Friday, December 28, 1945
- Thursday, January 31, 1946 (5 Weeks)
Leave Her to Heaven
Starring Gene Tierney and Cornell Wilde
Directed by John M. Stahl
A 20th Century-Fox Picture in Technicolor
110 Minutes
"Badminton" with Pete Smith / Directed by Philip W. Anderson / A Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Short Subject
Continuous from 11:00 AM
Day and Date: Fox Uptown Theatre, Western and Olympic Loew's State Theatre, Downtown
Reported Gross "Leave Her to Heaven" @ 50¢ - $1.00
Week
Week Ending
Perfs.
Gross
1
Thursday, January 3, 1946
35
$33,000
2
Thursday, January 10, 1946
35
$20,900
3
Thursday, January 17, 1946
35
$15,700
4
Thursday, January 24, 1946
35
$10,800
5
Thursday, January 31, 1946
35
$8,800
Totals
35 Days
Daily Average: $2,548
--
--
5 Weeks
Average Performance: $510
175
$89,200
Source: Variety
Friday, February 1, 1946
- Thursday, February 28, 1946 (4 Weeks)
The Dolly Sisters
Starring Betty Grable and John Payne
Directed by Irving Cummings
A 20th Century-Fox Picture in Technicolor
114 Minutes
"Life with Baby" from The March of Time / A Time-Life Production / An R-K-O Radio Pictures
Release
Continuous from 12:00 Noon
Day and Date: Fox Uptown Theatre, Western and Olympic Loew's State Theatre, Downtown
Added Friday, February 22, 1946: 4 Star Theatre, Mid-Wilshire
Reported Gross "The Dolly Sisters" @ 50¢ - $1.00
Week
Week Ending
Perfs.
Gross
1
Thursday, February 7, 1946
35
$21,400
2
Thursday, February 14, 1946
35
$16,700
3
Thursday, February 21, 1946
35
$12,500
4
Thursday, February 28, 1946
35
$8,200
Totals
28 Days
Daily Average: $2,100
--
--
4 Weeks
Average Performance: $420
140
$58,800
Source: Variety
Photo from the Huntington Library.
Friday, March 1, 1946
- Thursday, March 14, 1946 (2 Weeks)
The 18th Annual Academy Awards of Merit
Presented by The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
Bob Hope and James Stewart, Masters of Ceremonies
Produced and Staged by Dore Schary
Producer, Presentation Film, Farciot Edouart
Conductor, Academy Awards Orchestra and Musical Director, Johnny Green
Program Director, Joseph Losey
Program Narrators: Ken Carpenter and Buddy Twiss
Part One:
Overture - Academy Award Hit Parade
--
Opening remarks by Jean Hersholt, President, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
--
Part One Host, James Stewart
-- Short Subject Awards - Presented by Y. Frank Freeman
For Cartoon Short Subject:
"Quiet Please!" - Frederick Quimby, Producer
For One-Reel Short Subject:
"Stairway to Light" - Herbert Moulton, Producer; Jerry Bresler, Executive Producer
For Two-Reel Short Subject:
"Star in the Night" - Gordon Hollingshead, Producer
-- Documentary Awards - Presented by Y. Frank Freeman
For Short Subject Documentary:
"Hitler Lives?" - Gordon Hollingshead, Producer
For Feature-Length Documentary:
"The True Glory" - A co-production of Britain's Minitry of Information and the U.S. Office of War Information; Ditributed in the U.S. by Columbia Pictures
-- Scientific or Technical Awards - Presened by Y. Frank Freeman
Class II Award
(Sound)
Loren Ryder and Charles R. Daily of the Paramount Studio Sound Department for the design, construction and use of the first dial-controlled step-by-step sound channel line-up and test circuit.
Class III Award (Laboratory)
Michael S. Leshing, Benjamin C. Robinson, Arthur B. Chatelain and Robert C. Stevens of the 20th Century-Fox Studio, and John G. Capstaff of the Eastman Kodak Company for the 20th Century-Fox processing machine.
-- Film Editing Award - Presented by Frank Capra
Robert J. Kern - "National Velvet"
-- Sound Recording Award - Presented by Frank Capra
"The Bells of St. Mary's" - R-K-O Radio Studio Sound Department, Stephen Dunn, Sound Director
-- Special Effects Award - Presented by Frank Capra
"Wonder Man" - Photographic Effects by John Fulton; Sound Effects by Arthur W. Johns
--
Honorary Award to Walter Wanger - Presented by Donald Nelson For his six years service as President of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
-- Scoring of Dramatic or Comedy Picture Award - Presented by Ginger Rogers
For Black and White:
"Blood on the Sun" - Art Direction, Wiard Ihnen; Interior Decoration by A. Roland Fields
For Color:
"Frenchman's Creek" - Art Direction by Hans Dreier and Ernst Fegte; Interior Decoration by Sam Comer
-- Scoring of a Musical Picture Award - Presented by Ginger Rogers
"Anchors Aweigh" - Georgie Stoll
-- Armed Forces Tribute - Music and Words "The Battle Hymn of the Republic" with Gene Markey
"The Cassions Go Rolling Along" with Robert Riskin
"Semper Paratus" with Caesar Romero
"The Halls of Montezuma" with Peter Viertel
"Roger Young" with Don Duffield
"Anchors Aweigh" with June Carpenter
"Air Coprs Song" with Cy Bartlett
"America the Beautiful" with John Huston
"Drums and Taps"
"Battle Hymn Coda"
Peggy Ann Garner - as the outstanding child actress of 1945
-- Honorary Award to "The House I Live In" - Presented by George Murphy For tolerance short subject ; produced by Frank Ross and Mervyn LeRoy; directed by Mervyn LeRoy; screenplay by Albert Maltz; song "The House I Live In" music by Earl Robinson, lyrics by Lewis Allan; starring Frank Sinatra; released by R-K-O Radio Pictures. -- Supporting Actor Award - Presented by Van Heflin
MUSIC ARRANGERS AND ORCHESTRATORS
George Bassman
Ted Duncan
Al Glasser
Marlin Skiles
Robert Franlyn
Danny Goal
Charles Miller, Music Editor
Lew Finehan, Orchestra Manager
Irving Armenian, Assistant to Mr. Green
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences acknowledges with thanks the cooperation and work of Arthur Bergh and the MGM Music Library Staff.
"Prelude and Salute to Oscar" Especially composed for the 18th Annual Awards by Adolph Deutsch
Musical Accompaniment for Nominations Film for Best Scoring of a Musical Picture arranged by Leo Arnaud
STAGE MANAGERS
Nick Ray
William E. Watts
Robert Lowell
FILM EDITORS
Frederick B. Richards
G. Carlton Hunt
William H. Ziegler
ACDEMY OFFICERS Jean Hersholt, President
Y. Frank Freeman, Vice-President George Murphy, Vice-President
Emmet Lavery, Vice-President Mervyn LeRoy, Vice-President
John LeRoy Johnston, Treasurer
Gordon Hollingshead, Assistant Treasurer
Loyd Wright, Counsel
Wiard Ihnen, Secretary
Joseph Sistrom, Assistant Secretary
Margaret Herrick, Executive Secretary
BOARD OF GOVERNORS Charles Boyer
Charles Brackett
Harry Brand
Frank Capra
Charles G. Clarke
William Dozier
Philip Dunne
Farciot Edouart
Ray Heindorf Jean Hersholt Mervyn LeRoy
Frank Lloyd
Mary C. McCall, Jr.
Gene Markey
Thomas T. Moulton
Alfred Newman James Stewart
Herbert Stothart
Walter Wanger
Jules White
PRESENTATION FILM COMMITTEE
Harold Adamson
Peter Ballibusch
Charles Brackett Robert Emmett Dolan
William Dozier
Hal C. Elias
A. Arnold Gillespie
Johnny Green
Bernard Herzbrun
Gordon Hollingshead
Wiard Ihnen
Stacy Keach
William F. Kelly
Hal C. Kern
Mary C. McCall, Jr.
Louis Mesenkop
Victor Milner
Thomas T. Moulton
Sidney Paul Solow
Franz Waxman
Richard A. Blaydon, Business Manager for Presentation Film
PRESS COMMITTEE
Perry W. Lieber, Chairman
Whitney Bolton
Harry Brand
George Brown
Alex Evelove
John LeRoy Johnston
John E. Joseph
Arch Reeve
Howard Strickling
Hall Hall, Academy Publicity Counsel
TRAFFIC COMMITTEE
Whitey Hendry, Chairman
Capt. Lee C. German
Lieut. Clarence B. Swan
Lieut. Loyd E. Tucker
AWARDS SCREENING COMMITTEE
William Dozier, Chairman
Joan Harrison
Howard Koch
Dore Schary
SPECIAL DOCUMENTARY AWARDS COMMITTEE
Sidney Paul Solow, Chairman
William Dozier
Philip Dunne
James Wong Howe
Nunnally Johnson
William Cameron Menzies
Harriet Parsons
Anne Revere
Joseph Sistrom
Frank Tuttle
SHORT SUBJECTS AWARDS EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Jules White, Chairman
Gordon Hollingshead
Walter Lantz
Louis Notarius
Pete Smith
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS:
To Hollywood studios, executives, and the personnel of our industry whose generosity and cooperation made this program possible.
To Mr. Charles Skouras and Fox West Coast Theatres for donating the facilities of Grauman's Chinese Theatre.
To the artists who are appearing on the program.
To the many Academy Committees and individual members who have contributed invaluable time and effort.
To the Screen Actors Guild, the Screen Directors Guild, the Screen Writers Guild, the Association of Motion Picture Producers, Theatre Authority, Musicians Mutual Protective Association, and Radio Corporation of America for their cooperation.
Tonight, for the second consecutive year, the American Broadcasting Company broadcasts coast-to-coast the ceremonies attending the 18th Annual Awards of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Once again, through the medium of radio and the film industry, all America will have the opportunity of sharing this program.
Tickets were availible to the public for $37.50 each —ED.
Reported Gross "Scarlett Street" @ 50¢ - $1.00
Week
Week Ending
Perfs.
Gross
1
Thursday, March 7, 1946 (6 Days)
30
$16,700
2
Thursday, March 14, 1946
35
$9,000
Totals
13 Days
Daily Average: $1,976
--
--
2 Weeks
Average Performance: $395
65
$25,700
Source: Variety
Friday, March 15, 1946
- Thursday, March 28, 1946 (2 Weeks)
Doll Face
Starring Vivian Blaine
and Dennis O'Keefe
Directed by Lewis Seiler
A 20th Century-Fox Picture
80 Minutes
The Hidden Eye
Starring Edward Arnold
and Frances Rafferty
Directed by Richard Whorf
A Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Picture
69 Minutes
Friday, April 19, 1946
- Thursday, May 9, 1946 (3 Weeks)
Dragonwyck
Starring Gene Tierney and Walter Huston
Directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz
A 20th Century-Fox Picture
103 Minutes
"Studio Visit" with Pete Smith / A Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Short Subject
Continuous from 12:00 Noon
Friday, April 19,1946:
Last Show Tonight at 10:15 PM
Day and Date: Loew's State Theatre, Downtown Fox Uptown Theatre, Western and Olympic
Reported Gross "Dragonwyck" @ 50¢ - $1.00
Week
Week Ending
Perfs.
Gross
1
Thursday, April 25, 1946
35
$21,100
2
Thursday, May 2, 1946
35
$13,200
3
Thursday, May 9, 1946
35
$9,400
Totals
21 Days
Daily Average: $2,081
--
--
3 Weeks
Average Performance: $416
105
$43,700
Source: Variety
Friday, May 10, 1946
- Thursday, May 17, 1946 (1 Week)
The Dark Corner
Starring Lucille Ball and Clifton Webb
Directed by Henry Hathaway
A 20th Century-Fox Picture
99 Minutes
"Wanted: More Homes" from The March of Time / A Time-Life Production / An R-K-O Radio Pictures
Release
"The Hick Chick" with voices by Daws Butler and Stan Freeberg / Directed by Tex Avery / A Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Cartoon in Technicolor
Continuous from 12:00 Noon
Friday, May 10, 1946:
Last Complete Show Tonight at 11:00 PM
Day and Date: Loew's State Theatre, Downtown Fox Uptown Theatre, Western and Olympic
Reported Gross "The Dark Corner" @ 50¢ - $1.00
Week
Week Ending
Perfs.
Gross
1
Thursday, May 17, 1946
35
$12,100
Totals
7 Days
Daily Average: $1,729
--
--
1 Week
Average Performance: $346
35
$12,100
Source: Variety
Friday, May 17, 1946
- Thursday, May 30, 1946 (2 Weeks)
Do You Love Me
Starring Maureen O'Hara and Dick Haymes
Directed by Gregory Ratoff
A 20th Century-Fox Picture in Technicolor
91 Minutes
"Tomorrow's Mexico" from The March of Time / A Time-Life Production / An R-K-O Radio Pictures
Release
"Squatter's Rights" Starring Mickey Mouse and Pluto / Directed by Jack Hannah / A Walt Disney Production in Technicolor / An R-K-O Radio Pictures
Release
Day and Date: Loew's State Theatre, Downtown Fox Uptown Theatre, Western and Olympic
Saturday, May 18, 1946:
Grauman's Chinese Theatre 19th Birthday Today
Reported Gross "Do You Love Me" @ 50¢ - $1.00
Week
Week Ending
Perfs.
Gross
1
Thursday, May 23, 1946
35
$16,000
2
Thursday, May 30, 1946
35
$11,700
Totals
14 Days
Daily Average: $1,979
--
--
2 Weeks
Average Performance: $396
70
$27,700
Source: Variety
Friday, May 31, 1946
- Tuesday, June 11, 1946 (2 Weeks)
Somewhere in the Night
Starring John Hodiak
and Nancy Guild
Directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz
A 20th Century-Fox Picture
110 Minutes
Colonel Effingham's Raid
Starring Charles Coburn
and Joan Bennett
Directed by Irving Pichel
A 20th Century-Fox Picture
72 Minutes
Reported Gross "Somewhere in the Night" @ 50¢ - $1.00
Week
Week Ending
Gross
1
Thursday, June 6, 1946
$13,400
2
Tuesday, June 11, 1946 (5 Days)
$7,500
Totals
12 Days
Daily Average: $1,742
--
2 Weeks
$20,900
Source: Variety
Wednesday, June 12, 1946
- Thursday, June 27, 1946 (2 Weeks)
Cluny Brown
Starring Charles Boyer and Jennifer Jones
Directed by Ernst Lubitsch
A 20th Century-Fox Picture
100 Minutes
"Bikini - The Atom Island" Narrated and Directed by Carey Wilson / A Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Short Subject
Continuous from 12:00 Noon
Wednesday, June 12, 1946:
Last Show Tonight at 10:45 PM
Friday, June 14, 1946:
Last Show Tonight at 10:45 PM
Saturday, June 15, 1946:
Last Show Tonight at 12 Midnight
Day and Date: Loew's State Theatre, Downtown Fox Uptown Theatre, Western and Olympic
Reported Gross "Cluny Brown" @ 50¢ - $1.00
Week
Week Ending
Perfs.
Gross
1
Thursday, June 20, 1946 (8 Days)
40
$18,600
2
Thursday, June 27, 1946
35
$14,100
Totals
15 Days
Daily Average: $2,180
--
--
2 Weeks
Average Performance: $436
75
$32,700
Source: Variety
Friday, June 28, 1946
- Wednesday, July 17, 1946 (3 Weeks)
Smoky
Starring Fred MacMurray
and Anne Baxter
Directed by Louis King
A 20th Century-Fox Picture
In Technicolor
87 Minutes
It Shouldn't Happen to a Dog
Starring Carole Landis
and Allyn Joslyn
Directed by Herbert I. Leeds
A 20th Century-Fox Picture
70 Minutes
Premiere, Thursday, July 18, 1946 @ 8:30 PM
Regular Engagement:
Friday, July 19, 1946
- Thursday, August 15, 1946 (4 Weeks)
Anna and the King of Siam
Starring Irene Dunne and Rex Harrison
Directed by John Cromwell
A 20th Century-Fox Picture
128 Minutes
"Eager Beaver" with Voices by Mel Blanc / Directed by Chuck Jones / A Warner Bros. Cartoon in Technicolor
Continuous from 12:00 Noon
"On the Air Tonight!
Special Broadcast of Premiere Ceremonies on KFWB"
"Free Grandstand Seats in the Forecourt! Stars! Lights! Excitement!"
Friday, September 6, 1946
- Thursday, September 19, 1946 (2 Weeks)
Claudia and David
Starring Dorothy McGuire and Robert Young
Directed by Walter Lang
A 20th Century-Fox Picture
78 Minutes
"Is Everybody Happy" from The March of Time / A Time-Life Production / An R-K-O Radio Pictures
Release
"Birds Make Sport" with John Kieran / Directed by Jack Eaton / A Grantland Rice Sportlight / AParamount Pictures
Short Subject
Continuous from 12:00 Noon
Day and Date: Loew's State Theatre, Downtown Fox Uptown Theatre, Western and Olympic
Reported Gross "Claudia and David" @ 50¢ - $1.00
Week
Week Ending
Perfs.
Gross
1
Thursday, September 12, 1946
35
$15,600
2
Thursday, September 19, 1946
35
$10,600
Totals
14 Days
Daily Average: $1,871
--
--
2 Weeks
Average Performance: $374
70
$26,200
Source: Variety
Friday, September 20, 1946
- Thursday, September 26, 1946 (1 Week)
If I'm Lucky
Starring Vivian Blaine
and Perry Como
Directed by Lewis Seiler
A 20th Century-Fox Picture
78 Minutes
Strange Triangle
Starring Signe Hasso
and Preston Foster
Directed by Ray McCarey
A 20th Century-Fox Picture
65 Minutes
Continuous from 12:00 Noon
Friday, September 20, 1946:
Last Showing of "If I'm Lucky" at 10:50 PM
Saturday, September 21, 1946:
Last Showing of "If I'm Lucky" at 12:15 AM
Day and Date: Loew's State Theatre, Downtown Fox Uptown Theatre, Western and Olympic
Reported Gross "If I'm Lucky" @ 50¢ - $1.00
Week
Week Ending
Gross
1
Thursday, September 26, 1946
$12,000
Totals
7 Days
Daily Average: $1,714
--
1 Week
$12,000
Source: Variety
Friday, September 27, 1946
- Thursday, October 3, 1946 (1 Week)
Home Sweet Homicide
Starring Peggy Ann Garner
and Randolph Scott
Directed by Lloyd Bacon
A 20th Century-Fox Picture
90 Minutes
Little Miss Big
Starring Beverly Simmons
and Frederick Brady
Directed by Erie C. Kenton
A Universal Picture
60 Minutes
Continuous from 12:00 Noon
Friday, September 27 and Saturday, September 28, 1946:
Late Shows Tonight
Day and Date: Loew's State Theatre, Downtown Fox Uptown Theatre, Western and Olympic
Friday, October 4, 1946
- Thursday, October 17, 1946 (2 Weeks)
Three Little Girls in Blue
Starring June Haver and Robert Montgomery
Directed by H. Bruce Humberstone
A 20th Century-Fox Picture in Technicolor
100 Minutes
"The Tortoise Wins Again" Directed by Connie Rasinski
/ A Terrytoon in Technicolor / A 20th Century-Fox
Release
"Diving Dandies"
Continuous from 12:00 Noon
Friday, October 4 and Saturday, October 51946:
Last Complete Show Starts at 10:00 PM
Day and Date: Loyola Theatre, Westchester Loew's State Theatre, Downtown Fox Uptown Theatre, Western and Olympic
Reported Gross "Three Little Girls in Blue" @ 50¢ - $1.00
Week
Week Ending
Perfs.
Gross
1
Thursday, October 10, 1946
35
$18,000
2
Thursday, October 17, 1946
35
$10,300
Totals
14 Days
Daily Average: $2,021
--
--
2 Weeks
Average Performance: $404
70
$28,300
Source: Variety
Friday, October 18, 1946
- Thursday, November 7, 1946 (3 Weeks)
My Darling Clementine
Starring Henry Fonda and Linda Darnell
Directed by John Ford
A 20th Century-Fox Picture
97 Minutes
Continuous from 12:00 Noon
Telephone RE 4111
(This is the first time this number is for the Chinese only - previously, it was the information line for all Fox West Coast Theatres — ED)
"Give Now to Your Community Chest"
Friday, October 18, 1946:
Last Complete Show Starts at 10:15 PM
Saturday, October 19, 1946:
Last Complete Show Starts at 12:00 Midnight
Friday, October 25, 1946:
Last Complete Show Starts at 10:15 PM
Saturday, October 26, 1946:
Last Complete Show Starts at 12:00 Midnight
Day and Date: Loyola Theatre, Westchester Fox Uptown Theatre, Western and Olympic Loew's State Theatre, Downtown
Reported Gross "My Darling Clementine" @ 50¢ - $1.00
Week
Week Ending
Perfs.
Gross
1
Thursday, October 24, 1946
35
$17,100
2
Thursday, October 31, 1946
35
$12,000
3
Thursday, November 7, 1946
35
$8,600
Totals
21 Days
Daily Average: $1,280
--
--
3 Weeks
Average Performance: $259
105
$26,900
Source: Variety
Friday, November 8, 1946
- Tuesday, November 26, 1946 (3 Weeks)
Margie
Starring Jeanne Crain and Glenn Langan
Directed by Henry King
A 20th Century-Fox Picture in Technicolor
94 Minutes
"Lighthouse Keeping" Starring Donald Duck / Directed by Jack Hannah / A Walt Disney Production / An R-K-O Radio Pictures
Release
Continuous from 12:00 Noon
Telephone RE 4111
Friday, November 8, 1946:
Last Complete Show Starts at 10:15 PM
Saturday, November 9, 1946:
Last Complete Show Starts at 12:00 Midnight
Friday, November 15 and Saturday, November 16, 1946:
Last Complete Show Starts at 12:00 Midnight
Friday, November 22, 1946:
Last Complete Show Starts at 10:00 PM
Saturday, November 23, 1946:
Last Complete Show Starts at 11:30 PM
Day and Date: Loyola Theatre, Westchester Fox Uptown Theatre, Western and Olympic Loew's State Theatre, Downtown
Reported Gross "Margie" @ 50¢ - $1.00
Week
Week Ending
Perfs.
Gross
1
Thursday, November 14, 1946
35
$19,400
2
Thursday, November 21, 1946
35
$13,700
3
Tuesday, November 26, 1946 (5 Days)
30
$8,300
Totals
19 Days
Daily Average: $2,179
--
--
3 Weeks
Average Performance: $414
100
$41,400
Source: Variety
Wednesday, November 27, 1946
- Tuesday, December 10, 1946 (2 Weeks)
Wake Up and Dream
Starring John Payne
and June Haver
Directed by Lloyd Bacon
A 20th Century-Fox Picture
In Technicolor
92 Minutes
Dangerous Millions
Starring Kent Taylor
and Dona Drake
Directed by James Tinling
A Sol M. Wurtzel Production
A 20th Century-Fox Release
69 Minutes
Continuous from 12:00 Noon
Telephone RE 4111
Friday, November 27, 1946:
Last Complete Show Starts at 11:55 PM
Friday, December 6, 1946:
Last Complete Show Starts at 10:30 PM
Day and Date: Loyola Theatre, Westchester Fox Uptown Theatre, Western and Olympic Loew's State Theatre, Downtown
Reported Gross "Wake Up and Dream" @ 50¢ - $1.00
Week
Week Ending
Gross
1
Tuesday, December 3, 1946
$14,700
2
Tuesday, December 10, 1946
$7,100
Totals
14 Days
Daily Average: $1,557
--
2 Weeks
$21,800
Source: Variety
Wednesday, December 11, 1946
- Tuesday, December 24, 1946 (2 Weeks)
Two Smart People
Starring Lucille Ball
and John Hodiak
Directed by Jules Dassin
A Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Picture
93 Minutes
The Cockeyed Miracle
Starring Frank Morgan
and Keenan Wynn
Directed by S. Sylvan Simon
A Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Picture
81 Minutes