Cinema: The Box Office

Westerns and comedies are what moviegoers like best these days, according to Variety’s March poll of box offices in 22 key U.S. cities. The leaders:

1) Whispering Smith (Paramount) 2) Family Honeymoon (Universal-International) 3) A Letter to Three Wives (20th Century-Fox) 4) Mother Is a Freshman (20th Century-Fox) 5) South of St. Louis (Warner)