Modern Screen (Dec 1940 - Nov 1941)

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Picture General Rating Abe Lincoln in Illinois (RKO) C 41k Alias the Deacon (Universal) iVzif All This, and Heaven Too (Warners) 4 Ik And One Was Beautiful (M-G-M) 2V2 ★ Andy Hardy Meets Debutante (M-G-M) 3* Ansel From Texas, An (Warners) 2 Ik Anne of Windy Poplars (RKO) 2* "Argentine Nights (Universal) 3lk Babies For Sale (Columbia) 2y21k Bad Men of Carson City (Universal) 2 + Beyond Tomorrow (RKO) 2V21k Bill of Divorcement, A (RKO) 3* Biscuit Eater, The (Paramount) 31k Black Diamonds (Universal) 2lk Blondie on a Budget (Columbia) 2 it Boom Town (M-G-M) 3V2lk Boys from Syracuse, The (Universal) 3 Ik Brigham Young — Frontiersman(20th Century-Fox). 3-k Brother Orchid (Warners) 3* Buck Benny Rides Again (Paramount) 3y2lk Calling Philo Vance (Warners) 2V21k Captain Is a Lady, The (M-G-M) 2V21k Charlie Chan's Murder Cruise (20th Century-Fox). 3 ■* "Christmas in July (Paramount) 3 City for Conquest (Warners) 3V2ir Comin' Round the Mountain (Paramount) 21k Courageous Dr. Christian, The (RKO). 2* Cowboy From Texas (Republic) 2 IkCross Country Romance (RKO) 2V2 IkCurtain Call (RKO) 2%* *Dance, Girl, Dance (RKO) 2 IkDark Command (Republic) 3 IkDevil's Island (Warners) 2V21k "Dispatch From Reuter's, A (Warners) 3V2k Dr. Christian Meets The Women (RKO) 21k Dr. Cyclops (Paramount) C 31k Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet (Warners) 3V2* Dr. Kildare Goes Home (M-G-M) 31k Dr. Kildare's Strange Case (M-G-M) 2V2lt Doctor Takes A Wife, The (Columbia) 3 Ik Earthbound (20th Century-Fox) 2 IkEdison, the Man (M-G-M) 3V2* Flight Angels (Warners) 2V21k Florian (M-G-M) .2V21k Flowing Gold (Warners) 3lk Foreign Correspondent (United Artists) 4 IkForty Little Mothers (M-G-M) 2V2 IkFour Sons (20th Century-Fox) 3* Free, Blonde and 21 (20th Century-Fox) 2* French Without Tears (Paramount) 2V2 IkGambling on the High Seas (Warners) 2Vi^k Ghost Breakers, The (Paramount) 3 IkGirl from God's Country (Republic) 2 ikGirl in 313 (20th Century-Fox) 2V2* Gold Rush Maisie (M-G-M) 2V21k Gone With the Wind (M-G-M) 41k Grapes of Wrath, The (20th Century-Fox) 41k Great McGinty, The (Paramount) 3V21k "Great Profile, The (20th Century-Fox) 3* Half a Sinner (Universal) 21k He Stayed for Breakfast (Columbia) 2 V2 IkHidden Gold (Paramount) 2l/21k Hired Wife (Universal) 3 IkHoneymoon Deferred (Universal) 2V2lk Hot Steel (Universal) 2* House of Seven Gables (Universal) 2V2 IkHowards of Virginia, The (Columbia) 3y21k I Can't Give You Anything But Love, Baby (Universal) 2-* If I Had My Way (Universal) C 3* I Love You Again (M-G-M) 3* I Married Adventure (Columbia) 3 Ik In Old Missouri (Republic) 21k Irene (RKO) 3* Island of Doomed Men (Columbia) 2 IkIsle of Destiny (RKO) 2* I Take This Woman (M-G-M) 2* It All Came True (Warners) 2V21k I Was an Adventuress (20th Century-Fox) 2V2 IkJohnny Apollo (20th Century-Fox) 3 Ik La Conga Nights (Universal) 2lk Ladies Must Live (Warners) 21k Lillian Russell (20th Century-Fox) 3lk Little Old New York (20th Century-Fox) 2* Lone Wolf Meets A Lady, The (Columbia) 2* Lucky Cisco Kid (20th Century-Fox) 3* Lucky Partners (RKO) 3* Mad Men of Europe (Columbia) 2 + Ma! He's Making Eyes At Me (Universal) 2V21k Man I Married, The (20th Century-Fox) 3* Man Who Talked Too Much, The (Warners) 2V21k Maryland (20th Century-Fox) 3V21k Picture General Rating Men Against the Sky (RKO) 3 IkMidnight (Paramount) 3 ik Money and the Woman (Warners) 2V2 IkMortal Storm, The (M-G-M) 4lk Mummy's Hand, The (Universal) 2V21k Murder in the Air (Warners) 21k My Favorite Wife (RKO) 3* My Little Chickadee (Universal) 2V21k My Love Came Back (Warners) SViik My Son, My Son (United Artists) 3V21k New Moon (M-G-M) 3* *North West Mounted Police (Paramount) 3V21k Northwest Passage (M-G-M) 4-* No Time for Comedy (Warners) 3 Ik Oklahoma Kid, The (Warners) 3* One Crowded Night (RKO) 2-* One Million B. C. (United Artists) C 3* Opened by Mistake (Paramount) 2 '/ilk Our Town (United Artists) 4* Outside 3-Mile Limit (Columbia) 2V21k Out West With The Peppers (Columbia) C 2-* Parole Fixer (Paramount) 2y21k Passport to Alcatraz (Columbia) 2ilr Pastor Hall (United Artists) 3V2 IkPhantom Raiders (M-G-M) 2* Pier 13 (20th Century-Fox) 2V21k Pinocchio (RKO) C 41k Pioneers of the Frontier (Columbia) 2-jt Pop Always Pays (RKO) 2V21k Prairie Law (RKO) 2* Pride and Prejudice (M-G-M) 3V2 IkPrivate Affairs (Universal) 2Vi* Public Deb No. 1 (20th Century-Fox) 21k Quarterback, The (Paramount) 2Vi* Queen of the Mob (Paramount) 3 + Ragtime Cowboy Joe (Universal) 2lk Ramparts We Watch, The (March of Time-RKO).3y2* Rangers of Fortune (Paramount) 3-jk Rebecca (United Artists) 4lk Rhythm on the River (Paramount) 3V2 IkRoad to Singapore, The (Paramount) 2V2^r Safari (Paramount) iV2~k Sailor's Lady (20th Century-Fox) 2* Saint's Double Trouble, The (RKO) 2V2* Saint Takes Over, The (RKO) 2V2* Sandy Is a Lady (Universal) C 2% IkSaturday's Children (Warners) 2V21k Sea Hawk, The (Warners) 3%* Sidewalks of London (Paramount Release) 3 + Sing, Dance, Plenty Hot (Republic) 2* Slightly Honorable (United Artists) 3* South of Pago Pago (United Artists) 2V21k South to Karanga (Universal) 2 V2 IkSpirit of Culver, The (Universal) C 2V2k Sporting Blood (M-G-M) 2V2lk Spring Parade (Universal) C 31k Stanley and Livingston (20th Century-Fox) 3V4lk Star Dust (20th Century-Fox) 2V2* Strange Cargo (M-G-M) 3 Ik Stranger on the Third Floor (RKO) 3* Strike Up the Band (M-G-M) C 3V21k Stronger Than Desire (M-G-M) 2V21k Susan and God (M-G-M) 3V2lk Swiss Family Robinson (RKO) C 3* Tear Gas Squad (Warners) 2 1k They Drive by Night (Warners) 3lk Those Were the Days (Paramount) C 2V21k Three Faces West (Republic) 3* Three Smart Girls Grow Up (Universal) C 3 ItThundering Frontier (Columbia) 2 Ik 'Til We Meet Again (Warners) 3* Tom Brown's School Days (RKO) C 3-* Torrid Zone (Warners) 3 1k Tower of London (Universal) 2 Ik Turnabout (United Artists) 3lk Twenty Mule Team (M-G-M) 3 1k Twenty-One Days Together (Columbia) 3 1k Two Girls on Broadway (M-G-M) 2V21k Typhoon (Paramount) 3 Ik Untamed (Paramount) 2lk Vigil in the Night (RKO) 31k Waterloo Bridge (M-G-M) 3'/21k Way of All Flesh, The (Paramount) 3lk "•Westerner, The (United Artists) 31k We Who Are Young (M-G-M) 3lk When the Daltons Rode (Universal) 3lk Women in War (Republic) 2V21k Women Without Names (Paramount) 2Vi1k You Can't Fool Your Wife (RKO) 21k Young As You Feel (20th Century-Fox) 2lk Young People (20th Century-Fox) C 2V21k Young Tom Edison (M-G-M) C 4ik 16 MODERN SCREEN