britirh 976,065.00

Republic 605,755 00 Urn versa! .— 1.08 1.999.90 Grand National —636,202.00

Monogram . —239,076.00

Profit of above. $37,724,642.00

1. 2. 3! 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9.

10. 11.

... „ 193 j Profit or Loss

Loews, Inc. (MGM). $9,862,400.00

20n Century-Fox .. ... . 7,252,466.00 l aram;int Pictures .. 4,105,676.00 Gr.mnom British . 1,273,357.00

Republic 616,696.00 Varner Brothers . .. .. 347,927.00

Co twibra Pictures .. .. 183,393.00

“■ 173,578.00 Universal Pictures . . .—591,178 00

Monogram .... . —180,817.00 Grand Nationa. (Receivership). .Off the Curb

Profit of above.$23,043,498.00

1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

6. 7.

8. 9.

10. 11.

I » I ,w,w, 1939 Profit or Loss Loew s Ine. (MGM)$9,841,531.00

20th Century-Fox 4,146,814.00 Paramount Pictures . 3.870,000 00 Warner Brothers 2,279,232.00 Universal Pictures . 1,455,962.00 Columbia Pictures 183,032.00

Monogram 41.641.00

„ K\P. —186,495 00 Republic.. .... .n3 statement issued

Gaumont British .(not producing) Grand National (in receivership).... Off the Curb

Profit of above (except Republic.$21,631,717.00

1. 2. 3.

4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9.

1940 Profit or Loss

Loew’s, Inc. (MGM).$8,908,470.00 Paramount Pictures . 6,304,064.00 Warners-I t National . 2,747,473.00

Umversa1 * 2,390,772.00 20th Century-Fox 2.282,663.00

Columbia 512,186.00 Republic . 167,303.00

rkorT —179,656.00 KKO-Radio —988,191.00

Profit of above.$22,145,084.00

1.

2. 3.

4. 5.

1941

I.oew’s Inc. (MGM)

Paramount Pictures

Warners-lst National 20th Century-Fox Universal

Profit or Loss

6. Columbia .. 7. RKO-Radio 8. Republic . 9. Monogram

Profit of above..

---

1. 2. 3.

4.

5. 6. 7. 8. 9.

10.

1942 Profit or Loss

Paramount Pictures $14,631,650.00

“e,ws’ Inc- <MGM). 12,132,606.00 20m Century-Fox 10,609,784.00 Warner Brothers 8,554,513.00 Universal Pictures . 2,968,231.00

P,ctures . 2,922,008.00 !. '-Radio 736,240.00 Consolidated (Owners of Republic). . 504 352 00

Monogram . 157^10 l!00

‘ . . .no statement issued

Profit of above (except UA and PRC) $53,216,488.00

reports were published: If"m^th^are^for^h^neare^sim^ra^L^^ rE *He I'N'3’ yej?r from January Is* to December 31st if such

S.BnJhe finanCial ’,a"men'* ".e oour,i”, „f E. F.

STUDIOS HAVE BIGGEST PROFIT IN 1942 BWGEST profit ir?®S OF MANY FOREIGN MARKETS—PRODUCERDISTRIBUTORS SHOW BIGGEST PROFIT IN PAST YEAR OF MANY YEARS — WITH NET PROFITS IN EXCESS OF 853,00<Y000

of uSlrfAMUu ™JFpfi J °f "'t, Piclure produoing-distributing companies for .he year 1942 with the exception

thnesuch acomlhne.l hii- oet” C°1FP<*ra'i»'! was *53,216,488.00. To our recollection, this is“K”"

are very strong on the present hid I nnuket.' re?J,s,ere‘ which is undoubtedly the reason that motion picture stocks

pressTuie'lOd^eandngs^tire^pnroxiniatelv'iSl'^OOo'oOO OO6* ^ T"' *in« ThF B°X °FF'FF has <>een on the ments for the first quarter of 194** lS17’0{?0’0^ 00 more !.han the previous year; furthermore, the financial state-

$60,000,000.00 — an all time hi»h ThU f 8 that.the "Ct farn,«SS for this year will probably be much in excess of

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EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS for 1942 HAL WALLIS

.WAR.. ..222 Cairo .... Her Cardboard Lover .

.MGM. ..MGM...

..98 98

JOE BREEN The Navy Comes Through _ .RKO.. .112

WAR.. ..146 We Were Dancing .. . . .MGM... 93 The Big Street ___ RKO.. .100 WAR.. ..143 War Against Mrs. Hadley . ..MGM... 92 The Tuttles of Tahiti . .RKO.. .101 WAR.. ..142 Tish . .. .......MGM... 91 Playmates . RKO.. .. 92 WAR.. .141 Seven Sweethearts . .MGM .. 87 Syneopat'.on ..... RKO . .. 91

.WAR.. .137 Vanishing Virginian . ..MGM .. 85 Joan of Paris ._•. RKO.. .. 84 WAR.. ..118 Kathleen ... _MGM... 84 Mayor of 44th Street .. ..RKO.. .. 81

.WAR.. .109 1942 Average... 125 Four Jacks and a Jill ... __ RKO.. .. 80

.WAR.. .. 94 Valley of the Sun .. RKO.. .. 79 1942 Average,....139

D. F. ZANUCZC—WM .GOETZ The Black Swan . .FOX.. How Green Was My Valley . .FOX. This Above All . . .FOX.. Springtime in the Rockies . .FOX.. My Gal Sal .....FOX.. Son of Fury .. .FOX.. Iceland . FOX.. To the Shores of Tripoli ... FOX.. The Pied Piper .FOX.. Footlight Serenade . .FOX.. Roxie Hart .FOX.. Orchestra Wives . ..FOX.. Remember the Day ...FOX.. Song of the Islands . .FOX.. Thunderbirds .FOX.. Moontide . ..FOX.. The Magnificent Dope ..FOX.. Girl Trouble .. .FOX.. Rings on Her Fingers ....FOX.. Confirm or Deny . FOX..

1942 Average..

B. G. DE SYLVA Road to Morocco .PAR.. Holiday Inn ...PAR.. Louisiana Purchase . .PAR.. Wake Island . .PAR.. The Major and the Minor __PAR.. My Favorite Blonde ..PAR.. Forest Rangers ..PAR.. Take a Letter, Darling .PAR.. The Fleet’s In ...PAR.. Pahama Passage .PAR.. Bevond the Blue Horizon ..PAR.. I Married a Witch ..U.A... The Glass Kev .PAR.. A Great Man’s Lady . .PAR. Th° Ladv Has Plans . ..PAR.. Are Husbands Necessary? .PAR.. firs Gun For Hire . ..PAR.. Sullivan’s Travels ..PAR.. The Remarkable Andrew.PAR..

1942 Average..

J. L. WARNER George Washington Slent Here .. .WAR. Now Voyager . .WAR.. Disparate Journey .WAR.. The Gay Sisters . .WAR.. Wings for the Eagle ...WAR.. Across the Pacific ...WAR.. Gent'eman Jim .WAR.. The Big Shot .WAR.. You Can’t Escape Forever .WAR..

1942 Average..

E. J. MANNIX AND STAFF Mrs. Miniver .MGM.. Somewhere I’ll Find You .MGM.. Fov Me and Mv Gal .MGM.. P°b«s on Broadwa.^ ... .MGM White Cargo ...MGM Tortilla FPt . .MGM.. Woman of the Year .MGM Shin Ahnv .MGM.. Johnny Eager . MGM.. Panama Hattie ..MGM Rio Rita .MGM . Crossroads .MGM. A Yank at Eton .MGM . The Pugla Sounds .MGM.. H. M. Pullham, Esquire .MGM.. Jackass Mail ..MGM . Maisie Gets Her Man ...MGM h^iffn foT- Scandal .MGM.. I Married an Angel .MGM.

.176

.164

.147

.147

.145

.142

.142

.137

.132

.129

.128

.127

.126

.119

.114

.102

.100

. 88

. 82

. 82

.127

.196

.170

.164

.163

.155

.145

.140

.127

.124

.118

.116

.110

.109

.108

.100

.100

. 90

. 90

. 85

.127

.145

.144

.143

.134

.128

.127

.127

.117

. 89

.127

.244

.174

.169

.160

.147

.145

.1 44

.141

.139

.133

.131

.126

.1 22

.116

.114 .111 ..107

.197

..104

HARRY COHN My Sister Eileen . .COL Talk of the Town ..COL... You Were Never Lovehe” .COL They All Kissed the Bride .COL... Flight Lieutenant ...COL... Bedtime Story . COL... The Wife Takes a Flyer .COL... Two Yanks in Trinidad .COL... The Lady Is Willing ....COL... The Men in Her Life .. .COL.. The Adventures of Martin Eden ... COL...

1942 Average...

CHARLES KOERNER Once Umn a Honeymoon .RKO Sevan Davq Leave . RKO... Mexican Spitfire’s Elephant .RKO

1942 Average. .

Cl IFF WORK And Assacia’.es: M:,t FeM Lck Gro s, M

Schwa-zwald Pardon My Sarong . UNIV.. Who Done It? . TTNIV Ride ’Em Cowbov _ TTNTV The Spoilers . .....TTNIV Lady in a Jam .UNIV Broadway . HNTV Ghost of Frankenstein .UNIV Mummies Tomb . . ... UNTV The Wolf Man .UNIV Between Us Girls . TTNIV Nightmare . UNIV Sin Town . TTNIV Invisible Agent . TTNTV Night Monster . . TTNIV Paris Calling . UNIV Private Buckeroo . TTNIV Men of Texas . TTNTV Never Give Sucker Even Break ...TTNTV Mad Dr. of Market Street _ UNIV Sherlock Holmes & Voice of

Terror . TTNTV Danger in the Pacific .TTNTV Unseen Enemy .ttmtv Ton Sergeant . ..TTNIV Road Agent . TTNTV Half Wav to Shanghai .TTNTV What’s Cookin’ . ttisttv Eyes of the Underworld . TTNIV Don’t Get Personal . ttmjv Give Out, Sistnrs . ttmtv Moonlight in Havana . ttmtv Brisco Lil .TTNTV Drums of the Gone-o .TTMTV Escape From Hongkon~ . ttmtv ^wing It, Soldier .TTNTV Mississinni Gambler .ttmtv front ’Em Rough _ TTMTV Timber . ttmtv Destination Unknown . ttmtv Mvsterv of Marie Roc-t .ttmtv fhe Great Imnersonation . . ttmtv Juk° Box Jennie . TTMTV Bombay Clipner . TTMTV Th One Borr Everv Minute TTMTV You’re Telling Me .ttmtv Get Hen to Lotto .TTMTV North to the K'ondike .TTMTV Strange Case of Dr. Rx .ttmTV fongh as They Come . TTMTV Melodv Lane . ttmtv Sealed Lins . TTMTV Jail House Blues .TTMTV Almost Married .TTNTV

1942 Average

.156

.152 133

.116

.106

.101

.101

. 95

. 93

. 84

. 78

.110

.138

.116

. 73

.109

ltan

162 .156 .138 .112 .109 .108 .105 . 96 . 96 . 94 . 93 . 92 . 92 . 90 . 88 . 88 . 85 . 82 . 82

. 82

. 78

. 77

. 76

...76

. 76

. 75

. 75

. 74

. 74

. 74

. 73

. 73 73

. 73

. 73

. 72 72

. 72 71

. 71

. 71

. 71

. 71

. 71

. 70

. 70

. 70

. 68

. 68

. 68

. 65 64

. 84

The Falcon Takes Over __ RKO.... 74 Mexican Spitfire at Sea ..RKO.... 72 Powder Town . .RKO.... 70 Highways by Night . .RKO.... 69 Weekend for Three ..RKO.... 67 Sing Your Worries Away .RKO.... 65 Obliging Young Lady RKO .63

1942 Average.... 81

M. J. SIEGEL Flying Tigers ...REP-...138 Joan of the Ozarks .REP.... 83 In Old California . .REP.... 83 Lady for a Night . .REP.... 80 Girl From Alaska ..REP— 76 Remember Pearl Harbor . ..REP.... 76 Hi, Neighbor . .REP.... 76 Sleepy Time Gal ..REP . 76 Yokel Boy .REP ... 75 Tragedy at Midnight ..REP. .. 73 The Traitor Within . . .-REP.... 73 The Old Homestead ..REP. 72 X Marks the Spot .....REP.... 72 Mercy Island .....REP ... 72 Sailors on Leave ..REP.... 70 Affairs of Jimmy Valentine .REP.... 70 Pardon My Stripes .REP.... 69 Moonlight Masquerade . REP.... 67 Shepherd of the Ozarks .,.REP ... 67 The Devil Pays Off __REP. .. 63

1942 Average.... 77

TREM CARR So’s Your Aunt Emma ..MONO. .. 72 Isle of Missing Men --MONO. .. 72 Klondike Fury . .MONO . . 72 She’s in the Army. .MONO.... 71 Lure of the Islands .MONO.... 71 Road to Happiness ..MONO. .. 71 The Corpse Vanishes .MONO.... 71 Criminal Invstigator . MONO.... 70 Black Dragons . .MONO.... 70 Foreign Agent ...MONO.... 69 Borrowed Hero .MONO.... 68 Hillbilly Blitzkreig ..MONO ... 68 Rubber Racketeers .MONO ... 68 Police Bullets .—MONO.... 68 Phantom Killer .MONO.... 68 Let’s Get Tough .MONO.... 68 Bowery at Midnight . MONO.... 67 Mr. Wise Guy . MONO.... 67 War Dogs .MONO ... 67 Smart Alecs .MONO.... 67 One Thrilling Night . MONO.... 67 Man From Headquarters .MONO.... 66 Freckles Comes Home .MONO.... 66 Snuffy Smith, Yardbird .MONO. .. 65 Let’s Go Collegiate . MONO.... 64 Man With Two Lives .MONO . 62 Zis, Boom, Bah . .MONO ... 62

1942 Average. .. 68 LEON FROMKISS

The Payoff . ...PRC.... 73 Prisoner of Japan .PRC.... 72 fomorrow We Live .PRC. .. 72 Bombs Over Burma .PRC. .. 70 Babv Fave Morgan .PRC.... 70 A Night for Crime .PRC.... 69 M'ss V From Moscow .PRC.... 69 Man of Courage . PRC.... 68 Oueen of Broadway .PRC ... 67 Jungle Siren .PRC ... 67 Gallant Lady .—.PRC. .. 67 The Panther’s Claw .PRC.... 67 The Mad Monster .PRC ... 67 Boss of Big Town .PRC.... 67 Men of San Quentin .PRC.... 66 City of Silent Men .PRC.... 66 Broadway Big Shot ..PRC ... 66

1942 Average.... 68

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☆ 1942

SOMEWHERE I’LL FIND YOU

RIO RITA

SLIGHTLY DANGEROUS

☆ Coming

NATIONAL VELVET

IF WINTER COMES

DRAGON SEED

SUN IS MY UNDOING

MARRIAGE IS A PRIVATE AFFAIR

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☆ 1942

FOR ME AND MY GAL

BABES ON BROADWAY

PANAMA HATTIE

☆ 1943

CABIN IN THE SKY

DuBARRY WAS A LADY

BEST FOOT FORWARD

GIRL CRAZY

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★ TOP UNIT PRODUCERS ★

SIDNEY FRANKLIN

ARTHUR HORNBLOW

WILLIAM CAGNEY

ARTHUR FREED FAN BERMAN

HAROLD WILSON

ALEX GOTTLIEB VICTOR SAVILLE DAVID LEWIS

SAM ZIMBALIST PAUL JONES

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PRODUCER CREDITS for 1942 SYDNEY FRANKLIN

Mrs. Miniver ....MGM....244

WILLIAM CAGNEY Yankee Doodle Dandy .WAR. -.222 Captain of the Clouds .....WAR....142

1942 Average....182

HAROLD WILSON Louisiana Purchase ..PAR....164

JOE SISTROM

Wake Island ......PAR.163

MAX GORDON My Sister Eileen ...COL....156

ARTHUR HORNBLOW Major and the Minor ..PAR ...155

ARTHUR FREED For Me and My Gal .MGM....169 Babes on Broadway ...MGM....160 Panama Hattie . MGM....133

1942 Average. ..154

PAN BERMAN Somewhere I’ll Find You .MGM....174 Rio Rita ...MGM.. .131

1942 Average....153

ALEX GOTTLEIB Pardon My Sarong ...UNIV.... 162 Who Done It? .UNIV....156 Ride ’Em Cowboy .....UNIV....138

1942 Average ...152

VICTOR SAVILLE White Cargo ..MGM. ..147

DAVID LEWIS Kings Row .WAR....146 In This Our Life .WAR ...143

1942 Average....145

SAM ZIMBALIST Tortilla Flat ..MGM ...145

HAL WALLIS Now Voyager .WAR ...144 Desperate Journey .WAR....143

1942 Average...144

JOE MANKIEWICZ Woman of the Year . .MGM....144

JACK CUMMINGS Ship Ahoy .....MGM....141

ROBERT SISK Forest Rangers .PAR ...140

PAUL JONES Road to Morocco .PAR....196 My Favorite Blonde ...PAR....145 The Fleet’s In .PAR....124 Sullivan’s Travels .PAR ... 90

1942 Average....139

ROBERT BASSLER The Black Swan .FOX....180 My Gal Sal ..FOX....145 Girl Trouble . ....FOX.... 88

1942 Average....138

HENRY BLANKE The Gay Sisters .....WAR....134

WILLIAM LeBARON Springtime in the Rockies .FOX....147 Iceland .FOX--.142 Footlight Serenade . FOX....129 Orchestra Wives .FOX....127 Song of the Islands ..FOX....119

1942 Average....133 LOUIS EDELMAN

You Were Never Lovelier ...COL....133 JERRY WALD

Georere Washington Slept Here ....WAR....145 All Through the Night ...WAR....118

1942 Average....132 NUNNALLY JOHNSON

The Pied Piper ..FOX ...132 Roxie Hart .FOX....128

1942 Average.... 130 ROBERT LORD

Wings for the Eagle ...WAR....128 ROBERT BUCKNER

Gentleman Jim ....WAR....127 GLENN TRYON

Hellzapoppin’ ...UNIV....126

JERRY WALD—JACK SAPER Man Who Came to Dinner .WAR....141 Juke Girl .WAR....137 Across the Pacific ..WAR....127 Larceny, Incorporated . WAR.... 94

1942 Average....125

WILLIAM PERLBERG Son of Fury ...FOX ..142 Remember the Day .FOX....126 10 Gentlemen From West Point ... FOX....113 The Magnificent Dope .FOX....100

1942 Average....120

JOHN CONSIDINE, JR. Johnny Eager ..MGM....138 A Yank at Eton .MGM....122 Jackass Mail .MGM... Ill Design for Scandal .MGM....107

1942 Average....l20

EDWARD KAUFMAN They All Kissed the Bride .COL....116

MONTA BELL Beyond the Blue Horizon .PAR....116

LAMAR TROTTI Thunder Birds ...FOX....114

ISLAN AUSTER The Navy Comes Through .RK0....112

LEE MARCUS The Spoilers .....UNIV....112

JACK SKIRBALL Saboteur ...UNIV... Ill

MILTON SPERLING To the Shores of Tripoli .FOX....137 Rings on Her Fingers .FOX.... 82

1942 Average....110

FRED KOHLMAR Take a Letter, Darling .PAR....127 The Glass Key .PAR....109 The Ladv Has Plans .PAR....100 Are Husbands Necessary? .PAR....100

1942 Average....109

WOLFGANG REINHARDT The Male Animal .WAR ...109

BRUCE MANNING Broadway .UNIV....108

EDWIN KNOPF Crossroads .MGM....126 Vanishing Virginian .MGM ... 85

1942 Average....106 HUNT STROMBERG

I Married an Angel ....MGM ...104 B. P. FINEMAN

Tarzan’s Secret Treasure .MGM....103 WILLIAM SISTROM

Suicide Squad . . REP....102 MARK HELLINGER

Moontide .FOX....102 ROBERT BASSLER

The Black Swan .FOX....176 Mv Gal Sal .......FOX....145 Girl Trouble ...FOX.... 88

1942 Average....102 SOL LESSER

Tuttles of Tahiti ...RKO.. .101 DAMON RUNYON

Big Street ....RKO ...100 EDMUND GRAINGER

Flvine Timers ...REP....138 Wild Bill Hickok .WAR ... 92 Steel Against the Skv .... .WAR. .. 67

B. P. SCHULBERG Flight Lieutenant ...COL....106 Redtime Story .....COL....101 Wife Takes a Flyer ...COL 101 Adventures of Martin Eden .COL. .. 78

1942 Average.... 97 CAREY WILSON—JOE COHEN

Courtshio of Andy Hardy ..MGM....133 Calling Dr. Gillesoie .MGM.... 73 Dr. Kildare’s Victory .MGM.... 72

1942 Average.... 96 WALTER MacEWEN

The Big Shot .WAR . .117 Always in My Heart . WAR.... 74

1942 Average.... 96 SAM BISCHOFF

Two Yanks in Trinidad .COL.... 95

GEORGE WAGGNER The Ghost of Frankenstein .UNIV....105 Invisible Agent . UNIV.... 92 Sin Town .UNIV.... 9 2 Men of Texas .UNIV.... 85

1942 Average.... 9-1-

ROBERT LEONARD—ORVILLE DULL We Were Dancing .MGM ... 93

CHARLES FELDMAN The Lady Is Willing . COL.... 93

DWIGHT TAYLOR Nightmare . UNIV.... 93

ORVILLE DULL Tish . . .MGM.... 91

FORD BEEBE Night Monster . .UNIV.... 90

RICHARD BLUMENTHAL This Gun For Hire ..PAR ... 90 The Remarkable Andrew . ..PAR. .. 85

1942 Average.... 88

BENJAMIN GLAZER Paris Calling ...UNIV. .. 88

BEN STOLOFF Dangerously They Live .WAR....102 You’re in the Army Now .WAR.... 88 The Body Disappears ..WAR.... 70

1942 Average.... 87

JOE PASTERNAK Seven Sweethearts .MGM.... 87

DAVID HEMPSTEAD Joan of Paris ..RKO.... 84

GEORGE HAIGHT Kathleen . MGM.... 84

HARRIET PARSONS Joan of the Ozarks ...REP. .. 83

LEN HAMMONDS Confirm or Deny ...—FOX.... 82

JACK CHERTOK Eyes in the Night .MGM.... 86 Joe Smith, American .MGM ... 84 Kid Glove Killer .MGM.... 74

1942 Average.... 81

IRVING ASHER The War Against Mrs. Hadley .MGM ... 92 Nazi Agent .MGM.... 78 Mr. and Mrs. North ..MGM.... 69

1942 Average ... 80

JOHN TWIST Four Jacks and a Jill .RKO ... 80

BEN PIVAR The Mummy’s Tomb .UNIV ... 96 Danger in the Pacific .UNIV.... 78 Top Sergeant .UNIV ... 76 Road Agent ...UNIV ... 76 Eyes of the Underworld .UNIV.... 75 Timber .UNIV.... 72

1942 Average.... 79

GRAHAM BAKER Valley of the Sun .RKO ... 79

FRED STEPHANI Tarzan’s New York Adventure ....MGM....104 Down in San Diego .MGM.... 66 Born to Sing .MGM.... 64

1942 Average.... 78

HOWARD BENEDICT Call Out the Marines .RKO.... 88 Sherlock Holmes & Voice of

Terror . UNIV.... 82 Falcon Takes Over .RKO.... 74 Obliging Young Lady .RKO.... 63

1942 Average ... 77

ROBERT NORTH In Old California .REP.83 Tragedy at Midnight .REP.... 73 Yokel Boy .REP. .. 75

1942 Average.... 77

SAM MARX A Yank on the Burma Road .MGM.... 77 Apache Trail .MGM.... 76 This Time for Keeps .MGM.... 73

1942 Average.... 75

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1942

ROAD TO MOROCCO

MY FAVORITE BLONDE

THE FLEET’S IN

SULLIVAN’S TRAVELS

☆ 1943

DIXIE

☆ Coming

STANDING ROOM ONLY

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PRODUCER CREDITS FOR 1942 ... . Continued

The Mad Dr. of Market Street ... UNIV .... 82 Half Way to Shanghai . UNIV. .... 76 Frisco Lil . UNIV. ... 73 Mississippi Gambler . .UNIV ... 73 Mystery of Marie Roget . .UNIV. ... 71 The Great Impersonation . UNIV. .... 71 North to the Klondike ... .UNIV. ... 70

1942 Average. ... 74

WALTER MOROSCO

A Gentleman at Heart .. ...FOX ... 80 The Mad Martindales ... ...FOX. ... 73 Careful, Soft Shoulders . ..FOX. ... 73 It Happened in Flatbush . ...FOX. ... 72 Through Different Eyes . ...FOX. ... 72 Perfect Snob . ..— ...FOX. ... 68

1942 Average. ... 73

ARMAND SHAEFER

Girl From Alaska . ...REP. ... 76 Hi, Neighbor ... ...REP. ... 76 The Traitor Within . . REP. ... 73 The Old Homestead . ...REP ... 72 Mercy Island . . . ..REP. ... 71 Shepherd of the Ozarks .. . REP. ... 67

1942 Average. ... 73

MARSHALL GRANT

Unseen Enemy —. UNIV. ... 77 Escape From Hongkong . UNIV. ... 73 Destination Unknown ... .UNIV. ... 72 Treat ’Em Rough . UNIV. ... 72 Bombay Clipper . UNIV. ... 71

1942 Average. ... 73

CLIFF REID

Mayor of 44th Street .—. RKO. ... 81 Mexican Spitfire Sees a Ghost . ..RKO. ... 78 Mexican Spitfire at Sea .. RKO. ... 72 Powder Town .:Vj.. ..RKO ... 70 Sing Your Worries Away . RKO. ... 65

1942 Average. ... 73

RALPH DIETRICH

Castle in the Desert .. . ..FOX. ... 73 The Postman Didn’t Ring .. FOX. ... 72 The Night Before the Divorce . FOX. 70

1942 Average. ... 73

BERNARD BURTON

Give Out, Sisters .. UNIV ... 74 Moonlight in Havana . UNIV. ... 74 Get Hep to Love . UNIV. ... 70

1942 Average. ... 73

BURT KELLY

Priorities on Parade .... ..PAR ... 71 Pacific Blackout __ ..PAR. ... 68

1942 Average. .. 73

LEON BARSHA

Not a Ladies Man ..... ..COL.. ... 73

RALPH COHN

Ellery Queen Meets Enemy Agent . ..COL. .. 73

GENERAL "B" PR

BERT GILROY Mexican Spitfire’s Elephant .RKO

HENRY MAC RAE Drums of the Congo .....UNIV

JOSEPH SANFORD Swing It, Soldier .UNIV

ROBERT SPARKS Daring Young Man .COL Blondie for Victory .COL. Meet the Stewarts .COL Blondie’s Blessed Event .COL Blondie Goes to College .COL Shut My Big Mouth .COL Go West, Young Lady ...COL

1942 Average

AL J. COHEN Lady for a Night . REP Remember Pearl Harbor .REP Sleepy Time Gal .REP Sailors on Leave .REP Pardon My Stripes .REP. Devil Pays Off . REP

1942 Average.

COLBERT CLARK Canal Zone .COL. Atlantic Convoy .. .COL. Boogie Man Will Get You .COL.

1942 Average.

SEYMOUR NEBENZAL Prisoner of Japan .PRC. Tomorrow We Live .PRC.

1942 Average.

RICHARD OSWALD Isle of Missing Men .MONO.

L. PARSONS—B. SARECKY So’s Your Aunt Emma . MONO.

BEN ZEIDMAN Pacific Rendezvous .. MGM. Grand Central Murder .MGM.

1942 Average. WILLIAM BERKE

Confessions of Boston Blackie COL. SCOTT DUNLAP

Road to Happiness .MONO. TED RICHMOND

She’s in the Army .. MONO. WALLACE MacDONALD

Submarine Raiders . COL. Honolulu Lu .COL. Hello, Annapolis .COL. Man Who Returned to Life .COL. Counter Espionage .COL. Harvard, Here I Come .COL. Tramp, Tramp, Tramp .COL. Alias Boston Blackie . COL. Parachute Nurse ...COL. Cadets on Parade .COL.

1942 Average.

.... 73

73

73

74 74 73 72 72 71 68 72

80 76 76 70 69 63 72

73 72 72 72

72 71 72

72

72 70 71

71

71

71

76 74 73 73 70 70 68 67 65 64 70

M. AND F. KING Klondike Fury .MONO.... 72 Rubber Racketeers .MONO.... 68

1942 Average.... 70 LEONARD FIELDS

Affairs of Jimmy Valentine .REP.... 70 EUGENE FORDE

Right to the Heart .FOX.... 70 EDGAR SEWLYN

Pierre of the Plains ..MGM.... 70 AL STERN—ART ALEXANDER

Bombs Over Burma . PRC.... 70 SAM WHITE

Spirit of Stanford .COL.... 70 SAM KATZMAN

The Corpse Vanishes .MONO.... 71 The Black Dragons .MONO.... 70 Mr. Wise Guy .. MONO.... 67

1942 Average.... 69 IRVING STARR

Affairs of Martha .MGM.... 73 Fingers at the Window .MGM ... 71 Sunday Punch . MGM.... 73

1942 Average.... 69 JACK BERNHARD

Strange Case of Dr. Rx .UNIV. .. 70 Sealed Lips .UNIV.... 68

1942 Average.... 69 LOU OSTROW

Small Town Deb .FOX.... 69

LINDSLEY PARSONS Lure of the Islands .MONO ... 71 Criminal Investigator .MONO.... 70 Police Bullets .MONO ... 68 Man From Headquarters .MONO. .. 66 Freckles Comes Home .MONO.... 66 Let’s Go Collegiate .MONO.... 64

1942 Average. .. 68 LESTER CUTLER

A Night for Crime .PRC.... 69 Man of Courage ....T’RC ... 68 Gallant Lady .PRC.... 67

1942 Average.... 68 JACK FIER

Sweetheart of the Fleet ..COL.... 71 Blonde From Singapore .COL.... 67 Saboteur Squad . COL.... 67

1942 Average ... 68 S. KATZMAN—J. DEITZ—B. SARECKY

Let’s Get Tough .MONO.... 68 Smart Alecs . MONO.... 67

1942Average ... 68 MAX KING—MARTIN MOONEY

Foreign Agent ..MONO. .. 69 Men of San Quentin . .PRC ... 66

1942 Average ... 68 EDWARD GROSS

Hillbilly Blitzkreig .MONO ... 68 Snuffy Smith, Yardbird .MONO. .. 65

1942 Average.... C-7

BRYAN FOY Dr. Broadway . ...PAR... . 75 Harvard, Here I Come ... ..COL... . 70 Undying Monster . ...FOX... . 83 True to the Army . ...PAR... . 75 Counter Espionage . .COL... . 70 Little Tokyo . ...FOX... . 81 Among the Living . ...PAR... . 74 Spirit of Stanford .. .COL... . 70 Berlin Correspondent ... ...FOX... . 77 Fly by Night . ...PAR... . 70 Go West, Young Lady ... .COL... . 68 Edgar Allan Poe _ FOX . 73 Pacific Blackout . ...PAR... . 68 Tramp, Tramp, Tramp ... . ..COL... . 68

1942 Average... . 79 Henry and Dizzy . ...PAR... . 68 Blonde From Singapore .COL... . 67 SOL WURTZEL 1942 Average... . 74 Alias Boston Blackie . ..COL ...67

Manila Calling: .. FOX . 87 Sabotage Squad . __COL... . 67 A Haunting We Will Go ...FOX... . 85 IRVING BRISKIN Parachute Nurse . .... . COL.. . 65 Dr. Renault’s Secret _ ...FOX... . 77 Submarine Raider . ...COL... . 76 Cadets on Parade . ..COL . . 64 Just Off Broadway . FOX . 73 Daring Young Man . ...COL... . 74 1942 Average... . 71 Secret Agent of Japan ... ...FOX... . 73 Honolulu Lu . ...COL.. . 74 Cadet Girl ... ...FOX... . 73 Blondie for Victory . ...COL... . 74 WILLIAM JACOBS

Whispering Ghosts ...FOX... . 72 Not a Lady’s Man . ...COL... . 73 Underground . ..WAR . 80 Who Is Hope Schuyler? . ...FOX... . 72 Meet the Stewarts . ...COL... . 73 Always in Mv Heart . . WAR . 75 On the Sunny Side . ...FOX... . 71 Canal Zone . ...COL... . 73 Secret Enemies . .WAR... . 72 Man Who Wouldn’t Die . ...FOX... . 70 Hello, Annapolis . ...COL... . 73 Murder in the Big House . .WAR... . 70 Right to the Heart . FOX . 70 Man Who Returned to Life COL 73 The Hidden Hand . __WAR... . 70 Young America ... ...FOX... . 70 Boogie Man Will Get You . ...COL... . 72 Spv Ship . .WAR . . 68 Through Different Eyes . ..FOX... . 69 Blondie Goes to College . ...COL... . 72 I Was Framed . .WAR . 68 Blue, White and Perfect ...FOX... . 68 Atlantic Convoy . ...COL... . 72 Bullet Scars . .WAR . 67

1942 Average... . 74 Blondie’s Blessed Event . ...COL.. . 72 The Busses Roar . __WAR 67 SOL SIEGEL Shut My Big Mouth . ...COL... . 72 Lady Gangster . .. ...WAR 66

A Night in New Orleans . ...PAR... . 80 Sweetheart of the Fleet . ...COL... . 71 Escape From Crime . ..WAR 66 Priorities on Parade . PAR... . 78 Confessions of Boston Blackie . ...COL... . 71 1942 Average ... 70

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Number of Releases and Batting Averages of Producer-

Distributors for Past Seven Years

1936 %

1. M. G. M. .52 Releases... 107

2. United Artists . 18 Releases... 100

3. 20th Century-Fox .59 Releases.... 92

4. Warner Brothers .. .60 Releases... 90

5. Universal _.. .29 Releases.... .... 90

6. Paramount .. .64 Releases... .... 87

7. R. K. O. 47 Releases.... ... 86

8. Columbia . 43 Releases... .... 84

9. Gaumont British .. 16 Releases... .... 82

10. Grand National .... . 4 Releases... .... 73

11. Republic __ .24

416

Releases....

Features

70

1937 % 1. M. G. M. 50 Releases.... 101

2. United Artists . ...23 Releases ... ... 99

3. 20th Century-Fox .. ...56 Releases.... 94

4. Paramount . ...54 Releases ... 91

5. Warner Brothers .... ...59 Releases. .. ... 88

6. R. K. R. ...53 Releases. .. 82

7. Columbia ... ...42 Releases.... 81

8. Universal ... ...34 Releases.... .... 78

9. Republic ... ...27 Releases.... 74

10. Gaumont British _ .17 Releases.... 73

11. Grand National ... ...26 Releases. .. 73

12. Monogram . ...12 Releases. .. .... 72

453 Features

1938 % 1. M. G. M. 45 Releases.... 103

2. 20th Century-Fox _ 52 Releases... 92

3. United Artists . 17 Releases.... 92

4. Paramount . 40 Releases... .... 88

5. Warner Bros. ... 53 Releases... .... 87

6. R. K. O. 39 Releases.... 83

7. Columbia ... 33 Releases.... .... 80

8. Universal ... 39 Releases... .... 77

9. Republic .. ...25 Releases . . .... 73

10. Monogram ... 14 Releases.... 69

11. Grand National .. 4 Releases... .... 66

12. Gaumont British . 10

371

Releases...

Features

.... 59

1939 % 1. United Artists . 18 Releases. ... 97

2. 20th Century-Fox . 54 Releases. 96

3. M. G. M. 51 Releases_ 95

4. Paramount . 51 Releases. 85

5. Warner Brothers . .52 Releases. 84

6. RKO-Radio . 39 Releases. 82

7. Universal . 44 Releases. 80

8. Columbia . 35 Releases. ... 78

9. Republic .. 23 Releases. 69

10. Monogram . . 19 Releases. 67

11. Grand National . 4 Releases. 66

12. Gaumont British . ... 2 Releases. 65

392 Features

1940 %

l. M. G. M. ...47 Releases... 101

2. United Artists . ...21 Releases... 99

3. 20th Centurv-Fox .. 48 Releases.... 93

4. Warners-First National .. 46 Releases... 90

5. Paramount ... 42 Releases... .... 88

6. RKO-Radio . 48 Releases... .... 78

7. Universal __ 51 Releases.... .... 77

8. Columbia ... .41 Releases.... .... 75 l

9. Republic ... 25 Releases... 70

10. Monogram ... .26 Releases... .... 66

395 Features

1941 %

1. M. G. M. ....47 Releases ... 100

2. Paramount . ... 36 Releases. .. 93

3. Warners-lst National .... . ..48 Releases. .. 90

4. 20th Century-Fox .. ... 46 Releases ... 89

5. RKO-Radio ... 36 Releases. .. 86

6. United Artists . .. .16 Releases ... 84

7. Universal . ... 44 Releases. .. .... 85

8. Republic . .. .28 Releases. .. 81

9. Columbia ... .... ...45 Releases.... .... 77

10. Monogram .. . ..18 Releases. .. 65

364 Features

ANNUAL RELEASES

1936 416

1937 ..453

1938 .371 1939. _ 392 1940 .395 1911 __364 1942.. .340

(Above does not include Westerns)

(There are an average of 60 Western Features

produced annually in Hollywood

DISTRIBUTORS’ BATTING AVERAGE FOR 1941-42 %

1. Paramount . .31 Releases. .108 2. M. G. M. . 49 Releases. .104 3. Warners-First National .... ..34 Releases. 104 4. United Artists . .15 Releases. 102 5. 20th Century-Fox .. . 48 Releases. _ 99 6. RKO-Radio . .32 Releases. 93 7. Universal .. ..52 Releases. . 87 8. Columbia . . 38 Releases. . 83 9. Republic ... ..20 Releases. . 80

10. Monogram ..21 Releases. . 68

340 Features

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ARTHUR HORNBLOW, Jr

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1942

ROAD TO MOROCCO (Paramount)

☆ 1943

THEY GOT ME COVERED (Goldwyn-RKO)

THANK YOUR LUCKY STARS (Warners)

☆ Coming

SHINE ON HARVEST MOON (Warners)

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TOP DIRECTORS

WILLIAM WYLER

WESLEY RUGGLES

SAM WOOD

DAVID BUTLER

RUSRY BERKLEY

HOWARD HAWKS

IRVING CUMMINGS

MICHAEL CURTIZ

JULIEN DUVIVIER

ARTHUR LUBIN

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Directors' Credits for 1942 WILLIAM WYLER

Mrs. Miniver .MGM...244

DAVID EUTLER Road to Morocco ...PAR....196

MICHAEL CURTIZ Yankee Doodle Dandy .WAR....222 Captain of the Clouds .WAR....142

1942 Average....182

WESLEY RUGGLES Somewhere I’ll Find You ..MGM....174

BUSBY BERKELEY For Me and My Gal .MGM....169 Babes on Broadway .MGM....160

1942 Average....164

JOHN FORD How Green Was My Valley .FOX....164 The Battle of Midway

JOHN FARROW Wake Island .PAR ...163

HOWARD HAWKS Ball of Fire .RKO....160

JULIEN DUViVIER Tales of Manhattan .FOX....157

SAM WOOD Kings Row ..WAR....146 The Pride of the Yankees .RK0....166

SIDNEY LANFIELD My Favorite Blonde .PAR....145 The Lady Has Plans .PAR....100

1942 Average....123

NORMAN McLEOD Panama Hattie .MGM....133 Jackass Mail .MGM....Ill

1942 Average....l22

WILLIAM SEITER You Were Never Lovelier .COL....133 Broadway ..UNIV....108

1942 Average....122

WILLIAM WELLMAN Roxie Hart ...FOX....128 Thunderbirds ...FOX...114

1942 Average....121

GEORGE MARSHALL The Forest Rangers .PAR....140 Valley of the Sun .RKO.... 79

1942 Average....l20

AL SANTELL Beyond the Blue Horizon ..PAR....116

KING VIDOR H. M. Pullham, Esquire .MGM....114

HENRY HATHAWAY Ten Gentlemen From West Point ..FOX....113

IRVING PICHEL The Pied Piper .FOX. Secret Agent of Japan .FOX.

1942 Average.

ROBERT FLOREY Dangerously They Live .WAR

BRIAN D. HURST Suicide Squadron .. REP.

SYLVAN SIMON Rio Rita .MGM. The Bugle Sounds .MGM. Tish .MGM Grand Central Murder .MGM.

1942 Average

CHARLES VIDOR The Tuttles of Hawaii .RKO

DAVID MILLER Flying Tigers . REP Sunday Punch . MGM.

1942 Average.

VINCENT SHERMAN All Through the Night .WAR Underground .WAR

1942 Average

GEORGE CUKOR Her Cardboard Lover .MGM

1942 Average....156 WILLIAM WILDER

The Major and the Minor .PAR ...155 IRVING CUMMINGS

Louisiana Purchase .PAR....165 Springtime in the Rockies .FOX....147 My Gal Sal .FOX....145

1942 Average.--.152 HENRY KING

The Black Swan .FOX....176 Remember the Day .FOX....126

1942 Average....151 ARTHUR LUBIN

Eagle Squadron .UNIV....162 Ride ’Em Cowboy .UNIV....138

1942 Average....150 ANATOLE LITVAK

This Above All .FOX....147 VICTOR FLEMING

Tortilla Flat .MGM....145 GEORGE STEVENS

Woman of the Year .MGM....144 WILLIAM KEIGHLEY

George Washington Slept Here .. .WAR....145 The Man Who Came to Dinner ... WAR....141

1942 Average....143 JOHN CROMWELL

Son of Fury .FOX....142 EDWARD BUZZELL

Ship Ahoy .....MGM....141 BRUCE HUMBERSTONE

Iceland .....FOX....142 To the Shores of Tripoli .FOX....137

1942 Average....140 IRVING RAPPER

Now Voyager .WAR....144 The Gay Sisters ...WAR....134

1942 Average....139 MERVYN LEROY

Johnny Eager .MGM....138 CURTIS BERNHARDT

Juke Girl .WAR.. .137 JOHN HUSTON

In This Our Life ....WAR....143 Across the Pacific .WAR....127

1942 Average.—135 R. A. WALSH

Desperate Journey .WAR....143 Gentleman Jim .WAR....127

1942 Averige.--.135 ALBERT LEWJN

Moon and Sixpence .U.A.134 H. C. POTTER

Hellzapoppin’ .UNIV....126 JACK CONWAY

Crossroads ...MGM....126 ALEXANDER HALL

My Sister Eileen . COL....156 They All Kissed the Bride ......COL....116 Bedtime Story ..COL.-...101

1942 Average....!24

ERLE KENTON Pardon My Sarong .UNIV....162 Who Done It .UNIV....156 The Ghost of Frankenstein .UNIV....105 Frisco Lil .UNIV.... 73 North to the Klondike .UNIV.... 70

1942 Average....113

ZOLTON KORDA Jungle Book .U.A.Ill

ALFRED HITCHCOCK Saboteur .UNIV....Ill

NORMAN TAUROG A Yank at Eaton .....MGM....122 Design for Scandal .MGM.. .107 Are Husbands Necessary? .PAR....100

1942 Average....110

WALTER LANG Song of the Islands .FOX....119 The Magnificent Dope .FOX....100

1942 Average....110

MITCHEL LEISEN Take a Letter, Darling ..PAR....127 The Lady Is Willing .....COL ... 93

1942 Average....110

ELLIOTT NUGENT The Male Animal .WAR..

GREGORY RATOFF Footlight Serenade .FOX.. Corsican Brothers .U.A... Two Yanks in Trinidad .COL.. The Men in Her Life . —..COL..

1942 Average.. JOSEF VON STERNBERG

Shanghai Gesture . U.A... LLOYD BACON

Wings for the Eagle .WAR.. Silver Queen . U.A... Larceny, Incorporated .WAR..

1942 Average.. ROY DEL RUTH

Maisie Gets Her Man .MGM.. TIM WHELAN

Twin Beds .. ...U.A... RICHARD THORPE

Wh’te Cargo .MGM.. Tsnan’s N. Y. Adventure .MGM.. Tarzan’s Secret Treasure .MGM.. Joe Smith, American ...MGM.. The Apache Trail .MGM..

1942 Average.. ARCHIE MAYO

^•• hestra Wives . FOX.. 11Tnontide . FOX.. Confirm or Deny .FOX..

1942 Average.. LEWIS SEILER

"’h' Big Shot . WAR.. You’re in the Army Now ....WAR.

1942 Averag ‘ 1

.109

.129

.126

. 95

. 84

.109

..108

.128

. 98

...94

.107

..107

.105

RAY ENRIGHT The Spoilers .UNIV.. Wild Bill Hickok .WAR.. Sin Town . UNIV.. Men of Texas .UNIV..

1942 Average..

GEORGE B. SEITZ Courtship of Andy Hardy .MGM.. A Yank on the Burma Road .MGM.. Pierre of the Plains .MGM..

1942 Average..

ROBERT Z. LEONARD We Were Dancing .MGM..

TIM WHELAN Nightmare .UNIV..

SIDNEY SALKOW Flight Lieutenant .COL.. Adventures of Martin Eden .COL..

1942 Average..

WILLIAM DIETERLE Syncopation .RKO..

STUART HEISLER The Glass Key .PAR.. The Remarkable Andrew .PAR.. Among the Living .PAR..

1942 Average.. FRANK TUTTLE

This Gun For Hire .PAR.. PRESTON STURGESS

Sullivan’s Travels . PAR.. FORD BEEBE

Night Monster . UNIV.. EDWIN MARIN

Invisible Agent .UNIV.. Paris Calling ...UjtflV... Miss Annie Rooney .U.A... Gentleman After Dark . - U.A...

1942 Average.. FRANK RYAN

Call Out the Marines .RKO.. FRANK BORZAGE

Seven Sweethearts . MGM.. Vanishing Virginian .MGM..

1942 Average.. MAL ST. CLAIR

The Bashful Bachelor .RKO.. Man in the Trunk .FOX...

1942 Average.;. ROBERT STEVENSON

Joan of Paris .RKO.. HAROLD BUCQUET

The War Against Mrs. Hadley ....MGM.. Kath'een .MGM.. Calling Dr; Gillespie .MGM..

1942 Average.. TAY GARNETT

My Favorite Spy--..&s..:..-:-*.RKO... JOHN BRAHM

The Undying Monster .—.Mi—ZM!.FOX...

..132

.. 73

..1021

..102

..102

..131

.116

.. 91

.. 70

..102

.101

..138

.. 63

.101

..118

.. 82

..100

98

112 92 92 85 95

133 77 70 93

.. 93

.. 93

..106

.. 78

.. 92

.. 91

..109

.. 85

.. 74

.. 90

.. 90

.. 90

.. 90

.. 92

.. 88

.. 90

.. 80

.. 88

.. 88

.. 87

.. 85 . 86

.. 98

.. 72

.. 85

.. 84

.. 92

.. 84

.. 73

.. 83

.. 83

.. 83

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1942

CAPTAIN OF THE CLOUDS

YANKEE DOODLE DANDY

☆ 1943

CASABLANCA

MISSION TO MOSCOW Current

THIS IS THE ARMY Coming

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I

DIRECTOR CREDITS FOR 1942 .. . Continued

RICHARD WALLACE The Wife Takes a Flyer ..COL....101 Obliging Young Lady .RKO.... 63

1942 Average.... 82

ROUBEN MAMOULIAN Rings on Her Fingers .FOX. .. 82

JO GRAHAM You Can’t Escape Forever _WAR ... 89 Always in My Heart .WAR.... 7E

1942 Average.82

JOSEPH LEWIS Mad Dr. of Market Street .UNIV.... 82

WILLIAM McGANN In Old California ...REP. .. 83 Tombstone ... ...PAR. .. 78

1942 Average. .. 81

OTTO BROWER Little Tokyo .FOX.... 81

WALTER FORDE Flying Fortress .WAR....100 Sons of the Sea ..WAR. .. 62

1942 Average.... 81 LEIGH JASON

Lady for a Night . .REP 80 FRED ZINNEMANN

Eyes in the Night .MGM.... 86 Kid Glove Killer .MGM ... 74

1942 Average.... 80 WILLIAM CLEMENS

A Night in New Orleans .PAR 80 IRVING REIS

The Big Street .RKO....100 The Falcon Takes Over . .RKO 74 Week End for Three . ..RKO. .. 67

1942 Average 80 JACK HIVELY

Four Jacks and a Jill .. RKO 80 LEW COLLINS

Danger in the Pacific . UNIV 78 EDWARD SUTHERLAND

The Navy Comes Through .,.RKO....112 Steel Against the Sky ...WAR. .. 67 Sing Your Worries Away ..RKO. .. 65

1942 Average. .. 78 AL WERKER

A Haunting We Will Go .FOX ... 85 The Mad Martindales . FOX 73 Whispering Ghosts .FOX. .. 72

1942 Average.... 77 EDWARD CLINE

Private Buckeroo .UNIV.... 88 Never Give a Sucker an Even

Break .....UNIV. .. 82 What’s Cookin’ .UNIV 75 Give Out, Sisters .UNIV 74 Snuffy Smith, Yardbird .MONO ... 65

1942 Average.... 77 JOSEPH SANTLEY

Joan of the Ozarks .REP. .. 83 Remember Pearl Harbor ..REP.... 76 Yokel Boy .REP. .. 75 Tragedy at Midnight ..REP. .. 73

1942 Average.... 77 HAROLD YOUNG

The Mummies’ Tomb .UNIV . 96 Swing It, Soldier . UNIV. .. 73 There’s One Born Every Minute ..UNIV.... 73 Juke Box Jennie .UNIV. .. 71 Rubber Racketeers .MONO. .. 68

1942 Average.... 76 JULES DASSIN

Nazi Agent .MGM ... 78 The Affairs of Martha .MGM ... 73

1942 Average.... 76 NICK GRINDE

GORDON DOUGLAS The Devil With Hitler .U.A..

HERBERT LEEDS Manila Calling .FOX. Just Off Broadway . FOX. Man Who Wouldn’t Die .FOX. Blue, White and Perfect .FOX.

1942 Average.

HAROLD SCHUSTER Girl Trouble ...FOX. The Postman Didn’t Ring .FOX. On the Sunny Side . ...FOX. Small Town Deb . FOX.

1942 Average.

HARRY LACHMAN Dr. Renault’s Secret .FOX. Edgar Allan Poe . FOX Castle in the Desert .FOX-

1942 Average.

RAY McCAREY A Gentleman *at Heart .FOX. Cadet Girl .FOX It Happened in Flatbush .FOX. The Perfect Snob .FOX.

1942 Average.

LES GOODWIN Mexican Spitfire Sees a Ghost .RKO Mexican Spitfire’s Elephant .RKO. Mexican Spitfire at Sea . RKO

1942 Average.

ANTHONY MANN Dr. Broadway . ..PAR Moonlight in Havana .UNIV.

1942 Average.

AL ROGELL Priorities on Parade .PAR. Sleepy Time Gal .REP. True to the Army .PAR Butch Minds the Baby .UNIV. Sailors on Leave .REP. Jail House Blues .UNIV.

1942 Average.. CHARLES LAMONT

Hi Neighbor . REP Road Agent .UNTV. Don’t Get Personal . UNIV.. You’re Telling Me .UNIV Get Hep to Love .UNIV.. Melody Lane .UNIV . Almost Married .UNIV..

1942 Average.. EUGENE FORDE

Berlin Correspondent .FOX Right to the Heart .FOX

1942 Average OLIVER GARRETT

Careful, Soft Shoulders . FOX.. CHARLES REISNER

This Time for Keeps .MGM. FRANK STRAYER

The Daring Young Man .COL.. Blondie for Victory .COL.. Blondie Goes to College . COL.. Blondie’s Blessed Event .COL.. Go West, Young Lady .COL..

1942 Average.. RAY TAYLOR

Treat ’Em Rough .UNIV Destination Unknown . UNIV

1942 Average.. WILLIAM K. HOWARD

Klondike Furv .— MONO RICHARD OSWALD

Isle of Missing Men .MONO EDGAR ULMER

75

87 73 70 68 75

88 72 71 69 75

77 73 73 74

80 73 72 68 74

78 73 72 74

75 74 74

78 76 75 74 70 65 73

76 76 74 71 70 68 64 73

77 70 73

73

73

74 74 72 72 68 72

72 72 72

72

72

frank McDonald Wildcat ..PAR ... 74 The Traitor Within .REP.... 73 Old Homestead .REP.... 72 No Hands on the Clock .PAR. .. 72 Shepherd of the Ozarks .REP.... 67

1942 Average.... 72

CHRISTY CABANNE Top Sergeant .UNIV. .. 76 Drums of the Congo .UNIV. .. 73 Timber .UNIV.... 72 Scattergood Rides High .RKO. .. 65

1942 Average.... 72

SAM WHITE I Live on Danger .PAR.... 72

LEW LANDERS Submarine Raider .COL. .. 75 Not a Lady’s Man .COL.... 73 Canal Zone . . .COL ... 73 Man Who Returned to Life .COL.... 73

72 72 70 67 64 64 71

Boogie Man Will Get You .COL. Atlantic Convoy .COL. Harvard, Here I Come .COL. Alias Boston Blackie .COL Sabotage Squadron .COL. Cadets on Parade .COL.

1942 Average.

BEN STOLOFF Secret Enemies .WAR.. The Hidden Hand . WAR..

1942 Average..

CHARLES LEDERER Fingers at the Window .MGM..

WILLIAM MORGAN Mercy Island .REP..

JAMES HOGAN Ellery Queen Meets Enemy

Agent .COL.. A Close Call for Ellery Queen .COL.. Ellery Queen’s Desperate

Chance .COL. Ellery Queen’s Murder Ring .COL..

1942 Average.. CHARLES BARTON

Honolulu Lu . COL.. Hello, Annapolis .COL. Shut My Big Mouth ..COL Sweetheart of the Fleet .COL.. Spirit of Stanford .COL.. Tramp, Tramp, Tramp .COL.. Parachute Nurse .COL..

1942 Average.. ARTHUR DREIFUSS

The Payoff .PRC.. Baby Face Morgan .PRC.. Boss of Big Town .PRC..

1942 Average.. THOMAS LORING

Who Is Hope Schuyler? .FOX.. Through Different Eyes .FOX..

1942 Average.. ROBERT SIODMAK

Night Before the Divorce .FOX.. Fly By Night .PAR..

1942 Average.. LOUIS KING

Young America .FOX.. JOSEPH LEWIS

Bombs Over Burma .PRC.. ROWLAND V. LEE

Powder Town ..RKO BERNARD VORHAUS

The Affairs of Jimmy Valentine ... REP.. GEORGE ARCHAINBAUD

72 70 71

71

71

73 72

71 68 71

74 73 71 71 70 68 65 70

73 70 67 70

72 69 70

70 70 70

70

70

70

70

70 Girl From Alaska .. ...REP 76 Tomorrow We Live .... ...PRC... . 72 FRED GUIOL

JOHN RAWLINS ARTHUR RIPLEY Hay Foot .. . . .U.A. . 70 Sherlock Holmes and the Voice Prisoner of Japan _ ...PRC... . 72 Miss Polly .U.A... . 70

of Terror ... UNIV... . 82 SERGEI NOLBANDOV 1942 Average... . 70 The Unseen Enemy . UNIV... . 77 Ships With Wine-s . ...U.A.... . 72 EDWARD DMYTRYK Half Way to Shanghai .. UNIV... . 76 WELLS ROOT Confessions of Boston Blackie .COL... . 71 Torpedo Boat . ..PAR . 75 Mokey . ..MGM . 72 Counter Espionage .COL... . 70 Mississippi Gambler ..UNIV... . 73 ALFRED GREEN The Blonde From Singapore .COL . 67 The Great Impersonation UNIV... . 71 Mavor of 44th Street ...RKO... . 81 1942 Average... . 69 Bombay Clipper . UNIV... . 71 Meet the Stewarts . ...COL... . 73 REAVES EASON

1942 Average . 75 1942 Average... . 72 Murder in the Big House .WAR . 70 ROY NEILL

Eyes of the Underground .UNIV. 75 GEORGE SIDNEY

Pacific Rendezvous .MGM. 72 Spy Ship .WAR.

1942 Average. 69

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DIRECTOR CREDITS FOR 1942 Continued

JEAN YARBOROUGH So’s Your Aunt Emma .MONO.... 72 She’s in the Army .MONO.... 71 Lure of the Islands ..MONO.... 71 Criminal Investigator .MONO.... 70 Police Bullets .MONO. .. 68 Man From Headquarters .MONO. .. 66 Freckles Comes Home .MONO.... 66 Let’s Go Collegiate .MONO. .. 64

1942 Average.... 69

AL HERMAN Miss V. From Moscow .PRC.... 69

ALEX THURN-TAXIS A Night for Crime .PRC ... 69 Man of Courage .PRC. .. 68

1942 Average ... 69

PETER GODFREY Highways by Night .RKO.... 69

WILLIAM NIGH Escape From Hong Kong .UNIV.... 73 Strange Case of Dr. Rx .UNIV.... 70 Black Dragons .MONO ... 70 Tough as They Come .UNIV.... 68 Mr. Wise Guy .MONO. .. 67 The City of Silent Men . .PRC ... 66 Zis, Boom, Bah! .MONO.... 62

1942 Average.... 69

GEORGE WAGNER Sealed Lips ....UNIV.... 68

ROSS LEDERMAN The Body Disappears .WAR.... 70 I Was Framed . WAR.... 68 Bullet Scars .WAR. .. 67 The Busses Roar . WAR.... 67 Escape From Crime .WAR ... 66

1942 Average.... 68

PHIL ROSEN The Mystery of Marie Roget .UNIV.... 71 Road to Happiness .MONO.... 71 Man With Two Lives .MONO ... 62

5 1942 Average. .. 68 RAY MACK

Hillbilly Blitzkrieg .MONO. .. 68 HUGH BENNETT

Henry and Dizzy .PAR. .. 68 WALLACE FOX

The Corpse Vanishes ..MONO.... 71 Let’s Get Tough . .MONO. .. 68 Bowery at Midnight .MONO.... 67 Smart Alecs .MONO. .. 67

1942 Average. .. 68 RALPH MURPHY

Pacific Blackout . . .PAR.... 68 ROBERT SINCLAIR

Mr. and Mrs. North .MGM ... 69 Down in San Diego .. ...MGM ... 66

1942 Average.... 68

ALAN DWAN Friendly Enemies .U.A. 68

ROY LUBY War Dogs . MONO.... 67

WILLIAM BEAUDINE Foreign Agent .MONO.... 69 Phantom Killer . MONO.... 68 One Thrilling Night .MONO.... 61 The Panther’s Claw . PRC.... 67 The Gallant Lady . PRC.... 67 Men of San Quentin .PRC.... 66 Broadway Big Shot .PRC.... 66

1942 Average.... 67 LAURENCE HUNTINGTON

The Tower of Terror .MONO ... 67 SAM NEWFIELD

The Mad Monster . PRC.... 67 Jungle Siren . .PRC. .. 67 Queen of Broadway .PRC. .. 67

1942 Average.... 67 FLORIAN ROBERTS

The Lady Gangster ..WAR. .. 66 JOHN H. AUER

Pardon My Stripes ...REP. .. 69 The Devil Pays Off ..REP.... 63

1942 Average.... 66 KURT NEUMAN

About Face . .U.A_ 65 Brooklyn Orchid . ...U.A. 65

1942 Average. .. 65

Producer-Director Credits for 1942 CECIL B. DeMILLE

Reap the Wild Wind .PAR ...182

MARK SANDRICH Holiday Inn .PAR....170

GEORGE STEVENS Talk of the Town .:COL....152

ERNST LUBITSCH To Be or Not to Be .U.A_138

LEO McCAREY Once Upon a Honeymoon .RKO ..138

E. H. GRIFFITH Bahama Passage .1.PAR -..118

TIM WHELAN Seven Days Leave .RK0....116

ALAN DWAN Here We Go Again .RKO....104

GEORGE WAGGNER The Wolf Man .UNIV ... 96

HENRY KOSTER Between Us Girls .UNIV.... 94

DAVID BUTLER Playmates .RKO ... 92

HERBERT WILCOX Wings and the Woman . .RKO ... 82

GEORGE SHERMAN X Marks the Spot .REP ... 72

JOHN H. AUER Moonlight Masquerade .REP.... 67

MICHAEL POWELL The Invaders .COL ...129 One of Our Aircraft Is Missing .U.A. 98

1942 Average ..114

RENE CLAIR I Married a Witch .U.A_110

GREGORY LA CAVA Lady in a Jam .UNIV....109

WILLIAM WELLMAN A Great Man’s Lady .PAR....108

ORSON WELLES The Magnificent Ambersons . RKO.. .104

Independent Producer Credits for 1942 SAMUEL GOLDWYN

Pride of the Yankees .RKO....166 Ball of Fire .RKO....160

1942 Average ...163

WALTER WANGER Eagle Squadron ...UNIV....162

BORIS MORROS—S. P. EAGLE Tales of Manhattan .FOX....157

DAVID LOEW Moon and Sixpence .U.A.134

MICHAEL POWELL The Invaders ...COL....129 One of Our Aircraft Is Missing ....U.A. 98

1942 Average....ll4

FRANK LLOYD Saboteur .UNIV....111

ALEXANDER KORDA Jungle Book ..U.A.Ill

ARNOLD PRESSBURGER Shanghai Gesture .U.A.108

WALT DISNEY Bambi .RKO. .119 Fantasia .RKO.... 94

1942 Average.. .107 ORSON WELLES

The Magnificent Ambersons .RKO....104

WILLIAM PINE—WILLIAM THOMAS Torpedo Boat .PAR ... 75 Wildcat .PAR. .. 74 I Live on Danger .PAR. .. 72 No Hands on the Clock .PAR ... 72

1942 Average ... 73

MICHAEL BALCON Ships With Wings .U.A. 72

LARRY DARMOUR (Deceased) A Close Call for Ellery Queen .COL.... 72 Ellery Queen’s Desperate Chance ..COL.... 71 Ellery Queen’s Murder Ring .COL.... 68

1942 Average ... 70

HAL ROACH The Devil With Hitler .U.A. 75 Flying With Music .U.A_ 70 Hay Foot ..U.A. 70 Miss Polly . U.A. 68 Dudes Are Pretty People .U.A. 65 About Face . U.A. 65 Brooklyn Orchid .U.A. 65 Fiesta .U.A. 65

1942 Average.... 68

JERRY BRANDT Scattergood Rides High .RKO.... 65

LESLIE HOWARD Mr. V ...U.A.104

JULES LEVY Hellzapoppin’ .UNIV....126 Butch Minds the Baby ...UNIV.... 74

1942 Average....100

JACK VOTION Bashful Bachelor . .RKO. .. 98

EDWARD SMALL The Corsican Brothers .U.A_126 Twin Beds .U.A_105 Miss Annie Rooney .U.A. 90 A Gentleman After Dark .U.A. 80 Friendly Enemies ... .U.A. 68

1942 Average.... 94

HARRY SHERMAN Silver Queen ...U.A. 98 Tombstone .PAR ... 78 (Also 6 Hopalong Cassidy)

1942 Average ... 88

HAROLD LLOYD My Favorite Spy ..RKO. .. 83

HERBERT WILCOX Wings and the Woman .RKO.... 82

MAX FLEISCHER Mr. Bug Goes to Town ...PAR.... 77

Back the Attack .. Buy War Bonds

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Erie C. Kenton

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TOP ACTORS

BING CROSBY

BOB HOPE

FRED ASTAIRE

CARY GRANT

JAMES CAGNEY

GARY COOPER

RONALD COLMAN

JACK BENNY

CLARK GABLE

TYRONE POWER

SPENCER TRACY

RAY MILLAND

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TOP ACTORS* CREDITS for 1942 BING CROSBY

The Road to Morocco .PAR....196 Holiday Inn .PAR....170

1942 Average....183

JAMES CAGNEY Yankee Doodle Dandy .WAR....222 Captain of the Clouds .WAR....142

1942 Average....182

CLARK GABLE Somewhere I’ll Find You .MGM....174

BOB HOPE Road to Morocco .PAR....196 Louisiana Purchase . .PAR -164 My Favorite Blonde .PAR....145

1942 Average....168

GARY COOPER Pride of the Yankees . RK0....166 Ball of Fire .RKO....160

1942 Average....163

TYRONE POWER The Black Swan ..FOX....176 This Above All .FOX....147 Son of Fury .FOX. .142

1942 Average....155

FRED ASTAIRE Holiday Inn .PAR ...170 You Were Never Lovelier .COL....133

1942 Average ..152

RONALD COLMAN Talk of the Town ....COL....152

ABBOTT AND COSTELLO Pardon My Sarong .UNIV....162 Who Done It? ..UNIV. 156 Ride ’Em Cowboy .UNIV....138 Rio Rita ...MOM 131

1942 Average....147

SPENCER TRACY Tortilla Flat .MGM....145 Woman of the Year ... .MGM....144

1942 Average....l45

CARY GRANT The Talk of the Town ...COL ...152 Once Upon a Honeymoon .RK0....138

1942 Average....145

JACK BENNY George Washington Slept Here ....WAR....145 To Be or Not to Be .U.A_138

1942 Average....142

MICKEY ROONEY Babes on Broadway . .MGM....160 Courtship of Andy Hardy .MGM . .133 A Yank at Eton ..MGM. 122

1942 Average....138

JOHN PAYNE Springtime in the Rockies . .FOX....147 Iceland .. .FOX....142 To the Shores of Tripoli ..FOX....137 Footlight Serenade .FOX.. .129 Remember the Day .. .FOX....126

1942 Average....l36

ERROL FLYNN Desperate Journey .WAR....143 Gentleman Jim ....WAR....127

1942 Average....135

RAY MILLAND Reap the Wild Wind ...PAR. .182 The Major and the Minor .PAR.. .155 Are Husbands Necessary? .PAR ...100 The Lady Has Plans .PAR ...100

1942 Average....134

LAURENCE OLIVIER The Invaders ....COL....129

RED SKELTON Ship Ahov .MGM.. .141 Panama Hattie ...MGM....133 Maisie Gets Her Man . MGM....107

1942 Average....127

DOUGLAS FAIRBANKS, JR. The Corsican Brothers . U.A_126

OLSEN AND JOHNSON Hellzapoppin’ ...UNIV...126

WILLIAM POWELL

VICTOR MATURE My Gal Sal . FOX....145 Footlight Serenade ....FOX....129 Song of the Islands .FOX....119 Seven Days Leave .RK0....116 Shanghai Gesture .U.A.108

1942 Average....123

HUMPHREY BOGART Across the Pacific .WAR....127 All Through the Night .WAR....118 The Big Shot .WAR ...117

1942 Average....121

FRED MAC MURRAY Forest Rangers .PAR....140 Take a Letter Darling ....PAR....127 The Lady Is Willing . .COL. .. 93

1942 Average....120

JOHN WAYNE Reap the Wild Wind .PAR. ..182 Flying Tigers . ..REP....138 The Spoilers ....UNIV....112 In Old California . .REP.... 83 Lady for a Night .REP ... 80

1942 Average....119

ROBERT TAYLOR Johnny Eager ...MGM....138 Her Cardboard Lover ...MGM. .. 98

1942 Average... 118

ROBERT CUMMINGS Kings Row ..WAR....146 Saboteur .UNIV....111 Between Us Girls . UNIV.... 94

1942 Average....ll7

GEORGE BRENT In This Our Life .WAR....143 The Gay Sisters .WAR....134 Twin Beds ..U.A 105 Silver Queen .U.A 98 You Can’t Escape Forever . WAR.... 89

1942 Average....114

WALLACE BEERY The Bugle Sounds .MGM....116 Jackass Mail . . .MGM....111

1942 Average...114

ABBOTT & COSTELLO

RANDOLPH SCOTT To the Shores of Tripoli .FOX....137 The Spoilers .UNIV 112 Paris Calling .UNIV.... 88

1942 Average....112 SABU

Jungle Book .U.A.Ill

GEORGE RAFT Broadway .UNIV....108

FREDRICK MARCH I Married a Witch ...U.A.110 Bedtime Story .COL...101

1942 Average....l06 PAT O’BRIEN

The Navy Comes Through .RK0....112 Broadway . .UNIV....108 Flight Lieutenant .....COL ...106 Two Yanks in Trinidad . .COL.... 95

1942 Average....105 BRIAN DONLEVY

Wake Island ..PAR ...163 The Glass Key .PAR ...109 A Great Man’s Lady .... . . PAR....108 Two Yanks in Trinidad .COL 95 Nightmare .UNIV. .. 93 The Remarkable Andrew .PAR. .. 85 A Gentleman After Dark ..U.A. 80

1942 Average....105 NELSON EDDY

I Married an Angel . MGM 104 JOHNNY WEISSMULLER

Tarzan’s New York Adventure MGM....104 Tarzan’s Secret Treasure .MGM....103

1942 Average....104 JEAN GABIN

Moontide .. . .FOX ...102

CHARLES LAUGHTON Tales of Manhattan .FOX. Tuttles of Tahiti . RKO 101

FRANCHOT TONE The Wife Takes a Flyer .COL.. .101

JOEL McCREA A Great Man’s Lady ... PAR ...108 Sullivan’s Travels .. PAR. .. 90

1942 Average. ,.100 ROBERT YOUNG

H. M. Pullham, Esquire .MGM 114 Cairo .. MGM ... 98 Joe Smith, American . MGM . . 84

1942 Average.... 98 LUM AND ABNER

The Bashful Bachelor .RKO ... 98

HENRY FONDA The Male Animal _ WAR 109 Big Street . RKO ...100 The Magnificent Dope . .FOX....100 Rings on Her Fingers .FOX.... 82 Tales of Manhattan .FOX....

1942 Average.... 98 EDWARD G. ROBINSON

Tales of Manhattan ... FOX.... Larceny, Incorporated ... .WAR. .. 94

DON AMECHE The Magnificent Dope .FOX....100 Girl Trouble . .FOX. .. 88 Confirm or Deny ...FOX ... 82

1942 Average.... 90 KAY KYSER

Playmates . .RKO ... 92 My Favorite Spy .RKO ... 83

1942 Average ... 88 LAUREL AND HARDY

A Haunting We Will Go . FOX. .. 85

W. C. FIELDS

Never Give Sucker Even Break ....UNIV 82 JOE E. BROWN

Joan of the Ozarks .REP.... 83 Daring Young Man .COL.... 74 Shut My Big Mouth .COL.... 71

1942 Average.... 76 RICHARD ARLEN

Torpedo Boat .....PAR ... 75 Wildcat ..PAR.... 74

1942 Average.... 75 Crossroads MGM....126

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BING

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1942

GEORGE WASHINGTON

SLEPT HERE (Warners)

TO BE OR NOT TO BE (United Artists)

1943

MEANEST MAN IN THE WORLD (20th Century-Fox)

MV'v'cf;

it tl UVv

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FRED ASTAIRE

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1942

BALL OF FIRE (GOLDWYN-RKO)

GREAT MAN’S LADY (PARAMOUNT)

THE GAY SISTERS (WARNERS)

1943

LADY OF BURLESQUE (STROMBERG-UA)

FLESH AND FANTASY (UNIVERSAL)

DOUBLE INDEMNITY (PARAMOUNT)

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1942

1943

MR. LUCKY (RKO)

ARSENIC AND OLD LACE (Warners)

/n Production

DESTINATION TOKIO (Warners)

MY CLIENT CURLEY (Columbia)

Representation

Frank Vincent

THE TALK OF THE TOWN (Columbia)

WOMAN OF THE YEAR (MGM)

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1942

WAKE ISLAND

THE GLASS KEY

GREAT MAN’S LADY

TWO YANKS IN TRINIDAD

NIGHTMARE

THE REMARKABLE ANDREW

A GENTLEMAN AFTER DARK (Paramou nt)

1943

STAND BY FOR ACTION (MGM)

☆ Coming

AMERICA (MGM)

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1942

REAP THE WILD WIND

THE LADY HAS PLANS

ARE HUSBANDS NECESSARY

THE MAJOR AND THE MINOR (Paramount)

1943

THE CRYSTAL BALL (United Artists)

☆ Coming

LADY IN THE DARK (Paramount)

MINISTRY OF FEAR (Paramount)

RAY MILLAND

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1942

H. M. PULLHAM, ESQ.

CAIRO

JOE SMITH, AMERICAN (MGM)

☆ 1943

JOURNEY TO MARGARET (MGM)

SWEET ROSIE O’GRADY (20th Century-Fox)

CLAUDIA (20th Century-Fox)

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TOP ACTRESSES r<» V -:v r»nx

GREER GARSON JEAN ARTHUR

GINGER ROGERS

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1942

PALM BEACH STORY (Paramount)

☆ Current

SO PROUDLY WE HAIL (Paramount)

Coming

NO TIME FOR LOVE (Paramount)

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1943

HELLO FRISCO, HELLO

(20th Century-Fox)

☆ Coming

“THE GANG’S ALL HERE” (20TH CENTURY-FOX)

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TOP ACTRESSES' CREDITS for 1942 GREER GARSON

Mrs. Miniver .....MGM....244

JUDY GARLAND

For Me and My Gal ..MGM....169 Babes on Broadway _ MGM....160

1942 Average...-165

JEAN ARTHUR

Talk of the Town .COL....152

JOAN FONTAINE

This Above All .FOX....147

HEDY LAMARR

White Cargo .MGM....147 Tortilla Flat .MGM....145 Crossroads .MGM....126 H. M. Pullham, Esquire .MGM....114

1942 Average....133

BETTY GRABLE

Springtime in the Rockies . .FOX ...147 Footlight Serenade .FOX....129 Song of the Islands . .FOX ...119

1942 Average....132

DOROTHY LAMOUR

Road to Morocco .PAR ...196 The Fleet’s In ...PAR....124 Beyond the Blue Horizon .PAR... 116

1942 Average....145

KATHERINE HEPBURN Woman of the Year ...MGM .144

BETTE DAVIS Now Voyager ..WAR. ..144 In This Our Life .......WAR ...143 The Man Who Came to Dinner .. .WAR ...141

1942 Average....143

SONJA HENIE Iceland ......FOX...142

GINGER ROGERS The Major and the Minor .PAR ...155 Tales of Manhattan ..FOX.... Once Upon a Honeymoon ...RKO....138 Roxie Hart ..FOX...128

1942 Average... 141

PAULETTE GODDARD Reap the Wild Wind ...PAR ...182 Forest Rangers ..... PAR . .140 Are Husbands Necessary? PAR ..100

1942 Average....141

MADELEINE CARROLL

My Favorite Blonde .PAR....145 Bahama Passage .PAR . .118

1942 Average.. .132

ROSALIND RUSSELL

My Sister Eileen .COL....156 Take a Letter, Darling .PAR ...127 Design for Scandal . . .MGM...107

1942 Average . .130

OLIVIA DE HAVILAND

In This Our Life .. .WAR....143 The Male Animal ...WAR....109

1942 Average. ...126

CLAUDETTE COLBERT

Remember the Day .FOX . .126

ANN SOTHERN

Panama Hattie .MGM....133 Maisie Gets Her Man ..MGM....107

1942 Average....120

JOAN CRAWFORD

They All Kissed the Bride ..COL....116 IRENE DUNNE

Lady in a Jam ..UNIV....109

ELEANOR POWELL Ship Ahoy —...MGM....141

RITA HAYWORTH Tales of Manhattan .FOX My Gal Sal .. .FOX ...145 You Were Never Lovelier ..COL...133

1942 Average....139

ANN SHERIDAN Kings Row .....WAR....146 George Washington Slept Here ....WAR....145 The Man Who Came to Dinner . ..WAR ...141 Juke Girl __WAR....137 Wings for the Eagle ...WAR ...128

1942 Average....139

LANA TURNER Somewhere I’ll Find You .....MGM.... Johnny Eager .......MGM ..138

BARBARA STANWYCK Ball of Fire ..RKO....160 The Gay Sisters ....WAR ...134 A Great Man’s Lady ..PAR....108

1942 Average...134

PRISCILLA LANE

Saboteur . .UNIV....111 Silver Queen ...U.A_ 98

1942 Average....l05

MARLEN7 DIETRICH

The Spoilers .. ..UNIV. 112 The Lady Is Willing . .COL. .. 93

1942 Average....103

IDA LUPINO

Moontide ... .FOX ...102

JEANETTE MacDONALD

I Married an Angel . .MGM....104 Cairo ....MGM. .. 98

1942 Average....101

VERONICA LAKE

I Married a Witch .U.A.110 The Glass Key . .PAR....109 Sullivan’s Travels . PAR. .. 90 This Gun For Hire .PAR. .. 90

1942 Average.... 99

NORMA SHEARER

Her Cardboard Lover .MGM.... 98 We Were Dancing . .MGM.... 93

1942 Average.... 96

JOAN BENNETT

Twin Beds ..U.A.105 Wife Takes a Flyer .COL....101 Girl Trouble ...FOX.... 88 Confirm or Deny .FOX.... 82

1942 Average. .. 94

LORETTA YOUNG

Bedtime Story .COL....101 The Men in Her Life .COL.... 84

1042 Average.... 93

CONSTANCE BENNETT

Wild Bill Hickok .WAR. .. 92 Sin Town ......UNIV.... 92

1942 Average.... 92

SHIRLEY TEMPLE

Miss Annie Rooney .U.A_ 90 Kathleen . MGM.... 84

1942 Average.... 87

ANN HARDING

Eyes in the Night .MGM ... 86

KAY FRANCES

Between Us Girls .UNIV.... 94 Always in My Heart .WAR.... 75

1942 Average.... 84

ANNA NEAGLE

Wings and the Woman . RKO... 82

MIRIAM HOPKINS

A Gentleman After Dark .U.A. 80

JOAN BLONDELL

Lady for a Night .REP ... 80

LUPE VELEZ

Mexican Spitfire Sees a Ghost .RKO.... 78 Honolulu Lu . COL.... 74 Mexican Spitfire’s Elephant .RKO ... 73 Mexican Spitfire at Sea .RKO.... 72 Playmates ...RKO. .. 92

1942 Average. .. 78

WENDY BARRIE

Eyes of the Underworld .UNIV.... 75

VIRGINIA BRUCE Pardon My Sarong .UNIV.... Butch Minds the Baby .UNIV.... 74 Careful, Soft Shoulders .FOX. .. 73

1942 Average. .. 74

JANE WITHERS The Mad Martindales .FOX. .. 73 Young America ...FOX. .. 70 Small Town Deb .—.FOX. .. 69

1942 Average.... 71

GRACIE ALLEN Mr. and Mrs. North ...MGM. .. 69

/3W 04gicc DIGEST the. Qact TUMicatian

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☆ 1942

IT STARTED WITH EVE

NICE GIRL

☆ 1943

AMAZING MRS. HOLLIDAY

Current

HERS TO HOLD

☆ Coming

HIS BUTLER’S SISTER Universal

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1942

ICELAND (20th Century-Fox)

☆ Current

“WINTERTIME”

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Featured Actors* Credits, 1942 I

EDDIE ALBERT Eagle Squadron .UNIV....162 Treat ’Em Rough .UNIV.... 72

BRIAN AHERNE My Sister Eileen .COL... 156

FRANK ALBERTSON Spirit of Stanford .COL.... 70 City of Silent Men .PRC. .. 66 Man From Headquarters .MONO. .. 66

JOSEPH ALLEN Who Is Hope Schuyler? .FOX. .. 72 Night Before the Divorce .FOX ... 70 Right to the Heart .FOX.... 70

DANA ANDREWS Ball of Fire .RKO....160 Berlin Correspondent .FOX. .. 77

ROBERT ARMSTRONG My Favorite Spy .PAR ... 83 Baby Face Morgan .PRC.... 70 Let’s Get Tough . MONO ... 68

EDWARD ARNOLD Johnny Eager .MGM....138 A Yank at Eton ..MGM....122 Design for Scandal . MGM....107 War Against Mrs. Hadlsy .MGM.... 92 Eyes in the Night .MGM.... 86

DESI ARNEZ The Navy Comes Through .RKO...112 Four Jacks and a Jill .PAR.... 80

EDWARD ASHLEY You’re Telling Me .UNIV.... 71

LIONEL ATWILL Pardon My Sarong .UNIV....162 Ghost of Frankenstein .UNIV....105 Night Monster ....UNIV. .. 90 Mad Dr. of Market Street .UNIV ... 82 Strange Case of Dr. Rx .UNIV.... 70

MISCHA AUER Hellzapoppin’ .UNIV.. .126 Twin Beds .U.A 105 Don’t Get Personal . UNIV 74

LEW AYRES Dr. Kildare’s Victory .MGM ... 72 Fingers at the Window .MGM 71

GEORGE BANCROFT The Bugle Sounds .MGM....116 Syncopation .PAR.... 91

LESLIE BANKS Ships With Wings .U.A. 72

GEORGE BARBIER Song of the Islands . FOX 119

DAN BARRY The Traitor Within . REP 73

JOHN BARRYMORE Playmates .PAR.... 92

LIONEL BARRYMORE Calling Dr. Gillespie .MGM ... 73 Dr. Kildare’s Victory .. MGM 72

RICHARD BARTHELMESS The Spoilers . UNIV....112 Mayor of 44th Street .PAR.... 81

FREDDIE BARTHOLOMEW A Yank at Eton ...MGM....122 Cadets on Parade .COL . 64

ALAN BAXTER Prisoner of Japan .PRC. .. 72 Borrowed Hero .MONO. .. 68

JOHN BEAL Atlantic Convoy .COL.... 72 One Thrilling Night ..WAR . 67

ROBERT BENCHLEY The Major and the Minor .PAR. ..155 Take a Letter. Darling .PAR....127 I Married a Witch .U.A.110 Syncopation . . .RKO ... 91

RALPH BELLAMY Lady in a Jam .UNIV.. .109 Ghost of Frankenstein .UNIV....105 The Wolf Man .UNIV ... 96 Men of Texas .UNIV. .. 85 The Great Impersonation .UNIV. .. 71 Ellery Queen’s Murder Ring .COL.. 68

WILLIAM BENDIX Wake Island ...PAR.. .163 Pardon My Sarong .UNIV....162 The Glass Key .PAR.109

BRUCE BENNETT Honolulu Lu ...COL ... 74 Atlantic Convoy .COL.... 72 Tramp, Tramp, Tramp .COL. .. 68 Sabotage Squadron .COL ... 67

EDGAR BERGEN-CHARLIE McCARTHY Here We Go Again .RKO ..104

MILTON BERLE A Gentleman at Heart .FOX ... 80 Whispering Ghosts .FOX. .. 72

CHARLES BICKFORD Tarzan’s New York Adventure .. .MGM....104

SIDNEY BLACKMER Nazi Agent .MGM ... 78 Always in Mv Heart .WAR ... 75 The Panther’s Claw ..PRC. .. 67 Gallant Lady .PRC.... 67

ERIC BLORE ’-’'-a'l-hai Gesture . . .U.A.108 Counter Espionage .COL. .. 70

ERIC BLOWER Moon and Sixpence .U.A_134

pAY RO»GER Four Jacks and a Jill .. .PAR.... 80

JOHN BOLES Retween Us Girls .TTNTV.... 94 Road to Happiness . MONO ... 71

WARD POND Sin Town .UNIV. .. 98 The Falcon Takes Over ..PAR.... 74

LEE BOWMAN Design for Scandal .MGM....107 We Were Dancing ...MGM ... 93 Tish . . . . .... __MGM. .. 91 Kid Glove Killer . .MGM. .. 74 Pacific Rendezvous . . ...MGM. .. 72

CHARLES BOYER Tales of Manhattan __FOX ..157

EDDIE BRACKEN The Fleet’s In .PAR....124

WA> TER BRENNAN Pride of the Yankees ... . .RKO .166

J. EDWARD BROMBERG Pacific Blackout .PAR.... 68 The Devil Pays Off ___REP . 63

TOM BROWN Sleepy Time Gal . .REp.... 76 Hello. Annapolis ..COT, 73 The Payoff .PRC 73 There’s One Born Every Minute ..TTNTV ... 71 Let’s Get Tough . MONO ... 68

NIGEL BRUCE This Above All _ ____FOX ...147 Sherlock Holmes and the Voice

of Terror . .....UNIV.... 82

EDGAR BUCHANAN Talk of the Town .. COT, 1 *2 Tombstone ...PAR.... 78

CHARLES BUTTERWORT-u

A Night in New Orleans . PAR ... 80 What’s Cookin’ . .UNIV.... 75

RALPH BYRD Manilla Calling . POX. .. 87 Broadway Big .Shot ...PRC.... 66

BRUCE CABOT Silver Queen . TT A. 98 Wild Bill Hickok ..war... 92 Pierre of the Plains .. .MGM. .. 70

JOSEPH CALLEIA Jungle Book .. ..U.A.Ill

HARRY CAREY The Spoilers .ttmtv....11 2 Among the Livir~ . PAR ... 74

MCDONALD CAREY Wake Island . ..PAP... 163 Dr. Broadwav . . .PAR. .. 75

RICFAPD CApl SON White Cargo ...Mon/j; ...147 Affairs of Martha .MOM_ 73 Flv By Night . .nU... 70 Highways bv NT-Vit . ...PAR.... 69

JOHN CARRADTNR Son of Furv ..pcv....142 Whispering Ghost<= .FOX ... 72

LEO CARRILLO Sin Town .UNIV.... 92' Men of Texas .UNIV ... 85 Danger in the Pacific .UNIV. .. 78 Unseen Enemy .UNIV ... 77 Top Sergeant .UNIV.... 76 Road Agent .UNIV.... 76 What’s Cookin’ .UNIV.... 75 Honolulu Lu . COL ... 74 Escape From Hongkong .UNIV.73 Timber .UNIV.. . 72

JOHN CARROLL Flying Tigers ..REP....138 Rio Rita . .MGM....131 Pierre of the Plains . ..MGM ... 70

JACK CARSON Wings for the Eagle .WAR . .128 Gentleman Jim . . WAR ...127 The Male Animal . . .WAR ..109 Larceny, Incorporated .WAR ... 94

LON CHANEY, JR. Ghost of Frankenstein ___UNIV ..105 Mummies’ Tomb ... .UNIV. .. 96 The Wolf Man .UNIV . 96 Eyes of the Underworld ..UNIV.... 75 North to the Klondike .UNIV . . 70

EDWARD CIANELLI Cairo ____MGM.... 98 You Can’t Escape Forever .WAR. .. 89 Paris Calling .UNIV ... 88 Dr. Broadway .. .PAR. .. 75

GEORGE CLEVELAND The Traitor Witlrn . .REP.... 73

CHARLES COBURN Kings Row ...WAR ..146 Geo. Washington Slept Here _WAR....145 In This Our Life . .WAR. .143 H. M. Pullham, Esquir^ ..MGM .114

JERRY COLONA Priorities on Parade . . .PAR. .. 78 True to the Army .PAR ... 75

JACKIE COOPER The Navy Comes Through . .RKO....112 Syncopation ..RKO. .. 91 Men of Texas ..UNIV. .. 85 Down in San Diego .MGM. .. 66

LLOYD CORRIGAN Treat ’Em Rough ___UNIV ... 72 Mystery of Marie Roget .UNIV. .. 71

RICARDO CORTEZ Tomorrow We Live . .PRC.... 72 Who Is Hope Schuyler? . .FOX.... 72 Rubber Racketeers . . .MONO. .. 68

JOE COTTEN Here We Go Again ..RKO ...104

JEROME COWAN Who Done It .UNIV. .. 56 Frisco Lil .UNIV. .. 73 Through Different Eves . .FOX. .. 69

BUSTER CRABBE Wildcat .... . . . .... .PAR ... 74 Jungle Siren . .PRC . 67 Queen of Broadwav ....PRC. .. 67

JAMES CRAIG Valley of the Sun _ _PAR.... 79

FRANK CRAVEN In This Our Life .WAR . .143 Girl Trouble .....POX_ 88 Through Different Ett'= .FOX ... 69

BROD CRAWFORD Broadway .UNIV.... 108 Larceny, Incorporated . WAR. .. 94 Sin Town .UNTV.... 92 Men of Texas .UNIV. .. 85 Putch Minds the Baby .TTNIV.... 74 North to the Klondike . . ..UNIV. .. 70

LAIRD CREGOR The Black Swan .FOX . .176 10 Gentlemen From West Point ... FOX....113 This Gun For Hire ...PAR. .. 90 Joan of Paris .■.PAR.... 84 Rings on Her Fingers . .FOX. . 82

DONALD CRISP The Gay Sisters ..WAR....134

RICHARD CROMWELL Baby Face Morgan . .PRC.... 70

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ALAN CURTIS Remember Pearl Harbor ..REP. .. 76

DON DAILEY, JR. Panama Hattie .MGM....133 Give Out, Sisters . UNIV.... 74 Timber . ..UNIV.... 72 Mokey . ..MGM 72 Down in San Diego . MGM.... 66

FRANKIE DARROW Let’s Go Collegiate .MONO ... 64

HARRY DAVENPORT Son of Fury .„ FOX 142

DEAD END KIDS * Tough as They Come .UNIV.... 68 Let’s Get Tough . MONO.... 68 Smart Alecs ...MONO.... 67 Mr. Wise Guy .. ..MONO. .. 67

ALBERT DEKKER Forest Rangers . PAR. ..140 The Lady Has Plans . PAR 100 Remarkable Andrew . PAR ... 85 Among the Living ..PAR. .. 74

REGINALD DENNY Eyes in the Night ...MGM ... 86 Sherlock Holmes and the Voice

of Terror ..UNIV ... 82

ANDY DEVINE Between Us Girls . .UNIV.... 94 Sin Town .....UNIV. .. 92 Danger in the Pacific ..UNIV.... 78 Top Sergeant . .UNIV. .. 76 Road Agent . . .UNIV. .. 76 Escape from Hongkong ..UNIV. .. 73 Timber .. .UNTV 72 North to the Klondike . UNIV. .. 70

RICHARD DIX Tombstone ...PAR.... 78 Eyes of the Underworld ..UNIV.... 75

JEFF DONNELL Boogie Man Will Get You _COL.... 72

PHILIP DORAN Tarzan’s Secret Treasure .MGM....103 Underground .WAR. .. 80 Calling Dr. Gillespie . MGM. .. 73

DON DOUGLAS Mercy Island ..REP. .. 71

MELVYN DOUGLAS They All Kissed the Bride .COL....116 We Were Dancing .MGM. .. 93

JOHNNY DOWNS The Mad Monster .PRC.... 67 Freckles Comes Home ..MONO ... 66

ROLAND DREW The Big Shot .WAR....117

JIMMIE DURANTE Man Who Came to Dinner .WAR ...141 You’re in the Army Now .WAR ... 88

BUDDY EBSEN Sing Your Worries Away .RKO. .. 65

JIMMIE ELLISON Undying Monster ....FOX ... 83 Careful, Soft Shoulders .FOX.... 73

LEIF ERICKSON Pardon My Sarong ..UNIV....162 The Fleet’s In .PAR ...124 H. M. Pullham, Esquire .MGM....114 Are Husbands Necessary? .PAR....100 Night Monster .UNIV.... 90 Blonde From Singapore . COL.... 67

LEON ERROL Mexican Spitfire Sees a Ghost .RKO. .. 78 Mexican Spitfire’s Elephant ..RKO ... 73 Mexican Spitfire at Sea .RKO. .. 72 Melody Lane .UNIV. .. 68

STUART ERWIN Adventures of Martin Eden .COL ... 78 Blondie for Victory .COL. .. 74 Drums of the Congo .UNIV.... 73

FRITZ FELD Four Jacks and a Jill .PAR ... 80

BARRY FITZGERALD Tarzan’s Secret Adventure .MGM....103

DICK FORAN Ride ’Em Cowboy .UNIV....138 Mummies’ Tomb .UNIV.... 96 Private Buckeroo .UNIV.... 88 Road Agent .UNIV.... 76 Butch Minds the Baby .UNIV.... 74

GLENN FORD Flight Lieutenant .COL . .106 Adventures of Martin Eden .COL. .. 78 Go West, Young Lady .COL.... 68

WALLACE FORD Mummies’ Tomb .UNIV ... 96

PRESTON FOSTER Thunderbirds .FOX....114 Little Tokyo ..FOX 81 Secret Agent of Japan ..FOX. .. 73

EDDIE FOY, JR. Moonlight Masquerade .REP ... 67

JOHN GARFIELD Tortilla Flat .. .MGM....145 Dangerously They Live .WAR....102

REGINALD FOSTER Captain of the Clouds .WAR....142

WILLIAM GARGAN Who Done It? .UNIV. .156 Miss Annie Rooney .U.A. 90 Mayor of 44th Street .PAR . . 81 Enemy Agent Meets Ellery

Queen .. .COL. .. 73 Close Call for Ellery Queen .COL.... 72 Destination Unknown .UNIV.... 72 Bombay Clipper . ..UNIV. .. 71 Ellery Queen’s Desperate

Chance .COL.... 71 Sealed Lips . . .UNIV.... 68

BILLY GILBERT Valiev of the Sun .PAR. .. 79 Mr. Wise Guy . ..MONO. . 67

JACKIE GLEASON Tramp, Tramp, Tramp .COL. .. 68

JAMES GLEASON Babes on Broadway .MKM....160 Footlight Serenade .FOX....129 Girl Trouble . FOX. .. 88 The Falcon Takes Over .PAR ... 74 Hay Foot . U.A. 70

LEO GORCEY Born to Sing .MGM. .. 64

CHARLEY GRAPEWIN Enemy Agent Meets Ellery

Queen .COL ... 73 Ellery Queen’s Desperate

Chance .COL. .. 71 Ellery Queen’s Murder Ring .COL ... 68

RICHARD GREENE Flying Fortress .WAR . .100

SIDNEY GREENSTREET Across the Pacific .WAR....127

EDMUND GWENN A Yank at Eton .MGM....122

ALAN HALE Desperate Journey .WAR...143 Captain of the Clouds .WAR....142 Gentleman Jim .WAR ...127

JON HALL Eagle Squadron .UNIV....162 Tuttles of Tahiti .PAR. ..101 Invisible Agent .UNIV.... 92

SIR CEDRIC HARDWICKE The Ghost of Frankenstein .UNIV....105 Invisible Agent .UNIV.... 92 Valley of the Sun ....PAR.... 79

PETER L. HAYES Seven Days Leave ...RKO....116 Zis, Boom, Bah .MONO ... 62

VAN HEFLIN Johnny Eager .MGM....138 H. M. Pullham, Esquire .MGM....114 Seven Sweethearts .MGM.... 87 Kid Glove Killer .MGM.... 74 Grand Central Murder .MGM.... 70

PAUL HENRIED Now Voyager .WAR....144 Joan of Paris .RKO.... 84

BILL HENRY Klondike Furv .MONO.... 72 Pardon My Stripes .REP. .. 69 Rubber Racketeers .MONO 68

HUGH HERBERT The Spoilers .UNIV-..112 Don’t Get Personal .UNIV.... 74 You’re Telling Me .UNIV.... 71 There’s One Born Every Minute ..UNIV,... 71

DARRYL HICKMAN Jackass Mail .MGM -..Ill Joe Smith, American .MGM. .. 84 1 Young America .FOX.... 70

WILLIAM HOLDEN The Fleet’s In .PAR....124 The Remarkable Andrew .PAR. .. 85 Meet the Stewarts .COL. .. 73

STERLING HOLLOWAY Here We Go Again .RKO....104 Don’t Get Personal .UNIV.... 74

JACK HOLT Thunderbirds .FOX....114

TIM HOLT The Magnificent Ambersons .RKO....104

EDWARD EVERETT HORTON Springtime in the Rockies .FOX . .147 I Married an Angel .MGM....104 The Magnificent Dope .FOX ..100 Week End for Three . .RKO. .. 67

WALTER HOUSTON Yankee Doodle Dandy .WAR....222 Shanghai Gesture ..U.A —108 Always in My Heart .WAR.... 75

JOHN HOWARD Undying Monster ...FOX. .. 83 Submarine Raider . .COL 78 The Man Who Returned to Life ... COL ... 73 Tragedy at Midnight .REB... 73 Isle of Missing Men __MONO ... 72

JOHN HUBBARD Canal Zone .COL. .. 73

HAROLD HUBER Little Tokyo .FOX.... 81

IAN HUNTER A Yank at Eton .MGM ..122

DEAN JAGGER The Men in Her Life .COL ... 84 The Valley of the Sun .PAR. .. 79

ALLEN JENKINS Ball of Fire . RKO 160 Tortilla Flat . .MGM....145 They All Kissed the Bride .COL ..116 Maisie Gets Her Man .MGM....107 The Falcon Takes Over .PAR. .. 74 Go West, Young Lady .COL. 68

VAN JOHNSON The War Against Mrs. Hadley .MGM.... 92 Murder in the Big House .WAR. .. 70

ALLAN JONES True to the Army .PAR.... 75 Moonlight in Havana .UNIV.... 74

GORDON JONES The Blonde From Singapore .COL.... 67

VICTOR JORY Shut My Big Mouth .COL.... 71

ALLYN JOSLYN My Sister Eileen .COL...156 Bedtime Story .COL....101 Wife Takes a Flyer .COL....101 The Affairs of Martha .MGM.... 73

BORIS KARLOFF The Boogie Man Will Get You .COL.... 72

GENE KELLY For Me and My Gal .MGM....169

PAUL KELLY Tarzan’s New York Adventure .. .MGM....104 Suicide Squadron .REP....102 Not a Lady’s Man .COL ... 73 Mr. and Mrs. North .UNIV ... 69 Tough as They Come .UNIV.... 68

EDGAR KENNEDY There’s One Born Every Minute ..UNIV. .. 71 Hillbilly Blitzkreig .MONO.... 68 Snuffy Smith, Yardbird .MONO. .. 65

GUY KIBBEE Design for Scandal .MGM....107 Tish .MGM. .. 91 Miss Annie Rooney .U.A. 90 This Time for Keeps .UNIV ... 73 There’s One Born Every Minute ..UNIV.... 71 Scattergood Rides High .RKO.... 65 Sunday Punch .MGM.... 68

PATRIC KNOWLES Who Done It? .UNIV ..156 Lady in a Jam .UNIV....109 The Wolf Man . UNIV.... 96 Sin Town .UNIV.... 92 The Mystery of Marie Roget .UNIV.... 71 Strange Case of Dr. Rx .UNIV.... 70

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OTTO KRUGER Saboteur .UNIV....111 Mercy Island . ...REP.... 71 Friendly Enemies . U.A_ 68

ALAN LADD The Glass Key .PAR ...109 This Gun for Hire .PAR. .. 90

BERT LAHR Ship Ahoy . MGM ...141 Sing Your Troubles Away .RKO.... 65

ARTHUR LAKE Blondie for Victory .COL. .. 74 Blondie’s Blessed Event .COL.... 72 Blondie Goes to College .COL. .. 72

RICHARD LANE Hellzapoppin .UNIV....126 Butch Minds the Baby .UNIV.... 74 Drums of the Congo .UNIV.... 73 Alias Boston Blackie .COL.... 67

JOE LEWIS Private Buckeroo .UNIV. .. 88

JOHN LITEL Mississippi Gambler .UNIV.... 73 Mvster of Marie Roget .UNIV. .. 71 Ellery Queen’s Desperate Chance ..COL. .. 71 Sealed Lips .UNIV. .. 68 Henry and Dizzy .PAR . . 68 Boss of Big Town .PRC.... 67

GENE LOCKHART Juke Girl ..WAR ...137 The Gay Sisters ....WAR....134 You Can’t Escape Forever .WAR. .. 89 Steel Against the Sky ....WAR. .. 67

JOHN LODER Eagle Squadron .UNTV....162 Now Voyager .WAR....144

PETER LORRE All Through the Night .WAR....118 Invisible Agent .UNIV. .. 92 The Boogie Man Will Get You .COL.... 72

EDMUND LOWE Call Out the Marines .PAR.... 88 Klondike Fury .MONO ... 72

BELA LUGOSI The Ghost of Frankenstein .UNIV....105 The Wolf Man ..UNIV. .. 96 The Night Monster .UNIV.... 90 The Corpse Vanishes . MONO ... 71 Black Dragons .MONO ... 70 Bowery at Midnight .MONO ... 67

KEYE LUKE A Yank on the Burma Road .UNIV ... 77 Destination Unknown .UNIV.... 72 North to the Klondike .....UNIV ... 70

WILLIAM LUNDIGAN The Apache Trail . MGM.... 76 She’s in the Army . MONO.... 71 Sailors on Leave . REP.... 70 Sunday Punch .MGM.... 63

JIMMY LYDON Henry and Dizzv .PAR.... 68 Cadets on Parade .COL.... 64

JEFFRY LYNN Underground .WAR.... 80

JOHNNY MACK BROWN Ride ’Em Cowboy .UNIV ... 138

J. FARRELL MacDONALD One Thrilling Night .MONO ... 67 Snuffy Smith, Yard Bird .MONO ... 65

BARTON MacLANE All Through the Night .WAR....118 Big Street .RKO....100 Highways by Night ...PAR. .. 69 Man of Courage .PRC. .. 68

RAY MacDONALD Down in San Diego ...MGM. .. 66 Born to Sing . MGM.... 64

RODDY McDOWALL How Green Was My Valley .FOX....164 Son of Fury .-.FOX....142 The Pied Piper ...FOX. ..132 On the Sunny Side .FOX. .. 71

FIBBER McGEE AND MOLLY Here We Go Again .RKO....104

FRANK McHUGH Her Cardboard Lover .MGM.... 98

VICTOR McLAGLEN Call Out the Marines .PAR.... 88 Powder Town .PAR.... 70

HERBERT MARSHALL Moon and Sixpence ..U.A_134 Kathleen ...MGM ... 84

RAYMOND MASSEY Reap the Wild Wind .PAR....182 Desperate Journey .WAR....143 The Invaders .COL....129 Dangerously They Live .WAR....102

ADOLPHE MENJOU You Were Never Lovelier .COL ...133 Roxie Hart .FOX....128 Syncopation ..PAR. .. 91

RAY MIDDLETON Lady for a Night .REP.... 80 Mercy Island .REP ... 71

JOHN MILJAN Criminal Investigator .MONO ... 70

GRANT MITCHELL Man Who Came to Dinner .WAR ...141

Meet the Stewarts .COL. .. 73 THOMAS MITCHELL

The Black Swan .FOX. 176 Tales of Manhattan ..FOX.. .157 This Above All .FOX ..147 Thunderbirds .FOX .114 Moontide ...FOX ...102 Joan of Paris .PAR. .. 84

GEORGE MONTGOMERY Roxie Hart .FOX. .128 Orchestra Wives . FOX ...127 10 GentVmcn From West Point ... .FOX. ...113 Cadet Girl . FOX. .. 73

DICKEY MOORE Miss Annie Roonev .U.A. 90

VICTOR MOORE Louisiana Purchase .PAR....164

DENNIS MORGAN In This Our Life .WAR ...143 Captain of the Clouds .WAR....142 Wings for the Ea^le .WAR....128

FRANK MORGAN Tortilla Flat . MGM ...145 The Vanishing Virginian .MGM. .. 85

RALPH MORGAN Night Monster .UNIV. .. 90 The Traitor Within .REP ... 73 Klondike Furv .MONO.. 72

CHESTER MORRIS Canal Zone ...COL... 73 I Live on Danger .PAR.... 72 No Hands on the Clock .PAR. .. 72 Confessions of Boston Blackie .COL.... 71 Alias Boston Blackie .COL. .. 67

ALAN MOWBRAY Yokel Boy .REP.... 75 The Devil With Hitler .U.A. 75 The Mad Martindales .FOX. .. 73 The Perfect Snob ...FOX. .. 68

KEN MURRAY Swing It, Soldier .UNIV ... 73 Juke Box Jennie .UNIV 71

GEORGE MURPHY For Me and My Gal .MGM.. .169 The Navy Comes Through .RKO....112 Mayor of 44th Street .PAR. .. 81

J. CARROLL NAISH Tales of Manhattan . ...FOX....157 Jackass Mail .MGM....Ill Dr. Broadway .PAR.... 75 Dr. Renault’s Secret .FOX.... 77 The Man in the Trunk .FOX.... 72 Sunday Punch .MGM.... 63

BARRY NELSON Rio Rita .MGM ...131 A Yank on the Burma Road .MGM.... 77

ROBERT NEWTON Wings and the Woman .PAR.... 82

RICHARD NEY Mrs. Miniver .MGM ...244 War Against Mrs. Hadley .MGM. .. 92

RAY NOBLE Here We Go Again .RKO....104

LLOYD NOLAN Manila Calling .FOX.... 87 The Apache Trail .MGM.... 76 Just Off Broadway .FOX.... 73 It Hannened in Flatbush .FOX ... 72 Man Who Wouldn’t Die .FOX.... 72 Blue, White, and Perfect .FOX ... 68 Steel Against the Sky .FOX.... 67

EDWARD NORRIS The Lady Has Plans .PAR ...100 A Close Call for Ellery Queen _COL ... 72 Great Impersonation .UNIV.... 71 Sabotage Squadron .MGM.... 67 Man With Two Lives .MONO.... 62

JACK OAKIE Springtime in the Rockies .FOX....147 Iceland .FOX....142 Song of the Islands ...FOX....119

EDMUND O’BRIEN Powder Town . .PAR.... 70 Obliging Young Lady .RKO.... 63

DENNIS O’KEEFE Affairs of Jimmy Valentine .REP.... 70 Week-End for Three .RKO. .. 67 Moonlight Masquerade .REP.... 67

HENRY O’NEIL Down in San Diego . .MGM.... 66

LYNNE OVERMAN Reap the Wild Wind .PAR....182

REGINALD OWEN Mrs. Miniver ...MGM....244 White Cargo ...MGM....147 Woman of the Year .MGM....144 I Married an Angel __ _MGM ...104 Tarzan’s Secret Treasure .MGM ...103 Cairo .MGM. .. 98 Pierre of the Plains . .MGM.... 70

ROBERT PAIGE Pardon My Sarong . .UNIV....162 Hellzapoppin’ .UNIV....126 You’re Telling Me .UNIV ... 71 Get Hep to Love .UNIV. .. 70 Melody Lane ..UNIV.... 68 Jail House Blues .UNIV.... 65 Almost Married .UNIV. .. 64

EUGENE PALLETTE Tales of Manhattan .FOX....157 The Male Animal ...WAR....109 Lady in a Jam .UNIV....109 Are Husbands Necessary? .PAR .100 Big Street .RKO....100 Silver Queen . .... U.A— 98 Almost Married _ UNIV.. 64

FRANKLIN PANGBORN Never Give a Sucker an Even

Break ...UNIV ... 82 What’s Cookin’ .UNIV.... 75 Week End for Thre° ...RKO. .. 67

NAT PENDLETON Jail House Blues ..UNIV. .. 65

HAL PERRY Seven Days Leave .RKO....116 Here We Go Again ..RKO....104

WALTER PIDGEON Mrs. Miniver __MGM....244 How Green Was My Valley ..FOX 164 White Cargo . MGM . 147 Design for Scandal . ..MGM....107

ROBERT PRESTON Reap the Wild Wind . .PAR....182 Wake Island ....PAR....163 This Gun For Hire .PAR.... 90 A Night in New Orleans ..PAR ... 80 Pacific Blackout ..PAR.... 68

JED PROUTY Moonlight Masquerade .REP. .. 67 Scattergood Rides H’"h . .RKO.... 65

ROGER PRYOR So’s Your Aunt Emma ..MONO ... 72 I Live on Danger .PAR.... 72 Smart Alecs ...MONO. .. 67

DICK PURCELL Torpedo Boat .PAR.... 75 I Live on Danger .PAR. .. 72 No Hands on the Clock .PAR ... 72 X Marks the Spot ..REP ... 72 Phantom Killer .MONO. .. 68

ANTHONY QUINN The Road to Morocco .PAR....196 The Black Swan ..FOX....176 Larceny, Incorporated .WAR. .. 94 The Perfect Snob .FOX.... 68

CLAUDE RAINS Kings Row .WAR....146 Now Voyager .WAR....144 Moontide .„.FOX....102 The Wolf Man .WAR.... 96

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BASIL RATHBONE Crossroads ...MGM....126 Paris Calling ....UNIV.... 88 Sherlock Holmes & Voice of

Terror .UNIV.... 82 Finger at the Window .MGM... 71

RONALD REAGAN Kings Row .WAR....146 Desperate Journey .WAR....143 Juke Girl .WAR....137

WALTER REED Mexican’s Spitfire’s Elephant .RKO ... 73

ROCHESTER Tales of Manhattan .....FOX....157

BUDDY ROGERS Mexican Spitfire Sees a Ghost .. RKO. .. 78 Mexican Spitfire at Sea . ..RKO.... 72

GILBERT ROLAND Isle of Missing Men . .MONO ... 72

CESAR ROMERO Tales of Manhattan ..FOX....157 Springtime in the Rockies .FOX...147 Orchestra Wives ...FOX....127 A Gentleman at Heart .FOX.... 80

MAXIE ROSENBLOOM To the Shores of Tripoli ..FOX....137 The Boogie Man Will Get You .COL. .. 72 Harvard Here I Come .COL. .. 70 Smart Alecs .MONO ... 67

CHARLIE RUGGLES Go West, Young Lady ....COL.... 68 Friendly Enemies ..._U.A. 68 The Perfect Snob ..FOX. .. 68

S. Z. SAKALL Yankee Doodle Dandy ..WAR....222 Seven Sweethearts .MGM ... 87

GEORGE SANDERS The Black Swan . . FOX....176 Tales of Manhattan .FOX.. .157 Son of Fury .....FOX ...142 Moon and Sixpence ... U.A.134 Her Cardboard Lover __MGM. .. 98 The Falcon Tak^s Over ...PAR.... 74

JOHN SHEFFIELD Tarzan’s New York Adventure MGM....104 Tarzan’s Secret Treasu"'1 __MGM... 103

JOHN SHEPPARD Remember the Dav . .FOX .126 The Men in Her Life .COL. .. 84 Dr. Rinault’s Secret ..FOX. . 77 Edgar Allan Poe .....FOX.... 73 Cadet Girl ..FOX.... 73

JOHN SHELTON A Haunting We Will Go . FOX.... 85 Foreign Agent ..MONO. .. 69

PHIL SILVERS F-^tlight Serenade ..FOX....129

’n the Armv Now .WAR.... 88 Just Off Broadway .FOX ... 73

Featured Actresses' IOUISE ALLBRITTON

Who Done It .UNIV....156 Danger in the Pacific .. .UNIV.... 78

MARY ANDERSON Henry and Dizzv ......PAR. .. 68

ANDREWS SISTERS Private Buckeroo . UNIV.... 88 What’s Cookin’ .UNIV.... 75 Give Out Sisters . UNIV.... 74

HEATHER ANGEL Undying Monster ...FOX. .. 83

EVELYN ANKERS Eagle Sauadron ..UNIV ... 162 The Wolf Man . UNIV.... 96 Sherlock Holmes & Voice of

Terror . ...UNIV.... 82 The Great Impersonation _ TTNIV... 71 North to the Klondike ...UNIV. .. 70

EVE ARDFN Bedtime Story . .COL. .. 101

MARY ASTOR Across the Pacific .. .WAR ...127

ANN AYARS Nazi Agent ..MGM ... 78 Anache Trail .MGM....76 Dr. Kildare’s Victory .MGM. .. 72

LARRY SIMMS Blondie for Victory .COL.... 74 Blondie Goes to Cnllege .COL.... 72 Blondie’s Blessed Event .COL.... 72

ROBERT STACK Eagle Squadron .UNIV....162 To Be or Not to Be .U.A.138 Men of Texas .UNIV.... 85

HENRY STEPHENSON Half Way to Shanghai .UNIV.... 76

ROBERT STERLING Somewhere I’ll Find You .MGM....174 This Time for Keeps .MGM. .. 73 Dr. Kildare’s Victory .MGM. .. 72

CRAIG STEVENS Secret Enemies . .WAR. .. 72 The Hidden Hand ..WAR. .. 70 Spy Ship . ...WAR. .. 68 Steel Against the Sky . W A It 67

GEORGE E. STONE Alias Boston Blackie .....COL. .. 67

LEWIS STONE Courtship of Andy Hardy .MGM....133 The Bugle Sounds .MGM 116

SLIM SUMMERVILLE Miss Polly .. .U.A. 68

JOHN SUTTON Thunderbirds . FOX....114 10 Gentlemen From West Point ... FOX....113

GRADY SUTTON The Bashful Bachelor .PAR. .. 98

LYLE TALBOT Mexican Spitfire’s Elephant . RKO.... 73 She’s in the Army .MONO.... 71 A Night for Crime .PRC.... 69 Man of Courage ..PRC.... 68

AKIM TAMIROFF Tortilla Flat . . .MGM. ..145

KENT TAYLOR Tombstone .PAR.... 78 Half Way to Shanghai .PAR. .. 76 Mississippi Gambler . UNIV.... 73 Frisco Lil .UNIV. .. 73

DON TERREY Danger in the Pacific .UNIV. .. 78 Unseen Enemy . ....UNTV.... 77 Top Sergeant . .UNIV ... 76 Escape From Hong Kong .UNIV ... 73 Drums of the Congo .UNIV.... 73

GEORGE TOBIAS Yankee Doodle Dandy .WAR ...222 My Sister Eileen . .COL. ..156 Captain of the Clouds ..WAR. .142 Juke Girl .. .WAR... 137 Wings for the Eagle ...WAR ...128

Credits for 1942 FAY BAINTER

Babes on Broadway .MGM....160 Woman of the Year . .MGM. 144 War Against Mrs. Hadley .MGM. .. 92

LUCILLE BALL Seven Days Leave .RKO....116 The Big Street . ....RKO....100 Valley of the Sun ... __RKO. .. 79

LYNN BARI Orchestra Wives .FOX.. .127 The Magnificent Dope .FOX.. .100 The Falcon Takes Over ....RKO.... 74 Secret Agent of Japan .FOX.... 73 I'J'ght Before the Divorce .FOX ... 70 The Perfect Snob .FOX. .. 68

BINNIE BARNES I Married an Angel .MGM . .104 Call Out the Marines .RKO ... 88 In Old California .REP ... 83

MONA BARRIE Cairo .MGM ... 98 Tragedy at Midnight .REP ... 73 Road to Happiness .MONO. .. 71 Grange Case of Dr. Rx .UNIV ... 70 Ellery Queen’s Murder Ring. .COL.... 68

REGIS TOOMEY Forest Rangers .PAR....140 Bullet Scars .WAR ... 67

SIDNEY TOLER Castle in the Desert .FOX.... 73

LEE TRACY The Pay Off .PRC. .. 73

WILLIAM TRACY George Washington Slept Here .. .WAR....145 To the Shores of Tripoli .FOX....137 Cadet Girl ..FOX. .. 73 Hay Foot ..U.A 70

RICHARD TRAVIS Man Who Came to Dinner .WAR....141 The Busses Roar .WAR ... 67 Escape From Crime ..WAR ... 66

CONRAD VEIDT All Through the Night .WAR....118 The Men in Her Life .COL.... 84 Nazi Agent .MGM.... 78

RAYMOND WALBURN The Man in the Trunk .FOX.... 72

H. B. WARNER Boss of Big Town .PRC. .. 67

THE WEAVER BROTHERS The Old Homestead .REP. .. 72 Shepherd of the Ozarks .REP. .. 67

RICHARD WHORF Yankee Doodle Dandy .WAR....222 Juke Girl . .WAR 137

HENRY WILCOXON Mrs. Miniver .MGM....244 Man Who Wouldn’t Die .FOX.... 70

BIG BOY WILLIAMS Lure of the Islands .MONO.... 71 Mr. Wise Guy .MONO ... 67

WARREN WILLIAM The Wolf Man . .UNIV. .. 96 Wild Bill Hickok ...WAR. .. 92 Counter Espionage . .COL. .. 70

CHARLES WINNINGER Friendly Enemies .U.A. 68

MONTY WOOLLEY The Man Who Came to Dinner ... FOX ..141 The Pied Piper . FOX....141

WILLIAM WRIGHT Darin'1- Young Man .COL.... 74 para<-hute Nurse ..COL ... 65 The Devil Pays Off .. .REP. .. 63

GIG YOUNG The Gay Sisters . WAR....134

ROLAND YOUNG Tales of Manhattan . FOX....157 They All Kissed the Bride .COT,....116 The Lady Has Plans .PAR ...100

DIANA BARRYMORE Eagle Squadron . .UNIV. .162 Between Us Girls . UNIV.... 94 Nightmare . UNIV.... 93

ANNE BAXTER The Pied Piper .FOX. .132 The Magnificent Ambersons .RKO....104

LOUISE BEAVERS The Vanishing Virginian .MGM. .. 85 Young America . FOX. .. 70

ELIZABETH BERGNER Paris Calling .UNIV.... 88

JULIE BISHOP The Hidden Hand . WAR. .. 70 I Was Framed _ WAR. .. 68 Busses Roar .WAR. .. 67 Steel Against the Sky . WAR. .. 67 Escape From Crime . WAR... 66 Lady Gangster .WAR.... 66

JANET BLAIR My Sister Eileen ...COL....156 Broadway . UNIV. .108 Two Yanks in Trinidad .COL. .. 95

IRENE BORDONI Louisiana Purchase .PAR 164

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FEATURED ACTRESS CREDITS FOR 1942 Continued

EVELYN BRENT The Payoff . PRC.... 73

LESLIE BROOKS You Were Never Lovelier .COL.. .133 Counter Espionage ..COL. .. 70

PHYLLIS EROOKS Shanghai Gesture ..U.A 108

BILLIE BURKE In This Our Life .WAR....143 Man Who Came to Dinner ..WAR....141 Girl Trouble ..FOX. .. 88 What’s Cookin’ .UNIV.... 75

SPRING EYINGTON Vanishing Virginian .MGM.... 85 R;nes on Her Fingers . .FOX. .. 82 Affairs of Martha . .MGM ... 73

JEAN CAGNEY Yankee Doodle Dandy ..WAR ...222

JUDY CANOVA Joan of the Ozarks .REP.... 83 Sleepy Time Gal . .REP.... 76 True to the Army .PAR ... 75

MARY CARLISLE Torpedo Boat . PAR.... 75 Baby Face Morgan . PRC.... 70

JOAN CARROLL Obliging Young Lady . .RKO ... 63

MARGUERITE CHAPMAN Submarine Raider .COL.... 76 Daring Young Man .COL.... 74 Spirit of Stanford .COL.... 70 Parachute Nurse .COL.... 65

JUNE CLYDE Sealed Lips .UNIV.... 68

NANCY COLEMAN Kings Row .WAR....146 Desperate Journey . .WAR....143 The Gay Sisters .WAR....134 Dangerously They Live . ..WAR ...102

JOYCE COMPTON Bedtime Story .COL....101

ANN CORIO Jungle Siren ____PRC.. . 67

MAPEY CORTEZ Seven Days Leave .RKO....116

DOLORES COSTELLO The Magnificent Ambersons .RKO....104

LOUISE CURRY Bashful Bachelor .RKO. .. 98

ESTHER DALE You’re Telling Me .UNIV ... 71

VIRGINIA DALE Holiday Inn .PAR. .170

PATRICIA DANE Johnny Eager .MGM....138 Grand Central Murder .MGM.... 70

LINDA DARNELL Edgar Allan Poe...FOX.... 73

JANE DARWELL Edgar Allan Poe.FOX.... 73 On the Sunny Side .FOX.... 71 Young America .FOX.... 70 Highways by Night .RKO. .. ^9 Small Town Deb . .FOX.... 69

JOAN DAVIS Yokel Boy .REP. .. 75 Sweetheart of the Fleet .COL ... 71

LARAINE DAY Kathleen .MGM. .. 84 Yank on the Burma Road .MGM. .. 77 Fingers at the Window .MGM ... 71

FRANCES DEE Meet the Stewarts .COL.... 73

GLORIA DIXON Mercy Island . .REP.... 71

CLAIRE DODD M^d Dr. of Market Street .UNTV.... °2 Daring Youn" Man .COL.... 74

FRANCES DRAKE Tuttles of Tahiti .RKO...101 Affairs of Martha . .MGM. .. 73

ELLEN DREW The Remarkable Andrew .PAR. .. 85 My Favorite Sny .. .RKO. .. 83

JUNE DUPREZ FOX.... 81

FAY EMERSON Secret Enemies .WAR . . 72 Murder in the Big House . WAR. .. 70 The Lady Gangster .WAR. .. 66

JINX FALKENBURG Sweetheart of the Fleet .COL.... 71

FRANCES FARMER Son of Fury .FOX....142 Take a Letter, Darling ..PAR ...127 Among the Living . .PAR ... 74 Talk of the Town .COL....152 Twin Beds . U.A.105 A Night for Crime . PRC.... 69

EDITH FELLOWS Criminal Investigator .MONO . . 70

BETTY FIELD Kings Row . WAR .146 Are Husbands Necessary? .PAR... 100 Atlantic Convoy ...COL.... 72

GERALDINE FITZGERALD The Gay Sisters .WAR. ..134

JANE FRAZEE Hellzapoppin’ ...UNIV..126 What’s Cookin’ .UNIV. .. 75 Moonlight in Havana .TTNIV.... 74 Don’t Get Personal ...TJNIV ... 74 Get Hep to Love .UNIV.... 70 Moonlight Masquerade . RE0.... 67 Almost Married .UNIV.... 64

FRANCES GIFFORD Tombstone .PAR. .. 78

HELEN GILBERT Beyond the Blue Horizon .PAR. ..116 Falcon Takes Over . RKO 74 Isle of Missing Men .MONO. .. 72

ANN GILLIS Tough as They Come __UNIV.... 68

VIRGINIA GILMORE Pride of the Yankees ...RKO....166 Berlin Correspondent . . .FOX.. 77 Edgar Allen Poe . FOX.... 73

LUCILLE GLEASON She’s in the Army . MONO.... 71

BONITA GRANVILLE H. M. Pullham, Esquire __ ...MGM....114 The Glass Key .PAR ...109 Syncopation .RKO. .. 91 Down in San Diego .MGM. .. 66

KATHRYN GRAYSON Rio Rita .MGM ..131 Seven Sweethearts .... MGM.... 87 Vanishing Virginian .MGM. .. 85

CHARLOTTE GREENWOOD Springtime in the Rockies .FOX....147 Perfect Snob .FOX. 68

VIRGINIA GREY Tish . .MGM ... 91 Grand Central Murder .MGM.... 70 Mr. and Mrs. North .MGM.... 69

ANNE GWYNNE Rie ’Em Cowboy .UNIV....138 Sin Town .UNIV ... 92 Men of Texas ...UNIV. .. 85 Road Agent .,.UNIV. .. 76 Don’t Get Personal .UNty 74 You’re Telling Me .ITNTV. .. 71 Strange Case of Dr. Rx .UNIV.... 70 Melody Lane .TTNTV.... fig Jail House Blues .UNIV. .. 65

KAY HARRIS Spirit of Stanford .COL.... 70 Sabotage Squadron .COT,.... 67

Parachute Nurse .... .COL. .. 65 MARGIE HART

Lure of the Islands .MONO. .. 71 JUNE HAVOC

Four Jacks and a Jill ..RKO ... 80 Powder Town . ...RKO ... 70 Sing Your Worries Awav .RKO.... 65

GRACE HAYES Zis, Boom, Bah ...MONO. .. 62

MARGARET HAYES The Lady Has Plans .PAR....100

SUSAN HAYWARD Forest Rangers ..PAR....140 I Married a Witch .U.A.110 Among the Living .PAR ... 74

MARY HEALY Zis, Boom, Bah .MONO ... 62

IRENE HERVEY Unseen Enemy .UNIV.... 77 Half Way to Shanghai .UNIV.... 76 Frisco Lil .UNIV. .. 73 Destination Unknown .UNIV. .. 72 Bombay Clipper ..UNIV.... 71

HARRIET HILLIARD Canal Zone ..COL. .. 73

ROSE HOBART No Hands on the Clock .PAR.... 72 Mr. and Mrs. North .MGM.... 69 Gallant Lady .PRC.... 67

FAY HOLDEN Courtship of Andv Hardy .MGM....133 H. M. Pullham, Esquire .MGM.. .114

MARY HOWARD Edgar Allan Po ' .FOX 73 Who Is Hope Schuyler? .WAR ... 72 Through Different Eyes . .WAR.... 69

ROCHELLE HUDSON Rubber Racketeers .MONO.... 68 Queen of Broadway .PRC. .. 67

MARY BETH HUGHES Orchestra Wives .FOX....127 Design for Scandal ..MGM ...107 Night Before the Divorce .FOX.... 70 Blue, White and Perfect ... .FOX. .. 68

MARSHA HUNT Panama Hattie .MGM....133 Seven Sweethearts . MGM.... 87 Joe Smith, American . .MGM ... 84 Kid Glove Killer . MGM ... 74 Affairs of Martha . MGM.... 73

BETTY HUTTON The Fleet’s In ..PAR....124

RUTH RUSSEY H. M. Pullham, Esquire ...MGM ...114 Pierre of the Plains .MGM . 70

FRIEDA INESCORT Remember the Day .FOX 126

GLORIA JEAN Never Give a Sucker an Even

Break .UNIV.... 82 What’s Cookin’ .UNIV ... 75 Get Hep to Love .UNIV ... 70

RITA JOHNSON The Major and the Minor .PAR... 155

BRENDA JOYCE Little Tokyo .FOX.... 81 Postman Didn’t Ring ...FOX.... 72 Whispering Ghosts . FOX.... 72 Right to the Heart .FOX. .. 70

ARLINE JUDGE The Lady Is Willing .COL.... 93 Wildcat .PAR. .. 74 Harvard, Here I Come .COL 70

NANCY KELLY To the Shores of Tripoli ... .FOX....137 Fly by Night ...PAR.... 70 Friendly Enemies .U.A. 68

PATSY KELLY Playmates ..RKO. .. 92 Call Out the Marines . .RKO . 88

EVELYN KEYES Flight Lieutenant .COL ... 106 Adventures of Martin Edon .COL 78

ELYSE KNOX The Mummies Tomb .TTNIV.... 96 Top Sergeant ..UNIV ... 76

CAROL LANDIS My Gal Sal ...FOX.. .145 Orcestra Wives .. .FOX....127 Manila Calling . .FOX.... 87 Gentleman at Heart .FOX.... 80 Cadet Girl ....FOX. .. 73 It Happened in Flatbush ..FOX.... 72

LOLA LANE Miss V From Moscow .PRC.... 69

JUNE LANG City of Silent Men ...PRC . 66

FRANCES LANGFORD Swing It, Soldier .TTNIV. .. 73 Mississippi GambUr . UNIV.... 73

ANNA LEE Flying Tigers Little Tokyo REP. .138

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JOAN LESLIE Yankee Doodle Dandy .WAR .222 The Male Animal .WAR . .109

KAY LINAKER Men of Texas .UNIV.... 84 A Close Call for Ellery Queen .COL. .. 72

MARGARET LINDSAY The Spoilers .UNIV ... 112 Enemy Agent Meets Ellery

Queen .COL ... 73 A Close Call for Ellery Queen .COL ... 72 Ellery Queen’s Desperate Chance ..COL.... 71 Sweetheart of the Fleet .COL.... 71 Ellery Queen’s Murder Ring .COL ... 68

MARGARET LINDSLEY Tragedy at Midnight . REP.... 73

MARJORIE LORD Moonlight in Havana .UNIV.... 74 Escape From Hong Kong ..UNIV.... 73 Timber ..UNIV.... 72

DOROTHY LOVETT Sing Your Worries Away ...RKO.... 65

HATTIE McDANIEL George Washington Slept Here ..WAR... 145 The Male Animal .WAR....109

grace McDonald Give Out, Sisters ...UNIV. .. 74

FAY McKENZIE Remember Pearl Harbor .REP ... 76

ALINE McMAHON The Lady Is Willing ..COL.... 93

MARJORIE MAIN The Bugle Sounds . MGM....116 Jackass Mail . MGM....111 Tish ... .MGM.... 91 Affairs of Martha ...MGM.... 73

IRENE MANNING The Big Shot ..WAR....117 Spy Ship ...WAR ... 68

MONA MARIS My Gal Sal . FOX.. .145 Underground ...WAR. .. 80 Berlin Correspondent . ..FOX. .. 77 Pacific Rendezvous __ _MGM.... 72

JOAN MARSH Police Bullets . MONO.... 68

BRENDA MARSHALL Captain of the Clouds __WAR....142 You Can’t Escape Forever . WAR. .. 89

MARION MARTIN Tales of Manhattan - --FOX....157 Powder Town _RKO.... 70

OSA MASSEN Iceland . ..FOX. ...142 Devil Pays Off ____REP ... 63

ILLONA MASSEY Invisible Agent - ---.UNIV.... 92

UNA MERKEL Twin Beds ...U.A.108 Mad Dr. of Market Street __UNIV.... 82

GERTRUDE MICHAEL Prisoner of Japan ..PRC.... 72

ANN MILLER Priorities on Parade ...PAR.... 78 True to the Army ..PAR.... 75 Go West, Young Lady __-.COL.... 68

CARMEN MIRANDA Springtime in the Rockies __FOX....147

MARIA MONTEZ Bombay Clipper ....UNIV. .. 71 Mystery of Marie Roget .UNIV.... 71

PEGGY MORAN Seven Sweethearts ...MGM.... 87 Drums of the Congo .UNIV.... 73 Treat ’Em Rough ..UNIV.... 72 There’s One Born Every Minute ..UNIV.... 71

PATRICIA MORRISON Beyond the Blue Horizon .PAR ...116 Are Husbands Necessary? __PAR ...100 A Night in New Orleans ...PAR.... 80

MICHELLE MORGAN Joan of Paris ...RKO. .. 84

MOVITA Tower of Terror .MONO ... 67

ONA MUNSON Shanghai Gesture . . U.A.108 Drums of the Congo .UNIV ... 73

ANNE NAGEL Sealed Lips . .UNIV.... 68 The Mad Monster . . PRC.... 67

MARTHA O’DRISCOLL Reap the Wild Wind ..PAR . .182 Pacific Blackout .PAR. .. 68

MAUREEN O’HARA The Black Swan .FOX....176 How Green Was My Valley .FOX....164 To the Shores of Tripoli .FOX....137 10 Gentlemen From West Point ....FOX...113

MAUREEN O’SULLIVAN Tarzan’s New York Adventure ....MGM ...104 Tarzan’s Secret Treasure .MGM ...103

JEAN PARKER Hi, Neighbor ...REP.... 76 Girl From Alaska . . ..REP. .. 76 Torpedo Boat ... _ __PAR ... 75 Hello, Annapolis .COL. .. 73 The Traitor Within . REP. .. 73 Tomorrow We Live ...PRC.... 72 No Hands on the Clock ..PAR ... 72 I Live on Danger ...PAR.... 72

CECILIA PARKER Courtship of Andy Hardy .MGM. 133 Seven Sweethearts .MGM ... 87 Grand Central Murder _MGM.... 70

HELEN PARRISH They All Kissed the Bride ....COL. .116 X Marks the Spot ..REP.... 72

GAIL PATRICK Tales of Manhattan . .FOX.... 157 Kathleen ......MGM. .. 84

ELIZABETH PATTERSON My Sister Eileen ...COL....156 I Married a Witch . .U.A—110 Her Cardboard Lover ..MGM....98 Almost Married .UNIV. .. 64

SUSAN PETERS The Tiger Shot .WAR ..117 Tish .MGM.... 91

JEAN PHILLIPS Dr. Broadway .PAR. .. 75

ZASU PITTS Bashful Bachelor .RKO.... 98 Tish . .MGM ... 91 So’s Your Aunt Emma .MONO ... 72 Mexican Spitfire at Sea ....RKO ... 72 Miss Polly ..U.A— 68 Week End for Three __RKO.... 67

JUANITA QUIGLEY A Yank at Eton ... .MGM . 122

MARTHA RAYE Hellzapoppin’ ....UNIV....126

DONNA REED Courtship of Andy Hardy .MGM....133 The Bugle Sounds ..MGM....116 Eyes in the Night ... .MGM....86 Apache Trail . . MGM. .. 76 Calling Dr. Gillespie .MGM. .. 73 Mokey .:.....MGM.... 72

HELENE REYNOLDS Girl Trouble ...FOX. .. 88 Man Who Wouldn’t Die ...FOX.... 70

MARJORIE REYNOLDS Holiday Inn ..PAR...170

BETTY RHODES Priorities on Parade .PAR.... 78

FLORENCE RICE Tramp, Tramp, Tramp ..COL. .. 68 Let’s Get Tough .MONO. 68 Borrowed Hero .MONO ... 68 Boss of Big Town ...PRC ... 67 Blonde From Singapore .COL. .. 67

IRENE RICH This Time for Keeps ...MGM.... 73

ELIZABETH RISDON The Lady Has Plans .PAR ...100 Mexican Spitfire Sees a Ghost _RKO.... 78 Mexican Spitfire’s Elephant .RKO ... 73 Mexican Spitfire at Sea .RKO. .. 72 I Live on Danger .PAR.... 72 Jail House Blues .UNIV.... 65

LYNN ROBERTS Dr. Renault’s Secret .FOX ... 77 Man in the Trunk . .FOX.... 72

MAY ROBSON Playmates .RKO. .. 92 Joan of Paris .RKO. .. 84

JEAN ROGERS War Against Mrs. Hadley .MGM ... 92 Pacific Rendezvous . MGM. .. 72 Sunday Punch . MGM 63

SHIRLEY ROSS Sailors on Leave .REP. .. 70

ANN RUTHERFORD Orchestra Wives .FOX .127 This Time For Keeps .MGM. .. 73

SHEILA RYAN A Haunting We Will Go .FOX ... 85 Careful, Soft Shoulders .FOX. .. 73 Who Is Hope Schuyler? .FOX.... 72 Pardon My Stripes .REP.... 69

ANNE SHIRLEY Mayor of 44th Street .RKO. .. 81 Four Jacks and a Jill ..RKO ... 80

GINNY SIMMS Seven Days Leave .RKO....116 Here We Go Again ...RKO....104 Playmates .RKO ... 92

PENNY SINGLETON Blondie for Victory ..COL. .. 74 Blondie Goes to College .COL. .. 72 Blondie’s Blessed Event .COL.... 72 Go West, Young Lady .COL. .. 68

ALEXIS SMITH Gentleman Jim . .WAR .127 Steel Against the Sky ...WAR.... 67

GALE SONDERGAARD Enemy Agent Meets Ellery .COL.... 73

Queen . COL.... 73 KATHERINE STEVENS

A Great Man’s Lady ..PAR....108 GALE STORM

Foreign Agent ..MONO. .. 69 Smart Alecs .MONO.... 67 Freckles Comes Home ...MONO. .. 66 Let’s Go Collegiate ..MONO.... 64

RUTH TERRY Affairs of Jimmy Valentine ..REP ... 70

GENE TIERNEY Son of Fury .FOX ..142 Thunderbirds .FOX. .114 Shanghai Gesture .U.A.108 Rings on Her Fingers . .FOX ... 82

CLAIRE TREVOR Crossroads .j.-'MGM....126 Adventures of Martin Eden .COL . . 78

VERA VAGUE Priorities on Parade . .PAR.... 78

KAAREN VERNE Kings Row .WAR .146 All Through the Night .WAR 118 Underground . WAR 80 Great Impersonation .UNIV. .. 71

MARJORIE WEAVER The Mad Martindales .. FOX ... 73 Just Off Broadwav .FOX. .. 73 Man Who Wouldn’t Die .FOX. .. 70 i

VIRGINIA WEIDLER This Time for Keeps .MGM. .. 73 Affairs of Martha . MGM. .. 73 Born to Sing . .MGM.... 64

HELEN WESTLEY My Favorite Spy ..RKO.... 83

ARLEEN WHELAN Castles in the Desert ..FOX.... 73

DAME MAY WHITTY Mrs. Miniver ... .MGM. .244 Thunderbirds ..FOX .114

MARIE WILSON She’s in the Army .MONO. .. 71 Harvard, Here I Come .COL ... 70

ANNA MAY WONG Bombs Over Burma ___PRC. .. 70

JOAN WOODBURY Sweetheart of the Fleet .COL ... 71 Phantom Killer ...MONO ... 68 Man From Headquarters .MONO.... 66

MARJORIE WOODWORTH Flying With Music . U.A. 70 Dudes Are Pretty People .U.A. 65 Brooklyn Orchid . .U.A— 65

FAY WRAY Not a Lady’s Man .COL ... 73

COBINA WRIGHT, JR. Footlight Serenade .FOX....129 Right to the Heart . ...FOX. .. 70 Small Town Deb . ...FOX. .. 69

TERESA WRIGHT Mrs. Miniver .MGM .244 Pride of the Yankees .RKO . .166

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