Thursday, December 31, 1942 - Wednesday, January 6, 1943 (1 Week)
Random Harvest
Starring Ronald Colman and Greer Garson
Directed by Mervyn LeRoy
A Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Picture
126 Minutes
"Victory Vittles"with Pete Smith / Directed by Will Jason / A Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Short Subject in Technicolor
Continuous from 12:00 Noon
"Near your home is a BUS or a STREETCAR to take you direct to OUR THEATRES."
"Buy U.S. Stamps and Bonds Now! At Box-Office"
Day and Date: Loew's State Theatre, Downtown Fox Ritz Theatre, Mid-Wilshire Fox Carthay Circle Theatre, Mid-Wilshire
Reported Gross "Random Harvest" @ 33¢ - 85¢
Week
Week Ending
Perfs.
Gross
1
Wednesday, January 8, 1943
35
$19,400
Totals
7 Days
Daily Average: $2,771
--
--
1 Week
Average Performance: $554
35
$19,400
Source: Variety
Thursday, January 7, 1943 - Wednesday, January 13, 1943 (1 Week)
The Moon and Sixpence
Starring George Sanders
and Herbert Marshall
Directed by Albert Lewin
A David L. Loew/Albert Lewin Production
A United Artists Release
89 Minutes
The Devil with Hitler
Starring Alan Mowbray
and Bobby Watson
Directed by Gordon Douglas
A Hal Roach Production
A United Artists Release
44 Minutes
"Pluto at the Zoo" Starring Pluto / Directed by Clyde Geronimi / A Walt Disney Production in Technicolor / An R-K-O-Radio Pictures
Release
"Sign a Bond. . .and Pass the Ammunition. . . Buy Bonds!"
Day and Date: Loew's State Theatre, Downtown Fox Ritz Theatre, Mid-Wilshire
Reported Gross "Moon and Sixpence" @ 33¢ - 85¢
Week
Week Ending
Gross
1
Wednesday, January 13, 1943
$11,000
Totals
7 Days
Daily Average: $1,571
--
1 Week
$11,000
Source: Variety
Thursday, January 14, 1943 - Wednesday, January 20, 1943 (1 Week)
China Girl
Starring Gene Tierney
and George Montgomery
Directed by Henry Hathaway
A 20th Century-Fox Picture
95 Minutes
Over My Dead Body
Starring Milton Berle
and Mary Beth Hughes
Directed by Malcolm St. Clair
A 20th Century-Fox Picture
68 Minutes
"Der Fuehrer's Face" Starring Donald Duck / Directed by Jack Kinney / A Walt Disney Production in Technicolor / An R-K-O-Radio Pictures
Release
"On to Victory! United Nations Week, January 14-20, 1943"
Day and Date: Loew's State Theatre, Downtown
Reported Gross "China Girl" @ 33¢ - 85¢
Week
Week Ending
Gross
1
Wednesday, January 20, 1943
$
Totals
7 Days
Daily Average: $1,385
--
1 Week
$9,700
Source: Variety
Thursday, January 21, 1943 - Wednesday, January 27, 1943 (1 Week)
Stand by for Action
Starring Robert Taylor
and Brian Donlevy
Directed by Robert Z. Leonard
A Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Picture
109 Minutes
The McGuerins from Brooklyn
Starring William Bendix
and Grace Bradley
Directed by Kurt Neumann
A Hal Roach Production
A United Artists Release
45 Minutes
Thursday, January 28, 1943 - Wednesday, February 3, 1943 (1 Week)
In Which We Serve
Starring Noel Coward and John Mills
Directed by Noel Coward and David Lean
A Two Cities Production / A United Artists Release
115 Minutes
"Bell Boy Donald" Starring Donald Duck / Directed by Jack King / A Walt Disney Production in Technicolor / An R-K-O-Radio Pictures
Release
35¢ until 1:00 PM including tax
"Buy U.S. Stamps and Bonds Now! At Box-Office"
Day and Date: Loew's State Theatre, Downtown Fox Ritz Theatre, Mid-Wilshire Fox Carthay Circle Theatre, Mid-Wilshire
Reported Gross "In Which We Serve" @ 33¢ - 85¢
Week
Week Ending
Perfs.
Gross
1
Wednesday, February 3, 1943
35
$10,600
Totals
7 Days
Daily Average: $1,514
--
--
1 Week
Average Performance: $303
35
$10,600
Source: Variety
Thursday, February 4, 1943 - Wednesday, February 10, 1943 (1 Week)
Immortal Sergeant
Starring Henry Fonda
and Maureen O'Hara
Directed by John M. Stahl
A 20th Century-Fox Picture
91 Minutes
Margin for Error
Starring Joan Bennett
and Milton Berle
Directed by Otto Preminger
A 20th Century-Fox Picture
74 Minutes
Week Days General Admission 40¢ until 1:00 PM including tax
Doors Open 12:00 Noon
"Buy U.S. Stamps and Bonds Now! At Box-Office"
"Marines in the Making" with Pete Smith / Directed by Herbert Polesie / A Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Short Subject
40¢ until 1:00 PM, 50¢ until 6:00 PM, 65¢ Nights
— General Admission including tax
Day and Date: Loew's State Theatre, Downtown Fox Ritz Theatre, Mid-Wilshire
Reported Gross "The Meanest Man in the World" @ 33¢ - 85¢
Week
Week Ending
Gross
1
Wednesday, February 24, 1943
$11,000
Totals
7 Days
Daily Average: $1,571
--
1 Week
$11,000
Source: Variety
Thursday, February 25, 1943 - Wednesday, March 3, 1943 (1 Week)
Whistling in Dixie
Starring Red Skelton
and Ann Rutherford
Directed by S. Sylvan Simon
A Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Picture
74 Minutes
Journey for Margaret
Starring Robert Young
and Laraine Day
Directed by Louis King
A Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Picture
81 Minutes
"Point Rationing of Foods" - Fully Explained, See How It Works with Robert C. Bruce / Directed by Chuck Jones / A Leon Schlesinger Studio Production for the U.S. Office of War Information
40¢ until 1:00 PM, 50¢ until 6:00 PM, 65¢ Nights
— General Admission including tax
Continuous from 12:00 Noon
Day and Date: Loew's State Theatre, Downtown
Reported Gross "Whistling in Dixie" @ 33¢ - 85¢
Week
Week Ending
Gross
1
Wednesday, March 3, 1943
$10,500
Totals
7 Days
Daily Average: $1,500
--
1 Week
$10,500
Source: Variety
Thursday, March 4, 1943 - Wednesday, March 10, 1943 (1 Week)
Seven Sweethearts
Starring Kathryn Grayson
and Marsha Hunt
Directed by Frank Borzage
A Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Picture
98 Minutes
40¢ until 1:00 PM, 50¢ until 6:00 PM, 65¢ Nights
— General Admission including tax
Continuous from 12:00 Noon
Day and Date: Loew's State Theatre, Downtown Fox Ritz Theatre, Mid-Wilshire
Reported Gross "Reunion in France" @ 33¢ - 85¢
Week
Week Ending
Gross
1
Wednesday, March 10, 1943
$11,100
Totals
7 Days
Daily Average: $1,586
--
1 Week
$11,100
Source: Variety
Thursday, March 11, 1943 - Wednesday, March 17, 1943 (1 Week)
Quiet Please, Murder
Starring George Sanders
and Gail Patrick
Directed by John Larkin
A 20th Century-Fox Picture
70 Minutes
40¢ until 1:00 PM, 50¢ until 6:00 PM, 65¢ Nights
— General Admission including tax
Continuous from 12:00 Noon
Day and Date: Loew's State Theatre, Downtown Fox Ritz Theatre, Mid-Wilshire
Thursday, March 18, 1943 - Tuesday, March 23, 1943 (1 Week)
Hello, Frisco, Hello
Starring Alice Faye and John Payne
Directed by H. Bruce Humberstone
A 20th Century-Fox Picture in Technicolor
99 Minutes
"At the Front in Tunisia" A documentary newsreel
40¢ until 1:00 PM including tax
Continuous from 12:00 Noon
Thursday, March 18, 1943:
Owl Shows Tonight!
Day and Date: Loew's State Theatre, Downtown Fox Ritz Theatre, Mid-Wilshire Fox Carthay Circle Theatre, Mid-Wilshire
Reported Gross "Hello, Frisco, Hello" @ 33¢ - 85¢
Week
Week Ending
Perfs.
Gross
1
Wednesday, March 24, 1943
35
$12,800
Totals
7 Days
Daily Average: $1,829
--
--
1 Week
Average Performance: $366
35
$12,800
Source: Variety
Hollywood Star Premiere, Wednesday, March 24, 1943 at 8:30 PM
Regular Engagement:
Thursday, March 25, 1943 - Wednesday, March 31, 1943 (1 Week)
The Young Mr. Pitt
Starring Robert Donat
and Robert Morley
Directed by Carol Reed
A 20th Century-Fox Picture
118 Minutes
Tonight We Raid Calais
Starring Annabella
and John Sutton
Directed by John Brahm
A 20th Century-Fox Picture
70 Minutes
40¢ until 1:00 PM including tax
Continuous from 12:00 Noon
Premiere Tickets on Sale at Box Office and Agencies. All seats reserved — "Star Circle; $5.50, others at $2.20 including tax
--
Proceeds to Junior League Convalescent Home and War Charities
Day and Date: Loew's State Theatre, Downtown Fox Ritz Theatre, Mid-Wilshire
Reported Gross "The Young Mr. Pitt" @ 33¢ - 85¢
Week
Week Ending
Gross
1
Wednesday, March 31, 1943
$10,500
Totals
7 Days
Daily Average: $1,500
--
1 Week
$10,500
Source: Variety
Thursday, April 1, 1943 - Wednesday, April 7, 1943 (1 Week)
Keeper of the Flame
Starring Spencer Tracy
and Katherine Hepburn
Directed by George Cukor
A Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Picture
100 Minutes
Thursday, April 8, 1943 - Wednesday, April 14, 1943 (1 Week)
Pittsburgh
Starring Marlene Dietrich
and Randolph Scott
Directed by Lewis Seiler
A Universal Picture
91 Minutes
When Johnny Comes Marching Home
Starring Allan Jones
and Jane Frazee
Directed by Charles Lamont
A Universal Picture
74 Minutes
"Food Crisis" from The March of Time / A Time-Life Production / An R-K-O Radio Pictures
Release
40¢ until 1:00 PM
Continuous from 12:00 Noon
Day and Date: Loew's State Theatre, Downtown
Reported Gross "Pittsburgh" @ 33¢ - 85¢
Week
Week Ending
Gross
1
Wednesday, April 14, 1943
$9,500
Totals
7 Days
Daily Average: $1,357
--
1 Week
$9,500
Source: Variety
Thursday, April 15, 1943 - Wednesday, April 21, 1943 (1 Week)
The Moon is Down
Starring Sir Cedric Hardwicke
and Henry Travers
Directed by Irving Pichel
A 20th Century-Fox Picture
90 Minutes
Dixie Dugan
Starring James Ellison
and Charlotte Greenwood
Directed by Otto Brower
A 20th Century-Fox Picture
63 Minutes
"Buy More War Bonds! They Give Their Lives. . . You Lend Your Money. 2nd War Bond Drive!"
"These are the Civil Defense Safety Award Theatres"
"Buy More War Bonds"
Doors Open 12:00 Noon
Day and Date: Loew's State Theatre, Downtown Fox Ritz Theatre, Mid-Wilshire Fox Carthay Circle Theatre, Mid-Wilshire
Reported Gross "The Moon is Down" @ 33¢ - 85¢
Week
Week Ending
Gross
1
Wednesday, April 21, 1943
$11,400
Totals
7 Days
Daily Average: $1,628
--
1 Week
$11,400
Source: Variety
Thursday, April 22, 1943 - Wednesday, April 28, 1943 (1 Week)
Slightly Dangerous
Starring Lana Turner
and Robert Young
Directed by Wesley Ruggles
A Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Picture
94 Minutes
Tennessee Johnson
Starring Van Heflin
and Lionel Barrymore
Directed by William Dieterle
A Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Picture
103 Minutes
"Plan for Destruction" Featuring Lewis Stone / Directed by Edward L. CahnA Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Short Subject / 22 Minutes
40¢ until 1:00 PM including tax
Doors Open at 11:40 AM
"Buy More War Bonds!"
"These are the Civil Defense Safety Award Theatres"
Day and Date: Loew's State Theatre, Downtown Fox Ritz Theatre, Mid-Wilshire Fox Carthay Circle Theatre, Mid-Wilshire
Reported Gross "Slightly Dangerous" @ 33¢ - 85¢
Week
Week Ending
Gross
1
Wednesday, April 28, 1943
$10,000
Totals
7 Days
Daily Average: $1,728
--
1 Week
$10,000
Source: Variety
Photo by Sergeant James J. Kee, USMC.
Thursday, April 29, 1943 - Wednesday, May 5, 1943 (1 Week)
My Friend Flicka
Starring Roddy McDowall
and Preston Foster
Directed by Harold D. Schuster
A 20th Century-Fox Picture
In Technicolor
89 Minutes
Desert Victory
Narrated by J.L. Hodson
Directed by Roy Boulting
and David MacDonald
Produced by the Royal Air Force Film Production Unit and the U.S. Army Film and Photographic Unit
A 20th Century-Fox Release
62 Minutes
"Private Pluto" Starring Pluto / Directed by Clyde Geronimi / A Walt Disney Production in Technicolor / An R-K-O Radio Pictures
Release
Doors Open at 12:00 Noon
"These are the Civil Defense Safety Award Theatres"
"Buy More War Bonds!"
Day and Date: Loew's State Theatre, Downtown Fox Carthay Circle Theatre, Mid-Wilshire Fox Ritz Theatre, Mid-Wilshire
Reported Gross "My Friend Flicka" @ 40¢ - 85¢
Week
Week Ending
Gross
1
Wednesday, May 5, 1943
$11,500
Totals
7 Days
Daily Average: $1,643
--
1 Week
$11,500
Source: Variety
Thursday, May 6, 1943 - Wednesday, May 12, 1943 (1 Week)
Cabin in the Sky
Starring Ethel Waters
and Eddie "Rochester" Anderson
Directed by Vincente Minelli
A Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Picture
98 Minutes
Thursday, May 13, 1943 - Wednesday, May 19, 1943 (1 Week)
The Human Comedy
Starring Mickey Rooney and Frank Morgan
Directed by Clarence Brown
A Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Picture
117 Minutes
"Sufferin' Cats" Satrring Tom and Jerry / Directed by Joseph Barbera and William Hanna / A Metro-Golwyn-Mayer Cartoon in Technicolor
40¢ until 1:00 PM including tax
Doors Open at 12;00 Noon
"Buy More War Bonds!"
"These are the Civil Defense Safety Award Theatres"
Day and Date: Loew's State Theatre, Downtown Fox Carthay Circle Theate, Mid-Wilshire
Fox Ritz Theatre, Mid-Wilshire
Tuesday, May 18, 1943:
Grauman's Chinese Theatre 16th Birthday Today
Reported Gross "The Human Comedy" @ 40¢ - 85¢
Week
Week Ending
Perfs.
Gross
1
Wednesday, May 19, 1943
35
$13,800
Totals
7 Days
Daily Average: $1,971
--
--
1 Week
Average Performance: $394
35
$13,800
Source: Variety
Thursday, May 20, 1943 - Wednesday, May 26, 1943 (1 Week)
The Powers Girl
Starring George Murphy
and Anne Shirley
Directed by Norman Z. McLeod
A Charles R. Rogers Production
A United Artists Release
93 Minutes
Three Hearts for Julia
Starring Ann Sothern
and Melvyn Douglas
Directed by Richard Thorpe
A Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Picture
83 Minutes
"Fala, the President's Dog" with Pete Smith / Directed by Gunther von Fritsch / A Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Short Subject
40¢ until 1:00 PM
Doors Open at 12:00 Noon
"Buy More War Bonds!"
Day and Date: Loew's State Theatre, Downtown Fox Ritz Theatre, Mid-Wilshire
Reported Gross "The Powers Girl" @ 40¢ - 85¢
Week
Week Ending
Gross
1
Wednesday, May 26, 1943
$10,200
Totals
7 Days
Daily Average: $1,574
--
1 Week
$10,200
Source: Variety
Thursday, May 27, 1943 - Wednesday, June 2, 1943 (1 Week)
Taxi, Mister
Starring William Bendix
and Grace Bradley
Directed by Kurt Neumann
A Hal Roach Production
A United Artists Release
46 Minutes
"Wings Up" with Captain Clark Gable / Directed by Gunther von Fritsch / Produced by the First Motion Picture Unit, U.S. Armed Forces and the U.S. Office of War Inoformation, released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
40¢ until 1:00 PM
including tax
Doors Open at 12:00 Noon
"Buy More War Bonds!"
Day and Date: Loew's State Theatre, Downtown Fox Carthay Circle Theatre, Mid-Wilshire Fox Ritz Theatre, Mid-Wilshire
Thursday, June 3, 1943 - Wednesday, June 9, 1943 (1 Week)
The Crystal Ball
Starring Ray Milland
and Paulette Goddard
Directed by Elliot Nugent
A Cinema Guild Production
Released by United Artsts
81 Minutes
Young and Willing
Starring William Holden
and Eddie Braken
Directed by Edward H. Griffith
A Cinema Guild Production
Released by United Artsts
83 Minutes
"Show Business at War" form The March of Time / A Time-Life Production / An R-K-O Radio Pictures
Release
4
0¢ until 1:00 PM
Doors Open at 12:00 Noon
"Buy More War Bonds"
Day and Date: Loew's State Theatre, Downtown Fox Ritz Theatre, Mid-Wilshire
Reported Gross "The Crystal Ball" @ 40¢ - 85¢
Week
Week Ending
Gross
1
Wednesday, June 9, 1943
$10,600
Totals
7 Days
Daily Average: $1,514
--
1 Week
$10,600
Source: Variety
Thursday, June 10, 1943 - Wednesday, June 16, 1943 (1 Week)
A Stranger in Town
Starring Frank Morgan
and Richard Carlson
Directed by Roy Rowland
A Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Picture
67 Minutes
40¢ until 1:00 PM
Doors Open at 12:00 Noon
"Buy More War Bonds!"
"These are the Civil Defense Safety Award Theatres"
Day and Date: Loew's State Theatre, Downtown Fox Ritz Theatre, Mid-Wilshire
Reported Gross "Bataan" @ 40¢ - 85¢
Week
Week Ending
Gross
1
Wednesday, June 16, 1943
$12,300
Totals
7 Days
Daily Average: $1,757
--
1 Week
$12,300
Source: Variety
Thursday, June 17, 1943 - Wednesday, June 23, 1943 (1 Week)
Coney Island
Starring Betty Grable
and George Montgomery
Directed by Walter Lang
A 20th Century-Fox Picture
In Technicolor
96 Minutes
Thursday, June 24, 1943 - Wednesday, June 30, 1943 (1 Week)
The Ox-Bow Incident
Starring Henry Fonda
and Dana Andrews
Directed by William A. Wellman
A 20th Century-Fox Picture
75 Minutes
Two Senoritas from Chicago
Starring Joan Davis
and Jinx Falkenburg
Directed by Frank Woodruff
A Columbia Picture
67 Minutes
"Invasion" form The March of Time / A Time-Life Production / An R-K-O Radio Pictures
Release
40¢ until 1:00 PM
including tax
Doors Open at 12:00 Noon
"Buy More War Bonds!"
"These are the Civil Defense Safety Award Theatres"
Day and Date: Loew's State Theatre, Downtown Fox Ritz Theatre, Mid-Wilshire
Reported Gross "The Ox-Box Incident" @ 40¢ - 85¢
Week
Week Ending
Gross
1
Wednesday, June 30, 1943
$11,700
Totals
7 Days
Daily Average: $1,671
--
1 Week
$11,700
Source: Variety
Thursday, July 1, 1943 - Wednesday, July 7, 1943 (1 Week)
Pilot #5
Starring Franchot Tone
and Marsha Hunt
Directed by George Sidney
A Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Picture
71 Minutes
40¢ until 1:00 PM including tax
Doors Open at 12:00 Noon
"Build the Cruiser 'Los Angeles' Buy an Extra War Bond in July!"
"These are the Civil Defense Safety Award Theatres"
Day and Date: Loew's State Theatre, Downtown Fox Carthay Circle Theatre, Mid-Wilshire Fox Ritz Theatre, Mid-Wilshire
Reported Gross "Presenting Lily Mars" @ 40¢ - 85¢
Week
Week Ending
Gross
1
$15,600
Totals
7 Days
Daily Average: $2,228
--
1 Week
$15,600
Source: Variety
Thursday, July 8, 1943 - Wednesday, July 14, 1943 (1 Week)
Stage Door Canteen
Starring Cheryl Walker and William Terry
Directed by Frank Borzage
A Sol Lesser/Principal Artists Production / A United Artists Release
132 Minutes
"Pluto and the Armadillo" Starring Pluto / Directed by Clyde Geronimi / A Walt Disney Production in Technicolor / An R-K-O Radio Pictures
Release
40¢ until 1:00 PM including tax
Doors Open at 12:00 Noon
"Build the Cruiser 'Los Angeles' Buy an Extra War Bondin July!"
"These are the Civil Defense Safety Award Theatres"
Day and Date: Loew's State Theatre, Downtown Fox Ritz Theatre, Mid-Wilshire Fox Carthay Circle Theatre, Mid-Wilshire
Reported Gross "Stage Door Canteen" @ 40¢ - 85¢
Week
Week Ending
Perfs.
Gross
1
Wednesday, July 14, 1943
35
$17,000
Totals
7 Days
Daily Average: $2,428
--
--
1 Week
Average Performance: $486
35
$17,000
Source: Variety
Thursday, July 15, 1943 - Wednesday, July 21, 1943 (1 Week)
Lady of Burlesque
Starring Barbara Stanwyck
and Michael O'Shea
Directed by William A. Wellman
A Hunt Stromberg Production
A United Artists Release
91 Minutes
Yanks Ahoy!
Starring William Tracy
and Joe Sawyer
Directed by Kurt Neumann
A Hal Roach Production
A United Artists Release
60 Minutes
40¢ until 1:00 PM including tax
Doors Open at 12:00 Noon
"Build the Cruiser 'Los Angeles' Buy an Extra War Bond!"
"These are the Civil Defense Safety Award Theatres"
Day and Date: Loew's State Theatre, Downtown Fox Carthay Circle Theatre, Mid-Wilshire Fox Ritz Theatre, Mid-Wilshire
Reported Gross "Lady of Burlesque" @ 40¢ - 85¢
Week
Week Ending
Gross
1
Wednesday, July 22, 1943
$14,200
Totals
7 Days
Daily Average: $2,028
--
1 Week
$14,200
Source: Variety
Thursday, July 22, 1943 - Wednesday, July 28, 1943 (1 Week)
Du Barry was a Lady
Starring Red Skelton
and Lucille Ball
Directed by Roy Del Ruth
A Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Picture
In Technicolor
101 Minutes
Harrigan's Kid
Starring Bobby Readick
and Frank Craven
Directed by Charles Reisner
A Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Picture
101 Minutes
40¢ until 1:00 PM including tax
Doors Open at 12:00 Noon
"Build the Cruiser 'Los Angeles' Buy an Extra War Bond!"
"These are the Civil Defense Safety Award Theatres"
Day and Date: Loew's State Theatre, Downtown Fox Ritz Theatre, Mid-Wilshire Fox Carthay Circle Theatre, Mid-Wilshire
Reported Gross "Du Barry was a Lady" @ 40¢ - 85¢
Week
Week Ending
Gross
1
Wednesday, July 28, 1943
$13,500
Totals
7 Days
Daily Average: $1,928
--
1 Week
$13,500
Source: Variety
Thursday, July 29, 1943 - Wednesday, August 4, 1943 (1 Week)
Stormy Weather
Starring Lena Horne
and Bill Robinson
Directed by Andrew L. Stone
A 20th Century-Fox Picture
78 Minutes
SCOOP! U.S. Invasion of Sicily - Official War Department Pictures (subject to air express delivery)
"Bill Jack vs Adolph Hitler" from The March of Time / A Time-Life Production / An R-K-O Radio Pictures
Release
40¢ until 1:00 PM including tax
Doors Open at 12:00 Noon
Build the Cruiser 'Los Angeles' Buy an Extra War Bond!"
"These are the Civil Defense Safety Award Theatres"
Day and Date: Fox Carthay Circle Theatre, Mid-Wilshire Loew's State Theatre, Downtown Fox Rivoli Theatre, Western & West Vernon Avenue Fox Ritz Theatre, Mid-Wilshire
Reported Gross "Stormy Weather" @ 40¢ - 85¢
Week
Week Ending
Gross
1
Wednesday, August 4, 1943
$13,300
Totals
7 Days
Daily Average: $1,900
--
1 Week
$13,300
Source: Variety
Thursday, August 5, 1943 - Wednesday, August 11, 1943 (1 Week)
Report from the Aleutians
Narrated and directed by John Huston
A U.S. Army Signal Corps Production
In Technicolor
A Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Release
47 Minutes
Thursday, August 12, 1943 - Wednesday, August 18, 1943 (1 Week)
Hangmen Also Die
Starring Brian Donlevy
and Walter Brennan
Directed by Fritz Lang
An Arnold Pressburger Production
A United Artists Release
134 Minutes
Follow the Band
Starring Leo Carrillo
and Leon Errol
Directed by Jean Yarbrough
A Universal Picture
61 Minutes
Reported Gross "The Youngest Profession" @ 40¢ - 85¢
Week
Week Ending
Gross
1
Wednesday, August 25, 1943
$10,200
Totals
7 Days
Daily Average: $1,457
--
1 Week
$10,200
Source: Variety
Thursday, August 26, 1943 - Wednesday, September 1, 1943 (1 Week)
Holy Matrimony
Starring Monty Woolley
and Gracie Fields
Directed by John M. Stahl
A 20th Century-Fox Picture
87 Minutes
Bomber's Moon
Starring George Montgomery
and Anabella
Directed by Edward Ludwig
and Harold D. Schister
A 20th Century-Fox Picture
67 Minutes
"And Then Japan" form The March of Time / A Time-Life Production / An R-K-O Radio Pictures Release
40¢ until 1:00 PM
Doors Open at 12:00 Noon
"Buy More War Bonds!"
"These are the Civil Defense Safety Award Theatres"
Day and Date: Loew's State Theatre, Downtown Fox Ritz Theatre, Mid-Wilshire
Reported Gross "Holy Matrimony" @ 40¢ - 85¢
Week
Week Ending
Gross
1
Wednesday, September 1, 1943
$12,900
Totals
7 Days
Daily Average: $1,842
--
1 Week
$12,900
Source: Variety
Thursday, September 2, 1943 - Wednesday, September 8, 1943 (1 Week)
Claudia
Starring Dorothy McGuire
and Robert Young
Directed by Edmund Goulding
A 20th Century-Fox Picture
91 Minutes
They Came to Blow Up America
Starring George Sanders
and Anna Sten
Directed by Edward Ludwig
A 20th Century-Fox Picture
73 Minutes
Hitler's Madmen
Starring Patricia Morison
and John Carradine
Directed by Douglas Sirk
A Producers Releasing Corporation Production
A Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Release
84 Minutes
Doors Open at 12:00 Noon
"Back the Attack! 3rd War Loan! Buy Bonds at these Theatres"
Day and Date: Loew's State Theatre, Downtown Fox Ritz Theatre, Mid-Wilshire
Reported Gross "The Sky's the Limit" @ 45¢ - 90¢
Week
Week Ending
Gross
1
Wednesday, Sepytember 15, 1943
$13,200
Totals
7 Days
Daily Average: $1,885
--
1 Week
$13,200
Source: Variety
Thursday, September 16, 1943 - Wednesday, September 22, 1943 (1 Week)
Someone to Remember
Starring Mabel Paige
and Harry Shannon
Directed by Robert Siodmack
A Republic Picture
80 Minutes
Doors Open at 12:00 Noon
"Back the Attack and See a Great Show! Gala Surprise Bond Premiere at the Paramount Theatre, Downtown, Monday, September 20, 1943 @ 8:30 PM Free Guest Tickets at These Theatres with Bond Purchase"
Day and Date: Loew's State Theatre, Downtown Fox Ritz Theatre, Mid-Wilshire
Reported Gross "Wintertime" @ 45¢ - 90¢
Week
Week Ending
Gross
1
Wednesday, September 22, 1943
$13,900
Totals
7 Days
Daily Average: $1,985
--
1 Week
$13,900
Source: Variety
"Mary M. Rottmond and a giant (Martin Lock) in front of Chinese Theatre Hollywood, California 9-18-43"
Thursday, September 23, 1943 - Wednesday, September 29, 1943 (1 Week)
Salute to the Marines
Starring Wallace Beery
and Fay Bainter
Directed by S. Sylvan Simon
A Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Picture
In Technicolor
101 Minutes
The Kansan
Starring Richard Dix
and Jane Wyatt
Directed by George Archainbaud
A Harry Sherman Production
A United Artists Release
79 Minutes
"Buy Bonds and See a Major Studio Feature Preview at the Pantages Hollwood Theatre, Monday Evening, September 27, 1943 @ 8:10 PM. Free Guest Tickets with Your Bond Purchase"
Doors Open at 12:00 Noon
"Back the Attack! 3rd War Loan! Buy Bonds at these Theatres"
Thursday, September 23, 1943:
Induction Ceremony, United States Marines Women's Reserve on Our Stage! California Women! Join the Marines and Release a Man to Fight!
Day and Date: Loew's State Theatre, Downtown Fox Ritz Theatre, Mid-Wilshire
Reported Gross "Salute to the Marines" @ 45¢ - 90¢
Week
Week Ending
Gross
1
Wednesday, September 29, 1943
$13,000
Totals
7 Days
Daily Average: $1,857
--
1 Week
$13,000
Source: Variety
Thursday, September 30, 1943 - Wednesday, October 6, 1943 (1 Week)
Sweet Rosie O'Grady
Starring Betty Grable
and Robert Young
Directed by Irving Cummings
A 20th Century-Fox Picture
In Technicolor
74 Minutes
Prairie Chickens
Starring Jimmy Rogers
and Noah Beery Jr.
Directed by Hal Roach Jr.
A Hal Roach Production
A United Artists Release
48 Minutes
"Victory Vehicles" Starring Goofy / Directed by Jack Kinney / A Walt Disney Production in Technicolor / An R-K-O Radio Pictures
Release
Doors Open at 12:00 Noon
"Back the Attack! 3rd War Loan! Buy Bonds at these Theatres"
Day and Date: Loew's State Theatre, Downtown Fox Ritz Theatre, Mid-Wilshire
Reported Gross "Sweet Rosie O'Grady" @ 45¢ - 90¢
Week
Week Ending
Gross
1
Wednesday, October 6, 1943
$17,600
Totals
7 Days
Daily Average: $2,514
--
1 Week
$17,600
Source: Variety
Thursday, October 7, 1943 - Wednesday, October 13, 1943 (1 Week)
Fired Wife
Starring Diana Barrymore
and Robert Paige
Directed by Charles Lamont
A Universal Picture
75 Minutes
Always a Bridesmaid
Starring The Andrew Sisters
and Patrick Knowles
Directed by Erie C. Kenton
A Universal Picture
61 Minutes
"Figaro and Cleo" / Directed by Jack Kinney / A Walt Disney Production in Technicolor / An R-K-O Radio Pictures
Release
Doors Open at 12:00 Noon
Premiere Proceeds to Benefit War Charities
Honoring the 168th Anniversary of the U.S. Marine Corps.
See and Hear Your Favorite Stars at the First "Lights Up" Hollywood Premiere Since Pearl Harbor!
See the U.S. Marine Exhibt in the Forecourt: Grumman Fighter Plane Credited with 26 Jap Zeroes in South Pacific and other U.S. Marine Guadalcanal Trophies
Starts Attending the Premiere:
William Bendix / Dorothy Lamour / Joan Crawford / Paul Muni / Claude Rains / Lt. Charles Rogers / Reginal Gardner / Maria Montes / Franchot Tone / James Brennan / Roy Roberts / Richard Conte / Lloyd Nolan / Gene Tierney / Roddy McDowall / Anne Baxter / Trudy Marshall / Mary Pickford / Gracie Fields / Arthur Treacher / Ann Rutherford / Mary Blaine / William Blythe / Ralph Bird / Richard Jaeckel
and Many More!
"SEE the U.S. MARINE EXHIBIT Forecourt CHINESE Theatre. . . GRUMMAN FIGHTER PLANE credited with 26 JAP ZEROS in South PACIFIC and other U.S. Marine Guadalcanal Trophies."
Day and Date: Fox Uptown Theatre, Western and Olympic Loew's State Theatre, Downtown Fox Carthay Circle Theatre, Mid-Wilshire
Reported Gross "Guadalcanal Diary" @ 45¢ - 90¢
Week
Week Ending
Gross
1
Wednesday, November 17, 1943 (8 Days)
$16,500
Totals
7 Days
Daily Average: $2,357
--
1 Week
$16,500
Source: Variety
Thursday, November 18, 1943 - Wednesday, November 24, 1943 (1 Week)
Lassie Come Home
Starring Roddy McDowall
and Donald Crisp
Directed by Fred M. Wilcox
A Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Picture
In Technicolor
89 Minutes
Young Ideas
Starring Susan Peters
and Herbert Marshall
Directed by Jules Dassin
A Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Picture
77 Minutes
Doors Open at 12:00 Noon
Thursday, November 18, 1943 at Noon:
"DOGGIE PREMIERE!Hollywood's aristocracy of dogdom will honor Lassie at the Hollywood premiere of her first starring picture in the forecourt of Grauman's Chinese THeatre. Today, noon."
Day and Date: Fox Uptown Theatre, Western and Olympic Loew's State Theatre, Downtown Fox Carthay Circle Theatre, Mid-Wilshire
Reported Gross "Lassie Come Home" @ 45¢ - 90¢
Week
Week Ending
Gross
1
Wednesday, November 24, 1943
$14,000
Totals
7 Days
Daily Average: $2,000
--
1 Week
$14,000
Source: Variety
Thursday, November 25, 1943 - Wednesday, December 1, 1943 (1 Week)
Thursday, December 16, 1943 - Wednesday, December 22, 1943 (1 Week)
Madame Curie
Starring Greer Garson and Walter Pidgeon
Directed by Mervyn LeRoy
A Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Picture
124 Minutes
"Yankee Doodle Mouse"
Starring Tom and Jerry / Directed by Joseph Barbera and William Hanna / A Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Cartoon in Technicolor
Doors Open at 12:00 Noon
SCOOP!
Official Pictures of the Tarawa Invasion (subject to air express delivery)
Day and Date: Loew's State Theatre, Downtown
Reported Gross "Madame Curie" @ 45¢ - 90¢
Week
Week Ending
Perfs.
Gross
1
Wednesday, December 22, 1943
35
$13,000
Totals
7 Days
Daily Average: $1,857
--
--
1 Week
Average Performance: $371
35
$13,000
Source: Variety
"Ensign Richard Ney and his wife, Greer Garson, attend the opening of Madame Curie, in which the latter stars, at Grauman's Chinese Theatre in Hollywood. Once again Miss Garson plays a lovely, mature woman with a sense of humor in the picture portraying the life of the famous French woman Scientist."
Thursday, December 23, 1943 - Wednesday, December 29, 1943 (1 Week)
Thursday, December 30, 1943 - Wednesday, January 5, 1944 (1 Week)
Thousands Cheer
Starring Kathryn Grayson and Gene Kelly
Directed by George Sidney
A Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Picture in Technicolor
125 Minutes
"Water Wisdom" with Pete Smith / A Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Short Subject
Doors Open at 12:00 Noon
Friday, December 31, 1943, from 5:00 PM on
"Thousands Cheer" with added treat "Baby Puss"
Starring Tom and Jerry / Directed by Joseph Barbera and William Hanna / A Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Cartoon in Technicolor
New Year's Eve Tickets: $1.50
"Buy a Bond for Xmas - the Gift with a Future"
Day and Date: Loew's State Theatre, Downtown Fox Uptown Theatre, Western and Olympic
