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Bing Crosby Named Box Office Leader, Van Johnson !s SecondHollywood, Dec. 27Bing Crosby was named the movie box office leader again in 1945 in a poll of exhibitions conducted by the Motion Picture Herald.Ranked in the top 10 in six of the 14 annual polls, Crosby scored heavily in “Going My Way,” which the Herald said has grossed $3,000,000. Crosby also appeared this year in “Here Comes the Waves,’* “East Side of Heaven.” “Duffy’s Tavern,” and served as the voice of Eddie Bracken in “Out of This World.”Van Johnson was ranked as the No. 2 drawing power, followed in order by Greer Garson, Betty Grable and Spencer Tracy, with Humphrey Bogart and Gary Cooper tied for sixth; Bob Hope, Judy Garland, Margaret O’Brien and Roy Rogers.Fro» 10th place to 25th, here’s how they finished: •Abbott and Costello, Betty Hutton, Ingrid Bergman. Bette Davis, Alan Ladd, Dane Clark, Joseph Cotter?. Claudette Colbert, Walter Pidgeon, Fred MacMurray, Danny Kaye, Gregory Peck, Ginger Rogers, John Wayne and Mickey Rooney.Crosby v;on the poll's top spot in 1944, Betty Grable in 1943, Abbott and Costello in 1942, Mickey Rooney in 1939, 1940 and 1941, Shirley Temple from 1235 to 193S inclusive. Will Rogers in 1934, and Marie Dressier in 1932 and 1933.For western pictures exclusively, the poll this year shows these top 10:Roy Rogers, George “Gabby” Hayes, William Boyd. Bill Elliott, Smiley Burnette, Johnny Mack Brown, Charles Starrett, Red Barry, Tex Ritter and Rod Cameron.
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Morning Avalanche
Lubbock, Texas, US
Fri, Dec 28, 1945
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