Showmen's Trade Review (Apr-Jun 1939)

Record Details:

Title:
Showmen's Trade Review
Date:
Apr-Jun 1939
Publisher:
[New York, etc.]
Volume:
Showmen's trade review
Leaf #:
00034
Language:
English
Subjects:
motion pictures, Motion pictures -- Periodicals
Collection:
Hollywood Studio System
Format:
Periodicals
Contributor:
Library of Congress, MBRS, Moving Image Section
Sponsor:
Library of Congress, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Description:
Established in 1933 by Charles 'Chick' Lewis, who previously edited the 'Manager's Round Table' section in Quigley's MOTION PICTURE HERALD. Lewis originally called his new publication SHOWMEN'S ROUND TABLE, but after a lawsuit from Quigley, he changed the title to SHOWMEN'S TRADE REVIEW (STR). Over the next two decades, STR proved to be a formidable competitor to Quigley's HERALD and steadily grew in circulation. It's easy to see why exhibitors wanted to subscribe. STR's editorial voice, reviews of features and shorts, 'Box Office Slant' tips for how to promote movies, and concise and well organized 'Booking Guides' made it a trustworthy and highly useful magazine for exhibitors. -- Eric Hoyt, 2014
Date Added:
November 10, 2022
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Page 28 SHOWMEN'S TRADE REVIEW April 8, 1939 a— BEFORE DATE OF ISSUE INDICATES ADVANCE DOPE. b— BOX OFFICE SLANT Initial Before Release Date Indicates Audience Suitability: (F) Family (A) Adults. ASTOR PICTURES Title Mins. Bat Whispers (My-D) 86 . Everything is Rhythm (Mu) Front Page (C) 100. Heart of New Yoric (Mu) 80. Hell's Angels (O) 110. Monster Walks (My-D) 60. Out of Singapore (D) 76. Rain (D) 85 . Scarf ace (D) 88. Sea Ghost (D) 60 . Sky Devils (C-D) 88 . Street Scene (D) 79. Three Broadway Girls (C) 83. Tombstone Canyon (W).. 67. Tonight Or Never (D) 92. Woman Unafraid (D) 66, Stars C. Morris-U. Merkel .Harry Roy & Band .A. Menjou-P. O'Brien Jelson-Evans-Morgan .Jean Harlow-B. Lyon . Mischa Auer .Noah BeeryDorothy Burgess .J. Crawford -W. Huston P. Muni-G. Raft-A. Dvorak . .Alan Hale-Claude Allister .. .Spencer Tracy Sylvia Sidney . BlondeltEvans-Claire Bob Burns Swanson -DouglasKarloff .... . Gallagher-Gleason Rel. Date 2/15/39. . COLUMBIA City Streets (D) 68. Colorado Trail (W) 55. Convicted (D) 58. Girl's School (D) 73. Gladiator (C) 71 . Highway Patrol (D) 58. Holiday (C-D) 94. I Am the Law (D) 83. Juvenile Court (D) 61 . Lady Objects (D) 67. Law of the Plains (W) 56 . Main Event (D) 55. Phantom Gold (W) 56. Pioneer Trail (W) 55. Reformatory (D) 61 . South of Arizona (W) 56. Stagecoach Days (W) 58. Stranger From Arizona (W) ...56. West of Cheyenne (W) 53. 1937-38 . Fellows-Carrillo (F) StarrettMeredith (F) . Hayworth-Quigley (A) A. Shirley-N. Gray (F) .Brown-Travis (F) Paige-Wells (F) . K. Hepburn-C. Grant (F) . E. Robinson-W. Barrie (A) . KellyHayworth (F) . L. Ross-G. Stuart (A) C. Starrett-I. Meredith (F) J. Wells-R. Paige (F) J. Luden-B. Marion (F) Luden-Barclay Jack Holt-Wynters (F) Starrett-Meredith (F) Jack Luden Eleanor Stewart .... B. Jones-D. Fay Starrett-Meredith (F) 1938-39 7/1/38 9/8/38 . 8/18/38 9/30/38 8/15/38 6/27/38 6/15/38 9/2/38 9/15/38 9/9/38 . 5/12/38 5/5/38 . 8/31/38 7/15/38 7/21/38 7/28/38 6/20/38 9/22/38 6/30/38 See Issue of Reissued .Not Rev. Reissued Reissued Reissued Reissued Reissued Reissued Reissued Reissued Reissued Reissued Reissued Reissued Reissued Reissued . . .b6/25/38 , . .bl 1/5/38 . .b8/27/38 . .blO/l/38 b8/6/38 . . .b6/n/38 . . .b5/2l/38 . . .b8/27/38 . .b9/l7/38 . ..b9/l7/38 . . .b7/30/38 . . .b5/l4/38 ..bll/26/38 . .35/14/38 ....1)7/2/38 , . .blO/8/38 . . .34/9/38 . .38/27/38 . ,b8/27/38 Adventure in Sshara (D) 58.. P. Kelly-L. Gray .(A) Arizona Cowboy (W) Charles Starrett-lris Meredith.. Blind Alley (U) Ralph Bellamy-Rose Stradner .. Blondie (C) 68.. P. Sinqleton-Ai-thur Lake (F) Blondie Meets the Boss (C) 71. .P. Singleton-Arthur Lake (F) California Frontier (W) 54.. Buck Jones-Carmen Bailey Crime Takes a Holiday (D) 58..Holt-M. Ralston (F) First Offenders (D) 61.. Walter Abel-Beverly Roberts Flight to Fame (D) 57. .C. Farrell-J. Wells (F) Frontiers of '49 (W) 54. Bill Elliott-Luana de Alcaniz ... (Former title, "California C3valC3de") Golden Boy Bsrbara Stanwyck-A, Menjou. .. Good Girls Go to Paris Joan Blondell-Melvyn Douglas.. Homicide Bureau (D) .63..B, Cabot-R, Hayworth (F) In Early Arizona (W) 53. . Elliott-Gulliver Lady and the Mob (C) 65. Fay Bainter-ld3 Lupino (F) Law Comes to Texas (W) Bill Elliott-Veda Ann Borg Law of the Texan (W) 54 . Buck Jones-D. Fay (F) 11/15/38 I 1/30/38 2/28/39 12/15/38 10/5/38 4/12/39 10/12/38 1/19/39 Maureen O'Sullivan-Henry Fonda(A) E. Fellows-R. Fiske (F) Bill Elliott-Dorothy Gulliver Warren William-Ida Lupino Let Us Live (D) 68 Little Adventuress (C-D) 62 Lone Star Pioneers (W) 56 Lone Wolf Spy Hunt (D) 65..W3rren William-Ida Lupino (F) Missing Daughters (D) Richard ArlenRochelle Hudson.. My Son Is a Criminal (D) 59. .Alan BaxterJacqueline Wells (F) North of Shanghai (D) 58 . . Betty Furness-James Craig (F) Noi-th of the Yukon (W) Chas. Starrett-Linda Winters (Former title, "Mounted Police") Oklahoma Trail Charles Starrett-lris Meredith ,. Only Angels Have Wings (D) Jean Arthur-Cary Grant Outside These Walls (D) Dolores Costello-Michael Whalen. Power to Kill Jack Holt-Gertrude Michael RiO Grande (W) 59..Ch3s. St3rrett-Ann Doran (Former title. "North of Texas") Romance of the Redwoods (D) Jean Parker-Chas. Bickford Smashing the Spy Ring (D)... 62. Ralph Bellamy-Fay Wray (F) Strange Case of Dr. Meade (D) . 65 . Jack Holt-Beverly Roberts (F) (Reviewed as "Outside the Law") Terror of Tiny Town (Mu-W) . . .60 . . All Midget Cast (F) Texas Stampede (W) 57. Charles Starrett-I. Meredith There s That Woman Again (My-C) 70. . Douglas-Bruce (F) Thundering West (W) 57 . C. Starrett-I. Meredith Trapped in the Sky (D) 60, .Jack HoltKatherine DeMille ...(F) West of Sante Fe (W) 57. Starrett-Meredith (F) Whisnerinq Enemies (D) 62 . J. Holt-D, Costello (F) You Can't Take It With You (C) 125 . L. Barrymoi e-Arthur-Stewart (F) 1939-40 Mr. Smith Goes to Washington Jean Arthur-James Stewart 1/5/39 I 1/2/38 4/3/39 . 4/16/39 . 10/24/38 2/22/39 10/24/38 3/16/39 1/27/39 . 3/36/39' 2/10/39 3/30/39 . 4/27/39 4/30/39 12/8/38 2/28/39 12/29/38 12/15/38 12/1/38 2/9/39 . 12/24/38 1/12/39 '16/3/38 '. 3/24/39 . 9/29/38 .bl2/24/38 ..In Prod. . 34/8/39 .bl 1/5/38 . . .b3/4/39 .312/10/38 . . .b5/7/38 ..al/14/39 .bl2/24/38 .al 1/19/38 ..In Prod. ..In Prod. . . .b2/4/39 . . .a9/3/38 . .b3/l 1/39 . .32/25/39 .blO/29/38 . .b2/25/39 .bl2/l7/38 . .31/14/39 . .bl/28/39 . 33/25/39 . .b3/l8/39 . . .b4/l/39 . . .32/4/39 . .33/18/39 . . .34/8/38 32/18/39 ..In Prod. . .310/1/38 . .al/28/39 bl2/24/38 .blO/29/38 . .b7/l6/38 . .al/14/39 .bl2/l7/38 .al 1/19/38 b2/ 18/39 .bl2/24/38 ...bl/7/39 , .b8/27/38 .In Prod. CAUMONT BRITISH 1938-39 (Dist. by 20th -Fox) Chicago Ben (C). 93. . Kennedy-Hay-Bupp (F) (Reviewed as "Hey! Hey! U.S.A.") Climbing High (C) 79. . Matthews-Redgrave (F) Crime Over London (D) 88. .Cawthorn-Sidney-Grahame (F) Lady Vanishes (D) 78. . Liikss-Whitty (F) Man With 100 Faces (D) 72.. Tom Walls-Lilli Palmer (A) Pagliacci (Mu-D) 78. .T3uber-Dun3 (A) (Reviewed 3S "A Clown Must L3ugh") Sailing Along (Mu-C) 79. . MatthewsWhiting (F) . blO/8/38 bl2/l7/38 . . .b8/6/38 ...b9/3/38 . .bl 1/5/38 blO/15/38 . .b2/l2/38 . .b8/l4/37 . . .b6/4/38 . . Reissued . .b2/l2/38 (Reviewed as "lllegsl Holiday") To the Victor (D) 71 . . Fyffe-Loder-Lockwood (F) 3/15/38 ...b2/l2/38 Show Goes On (D) 71. Strange Boarders (D) 73. Thirty-Nine Steps (D) 80. Three on a Week End (C-D)... 72. Neagle-C3rmin3ti (F) T. Walls R. St. Cyr (A) Donat-M3deleine C3rroll (F) Lodge-Lockwood (A) 8/15/38 1 1/1/38 10/1/38 4/15/38 6/15/38 8/1/38 9/15/38 7/1/38 GRAND NATIONAL 1938-39 Rel. Date Title Mins. Stars Utah Trail (W) 55.. Tex Ritter 8/12/38 . Cipher Bureau (D) 70. .Ames-Woodbury (F) 11/4/38 . Crashing Thru (D) James Newill-Warren Hull 1/20/39 Empire of the West (W) Geo. Houston Everything Happens to Ann (D) Heather Angel-John King Exile Express (D) 61.. Anns Sten-Al3n Marshal (A) 1/20/39 Frontier Scout (W) 61. .George Houston (F) 10/21/38 Long Shot (D) 69. .Marsha Hunt (F) 1/6/39 .. P3n3m3 P3trol (D) 67. .Ch3rlotte Wynters-Leon Ames.. (F) Renfrew Saves a Lady James Newell 2/10/39. Ride 'Em Cowgirl (W) 52. .Dorothy Page-Vince Barnett (F) 1/20/39 . Shadows Over Shangh3i (D) 66..R3lph Morgan (F) 10/14/38 Singing Cowgirl Dorothy Page-David O'Brien .... (Former Title "Lady Buckaroo") Six-Gun Rhythm (W) 55.. Tex Fletcher-Joan Barclay (F) Sunset Murder Case (D) 57. .Sally Rand 11/11/38 (Former title, "Murder on Sunset Boulevard") Titans of the Deep (T) 47.. Dr. Wm. Beebe-Otis Bsrton (F) 10/28/38 Trigger P3ls (W) 55.. Art Jsrrett-Lee Powell (F) 1/13/39 . Water Rustlers (W) 54 . Dorothy Page-David O'Brien ... 1/6/39 .. (Former title, "The Last Barrier") See Issue of . . .37/9/38 .blO/29/38 .312/31/38 ..In Prod. . . 33/4/39 ..b2/ll/39 . .b9/l7/38 .bl2/3l/38 . .b2/25/39 ..Not Rev. . .bl/21/39 . .b9/l7/38 all/19/38 b2/ 18/39 .38/20/38 .bl 1/19/38 . .bl/14/39 .311/19/38 MCM Block-Heads (C) 58. Chaser (C) 75 Crowd Roars (D) 92 Fast Company (My-D) Hold That Kiss (C) Lord Jefl (D) . . Love Finds Andy Hardy (C-D). Marie Antoinette (H-D) Port of Seven Seas (D) Rich Man. Poor Girl (C-D). 75. .79. .84. .92. 160. .81 . 74 Shopworn Angel (D) 87. Swiss Miss (C) 72. Three Comrades (D) 98. Toy Wife (D) 94. Woman Against Woman (D) ...60. Yellow Jack (D) 83. 1937-38 .Laurel-Hardy (F) 8/19/38 O'Keefe-Stone-Pendleton (F) 7/29/38 . laylor-Arnold-Morgan (F) 8/5/38 . M. Dougl3S-F. Rice (F) 7/8/38 . . D. O'Keefe-M. O'Sullivan (F) 5/13/38 . F. Bartholomew-M. Rooney (F) 6/24/38 Stone-Rooney-Garland (F) 7/22/38 N. She3rer-T. Power (F) 8/26/38 . Beery-0'Sulliv3n (A) 7/1/38 . Young-Hussey-Ayres (F) 8/12/38 .M. Sull3V3n-J. Stew3rt (F) 7/15/38 . L3urel 3nd Hsrdy (F) 5/20/38 .T3ylor-Tone-Young-Sullav3n ....(A) 6/3/38 . . R3iner-Dougl3s-Young (A) 6/10/38 , Mai-shall-Bruce-Astor (A) 6/17/38 R. Montgomery-V. Bruce (F) 5/27/38 . . .b8/20/38 . .b7/30/38 . . .b7/30/38 . ...b7/2/38 . . .b5/l4/38 . . b6/25/38 . .b7/l6/38 , ,.b7/l6/38 . ...b4/2/38 . . .b8/l3/38 . ...b7/2/38 . ..b5/l4/38 . . .b5/28/38 . . .b6/4/38 . . .^6/25/38 . .b5/2l/38 Rainer-A. Marshall . R. Montgomery-RoS3lind Russell .Joe E. Brown Florence Rice-Alan Marsh3ll... . F. Tone-F. Gsal 1938-39 Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (D) 90. . Mickey Rooney-Lynn Carver .. Boys Town (D) 92.. S. Tracy-M. Rooney Brid3l Suite (C) Rob't Young-Billie Burke ... (Former title, "M3iden Voyage") Burn 'Em Up O'Connor (D) .... 70 .. Dennis 0' Keefe-Cecilia P3rker Bro3dway Serenade (Mu-D) ...1 12.. J. M3cDonald-L. Ayres C3lling Dr. Kild3re (D) Lew Ayres-L. Bsrrymore Christm3s Carol (D) 69. R. Owen-T. Kilburn Citadel (D) IIO..R. Russell-R. Donat Dramatic School (D) 78 Fast 3nd Loose (My-C) 76. Flirting With F3te (C) 70 Four (Sirls in White (D) 73 Girl Downst3irs (C) 76 Goodbye. Mr. Chips (D) Robert Don3t-Greer Garson Gre3t Waltz (Mu) 104. . R3iner.Gr3vet H3rdys Ride High (D) Rooney-Stone-Rutherford Honolulu (Mu-C) 84..Ele3nor Powell-Rob't. Young .. Ice Follies of 1939 (D) 82. .Cr3wford-Stewart (P3rt Tech.)., Idiot's Delight (D) , . 109. . Gsble-Shesrer I T3ke This Wom3n (C-D) Spencer Tr3cy-Hedy L3marr .... It's 3 Wonderful World (My-C) Jsmes Stew3rt-Claudette Colbert Kid From Texas (C-O) 70 . Dennis 0' KeefeFlorence Rice. . . , Let Freedom Ring (Mu-D) 87 . Nelson Eddy-Virginia Bruce ,. Listen. Darling (C-D) .73. . Bartholomew-Garland Lucky Night (D) Myrna Loy-Robeit Taylor Out West With the Hardys (C-D) 83. . Rooney-Stone-Parker One Hundred to One (D) Melvyn Douglas-H. B. Warner... Pygmalion (D) 87. Leslie Howard-Wendy Hiller .... Serge3nt Msdden (D) 80..W3ll3ce Berry-Laraine Johnson Shining Hour (D) 75. .Crawford-Sull3van-Younq 6.000 Enemies W3lter Pidgeon-Rit3 Johnson .. Society L3wyer (D) 77..Virgini3 Bruce-Walter Pidgeon... Spring Madness (C-D) 65. O'Sullivan-Ayres-Meredith Stablemates (D) 89 . W. Beery-M. Rooney Stand Up and Fight (D) 95. . Taylor-Beery-Rice Sweethearts (Mu) 1 10 . MacDon3ld-Eddy-Morg3n (Tech.) . T3rz3n (D) Weissmuller-0'Sulliv3n Three Loves Has Nancy (C) 67. . Montgomery-Gaynor-Tone Too Hot to Handle (C-O) 105 . C. Gable-M. Loy Vscation From Love (C) 65. .0. O'Keefe-F. Rice Within the Law (D) 65 . . Ruth Hussey-Paul Kelly Young Dr. Kildare (D) 81.. L. Barrymore-L. Ayres (F) 2/10/39 . (F) 9/9/38 .. 5/26/39 (F) 1/13/39 (F) 4/7/39 . 4/28/39 (F) 12/16/38 (F) 10/28/38 (A) 12/9/38 (F) 2/17/39 . (F) 12/2/38 . (F) 1/27/39 . (F) 12/23/38 6/2/39 . . (F) 11/4/38 . 4/21/39 (F) .2/3/39 . . (F) 3/10/39 . (A) 1/27/39 . 4/7/39 . 5/19/39 . (F) 4/14/39 (F) 2/24/39 (F) 10/21/38 5/5/39 . (F) 11/25/38 5/12/39 . (A) 3/10/39 . (F) 3/24/39 . (F) 11/18/38 6/9/39. . . (F) 3/31/39 (F) 11/11/38 (F) 10/7/38 . (F) 1/6/39 .. (F) 12/30/38 6/16/39 (F) 9/2/38 .. (F) 9/16/38 . (F) 9/23/38 . (F) 3/17/39 . (F) 10/14/38 . .b2/ll/39 . .b9/IO/38 . . .33/4/39 . .bl/14/39 . . b4/8/39 , .32/18/39 .bl2/l7/38 .blO/29/38 hl2/in HH . .b2/l8/39 . .bl2/3/38 . .bl/28/39 .bl2/3l/38 . .32/18/39 ..bll/5/38 . .32/18/39 . . .b2/4/39 ..b3/ll/39 . .bl/28/39 .311/12/38 . .33/18/39 . . .b4/8/39 . .b2/l8/39 blO/22/38 . .32/18/39 bll/26/38 ..33/18/39 blO/29/38 . .b3/25/39 bl 1/19/38 ..In Prod. . b4/l/39 bl 1/19/38 .blO/8/38 . .bl/7/39 b 1 2/24/38 .32/18/39 . .b9/3/38 .b9/l7/38 .blO/8/38 .b3/l8/39 blO/15/38 1939-40 Gone With the Wind G3ble-Leinh-How3rd (Tech.) ... On Borrowed Time Lionel B3rrymore-Beul3h Bondi Wizard of Oz (Tech.) Judy Garland-Frank Morgan MONOGRAM 1937-38 Gunsmoke Trail (W) Jack R3nd3ll 5/31/38 Man's Country (W) 53.. Jack Randall (F) 7/6/38 Marines Are Here (D) 60.. J. Travis G. Oliver (F) 6/8/38 . Mexican Kid (W) 55..Jsck R3ndall (F) 8/17/38 , Numbered Woman (D) 64. . Blane-Hughes-Methot (A) 5/22/38 . Phantom Ranger (W) Tim McCoy 5/27/38 Romance of the Limberlost (D).82..J. Parker-E. Linden (F) 6/22/38 . ..In Prod. ..In Prod. all/12/38 .34/30/38 . .b8/B/38 .b5/28/38 .b9/IO/38 .b5/l4/38 .34/9/38 .b6/l8/38 GRAND NATIONAL 1937-38 Dangerous Secrets (D). ..70. .P, Lukas-L, Travers (A) 8/19/38 (Reviewed as "Brief Ecstasy") .60..B, Mehaffey-G, Withers (F) 6/7/38 .L, Atwill-L, M3nnheim (A) 7/15/38 .N, Hamilton-B. Horney (A) 7/1/38 , Rex — Sheik, the wonder horse... 8/28/38 .0. Stevens-L. Wilson (F) 6/10/38 Held for Ransom (D)... High Command (D) 59. I Married a Spy (D) 59. King of the Sierras (AD) 57. Life Returns (D) 60. Renfrew of the Gre3t White Trail (D) NewellWalker 7/22/38 Six Shootin' Sheriff (W) .59. .Ken Mayn3rd (F) 5/21/38 1938-39 Bsrefoot Boy (D) 63. . Moran-Morgan-Jones (F) 8/3/38 b9/3/38 .b8/28/37 Boys Reformatory (D) Frankie Darro 5/1/39 .. .34/1/39 Convict's Code (D) 66. .Robert Kent-Anne Nagel (A) 1/18/39 ...b2/ll/39 , b6/l8/38 Dangerous Fingers (D) 65.. James Stevenson -Betty Lynne...(A) 4/19/39 ...b3/l8/39 . .b7/30/38 Drifting Westward (W) J3ck Rand3ll-Ethel Dur3n 1/25/39 al/7/39 . b7/30/38 (Former title. "Ssnta Fe Bound") .Not Rev. G3ngster's Boy (D) 80. .Jackie Cooper (F) 11/19/38 .bM/12/38 ..b7/30/38 Gsng Bullets (D) 63. .Anne N3gel (F) 11/23/38 .bl2/IO/38 Gun Pscker (D) 73..j3ck R3nd3ll (F) 11/16/38 .bll/12/38 . .a6/l8/38 I Am 3 Criminal (D) 73. .John Carroll-Kay Lin3ker (F) 12/14/38 ..bl2/3/38 ...b7/9/38 Little Pal (D) 66. Ralph Bellamy-Mickey Rooney ..(F) 2/15/39 ., Reissued